The Grapevine Magazine · Grapevine, July-August 1980

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eng Grapevine, July-August 1980

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eng Grapevine Magazine

Date

eng 1980-07

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Dear Readers,
We want to express our sincere thanks to all of you who
have so graciously welcomed the Grapevine Magazine to
Southern California. We have appreciated the many complimentary telephone calls and letters since expanding our publication one year ago.
A very special thanks must also go to the Southern California Black businessmen and women who have not only seen
the benefit of using the Grapevine as a vehicle to reach the
Black consumer, but who have also seen the need to support
a positive Black publication that is so needed in every Black
community.
Thanks again,

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)People
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of Rayshire Century 21 Realty
where he specializes in exclusive
residential property. He has become an expert in relocating corporate executives and professional
people in Southern California.
Before joining Rayshire, Winston was Administrative Coordinator to Mayor Tom Bradley and
Executive Director of the Fresno
Development Company in Fresno,
California.
A former National Urban Fellow who studied Government
Management at Yale University,
Winston is a graduate of California State University, Fresno. He
has received master degrees in Urban Planning and Public Adminis-

tration from Occidental College
and California State University,
Fresno.
Winston's office is located at
5800 Wilshire Blvd., (213)-9383691.

TALENTED YOUTH HONORED

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Rachael "Lady Bug" Williams, was recently made an Honorary California State E.0.P. Student at Stanislaus College. The talented youth
earned the honor for her talent and for maintaining an 11.9 grade average in school. Rachael opened recently in "Welcome Home Josephine,· •
a musical tribute to the late Josephine Baker at the Cellar Theatre in Lo
Angeles and was seen on the NBC-TV series "Me and Maxx." Rachael i
the protegee of her dance coach Doreen Rivera.

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BLACK WOMEN FORUM-Congresswoman Shirley Chisom, center,
was the keynote speaker for the Black Women Forum at a luncheon held
at Los Angeles' Coconut Grove. Ms. Chisom called for the Black women
to rally behind their black men to support his fight for justice, dignity
and equal opportunity. Pictured above with Ms. Chisom is Los Angeles
Assemblywoman Maxine Waters (left) the luncheon host, and San Francisco Assemblyman Willie Brown, a special guest speaker.

COSMOTIQUE
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RELIGION

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Groundbreaking ceremonies for the $2 million edifice of the Guidance
Church of Religious Science was held recently in Los Angeles. The new
pyramid edifice will be a tri-level building. The sanctuary will seat 1,500
people.
Participants shown with a small scale of the $2 million edifice from left
are: Eugene A. Kemp, president of the Trustees; Harry Hawkins, chairman; Councilwoman Pat Russell; Dr. Daniel L. Morgan, minister; State
Sen. Diane Watson; and Frede{i~ Booker, architect.

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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA'S INFLUENTIAL
BLACK AffiERICANS
This annual selection of Southern California's most influential
Black Americans represents the
concensus of the Grapevine selection committee after careful consideration of several hundred nominees referred to the committee by
the Southern California community at large.

Muhammad Ali
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WBA Hvywt. Boxing

Southern California has some
of the most influential Black people in the United States. Many
have a vast amount of local, state,
and national influence in fields
such as business, politics, education, religion, public service, law,
publishing, etc.
Black Americans featured in
this edition were selected 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.
The Grapevine staff recognizes
that there are many more influential Black people who live in
Southern California. Therefore,
the staff will feature others in
future editions of the Grapevine.

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CELEBRATION-Newly appointed Municipal Court Judge Maxine
Thomas, second from left, is congratulated at her enrobement and birth·
day party held at the beautiful Holm by Hills estate of Mrs. Eula McCla·
ney, 2nd from right. More than 1,000 people were in attendance for the
celebration. Also pictured above is (left) Atty. Al Le Blanc, president,
Lanston Bar Association and (far right), Grapevine Magazine Publisher
Frank Johnson.

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Maya Angelou
Author
Poet and Lecturer

Marguerite Archie
Board Member
L.A. Commun. College

Danny Bakewell
Brotherhood Crusade
Los Angeles

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Patrick Beauchamp
President, Beauchamp
Distributing Co.

