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...cinema is a virtually lost one, ignored by both film historians and black-culture researchers. That is why such intense scholarly and media attention is being paid to a stack of old film cans found in a Tyler, Texas, warehouse and acquired by G. William Jones, director of Southern Methodist University's Southwest Film/Video Archives. Not yet fully examined or catalogued, the collection may not be quite the "treasure trove" that it was originally thought to be, but it contains upwards of 20 "race movies" (as they were once called), including some "lost" films and excellent prints and negatives...
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...emerging as the first major presidential candidacy in U.S. history to be built largely on church support. Lacking a large organization and with a badly underfunded campaign, Jackson has turned to networks of black churches for volunteers and money. This support is vital, Jackson told a group of African Methodist Episcopal church clergy in Atlanta last week. "We must translate pulpit power into political power...
...Just how far can a church go in supporting a political campaign without losing its tax exemption? Black churches have always welcomed political candidates to the pulpit, even before the civil rights movement. But the Jackson campaign represents a considerable escalation in political involvement. Such periodicals as the United Methodist Reporter and the Roman Catholic weekly America, have carried editorials suggesting that the effort for Jackson oversteps the proper line between religion and politics. The Internal Revenue Code grants tax exemption only to religious organizations that do not take part in "any political campaign on behalf of any candidate...
...Thomas Jr., the pastor of the First United Methodist Church of Tulsa and the new agency's chairman, gives a key reason for the widening dismay: the election last October of Peggy Billings, 55, to run the mission board's overseas division. She is, Thomas declares, "the most radical person" on the staff...