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DICK MORGAN:
Applause For A Longtime Friend
Richard Morgan was born in
Petersburg, Va. on June 29,
1928. His father, Reverend Otis
Morgan was a Baptist preacher
and played piano. Dick used to
sit around and listen to his
father play and wish that
someday he would be able to
play piano too. He loved
nothing more than piano and
as far back as he could
remember, he was interested in
playing piano.
Petersburg is located 22
miles south of Richmond,
which is Virginia’s capitol, and
was one of the most Jazz
oriented cities on the East
Coast during the early forties
throughout the late fifties.
Being in this type of
environment and being
interested in music, it is easy to
realize why Dick Morgan
became interested in playing
Jazz at the early age of 12. At
that time he became so
interested in playing Jazz that
all the guys who used to pal
around with him wouldn’t see
him for days at a time. Later in
life, I met him and we became
very good friends due to living
in the same neighborhood and
due to my lifelong love for
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industries that provide jobs and payrolls in
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music, phis the fact that one of
my uncles, Lawrence Raines,
was the top trumpet player in
the area and played for a band
called Johnson’s Happy Pals
which was very well known
throughout the East Coast. My
uncle had given me a trumpet
and I tried to play but didn’t
practice enough to keep a
“Good lip” so I gave up but
Dick continued and he got
better and better. He was far
ahead of his time in piano
playing and those of us that
knew him knew that he was
destined to go places. Later he
moved to Norfolk, Va. and
none of us saw him very much
until one day while watching
television about 5 p.m. a
program came on and there he
was with his own TV show on
WTVR. I remember that I
became so excited that I ran
out to tell everyone that 1
could find in the neighborhood
that Dick was on TV and when
I returned, he was going off.
Dick was heard by Jimmy
and Tommy Dorsey and they
were both very impressed.
They took him under wing to
Las Vegas and Reno, Nv. He
did wonderfully well there and
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met many of the giants of that
area. His fame had just begun
to soar when the Dorseys’ died
and thus, ended his contract
for Vegas and Reno. As far as
performance was concerned, he
could have stayed and would
have done well but he was not
in shape to meet the financial
end of the deal.
Leaving the area, he
returned to Norfolk and played
the Norfolk-Petersburg area.
He played The Del Morrocco,
The Flamingo, The Sportsman
and Cavalier namely, and the
crowd followed him like he
was the “Pied Piper”. He did
more TV shows for the next
year and a half. One weekend
Dick made a casual trip to
Washington, D.C., which is
about 110 miles from
Petersburg, and while there he
sat in with a group at the
Showboat Lounge. It was there
that Cannonball Adderly, who
was playing in town, heard him
and called Riverside Records
long distance and arranged a
recording session for him.
(Cannonball was promoting his
own presentations.) So, shortly
thereafter, a new album
appeared under theauspices of
Cannonball Adderly and Dick
Morgan was on his way.
Needless to say, I have that
album...
The music world can thank
Cannonball Adderly for quite a
few musicians because it was
he who started Bobby
Timmons, piano, and Blue
Mitchell, trumpet among
others.
Dick has a style very similar
to Ahmad Jamal and, in fact,
they sound almost identical
except that Dick plays more
long right-handed runs. Yes,
there were a lot of top musical
performers out of that area and
those clubs I mentioned. To
name a few-, singer Ruth
Brown, Tenor Saxophonist Jay
Peters (the saxophone soloist
on Lionel Hampton’s “Flyin’
Home”), Tenor Saxophonist
Prince Bowil and Guitarist Riff
Ruffin. Dick sort of bases
himself around the Washington,
D.C. area but, of course spends
a great deal of time in New
York also. So if in these areas,
check him out. He is not just a
musician, he is a musical
experience.
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Coach
Os Year
The National Black Network
has voted Eddie Robinson the
Black College Coach of the
Year. Robinson has compiled a
career record of 246-82-11 in
34 years at Grambling.
Voted the National Black
College Football Champions is
Grambling College with a 9-2
record.
Voted the Offensive Player
of the Year is the 6-3, 205
pound Running Back of Fisk
University, Andrew Bolton. He
has gained over 1,000 yards
during the 1975 Football
Season. Since his sophomore
year, the pro scouts have
watched with a careful eye his
running ability. During
Bolton’s high school days in
Memphis, Tennessee, it was
predicted that he would
become a great college
Running Back.
James Hunter, a 6-3, 194
pound Defensive Back at
G rambling College took
Defensive Honors of the Year
with a total of 9 interceptions.
Hunter is one of the best
Defensive Backs in the
country.
Look for the seniors of both
teams to go high in the NFL
Draft, and look for them to be
starters in the NFL next
season.
NBU BLACK COLLEGE
ALL-AMERICAN TEAM
FIRST TEAM - OFFENSE:
From Gram bling: Dwight
Scales, Split End/or/Wide
Receiver; Sammie White,
Flanker. Howard: General
Roney, Tackle. Alcorn State:
Percy Cain, Tackle. South
Carolina State: Luther Dixon,
Guard. Jackson State: Jackie
Slater, Guard. Virginia State:
Glen Sessoms, Center. Tenn.