Father Lewis Bohler \
Pastor
Advent Church

Lionel Cade
Mayor
Compton

Jim Cleaver
Executive Editor
L.A. Newspaper

Rev . James Cleveland
Pastor/ Musician
Los Angeles

Atty. John L.
Cochran, Jr., Asst.
Dist. Atty., L.A. Co.

Earl 'Skip' Cooper II
Bd. Mem., L.A. Black
Businessmen Assoc.

Owner
Pro-Line Corp.

Dave Cunningham
Councilmember
Los Angeles

Peter Dauterine
President, Founder
Savings & Loan

Southern California's
Influential
Black Americans

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Robert Bowdoin
President
Family Savings & Loan

Thomas J. Bradley
Mayor
Los Angeles

Bishop H.H. Brookin
Pastor
AME Church

Larry Brooks
Busi nessman
Los Angeles

Ben Brown
Special Assistant
President Carter

Yvonne Burke
Supervisor
L.A. County

Willie Davis
President, Willie Davis
Distributing-KACE 13

Julian Dixon
U.S. Representative
Los Angeles

Joseph Dyer
TV Host
CBS Television

Atty. Geraldine Green
Alex Haley
Director
Author
Dept. of Corporations "Roots" and "Search"

Hillard Hamm
Publisher
Pasadena Newspaper

Augustus Hawkins
U.S. Representative
Los Angeles
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Herman Hendricks
President
Bank of Finance

Mary Henry
Director
Avalon Commun. Ctr.

Rev. Edward V. Hill
Pastor
Mt. Zion Missionary BC

Nathanieti-Iolden
Former State Senator
Los Angeles

Southern California's
Influential
Black Americans
Mervyn Dymally
Bill Elkins
Former Lieutenant Gov.
Special Assistant
State of California
Mayor of Los Angeles

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Rev. C. Garn ell
Henning, Sr., President
W.A.R.D., Inc.

Gertrude Gibson
Entertainmcm Editor
eminel

Robert Farrell
Councilmember
Los Angeles

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Berry Gordy, J r.
Chairman
Motown Indu trie

Ivan Houston
President, Golden State
Mutual Life Insurance 15

Elbert T. Hudson
President
Broadway Savings

Atty. Al Le Blanc
President
Lanston Bar Assoc.

Gilbert Lindsay
Councilmember
Los Angeles

John Mack
President
L.A. Urban League

LeRoy Jeffries
Consultant, LeRoy
Jeffries & Associates

Dr. James Mays

Physician
Los Angeles

Eula McClaney
Businesswoman
Los Angeles

Dr. Walter Mclntoch
President
L.A. Southwest College

Rev. James Lawson
Pastor, United
Methodist Church

Bishop Robert
McMurray, Pastor
Bethany Com. Church

Sidney Miller, Jr.
Publisher, Black Radio
Exclusive Magazine

Judge Billy Mills
Superior Court Judge
Los Angeles

Atty. Paul Hudson
President
Los Angeles NAACP

Southern California's
Influential
Black Americans

Teresa P. Hughes
California Assembly
Member, Los Angeles

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Television Hostess
Los Angeles

Andrew Isaacs
Councilman
Inglewood

Dr. T. Kilgore
Pastor
Second Baptist Church

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Gwen Moore
CA Assembly Member
Los Angeles

Dr. Cecil Murray
Pastor
First AME Church

Ibraham Saleem
Businessman
Los Angeles

Judge Vaino Spencer
Municipal Judge
Los Angeles

Willie Stennis
President
Golden Bird, Inc.

Southern California's
Influential
Black Americans

Percy Pickney
Special Assistant
Gov. of California

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Brad Pye, Jr.
Sports Commissioner
State of California

Sidney Poitier
Actor
Hollywood

Dr. Cordell Ri chardson
Western Regional
Director, P.U .S. H.

Rev. Frederick Price
Pastor, Crenshaw
Christian Center

Judge Maxine Thomas
Vice President
LA. NAACP

Curtis Tucker
California Assembly
Member, Inglewood

John Tumblin
President, Carson
Small Business Assoc .

