The Grapevine Magazine · Grapevine, May-June 1980

Title

eng Grapevine, May-June 1980

Relation

eng Grapevine Magazine

Date

eng 1980-05

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eng PDF, 64 pages

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NEXT EDITIONH!
12th Anniversory
Featuring
Southern California's
Influential
Block People
The 12th anniversary edition of the Grapevine in July will feature influential Black people who live in Southern California. This special annual edition will feature approximately 75 Black Southern Californians
who have a vast amount of local, state, and national influence in areas
such as business, politics, education, religion, public service, medicine,
and journalism.
Influential Black people featured in this special edition are being recommended to the Grapevine staff by the community at large and will be
selected by the editors on the basis of each individual's ability to communicate the feelings, thinkings, and desires of a large segment of Southern California's Black community to those people whose policies and
practices significantly affect the Black community.
Readers may submit names for consideration to Grapevine Magazine
Selection Committee, P.O. Box 75202, Los Angeles, CA 90075.

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HONORED BY URBAN L EAGUE- Berry Gordy, Jr., chairman and
fo under of Motown Industries, was honored by Los Angeles Urban
League at it's Annual Whitney M. Young, Jr. Award Benefit Dinner.
Motown Industri~s, w~ich relocated in Los Angel:s in I 9_69, is the largest
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Billie Ambers has enjoyed a
very gratifying career as an instructor in psychology at Los
Angeles City College, El Camino
College and Los Angeles TradeTechnical College.
Currently, Ms. Ambers is a
counselor and college recruiter at
Los Angeles Trade-Technical
College. Recently, she developed
and coordinated the colleges new
recruitment program, which has
increased the college's enrollment
approximately 11 percent or 2,000
students since: its short inception.
She has also done educational, vocational, drug, and personal counseling professionally since 197?,
and has done extensive work m
program development and proposal writing. She has also written a
publication entitled "Psychology
Enrichments."

John T. Stevens has been
named by Anheuser-Busch, Inc.
as its manager of special field
markets for the western United
States, a newly-created position
that will concentrate on key areas
in the Black market.
Stevens, who previously held
the position of district manager in
the central Los Angeles area, will
handle many market segments but
will focus on the Black market, it
was announced by Michael J.
LaMonica, vice president, western
region sales.
A native of Detroit, Mich.,
Stevens attended Wayne University and the Uni versity of Detroit
where he studied marketing. He
joined Anheuser-Busch in 1954 as
a salesman in Detroit and later
served as a special representative
working with wholesalers in
Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky and
Indiana.

Reve Gipson is publicist, Black
Music, for Capital Records. She
has received numerous awards and
commendations for her outstanding service in the Los Angeles
community.
Ms. Gipson has sponsored
yearly church programs for the
youth, served as mistress of
ceremonies for many social and
community affairs, participated in
panel discussions, and served as a
judge for numerous community
competitive projects.
Before coming to Capital, two
Years ago, M s. Gipson had years
of previous experience in the
music industry. Currently, she is
responsible for the generation and
coordination of all media activities for arti sts on the label's
Black Music Division roster.

Rochelle Lucas is the public affairs director for KDA Y radio in
Los Angeles. Her duties include
production of live radio broadcast
for community programs. Several
of her recent projects include the
Martin Luther King Easter and
Christmas parties, United Negro
College Fund (UNCF) RadioThon Challengers Boys Club Annual Celebrity Basketball Game,
and the Christmas high school
Aluminum Can Toy Drive. She
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she has received several community awards including the 1979
NAACP Image Award for Community Service.
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FILMMAKER HONORED-Jamaa Fanaka, (left) writer, director, and
producer of the film "Penitentiary" holds the "Young, Gifted and Black
Plaque" presented to him in his honor at the Freddie Jett's Pied Piper
night club in Los Angeles. Actor Roger Mosely, (right) was one of the
many celebrities in attendance at the presentation.
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GOV. BROWN APPOINTS 10 BLACKS
TO JUDGESHIPS
Governor Jerry Brown recently
announced the appointment of 37
new judges in California. Ten of
those appointments went to
Blacks, and two of the Blacks
Were women.
The two women were attorney
Candance Cooper and Maxine
Thomas, who were named to the
Municipal Court. Other selections
Were Charles Scarlett, Henry
Nelson, Leon Thompson, James
Reese (elevated · from Municipal
Court to Superior Court) Gilbert
Alston (elevated from Municipal
Coun to Superior Court), L.C.
Nunley and Dean Farrar. The 10th
Person was John Cruishank who
Was appointed judge in San
Joaquin County.
Judge Candance Cooper was an

