Milwaukee Community Journal 2-22-12 Edition

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VOL. XXXV Number 30 February 22, 2012

Photos and question by Yvonne Kemp

Voters head to polls for primaries, winners emerge T

By MCJ Staff

Milwaukee saw many highly contested races, particularly in the Milwaukee County 5th Supervisory District. Seven contenders vied for the post, which will be vacated by the retiring County Board Chairman Lee Holloway.

Candidates in the running included: Peter Blewett, former Milwaukee School Board member; Roy Evans, noted attorney and activist; Afro-Fest founder Michael Brox; Chevy Johnson,

I feel President Obama will be re-elected because he is strong, intelligent and has shown that leadership demands the ability to make the tough decisions.”

“Yes, I think he is the right man for the job. He is responsible for the growth in the economy and the increase of jobs.”

LOUISE C. KIDD:

“Yes, President Obama will be re-elected. Why? Because the American people are not stupid they see whatʼs happening and they will support him and what he represents.”

MARTHA LOVE:

“Yes. The economy and the jobs have improved. The president put the automotive industry back on its feet. These are a few things he has done. He should be re-elected.”

Russell Stamper II

Priscilla Coggs-Jones

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Mayor Tom Barrett

Edward C. McDonald

who ran for County Supervisor in the 10th District last spring; Russell Stamper II, community activists and son of Milwaukee Reserve Judge Russell Stamper; Muhammad Mahdi, a volunteer at the Clara Mohammad School; and Priscilla Coggs-Jones, daughter of Rep. Elizabeth Coggs.

After Tuesday’s primaries, Stamper and Coggs-Jones emerged the victors, garnering 29 and 27 percent of the total votes cast respectively. The two now move onto the April 3 general election.

In other Supervisory Districts: Deanna Alexander, Tracey Corder and A.T. Bufurd went up against each other for the 18th district, with Alexander and Corder advancing.

Two candidates challenged Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett for his seat as chief executive of the city. Edward C. McDonald and Ieshuh Griffin added their names to Tuesday’s ballots.

Griffin fell short so the April general election will pit McDonald against the incumbent Barrett.

Also a highly contested was the race for city treasurer. State Senator Spencer Coggs, Tim Carpenter, Dawn Marie Sass and Rick Kissell all vied for the position with Coggs and Carpenter advancing.

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By Patricia O’Flynn Pattillo

here was a time when neighbors knew neighbors, the children, where everyone worked...or did not work.

The blue-collar worker lived next to the teacher or social worker. Neighborhoods were diverse. Yet location and residing side by side presented more healthy commonalities than differences.

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Children were known and neighbors would correct the problem child, or certainly report their misbehavior to parent/s. Concern about keeping up the neighborhood was as much a part of daily culture as was getting the kids off to school, completing homework and being home before dark. Milwaukee is known as a city of neighborhoods with strong ethnic identifications, even today. This explains the success of the ethnic festivals on the Summerfest grounds, throughout the summer. And, it supports Milwaukee’s acclaim as one of the most segregated cities in the country.

With financial stability many middle class families vacated old neighborhoods, and new residents took their places. Rapid turnover of neighbors often changed the culture of neighborhoods and earlier values began to unravel. Concerns about yard care, home up-keep, attention to new neighbors, admonishment of inappropriate behavior were often replaced by strategies for “moving on up.” As a result families became increasingly isolated and concern about one’s neighbors was often replaced by a “take care of our own business” attitude. These were precursors to the changes witnessed in early neighborhoods.

Soon neighborhood organizations began to formalize by-laws, objectives, mission statements and prospectus’ to energize solid neighborhoods. Federal funds, county and city grants have further supported services to re-energize neighborhoods, their residents and objectives of solidarity.

The Milwaukee Community Journal will highlight some of those Neighborhoods Organizations...their leaders, their unique demographic make-up; their objectives and how this works to better the lives of residents; and the city of Milwaukee.

This yearlong focus will culminate with the newspaper’s annual Anniversary Celebration, Sunday, August 5, 2012 at the Italian Conference Center. The accomplishments of the organizations identified will be the substance on which the newspaper will focus.

MCJ readers will also be invited to participate by recommending their ”neighbor” who should be spotlighted.

These tenets, deemed honor-worthy, will be publicized, encouraging others to emulate or introduce other residents who make their neighborhood a better place in which to live and grow. (continued on page 5)

Boys & Girls Club youth join Housing Authority Commissioner Sherri Daniels, National DollarWise Manager Javier Arvelo and Mayor Barrett in celebrating a grant of $15,000 to expand a financial education program.

Mayor Barrett accepts award to expand financial education for low-income families On Tuesday, February 20, 2012, the U.S. Conference of Mayors’ National DollarWise Campaign presented a $15,000 Innovation Grant to Mayor Tom Barrett to expand a financial education program run by the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee (HACM) and the Wisconsin Women’s Business Initiative Corporation (WWBIC). Javier Arvelo, National DollarWise Manager, presented a ceremonial check to Mayor Barrett at the Hillside Family Resource Center during a resource fair and celebration for Wisconsin Saves Week.

The competitive grant was awarded to help expand the Make Your Money Talk financial education program to over 5,700 households in HACM’s Section 8 Rent Assistance Program. Since 2004, Make Your Money Talk has

First annual conference addresses Cancer Health Disparities Research As the movie “Red Tail” was being edited before its premier opening weekend, Tuskegee University, the historically famous black college was planning and finalizing the First Annual Bioethics Institute Conference, at the Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center, January 18-20, 2012.

Trailers of the Tuskegee Airmen, the subject of the “ Red Tail” film, looped continuously on television screens strategically located throughout the Kellogg Center, but in the Ballroom a bevy of intellectual giants, physicians, doctors of philosophy, practitioners and professors took dais microphones and shared expertise on the subject of “Cancer Health Disparities Research”.

Driven by the many of the ethical issues revealed in the two-year top ten selling non-fiction, “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks,”

by Rebecca Skloot, this cadre of medical researchers shared pertinent information about disparities, philosophical issues, debate and re-

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Driven by the many of the ethical issues revealed in the two-year top ten selling non-fiction, ‘The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks,’ by Rebecca Skloot, this cadre of medical researchers shared pertinent information about disparities, philosophical issues, debate and rebuttal on the equality of the playing field, after 150 years, since the Abolition of Slavery.

buttal on the equality of the playing field, after 150 years, since the Abolition of Slavery.

The consensus overwhelmingly supported the need to work toward the identification of disparities, and creation of programs, initiatives and advanced training for medical personnel.

Funded by a grant from the National Institute of Health, the partnership of Morehouse School of Medicine, Tuskegee University and

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the University of Alabama, affirmed the professional response that analyzing, updating and critiquing on-going research with an annual think tank is opportunistic toward promoting equity and eliminating disparities in health care outcomes.

And the Biomedical Center, on Tuskegee University’s campus, could to be a natural site for future training. Built after the official apology by former President Bill Clinton for the

travesties of the Tuskegee experiments on syphilitic black men, the Center continues to expand its offerings.

The Tuskegee clinical studies affected over 600 rural men from Macon County, Alabama who thought they were being given free health care. They were actually being studied in various stages of the devastating disease, without knowledge or research consent.

This was the premiere bio-ethical catastrophe that continued from 1932 until 1972 and was only disclosed after a leak to the Press.

Most of the men were recruited and never given medicine to eliminate syphilis, though penicillin had become the standard treatment for the disease in 1947.

Promised free meals, health care and burial insurance, some were returnees of World War II, and others in the throes of the Great Depression. Many deaths, leaving wives who were infected, and the resultant birth of children with congenital syphilis, were the out-

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“No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any persons within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”

Community-driven Infant Mortality Initiative offers hope GUEST COMMENTARY

We’d like to thank the Milwaucommitment, active engagement kee Journal Sentinel and the Miland indication of intentions to adwaukee Community Journal, dress infant mortality disparities in Wisconsin’s largest circulated coordinated manner. Solid relaSubmitted by Milwaukee LIHF Collaborative ationships African American newspaper, for have been built and serve highlighting the need for community-wide support to address the black- as the foundation for our efforts to work in partnership to accomplish a white infant mortality gap through the Empty Cradles series. common goal.

The coverage has helped to raise awareness broadly through the city of Our efforts have not focused on gaining media headlines as we have Milwaukee about our disgraceful distinction of having one of the worst focused on the tough work of developing solutions to save lives of the racial disparities in infant mortality in the nation. most vulnerable amongst us, our infants. For respectful community enWe would also like to thank the Wisconsin Partnership Program (WPP) gagement, we understand the necessity of building the trust within the imof the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health for pacted community, which takes time. their leadership on this issue and their financial support of the Lifecourse Milwaukee LIHF Collaborative partners have been at the table working Initiative for Healthy Families (LIHF). through the differences that have historically kept our communities apart.

Although there have been efforts over the course of many years, work- We must understand that real community engagement, based on proven ing in this regard locally, it is extremely invigorating to have increased theories, demands outreach to the impacted community, consulting with financial and human resources on a local level, active engagement of the the community, involving the community in the process, truly collaboratmost impacted people and new stakeholders involved in ridding our city ing and sharing power. of this epidemic. Milwaukee is one of four communities in southeastern It is essential that the impacted community believes they are involved Wisconsin to receive a planning grant from WPP to combat this issue. in, and crucial to the success of, the process and can influence the soluThe Milwaukee Lifecourse Initiative for Healthy Families (Milwaukee tions. Building capacity to improve health involves the development of LIHF) Collaborative’ s mission is to reduce stress and improve healthy sustainable skills, resources, and organizational structures. birth outcomes for African-American families in Milwaukee.

The Milwaukee LIHF Collaborative encourages the Milwaukee Journal This community-driven effort has aggressively tackled this issue over Sentinel to continue to shine a light on the injustices of the City’s blackthe past 18 months and has been coordinated by the Planning Council. white infant mortality gap and asks that everyone take a honest look at This process is offering hope that the lives of more African American in- the role that racism and economics play in this disparity as well as putting fants will be averted from untimely death. consistent and strong commitments toward this work.

More than 140 diverse stakeholders have committed efforts to build The implementation phase for the WPP grants will begin in the spring buy-in across all sectors. of 2012 and we will continue working to influence and support any interTheir frequent meetings have focused on documenting the problem, ventions funded by this Program. After all, to see real improvement in the learning about potential solutions, contributing knowledge from different African American infant mortality disparity, the cornerstone of any effort life experiences and disciplines, and recommending a community action must involve the community and collaborate with its members. plan.

Milwaukee LIHF Collaborative has established an ambitious goal – This plan sets priorities that are backed by promising practices with eliminating the black-white infant mortality gap in Milwaukee by 2020local relevancies to have a positive impact on birth outcomes. The prior- because we believe the lives lost and those yet to come deserve our utmost ities are: efforts to make Milwaukee a community that is welcoming to all infants.

1) increasing access to medical care over the lifespan for African Amer- Social, cultural, physical, and economic foundations are important factors ican families, in the overall health of the community.

2) increasing the role of fathers in African American families and Thus, we cannot afford to look at infant mortality with narrow lenses 3) reducing poverty among African American families. These priorities and expect improvements. Our conversations are deep and broad; but were vetted by our African American Task Force and supported by spe- large-scale social change requires broad cross-sector coordination, not cific strategies that were recommended by community and academic ex- isolated interventions of individual organizations. The work of real comperts. The Milwaukee LIHF Collaborative has been able to mobilize munity engagement may be hard and time consuming, but it is ESSENconstituents from different backgrounds and perspectives, and gained their TIAL!

Part Two: Was Tonto a Tom?

Westerns used as a tool to propogate cultural and racist myths, historical distortions

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Part two: Early to mid-twentieth century, western movies were perfect tools to propagate cultural myths, historical distortions and justifications for racial discrimination. While many were scripted to harbor a small thread of historical truth, for the most part they were overtly sensationalized historical abstracts that were used as vehicles to justify what became a system of cultural and socioeconomic apartheid in America.

Through the mid-1970s, western movies were a celebrated and defining genre that linked us to a period of history that was oddly cruel yet glamorous, harrowing and dangerous yet inspiring and alluring.

Because major movie westerns were so appealing to the American audience, they also provided a perfect setting for the propaganda machine to entrench racism, prejudice and White superiority in the American ethos.

Not by coincidence, westerns in the first half of the 20th century was more blatant in their historical inaccuracies and overtly racist themes, not just about African Americans, but Hispanic and Native Americans. From the era of silent films at the dawn of the 20th century through the 1970s, Americans (and the world) were bombarded with blatantly distorted caricatures of people of color.

Many historians point to the 1915 film ‘Birth of a Nation’ as the most deliberate example of racist propaganda via a western. Although it was a silent film, “Birth” spoke deafeningly and provided a blueprint of racist propaganda that would reverberate for a generation.

