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...young Baldwin took a while, however, to transcend his own confused hostility toward his oppressers. This collection makes a valuable attempt to resurrect some of of his earlier material, the raw data out of which his humanitarian theory would be constructed. In these early pieces, especially "Journey To Atlanta" of 1948, we see a brilliant but young Baldwin trying to grapple with the immensely complex problems of race relations. He claims justly that, "The Progressive Party...has not made any great impression in Harlem," but he has nothing to suggest beyond that failure. He weighs the consequences of the overt...
South African Poet and Northwestern University Professor DENNIS BRUTUS at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst: "I speak as one of the oppressed in South Africa. I reject and transcend the racial categories that are imposed on us at the present time by an oppressed system, and I speak to you on behalf of the people of South Africa. It is customary to make dire predictions at this point to the graduates in order to prepare them for what is referred to as 'the real world.' I decline to do so. Not that I could not make dire predictions...
...Documentary Feature. Its plot--all-American guy shoots the mayor of San Francisco and a gay-activist supervisor, then goes to trial pleading that junk food made him do it--was as farfetched and compelling as that of any paranoiac political thriller. Herewith, reports on three more documentaries that transcend the newsreel...
...Sunday afternoon, these very experiments will take place. Jeffrey L. Goldberg '86, who will direct Sunday afternoon's Musical Offering explains his role: "What I'm doing may not satisfy purists who aren't used to hearing Bach on synthesizer, harp, trombone, or sax, but Bach can stand and transcend particular musical instruments." He added, "As the Musical Offering was Bach's response to the newest instrument of his day--the piano--we're applying it to the newest instruments of ours...
Murray and Cher were chosen because "not only did they establish themselves as capitivatir personalities, but both took major risks in their careers," explained Alek P. Keshishian '86, producer of this year's show. "Their talents transcend trendy popularity...