attorney with the law firm of Gibson, Dunn, and Cruther. She is
President-elect of the Black
Women Lawyers. Judge Cooper
has served on the board of governors of California Women
Lawyers and on the executive
committee of the Los Angeles
County Barristers.
Judge Maxine Thomas worked
in the corporate law departments
of Atlantic-Richfield Co. and the
Pacific Lighting Corp. She is the
immediate past president of the
California
Assn.
of
Black
Lawyers, past president of the
John M. Langston Bar Assn.,
immediate past chairperson of the
Minority Bar Assn., and is a
member of the L.A. County Bar
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NEIGHBORS OF WATTS BENEFIT
Seen at the Neighbors of Watts Benefit and Auction at the Biltmore
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hosted by Sammy Davis, Jr., Mrs. Greg Morris, and O'Connor auctioned all sorts of sparkling items from a Rolls-Royce to fur coats to fabulous dinner outings.

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BIBLE BITS&' PIECES
Bible Bits & Pieces is an on-going series of articles geared to stimulate
further reading and knowledge of the Holy Bible. Its purpose is to assist
in clarifying (via the Bible) certain myths and misunderstandings about
biblical events, people, places, etc .... However, readers can and should
search through the Bible verses where these answers can be found. By
utilizing this method, you will be able to receive more complete answers
and develop your personal interpretation. Some of the Bible answers to
these test questions may surprise you and we welcome your comments
and thoughts.

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HAPPENS
WHEN YOU
DRINK

roomucH
TOO OFTEN?

BRAIN
Loss of memory;
adverse effects
on personality

ESOPHAGUS
Danger of bleeding

According to the Bible ...

1. Adam and Eve ate an apple from the forbidden tree.
2. God told Noah to take only two of every kind of animal into
the ark before the great flood came.
3. God never referred to His name as Jehovah.
4. God will forgive any sin if we ask Him.
5. Even though man only a few centuries ago discovered the
earth was round, the Bible stated it thousands of years ago.
6. Joseph thought about leaving Mary (Jesus' Mother) after he
learned that she was pregnant.
7. Jesus' first miracle was to make wine at a wedding.
8. Jesus stated that He came to bring peace and goodwill to
earth.
9. After Jesus died, His soul went to Hell.
10. Jesus was hung on a tree when He was crucified.

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JESSE

OWENS
His track records have been broken many times over, and his
title, "the world's fastest human," was taken from him year
ago. Nevertheless, Jesse Owens stands unchallenged as an Olympic legend for a single remarkable achievement that made him
not only an athletic champion, but also a political folk hero. The
son of an Alabama sharecropper, Owens infuriated Adolf Hitler
by winning four gold medals in hurdling, sprinting and jumping
events in the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, thus shattering before all
the world the Nazi claims of Aryan superiority.
In repudiating that abhorrent stereotype, Owens also reaffirmed the American image of itself as the land of opportunity,
where even Blacks can achieve success. The reality back home,
of course, was far different; the beginnings of real equality were
then still more than a generation a way.
Owens, at least, was not mislead by stereotypes, Aryan or
otherwise. Shortly after Owens set three world records and tied a
fourth for Ohio State University in 1935, an anthropologist
singled him out for study to learn if Blacks were genetically sup·
erior to whites in athletics. Although flattered and bemused b)'
the attention, Owens knew the answer didn't lie in genes. "It all
boils down to how badly you want something," he said later,
adding that if Blacks have been "better than their white counter·
parts, it's because they were hungrier. They want it more. "
He was speaking of the hunger of recognition in the face of
racism, of success in the face of poverty. Owens was a great ath·
lete whose motivation stemmed not from any desire to repudiate
Hitler, but rather from the hunger that America instilled in him.
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SOCI AL EVENT

