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September 26, 1984/The Maroon Tiger/Page 3B
News In Pictures
Congratulating tenor saxophonist Branford Marsalis (3rd from left)
on his performance at the Harlem YMCA’s Jazz Hall of Fame Concert
and induction ceremony, Lincoln Center, are (left to right) YMCA
Director Frank Graves, Concert Producer Janice Lythcott, CBS Vice
President Le Baron Taylor.
Dr. Uzee Brown, Department of
Music, performed at the “Grand
Opera’s Greatest Hits” at the
Atlanta Civic Opera’s Second
production of 1984.
LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL WITH B. B. KING, the first nationally-aired hour-long special devoted
to the legendary bluesman aired on PBS. The program featured King in concert at Tufts University,
singing “The Thrill is Gone,” “How Blue Can You Get?” and other classics, and also includes
documentary scenes of King’s early life and times and excerpts from a master class at Tufts where
King, with his guitar, Lucille, shows students how to sing the blues. LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL
WITH B. B. KING was produced for PBS by WGBH Boston.
Atlanta based Princess & Star Breeze performed at the Kool Jazz
Festival at the Piedmont Park.
Alfred E. Neuman, assisted by campaign worker Susanne Mathews,
announces his candidacy for the president of the United States.
President Hugh M. Gloster (right), Vice Presidents W.A. Perdue
(middle) and Robert B. Williams pose with officials of the National
Association of Negro Business and Professional Women. The
occasion was a tree planting ceremony at Morehouse in August.
The Summer Conventions
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"send him back to Hollywood,
which is where both Star Wars
and Ronald Reagan really
belong.” He continued, “By his
choice of Geraldine Ferraro,
Walter Mondale has already
done more in one short day that
Ronald Reagan has done in four
long years.”
In his acceptance speech the
nominee illuminated the
dichotomy between the GOP
and his party: “They,” he said,
“are a portrait of privilege, and
we are a portrait of America.”
Mondale admitted the need for a
strong defense, promised to
reduce the Reagan budget
McGirt Electrifies Friendship
By Quinton Parker
Staff Writer
Each year Friendship Baptist
Church (the mother institution
that housed Morehouse’s first
classes) holds a special service for
the incoming freshmen of
Morehouse and Spelman
colleges. Traditionally, each
school selects a speaker to
represent their respective
classes. For the past three years,
Lamar Alford has held tryouts to
select the representative of
Morehouse College. This year’s
chosen speaker was Emmanual
McGirt. McGirt is a Journalism
major from Friendly High School
in Ft. Washington, M.D.
In his speech, McGirt stated,
"History shows us our grand
mothers, grandfathers, and our
forebarers who suffered,
sacrificed, and walked through
the valley of the shadow of death
for the freedom we now exer
cise.” He then challenged the
class of 1988 to make their
ancestors proud of them by
putting their best foot forward to
overcome the obstacles that
seem to plague the Black race.
He concluded by saying, “If you
do your best, God does the rest!
The struggle for freedom con
tinues! The dream lives forever
more!”
McGirt’s speech was frequent
ly interrupted with applause.
Upon concluding his speech,
McGirt received a well deserved
standing ovation.
In past years the speakers
Alford selected also served their
classes well. Lelland Jones (’86)
truly rocked the Friendship
congregation in 1982. In 1983,
Morehouse College had two
program participants, Quinton
Parker (speaker) and Sheridan
Yeary (scripture).
As the years pass, the competi
tion to speak at Friendship grows
stiffer and stiffer. This year
approximately 20 top-notch con
testants vied for the opportunity
to speak at the convocation.
With the type of zeal exemplified
in this year’s Morehouse
students, we can truly anticipate
great achievements from the
class of 1988!
deficit by two-thirds, vowed to
close many of the myriad of tax
loopholes utilized by the rich,
pledged a renewing of the
education system and swore to
work for peace from his first day
in office.
The convention came to an
end as the nominees stood
together on the platform with
the defeated pretenders in the
background, all swaying
rhythmically as Jenifer Holiday
belted out a rendition of The
Battle Hymn of the Republic.
Having accomplished nearly all
of its objectives, the only remain
ing task is to send Reagan "back
to Hollywood.”