Dr. James Ro ser
President
Los Angele State

Rita Walters ·
Board Member, L.A.
Board of Education

Margaret Ware
Public Relation
Consultant, L.A.

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Chester Washington
Publisher
Wave Newspaper

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Ruth Washington
Publisher, L.A.
Sentinel Newspaper

Diane Watson
California Assembly
Member, Los Angeles

Maxine Waters
California Assembly
Member, Los Angeles

Dr. Leroy Weekes
Brd. Chrmn., Charles
R. Drew Med. School

Ted Watkins
Director
Watts Labor Commiuer

Rudy Williams
Businessman
Black Business Assoc.

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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.
According to the Bible ...

l. Man is almost equal to the angels, and we are gods.
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2. God, being perfect, would not send evil spirits to man.
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3. God will not accept any man who wears women 's clothing,
women who wear men's clothing, men who lust for other men,
and women who lust for other women.
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4. With the exception of Jesus, John the Baptist was greater
than all men including Moses, King David, Elijah, Abraham,
Noah, Peter, etc.
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5. Sampson was married and had other love affairs before he
yielded to the temptations of Delilah.
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·6. Husbands should love and honor their wives. However, wives
should be in subjection to their husbands, being silent and
permitting the husband to be head over the wife.
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7. We should concern ourselves with our flesh through body
building and other activities because the flesh and spirit
should be in harmony.
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8. In the last days 144,000 christians will wear a seal on their
foreheads.
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9. Moses actually was speaking to an angel in the burning b ush
when he received the 10 commandments on Mount Sinai.
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10. Jesus' skin color was white, His eyes blue, and He had long
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TOP BLACK BUSINESSES IN THE
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Southern California had eight
businesses listed in the top 100
Black businesses in the United
States which was published recently by Black Enterprise Magazine.
They are: Motown Industries,
Drummond Distributing Co.,
Willie Davis Distributing, ProLine Corp., Beauchamp Distributing Co., Golden Bird Inc., Braszil Metal Services, and the Central
News-Wave Publication.
Motown Industries continues to
reign as the top Black business in
the U.S. and is the only Southern
California business listed in the
top 10 and one of only two listed
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The Leading Black-Owned Businesses In 1979*
Company And Location
Motown Industries
Los Angeles
Johnson Publishing Co.
Chicago
Fedco Foods
New York
H .J . Russell Construction
Atlanta
Johnson Products
Chicago
Vanguard Oil And Service
New York
Afro-International
New York
Smith Pipe and Supply Co.
Houston
Grimes Oil Company
Dorchester, Mass.
Wallace & Wallace Enterprises
New York

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in the top 20. Drummond Distributing Co., a liquor wholesaler
which was sold recently to a while
company, was the other.
Pat Beauchamp, whose company grossed approximately 6
million which represents a $1 million gross sales increase over 1978,
states, "Being named to the top
100 Black Businesses is very prestigious. It shows the ability of a
company to function despite the
obstacles and keep growing."
Beauchamp's company, who distributes Miller Brewery Co. products, has been named to the !isl
for the fourth consecutive year.

• Source: Black Enterprise Magazine

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Entertainment
Publishing, cosmetics
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Supermarkets

Sales In
Millions
$64.8

Employes
275

Year
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1959

$61.0

506

1942

$45.0

480

1960

$41.0

250

1958

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development
Cosmetics and
hair care
Petroleum sales

$35.4

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1954

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Exports

$32.0

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1962

Oilfield services

$32.0

93

1976

Petroleum sales

$30.0

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Petroleum sales

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Crusade banquet honoring Black Pioneers of Positive Images, including Ella Fitzgerald and Roy Campanella. From left are: Ella Fitzgerald, Crusade executive director Danny Bakewell, Sr., Mrs. Roxanne Campanella, Jesse Jackson, Campanella and Crusade board chairman Lonnie Bunkley.
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tonic for Black people. After much experimentation in her kitchen, :!:
she came upon a unique combination of soaps, ointments and hair :1:
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GOVERNOR BROWN APPOINTS
BLACK JUDGE
Judge Glenette Blackwell , (center) who was recently appointed to the
bench by Gov. Jerry Brown, is pictured above at the enrobement celebration of Judge Maxine Thomas with Grapevine Magazine Publisher Frank
Johnson (left) and Public Relations Director Ray Johnson (right).

