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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1994
Urban
Being colored is gone forever.
stipulation his business partner
Uncle John Henry: "Why colored
Effective black parenting program to begin
tion and embracing the memories of
took over the neighborhoods.
Don Ross is a former vice presi-
District Judge
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Re* James Dowdy
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Director and actor Willie Minor
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Nov. 8,1994
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DON ROSS
Eagle Guest
Columnist
who had the most “injun" in them.
Aunt Mildred: “Grandma Liza is white man’s coffee. It will be your
People—a Memoir”. Oklahoma Eagle and is now an
The characters from Gates’ life Oklahoma State Representative.
ing arts on a humbug.
From Arp, Texas, Minor as a
child had no visions of becoming an duction that dealt with racial hatred?
actor. "But I knew that I could do it
by what I had seen on TV.
“The war was over in Vietnam
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The following Pastors, Preachers and Ministers endorse and support
Judge Jesse Harris for
Fl
And this time shall soon pass.
Colored folks are gone, perhaps laughed in unison. The stories they
Judge Jesse Harris and wife, Yvonne Harris
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THE OKLAHOMA EAGLE
Meet director Willie Minor
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themselves on the porch.
Chowtah beer, called “choc" or
com whiskey, with some pretense of were some of the same personalities
hiding it from the children, was who foamed my notions of who I was
poured into former green bean cans and how I was linked to the rest of
that served as glasses — and it was the world.
showtime. As I read his book, I could see
They talked. They lied. They chapters from my life.
Re* Jac* Tucter
and I decided I was going back to bringing quality theater to the area,
school to pursue a degree in law at “One Monkey" takes place after the
Prairie View AAM in Texas. I was death of Rev. Avery Harrison's
too late for registration and many of brother, Big Ed. Bid Ed has willed
the classes I wanted to take were his half of the “Shake Shake Club”
close. So to free the gap, I took to his only child, Beverly, with the
Acting 101 and the rest is history.” r.i—i-.:— a----— —
According to Minor, performing becomes her legal guardian. The
arts give him a natural high that can- minister and his wife Myra want
not be compared to anything. “I love nothing to do with this matter,
the spontaneity, the creativity it because of their social status in the
offers," Minor added. community. They also have a
Minor feels that the primary job responsibility of raising their son
of the actor is to provide a way of Felix, who was want! desperately to
Street North. praise effectively, how to use spe- mation, call Ting Manalac, 425-
The Center for the Improvement cial incentive methods, how to con- 0586 or 582-0061.
of Child Caring developed this pro- front effectively, use time out effec-
gram which will provide parents lively and use chit-chat time. Also
with a wide variety of child-rearing covered will be modem black self-
glimpses into a segregated society of — I loved to hear the argument of didn’t catch that rabbit, you didn’t
eat." Cousin Tout* "Never spit in a
Minor would to like to encourage the Negroes, who were replaced by on the rolls as a Freedman, but ha hick io catch him on a good day and
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W//» Manor “Scenes of Soweto. “I was the only expose their children to the perform'- Afriran-Americais oemwing tom
ence several different emotions, North, Mabie Wallace; the National groups and they ask why there is so “But this woman didn’t like that Gales* memories and portraits of
7"** • ’u j.- Endowment for the Arts; and the much black-on-black crime, I blame Grandma Liza and hired ha out to the people in his early life, conveys a
‘•i4M1.nOu^S?7n^y.? ^°I^ng °n for bringii^ him air conditioning and TV. When live with white folks and clean, deep sense of, and longing for the
Tjc!^eu.,nay ** Pur* colored and poorer, there was no air self,” auntie would tell. ’ ty that was so much a part of an ear-
~ ———w "Papa and that woman had seven lia time before colored folks were
will make Tulsa aware of what PAC, all Carson Attractions, and ----
Theatre North is trying to do by Coopa’s Fruit Stand.
performer — it was a one-man ing arts because it will leave them
show. I had to keep the audience well-rounded.