Based on the novel and play, ‘The Clansman,’ both by Thomas Dixon, Jr., ‘Birth of a Nation’ was a D. W. Griffith (south) western movie that not only cast African Americans as savage, uncivilized and uncontrollably sexual beasts (as in wanting White women), but also as pawns of the Northern strategy to supplant the racist culture, heritage and economy of the south after the civil war.

The movie provided a romanticized and blatantly erroneous origin of the Klu Klux Klan, justifying their terrorist acts and the eventual murder of thousands of freed Black slaves. The fact that the then-president of the United States endorsed and recommended “Birth of A Nation” to his “fellow Americans” spoke volumes about both the political temperament of the period and entrenchment of apartheid.

And with an endorsement by the president of the United State of America, despite its obvious inaccuracies, “Birth” became a template for a wave of propaganda films to follow.

Said President Woodrow Wilson of the film: “The White men (in the movie) were roused by a mere instinct of self preservation…until at last there had sprung into existence a great Ku Klux Klan, a veritable empire of the South, to protect the Southern country.”

In many respects, the Academy Award winning film “Gone with the Wind” (1939) was as racist as Birth of a Nation, although it was somewhat more covert in its misrepresentations of slavery and the “grand ole south.”

In “Gone with the Wind” Black “Americans” were cast as senile, happy-golucky sub- humans. The racist southerners were “misunderstood,” their culture brought order and civility to America and benefited the American economy.

A similar movie that not only misrepresented history but also helped sow the seeds of racism and apartheid was “Belle Starr,” which hit the theaters in 1941.

Based on a real person in western history—who in real life was a ‘ho’ and a backstabbing, vicious criminal—the movie version brought to the silver screen an idolized and totally inaccurate version that portrayed the southern slut as a victim of what southerners believed to be the Union Army’s overzealousness during reconstruction.

Some called “Belle Starr” a poor man’s version of “Gone with the Wind,” that included scenes in which the newly freed slaves were provided with radical

“rights,” like the ability to enter the front door of public facilities and to look White people in the eye.

The movie employed every racist stereotype in the book, and thus earned the title of being one of the most racist and deliberate propaganda affronts in cinematic history.

Sadly, many reviewers called it a classic and accepted its distortions with either a grain of salt or as slight exaggerations of history. Their unwillingness to point out the historical inaccuracies or the affronts against Black Americans served to legitimize the movie.

The infamous contemporary Klansman David Duke could have written the script for “Belle Starr.” It was complete with images of Northern Carpetbaggers telling recently freed slaves they would not only get their “former massa’s lands and fair treatment” under Reconstruction, but would be allowed (this is a quote) to “walk down the sidewalks” like real people!

The movie shows White women gasping and clutching their bosoms in fear upon hearing those blasphemous declarations as the “illiterate and uncivilized darkies” were shown dancing and singing in the streets.

The movie justified the outrage of proper Southerners to the turn of events, including Belle Starr, who took comfort from her “mammy,” a symbolic Aunt Jemimah right down to the rag on her head, who insisted her “place was by her misses’ side.”

“Aunt Jemimah,” portrayed by Louise Beavers (guess she really needed the money), was so brainwashed she helped defeated confederate murderers escape the wrath of the Union soldiers who were trying to introduce an unknown concept to the southern territory called “equality.”

It may sound like a silly movie by today’s standards, but America was bombarded with this type of propaganda throughout the first half of the last century.

These movies were a key component of the socialization process and helped shape American culture, not just in the south, but the north as well.

As an iconic form of indoctrination, mid-century western television shows and movies, often starred America’s theatrical superstars, including the unapologetically racist John Wayne. Indeed many actors were considered American heroes, which made their movies all the more acceptable.

There were hundreds of movies during the heyday of the western that promoted racist stereotypes of African Americans, Native Americans and Hispanics. While the images of African Americans were often grotesque, it is not far fetched to suggest Native Americans were cast in an even worst light. America sought to justify the mass extermination of a great people by casting them as murderous, uncivilized savages.

The chief protagonist in that effort was the American “icon” John Wayne.

And for Wayne, his cowboy portrayals were rooted not just in his acting ability, but his personal politics.

It was no coincidence that Wayne never allowed a Black actor in any of his 100 or so movies until the 1970s when Roscoe Lee Brown appeared in “The Cowboys.”

And most Native American actors who appeared in his films (most “lead” Indians were actually White) received limited time in the movie to question American policy because Wayne killed them off so fast shortly after they opened their mouths.

By Mikel Kwaku Osei Holt

Wayne was not only the lead actor in dozens of racist films, but was a producer of many, including his so-called classic, “The Alamo,” in which he played Davey Crockett, himself a real life racist.

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ELECTION WATCH 2012

EDITOR’S NOTE: In the February 15 edition of the Community Journal in our candidates speak out on the issues series, we did not include the answers from First Aldermanic District Candidate Virgie Wynn-Martin. We thought we had accidently purged her answers from our email system. This was discovered too late to contact the candidate for the answers since we were too close to our deadline to have our newspaper to the printer. We later discovered--the day after our paper went to press--that her answers had not been deleted. We contacted the candidate and apologized. We also put Ms. Wynn-Martin’s answers to the last three questions in our series on our website. Printed below are her answers.

Virgie WynnMartin

(1st Ald. Dist.)

Question Six:

How involved should government be in our lives?: “They are already involved. We live in one of

the most poverty stricken cities in America and have a 95% unemployment rate for our Black males.

“If they want to really get involved and make changes that we the people want to see, then skillful training and job creation would be number one on our government to do list.

“Funding programs like SDC Healthy Marriage and Relationship program.

“A program that gives hope and skill sets to families that otherwise wouldn't have the opportunity to gain them. I want to see our community progress not degrees.

“If our government do not support our positive agencies that impact and effectively help the community sadly we will fail.”

Question Seven:

What is your position on Affirmative Action?: “In toady's' Milwaukee we should educate the

youth on affirmative action and how it works and what it is put in place for.

“Growing up in the city, I have faced many of these challenges being bi-racial. My experiences only made me stronger because i had educators and community support.

“Putting in place more programs and curriculum's in our youth everyday lives will make them stronger and wiser.”

Question Eight:

What is your position on housing/foreclosures?: “There are too many foreclosures in our city.

It saddens me because these are foreclosures that infest our neighborhoods with crime and unhealthy living standards.

“If the banks would offer foreclosed properties at a rent reduced rate, than the occupancy rate will help with some of the housing problems that plague Milwaukee.

“By doing this it will give our citizens a more affordable and safer community to reside.”

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RELIGION The Milwaukee Community Journal February 22, 2012 page 4

ANOINTED THOUGHTS

Lenten Reading List

by Rev. Roxanne Cardenas, M.Div

prophetess@tangibleword.com

As we approach the season in which we celebrate the death and resurrection of Christ, we prepare by observing Lent.

Lent is the 40-day period leading up to Easter Sunday. Lent is a time that many Christians chose to sacrifice something that they enjoy as a way of honoring the sacrifice made by Christ on the cross.

In 2012, Lent begins on Wednesday, February 22, 2012. Let us use this time to read foundational texts that strengthen our faith and remind us tremendous and sacrificial gift of salvation.

Email me and share your stories of your lenten reading experiences. I am certain that as you cut out this reading list and commit to celebrating the Bible and not "the bunny" during this season, you will experience the power and presence of God in a special way.

Day 1: John 12 Day 2: John 13 Day 3: John 14:1-8 Day 4: John 14:9-14 Day 5: John 14:15-21 Day 6: John 14: 22-31 Day 7: John 15: 1-6 Day 8: John 15:7-17 Day 9: John 15:18-27 Day 10: Matthew 24:1-6 Day 11: Matthew 24:7-14 Day 12: Matthew 24:15-28 Day 13: Matthew 24:29-31 Day 14: Matthew 24:32-35 Day 15: Matthew 24:36-44 Day 16: Matthew 24:45-51 Day 17: Matthew 25: 1-13 Day 18: Matthew 25:14-30 Day 19: Matthew 25:31-46 Day 20: Matthew 26:1-5 Day 21: Matthew 26: 6-13 Day 22: Matthew 26:14-16 Day 23: Matthew 26:17-25 Day 24: Matthew 26:26-30 Day 25:Matthew 26:31-35 Day 26: Matthew 26:36-39 Day 27: Matthew 26:40-47 Day 28: Matthew 26:48-56 Day 29: Mark 14:53-59 Day 30: Mark 14:60-65 Day 31: Mark 14:66-72 Day 32: Mark 15:1-19 Day 33: Mark 15:20-30 Day 34: Mark 15:31-41 Day 35: Luke 23:1-12 Day 36: Luke 23:13-25 Day 37: Luke 23:26-38 Day 38: Luke 23:39-49 Day 39: Luke 23:50-56 Day 40: Luke 24:1-12 and Mark 16

Try c e n te r i ng p r a y er t h i s L e nt s e a s on

Ash Wednesday is the first day of our six-week journey with Jesus to the Cross and Resurrection. For many of us, this day is a “new beginning” when we recommit ourselves to following Jesus with much more faithfulness and courage.

The church asks us to do three things: Pray, Fast and Give Alms. And in order to do these three things well, the church provides us with scripture readings from the Hebrew Scripture and the Christian Scripture that highlight the life and death and resurrection of Jesus. (If you want a list of the scriptures assigned for Lent, please let me know. My email address is fathercarldiederichs@gmail.com and my phone number is 414-550-5829.)

Our Lenten observances of fasting, giving alms to the needy, and praying have great power to change us from the inside out. They give us a certain focus that we may have lost. They ground us in such a way that we have more sensitivity to the needs of others.

When I counsel people who ask me about prayer, I begin by saying that there are many forms of prayer and some are communal and others are done privately. Certainly for us Catholics, the weekly gathering around the Welcome Table is the most perfect form of worship. We call this time together “The Source and Summit” of our lives in Christ.

But we also need to pray daily in the privacy of our home. Often, I recommend a type of pray that is called “wordless” prayer or “centering prayer.” This type of prayer forgoes the many words that we like to throw at God hoping for a response. In centering prayer we let

BREAD IN THE WILDERNESS

by Fr. Carl Diederichs, All Saints Catholic Church

God seep into our very souls, as we remain quiet.

The method is simple: find a quiet, comfortable place, sit and close your eyes, begin to breath deeply and evenly. Select a word or phrase that we call our “mantra” such as “Come, Lord Jesus.” Clear your mind and remain still.

As thoughts come to you, just let them flow by and return often to the mantra without concentrating on them.

I suggest two sessions each day of only 10 minutes each, as a start. And, as with other important things in your life, never miss the two short periods even though we will come up with a hundred reasons why we need to skip the pray today!

So, begin your centering prayer with a brief prayer using words and then let God take over and bathe you in loving concern. I know that when I do this, my day is different; my responses to people are different. I am calmer, at peace and much more open to the needs of others.

I ask you to pray for me during this sacred time of Lent and I will pray for you.

Ruthie Carson February 22, 2012 Laura Winters February 24,2012

Quitrina ohnson February 24, 2012 Melvin Burks February 24, 2012

Dorothy Weatherall Ian Austin February 24, 2012 February 24, 2012 Frank Gillon, Jr. February 25, 2012

Great Faith Church welcomes new senior pastor

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TRINITY BAPTIST REVIVAL Trinity Missionary Baptist Church, 2829 North Teutonia Avenue, Milwaukee, WI; will hold it's Annual Revival, March 14-16, 2012, 7:00p.m. nightly.

The theme is "Reviving Our Spirits." The guest revivalist is Reverend Donald Louis Parson, Pastor, Logos Assembly Baptist Church, Chicago, IL. The community is encouraged to come and celebrate.

If there are any questions, please call Reverend Harold Turner, Pastor of Trinity Missionary Baptist Church @ 414-333-8265 or 414264-1919.

Pastor Jarvis Ellis, he new senior pastor of Great Faith Progressive Missionary Baptist Church, 4767 N. Hopkins St., took the helm of the congregation Sunday December 4, 2011.

Great Faith’s – commonly referred to as “The Church With The Common Touch” – membership overwhelmingly voted in Ellis after he visited and preached at the church in late July of 2011.

Pastor Jarvis Ellis The Atlanta, Georgia native recently moved to the Milwaukee area from Macon, Georgia where he served as Executive Pastor of Youth & Young Adults at the Macedonia Baptist Church.

Great Faith functioned for nearly a year under the guidance of the Holy Spirit and several local area pastors. Pastor Ellis follows in the great legacy of the late Rev. Benjamin Nabors who was the Founder/Senior Pastor of Great Faith Progressive Missionary Baptist Church who went home to be with the Lord on December 4, 2010.