State: Leaird McCreary, Tight
End. Miss. Valley: Parnell
Dickerson, Quarterback. Fisk:
Andrew Bolton, Running Back.
North Carolina A&T: George
Ragsdale, Running Back.
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SPORTS
Aquinas Bumps Butler 51-45
Aquinas’ Shamrocks made it
the second time this season
that a 7-A East team has
beaten a 4-AAA team as they
downed Butler 51-45 Friday
night at the Dog’s gym.
The game started as a very
poor shooting contest,
especially for Butler, as they
had many dry spells and only
got most of their points at the
foul line in the early stages.
While on the other hand,
Aquinas allowed them to get
only one shot (rebounding well
over the taller Dogs) and after
rebounding, the Irish
boardmen threw long bombs
down court for layups by
Bernie Norris and David
Conley.
Aquinas, suprisingly enough,
was able to take the ball to the
middle in the early stages of
the game on some Norris
jumpers while Butler managed
to sink only one field goal with
the remainder of the points
coming from the charity line.
At the start of the second,
Aquinas came out running as
Norris and Conley teamed up
for five layups in a two minute
spree. Butler was still unable to
find the mark and Aquinas
snowballed down court for a
SPECIALISTS
Southern: Evert Rout,
Placekicker and Issac Hagins,
Punt Returns. Grambling:
Keith Smyre, Punter. Texas
Southern: Ernest Pough,
Kickoff Returns.
ISECOND TEAM - OFFENSE:
Texas Southern: Donald
Bolden, Split End 6 or / Wide
Receiver. North Carolina A&T:
Walter Bennett, Tackle.
Hampton Institute: Carl
Bascomb, Tackle. Grambling:
Arthur Gilliam, Guard, Ron
Singleton, Tight End and
Douglas Williams, Quarterback.
Jackson State: Benny Williams,
Guard and Rickey Patton,
Flanker. Tenn. State: Robert
Morgan, Center. Bowie State:
Milt Carr, Running Back.
Fayettesville State James
Godwin, Running Back.
SECOND TAM - DEFENSE:
Grambling: Mike St. Clair,
Defensive End. SOuth Carolina
State: Robert Sims, Defensive
End. Texas Southern: Charles
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coasting 21-11 lead. The Dogs
then retaliated with a short
jumper by Diggs and a Lee
tip-in to make the half time
tally 21-15 in Aquinas’ favor.
When the third quarter was
half way through and with
Aquinas riding on an 11 point
lead (28-17), Butler’s first five
(which had been substituted by
the second string) was brought
to life by a fiesty Wayne
Cheatem on a couple of 15
footers. Followed by his
output, Bubba Diggs hit 3
shots in the middle and Donald
Lee hit on a short one while
Aquinas kept turning the ball
over but still managed to retain
a 34-31 lead at the buzzer.
The start of the fourth was a
complete turn-around as the
Irish scored 10 unanswered
points and took a 44-41 lead,
that is, until Donell Conley
popped a 10 footer at the key
then another in the comer.
Aquinas stalled with 3:40 left
and got the rest of their points
on layups while employing a
spread offense. Butler tried to
press the Shamrocks, but
through the masterful ball
handling efforts of Conley and
Norris, it was to no avail.
Philyaw, Defensive Tackle.
Southern Univ: Lionel Henry,
Defensive Tackle and Elton
Williams, Defensive Back.
Bethune-Cookman: James
Mackey, Outside Linebacker.
Alcorn: Kenny Williams,
Middle Linebacker / or /
Middle Guard. Florida A&M:
Frank Poole, Outside
Linebacker and Felix Williams,
Defensive Back. North Carolina
Sent.: Louis Breeden,
Defensive Back. Tuskegee:
Richard Cosa, Defensive Back.
FIRST TEAM - DEFENSE:
Alcorn: Lawrence Pillers,
Defensive End. South Carolina
State: Harry Carson, Defensive
End. Norfolk State: Roger
Nance, Defensive Tackle.
Bethune-Cookman: Willie Lee,
Defensive Tackle. Southern:
Armond Dean Brown, Outside
Linebacker. Grambling: Robert
Pennywell, Middle Linebacker
6 or / Middle Guard and James
Hunter, Defensive Back. Miss.
Valley: Charles Jackson,
Outside Linebacker. Virginia
Union: Anthony Leonard,
Defensive Back. Jackson State:
Vernon Perry, Safety.
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Paine’s Lionesses
Win Five Os Six Games
It is said that the leap year is
the year in which strange
things occur. What has
happened to the Paine College
Lionesses is no surprise to
Coach Bernard Johnson as his
predominantly freshmen squad
has won five out of its last six
games.
