- - .------._--�----------------._.--------_.-- African Am ric n find lin to hi tory "Th altcrnativ i to uc­ cumb to th n tivc m anings and tr trncnt from thi.: i­ cty." Rev. Mi ha I eatchurs, lo­ cal radio talk sh v ho ·t, w on of 1. 00 people who re­ cently attended an African Naming rxl Rebirth emin r in Detroit. The eminar w ho ted by Prince' Asic Ka­ buki Ocan y of Ada Ghana. F. T 'IIUR AID he has been searching for. orne­ thing that will put him III touch with hi roots. "I've been basically taught • that my beginning was at the lave hip that dropped us off here," he aid. "We werc tripped of our name , our reh ion. our dig­ nity our famili ,and almo t our future . Thi. i (Africa) ummoning me to eome home. It' , l i k e a n a w a k e n- i ng," Fcatchurs aid. - rum r ELDER' TUm pointed ut that early Chri ti� came from what i today known . Egypt, th Sudan, I rael and Ycrnan, and the Bible c mains more than 1 refer n to historical Ethiopia, J to a whi t � lIE LIE. Bum th \ Ii ," e .. "We i nt .nd to fore 111 \ -orld of 'hnstianit to deal with th fact that J w w "l man of olor, an Afri­ A iatic J w,aBI k man.Jc u w n t white." aid the leader of over 5,000 br ak-away Catholics and Afrocentric Chri tian . Children and lderly women .tepp d from the crowd to hand Stall­ ing crucifixes, prayer card and framed pictures of whit Jesus to "lay to rest". Stallin told th cr wd, "Every­ one who wants to rid themselves of thi oppre SOl'S' image, bring them up here." IN MEMORY OF By MARGARET MANSFIELD Topping orr At Tbe Dove: Richard Smallwood's "T'will Be Sweet" tcwed off "traditional black gospel song of the year" at the 24th Annual Dove Awards. held April I in Nashville. "Contemporary black gos­ pel song of the year" went to Daryl Coley. for "Real" a tune from his latest release. "Handel' Messiah-A Soulful Celebration" was named contemporary black gospel album of the year, while Sandra Crouch's "With All My Heart" was dubbed "ttaditional Black gospel album of the year". The Dove Awards. spon ored by the Nashville-based Gospel Music Asso­ ciation, acknowledge the contribu­ tions of artists in the diverse Chris­ tian music arena. Broadcast live from th Tennesee Performing Arts Center, ,the Doves were telecast over the Family Channel. The ceremonies capped off the weekJong fe tivities scheduled around "Gospel Music '93" (March 28-April 1. 1993) at the Nashville Convention Center .. Jenni­ fer Holliday made a lOp in Nashville during GMA week to announce the formation of a new gospel label, Sonray Records, to be opcnted by she and new husband, producer Andre Woods. The first project, distributed through Atlanta-based Intersound Entertainmen� . ,of course. 8 gospel offering from Jennifer. Atlanta I ternationa. Record . berm p i profile with its recent pact with Tyscott Records for exclusive di tribution in the gospel marketplace. "AIR is ery excited to have Ty cot on board," say Alan Freeman. newly-appointed president of Atlanta International Records. "We 100 to have this make us that much more potent in the gospel market­ place. AIR has always been tno n fo its di tribution in u ing all the ind pendent majo throu�l .. ut the nati n. I think that' what as m t appealing to Ty 01. My oal i to to it that everybody ho ants a John P. Kee tee rd hav th ability to get 11 at th ir 1 al retail tore." I e i Lord" i h . c: �ilJiho ... very flfSt live tap in in W hin ton D.C. (April 18-19), at Howard Uni- versity (hi alma mater). Ex ted � em r clas mate PhyUicia had. Edwin, Tramaine and Walter Haw­ kin • Jennifer Holliday. and Roberta A , his eighth musi her. Th LP i slated f, r an Augu t re- I' Looking at the year' that played out the drama of my mother' life, ' I ee peak and vall tys and good and bad time rolled eighty- even year. I hear her laughter, groans, prayers and these words: "May God bles this hous ." I remember her omewhat, awkward smile: The "belly laughter" that wrinkled her brow and ometimes brought tears to her e e . I even feel tired hands bru h ing aWay tears I tumbled upon climbing mountains of adventure I call recall the bi and little hand time tellin d. vic h taught me, and how 'h � [ieng danger when I called her mammi '; how she penny-pin h d and w nt without , to provide for the 'hilrirell he brou Itt into tltt world As I look bac� I am thankful becau. e tho are om of the r 'Qsons I cheri 'Iz her per i. t 'I1C ' about education; about wit 'fl you I am . om thing, no on' can take it awa I. nd the l auty of I .; ut IS: I knm 'h pray d: God! if it is Your will, pare my childrell th 'd gradatioll alld tit ' humiliatio/1 of rae ;sm:' of livillg � itlt tit ' IlOp' ': Am 'rica will h 'come (I h Itt 'I' . p/O( . L t th 'm /rve to \'i'e lite tla ' wit 7 the olli recour e jor I 'ing called lli!:,?.Ir willl1() be: " ,rillalldhar'.li;." - 'V Yet! the paradox is: My' iiuit7ier jiic d'co foil, pulled com, cut sugar cane, "worked the fields" and washed and iron d "Mi . Ann ' s " clothes too, but when til .I apanes bomb d Pearl Harbor, she patriotically, made weapons of war design d to subdue one race and to ke p another in it's place. Yet he never cur. ed or spoke evil of anyone or refu: ed th religiou.