Hon. Gilbert Lindsay

Earl "Skip" Cooper II

BLACK BUSINESS ASSOCIATION
AWARDS CEREffiONY DINNER

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The Los Angeles Black Business
Association held its Annual
Awards Ceremony recently at the
Los Angeles Bonaventure Hotel.
Among the many awards
presented by the association were
the "Black Business of the Year"
award which went to the personable and successful Comer
Cottrell, president of Pro-Line
Corporation. The "BBA Member
of the Year Award" went to Dr.
Arike
Logan,
and
the
" President' s Award" went to
Everett G. McDonough, Jr. of
Security Pacific Bank and Jay
Cooper of Northrop Corp.
When Cqmer Cottrell, who
heads his own multi-million dollar
business with his brother, Jim,
was presented his trophy, Earl
"Skip" Cooper, II, board member and past president of BBA,
who himself was presented with an
award and resolution stated,

" Comer Cottrell is the finest
example of an intelligent, compassionate, and business-minded
Black man there is in America
today. Not only has he fulfilled a
dream for himself, but he has
provided an avenue of expression
for just about every progressive
organization that exists in this
town." Councilman Gilbert Lindsay, who was co-chairman of the
awards banquet, stated, " We hate
to see Comer and Jim go to Dallas
because they have both been such
an inspiration for people of all
ages and all colors.''
Officers of the Black Business
Association are Rudy Williams,
chairman; Arike Logan , M.D.,
vice chairman; Arthur Ray Dansby, president; Ellis White, vice
president; Mau rice Lancaster,
secretary and Don Dyer, CPA,
treasurer.

WEDDING BELLS-Miss Joni
Lynn Scarlett, a student at
Sacramento State University, will
become the bride of E. Brian
Chapman during the summer.
Miss Scarlett is the daughter of
Superior Court Judge-elect and
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Angeles . Chapman is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Chapman
of Oakland, California. The upcoming marriage will unite two
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PATRICE RUSHEN-Smoll In Size,
But There's ·more Thon meets the Eye!
by Flo Jenkins

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To look at Patrice Rushen is to
l'iew a cute, diminutive, almost
fragile-looking young lady, whose
soft voice and feminine demeanor
betray the assertive businesswoman that lies beneath the surface.
In the case of this friendly, 4-feet
II -inch multi-talented musician,
looks, indeed, are deceiving.
A native of Los Angeles,
Patrice Rushen was considered a
child prodigy at the age of three;
and today, at 26-years old, her
current record sales point out the
accuracy of all the early success
predictions. She signed her first
recording contract while still in
her teens and easily astonished
Jazz lovers with her keyboard artistry. Today, however, the world
has discovered a Patrice whose
musical scope stretches beyond the
boundaries of jazz.
Leaving the sound of jazz
behind for awhile, Patrice Rushen
has zoomed to the top of the
record charts with her hit album
entitled Pizzazz for the Elektra/
Asylum Record Company. And
hit singles from the album,
"Haven't You Heard," and "I
Just Want to Dance" have put her
in touch with audiences who previously knew little about her.
Broadening her musical horizons, however, doesn't mean Patrice has forsaken jazz, nor has

she compromised her skills to
"make it" in the music business.
"I don't feel I've compromised at
all," says Patrice. "I've only done
another kind of music that is also
a part of me. "When I signed my
first contract (with Fantasy
Records), I was signed as a jazz
keyboard player because that's
what they saw and heard me do.
So while I was with Fantasy, I did
what I had to do-and that was
jazz music. But now that I'm with
a new company and now have
some degree of clout and reputation, I've been able to express another side of me. I'm now able to
do things on another level, as well
as in a way that I want to do
them."
Doing things the way she wants
includes producing and writing for
herself as well as basically controlling her career creatively. Hers
is a distinction that many performers do not have. And in the cold
and brash recording business, hers
is a distinction not many women
have. How does this petite woman
survive unswathed?
"It's not easy!" comes her
quick reply. "I find that I'm not
always taken seriously at first,
probably because I'm young and a
woman. And because I'm small, I
suppose J give the impression of
being highly vulnerable and inex-