During Pastor Nabors’ tenure, Great Faith experienced tremendous growth both spiritually and numerically.

When we asked about his thoughts on the Rev. Nabors’s legacy, Ellis said: “I’m both humbled and honored to follow behind such a rich legacy of outstanding leadership of Pastor Nabors.” Adding, “I could never replace nor fill

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ʻPutting the Neighbor Back Into the Hoodʼ (continued from page 1)

A Neighbor of the Year, Neighborhood Organization of the Year, Corporate Neighbor and Neighborhood Partner will be the ultimate winners determined by MCJ readers’ votes, via the newspaper and the MCJ website.

We seek the partnering support of neighborhood and community organizations as we identify who they are and profile what they do. These event sponsors will be the focus of the MCJ Anniversary Gala, which will include a table of eight (8); skirted table for passing out literature, a VIP Reception, music by Christopher’s Project and a keynote speaker who embodies progress and mobilizing

neighborhoods. The event partners’ logos and descriptions will appear on the MCJ website throughout the year.

And, the representatives will be highlighted in the Anniversary special edition and souvenir booklet with photos, profiles, and video at the celebration.

An integral component of the yearlong Neighborhood Initiative will be highlighting neighbors, along with clean-up - fix-up campaigns, mentoring, youth clubs and other collaborative efforts the organizations will bring to the newspaper, for coverage.

Perhaps, after focusing on our neighbors, what we do, jointly, to promote cohesive neighborhoods;

and applauding those who devote their energies to improving neighborhoods, we will all see that “Putting the Neighbor Back into the Hood” positively builds community.

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Proceeds from the Anniversary Celebration support the sustaining students of the Dr. Terence N. Thomas Scholarship Fund. Over $ 400,000 has been awarded to these Milwaukee academic giants. Now having graduated over 36 students who became doctors, lawyers, engineers, teachers, social workers, certiaccountants, mass fied communication specialist and marketing professionals, currently sixteen recipients await our continued support. You bring “neighbor” back into the hood.

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provided intensive financial education to public housing residents.

Six hundred low-income individuals have completed the course, and it has helped them to save hundreds of thousands of dollars and invest it in education, homeownership and business creation.

"At DollarWise, we award ‘Innovation Grants,’ and this project is as innovative as it gets in the way it helps a financially vulnerable group,” said Arvelo. “We hope to promote Milwaukee’s effort around the country.”

The event also marked the kick-off of Wisconsin Saves Week, which celebrates efforts to promote financial awareness and encourage financial action among people of all economic levels.

Wisconsin State Treasurer Kurt Schuller was on hand to present a proclamation commemorating the week.

growth of these experiments funded by U.S Public Health Services .

Dr. Tim Turner, Dr. Stephen Olafemi Sodeke, Dr. Roberta Troy, and Dr. Vivian Carter, of Tuskegee, with cooperating support from each of the grant partners, led this inspiring program. An estimated 300 attendees were involved over the three days.

President Gilbert L. Rochon, of Tuskegee greeted the opening session attendees and shared the many new partnerships coming to the campus. Dr. Roland Pattillo, Professor at the Morehouse School of Medicine, reflected upon the history of Henrietta Lacks.

The HELA Conference, the first two letters of Henrietta Lacks’ name, was established by Dr. Pattillo at Morehouse School of Medicine, sixteen years ago.

His research with Dr. George Gey, the original scientist at Johns Hopkins, who established the HELA cell line, his mentor, was the impetus for enunciating the importance of understanding the “living history” of the Lacks family, and their agonies and sufferings. They have been primary concerns of Dr. Pattillo since coming to Atlanta.

The Lacks family was isolated from information about the discoveries, advances and medical breakthroughs made using HELA cells.

Additionally, Dr. Pattillo is heading up CRIL-HELA, the Committee to Recognize the Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, with fund-raising opportunities designed to make the home-place of Henrietta Lacks, in Clover, Virginia, a national historic site.

Chicago actress, Jamila Turner, a Tuskegee Master of Arts graduate, created a poignant theatrical play and led the performance about the life, from the human perspective, of Henrietta Lacks, at the Institute opening to continuous applause and curtain calls.

“Building Capacity for Bioethics Education Delivery in Research Partnerships: An Experiential National Train-the-Trainer Project at Tuskegee University is being developed, sponsored by the Bioethics Shared Resource Group of Morehouse School of Medicine, Tuskegee University; University of Alabama Cancer Consortium Committee Partnership.

For more information contact: Dr. Stephen Sodeke at 334-727-8220.

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Christopher Lipscomb, Sr. and Carolina Stark challenged incumbent Nelson Phillips III for his Milwaukee County Judge Branch 17 post. In a very tight race, Stark and Phillips emerged the victors. Stark garnered 35.3% of the total votes cast, while Phillips received 34%. The two will face off on April 3.

Ushering in a new era in Wisconsin voting, the photo id law was enforced in voting sites throughout the state. While election officials noted minor glitches with the system, they were generally satisfied with the outcome of process. General election day and the Presidential Primary will be held on April 3, when election officials project to have glitches resolved.

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Pastor Nabors shoes but I can pick them up and keep on moving in a positive direction.”

Rev. Ellis follows in line with Great Faith’s church theme for 2012 “A Church On A Journey Towards A New Beginning“. Rev. Ellis comes to Great Faith with an extensive background in the academic and theological realms.

Upon graduating from high school in Macon, Georgia (where his family moved when he was a young boy), the Rev. Ellis enrolled at Paine College and graduated with honors from Paine College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Religion. He then went on to receive his Master of Divinity degree from Mercer University’s McAfee School of Theology.

The Rev. Ellis continued his theological education by completing a course in Church Business Administration

through the National Association of Church Business Administration at Union Theological Seminary in Richmond, Virginia.

The Rev. Ellis accepted the call into Christian Ministry at the age of seventeen while a junior in high school and was licensed and ordained into the Gospel Ministry in 2008 in Augusta, Georgia by the Elim Baptist Church in Augusta, Georgia.

Prior to moving to the Midwest, Rev. Ellis was the Executive Pastor of Youth & Young Adults at Macedonia Baptist Church from December 2009 until his recent calling to Great Faith Progressive Missionary Baptist Church.

Pastor Ellis says he is excited about assuming the Senior Pastorate of Great Faith. “I believe the pastorate is a sacred stewardship between pastor, congregation and community. I look forward to loving, leading, liberating and lifting the people of Great Faith Progressive MBC and North Milwaukee" The Rev. Ellis is happily married to this high school sweetheart, the former Malloree Staten of Macon, Georgia.

The Great Faith Progressive Missionary Baptist Church has two worship services on Sundays at 8:00am and 10:30 am as well as two bible study opportunities on Wednesdays at 10am and 7:00pm.

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BLACK HISTORY MONTH Black Pioneers in Medicine and Science Frederick McKinley Jones

QUICK Benjamin Banneker BLACK (1731-1806) HISTORY Biography By Mary Bellis, About.com Guide FACTS 4,000 B.C.: The first surgical textbook was, found in Egypt, but became known as the Edwin Smith Papyrus in 1862 when it was named for a white American collector of Egyptian antiquities who acquired the papers. **** 1751: Cesar, a slave in South Carolina was freed by the SC general Assembly because he discovered a cure for rattlesnake bites.

(1893-1961)

Benjamin Banneker was a self-educated scientist, astronomer, inventor, writer, and antislavery publicist. He built a striking clock entirely from wood, published a Farmers' Almanac, and actively campaigned against slavery. He was one of the first African Americans to gain distinction in science.

Family Background On November 9 1731, Benjamin Banneker was born in Ellicott's Mills, Maryland. He was the descendent of slaves, however, Banneker was born a freeman. At that time the law dictated that if your mother was a slave then you were a slave, and if she was a freewomen then you were a free person.

Banneker's grandmother, Molly Walsh was a bi-racial English immigrant and indentured servant who married an African slave named Banna Ka, who had been brought to the Colonies by a slave trader.

Molly had served seven years as an indentured servant before she acquired and worked on her own small farm. Molly Walsh purchased her future husband Banna Ka and another African to work on her farm.

The name Banna Ka was later changed to Bannaky and then changed to Banneker. Benjamin's mother Mary Banneker was born free.

Benjamin's father Rodger was a former slave who had bought his own freedom before marrying Mary.

Education and Skills Benjamin Banneker was educated by Quakers, however, most of his education was selftaught.

He quickly revealed to the world his inventive nature and first achieved national acclaim for his scientific work in the 1791 survey of the Federal Territory (now Washington, D.C.).

In 1753, he built one of the first watches made in America, a wooden pocket watch.

Twenty years later, Banneker began making

astronomical calculations that enabled him to successfully forecast a 1789 solar eclipse. His estimate made well in advance of the celestial event, contradicted predictions of betterknown mathematicians and astronomers.

Banneker's mechanical and mathematical abilities impressed many, including Thomas Jefferson who encountered Banneker after George Elliot had recommended him for the surveying team1 that laid out Washington D.C. Farmers' Almanacs Banneker is best known for his six annual Farmers' Almanacs2 published between 1792 and 1797. In his free time, Banneker began compiling the Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia Almanac and Ephemeris3.

The almanacs included information on medicines and medical treatment, and listed tides, astronomical information, and eclipses, all calculated by Banneker himself.

Letter to Thomas Jefferson On August 19 1791, Banneker sent a copy of his first almanac to secretary of state Thomas Jefferson4. In an enclosed letter5, he questioned the slaveholder's sincerity as a "friend to liberty." He urged Jefferson to help get rid of "absurd and false ideas" that one race is superior to another. He wished Jefferson's sentiments to be the same as his, that "one Universal Father . . . afforded us all the same sensations and endowed us all with the same faculties." Jefferson responded with praise for Banneker's accomplishments.

Benjamin Banneker died on October 25, 1806.

Frederick McKinley Jones was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on May 17, 1893. Growing up as an orphan and not attending school beyond grade eight, Jones was ultimately to become one of the most prolific black inventors.

His genius, as well as his skill and knowledge of mechanical and electrical devices, is evidenced by his 60 patents in divergent fields. Forty of those patents were related to refrigeration.

Jones invented the first practical and automatic refrigeration unit for trucks, which eliminated the problem of food spoilage over long hauls, thus making fresh produce available over wide areas. Subsequently, the unit was adapted to a variety of other carriers, including ships and railway cars.

His invention facilitated the development of international markets for food crops; led to the creation of total industries such as frozen foods, fast foods and container shipping; and altered consumers' eating habits.

Jones's contribution to the World War II effort includes several timely and necessary inventions such as a portable refrigeration unit, which was used to transport vitally needed blood serum and medicines on the battlefields of Europe; an air conditioning unit for military field hospitals designed for the primary purpose of maintaining the temperature of blood serum; and a portable x-ray unit.

Some of his other inventions were specifically designed for the then-fledgling movie industry and include the first process that enabled movie projectors to play back recorded sound—talking pictures—and a box-office device that automatically distributed tickets and change to customers.

Despite his exploits in the movie industry, Jones was primarily concerned with refrigeration. Recognized as an authority in the field and elected to membership in the American Society of Refrigeration Engineers, he also served as a consultant for the Defense Department and the U.S. Bureau of Standards.

Jones also founded a company jointly with his former boss in the motion picture business, Joseph Numero. The company, Thermo King Corp. (initially called the U.S. Thermo Control Company), is a world leader in transport

temperature control equipment today, operating on a global scale with manufacturing plants in various countries and accessing global markets.

In 1991, Frederick Jones and his partner were awarded the National Medal of Technology posthumously.

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Black Charles Drew History (1904-1950) Charles Richard Drew was a physician, reFast searcher, and surgeon who revolutionized our Fact understanding of blood plasma. During World 1783: Dr. James Durham, born into slavery in 1762, buys his freedom and begins his own medical practice in New Orleans, becoming the first African-American doctor in the United States. As a youngster, he was owned by a number of doctors, who taught him how to read and write, mix medicines, and serve and work with patients.

Durham had a flourishing medical practice in New Orleans until 1801 when the city restricted his practice because he did not have a formal medical degree.

War II alone, his work allowed blood storage for transfusions that saved many thousands of lives. Drew was born the eldest of five children on June 3, 1904, in Washington, D.C. His father was a carpet installer and his mother was a schoolteacher. Drew, an excellent student and athlete, graduated from Washington's Dunbar High School in 1972.

After graduating from Amherst College in 1926, he applied to medical school but he could not afford the tuition.

He taught science at a black college in Baltimore for several years and saved his earnings.

In 1929, he started medical school at McGill University in Canada.

Drew's research on blood transfusions followed the discovery that human blood could be categorized into four main types (A, B, AB, O).

