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Tune in to "Richard Pryor Rap II" On Tony Browns lournal. On PBS. Let Richard tell you about his struggle for happiness. And how it led him through hell. Tony Brown’s Journal. WCES-TV, Ch. 20, Sunday, June 3, 5:00 p.m. WEBA-TV, Ch. 14, Thursday, June 7,10:30 p.m. Coming this month: “The Ethnic Flaw.” “Stars on Get Tony Brown's Write Tony Brown Tony Brown’s Journal Is our black culture Hollywood’.' Journal Magazine. Productions, 1501 brought to you for part of what holds us With so many blacks Black facts, black Broadway, Suite nine years running back? watching the silver people, black history. 2014, New York, N.Y. by Pepsi-Cola Co. screen, why are so Plus program tran- 10036. “The Longest few on it? Find out. scripts. Subscription Struggle? SB. single copy $3. The NAACP in his- Not on newsstands. W torical perspective. A re-run that's well worth a re-view. PEPSI And PEPSI-COLA Are Registered Trademarks of PepsiCo, Inc., Purchase. N.Y. O : ” W-■ JM ■ K **• ajssk Redd Fox capitol city, with nightly music concerts, political forums, minority exhibitors, and a mile long parade led by former world heavyweight boxing champion, Muhammad Ali. According to founder and general chairman of the event, Charles Evers, since the first “Homecoming” in 1973, more than 450,000 people have participated in the annual presentation. This year, however, with the promotional sponsorship of the Adolph Coors Company, Evers announced he is expecting to surpass an earlier estimate of 60,000. The play is performed every ten years, but an exception is being made this year in order to celebrate the 250th an niversary of the play’s presentation. The trip, sponsored by the AC Alumni Assn., is \ w Wk 11 8.8. King “We are not keeping the Homecoming to our selves any longer,” says Evers, brother of the slain civil rights leader to whom the event is dedicated. “The legacy left by Medgar is shared by people everywhere, not just here in Mississippi. So, now we’re beginning to reach out and bring some of our relatives home.” Other activities will include the renaming of Delta Drive, Highway 44 in the city of Jackson. The Five Point intersec tion for five miles North into Jackson City limits, will be officially renamed as Medgar Evers Boulevard. scheduled for Sept. 6-16. Advance reservations are necessary for the June 14th party which is scheduled for the Max well Alumni House. A slide presentation will be shown. qjcvfyy today > W WrA News Service of Tri-Ad Consultants, Ltd. f f by Vincent Tubbs E. T. to land in Harlem? IMAGINE, IMAGINE!! —Each year at this place A in France, movie makers have a kind of convention where the makers show off their films for the buyers. It’s called the Cannes Film Festival, now in its 38th year. It lasts 12 days and about 90 films are shown each day. No one manages to see all of • SB -; / Mahalia Jackson them, or tries...there’s a lot of beach to the town, and a lot of starlets in various stages of undress, trying to attract some filmmakers attention. So now hear this: One of the most sought-after films shown at the Festival is one titled “Brother from Another Planet”, about an alien (like E.T.) who lands in Harlem, just Imagine a dude with a head like that on top of a neck like that, walking around 125th Sing,” the new musical tribute to the late Mahalia Jackson, coming up this summer. Producer Ashton Springer and choreographer George Faison are already in rehearsals in New York with the cast of 20 and a full choir that will back Aretha’s performance of gospel songs, some con- [ I I 1 si 9 f Sidney Poitier street pointing a finger like that at people. IMAGINE! IMAGINE! 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Speaking of New York, the star watchers who have been trying to whip took his tilm and break dancers to the Cannes film festival to show all the film buyers attending that The Augusta News-Review June 1.1984 Talent show to star local celebrities Augusta Mini Theatre fundraising drive kicks off June 14, 7:30 p.m. with the second annual Talent Showcase at Augusta College’s Max well Theater. The talent show will feature Richmond Coun ty Sheriff Charles Web ster, Teddy Black, direc tor at WRDW Radio, Oscar Brown, claims examiner with the Augusta Unemployment office, Dee Davis of Augusta College, Edythe Dimond, executive direc tor of the Bethlehem Community Center, Joan Harrell, news reporter with WRDW-TV, and City Council members Willie Mays, and Jimmy Murray. Also, appearing are Andrea O’Shea of WZZW Radio, State Rep. George Brown, Henry Brigham of the Richmond County Board of Education, Greg Peterson of WAGT Television, Earnestine Harris, director of Paine College Upward Bound Program, and Cecelia Johnson, director of he s got a hot one for the summer, Sidney is just beginnig to film “Shootout’’ which features a multi-ethnic group of eight singers and dancers who are trained (are you ready) for ballet... INCIDENTALLY, you should have been there with your book on protocol when Michael J and Sidney P were about to meet. You see, this plush, very private rehearsal hall is far off Hollywood’s beaten paths...so remote you can’t get there from here, Page 3 Social Services at St. Josepn Hospital. The Bill Scholly of WJBF Television and Charlene Price of WBBQ Radio will host the program. Special guests will be the Break City Breakers, a break dance group located in Beech Island, S.C., Tyrone Jefferson and his musical combo, and Frank Thomas, last year’s Talent Showcase winner. Tickets are no on sell at the theater. The next event will be the annual July Jam. On July 14, at the Augusta- Richmond County Civic Center. The time and other details will be an nounced at a later date. The Finale will be a barbeque picnic, Sept. 1, on the lawn of An tonella’s formerly the New Beginning Supper Club on Olive Road. This event will start at 3 p.m. During the drive period (June 14 through Sept. 15) contributions will be requested from anrea businesses, churches, civic groups and in dividuals. and even when you do you can’t find it. Well, Mr. P and his dancers are in one big hall, and Mr. J and his group are in another way at the other end of this huge building. Question: Who is going to come to who?? Does Mr. P go to Mr. J or vice versa? Like does the mountain go to Moham med or vice cersa? Betcha can’t figure out what happened...and was vir tually repeated again when Travolta and his group hired another hall at another enck of the building. Go on, take your best guess.