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Patrice Rushen

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perienced. Sometimes it takes
awhile, but eventually people
realize that I do know my business
and I won't be taken for granted.
They understand soon enough
that I will have to be dealt with intelligently and seriously.''
Patrice Rushen has been around
long enough to know that her
profession is not all fun and
games. It is work, and a challenge
that she meets eagerly. "I've been
fortunate enough to learn abo~t
the inner workings of this
business, and I understand very

well that no matter how good my
work is, it might not always
become a hit record . There are so
many other factors involved with
making hits, aside from the
creative aspect. So, understanding
the intricacies of hit-making takes
the pressure off me, because l
know that ultimately, it's not in
my hands."
Facing those facts, however,
does not restrict Patrice's desire
for creative excellence. I just try to
concentrate on being the best that
I can be-by my standards, not by

anyone else's," says Patrice. "I'm
not overly-concerned with making
lots of money or being famous. I
truly enjoy my music and creating
different sounds. But it's not in
my character to impose pressure
on myself thinking I always have
to have a number one record.
Besides, I can never duplicate the
exact circumstances of a past hit
record, because each song is done
when I'm in a particular state for
writing that particular song. I
don't think in terms of trying to
top the last record. I can only
believe that each time I record, I
will have grown musically and
personally. And hopefully, that
growth will come across in each
successive work that I do."
Patrice feels a certain responsibility to her listening audience.
Although she stays away from
being "preachy" in her music, she
believes strongly that musicians
should deliver something other
than "emptiness" to those who
buy their music. Rushen believes
there is a unique quality in her
music, a quality she can only
describe as "the realness of
Patrice." Clarifying what she
means, Patrice states, "I'm
unpretentious, emotional-just an
every day kind of person, and
people seem to relate to that
through my music. I don't claim
any special abilities in and of
myself, because I know that
whatever talents I have come from
the Creator. I'm just an instrument through which the music
flows. I realize that I do nothing

solely by my own doing.''
Despite a very busy schedule,
Patrice Rushen believes in keeping
her life well-balanced. She credits
her close relationship with her
family and good friends with
helping her stay in balance,
Physically, Patrice is determined
to stay healthy. "I watch very
closely what I put into my body.
I'm basically a vegetarian and eat
chicken and fish on a rare occasion. I also believe in taking
time for myself each day, just to
be alone doing nothing, really-not thinking about anything
in particular, meditating or
praying, or just sleeping," she
smiles. "I think it's important for
me to have time to myself to just
listen to my own thoughts. I need
that time to keep in touch with
myself."
In talking with Patrice, there is
a strong sense of security that she
projects, in addition to a rare kind
of sensitivity. She seems untouched by the hustle and bustle
of show business life. In fact, she
says, "I take my time through life.
I'm very excited by and about life
itself. I often see something in
things around me that other
people seem to miss. I believe a
person who's unhappy with life is
unhappy with him or herself. But
I'm proud to say that Patrice is
very happy with life ... and with
myself."
Patrice Rushen might be small
in stature, but obviously not in her
thoughts, her accomplishments,
nor her spirit.
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ACTRESS USES GOD
AS ASOURCE
b_y Donold R. L_yles

As of late a lot of entertainers
have been speaking out about
their religious beliefs. Stevie Wonder wrote and performed a song a
few years ago about heaven being
so many years away. Noted performer Al Green purchased his
own church in Memphis and is
now a minister when he isn't traveling around the country.
One entertainer who has had
God in her corner for a long time
is Mabel King, a veteran Broadway actress and television star.
Television viewers would remember her as Mama on the ABC-TV
series entitled "What's Happening," portraying the warm and
kindly mother of the mi sch ievous
Roger and Dee. On the other side,
movie fans may remember her
bravura performance in the film
"The Wiz," in which she was
Evillene, the Wicked Witch of the
West, pursuing Dorothy, flogging
her servants and really belting out
the song, "Don't Nobody Bring
Me No Bad News.'' The film also
starred Diana Ross, Michael
Jackson, Nipsey Russell, Lena
Horne, among others. King was in
"The Bingo Long Traveling All
48 Stars," which also starred Billy

