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Congressman Gus Savage (second from right), chairman and organizer of a workshop on
procurement of government advertising by Black newspapers, recognizes Calvin Rolark (ex
treme left), chairman of Black Media, Inc.
This workshop at the 13th Annual Congressional Black Caucus Legislative Weekend, in
Washington, D.C., was the first of Its kind during the Annual CBC Weekends.
Also pictured are Christopher H. Bennett (second from left), president of the National
Newspaper Publishers Association and Don Roberts (extreme right), chairman ot
Amalgamated Publishers, Inc.
Margaret Bush Wilson seeks
re-election to NA A CP board
Margaret Bush Wilson doesn’t
characterize herself as a “fighter.”
The former chairman of the
NAACP prefers to think of herselt
as a “spirited person and a
strategist, one who thinks things
through and searches for ways to
move toward goals in sophisticated
ways.”
And that will be her approach
when she seeks re-election to the
national board of the NAACP this
winter. Mrs. Wilson, who lost her
board membership and her chair
man’s post in a much-publicized
dispute with NAACP Executive
Director Benjamin L. Hooks, will
run for one of eight at-large seats,
according to a story by Judy
Howard in the St. Louis
American.
“I don’t propose to give up
now,” declared the articulate St.
L<suis lawyer and administrator,
“when there has been an effort to
discredit my whole career, to
demean me as a person when I
have done, nothing illegal, un
constitutional, immoral or im
proper. So I propose to stand my
ground and hope the membership
of the association will have some
appreciation for what this
situation is all about and lend me
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GEORGIA BLACK CAUCUS State Sen. Julian Bond was the keynote speaker for the
first Georgia Black Caucus banquet held in Atlanta. Augusta Mayor Edward M. Mclntyre
(third from left) was the master of cermonies.
From left are Caucus Chairman Calvin Smyre and State Rep. Charles Walker.
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their support.
“The NAACP is an
organization which was founded
on the principles of the protection
of the rights of the weak, and in
sisting upon fairness and the ap
preciation for both sides of the
story. Unfortunately, the media
have told only one.”
Despite the glaring scrutiny of
the press and the public, Mrs.
Wilson said she has dealt with her
peculiarly hot summer with “inner
serenity and equanimitv.
“I have a philosophy that says
what happens to you in life is not
nearly so important as how you
respond to it,” she continued.
“And this situation took a turn
that I did not anticipate. It was a
confidential personnel matter that
should never have been leaked to
the public domain.
"And much of what occurred
was the result of that. I did not
condone it. I have regretted it and
it is troubling me that the leader
ship of the NAACP has not
focused in on that issue.”
She said that the severity of
problems plaguing Blacks has in
creased and the leadership of civil
rights organizations has never been
more significant.
“I think we know we cannot be
effective and productive unless we
are well managed and unless we
use some of the modern
management techniques and
tools,” she declared.
“You don’t have to have
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City Council winners
Ward
1. Charles Devaney
2. Margaret Armstrong
3. Carolyn Usry
4. Kathleen Beasley
5. Jimmy Murray
6. Oscar Baker
7. Herbert Elliot
8. Jerry Woods
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October 15,1983
Ase/ Opera debut
Ex-Augustan a smash
by Nelson A. Danish
Jessye Norman’s star ascends
even, higher. The Augusta-born
soprano made her Metropolitan
Opera debut in New York City on
the opening night of the 100th an
niversary season in Hector Berlioz’
Zes Troyens (The Trojans) as
Cassandra Sept. 26.
The capacity audience made her
feel very welcome even as she came
on stage for the first time—before
she ever sang a note. Electricity
was in the air when she took her
numerous curtain calls —sustained
applause, “Bravas” being yelled
across the vast opera house, the
stomping of feet—altogether an
exciting time for this Augusta
native.
And how did Dr. Norman —she
holds an honorary degree from her
alma mater Howard Univer
sity—feel about this debut perfor
mance?
A week before opening night she
spoke with John Gruen of the New
York Times. “I’m positively giddy
about it. I’ve sung Cassandra in
London—at Covent Garden—un
der Colin Davis, and also the role
of Dido in concert form, but this
will be very special for
me.