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PRESIDENT CARTER CITES
BLACK ARTIST

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"Henrietta" by Raymond Lark

Raymond Lark, probably the
most famous living Black artist
(he is listed in over 350 history
books, directories and periodicals,
and his work has been exhibited in
over 60 major art museums and
galleries all over the world), was
recently cited by President Jimmy
Carter and selected as an Academic of Italy with a Gold Medal
Award.
He also is included in the new
edition of Dictionary of Contemporary European Artists. This historical document is edited in four
languages: Italian, French, English and German, and features a
page of Lark's credits with a reproduction of his work.
Lark, who resides in Los Angeles, has received a succession of
citations, honors, salutes, advertisement endorsements, commissions and headlined billings. He
has also been cited by former president Gerald R. Ford, Richard
M. Nixon, May·or Tom Bradley,
Governor Jerry Brown, Jr. and
many other dignitaries.
He has been commissioned to
' display his ability on a large scale
for "All in the Family," "Carol
Burnett Show," "Sonny and
Cher," "Maude," "Young and
the Restless," Universal City Studios, Movieland Wax Museum,
The Palace of the Living Arts,
among many others. Lark is also
the "First and Only Visual Artist"
to have a one-man exhibition at

the Dorothy Chandler Pavillion
Music Center, Los Angeles in 1974.
In the spring of 1976, Lark was
selected to be included in "200
Years of American Master Bicentennial Exhibition," spotlighting
works by the nation's most prominent artists of the past two centuries, and becoming both the youngest artist and the only Black included in this historical event.
Born the son of a domestic
worker in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1939, Lark was educated
at the Philadelphia Museum
School of Art, Dobbins Vocational Night School, Los Angeles
Trade Technical College and received his degree from Temple
University
Evening
College.
Through the years a lot of pride,
guts, sweat and initiative elevated
him from work as a shoe shine
boy, farm laborer, junkman and
unskilled factory worker for the
minimum wage to become one of
the greatest master artists of the
modern world.
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FLASHBACK 1969-Nationally renowned poetess Nikki Giovanni and
Grapevine Magazine Central California Advertising Representative,
Cleo Johnson exchange publications. Many of Ms. Giovanni's poems
have appeared in the Grapevine over the past years.

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Sid McCoy, after an absence of
thirteen years, is returning to the
medium which launched hi s career
in 1957-radio- as host of Westwood One's new nationally syndicated radio series, "Special Edition." Sponsored by Michelob
Beer, "Special Edition" is a one
hour weekly in-depth look or profile by McCoy on major Black
musical artists.
McCoy is also finishing his third
season as director of the top-rated
TV show, "Soul Train," and has
directed one or more episodes of
such hit TV series as "Sanford
and Son," "Room 222," "The
Courtship of Eddie's Father, "
"The Bill Cosby Show" and "Julia." He also was associate director for "Mary Hartman , Mary
Hartman, " and was associate producer for the TV film s "Harry-0 "
and "The Healers."

Sid M cCoy

In between his producing and
directing assignments, McCoy also has directed stage shows for little theatre groups in Chicago and
Los Angeles. He also has amassed
dozens of acting credits in numerous television dramatic and comedy series over the past twelve years
and has made TV commercials.

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by Tony Kelley
HEROES
Commodores (ffiotown)
The Commodores, having expanded their musical range in the
past few years enabling them to
cross over into the pop field, continue their exploration of new horizons with this newest effort, "Heroes." Going back to a more soulful approach, this excellently produced album is designed to give
you that familiar Commodore
style with lyrics that will inspire
and uplift the soul. "Heroes" and
"Mighty Spirit" are Commodore
classics and "Jesus Is Love," written by lead singer Lionel Richie
with a 29-member choir of the industries best singing background,
complete this masterpiece by the
Commodores.
NAUGHTY
Choko Khon (Worner Bros.)
Caught in the upsurge of new
female vocalists, Chaka Khan is
trying to step away with it. With
somewhat of a change in style and
minus the Rufus influence, Chaka
is setting her own distinctive style
that's going to be hard to compete
with. "Clouds," written by Ashford & Simpson, starts you off on
this superbly produced album
which has no weak tunes. "Move
Me No Mountains," "So Naughty" and "Hot Butterfly" are
standouts in the album from a dy38 namite lady!

