Pike High School - Pikes Peek Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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staes It iie Pete Randall Daron Walker Tamee Hyde Michael DIggs Tim Holmes Tracey Middlebrooks Karen Gordon David Arnold Jeff Edwards Steve Robertson

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l Raisin in tine Sun, a milestone in I drama, was first presented I March 1 1 , 1959. This was no or- dinary play because it was the first play written by a Negro woman, Lor- raine Hansberry, to be produced on Broadway. It was the first to be di- rected by a Negro in over half a cen- tury and became the first play written by a black to receive the New York Drama Critics Circle Award. On November 7 and 8 the drama was also a first for Pike in that no other predominately black play had ever been presented here. It was the story of a Negro family in Chicago who wanted to better them- selves. Walter (junior Pete Randall) wanted to invest his deceased father ' s insurance money in a liquor store, much to his wife ' s dismay (senior Tracey Middlebrooks).. Walter ' s sister Beneatha (junior Karen Gordon) wanted to use the money to go to col- lege and become a doctor. Mama (ju- nior Daron Walker) desired a decent home in the suburbs. Other cast members included senior Tamee Hyde, juniors Jeff Edwards, Tim Holmes, sophomore Michael Diggs and freshmen David Arnold and Steve Robertson. Author Lorraine Hansberry, who died at age 34 of cancer, said, I tried to show . . . the many graduations in even one Negro family, the clash of the old and the new, but most of all the un- believable courage of the Negro people. Above: Pete Randall tries desperately to explain to his mother (junior Daron Walker) that a man has to better himself and his family ' s future. Above right: Junior Karen Gordon and junior Da- ron Walker comfort senior Tracey Middlebrooks who now is pregnant and is considering an abortion. Right: Freshman David Arnold listens as the grownups discuss the prospects of moving into a new house in a non-integrated neighborhood.

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Below: Cindy Wison, junior, dances with the Pi- kettes. The Pikettes performed at other activities during the year including halftimes at basketball games. Below: Senior Jay Poindexter does a front walk over during the gymnastic exhibition act of the Talent Show. 8 Above: Bruce Corrigan, freshman, plays the ma- rimbas during the Talent Show. He played them as a solo act Right: Freshman Maria York sings a solo while being accompanied by members of the Pike High School Jazz Ensemble.