· teaching she accepted wh 11 baptiz td a Primitive Baptist 011 East tr unday at the ag of nin tt ell. And II thougli pain ravish td her body tit final months oj It tr !if . he didn't qu stion tltat I' ligious I aching . 'he Jollowed tit La t sixty-eight year' olher lifi '. But today 'he is olle and I am alon ' in discomJort alld pI asure I ' aus ill m mind '17.1 lives and ill my soul . ..,h breathes and in m 1 hart 'h.; la ill th .; I () 'Ofn oj od" love. Wit 'll deallt earncd her from IIIl. life to th IPXI, I helie .... e .\he w '/1( Yvill/llgl. I 'Call\(' I 'ore ngorm )riH .\ 'I ill LEOLA WARDLAW I t is Jor teaching me to cook, wa. h di: hes, m sud \'0 ks, pat h cloth s, wash, iron, scrub floors and tverything else which enables me to feel Jree. And that is why I will think oj you when sprin T rain: Jail, when summ r flow r: bloom, wh n Jail's colors tum golden and when wint r's white glow. like the rob .I you washed in the blood oj tit Lamb. When v tr life become a Jorce tor tckoned with, I will r member that because of you Mama, m [aith i . strong and thaI I 'all truthfully ay: all things ar' possille, And Mama. Ther' ar' no ood-bye '. No Itasm.\' of separation Olear, . oj sorro'w- hC'( au. e wh Il you I rou ,?ht m illto thl.\ world God hi ,'S 'd m with apr cious moth r. () in 'losing I � III "�imply say: I 'cpo Mama. I 'ep. YOIl am 'd 'our r . t. , "Pra er al. 0 for �n that wh n v r I op n m m uth, w.ord. may b i 0 that I will j; arl Iy mak kn wn til my t ry of tit opel " - Ephe ian 6:19 Rev. George Stalling launches Black Church - Black Chrl t Project. Chri tian coalition learn moves for takeover A OLI A (A ) �, h C aliti n h learn e methi . 1Iy i nt. I run county political machine in South Carolina and th nation y flooding grc -roo GOP mccti n . Last week, alinon members hewed up in larg numbers in Ab­ bevi lie, Ander on, Beaufort. Berkeley, Charle ton Darlington, Dorch tcr, Greenville pnd Green­ wood, capturi ng 'a ood chunk of leadc hip, po and the majority of ' th e counties' tate deleg tes. Th coalition i al 0 cxp ted to wi n the mo t delcgat lots in Floren . Some counties have not h ld their c nvention yet. Republican Ie d rs in Columbia say th y knew the coaliti n w � om­ ing, but dido't think th turn ut would b so wid pr d. Privat ly, me 'y they expect the coaliti n t rule the May tate conv ntion. MI 'BURT N, state GOP ex­ ecutive director, aid the tate w ' et for a po ible replay of the 19 7 South Carolina c nventi n, wh n upporters 0 tclevan eli t nd pr i­ dential candidate Pat Rob rt on came within a handful f vote taki n over the tate party. "They looka out, trong as ' 7, a very tight c nv ntion," Burton aid. Sin' Pre ident Bill linton took offi ,th llri tian right h tepp d up t fill the con' rvative leudership gap by m vin to c ntrol GOP poli­ tic. Their lcade arc hi hly Of' nized co rvativ with an a enda f put- ting ehri tian valu ba kin pohti ' and chool and limits. If not com­ plet bans, on ahortlOn and homo ex­ u J ri hK "r.:v 4 R YTII I P I£' fY 00 d. " , aid R () , r t a Comb� of Hanahan. t tc .( for th hri t13n (alitlon. '1' t3 Mama's �oem:A . ' eulogy and a ribute upport arnon 1 party re ulars, ut 1 n't well-known stat ,- wid'. . Hearn' abortion right will 10 h r many v te . ter, who 10 tar' for U .. Senate in 1 ( 6 nd for lieutenant overn r in 1990 claim trong up- port from coalition m mh and party regula . lJ) It wa too on to tell which candidat • if any. would get the oalinori' ·upport. co omch dy lxe mi rht run," sh said. Me nwhilc, Democrat plan to . c the coalition rnovcrn .ru to their ad varna rc. • 'The Dcmo 'ratl' Pany I� the party or mt d 'n.tt·, In uth m- 110 ,". id �tate Democr'ltJc Chair­ man Albert McAli:t r. "The rJ Iht "'I n hnstlan' oalitlon I ,0 out of tou 'h with the main 'tr' m." ven some Repuhli 'an.; aren't at n.ud to :p out. . cn. Holly rk. R-Hilton HC