Mina gives special thanks to the for the good — not aD of it fa the looked just like^an Injun, a
-r-t. ( Blackfoot." They would all laugh.
escape for die audience and to cause escape his middle-class family and forever. They are but indelible told: the history they handed down folks outrun white folks? If you
them to think, and lastly, to bring their capitalistic views. “C“ ” - - -
about change. I *
Minor has performed in many sex.
productions on stage, television, and F“
film. He said his best work was the Afro-American family to really
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them to think, and lastly, to bring their capitalistic views. “One L __
Monkey" takes a bittersweet look at the 1940s and before. They were
pushed from the neighborhood by
the kids had been hustled home as “Roots.”
darkness fell, any Saturday night These rambling memories were
seem to cue the entrance of Uncle triggered by my scanning through also.©
lohn Henry, Cousin Tom, or an Harvard Professor Henry Louis Don Ross is a former vice presi-
assortment of odd characters to stage Gates Jr.’s latest book: “Colored dent and general manager of The
Resource Center, 521 East 36th child behaviors, as well as how to first night of class. For more infer- Why you here? You better git Cherokee,” she explained.
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to the projects, and everybody had a grandmother died. Among her ing the history of colored socializa-
tclevision, the old folks went inside belongings was ha Indian roll num- f ‘ w . 1 2
and never came out again. The thugs ba. With a bit of research, as with days lost But still lurking in the
took ova the neighborhoods. Haley, I confirmed from the records African-American consciousness is
While those old colored women much of what I had heard so many that reminda — whomever we are,
were sitting on the porch and after years before. I could have written we are somebody. We are survivors,
a special people.
And this time soon shall pass,
hung from the ceiling of the “They some kin to the Graysons, is an anthropological search through
screened-in porch. While gossiping, the Luckeys, the Vinsons, the a time, a family, a town, and a peo-
A parenting skill-building pro- strategies and skills. Learn the pyra- discipline. The program include to “Amos *N Andy” and spied on the Bruners, and a whole bunch others.” colored, to Negro, to black, to
gram for black parents will be held mid of success for black children, education about preventing drug neighborhood, particularly the kids Then she would run down the family African-American — something
may have been gained, but a bit was
lost, also.
Professor Gates* book is on the
shelf at the SJ Bookstore, 130 N.
Two years ago Liza’s daughter, my Greenwood. It’s worth having, read-
television, the old folks went inside belongings was ha Indian roll num-
the blacks. Now more and more mama was a foil-blood Creek. he’ll hand it to you and want you to
» “She died and Papa married anoth- have a cup with him” As I turn the
the hood. a injun woman. Grandma Liza was pages of my youth, these people
. , . - ... So much has changed, much of it coal black, with long black hair — become so vivid and the tales live
captive for an hour and 30 minutes. Mina gives special thanks to the fa the good - not all of it fa the looked just like an Injun, a again.
An<lll.*c°yer.PlcatI^ better. When I apeak before white Blackfoot.” They would all laugh. One acknowledgement suggests
the perform- from laughter to tears.” Endowment for the Arts; and the much blackon-'bhckertne, I btame G’^^'LiziLid hir^d ber'out to te people h his
‘Master Harold and the Boy," a pro- to Tulsa and keepmgthe arttalive in blacks and African-Americans were When Papa died, Liza was by ha- extended family and close communi-
Minor hopes that “One Monkey" chasedat the following locations: cowtitirwing*
In the early evening, the old folks or eight otha kids, but Grandma was Negro, black, or African-American.
would escape from the heat and park neva connected with them. “You see Gates'book inspires reflection.
their wide bottoms on the swing that these chillens?” pointing to us. Howeva, this memoir is more. It
* ‘ > “They some kin to the Graysons, is an anthropological search through
with flyswatter in hand, they listened Checotahs, the Johnsons, the pie. From the progressions of names;
starting Oct 18,6-8 p.m., and sub- family rule guidelines and the think- abuse and coping with the stresses searching for mischief. tree from my fathers side. Mv
sequent Tuesday nights for 12 ing parent's approach. Parents will and challenges of single parents. They could spot a stranger from fatha s dad had three wives and 28
weeks. The site is Northside Family learn how to describe and chart Registration will be taken the three blocks: “Who yo’ folks, boy? children. "They injun too —
along." When air conditioning came
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