Drew received his medical degree and Master of Surgery degree at McGill, and completed his residency at Montreal General Hospital. He returned to Washington, D.C. to help care for his family after his father died, and he began teaching at Howard University's medical school.

In 1938, he accepted a fellowship to continue his blood research at Columbia University.

There, Drew developed a method for processing and storing blood plasma that allowed it to be dehydrated, shipped great distances, and then reconstituted just before transfusions.

This was a great breakthrough. Before then, unprocessed blood was very perishable and would become unusable after about a week.

Early in World War II, Drew received an urgent cable from his former professor, Dr. John Beattie, then in Britain. The cable asked Drew to send 5,000 ampules of dried plasma to Britain for wartime transfusions.

"Work immediately and follow this by equal quantity in three to four weeks," the cable said.

It was a shocking request: there was not that much plasma in the whole world.

But Drew took the challenge. By September 1940, he led the "Blood for Britain" project as Nazi Germany's air assault on Britain reached its height.

When "Blood for Britain" succeeded, Drew became director for the blood bank of the American Red Cross. He organized the largest blood drive ever, involving 100,000 donors, for

Black History Fast Fact

In 1984, Alexia Canada became the first Black woman in America to perform neurosurgery (surgery on the structures of the nervous system, including the brain and spinal cord).

“Drew became director for the blood bank of the American Red Cross. He organized the largest blood drive ever, involving 100,000 donors, for the U.S. Army, Black and Navy. Drew was infuriHistory ated when the military orFast dered the Red Cross to Fact label the blood with each 1992: Dr. donor's race and to refuse Mae JamiAfrican American donors.” son became the U.S. Army, and Navy. Drew was infuriated when the military ordered the Red Cross to label the blood with each donor's race and to refuse African American donors.

Despite his protests that the policy was unscientific and insulting, the government continued to segregate blood banks. He resigned.

Drew resumed teaching at Howard and became chief surgeon at Freedmen's Hospital. In 1943, he became the first black surgeon to be an examiner for the American Board of Surgery. He inspired his students and received many awards and honorary degrees.

Later, he was elected to the International College of Surgeons, and traveled through post-war Europe to assess hospitals as an advisor to the U.S. Surgeon General. He died in a car accident in March 1950, while driving to a medical meeting at the Tuskegee Institute.

Drew left a legacy of life-saving techniques and teaching. Many of his students also went on to become nationally prominent physicians.

the first Black female astronaut to complete a space mission.

Myra Adele Logan,

Physician, Surgeon

(1908-1977)

Myra Adele Logan was born in Tuskegee, Alabama in 1908. She is considered a pioneer of African-American and women's rights. She earned her Master's Degree in Psychology from Columbia University. Myra earned the Walter Gray Crump Scholarship For Young Women from the Young Women's Christian Association. The scholarship enabled her to go to the New York Medical College. In 1933, she earned her medical degree and interned at Harlem Hospital. Her mentor was Dr. Louis T. Wright.

She became the first black woman to be elected as a member of the American College of Surgeons. Myra was the first woman in the

Norbert Rillieux

Safety, efficiency and profitability - these are the major reasons for the success of an invention.

As well, an even greater qualification is when the invention revolutionizes an industry and an overwhelming effect on society. Norbert Rillieux can certainly be seen to have achieved all of these goals.

Norbert Rillieux was born on March 17, 1806 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Norbert was born a free man, although his mother was a slave.

His father was a wealthy White engineer involved in the cotton industry. As a child Norbert was educated in the Catholic school system in New Orleans but was sent to Paris, France for advanced schooling.

He studied at the L'Ecole Centrale, the top engineering school in the country and at age 24 became an instructor of applied mechanics at the school, the youngest person to achieve this position.

He published a series of papers related to "the Functions and Economic Implications of the Steam Engine." Eventually, in 1834, Rillieux returned home to his father's plantation which was now also being used to process and refine sugar.

Description: Norbert RillieuxSugarcane had become the dominant crop within Louisiana, but the sugar refining process employed at that

world to perform open-heart surgery and it was the ninth open-heart surgery performed in the twentieth century.

She spoke to all who would listen, and to those who wouldn't she told them that, "the world would not be dictated by one race or gender."

Myra encouraged people to walk tall and proud and be who they wanted. She helped pave the way for other doctors who would come after her. She died in 1977.

time was extremely dangerous and very inefficient.

Known as the "Jamaica Train", the process called for sugarcane to be boiled in huge open kettles and then strained to allow the juice to be separated from the cane. The juice was then evaporated by boiling it at extreme temperatures, resulting in granules being left over in the form of sugar.

The danger stemmed from the fact that workers were forced to transport the boiling juice from one kettle to another, chancing the possibility of suffering severe burns. It was also a very costly process considering the large amount of fuel needed to heat the various kettles. (continued on page 17)

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It’s part of our vision for a more comfortable, safe and sustainable world. We’re always open to new ideas and innovative new ways to make the world a better place. It’s why we build smart environments for a better quality of life. And we’re pleased to see this commitment to the sustainability of our planet is really starting to take root.

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Rebecca Lee Crumpler became the first Black woman doctor in the US. She graduated from, what is now, Boston University School of Medicine.

Percy Lavon Julian

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ercy Lavon Julian was a trailblazing synthetic chemist, a successful industrial research director, and a wealthy businessman, notwithstanding the prejudices and discrimination of his time.

He was born in Montgomery, AL, on April 11, 1899, the son of a railway clerk and the grandson of slaves. From the beginning, he did well in school, but there were no public high schools for African Americans in Montgomery.

Dr. Julian graduated from an allBlack normal school inadequately prepared for college. Even so, in the fall of 1916, at the age of 17, he was accepted as a sub-freshman at DePauw University.

Thus, in addition to his regular college courses, he took classes at a nearby high school.

He also had to work to pay his college expenses. Nevertheless, he excelled. Dr. Julian was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and graduated with a B.A. degree in 1920 as valedictorian of his class. His chosen path of chemistry would prove to be a rocky one.

With no encouragement to continue his education and having been denied a fellowship to pursue graduate work, he found a position as an instructor in chemistry at Fisk University in Nashville, TN. After two years at Fisk, Dr. Julian won an Austin Fellowship to Har-

vard and received his M.A. degree in 1923. Again, he faced disappointment in being denied the opportunity to pursue his doctorate at Harvard.

He eventually joined the staff of predominantly Black institutions, first at West Virginia State College and, in 1928, as head of the department of chemistry at Howard University in Washington, DC. In 1929, Dr. Julian received a Rockefeller Foundation grant and the opportunity to earn his doctorate.

He elected to study natural products chemistry with Ernst Späth at the University of Vienna.

He received his Ph.D. in 1931 and returned to Howard, accompanied by his friend, Josef Pikl. After two years, however, internal politics forced them to leave.

In 1933, through the efforts of his former professor William Blanchard, Dr. Julian returned to DePauw University as a research fellow.

He taught advanced courses in organic chemistry and directed research projects for senior chemistry majors. It was here in Minshall Laboratory in 1935, in collaboration with Pikl, that he completed the research that would result in the total

synthesis of physostigmine. This work established Dr. Julian’s reputation as a world-renowned chemist at age 36.

Despite his accomplishments as a recognized and published researcher, Percy Julian was denied a faculty position at DePauw.

Frustrated in his efforts to gain an academic post, Dr. Julian turned to industry. One research job fell through because of a town law forbidding “housing of a Negro overnight.”

Then, in 1936, a door opened when Dr. Julian was offered a position as director of research for soya products for Glidden in Chicago, IL. Over the next 18 years, the results of his soybean protein research produced numerous patents and successful products for Glidden, among them a paper coating and a fire retardant foam used widely in WWII to extinguish gasoline fires.

His biomedical research made it possible to produce large quantities of synthetic progesterone and hydrocortisone at low cost.

In 1953, he established Julian Laboratories, a successful enterprise that he sold for more than $2 million in 1961. He later formed the Julian Research Institute, a nonprofit research organization.

Among his many lifetime honors was election to the National Academy of Sciences in 1973. He was also widely recognized as a steadfast advocate for human rights.

Dr. Julian continued his private research studies and served as a consultant to major pharmaceutical companies until his death on April 19, 1975.

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St. Elmo Brady became the first African American to receive a Ph.D. in chemistry in the United States—earned from the University of Illinois.

Marie Maynard Daly (1921 – 2003)

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Marie Maynard Daly is the first African American woman to receive a doctoral degree — earning it from Columbia University in 1947.

Prior to that, she attended Queens College in Flushing, New York, where she graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry.

After receiving her Ph.D., she held an instructor position at Howard University for two years and began research on the composition and metabolism of components in the cell nucleus.

Later in her career, Daly developed programs to increase the number of minorities in medical schools and graduate science programs. In 1988, she established a scholarship fund at Queens College for African Americans in commemoration of her father.

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Louis T. Wright (1891 – 1952)

Thursday, July 23, 1891. This date marks the day Louis Tompkins Wright was born in 1891. He was an African-American surgeon and hospital administrator.

Born in La Grange, Georgia, a doctor's son, Wright graduated from Clark University in Atlanta in 1911, and went on to medical school at Harvard University. While at Harvard, Wright voiced strong objection to being treated differently when a professor tried to prevent him from delivering babies at a white teaching hospital. This became an early example of his lifelong perseverance for equal rights. Unable to win an internship at any of Boston's hospitals despite graduating fourth in his class at Harvard, Wright did his postgraduate internship at Freedmen's Hospital, an affiliate of Howard University in Washington, D.C. In 1916, he returned to Atlanta, went into practice with his stepfather, and joined the NAACP. When World War I began, Wright served as a lieutenant in the Army Medical Corps, ran a field hospital in France, and was awarded the Purple Heart. After the war, he started a small, general practice in Harlem in 1919 that became affiliated with Harlem Hospital.

All the while, he continued his NAACP work toward racial equality. As he became more prominent, Wright occasionally encountered opposition to his advocacy of more stringent educational standards; especially upset were those members of the black medical establishment

Wright published 89 scientific papers, including several influential works on the treatment of bone fractures.

He helped develop new antibiotics, and did pioneering cancer research.

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who had grown used to separate and at times unequal, less rigorous schools. The New York Police Department appointed him Police Surgeon in 1929. In 1935, the NAACP made Wright the chairman of its board. Eight years later Harlem Hospital made him its Chief of Surgery.

None of these positions had been held before by an African-American. Wright never completely recovered from the lung damage he had suffered in the war; from 1939 to 1942, he was hospitalized for tuberculosis. In 1952, he died following a heart attack.

Despite its shortness and interruptions, his medical career was impressive. Wright published 89 scientific papers, including several influential works on the treatment of bone fractures. He helped develop new antibiotics, and did pioneering cancer research.

In 1940, he was awarded the NAACP's Spingarn Medal. Harlem Hospital renamed its library after Louis Tompkins Wright shortly before his death.

In a career combining medical and political achievements, Louis T. Wright was one of the most respected black professionals of his time.

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ike his coeval Frederick Jones, Lloyd Augustus Hall played a major role in the American food industry.

Jones revolutionized food transportation; Hall invented ways to preserve the foods themselves.

Born in Elgin, Illinois, Hall was a distinguished student. His B.S. in Pharmaceutical Chemistry from Northwestern University in Chicago (1916) paved the way for his later Sc.D. from Virginia State College (1944). In between, Hall became one of the nation's foremost food chemists.

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Chemist of the Department of Health, and President of Chemical Products Corp., before joining Griffith Laboratories as a Consultant (1925). Here, while rising to the positions of Technical Director and Chief Chemist, Hall earned over 100 US and foreign patents in food chemistry.

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Before Hall's inventions, the chemical preservation of foods was scarcely a science.

Most preservation was done with salts; and it was difficult to keep foods from spoiling without making them taste bitter. Hall first found a way to use a combination of sodium chloride with tiny crystals of sodium nitrate and nitrite

that suppressed the nitrogen that spoiled the food (1932). This patented method of curing meats is still used today.

Hall next developed antioxidants, including lecithin, which stopped foods' fats and oils from spoiling by reacting with oxygen. Hall also discovered that some spices, like ginger and cloves, far from preserving foods, carry bacteria and molds that can actually speed up foods' spoiling. He later invented a system that used ethylenoxide gas in a vacuum chamber to purify foods of such microbes; that system was later adapted to sterilize prescription drugs and cosmetics.

Lloyd Augustus Hall's numerous innovations benefited consumers as well as the food and drug industries. After retiring from Griffith in 1959, Hall served as a consultant to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, where he shared his advances with developing countries.

Dr. Jocelyn Elders became the first Black surgeon general of the US and Dr. David Satcher became the first Black to head the CDC.

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nesimus (fl. 1706 - 1717), slave and medical pioneer, was born in the late seventeenth century, probably in Africa, although the precise date and place of his birth are unknown.