“I mean you cannot have grown
up in this country and not become
aware that the Met is one of the
world’s greatest operatic forums.
Yes, I’ve sung all over the
place—La Scala, the Paris Opera,
Covent Garden, in Salzburg and
Vienna, and in front of some very
responsive audiences, but to come
back to America and make one’s
debut at the Met...well I’m not one
bit blase about it!”
Neither were the New York
critics, not known as the kindest
reviewers in the world. They are
used to the best and from Jessye
Norman they got it. Donal
Henahan in the New York Times
said: “Miss Norman...is a soprano
of magnificent presence who
commanded the stage at every
moment. As the distraught
Cassandra she sang grippingly and
projected well, even placed well
back in the cavernous sets.”
From Harriet Johnson, reviewer
for the New York Post: “While
Miss Norman’s huge voice rang
out with clarion sound, her force
was made even more viable by her
personality. Her Cassandra was
epic in nature.”
Carter elected president
of national medical group
James E. Carter 111, assistant
director of the Division of Student
Affairs at the Medical College of
George, was unanimously elected
president pf the National
Association of Medical Minority
Educators at its recent meeting in
Washington.
Carter succeeds Walter F.
Leavell, M.D., dean of the School
of Medicine at Meharry Medical
College. He previously served as
president of the Southern Region
for four years
The organization, which has
more than four hundred members,
works to involve more minorities
in health care institutions and to
increase the number of health care
professionals in minority com
munities.
The membership is composed of
individuals who are administrators
and faculty at health professional
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The New York Daily News
review by Bill Zakariasen said: “In
the role of the prophetess Cassan
dra, soprano Jessye Norman at
long last made her Met debut. She
delivered her pronouncements with
magnificent tone and searing
authority...she moved with as
much grace as grandeur.”
Reviews such as these are not
unusual for this incredible singer.
Donal Henahan said of her per
formance as Phedre in Rameau’s
opera Hippolyte et Aricie (presen
ted at the Aix-en-Provence Festival
in August): “Miss Norman has
never, in my experience, used her
opulent soprano to more gripping
effect than as the love-frustrated
Phedre.
In 1980 Allen Hughes observed
in the New York Times: “Jessye
Norman’s ascent toward that
stratosphere entered only by truly
great singers appears to have en
countered no obstacles yet.”
Les Troyens is considered
Berlioz’ masterpiece, but it is
rarely performed in its entirety.
The opera, including inter
missions, is five and a half hours
long. It was last done at the
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schools as well as colleges and
universities throughout the coun
try. The health fields represented
are medicine, dentistry, pharmacy,
podiatry, osteopathy, optometry,
Metropolitan Opera House ten
years ago.
Following the performance Miss
Norman’s dressing room was
crowded with family members,
friends, and numerous well
wishers seeking a few words with
her, autographs, or a picture with
the superstar soprano. Jessye
Norman was gracious and relaxed.
The work of the evening was
behind her, and one would never
have known that the singer and
completed a Herculean vocal task
just a short time before.
As she later spoke with family
and close friends at a small supper
party following the opera she
remarked that it was “nice to be
one place for almost a month.”
She will sing in Les Troyens several
more times in October at the Met
before beginning an extensive
United States tour during which
she will cross the country several
times in October and November.
Jessye Norman, under the spon
sorship of the 68-year-old Atlanta
Music Club, will be in recital at the
Fox Theatre in Atlanta Tuesday
Nov. 8 at 8 p.m. Tickets are
available now by contacting the
Fox Theatre box office.
public health and veterinary
medicine.
He is active in many local civic
activities and the Omega Psi Phi
Fraternity.
A graduate of Lucy Laney High
School, Paine College and South
Carolina State College, he is an ac
tive member of the Christ
Presbyterian Church where he ser
ves as a Ruling Elder.
He is married to Dr. Judy L.
Carter, assistant professor of
Education of the University of
South Carolina, Aiken and the
father of two sons, James IV, a fir
st year dental student at the
Medical College of Georgia, and
Mason 111, a fourth year pre
medical student at South Carolina
State College.
He is the son of Dr. and Mrs.
James E. Carter Jr.
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