Mabel Kif18
Dee Williams, James Earl Jones,
and Richard Pryor.
Commenting on her philosophy
about life, she explains: "First of
all, to thine own self be true.
Don't do unto others before they
do unto you, but do unto others as
you would have them do unto
you. There is nothing wrong with
trying to be kind to people. If you
give someone something, don't
expect it back from that person.
Erase it because you'll get it back
tenfold."
On the "What's Happening"
series King made suggestions

about how the show should go or
how a certain scene should be
dealt with to look authentic.
Nothing would happen; the scene
would be broadcasted the way it
was. Eventually she quit the show.
At the time King quit the show
she was making thousands a week.
She started drawing unemployment which was $104 a week.
Soon she had a movie role. "See,
with my faith in God, I have never
wanted for anything. All my bills
were paid on time. My bills run me
something like $3,000 a month for
a gardener, a pool man, a driver,
to name three. I don't worry. God
will provide."
Speaking of worrying, she was
asked if she ever got depressed
when things weren't going so
good.
" It (being depressed) is a waste
of time," said King, who has
starred in such movies as "The
Hot
Rock,"
"Mortadella,"
"Blood Couple," and "Scott
Joplin." She adds, "If I'm
depressed that means I am feeling
sorry for myself. I'm not feeling
sorry for myself. I know at times
there are things I'd like to do and
there is a barrier. But in God's
time that barrier will be removed.
Then I'll turn my stumbling
blocks into stepping stones.''
One of the theatrical achievements of which King is most
Proud is her role in "La Dispute"
With the Theatre Nationale Populaire in Paris. King learned the
heavy acting role in French classic
Phonetically, speaking almost no

French before getting the part.
At present, King is seen in the
popular comedy movie entitled
"The Jerk," which was conceived
and co-written by the wild and
wacky comedian Steve Martin.
King plays Martin's mother.
King's
sharecropping
family
adopted Martin. He is the only
one in the family without rhythm.
King, a resident of California's
celebrity-filled San Fernando
Valley, was asked how she coped
during the lean years of her career.
She paused a few seconds . Finally
she said, "I made Him (God) a
part of my life .. .l tried to understand what He is all about. I
found someone who I know loves
me and can forgive my mistakes.
People don't do that to one
another. If you can't forgive man,
then you can't use man. I feel like
I have one grain of sand at my
feet."
A frequent celebrity guest on
top game shows, King is quick to
recognize such pathfinders as
Stepin Fetchit, Mantan Moreland
and Willie Best. "If it weren't for
them, we wouldn't be in the
movies and on television like we
are today,'' she explains.
The
Charlestown,
South
Carolina-born and New Yorkreared performer says she loves
people and God ("He created us
all"). She started singing at age
four in New York's Friendship
Baptist Church choir. King concludes, "We all should do a little
thing called pray. Prayer changes
things."

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SJ,orts

• Muhammad Ali and Larry
Holmes signed to fight for the

World Boxing Council heavyweight championship on July 11 in
Rio de Janeiro. Ali will receive $8
million and Holmes $4 million.

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• Jackie White, the basketball
sensation
of
San
Joaquin
Memorial High School-Fresno
was named the Northern California Girl Player of the Year. White,
who plans to attend Louisiana
State University, was also named
to Parade Magazine and the
National High School Coaches
Association All-American Teams.

I USC's Charles White, the 1980
Heisman's Trophy winner, was
picked by the Cleveland Browns
on the first-round of the National
Football League college draft.

Ralph Jackson

Kenny Fields

• Charles Young, former All-Pro
tight end of the Los Angeles
Rams, was traded to the San
Francisco 49ers for a third-round
draft choice and a future undisclosed draft choice.

• Ralph Jackson of Inglewood
High and Kenny Fields of Verbum
I Earvin "Magic" Johnson of the
Los Angeles Lakers was named
unanimous choice to the National
Basketball Association's 1979-80
All-Rookie team by league
coaches.

Dei were named to the Parade
Magazine and McDonald's High
School All-American basketball
teams. Clayton Olivier of Fountain Valley was named to Parade's
third team.
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WALT WALKER-Artist With Unique Style
by Flo Jenkins

When he was merely seven years
old, Walt Walker so impressed his
teacher with his drawing talents,
that she bought the child's picture
for $3.00. That was a lot of encouragement-enough for him to
pursue art for the rest of his adult
life.
Today Walt Walker is a middleaged man who is still impressing
people around the world with his
unique art style. And paintings
can be found on the walls of
homes that stretch from Watts in
Los Angeles all the way to
Europe.
Although art was always an obsession with Walker, he was
discouraged by friends from
taking it as a serious route for
making a livelihood. So, in his
lifetime, he has had a sundry of
jobs, all of which he did well. A
native of Detroit, Michigan, Walt
Walker studied Pre-Law for three
years at the Detroit Institute of
Technology. "I really wasn't too
interested
in
law,''
states
Walker." l never gave up my love
for drawing, even though friends
tried to discourage me. I
discovered that friends are oftentimes your worst enemy. They
have a way of judging you by what
they do. They, many times, don't
understand the thrill of making it
on their own. They get so tied up
in security, in having a nine-to56 five, that they can't believe you