He first appears in the historical record in the diary of Cotton Mather, a prominent New England theologian and minister of Boston’s Old North Church.

Reverend Mather notes in a diary entry for 13 December 1706 that members of his congregation purchased for him “a very likely Slave; a young Man who is a Negro of a promising aspect of temper” (Mather, vol. 1, 579). Mather named him Onesimus, after a biblical slave who escaped from his master, an early Christian named Philemon.

This Onesimus fled from his home in Colossae (in present-day Turkey) to the apostle Paul, who was imprisoned in nearby Ephesus. Paul converted Onesimus to Christianity and sent him back to Philemon with a letter, which appears in the New Testament as Paul’s Epistle to Philemon. In that letter Paul asks Philemon to accept Onesimus “not now as a servant, but above a servant, a brother beloved” (Philemon 1.16 [AV]). Mather similarly hoped to make his new slave “a Servant of Christ,” and in a tract, The Negro Christianized (1706), encouraged other slave-owners to do likewise, believing that Christianity “wonderfully Dulcifies, and Mollifies, and moderates the Circumstances” of bondage (Silverman, 264).

Onesimus was one of about a thousand persons of African descent living in the Massachusetts colony in the early 1700s, one-third of them in Boston. Many were indentured servants with rights comparable to those of white servants,

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Egyptians used poppy as a source of opium to make morphine to relieve pain; honey was used to treat wounds; Ethiopians began removing tonsils and in 1721, Onesimus, a slave in Massachusetts, provided Americans with the antidote for smallpox.

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though an increasing number of blacks--and blacks only--were classified as chattel and bound as slaves for life. Moreover, after 1700, white fears of burglary and insurrection by blacks and Indians prompted the Massachusetts assembly to impose tighter restrictions on the movements of people of color, whether slave, servant, or free. Cotton Mather was similarly concerned in 1711 about keeping a “strict Eye” on Onesimus, “especially with regard unto his Company,” and he also hoped that his slave would repent for “some Actions of a thievish aspect” (Mather, vol. 2, 139). Mather believed, moreover, that he could improve Onesimus’s behavior by employing the “Principles of Reason, agreeably offered unto him” and by teaching him to read, write, and learn the Christian catechism. (Mather, vol. 2, 222).

What Onesimus thought of Mather’s opinions the historical record does not say, nor do we know much about his family life other than that he was married and had a son, Onesimulus, who died in 1714. Two years later Onesimus gave the clearest indication of his attitude toward his bondage by attempting to purchase his release from Mather. To do so, he gave his master money toward the purchase of another black youth, Obadiah, to serve in his place. Mather probably welcomed the suggestion, since he reports in his diary for 31 August 1716 that Onesimus “proves wicked, and grows useless, Froward [ungovernable] and Immorigerous [rebellious].” Around that time Mather signed a document releasing Onesimus from his service “that he may Enjoy and Employ his whole Time for his own purposes and as he pleases” (Mather, vol. 2, 363). However, the document makes clear that Onesimus’s freedom was conditional on performing chores for the Mather family when needed, including shoveling snow, piling firewood, fetching water, and carrying corn to the mill. This contingent freedom was also dependent upon his returning a sum of five pounds allegedly stolen from Mather.

Little is known of Onesimus after he purchased his freedom, but in 1721 Cot-

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ton Mather used information he had learned five years earlier from his former slave to combat a devastating smallpox epidemic that was then sweeping Boston. In a 1716 letter to the Royal Society of London, Mather proposed “ye Method of Inoculation” as the best means of curing smallpox and noted that he had learned of this process from “my Negro-Man Onesimus, who is a pretty Intelligent Fellow” (Winslow, 33). Onesimus explained that he had undergone an Operation, which had given him something of ye Small-Pox, and would forever preserve him from it, adding, That it was often used among [Africans] and whoever had ye Courage to use it, was forever free from ye Fear of the Contagion.

He described ye Operation to me, and showed me in his Arm ye Scar.”

(Winslow, 33) Reports of similar practices in Turkey further persuaded Mather to mount a public inoculation campaign. Most white doctors rejected this process of deliberately infecting a person with smallpox--now called variolation--in part because of their misgivings about African medical knowledge. Public and medical opinion in Boston was strongly against both Mather and Dr. Zabdiel Boylston, the only doctor in town willing to perform inoculations; one opponent even threw a grenade into Mather’s home. A survey of the nearly six thousand people who contracted smallpox between 1721 and 1723 found, however, that Onesimus, Mather, and Boylston had been right. Only 2 percent of the six hundred Bostonians inoculated against smallpox died, while 14 percent of those who caught the disease but were not inoculated succumbed to the illness.

It is unclear when or how Onesimus died, but his legacy is unambiguous.

His knowledge of variolation gives the lie to one justification for enslaving Africans, namely, white Europeans’ alleged superiority in medicine, science, and technology. This bias made the smallpox epidemic of 1721 more deadly than it need have been. Bostonians and other Americans nonetheless adopted the African practice of inoculation in future smallpox outbreaks, and variolation remained the most effective means of treating the disease until the development of vaccination by Edward Jenner in 1796.

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SALUTING OUR OWN POLITICAL BLACK HISTORY MAKERS Alderman Common Council President Willie Hines Ashanti “ Hamilton Alderman Ashanti Hamilton was first elected to the Milwaukee Common Council in 2004 and currently serves as chair of the Judiciary and Legislation Committee.

Most recently, Alderman Hamilton has led the way on the Council by tackling some of the city’s most prominent issues.

His MORE Ordinance is legislation designed to help underemployed and unemployed workers in the city moved beyond the Emerging Business Enterprise and Residency Preference items already in place.

Hamilton’s work demands more of developers and builders who are using city funds and incentives, ensuring that work done in Milwaukee is done primarily by Milwaukeeans.

His efforts enhance the meaning of development—he’s helping develop bricks and mortar as well as families and communities.

Recognizing the crisis in young black men’s education situation, Hamilton again stepped out of the crowd to launch a sweeping educational program called Be the Change.

In this, the program’s first year, more than 70 students moved from the intensive 5 week summer program into their year long mentoring process in Milwaukee Public Schools. Rather than chastising MPS as a failing program, Hamilton partnered with Superintendent Thornton, local community leaders and experienced black men in our community who have been working on theses issues piece by piece. He rallied all involved and provided a curriculum, a program and a mouthpiece for the success it’s bringing black youth.

He has impacted development and work, youth and education and through the Milwaukee Promise, has reinvented how we measure the effectiveness of our ever-decreasing Community Block Grant Develop-

ment dollars. His initiative seeks to find gaps in service, reward success and help partner programs with the dollars the City of Milwaukee has already received. Doing More with Less … and really doing, is part of what Alderman Hamilton brings to Milwaukee government.

Alderman Hamilton has been recognized and honored by the Milwaukee Fatherhood Initiative for being a strong supporter of the positive change this group provides and Alderman Hamilton’s voice has been loud and clear when leading Common Council initiatives to lobby the state on essential Milwaukee issues like collective bargaining, conceal and carry laws and residency rules.

Hamilton has also served on the board of the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District and currently serves the African American Male Unemployment Task Force, the Wisconsin Center Board and three Common Council committees: Judiciary and Legislation (which he chairs), Licenses and Steering and Rules. Alderman Hamilton also chairs the City Information Management Committee.

Most recently, you would have seen Alderman Hamilton at the groundbreaking of the Villard Avenue Library, one of the city’s most innovative solutions to our current cultural and economic needs. The mixed use facility pairs living opportunities for grandparents raising children with the always expanding, always essential services a library provides. Answering the call as the now library board president, Ashanti Hamilton has a history of solving community problems with collaboration and leadership.

Black History month is an opportunity to celebrate and recognize those African Americans who are working to improve conditions within our community. Often times we highlight those who have achieved national prominence but, there are many African Americans right here at home who are making history as well. One of those history makers is Milwaukee Common Council President Alderman Willie Hines.

First elected in 1996, Alderman Hines has been returned to office four times by the constituents of his district. For the past two terms he has been elected by his colleagues to serve as President of the Common Council, making history as the only African American to ever be selected by his colleagues to serve two four year terms as President of the City of Milwaukee Common Council. Serving as Common Council President has assured Milwaukee’s African Americans that one of the city’s top two leaders is African American.

In addition to serving as Common Council President, Alderman Hines also serves as the Chairman of the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee (HACM). He is the longest serving African American to serve in that capacity, which is critical to the community because of the percentage of HACM residents who are African American. As Chairman of HACM, Alderman Hines has worked to bring hundreds of millions of dollars to Milwaukee to improve

Every day our city is making history as President Hines is the highest ranking African American official in the Milwaukee.

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the housing stock for public housing residents.

Under Alderman Hines’ leadership, residents in Lapham Park, Townhomes at Carver Park, Hillside, Highland, Cherry Court, Parklawn, Northlawn and Westlawn have all seen major overhauls. As a result of HACM’s success under Alderman Hines leadership, the city is recognized as one of the strongest and most respected housing authorities in the country. As a product of public housing, Alderman Hines knows that no matter a person’s economic situation or condition, quality, safe housing is a human right that should never be denied.

In addition to his work at HACM, Alderman Hines has also prioritized family supporting jobs as a center piece of his public service. Under his leadership, the Common Council has forwarded a number of development projects that have created family sustaining jobs and are accessible by public transit.

One of those projects, Century City (formerly A.O.

Smith), is being developed in the heart of the African American community and will act as a catalyst for thousands of neighborhood jobs in the future. Other successful job creating projects include the Menomonee Valley and The Brewery (formerly the Pabst). President Hines’ leadership has ensured that African American businesses and workers share in the success by pushing for inclusion in all public contracting aspect of these developments. When it was clear that African Americans were not being provided their fair share, it was Alderman Hines who initiated the call for a study to determine how this problem could be solved. The result is a new system of minority participation that will put more African Americans to work and help build capacity for minority owned firms so that they can grow as the economy grows.

Every day our city is making history as President Hines is the highest ranking African American official in the Milwaukee. He is not only a history maker, but he is using his position to advance the cause of African Americans in our community. Who knows, if the voters of the 15th District choose to honor Alderman Hines with a fifth term and he continues as Common Council President, we may be a recall election away from seeing just our second African American in the Mayor’s office.

For Milwaukee’s African American community, our greatest history is just over the horizon.

Milwaukee kids kick off National ‘Wouldn’t It Be Cool If…’ Invention Contest Time Warner Cable Inspires Youth to use their Imagination to Invent Something That Could Make a Difference in Their Lives

Time Warner Cable (TWC) will engage 120 students from the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Milwaukee by inspiring them to imagine their future with the “Wouldn’t It Be Cool If…” campaign.

Announced at the 2012 White House Science Fair on February 7, Wisconsin youth are the first to be a part of the launch of the new national campaign to get more youth thinking about science and math in a fun, innovative way through an

ideation competition.

The official kick off ceremony of the campaign was held Monday at Discovery World at Pier Wisconsin, 500 N Harbor Dr. Wouldn’t It Be Cool If… challenges youth ages 10-15 to dream up the coolest thing to make their life, community or even the world more awesome, and then to think about how science and math could help bring those ideas to life. Beginning February 21 through March 28, youth can submit their ideas at www.wouldntitbecoolif.com.

The campaign is jointly presented by Time Warner Cable’s philanthropic STEM initiative, Connect a Million Minds, and i.am FIRST, founded by artist, entertainer and entrepreneur will.i.am. Beginning tomorrow, will.i.am will appear in a national public service announcement that encourages kids to submit their cool ideas.

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George Washington Carver Born in 1860 - Died in 1943 George Washington Carver was an American scientist, botanist, educator, and inventor. He started studying diseases which were attacking the farmers' crops and he also did a lot of experimenting to find new ways to use different plants. He made more than 300 products from peanuts. He even made soap and ink from peanuts. From sweet potatoes, he made 118 products, including flour and candy. He made 75 products from pecans and even made a building material for walls from cotton stalks. Carver's important accomplishments also included improvement of racial relation, mentoring children, poetry, painting and religion.

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C.A.A.S.S.H’S Black Family Drought

By G. Maajidah Abdullah

CAA$$H (Community Actuated Association Strategic Spending Help) is a consumer organization set to help empower the consumer – especially consumers who have little or no support.

This manifests itself in the erratic spending habits within the African American community. Our organization offers a search and recover service to businesses we discover around the community that exhibit potential.

We advise these businesses on ways to upgrade and market themselves. It doesn’t matter how excellent a service or product you are providing when the people are not aware you have what they need or want.

As for the community as consumers, that is the other end of the service we provide. CAA$$H is attempting a form of self-reparations while at the same time correcting the mis-education and redirecting the people to healthy economic practices to empower their own selves.

