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SPELMA N
THE VOICE
OF BLACK WOMANHOOD
SPO TLIGHT
VOL. L NO. 3
ATLANTA, GA.
NOVEMBER 1976
Dr. Charles Knight
The Stewart Family
Clark’s Acting President
By JoAnn McLean
In the first issue of the
semester, The Spotlight
interviewed the new President
of Spelman College, Dr.
Donald M. Stewart. In this
issue the Spotlight presents
the remainder of the Stewart
family.
Isabel Carter Johnston
Stewart, is a native of
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
She attended public school
there, through high school,
and received a degree in
French from Wellesley College
in Massachusetts. She had
done graduate work at New
York University School of
Social Work, and The School of
Education at the University of
Pennsylvania.
Although she has lived most
of her life in the United States,
Mrs. Stewart has also lived in
Cairo and Kenya. She has also
served as a member of
“Operation Crossroads” in
Africa.
Right now, she is trying to
furnish her new house and
make Reynolds Cottage into
home. When she and her
family are better settled, Mrs.
Stewart hopes to begin her
work on a doctoral thesis in
Speech and Reading.
In her spare time, she enjoys
pottery-making and reading.
She hopes to have more time in
the future to get to know the
faculty and students on a
personal basis. She hopes they
will feel free to visit and feel
comfortable in her home.
The Stewart Boys
The Stewarts’ have two
sons, Jay 9Vfe and Carter l l h.
Although this was not a
formal interview, they did talk
a little bit about themselves
while they were playing in
their tree house. This is one of
their favorite places to play,
and it even has a place for
them to hang their favorite
bag of cookies. On this
particular day, it was a bag if
Chips A-hoy. As they munched
on cookies, they talked about
their impressions of Atlanta,
Spelman, and life. Inside, Mrs.
Stewart was visiting with a
friend of the family, Dr. Alvin
Pouissant, who dropped in on
the way back to Boston from a
speaking engagement at
Morris Brown.
Both boys attend the Trinity
School, in Atlanta. They find
Atlanta was different from
Philadelphia, “It’s very hot,”
Jay said, and it has a lot of
mosquitoes.” They are
gradually learning about
Atlanta as are their parents.
So far, they have been to the
World of Sid and Marty Kroft,
and Six Flags over Georgia.
In addition to climbing trees,
they both enjoy working with
model planes. Carter also
enjoys archery. Right now
their plans for the future are
uncertain, but Jay would like
to go into the Air Force, and
Carter wants to join the Army.
This is also the first time
they have been interviewed for
a newspaper. As the interview
concluded, they finished their
cookies, and climbed back up
the tree.
By Monteith Mitchell
Dr. Vivian Henderson, the
former president of Clark
College, died on January 28,
1976. He was succeeded by Dr.
Charles L. Knight. Dr. Knight
is serving as the Acting
President. Clark is now in the
process of selecting candidates
to fill the presidential vacancy.
The Board of Trustees has
scheduled a tentative meeting
for October 29 to define the
necessary qualifications and
to discuss the selection
procedures. Michael Poole, the
president of Clark’s SGA, is a
member of the selection com
mittee. Other student represen
tatives include Diane Jones
and Loretta Delco.
Dr. Knight was born on
August 15, 1920 in Pueblo,
Colorado. He is married to
Lula Mae Robinson and has
two children, son LaVelel and
daughter, Randi. Dr. Knight
obtained his A.B. degree from
Fisk University in 1942, his
M.A. degree from the
university of Denver, Denver,
Colorado in 1947, and also his
Ed. D. degree in Educational
Psychology and minor,
By Malrey Head
During the summer of 1908,
anti-negro riots broke out in
the city of Springfield, Illinois.
Outraged, a group of white
liberals decided to help the
black community in its fight
for equality. Led by Mary
White Ovington and Oswald
Garrison Villard, a “Call” was
issued on February 12,1909 to
discuss the helping of the
Blackman. It is noted that this
call or appeal came on the
centennial of Abraham Lin
coln’s birthday.
This “Call” was written by
Villard and signed by 53
people. Among those were
journalist Lincoln Steffens,
educator John Dewey, and
editor-novelist William Dean
Hollis. W.E.B. DuBois and
only five other Blacks signed
the “Call”. Several more
meetings were held in the mon
ths that followed.
In May of 1910, another
conference was held. At this
meeting, what is known today
as the National Association
for the Advancement of
Education, from the university
of Denver in 1951. Dr. Knight
first came to Clark in 1971,
serving as professor of
Education and Dean of
Faculty and Institution. In
1972 he became the Vice
By Brenda Cleveland
Coronation has often been
the annual event which
students look forward to
primarily for its eloquence.
However, not only will
eloquence be highlighted, but
“the purpose of the coronation
at Morehouse College this year
is to really show the plight of
Black people from the Black
church up until the present,
and to touch on the future,”
says Harold Briggs, Chairman
of Homecoming Committee
and Steve Hoiwell, Chairman
of Social and Cultural Affairs
Committee at Morehouse
College.
This coronation will
emphasize the plight of
fashion, music, and dance as
they relate to Black people in
Colored People was formed.
W.E.B. DuBois, named direc
tor or research and publicity,
was the only Black office
holder in the organization. In
November of 1910, the first is-
sue of Crisis, the
organization’s magazine, was
published with DuBois as
editor.
Marcus Garvey, leader of the
Back to Africa Movement, and
others criticized the NAACP.
They felt that any
organization that allowed
Whiteswas not working for the
best interest of Black people.
In the years that followed,
the NAACP fought and won
many court cases. One of its
first cases of the NAACP
challenged the “grandfather
clause” of the Oklahoma State
Constitution. This clause,
which excluded blacks from
the ballot was declared un
constitutional in 1915 by the
Supreme Court. In 1917, the
NAACP opposed before the
Supreme Court in Louisville,
Kentucky zoning laws es
tablishing segregated
President. From February
1976 to present he has served
as Acting President.
The Spelman family wishes
Clark College the best of luck
in the selection of their new
president.
an effort to show that Blacks
have shown an appreciation of
the aesthetic values of society.
“The coronation renders a
message somewhat. It sends
an educated message in
showing the significance of
fashion in relation to Black
people. In slavery, pillow cases
were tie-died for fashion and
this is where we got our
appreciation of clothes,”
commented Briggs.
Briggs continues, “we
looked at the evolution of
coronations in the past and put
these elements into this
coronation. The coronation
acknowledges the ideas of
students in the past and put
them into a special period.”
Steve Hoiwell affirmed that
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Struggle
housing.
The NAACP opposed
segregation in the armed
forces during World War I. In
this case the NAACP was un
successful, but during World
War II, the NAACP renewed
its opposition of segregation. It
successfully won its case dur
ing the post war period.
During 1946, the
organization led the fight that
resulted in the Supreme Court
declaring segregation un
constitutional in interstate
travel. In May of 1954, racial
segregation in public facilities
was also ruled un
constitutional.
Another of its more im
portant fights involves the
Plessy vs. Ferguson court case.
In this case the “separate but
equal” doctrine was struck
down and integration was
called for.
From its conception to the
present day the NAACP has
been battling in the courts for
equality and rights for
minorities. Today, the NAACP
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NAACP 66 Years of
Coronation: Its Purpose and Theme