ABRAZILIAN LOVE AFFAIR
George Duke (Epic)
A very different concept for
George Duke which shows the
complete versatility of style that
he incorporates in his music as he
takes you on a very tasty musical
journey through Brazil. Much of
this album was recorded in Brazil
with Brazilian musicians and singers and George has combined a
much more varied jazz style with
Latin overtones to come up with a
very interesting album. This labor
of love, as he calls it, firmly establishes George Duke as one of the
most innovative jazz keyboardists
today.

I FEEL LIKE GOING ON
The Ronce Allen Group
(Stox/ fontosy)
Along with the other changing
musical trends, gospel music is
also going through a transition
and the Rance Allen Group is
bringing this new style to the forefront. Moving away from the traditional style of gospel music, the
production and style of this album
will appeal more to the top 40
market rather than the gospel.
Tastefully done with some very
strong tunes, "Believe in Yourself," "Where Did I Go Wrong,"
and the title track "I Feel Like
Going On" make this a very inspiring album.

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Edmond Sylvers has stepped
out on his own to launch a promising solo career with the release of
his Casablanca album, "Have
You Heard."
" You could call this album
'leaving the nest,' but it certainly
doesn't mean I'm leaving The Sylvers," Edmund emphasized. "I
want to try something a bit different musically and establish my
own identity at the same time."

Sylvers is the consumate example of a multi-faceted entertainer.
His warmth and explosive stage
presence have won him an immense following that encompasses
a wide age group. The evocative
vocal style he displays on "Have
You Heard" should come as no
surprise to those familiar with The
Sy Ivers' hits, "Boogie Fever,"
"Hot Line," and "Anyway You
Want Me."
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winner, is listed in serious condition with third-degree burns over
the upper half of his body. The
comedian's lawyer, David Franklin, said Pryor was burned at his
home when a glass of rum exploded when Pryor went to light a
cigarette.
One of the few visitors allowed
to see Pryor at the burn center at
Sherman Oaks Community Hospital is actor and former football
great, Jim Brown.
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the theme of the Black Radio Conference 1980 held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Los Angeles, California recently. Black people from
all over the United States in music,
broadcasting, and those who have
a concern attended. The workshops and addresses were educational and informative. The entertainment could only be described
as being of the upper echelon of
the music industry. The bottom
line of the conference was that it's
time for unity. A salute should go
to Sidney Miller, Jr., publisher of
Black Radio Exclusive for a job
well done.
Forrest Hamilton, during his
Keynote Address, stated, "Music
is a 5 billion dollar business of
which 25 OJo is represented by
Blacks. Black has become Green,
but because of non-support among
Blacks there's no job security in
the market. Blacks should take a
national approach to self-preservation."
Joe Cohn of the National Association of Recording Merchandisers brought out the fact that 93%
of all the money made by Blacks
goes to white businesses. He also
stated that the share of Black Music is growing by leaps and bounds
and in the 80s it will be $150 billion.
The Love Triangle Workshop

(The Artist, Manager/ Attorney)
pointed out that the budget between the Black artist and the
white artist has never been equal.
It was also suggested that Blacks
buy stocks in the record companies so that they can have a say in
the business.
The workshop on Arbitron and
Mediatrend was hot and heavy
during which it was brought ou
that Black Radio stations aren't
really treated fairly in the ratings.
There were several other shows
and the conference attendees were
treated to Ronnie Laws, Natalie
Cole, Rose Banks and her brother
Sly Stone (they brought the house
down with their medley), Flip Wilson, and the Commodores. The
last evening's keynote address
speaker was Stevie Wonder.
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BILLY DEE WILLIAffiS-"SUPERSTAR"
by Stocye Kosee Richmond

