FEBRUARY 24 - MARCH 2, 19
THE CITIZEN
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USKEGO - In celebr tion
of Women' History Wee
arch 2 - , the uskegon
omen' Hi tory Committee in
cooperation with local organi­
zation will pre ent three e­
ven , accordin to new re­
le e.
The fir t event' ill be held
on Thursday rch 6 in the
Frauenthal The ter, downtown
uskegon. A panel discu ion,
omen in the Public Ey ,"
will feature u e on attorney
Judith Simonson, community
leader Rillastine Wilkins, u
kegon Mayor ary Jone and
Susan Harrison, Journalist.
After the panel disc ion, a
movie, Adam's Rib, ill be
ho n. The film, directed by
o
Promise colorblind casting
FLINT, MI ... It' to be
S espeare fe tival ith a bi
difference: casting will be done
without regard to color. Spon-
sors of the ichigan Shake
peare Fe tival, The Univer ity
. of ichig' n-Flint and Flint'
major Black cultural organiza­
tion, the Floyd J. cCree The-
tre and Performing Arts Cen­
ter, are inviting pplication
from cro the country for over
40 paid t and ere posi­
tions.
"Colorblind casting deci­
ill be one of the dis-
ti!U[U,-hin& {I tur of
Festi at,.. F tivalPlannlll
Committ chairperson
Douglas Kelley, ho I also a
cCree Th tr board member
and dministrator at th
Univer ity.
"Black actor and actre e
have all too fe opportunitie to
ct in classical theatre, and e' re
doing somethin about that."
Sha e peare' Tlllelfth Night,
John illin ton Synge'sPi4yboy
of the Western Wor/i, and COlllimly
CMItllrd, musical revue drawn
n
George Cu or, tars Sp ncer
Trac y and Katherine Hepburn.
Th comedy concern hu band
and ife lawyer on opposing
ide of th arne case.
The panel di cu ion begins
at6:30 p.m.; the movie begins at
7:30 p.m. Doors open t 6:15
p.rn.. and the co t i $1.50.
The econd event will be
held on unday, March 9 in th
us egon {u urn of Art, At 2
p. m. a reception nd gallery talk
on "Out of the Kitchen and Into
the Studio," a women's exhibit
from the permanent collection,
ill be held, At2:30p.m.a ards
will b given for this year' writ­
ing contest. At 3:30 p.m. the
reception and gallery talk will
continue.
from the orks of oel Coward,
ill be D rformed.
The Festival will pre ent 22
performance of the three plays,
beginning June 19 and conclud­
ingJuly 13.
Auditions and technical in­
terview ill be held in Flint on
February 28 and March 8, ac-
Di cu
omen'
prof lonal
n d
MUSKEGO - Bari Johnson,
training and development con-
ultant from the Com-
munications e or will ex­
plore the needs of profes ional
omen in the Sale Field and
er the que tion, "Where
Do We Go From Here" during a
dinner/ eminar to b held in the
Blue and Gold Room at us-
egon Community Colle e on
Thursday, February 27 from
6:30 - 8:30 P. .
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During the entir month of
arch, the exhibit, "One
Woman' or" will be at the
Mu egon County Mu eum,
490 W. Clay.
The final event fe tures Can­
dace Ander on who will pre ent
, A Sampler of ichigan W 0-
men" -- their lives through oog.
The hi torical, musical pre en­
tation ritten d ill be
p rformed by .Ander on.
The how will b pre ented
on Tue day, March 11 at Over­
brook Theater on the campus of
uskegon Community College,
221 S. Quarterline, The show
beginsat7:30p.m.andco tis$2
for adults and $1 for tudents.
The public is invited to all
three events.
cording to Festival Director
Chri topher Coddington.
Further details are available
from Coddington at the Univer-
ity of Michigan-Flint Theatre'
Dep rtment, Flint, ichigan
48.503 (telephone (313)
762-3230).
Lin lr 9 Blae
to 'Africa
By Larry Carter
The west coast of Africa,
from Mauritania to Angola,
supplied at least 15 million
Black people to the infamous
Slave Trade. They included
people of the oko tribe, the
ende of Sierra Leone, the
Bassa and Fanti of the Ivory
Coast, the Ibo of igeria, and
Ga, Egba and Susu of Gambia, •
Guinea, and The Congo.