For those who haven’t seen
the Lionesses play or hear
about them, this is a strange
occurrence. But for opponent
coach’s and their team,this
comes as no surprise because
either the Lionesses defeated
them or they had to play the
game down to the wire to
defeat the Lionesses with five
freshmen in the starting
line-up.
“Yes, some strange things
nave happened to me this year.
In several of the games we
played away from home where
I was alarmed by poor
Panthers Upset Jags
The A.R. Johnson Panthers
upset the Jaguars of Sand Bar
Ferry (64-63) Friday night at
A.R. Johnson Gymnasium.
Paced by Antonio Smith
with 22 points, Ronnie McKie
and Gregory Hampton scored
17 points and 16 points
”DR. HENDERSON” continued from page 1
president of Spelman College
of the Atlanta University
Center, mourned Dr.
Henderson’s death as the loss
of a close friend of 30 years.
“It is a sad day for the
Atlanta University Center as
well as the city of Atlants,”
Manley said, adding that his
own retirement would have
made Dr. Henderson the senior
president at the consortium of
six Black institutions.
Dr. Henderson came to
Clark College as its 18th
president in 1965 from Fisk
University in Nashville, Tenn.,
where he had served as an
administrator, professor and
chairman of the Business
Administration and Economics
department.
A nationally known
economist, he conducted
pioneer studies of the Black
labor market and potential
buying power of the Black
community and was the author
of numerous articles on
economics, race relations and
education.
Dr. Henderson was
appointed to numerous
presidential task forces and
commissions under former
President Lyndon B. Johnson.
He prepared papers for the
1966 and 1967 White House
conferences on civil rights and
was named to the Commission
of Rural Poverty in 1967-68.
A native of Bristol, Tenn.,
Dr. Henderson graduated from
North Carolina Central
University in Durham, N.C.,
and received his masters and
doctoral degrees in economics
from the University of lowa.
During his career he also
taught at North Carolina State
University, North Carolina
Central University and Paririe
View A&M College in Texas.
Dr. Henderson was the
recipient of the W.E.B. Dußois
Award of the Association of
Social and Behavioral Scientists
in 1974 and received the Medal
for Distinguished Service from
Teachers College, Columbia
University in 1970.
He once took the rostrum of
the Georgia House of
Representatives to criticize the
lack of financial support for
Black colleges from the
business community, «aying,
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officiating, I had my young s
ladies to tell me, ‘Coach take a
seat. Everything is going to be
alright’ They made it alright
because they won the game.
My young ladies telling me to ;
take a seat brought my
temperature down and made
me feel great.”
“Another strange thing is
either we have won by one or
two points or we have lost by
that margin. We have played
too many close ball games. I
am glad we are winning, but I
will be glad when we blow
some of these teams off the
court so I can sleep that
night.”
“The young ladies seem to
enjoy playing these tight
games. Our next home game
will be Feb. 10 when Augusta
College’s Lady Jaguars come to
our gym, followed by
Homecoming on Feb. 13.
respectively for the Panthers.
Johnson’s girls kept their
record unmarked by defeating
Sand Bar 48-26. They will lay
their 13-0 record on the line
Friday night when they travel
to Langford Junior High. Game
time is scheduled for 7 p.m.
“We have grown and developed
in spite of Atlanta and the
South”
On another occasion, he
chastised then-Secretarv of
Agriculture Clifford Hardin for
“discriminatory” practices in
the department and a lack of
concern for Black farmers.
Dr. Henderson said Blacks
should support the expansion
of Atlanta because they “don’t
have the economic muscle to
keep Atlanta viable” if the city
became all Black.
The educator justified the
role of Black colleges in a
society seeking racial
integration by noting that “we
live in a piuraJistric society,
and each group has a right to
exist according to its own
self-determination, and Black
colleges are an importnat
avenue to that determination.”
Dr. Henderson was a
member of the Board of
Trustees of the Ford
Foundation and was president
and chairman of the executive
committee of the Southern
Regional Council.
Dr. Henderson is survived by
his widow, the former Anna
Powell; daughters, Miss
Wyonella Marie Henderson,
Miss Kimberly Ann Henderson;
sons, Dwight Cedric Henderson
and David Wayne Henderson.
Miss Wyonella Henderson is a
law student at Emory
University, and R. Henderson’s
two sons attend Clark College.
Ako surviving are sisters,
Miss Frieda L. Henderson of
Bristol, Tenn., Mrs. Edward
Boyden of West Virginia, Mrs.
John Valentine of Landover,
Md.; brothers, W.T. Henderson,
Authur Henderson and Forrest
Henderson, all of Bristol and
J.J. Henderson of Durham,
N.C.
Funeral services were held
Saturday morning at Warren
Memorial Methodist Church.
Bishop Charles F. Golden
conducted the eulogy. He was
buried Saturday afternoon in
Bristol, Tenn.
Serving as active pallbearers
were George Esser, Mahlon
Griffith, Jesse Hill, Vernon
Jordan, James Lawson, Dr.
Herman Long, Louis
Regenstein and Herman
Russell.