When the mere mention of Billy
Dee William's name arises, people
immediately remember the characters of Louis McKay as Diana
Ross' dashing lover in "Lady
Sings the Blues," Gale Sayers in
the emotion packed bio-drama,
"Brian's Song," Scott Joplin or
Bingo Long, Homer Smith in the
remake of "Lillies of the Field"
(Christmas Lilies of the Field),
and most recently as the debonair
and adventurous Lando Calrissian
in the Star Wars sequel, "The Empire Strikes Back ." But whatever
character he portrays, all are only
a fraction of the talents of this
true-to-life "Super Star."
When asked what type of roles
he likes, Billy Dee said "I like to
do interesting characters. It's just
a question of finding the right
characters and the right situation.
It's not easy." He added, "It's
one thing to sort of gear yourself
to a whole international market,
then you're talking about something else. You're now talking about trying to reach people who
don't know who you are or what
You do. They somehow have seen
You in a certain way-the usual
stereotype or cliche way. It's very
difficult." With the growing popularity of 'Empire' he now travels
much more. He has recently returned from London and will be
ietting off to Australia among

other stops to do some promotion
on the film .
In New York, while co-starring
with Sylvester Stallone in the
soon-to-be-released film, "Night
Hawks,'' Billy Dee got a rare opportunity to visit with some of his
friends . "It was like finalizing a
part of my life to go back and see
where I started and sort of how
it's ended." But it's far from ending. It's really the beginning of an
era that even he himself is quite interested in .
Ever since Billy Dee's portrayal
as Louis McKay in "Lady Sings
the Blues," people began to tag
him the "Black Clark Gable."
"Don't call me the Black Clark
Gable," he said seriously. "I really don't want that trip laid on me .
I've gone into stores, just casually
shopping, like in the supermarket,
and people will come up to me and
tell me that I really don't look like
Clark Gable .. . 'You look more like
Omar Sharif or Erroll Flynn','' he
chuckles. "But what is interesting,
is that they put me in a very special
category. The leading man. All of
a sudden, here is this ethnic minority, this guy who suddenly emerges in a way that you don't see
color. Then they wonder , ' Now
what do we do with him? ' ."
Aside from the tremendous contributions and impact that Billy
Dee is making in the motion pie-

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ture industry, he is also an aspiring and proficient painter. During
the interview he was gracious enough to give members of the
Grapevine staff a modest showing
of some of his talents. He is presently making plans for a showing
of his artwork. Those acquaintances who have had the rare opportunity to acquire some of his
invaluable artwork, have promised
him that he can exhibit their purchases.
Although he comes on the
screen bigger than life, Billy Dee
is careful in guarding his private
life. Interestingly, we discovered
that he has a twin sister living in
Los Angeles. When asked if she
too is in the movie business, he
smiled and said, "No, she's just a
sister." The father of three children, Cory 19, Miyako 18 and Little Hanako 7, Billy Dee beams as
he speaks of his family ties.
When his father passed away
five years ago, Billy Dee happily
packed his mother up and moved
her from New York to live with he
and his wife, Teruko. "When
you've been running around like
crazy all your life and all of a sudden you're a person that has a lot
of responsibility .. .I like it. 1 enjoy
being the head of the household.
1 kind of think it's a very natural
thing for a man to do." Unlike the
norm of many actors and entertainers who somehow feel that
family and children interfere with
work, Billy readily disagrees. "l
believe that a family and kids, a
wife and children and that kind of

Billy Dee Williams
stuff, add to your creativity and
to your life."
Currently, he and his partner,
Gary Judas, are in negotiations to
start a production company to
seek out new film property for
him. "I get scripts but they're limited to a specific point of view.
I've got to keep broadening the
audience." He has now grasped
the attention of the young. And
since the youthfulness of movie
audiences and the consequent necessity to cater to their romantic
view of themselves, upholders of
good, the true and the beautiful