Once they were captured
and put into the hold of the
slave ship to began the' id­
dIe Pa age to the ew orId
they were stripped of their
titles of their languages, their
names, and with that, their
, dignity, But love of If died
hard, and the cultures of the
various tribes people melded
during the long iddle Pas­
sage' as each captive came to
realize the extent of his
e trangement, and the meager
hope he could attach to the
future.
"This is where the true
i melting pot' for African­
'Americans began," says Ben
I Wilson, "there in the hold of
the salve ships. And once in
America, the sl ve quarters be­
came 'melting pot II'."
It is from the e inauspic­
ious beginnings that Ben's book,
, "Amazing Curative Powers of
Black Home Remedie and
Other Elements of Folk Wis­
dom" traces the roots of the
home remedies and folk lore
th t has guided Blac families
through medical cri s and per­
iods of uncertainty when a
doctor was unaffordable, and a
family health counselor was
un-thought of.
'De endants of slaves were
poorer because of r ci m re-
sid ual effects, ' Ben y. 0
YOUTHFUL VIEWERS: One hundred and sixty st�d nts of
the Cr attve Arts Academy, Benton Harbor, v Ited th
Lake Ichlgan Colleg campu r ntly to vi th on-
going African Art xhlblt In the C m n library nd
faculty dining room on th Napl r Av nue c mpu . Thr
ofthe vi Itors r ,from I ft: Andy Enlng r, C Ivln Hom
and Garrett Cortn y.
AAUW cholar hip broohur
di trlbuted
The Benton Harbor-St.
Joseph Branch of the American
Association of University
Women ha published and di­
tributed the 1986 revision of the
"Scholarship Brochure' to all
area high schools and public
fol
medici
.while many Blacks could not
afford doctors, or feared the
lack of holistic attention
physician might apply to an
ailing spirit they came up
with familial concoctions that
not only went to the heart of
the physical pain, but oothed
the mental stress, as well.
For instance, have you ever
applied chewing tobacco to a
bee's sting? Or had copper
keys dropped down your back
to stop a nosebleed?"
As a matter of fact, ye .
But, as Ben explains, it i
impossible to talk about Blac
culture in the United States
without rust addressing the
roots of the culture, Africa,
and the shoe value Americ 's
slave culture put upon a noble
race of people.
'Black lost their tribal
identity when they landed in
America," Ben says. At the
same time, however, they dis­
covered a new identity, a fusing
of many tribe, many beliefs,
and many way of healing.
'? rom thi cultural mi cegena­
tion u h r medie a hot
t t tie honey lemon
librarie . The' cholarship
Brochure' is comprehensiv
listin of all the scholarships
offered to area high cho I
and college students by local
organizations,
and whi ey - wa conc cted
to ease a cold's di comforts.
pricot pit ere e ten to
combat an er and copper ank­
let and br let were worn
to othe the pain of arthritis.
"Some patient vould even put
the copper bands into a las
of water at night ' Ben ays,
'only to drin that same ater
the following day to alleviate
th ir arthriti uffering.'
d there i the fol i m
ould emingly alI 0
men to 10 k at pre nant
m and name the f
the unb rn infant by the way
th mother arries the hild
high low etc. Often u h
wisdom borders on uperstition
like burning the hairs left in
a comb lest a bird gets them and
leave you with migraines for
the rest of your life. Or ho
about the ca where if you
tickle an infant you will cau e
him to utter.
Ben il on, who has a PhD
in American History Specializ­
ing in the Blac Experience,
and teache in the Blac Ameri­
cana Studie Department at
, has been giving a rie
of public talk on the origin
of home remedie and folk
wi dom to commemorate Bla k
History onth. Hi ne t t 0
engagement will be held at
Chain Lake Baptist Church in
Cassopolis on the 23rd of
February at 2: 30 p.m. and at
Plain ell Library on the 27th
at 7: 15 p.m.
• I e been intere ted in home
remedies for quite a hile
no " he ays. Bu it must be
remembered that a patient'
faith in the remedies and in
the pe pie ho applied th m
contributed 1 r part t the
rernedie