Hardeo�(i
niche and graduated with a
�:Dellor ofrmc Am J)qp'ee .
d de a fuD- •
ca
•
I
U
nrtlnftC of tho article
taken fro the July 28, 1988
. ue of the Elkhart Truth.
David Allen Gary of Elkhart,
. 't let the fact that he
. a candidate for raihu� stop
. him &0 ucceeding
He i a �n year old student
at Rooseve .Scbool and has
been accepted i 0 the Provid­
ing for Except· I Potential
progam for gifted and talented
students· Elkhart COm­
munity Schoo .
Acceptaeee into the PEP �
q . <XIOID • ment even
for 0 aren't beled
,. t-ri or· .. Only twenty-
me of tbe 944SCOO1ld graders -
in 38 - got ccepted
into prop'
Society ys D Md has two
strikes him: be's B ck
and he li\u in a siagle-parent
household. Be· a minority or
living. a si parent home is
eaouab to classify a stude
bei t-ri
The Elkhart Truth headline
ofD . d read, 'With two strikes,
David oes for the bo run. "
The em expects Oavid to
make trike three because of the
diudvantages e already fates.
o vid doesn't realize he is
di dvantaged. Being labeled
"at-r� 'doesn't bother him.
He is a happy-go-lucky
youagster with a y smile.
•
I 99
d
and 'Taxi Driver'.
Soon after, Harden' was
flown to Los Aageles to saeeD
test for Francis Ford Coppo 's
'Apocalypse ow' but did
get part. .
Finding him elf i Hol­
lywood, Harden said, "I liked
I sa d decided to sta ."
a
Harden -may be best remem­
bered for his three )UI' role
Marcus He dersoo the diy­
CleaDers clerk on the Ioog-run­
ning sit-com series of 'The
Jeffersoas' .
In 19S1, Harden cast to
star QPPOSite Bette Davis ill
CBS tdevisio movie, 'White
I.
failure?
His mother, Loretta R.
McGee· determined that he
will do DO less than his best.
example' last spring's
st te-m ndated testing
program, the Indiana S te ·de
Testing for Educational
Progr ny stude ts ho
are not at-ri k Id ve bee
pleased to haYe David' lowest
score: a 92 percent' math com­
putation. Even with this 0
score, scored higJler than 97
peroeot of the fi t-gr de stu­
de ,in the . on t total
math battery.
H' naliooaI percentiU scores
are 98 percent in readiog; 97
perceal in reading compreben­
SM; 97 pereeat in volcabu1ary;
99 peree . laDguage expres-
• ; 'T1 percent in h; 92 .
percent computation; and 98
percent in CODce� and ap-
plications.
His total test b ttery a
score of 98 percent.
David deep brown eyes
parkle and he giggles when
he talks h' aCC9mplisb-w
meuts.
y mom told me I go.
to do good," said David. "My
teacber gave papers to work
on and my mom and I went over
them."
Ms. McGee makes her. son
do home or . "When mom
looks at me and says • Upstairs!',
I know it's time to do homework,
he said.
He likes school and likes to
rea . H been reading since
age fo "He reads e�rything
from the Bi> t'b the Wall Street
Journal
David like tQ read the
ne spa per and atch his
favorite 0 0 television:
AiC, DiffereD( Strokes, cartoons,
The Incredible Hulk, Con-
central" Wheel of Fortune,
baske d estliag.
Some of h' favorites are:
Food, pizza, game s , 000-
ce tratio wrestler, the UI- "David is lUckY', Ms. McGee
timate Warrior d u fawrite said. "He Is surrounded by kwe
song is, "J the Main- and gets encour emeD fram
line". everywhere· at bo ,at my �
ODe of . fawrite people . parents' home, at church."
the Rev. . J . He calls "I ry to te ch him elf-
him JJ. reliance, independence," she
..:'r� ��o��' said. Life isn't always goi to
___, gM him something good en
ma�: is he does something good, "
dassof At church, where, M .
Goedy i . teacher. McGee' father' the tor,
David sings in the Cllildreo's
David's . to one day Cltoir (Sunshine Band) and he
go to DiIaey World. is a children' church usher. He
Wheo bets ked what e was recently re-elected to .
Is to be be gr up second ter-n as pre ident of
15, '1 to be a preacher, Northwestern Bapti t District
just like Grudpa". H· grandpa Association Starlight Band, the
. the Rev. Allen Gary Sr. of children's choir association.
Elkhart, Indilna and the-pastor _
of Testament Missionary David will celebr te . 8th
Bo . Oaurch, South Bend · brithdayon October 4, 1988.
David's favorite past-time David, salute you. Keep
these days is riding his bicycle. up good war .
Mama'. H' earned him
the respect and atteDtion of
aitics and me rs of the in-
try alike.
In 1984, Harden guest­
starred in the -TV moYie
'Where Are My Clli1dren, and in
a special Insight presenta'
The 'Clearing House' .. He also
guest-starred in the NBC pilot,
c orma Rae', In the theatrical
release 'The Final Terror' for
Comworld Pictures, Harden co­
starred with Rachel Ward,'Dar­
ryI Hannah and Adriaa Zmed.
During the 1984 Summer
Olympics, Harden starred in the
Los Angeles Inner CitY Cultural
Center producti n of 'Je e
And The Games', directed by
Glynn Turman and gue t­
starred on the T.V. series'V'.
In 1985 Harden received
critical acclaim or his ap­
pearance as Cool Breeze in 'The
Atlanta Child Murders' ich
aired ill February of that year.
He also guest -starred i the faD
premie e of the ABC series,
'The 1Dsiders' .
. Harden says he is currently
dc) a number of pIa)'5, as weD
as roles OIl T. V's Divorce Court
Harden, who recently portrayed
o e of Akeem's baDdboyS • .
Eddie Murphys box-oflice .
'Comi. To �', expeds
to co-star in December with
1:& Var Burton and Shauo 'Cas-
. .... - .,-
sidy in .a ftlm called 'Roots:
KUDla Kinte's Gift'.
Harden says, "Although I
ha� quite a tr ck record' ful­
filliDg my dieam, I see the situa­
tion for Black artists slowly get­
ting better, with Bill Cosby
and Eddie Murphy. He con­
tinued, "And what I've realized
is that we· have to start making
things h ppen for ourselves.
Now r d like to get into direct­
iDg. producing and the gamut,
that what I'm striving for."
These BA ITLE
CREEKar
have the,
Citizen on sale:
*
FoOd Cent
ndy' u nt
725 • MIc:hlaI8:n
Bel '. upton
504 Upton
*
Cherry Str Groc
2OIC�
*
The UttIe Stor
rk
882