come through with Billy Dee in a
sold-out world, he now finds, "I
don't like dealing with Black and
white. l find the whole question of
Black and white to me is boring.
Because dealing on that level,
you're always dealing with limitations. When you're dealing with
media and film, they are very
powerful. They can create images
and can change a lot of things."
If anyone knows his profession,
it's Billy Dee Williams. He speaks
in great length on the power and
impact that the movie industry has
in the country. "In the movie industry, we're (actors) like the last
man on the totem pole, always in
any situation, whatever the economic situation happens to be. So if
things are OK, it's going to be a
little bit better for us. If things are
really bad, it's going to be a lot
worse. What we're witnessing today, is that everybody is scared.
The whole economic and political
situation is bad ... everybody feels
like a minority. So, you're going
to watch people trying to hold onto certain values. And those who
have the most position are certainly going to create a situation that
makes them the most comfortable,
one that exposes all of the feelings
that they have about being Americans and what America means.
Which means white America."
All in all, Billy Dee Williams
has a real and genuine concern for
the motion picture industry and
the impressions which films give
the audience. From his film debut
in "The Last Angry Man" with

Paul Muni, he says, "Even when
1 was struggling years and years
ago, even then I tried to be selective with my roles."
But little did he, nor any of us,
know that right smack dab on
Broadway in the Curt Wile musical, "Three Penny Opera" that
the seven-year-old child actor
would turn out to be one of the
film industry's most provocative
and outstanding international
leading men and a "Super Star."
He humbly states, "Not everyone
can be a movie star. People make
you a movie star. They see you as
someone special and you have to
be special to them for them to recognize you as a star. I'm very honored that people see me this way."

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Displaying American Motorcycle Safety Association plaque awarded
them recently: (left to right) Jerome 'JC' Crum, Special Projects; Claude
Daniels, Vice President; Francine Payne, Secretary; George Jordan,
President; Ralph Jordan, Special Projects Director.

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One of the best ways to begin a
business is to see a need for a service and hence provide that service.
Millions of successful entrepreneurs will tell you that is exactly
what they did. And so it was with
three young Los Angeles men,
George Jordan and his brother
Ralph Jordan, and Claude Daniels, who are the owners of Right
Way Productions-a company
which handles complete tour
packaging, promotions, public relations and hotel accommodations
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Four years ago, the Jordan brothers and Claude Daniels were involved in a whirlwind of activities,
including a social club that kept
them busy along with working regular 9-5 jobs. Although they had
long wanted to be concert promoters, all did not click until they decided to do their friends a favor by
making hotel accommodations for
them for the Kool Jazz Festival in
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According to George Jordan,
who serves as president of the
company, "We had no idea that a
small thing like making hotel accommodations would mushroom
into a full-fledged business, but to
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orrour way to where we'd wanted
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company secretary. "We became
so busy with that one event that
we had to concentrate our efforts
on that rather than our regular
jobs. It actually began as a wordof-mouth operation, where one
friend who got good results from
our efforts would pass the word to
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Since those earlier beginnings,
Right Way Productions has become the official tour packagers
for the nationally popular Kool
Jazz Festival; handling ticket sales
and other promotion activities for
the event. Having established
creditable business stature with the
Kool Jazz Festival, Claude, Ralph,
and George set their sights on other activities, including a Las Vegas
weekend package, hoping to expand their business ventures and
finances. They have done well with
many community functions, especially with the Playboy Jazz
Festival, whereby they were responsible for one of the most successful free concert and mini-festivals held recently in Will Rogers
Park in South Central Los Angeles. " Many times when an activity

is held in the Watts area, people
automatically expect crowds to be
unruly, and generally expect the
activity to be unsuccessful. But
when we planned the mini-festival
leading up to the Playboy Jazz
Festival, there were no incidents
of violence, there was a large
crowd on hand, and the concert
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much of the positive activity in the
community is never recognized
and highlighted. It's only when
things go wrong that you get the
big headlines and notoriety.''
Although Right Way Productions might not have been getting
big headlines for their work, the
community as a whole has been
positively responsive to their contributions. "People are beginning
to know who we are. And they're
beginning to trust us,'' says
George Daniels. "It's very important for us to be good businessmen, to be reliable, and honest.
Not only is it good for us financially, but it's important to us personally . We'd like to break the
stigma that so many Black people
have about trusting other Black
businesses. We want to do good
business, not only because it's a
way of gaining capital, but because it's the only way to do business."
Although still in its embryonic
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