Every nationality comes to America and takes advantage of the opportunities it provides to step up into mainstream society. As they move on they kick dirt into the faces of a people enveloped in selfhate--us. Why? Because most of us will fight for the “right” to spend their pennies at the plantation owner’s store. It makes them feel important. They don’t understand those measly pennies they have collectively make billions of dollars for other people. We could become rich overnight if we just supported our own businesses in our own community.

It reminds me of a movie I saw in the late 60’s or early seventies called, “They Live.“ A man of European decent finds some special sun glasses that allows him to see the aliens among the human population who are trying to take over the Earth.

The man who can see the aliens for who they are has to force the people to look through his glasses to see just what is going on right under their noses. To me, that movie nailed our condition as Black people.

I have only a few more articles left in the series of Black Family Drought.

However, we will continue addressing our community’s economy. When people have issues with organizations, businesses, services or most anything effecting the community, CAA$$H will investigate, present our findings and make the community aware of situations that may be detrimental to community residents. Feel free to write us at CAA$$H when you encounter positive or negative issues existing in and around your community.

I would like to reiterate this Black History issue with a little information about the first African American Lady of Poetry, Phyllis Wheatley. Of course, you know she was a slave who was taught to read and write by her master’s wife. She learned English fluently and wrote poetry, which her owners helped her publish in book form. They had to go all the way

to England to find a publisher, as no one would permit them to do publish anything by a Black person, let alone a slave in the America’s at that time. They published the book and she was eventually freed. She later met an African American freeman lawyer and married. They had three children.

What you may not know is that no one would use her husband’s services, not even Black people. So he opened a grocery store. And again, no one Black or White would support his store.

Why did the people of color not support his store? Maybe they were told not to. Though there was obviously no slavery in the North and where Wheatley and her husband and children lived, there was mental slavery.

The free former slaves, were jealous of Wheatley and her family’s and resented their social position. Today, many Blacks with education and business ambitions face the same obstacles as Wheatley’s family did: Jealousy and resentment from their own people.

Wheatley’s husband closed the store and went in search of manual labor. He moved his family into a room in an African American boarding home. Phyllis and her children fell ill and literally starved to death before he was able to return to them.

He thought in his absence the other freed Black people would at least feed and watch over his family. He thought wrong. He tried to recover his wife’s unpublished manuscript, but it has never been found.

Every one of us still suffer from the same mentality that killed Wheatley and her children. We don’t try to fight our own inclination not to support our own.

Every day, when we need to purchase anything, do we ask ourselves is there a business in our community that we can support and get what I need and want?

Do We? CAA$$H will be providing a registry of approved businesses and services of-

tent on forcing the ‘freed slaves’ back to the south where their labor was necessary.

A key part of the movie dealt with how the two Black leads sought the assistance of the Native American tribe in the area to assist them. Buck told the chief that they had mutual enemies (Whites), whereupon the chief brought up the dichotomy of Buck being a former Buffalo soldier. In that capacity, he noted, Buck helped exterminate Indians on behalf of the same people he now fought.

Eventually, the Indians did assist the wagon party, and I remember Black moviegoers cheering during the climatic battle when both Indian and Black men fought off the racist bounty hunters.

Dozens of “Black westerns” provided a weakening of the propaganda machine during the 1970s, some of which, unfortunately, climbed on the Blackploitation bandwagon, including the movies “The Legend of Nigger Charlie,” and “Boss Nigger,” both of which starred pro football player turned actor Fred Williamson.

While the title underscored the dichotomy of Black social evolution, one reviewer (20 years later), described the marketing of “Boss Nigger” and other Blackploitation films to Black audiences as an example of “empowerment through an overturned representation of long-established agency limitations for Black men.”

The reviewer specifically cited the trailer for “Boss Nigger” for the “manner in which it elicits feelings of Black superiority and White hysteria and encourages the audience to identify with the outsider hero who finds himself at odds with the rules of White America.”

With a few exceptions like “Man and Boy” and “Posse” many, if not most, of the Black westerns of the 1970s and 80s used the same script as that era’s Blackploitation movies from the “Mack” to “Foxy Brown.”

Some folks would go so far as to say Black westerns, most of which starred former football players like Williamson, promoted a central theme of kill “whitey and get the white women.”

(They also gave White Americans an excuse to use the racist term ‘nigger.’

Nobody would tell the theater clerk they wanted tickets to see, the “‘Nword Boss,” could they?)

Many of the Black westerns were rated ‘R’ for sex, but rarely did the movies include a Black female co-star.

Instead the lead character angered White America by stealing away his cultural pride and joy.

As he did in many “modern” movies, football great Jim Brown always seemed to end up with a White woman in his westerns.

Two movies that really pissed off White America were “El Condor” and “100 Rifles.” In fact, in “100 Rifles,” Brown almost rapes White Americans reigning sex goddess during that period, actress Raquel Welch before she ultimately succumbs to his “brutish masculinity.” That scene was so controversial that the movie was banned in some southern cities.

And some Black leaders made an issue of that, as if rape and portraying Black men as oversexed beasts were a civil rights issue.

Westerns are no longer as popular as they were back during my childhood, and the propaganda machine that once used that medium to ingrain racist stereotypes and maintain the walls of apartheid have all but been demolished.

Today, we’ve almost come full circle from the early days of cinema when a host of westerns were used to justify apartheid, to where today, the few that make it to the silver screen and “boob tube” are used to rewrite America’s history.

A shining example is the cable television western series “Hell on Wheels.” The series deals with racism, prejudice and early American culture in an informative and even educational way.

“Hell on Wheels” is well worth your time as it provides a portrait of the real west and signals the final death nell for the propaganda machine that rewrote American history.

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fered in the community, as well as expose businesses that are abusing the community’s trust. If you want to be A CAA$$H Consumer, we are offering free memberships for a limited time.

As I previously mentioned, the fight for Texas “independence” was not fought to provide freedom and justice to the Texicans (American citizens of Mexico), but instead to open the territory up to slavery, which was outlawed by the Mexicans.

You wouldn’t know that from watching the “Alamo,” as the Mexicans in the movie were portrayed as a backward, uncivilized lot who stood in the way of political and economic progress.

And of course the Native Americans who occupied the territory were cast as villains to justify their extermination.

Few movies of the golden age actually dealt with racism as a subject. One expectation to that unwritten rule was the 1960 movie “Sergeant Rutledge,” a breakthrough attempt to address an issue America tried to hide under the rug.

Sergeant Rutledge is still viewed as a pioneering western with a mostly Black cast that touched on the sensitive subject of racism and rape.

Or as the lead character, former football player turned actor Woody Strode said in one scene, “(I) walked into the worst kind of trouble, white women trouble,” when he entered an officer’s quarters seconds after the rape of a White girl.

Strode’s character was blamed for both the rape and the murder of an officer who erroneously thought Rutledge had committed the dastardly deed. Ironically, Rutledge escaped but even then hid his innocence in part to maintain the integrity of his all Black unit, which was described as one of the famous “Buffalo Soldier troops.”

The Buffalo soldiers were a historically real unit of Black soldiers, so named because from a distance, Native American tribesmen said when they were adorned in heavy fur coats they looked like buffalos on horseback. The title is said to have been originally bestowed upon members of the U.S. 10th Calvary which was commissioned on September 21, 1866. Many of the Black troops were civil war veterans who were assigned to protect settlers and clear the southwest of indigenous people, i.e. Indians.

You could say the unit (the term was eventually used for all Black units) was a forerunner of the Tuskegee Airmen, save for the fact that they were, ironically, assigned to fight Native Americans.

That may very well have been one of the most dichotomous scenarios of the old west, if for no other reason than history shows Native Americans consistently showed themselves to be the only friends, or allies that Black Americans had during that period.

That irony was played out in another breakthrough movie of the 1970s, “Buck and Preacher,” which starred Sidney Poitier and actor, singer and civil rights champion Harry Belafonte.

“Buck and the Preacher” was ground setting in that it told the story of a guide (Poitier) who led Black migrants from the racist south to free land in the northwest following the civil war.

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the mcj lifestyle and entertainment section

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Milwaukee native nominated for 2012 NAACP Image Award

Milwaukee native Juan Roberts was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for his cover art on "Too Important to Fail: Saving Americaʼs Boys." Roberts used local youngsters as models for the book art.

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hen the NAACP Image awards aired February 17, Milwaukee was in the spotlight.

First honing his skills at the-then Milwaukee Tech High School in the 1970s, Roberts is an inspiration. It was in an elective class that he took as a 13-year-old freshman when he realized he had the wherewithal to succeed. “It was in that Creative artist and Milwaukee naclass that I experienced my creative awakening,” he said. tive, Juan Roberts, was nominated From that point on, Roberts used his natfor a 2012 NAACP Image Award ural, God-given creativity, diligently seekunder the category of Outstanding ing opportunities to shine. He credits Literary Work – Instructional. various community-based organizations “This was completely unexpected befor giving him a platform to create. The cause this was a quick project I did over a now-defunct Inner City Arts Council was a weekend,” Roberts said. “Tavis was doing Juan Roberts staunch support of his craft and continually his PBS special and he wanted to do a awarded him with opportunities to refine companion book for it, and the manuscript wasn’t even done his skills. He participated in and one numerous are contests yet when I got a call on a Wednesday or Thursday.” throughout his high school career.

Roberts, who currently lives in California, said he went to The talented designer owns, Creative Lunacy, an advertiswork quickly on the last minute project using a California ing and graphic design agency based in California. The church as a casting location and backdrop for the cover shoot. agency “produces content that clients not only see, but expeHe shot five boys as options for the cover, and for illustra- rience. No matter the format: broadcast, print, electronic, fabtions in the book. rication, multi-media, etc. ... we love it all.”

“I was designing the cover as I was shooting,” Roberts When not working on a creative project, Roberts spends said. time giving back to his community by inspiring youngsters.

This is the second time Roberts has been nominated for an He hopes to return to his Milwaukee roots one day and inNAACP Image Award. The Milwaukee native was first nom- spire a new generation of creative vessels. inated in 2010 for his cover art on “Living and Loving Out “I didn’t have anyone like me when I was in school,” he Loud,” a book authored by Cornell West. said, “so if there is a way I can encourage kids, I love to.”

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aluting Our Past; Serving Our Community Into the Future” is the theme for Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.-Milwaukee Alumnae Chapter as it celebrates its Founders Day Weekend, February 25 and 26.

To celebrate 99 years of service, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority will host three events open to the public in honor of its Founders.

On Saturday, February 25, U.S. Representative from Ohio and Past Delta Sigma Theta National President Marcia L. Fudge will be the keynote speaker at Milwaukee Alumnae Chapter’s Founders Day Luncheon.

The luncheon begins at 11:30 a.m. at the Italian Conference Center, 631 E. Chicago Street.

Later that evening, the Milwaukee Alumnae Chapter will host an evening of live jazz music at Cuvee from 7 to 10 p.m., featuring the band, Keep’n It Clean (KIC). Cuvee is located at 181 N. Broadway- 3rd floor.

Admission for this event is free and valet parking is available.

Marcia L. Fudge Founders Day Weekend concludes for the Milwaukee Alumnae Chapter with a march in support of voter education on Sunday, Feb. 26 starting at 1:30 p.m. with a program to follow at 2 p.m.

The route will start at the corner of Old World Third St. and W. Juneau Avenue and will travel to Garfield Ave. and ending at Mount Zion Baptist Church, 2207 N. 2nd St. (on the corner of Garfield Ave.).

This march is in remembrance of the first public act performed by Delta’s Founders who participated in the Women's Suffrage March in Washington D.C., March 1913.

Tickets for the Founders Day luncheon are $45.

Checks should be made payable to Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. and

mailed to Delta Sigma Theta -Milwaukee Alumnae Chapter, P.O. Box 18630, Milwaukee, WI 53218.

For more details about the Milwaukee Alumnae Chapter’s Founders Day activities, send an email message to dst1945mac@yahoo.com or call (414) 372-2061. You can also keep up with the latest on activities on Facebook at DST Milwaukee Alumnae.

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority was founded by twenty-two collegiate women at Howard University. These students wanted to use their collective strength to promote academic excellence and to provide assistance to persons in need.

Delta Sigma Theta was incorporated in 1930. Today it has more than 200,000 members and 900 chapters in the United States, Germany, Korea, Japan and the Virgin Islands.

The sorority provides community service nationally and locally around its five key areas: educational development, economic development, mental and physical health, international awareness and social and political action.

Locally, its Milwaukee Alumnae Chapter has been making an impact and transforming lives in the community since January 27, 1945.

