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Spelman Spotlight February 25, 1980
Herman "Koft" Bailey
In Retrospective
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Our Whole School for Christ
AUC Christian Conference Scheduled for March 21-23
By Angela Benson
The powerfully moving works
of Herman “Kofi” Bailey speak
directly to “Pan Africa”; they
also speak to Universal Man as he
is beset with the triumphs and
tribulations of his world.
With sincere dedication to por
trayal of the beauty and dignity of
Black life, Kofi’s inspiration is
nurtured by experiences in
western and non-western coun
tries. He worked and studied in
France, Ghana, Guyana, Nigeria,
Mexico and Switzerland. His
works has been shown in the
United States, Canada, France,
Switzerland, Mexico, England,
Guyana, Nigeria, Ghana, Brazil,
J apan and the Congo.
Uniquely, he has become an
active part of the most potent
social movements of our time:
He was associated with WEB
Dubois during his last years in
Ghana. The portrait shown in this
exhibit reflects this period,
showing Dubois wearing a
Chinese jacket at the age of 93
and with the symbol of the black
star of the Pan Africa movement.
This was the last portrait before
his death.
Bailey Chaired the Art Depart
ment at the Kwame Nkrumah
Ideological Institute in Ghana for
three years and left the country
when Nkrumah was deposed.
Returning to Spelman College
in 1967 as Artist in Residence, he
A Spelman Woman
By Robin Barnes
Congratulations and best
wishes to twenty one year old
Susan Robertson. A native of
Neptune, New Jersey and a
senior majoring in Ger
man/Psychology. Susan is taking
advantage of a scholarship to
study in Boppard, Germany.
Students from eleven states
competed in examinations for
four special scholarships. Susan
received one of the awards to
study advanced reading and
writing at Goetche institute at
Fraudulent
scholarships
Campus Digest News Service
Some 900 foreign students at
Texas Southern University will
be billed $360,000 for tuition fees
that they avoided paying last fall.
Local religious organizations
awarded them scholarships
which were found to be
fraudulent.
worked with the Poor People’s
Campaign of Martin Luther King,
Jr., creating the poster which
became the symbol of that march
on Washington. He was with the
students cause in the Atlanta
University Center during the dark
days after Dr. King’s assassina
tion.
He studied at Howard Univer
sity with Alaine Locke, Sterling
Brown, James Porter; at
Alabama State with Hayward
Oubre; and at the University of
Southern California with DeErdly
and Charles White. Activists,
Educators, Politicians, J udicial
figures (Angela Davis, Martin
Luther King, Jr., Malcolm,
Sterling Brown, Horace M. Bond,
Benjamin Mays, Howard Moore,
etc) all are his idols.
He has a passionate concern
for black youth, a deep reverence
for prominent edlers, a love of
black music and drama.
Herman Bailey is one of a mere
handful of contemporary master
draughtsmen of the past few
decades. Along with the late
Charles White, Benny Andrews
and J ohn Biggers, he has become
one of the “Groits” immortalizing
visually not only the beauty, love
and dignity of Black people, but
the struggle and hardships often
associated with their lives.
We, at Spelman are grateful for
the opportunity to show his
works.
Boppard just outside of Frank
furt. Her award includes room
and board with a German family,
a monthly allowance of four hun
dred and fifty dollars, and com
plete tours to other parts of Ger
many.
Susan is a dedicated member
of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority,
and plans to obtain a PhD. in
clinical Psychology. Her hobbies
include sewing, ice skating, swim
ming, and travel. We send with
Susan our best wishes and loyal
support.
The university’s regents
decided not to honor the
scholarships after an in
vestigation was done by the
Texas attorney general’s office.
The awards were said to be part
of a scheme to circumvent a new
state law requiring foreign
students to pay out-of-state fees.
The students were asked to pay
$40 per semester credit hour
instead of the $4 per hour paid by
residents.
The Fifth Annual Atlanta
University Center Christian Con
ference will be held at Spelman
College on March 21-23. The con
ference, “Liberated for Service,
II,” is sponsored by the Spelman
Christian Fellowship. The
featured guest speaker is Mr.
Benjamin W. Johnson of Moody
Bible Institute in Chicago.
Mr. Johnson is the pastor and
founder of Christ Baptist Church.
He is a well-known lecturer in
Home Mission, Urban Evange
lism and Bible. In August of
1979 several AUC students
were present to hear him speak
on being “young, black and
Christian.” Students in the Center
will have this same opportunity as
Mr. Johnson will be a guest in
Announcements
Congratulations AGM
The Atlanta Gospel Movement
celebrated its Ninth Anniversary
on January 27 at the Grace
Covenant Baptist Church.
Congratulations AGM on nine
years of a great ministry in music.
Prayer meetings
Friday nights (7:30-9:30) are a
time of prayer and RADICAL
Bible Study at Danforth Chapel
on Morehouse College Campus.
Come out and fellowship!
