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The Augusta News-Review May 12, 1984
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“THE OTHER BENSON’’—“I was television series “Benson”. On the upcoming
always trying to find away to be funny edition of Tony Brown’s Journal, Guillaume
without being a fool,” confides actor Robert talks with host Tony Brown (right) about his
Guillaume (left), who plays the lead in the poor childhood in St. Louis and his continual
fight against racial stereotypes in television.
Guillaume battles to avoid
stereotype of TV’s Benson
in 1977, television gave
America one of its most
memorable characters:
the fiesty, sharp-witted
butler Benson in the
television comedy
“Soap.” But what do
Americans know about
the man who captivated
audiences with his award
winning portrayal of a
Black man who moved
from the kitchen to the
board rooms of state
government?
In a rare and candid
look at the man behind
the image, Tony Brown’s
Sheila Jefferson won $38.96
Betty Elam won $302.52
Tommie Royal won $200.80
Sandra Lowery won $173.92
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Journal goes behind the
scenes to reveal the com
plex personality of
Robert Guillaume on the
upcoming episode, “The
Other Benson.”
It will be seen in this
area on WCES-20 at 7:30
p.m. on May 15.
Robert Guillaume has
driven street cars, shined
shoes, worked in the post
office and was raised
poor in a ghetto in St.
Louis. On the program,
this multi-talented enter
tainer talks about his
childhood and his con-
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tinual battle to keep his
character on television
from becoming another
racial stereotype.
“It’s been a little dif
ficult for me not to take
myself seriously when
I’m going to appear
before millions of people
every week and I know
the crying need for Black
people to be able to look
at this product and not
wince and not be
ashamed,” Guillaume
tells Tony Brown. “At
the same time, I have to
be funny and I was
always trying to find a
way to be funny without
being a fool.”
Robert Guillaume,
who has his own produc
tion company, is also
critical of Blacks in the
movie industry: “I think
that we are the first ones
seduced by the glamour
of what it is we’re doing.
And we’re the first ones
who buy the nonsense.
Not to do any disservice
to anyone, I just think
that we don’t realize what
power we have and what
we ought to be doing with
it.”
Delta promotes
Michael Carr
Delta Air Lines has an
nounced the promotion
of Michael Edwardo Carr
to junior buyer
transportation services
and office equipment in
the Purchasing Depar
tment.
Carr joined Delta in
1978 as a customer ser
vice agent in Augusta,
transferring the following
year to Jacksonville, Fla.,
where he worked as a
customer services support
agent. In 1981, Carr came
to Atlanta where he ha;
worked in positions of in
creasing responsibility in
Passenger Service.
Carr is a 1973 graduate
of Westside High School
in Augusta and a 1980
graduate of Augusta
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I hope we have come
far enough for everything
not to be a Black and
white issue. If it comes
up, I’ll appoint the best
qualified person.”
Ann LaFavor Cour
tney, a Fourth Ward
resident, circulated an
open letter to the City
Council.
She said she was con
cerned that the first Ward
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Michael Carr
College.
The son of Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas W. Carr of
Augusta, he is a former
News-Review staff
photographer.
was being stripped of its
representation. “Is the
new mayor pro tern going
to be alloted two votes?”
the letter asked.
After the meeting she
complained that Council
did not address her letter.
“I still want to know does
he get one votes two
votes. Is he voting as
mayor pro tern or as the
First Ward councilman.”
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