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Milwaukee Bucks star point-guard Brandon Jennings drives around Shane Battier of the Miami Heat during the Bucks recent home game at the Bradley Center. The Bucks lost to the Heat, though the home team did manage to take two of three from the defending Eastern Conference Champions, including a game on Miami’s own court.

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CLASSIFIEDS/LEGALS/PUBLIC NOTICES The Milwaukee Community Journal February 22, 2012 page 15

SUMMONS (PUBLICATION) STATE OF WISCONSIN: CIRCUIT COURT: MILWAUKEE COUNTY Case No. 11FA007168 DIVORCE 40101

In re the marriage of: CANDICE SHERI ADAMS, Petitioner and DAVE LOUIS ADAMS, Respondent THE STATE OF WISCONSIN, TO THE PERSON NAMED ABOVE AS RESPONDENT: You are notified that the petitioner named above has filed a Petition for divorce or legal separation against you.

You must respond with a written demand for a copy of the Petition within 45 days from the day after the first date of publication.

The demand must be sent or delivered to the court at: Clerk of Court, Milwaukee 901 N. 9th St., Milwaukee WI 53233 and to CANDICE ADAMS, 5911 N. 65th, Milwaukee WI 53218.

It is recommended, but not required, that you have attorney help or represent you.

If you do not demand a copy of the Petition within 45 days, the court may grant judgment against you for the award of money or other legal action requested in the Petition, and you may lose your right to object to anything that is or may be incorrect in the Petition.

A judgment may be enforced as provided by law. A judgment awarding money may become a lien against any real estate you own now or in the future, and may also be enforced by garnishment or seizure of property.

You are further notified that if the parties to this action have minor children, violation of 948.31, Wis Stats., (Interference with custody by parent or others) is punishable by fines and /or Imprisonment:

If you and the petitioner have minor children, documents setting forth the percentage standard for child support established by the department under 49.22(9), Wis. Stats., and the factors that a court may consider for modification of that standard under 767.511(1m), WIs. Stats. are available upon our request from the Clerk of Court.

You are notified of the availability of information from the Circuit Court Commissioner as set forth in 767.105, Wis. Stats.

767.105 Information from Circuit Court Commissioner.

(2) Upon the request of a party to an action affecting the family, including a revision of judgment or order under sec. 767.59 or 767.451: (a) The Circuit Court Commissioner shall, with or without charge, provide the party with written information on the following, as appropriate to the action commenced: 1. The procedure for obtaining a judgment or order in the action.

2. The major issues usually addressed in such an action.

3. Community resources and family court counseling services available to assist the parties.

4. The procedure for setting modifying, and enforcing child support awards, or modifying and enforcing legal custody or physical placement judgments or orders. (b) The Circuit Court Commissioner shall provide a party, for inspection or purchase, with a copy of the statutory provisions in this chapter generally pertinent to the action.

Dated: 2-14-2012 By: CANDICE ADAMS 012-009/2-15-22-29-2012 SUMMONS (PUBLICATION) DIVORCE STATE OF WISCONSIN:

CIRCUIT COURT: FAMILY COURT BRANCH MILWAUKEE COUNTY Case No. 2011FA008062B

In re the marriage of: CELIA MEZA-PACHECO, 1626 W Lapham St, Milwaukee WI. 53204, Petitioner and MARTIN PACHECO, ADDRESS UNKNOWN, Respondent

THE STATE OF WISCONSIN To the person named above as respondent: You are hereby notified that the petitioner named above has filed a petition for divorce against you.

Within forty (40) days after the 9th day of February 2012 exclusive of the date just stated, you must respond with a written demand for a copy of the petition.

The demand must be sent or delivered to this Court, whose address is: Clerk of Circuit Court Milwaukee County Courthouse, 901 N. 9th St., Milwaukee WI 53233 and to: CELIA MEZA PACHECO, whose address is: 1626 W. Lapham St, Milwaukee WI 53204.

You may have an attorney represent you.

If you do not demand copy with in forty (40) days, the Court may grant a judgment against you for the award of money or other legal action requested in the petition and you may lose your right to object to anything that is or may be incorrect in the petition. A judgment may be enforced as provided by law. A judgment awarding money may be come a lien against any real estate you own now or in the future and may also be enforced by garnishment of wages or seizure property.

You are hereby further notified that the parties to this action are entitled to notification of the availability of the information set forth in sec.

767.081, Stats. The information is available from the family court commissioner. You are further notified that if the parties to this action have minor children violation of the following criminal statutes is punishable by a fine not to exceed $1,000 or imprisonment not to exceed two years or both.

948.31 Interference with custody by parent or others.

If you and the petitioner have minor children, a document setting forth the percentage standard for child support established by the Department of Health and Social Services under sec. 46.25(9)(a), Stats. and listing the factors that a court may consider for modification of that standard under sec. 767.25(1m), Stats, is available upon your request from the clerk of court.

Dated this 09 day of February 2012

By CELIA MEZA-PACHECO 012-010/2-15-22-29-2012 SUMMONS (PUBLICATION) STATE OF WISCONSIN: CIRCUIT COURT MILWAUKEE COUNTY NOTICE AND ORDER FOR NAME CHANGE HEARING Case No. 11CV017646

In the matter of the name change of: CHAKA DAITYA CRAWFORD By (Petitioner) CHAKA DAITYA CRAWFORD NOTICE GIVEN THAT: A petition has been filed asking to change the name of the person listed above: From: CHAKA DAITYA CRAWFORD To: ALIMAH RAMEEN DAITYA CRAWFORD

IT IS ORDERED: This petition will be heard in the Circuit Court of Milwaukee County, State of Wisconsin By: JUDGE WILLIAM S. POCAN PLACE: 901 N. 9th St #401, Milwaukee WI. 53233. DATE: March 7, 2012 TIME: 10:00 AM IT IS FURTHER ORDERED:

Notice of this hearing shall be given by publication as Class 3 notice for three (3) weeks in a row prior to the date of the hearing in the Milwaukee Community Journal a newspaper published in Milwaukee County, State of Wisconsin.

BY THE COURT: WILLIAM S. POCAN Circuit Court Judge DATE: January 18, 2012 012-011/2-15-22-29-2012 SUMMONS (PUBLICATION) State of Wisconsin: Circuit Court: MILWAUKEE COUNTY Case No. 12CV1222

In the matter of the name change of Ramona Michele Duncan By (Petitioner) Ramona Michele Duncan, By (Co-Petitioner) Ramona Michele Duncan NOTICE IS GIVEN: A petition was filed asking to change the name of the person listed above: From: Ramona Michele Duncan To: Ramona Michele Sledge Birth Certificate: Ramona Michele Duncan IT IS ORDERED: This petition will be heard in the Circuit Court of Milwaukee County, State of Wisconsin Honorable Timothy Witkowiak, Branch 22 Milwaukee County Courthouse.

PLACE: 901 N. 9th St. Rm 412, Milwaukee, WI 53233 DATE: March 9, 2012 TIME: 8:45 A.M IT IS FURTHER ORDERED: Notice of this hearing shall be given by publication as a Class 3 notice for three (3) weeks in a row prior to the date of the hearing in the Community Journal a newspaper published in Milwaukee County, State of Wisconsin

BY THE COURT: Honorable Timothy Witkowiak Circuit Court Judge Branch 22 Date: January 30, 2012 012-007/2-8-15-22-2012 SUMMONS (PUBLICATION) STATE OF WISCONSIN: CIRCUIT COURT: FAMILY COURT BRANCH MILWAUKEE COUNTY Case No. 2012FA000177-E In re the marriage of: GENNYLOU BORZYCH-NICHOLS, 1381 W. Birdsong Dr. Apt A5 Oak Creek, WI 53154, Petitioner and JAMES W. NICHOLS, ADDRESS UNKNOWN, Respondent THE STATE OF WISCONSIN

To the person named above as respondent: You are hereby notified that the petitioner named above has filed a petition of divorce against you. Within forty (40) days after the 6th day of February, 2012, exclusive of the date just stated, you must respond with a written demand for a copy of the petition.

The demand must be sent or delivered to this Court, whose address is: Clerk of Circuit Court, Milwaukee County Courthouse 901 N. 9th St., Milwaukee, WI 53233 and to GENNYLOU BORZYCH-NICHOLS whose address is: 1381 W. Birdsong Dr. Apt A5, Oak Creek, WI 53154 You may have an attorney represent you.

If you do not demand a copy within forty (40) days, the Court may grant a judgment against you for the award of money or other legal action requested in the petition, and you may lose your right to object to anything that is or may be incorrect in the petition. A judgment may be enforced as provided by law. A judgment awarding money may become a lien against any real estate you own now or in the future and may also be enforce by garnishment of wages or seizure of property.

You are hereby further notified that parties to this action are entitled to notification of the availability of the information set forth in sec.767.081, Stats. The information is available from the family court commissioner.

Your are further notified that if the parties to this action have minor children violation of the following criminal statutes is punishable by a fine not to exceed $10,000 or imprisonment not to exceed two years or both.

948.31 Interference with custody by parent or others.

If you and the petitioner have minor children, a document setting forth the percentage standard for child support established by the Department of Health and Social Services under sec. 46.25(9)(a), Stats. and listing the factors that a court may consider for modification of that standard under sec. 767.25(1m), Stas, is available upon your request from the clerk of court.

Dated this 6th day of February 2012.

By: GENNYLOU BORZYCHNICHOLS. 012-007/2-8-15-22-2012 SUMMONS (PUBLICATION) STATE OF WISCONSIN: CIRCUIT COURT: MILWAUKEE COUNTY Case No. 11FA7241 DIVORCE-40101

In re the marriage of: ROSA MARY AVILA, Petitioner and GERARDO GARCIA-CHAVEZ, Respondent THE STATE OF WISCONSIN To the person named above as respondent: You are notified that the petitioner named above has filed a Petition for divorce or legal separation against you.

You must respond with a written demand for a cop of the Petition within 40 days from the day after the first date of publication.

The demand must be sent or delivered to the court at Clerk of Court Milwaukee Clerk of Courts Circuit County Courthouse, 901 North 9th St. Milwaukee WI 53233and to ROSA MARY AVILA, 2521 West National Ave. upper front Milwaukee WI 53204 It is recommended, but not required, that you have attorney help or represent you.

If you do not demand a copy of the Petition within 45 days, the court may grant judgment against you for the award o money or other legal action requested in the Petition, and you may lose your right to object to anything that is or may be incorrect in the Petition.

A judgment may be enforced as provided by law. A judgment awarding money may become a lien against any real estate you own now or in the future; and may also be enforced by garnishment or seizure of property.

You are further notified that if the parties to this action have minor children, violation of 948.31, Wis. Stat., (interference with custody by parent or others) is punishable by fines and/or imprisonment: If you and the petitioner have minor children, documents setting forth the percentage standard for child support established by the department under 49.22(9), Wis Stats., and the factors that a court may consider for modification of that standard under 767.511(1m), Wis. Stats., are available upon your request from the Clerk of Court.

You are notified of the availability of information from the Circuit Court Commissioner as set forth in 767.105 Wis Stats.

767.105 Information from Circuit Court Commissioner.

(2) Upon the request of a party to an action affecting the family, including a revision of judgment or order under sec. 767.59 or 767.451: (a) The Circuit Court Commissioner shall, with or without charge, provide the party with written information on the following, as appropriate

to the commenced: 1. The procedure for obtaining a judgment or order in the action.

2. The major issues usually addressed in such an action.

3. Community resources and family court counseling services available to assist the parties.

4. The procedure for setting, modifying, and enforcing child support awards, or modifying and enforcing legal custody or physical placement judgments or orders. (b) The Circuit Court Commissioner shall provide a party, for inspection or purchase, with a coy of the statutory provisions in this chapter generally pertinent to the action Date: 02/03/2012 By: ROSA MARY AVILA 012-008/2-8-15-22-2012

1. The procedure for obtaining a judgment or order in the action.

2. The major issues usually addressed in such an action.

3. Community resources and family court counseling services available to assist the parties.

4. The procedure for setting, modifying, and enforcing child support awards, or modifying and enforcing legal custody physical placement judgments or orders. (b) The Circuit Court Commissioner shall provide a party, for inspection or purchase, with a copy of the statutory provisions in this chapter generally pertinent to the action.

Date: February 20, 2012 By: Loren Payne 012-011/2-22-29/3-7-2012

In re the marriage of: LOREN FALMOND PAYNE, Petitioner and JERRY PAYNE, Respondent

In re the marriage of: MARIE LEA GUNDERSON, 10171 South Nicholson Rd. Oak Creek, Wisconsin 53154 Petitioner and DALE LAWRENCE GUNDERSON 10171 South Nicholson Rd. Oak Creek, Wisconsin 53154, Respondent

SUMMONS (PUBLICATION) STATE OF WISCONSIN: CIRCUIT COURT: MILWAUKEE COUNTY Case No: 11FA007590 Divorce 40101

THE STATE OF WISCONSIN, TO THE PERSON NAMES ABOVE AS RESPONDENT:

You are notified that the petitioner named above has filed a Petition for divorce or legal separation against you.