By Pamela Moore
Associate Editor
For most of us in the NOW
generation, the sixties and the
turmoil of that time are things of
the past. It is very hard for us to
even imagine what it is like for a
generation of youth to grow up
on the street’s, to grow up as
freedom fighters, to grow up in
the midst of a social revolution.
A few weeks ago, I had an op
portunity to take a step back in
time—to actually participate in a
real march for freedom. The
march that I am referring to is
the Anti-Klan march and Prolife
Rally held in Greenesboro, North
Carolina to protest the shooting
of five innocent people by the
Klu Klux Klan last November.
To tell the truth, however, my
feelings about this affair were
somewhat mixed. First of all, the
march was L-O-N-G, and the
ground was cold and slushy from
the recent snow. My legs and feet
were killing me!
Secondly, there was no ex-
A spokesman for the students
said that they were unaware that
the awards were illegal. He said
that they needed financial
assistance to pay the higher
tuition.
A Japanese Proverb says,
"Adversity is the source of
strength."
various classes during the week
preceeding the conference.
In addition to Mr. Johnson,
the conference will feature
workshops in the areas of male-
female relationships, student
leadership, black theology and
evangelism. On Saturday night,
March 22, New Directions, a
By Sharonetta L. McIntyre
Prayer (i.e. talking with God)
changes things. Most of you have
heard that statement before, but
it doesn’t really have any
meaning for you as an individual.
Why? Because deep within your
self, you can recall times that you
prayed to God, many times to no
avail. Prayer is a dialogue. Many
of us have never actually talked
with God, for talking with
someone involves transmitting as
well as receiving. One cannot
talk with another and never listen
to what he has to say. Such is the
case in talking with God.
There are requirements that
you must meet to receive answers
to prayers. In John 15:7, Jesus
says that “If you abide in Me, and
My words abide in you, ask
citement at this event. I kept
asking myself—Where are the
vicious dogs? Where are the
KKK men? When is someone
going to get shot? Will it be me?
You know what? Absolutely
nothing happened. It was just a
peaceful march.
Anyway, when we finally en
ded the march, we went to the
coliseum for a rally. There were
people there from every
where — Mississippi, New
York, Alabama, Ohio, etc.
President Joseph Lowery spoke
and Skip Robinson of the United
League in Mississippi spoke.
Other veterans of the struggle
spoke also, many of them
representing groups such as the
Communist Worker’s Party,
various labor groups, and other
political organizations.
Most of them spoke very well,
but I kept asking myself—Is this
all that we should be doing?
Talking? I clearly felt misplaced.
I felt out-of-touch with those
people—I was frustrated, for I
was ready for direction and ac
tion, and all I seemed to be get
ting was talk. The whole event
seemed to be misplaced in
history—a last tribute to a lost
era in time.
Then it was time for Ben
Chavis to come forth. The
renowned member of the
Wilmington 10, who just gained
his freedom from prison, came to
the podium shaking his fist and
chanting, “Power to the People”.
The people went wild. When
he finally calmed them down, he
choir from Burlington, North
Carolina, will be in concert.
The total cost for the con
ference is $12. This includes one
meal on Saturday. Conference
t-shirts are available for $4.
For further information, con
tact Sharonetta McIntyre', Box
1514 Spelman or 588-9064.
whatever you wish, and it shall be
done for you”. You must abide in
J esus by doing what He says do
and His words must become a
vital part of your being—your
heart-knowledge as opposed to
your head-knowledge. Un
derstand that God desires to give
you good things (Luke 12:32).
The Spelman Christian
Fellowship would like to pray
with you concerning whatever
requests you have. Please write
down your prayer requests and
deposit them in the “Prayer Box”
located near the bulletin board in
the upper concourse. We also
welcome any questions that you
have regarding prayer and ask
that you put them in the “Prayer
Box”.
said, “I am here to talk about the
road ahead.”
According to the Rev. Chavis,
the road ahead will be long, hard,
and stony. This event, he added,
is just a beginning. He said that
beyond the rhetoric and talk, “we
must go back to our communities
and organize.”
Blacks (and others) must learn
to develop a plan of action said
Chavis. “This event,” he said, “is
in part a reaction—a reaction to
what happended on November 3,
a reaction to what happened in
Decatur with the KKK,” and a
reaction to the history of
mistreatment blacks have
received in America.
According to Chavis, America
is reaping what she has sown in
Iran and Afghanistan. Carter is
talking about reinstating the
draft, he continued, but “We will
fight no more wars for capitalism!
We will fight no more wars for
capitalism!
And the crowd went wild once
again. The mild-mannered, self-
composed minister who had been
isolated from society for so long,
had made his debut once again
into the world and was taking
giant steps into the next decade.
The Appian Way, a 2,000-
year-old Roman road with
a deep foundation, is in
better condition than many
modern roads and streets.
Our Sister in Germany
From a Personal Viewpoint
The Return of Ben Chavis
Prayer Changes Things