can make a living any other way."
Before moving to Los Angeles,
Walt Walker set up business in
Detroit as owner of a first-rate
"five & dime" store. Although he
and his wife tried for four years,
the store was not successful. Upon
arriving in Los Angeles, Walker
was unsure what job avenue to
take. Still a bit insecure about
trying his own business, he subsequently got a job in sales and
became one of the top salesmen at
a large department store.
"Even though I was doing well
as a salesman," says Walker, "l
still hungered to do my art." He
eventually quit selling and became
a commercial artist for that same
company-and he made three
times as much money! The
momentum had begun to build,
and Walker pursued his art career
with even more dedication.
"Once people saw my work, l
always had jobs-more work than
l could do sometimes. · I always
took pride in my work, therefore I
was always able to get the price I
wanted. Business people want
competency, and I always proved
that I was a competent artist."
Over the years Walker has
worked
for
some
major
organizations, including Safeway
Stores, and The Forum. He so impressed the Forum's previous
owner, Jack Kent Cook, that he
could name his price for work to

Mr. and Mrs. Walt Walker

be done there.
As a commercial artist, as well
as a respected painter of Black
portraits, Walt Walker has reaped
some nice benefits of his talents,
but being a Black artist most certainly has had its drawbacks.
Some major department stores in
particular, have shown bias when
it comes to selling Black paintings.
But Walt Walker, whose paintings can be seen in his gallery at
Ray's Kitchen, a restaurant in Los
Angeles, is a professional-as well
as an optimist. He has not allowed
the special
problems often
associated with being Black to
stifle his creative spirit. He has
been another example of the talent
that refused to be smothered by
ignorance and/or prejudice. He is
inspired daily to paint his colorful
people. "I love to paint pictures of

people who have character, people
who have a realness about them.
I'm really into colors and that's
why l enjoy painting African
people, whose character is alive,
and whose clothing is so colorful."
With his wife Jane by his side,
Walt Walker has held art shows
throughout the city, pricing his
work so that people won't be
reluctant to buy. He has managed
to make a living at something he
loves, and that's a lot more than
many people can say. "Sometimes
it's good not to be influenced by
your friends," says Walt. "Their
advice, if taken, can sometimes
ruin your life. I'm happy l was
able to be determined to follow
my first love. I' ve worked hard,
but the rewards have been so
great."

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This is a long-awaited sequel to
Gordon Parks' first two bestselling
autobiographies- 'The
Learning Tree,' which was to
become a motion-picture classic,
and 'A Choice of Weapons .' Both
works spoke eloquently of one
who is so often referred to as a
Renaissance man. This latest work
reveals the man/ artist in the recent
and current prime of his career as
poet, journalist, humanitarian,
composer, and motion-picture
director.
In an impassioned, candid, and
sometimes comical account of the
years from 1944 through 1978 he
writes with unsparing self-scrutiny
of his weaknesses and of those
things that compelled him to
communicate-as a militant or
otherwise-across the boundaries
of race. A letter to his son, who
was wounded in Vietnam while
America reeled under the fury of
the Black revolution, is a classic in
itself-as is his memorial to the
recently deceased Gordon, Jr. In
one case, he is able to write about
his hope that "the evils of bigotry
are starting to fill the consciences
of whites all over the land."

Although he is hard put to use the
word democracy, ''even though
that is what America's position in
Vietnam is supposed to be all
about." In another case, he writes
movingly of a father's natural
sadness as he sees a promising Ii fe
snuffed out in mid-course.
In this memoir one meets a
number of heroes. "Every country, city, and town has closets full
of them. I have seen a beast
dressed in hero's clothing, and I
have seen real heroes going about
in rags searching garbage cans for
supper. I've known all types, big
fat ornery ones-Black and
white-who were so weightless
you could carry them like balloons
under your arm; and little ones, so
heavy with honor and goodness it
would take a thousand hands to
carry them to their graves. Oh, the
real size of a hero is determined by
how you take his measure. ''
This book is considerably more
than a memoir. It is a celebration
of life.

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