You must respond with a written demand for a copy of the Petition within 45 days from the day after the first date of publication.

The demand must be sent or delivered to the court at: Clerk of Court, Milwaukee County Court House 901 N. 9th St. Milwaukee WI 53233 and to LOREN PAYNE, 7317A W Congress St., Milwaukee WI 53218

It is recommended, but not required, that you have attorney help or represent you.

If you do not demand a copy of the Petition within 45 days, the court may grant judgment against you for the award of money or other legal action requested in the Petition, and you may lose your right to object to anything that is or may be incorrect in the Petition.

A judgment may be enforced as provided by law. Judgment awarding money may become a lien against any real estate you own now or in the future, and may also be enforced by garnishment or seizure or property.

You are further notified that if the parties to this action have minor children, violation of 948.31 Wis Stats., (Interference with custody by parent or others) is punishable by fines and/or imprisonment:

If you and the petitioner have minor children, documents setting forth the percentage standard for child support established by the department under 49.22(9), WIs. Stats., and the factors that a court may consider for modification of that standard under 767.511(1m), Wis. Stats., are available upon your request from the Clerk of court.

You are notified of the availability of information from the Circuit Court Commissioner as set forth in 767.105, Wis. Stats.

767.105 Information from Circuit Court Commissioner.

(2) Upon the request of a party to an action affecting the family, including a revision of judgment or order under sec. 767.59 or 767.451: (a) The Circuit Court Commissioner shall, with or without charge, provide the party with written Information of the following, an appropriate to the action commenced:

SUMMONS (PUBLICATION) STATE OF WISCONSIN: CIRCUIT COURT: FAMILY COURT BRANCH MILWAUKEE COUNTY Case No. 12FA000792 Divorce 40101

THE STATE OF WISCONSIN To the person named above as respondent: You are hereby notified that the petitioner named above has filed a petition for divorce against you.

Within 40 days after the 22nd day of February 2012 exclusive of the date just stated, you must respond with a written demand for a copy of the petition.

The demand must be sent or delivered to this court, whose address is: Clerk of Circuit Court Milwaukee County Courthouse 901 North 9th Street Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53233.

You may have an attorney help or represent you.

If you do not provide proper response within 40 days, the Court may grant a judgment against you for the award of money or other legal action requested in the petition, or you may lose your right to object to anything that is or maybe incorrect in the petition. A judgment may be enforced as provided by law. Judgment awarding money may become lien against any real estate you own now or in the future and may also be enforced by garnishment of wages or by seizure of property.

Your are further hereby notified that if the parties to this action have minor children, violation of the following criminal statue is punishable by a fine not to exceed $10,000.00 or imprisonment not to exceed 10 years, or both:

948.31 Interference with custody by parent or others.

If you and the petitioner have minor children, a document setting forth the percentage standard for child support established by the Department under Sec. 49.22(9). Stats and listing the factors that court may consider for modification of that standard under Sec. 767.25(1m), Stats. is available upon your request from the clerk court .

You are further hereby notified of the availability of information set forth in sec. 767.081, Stats. from the family court commissioner.

Dated February 16, 2012 By: MARIE L. GUNDERSON, Petitioner 012-012/2-22-29/3-7-2012

YOUTH & EDUCATION The Milwaukee Community Journal February 22, 2012 page 16

Thornton praises plan for accountability for all taxpayer-funded schools

MPS Re c re at i o n , S D C h o ld a nn u a l Da d d y/ D a u g ht e r d an c e

Milwaukee Public Schools Superintendent Gregory Thornton on Wednesday praised the call from State Superintendent Tony Evers and the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction for accountability for all publicly-funded schools in the state.

The accountability-for-all plan is included in the DPI’s “No Child Left Behind” waiver request submitted Wednesday to the federal government. Accountability for publicly-funded private schools has not yet been included in legislative proposals.

The following is a statement from Dr. Thornton: “All schools that are receiving taxpayer funds should be held to the same level of accountability that we embrace,” the Superintendent said. “We embrace accountability because it is what our children, parents and taxpayers deserve.”

“The state’s list of ‘priority schools,’ created under a U.S. Department of Education mandate, is based upon previously- released data with which we’re well familiar. It is data we have already used and continue to use to make significant reforms. Strong strategic plans are in place for schools on the list. Rigorous district-wide literacy and math/science plans are being implemented to improve learning for all students,” Dr. Thornton said.

“When necessary, MPS has acted swiftly to close schools,” he noted. “Seven schools that appear on the ‘priority school’ list have either been closed or will be closed at the end of the year. Another two schools have been merged into other schools to begin building a stronger educational community.”

“More work remains to be done to bring our students up to the level where they should be. But we’re already seeing early results. Reading scores are up, ACT scores are up and our community and business partners are giving us a vote of confidence,” the Superintendent said.

“Children, parents and taxpayers deserve publicly-funded schools that are willing to educate all -- and willing to face public accountability,” Dr. Thornton said.

CLASSIFIEDS/LEGALS/PUBLIC NOTICES

Darren Reasby (center wearing hat), founder of "Divas in Training," brought his young charges and their fathers to the eighth annual Daddy/Daughter Dance, held in the gymnasium of North Division Community Center, 1011 W. Center St. The event was sponsored by MPS Recreation Department and the Social Development Commission (SDC). Fathers and daughters of all ages and nationalities danced to a live DJ. "Divas in Training" is a program that helps raise the self-esteem of area African American girls through outings and workshops designed to expose them to positive role models that show them how to be young women of substance. (Photo by Yvonne Kemp)

SUMMONS (PUBLICATION) STATE OF WISCONSIN: CIRCUIT COURT: Case No. 11FA006093 Divorce 40101

In re the marriage of: TERRELL DARNELL JONES, Petitioner and LASHONDA DENISE JONES, Respondent: THE STATE OF WISCONSIN, TO THE PERSON NAMED ABOVE AS RESPONDENT: You are notified that the petitioner named above has filed a Petition for divorce or legal separation against you.

You must respond with a written demand for a copy of the Petition within 45 days from the day after the first date of publication.

The demand must be sent or deliv-

ered to the court at: Clerk of Court, Milwaukee County Courthouse 901 N. 9th St. Milwaukee WI 53233 and to TERRELL D. JONES 2869 N. 39th St. Milwaukee WI 53210 It is recommended, but not required, that you have attorney help or represent you.

If you do not demand a copy of the Petition within 45 days, the court may grant judgment against you for the award of money or other legal action requested in the Petition, and you may lose your right to object to anything that is or may be incorrect in the Petition.

A judgment may be enforced as provided by law. A judgment awarding money may become a lien against any real estate you own now or in the future, and may also be enforced by garnishment or seizure of property.

You are further notified that if the parties to this action have minor children, violation of 948.31, Wis. Stats., (Interference with custody by parent or others) is punishable by fines and/or imprisonment.

If you and the petitioner have minor children, documents setting forth the percentage standard for child support established by the department under 49.22(9), Wis. Stats., and the factors that a court may consider for modification of that standard under 767.511(1m), Wis. Stat., are available upon your request from the Clerk of Court.

You are notified of the availability of information from the Circuit Court Commissioner as set forth in 767.105, Wis. Stats.

767.105 Information from Circuit

Court Commissioner.

(2) Upon the request of a party to an action affecting the family, including a revision of judgment or order under sec. 767.59 or 767.451: (a) The Circuit Court Commissioner shall, with or without charge, provide the party with written information on the following, as appropriate to the action commenced: 1. The procedure for obtaining a judgment or order in the action.

2. Tae major issues usually addressed in such an action.

3. Community resources and family court counseling services available to assist the parties.

4. The procedure for setting, modifying, and enforcing child support awards, or modifying and enforcing legal custody or physical placement judgments or orders. (b) The Circuit Court Commissioner shall provide a party, for inspection

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or purchase, with a copy of the statutory provisions in the chapter generally pertinent to the action.

Date: 2/17/2012 By: TERRELL D. JONES 012-013/2-22-29/3-7-2012 SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION STATE OF WISCONSIN: CIRCUIT COURT: MIWAUKEE COUNTY Case No. 12CV001670

NOTICE AND ORDER FOR NAME CHANGE HEARING In the matter of the name change of: BRYAN O’KEITH SEWELL By: (Petitioner) BRYAN O’KEITH SEWELL NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT: A petition has been filed asking to change the name of the person listed above: From: BRYAN O’KEITH SEWELL To: BRYAN O’KEITH SEWEL

IT IS ORDERED: This petition will be heard in the Circuit Court of Milwaukee County, State of Wisconsin: Judge’s Name: HON. DOMINIC S. AMATO Place: 901 N. 9th St. Room 402 Milwaukee WI 53233 Date: 3-14-2012 Time: 8:45 am IT IS FURTHER ORDERED: Notice of this hearing shall be given by publication as a Class 3 notice for three week in a row prior to the date of the hearing in the Milwaukee Community Journal published in Milwaukee County, State of Wisconsin.

Date: 2-8-2012

BY THE COURT: Honorable Dominic S. Amato Circuit Court Judge 012-014/2-22-29/3-7-2012

NOTICE Milwaukee Public Schools will receive sealed quotations for the Request for Quotation for Polarizing Microscope. Equipment specifications, proposal requirements and guidelines may be obtained 7:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. Monday through Friday from AE Graphics, Inc.; 4075 North 124th Street, Brookfield, WI 53005; phone (262) 781-7744; fax (262) 781-4250. Call AE Graphics, Inc. for availability of proposal documents. The Request for Quotation may also be viewed online at AE Graphics, Inc. @ www.aegraphics.com.

The HUB requirements for this contract is 0% The COIN requirements for this contract is 0% The Student Employment/Participation requirements for this contract is 0% All questions should be submitted in writing to John Linn of Milwaukee Public Schools’ Facilities and Maintenance Services, fax number (414) 283-4682.

No questions will be answered verbally. No verbal information from any source is to be relied upon by any respondent in the development of their response to the request for quotation. Only questions submitted in writing prior to 4:00 PM on Thursday, March 8, 2012 will be answered. No questions will be answered after that date and time. These responses will be documented by way of addenda, which will be forwarded to all bidders.

Submit all quotations to Mr. John Linn, Manager of Design and Construction of Facilities and Maintenance Services, 1124 North 11th Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53233 no later than 1:30 PM on Thursday, March 15, 2012.

DR. GREGORY THORNTON, 10053479/2-20-23-3-1-8 Superintendent.

Black Pioneers in Medicine and Science

Norbet Rillieux

I(continued from page 7) During the 1830s, France witnessed the introduction of the steam-operated single pan vacuum.

The vacuum pan was enclosed in an area with the air removed (this was necessary because liquids can boil at a lower temperature in the absence of air than with air present, thus costing less).

Rillieux decided to improve greatly on this efficiency by including a second and later a third pan, with each getting heating by its predecessor.

In 1833, Rillieux was approached by a New Orleans sugar manufacturer named Edmund Forstall. Because numerous sugar producers had received complaints about product quality, Forstall persuaded Norbert to become the Chief Engineer of the Louisiana Sugar Refinery.

Unfortunately, almost as soon as Norbert took the job, an intense feud developed between Forstall and his father, Vincent Rillieux.

Out of loyalty to his father, Norbert left his position with the company. A few years later, Norbert was hired

by Theodore Packwood to improve his Myrtle Grove Plantation refinery.

In doing so he employed his triple evaporation pan system which he patented in 1843. It was an enormous suc-

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cess and revolutionized the sugar refining industry improving efficiency, quality and safety.

In the 1850s, New Orleans was suffering from an outbreak of Yellow Fever, caused by disease-carrying mosquitos. Rillieux devised an elaborate plan for eliminating the outbreak by draining the swamplands surrounding the city and improving the existing sewer system, thus removing the breeding ground for the insects and therefore the ability for them to pass on the disease.

Unfortunately, Edmund Forstall, Norbert's former employer was a member of the state legislature and spoke out against the plan.

Forstall was able to turn sentiment against Rillieux and the plan was rejected. Description: Norbert RillieuxDisgusted with the racism prevalent in the south as well as the frustration of local politics Rillieux eventually left New Orleans and moved back to France (ironically, after a number of years in which time the Yellow Fever continued to devastate New Orleans, the state legislature was forced to implement an almost identical plan introduced by white engineers.)

After returning to France, Rillieux spent much of his time creating new inventions and defending his patents as well as traveling abroad. Rillieux died on October 8, 1894 and left behind a legacy of having revolutionized the sugar industry and therefore changing the way the world would eat.

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