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Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown Enters Governor’s Race By Gale Horton Gay WI Staff Writer It’s official. Maryland Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown wants to be in command of the state’s No. 1 political spot, and on May 10 he announced his candidacy to run for governor.
Brown made his first announcement on Friday afternoon at a community cookout at Prince George’s Community College in Largo. However, over the weekend he rallied supporters in Baltimore, Frederick and Silver Spring at a series of events. “We must always fight for a
better way of life,” Brown told the hundreds who gathered outside on the college’s campus. “Maryland is a great state because of what we do together.” Brown, 51, received rousing applause as he took to the stage to the pulsing beat of “Can You Feel It” as supporters stood on tables waving and taking photos.
“Six years ago we started our journey when we pledged to make government work for all Marylanders. Two years ago we pledged to move Maryland forward,” said Brown, adding that he’s now asking those who back him to join in building on past success “to make Maryland better.”
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law enforcement. She said they threat,” she said. had come together to bring a Among the programs Marlow sense of uniformity in the way wants to see implemented are When L.Y. Marlow's 23-year- domestic violence victims and stricter restraining order policies, Visit our updated Web site old daughter told her the father survivors are treated. more rights for victim's families and give us your comments of her daughter threatened her “She's using her own personal to intervene on behalf of a vicfor a chance to win a gift from life, and the life of their child, story, her own personal pain to tim, a domestic violence assessThe Washington Informer she knew something had to be push forward,” Davis-Nickens ment unit coupled with further done. Out of her frustration said about Marlow. training for law enforcement with law enforcement's handling Davis-Nickens said anyone agencies, a Child's Life ProtecEmail comments to: of the situation, she decided to who reads Marlow's book will tion Act and mandatory counselrburke@ start the Saving Promise cam- “get it.” She said she “puts the ing for batterers. paign. case in such a way, the average “If we are ever going to eradiwashingtoninformer.com “It seems to be a vicious cycle person can get it.” She said at the cate domestic violence, we must that won't turn my family end of the day, the book will look at both sides of the coin. loose,” Marlow said. Marlow help people begin to have a dia- We need to address both the vicshared her story with the audi- logue about domestic violence. tim and the batterer,” Marlow ence at the District Heights Also present at the event was said. Domestic Violence Symposium Mildred Muhammad, the exMarlow would also like to see on May 7 at the District Heights wife of John Allen Muhammad, programs designed to raise Municipal Center. The sympo- who was sentenced to six consec- awareness among children in We represent victims of major sium was sponsored by the utive life terms without parole public and private schools. She medical malpractice such as Family and Youth Services by a Maryland jury for his role in feels children need to be educatSandra Robinson Jack Olender cerebral palsy. Center of the city of District the Beltway Sniper attacks in ed about domestic violence. All 5 lawyers were again elected Heights and the National Hookis on Saturday, “We have to 11. stop being pasVolunteers planted 150 Japanese cherry2002. trees at Mildred Oxon RunMuhammad Park in Southeast May /Photo courtesy “Best Lawyers in America” 2012 Up of Black Women. the founder of After the Trauma, sive-aggressive with poor chilof Casey Trees Karen Evans is a nurse/attorney Marlow has written a book, an organization that helps the dren about domestic violence,” Attorney/Pediatrician Harlow Case Karen Evans Melissa Rhea “Color Me Butterfly,” which is a survivors of domestic violence Marlow said. Robert Chabon, M.D., J.D. is story about four generations of and their children. Marlow has worked to break Of Counsel. domestic violence. The book is “I lived in fear for six years. Six the cycle of abuse in her family, inspired by her own experiences, years in fear is a long time. It is and is confident the policies she and those of her grandmother, not an easy thing to come out is pushing for will start that her mother and her daughter. of,” she said. process. She said every time she reads Mildred Muhammad said “I plan to take these policies to In Memoriam excerpts from her book, she still people who want to help a Congress and implore them to Dr. Calvin W. Rolark, Sr. can not believe the words came domestic violence victim must change our laws,” Marlow said. Wilhelmina J. Rolark By her. Gale“Color Horton president of Kinney and his wife Tawana from MeGay Butterfly” be Diana carefulMayhew, of how they go into “I will not stop until these poliThe Washington Informer Newspaper WI Staff Writer came to help with the plantNCBF, told volunteers and supwon the 2007 National “Best the victim's life, and understand cies areout passed.” THE WASHINGTON INFORMER PUBLISHER ing of the porters that they were “continuMemoriam Books” Award. NEWSPAPER (ISSN#0741-9414) is InDenise that she may be in “survival Tia Caroltrees. Jones can be reached Rolark Barnes Dr. Calvin W. Rolark, Sr. In was years come, Oxonwhen Run mode”. He said it’s critical to beautiing the gift of giving” started by at tiacaroljones@sbcglobal.net published weekly on each Thursday. “I justto16-years-old Wilhelmina STAFFJ. Rolark Periodicals postage paid at WashingParkeye in Southeast might and give my the the“Before Japanese 1912 whengoing they fy Ward 8 like other areas of the my first blackened youinget to 'I'm ton,THE D.C. and additional mailing of- NEWSPAPER (ISSN#0741-9414) is published WASHINGTON INFORMER lips bled,” Tidal BasinMarlow a littlesaid. competition to District. donated theit first 3,000 kill you,' started as a cherry verbal WI Denise W. Barnes, Editor fices. Newsonand advertising deadlinepostage paid at Washington, D.C. and additional weekly Thursday. Periodicals ElainetheDavis-Nickens, presiduring annual Cherry Blos“We have to help do the trees to the nation’s capital. Shantella Assistant Editor mailing prior offices.to News and advertising deadlineY.isSherman, Monday prior to publication. is Monday publication. Andent of the National Hook-Up som Festival. And a heavy rain the night be- work,” said Demetrious Kinney. Announcements be received nouncements must must be received two two weeks prior to event. Copyright 2000 by The Ron Burke, Advertising/ Marketing Director of Black there ispeono fore and occasional sprinkles on Washington Informer. All rights That’sWomen, the hopesaid of many His wife agreed. weeks prior to event. Copyright 2010reserved. POST MASTER: Send change of addressconsistency in the wayorganizing domestic es to The Washington Informer, 3117 Martin Luther King,IV, Jr. Ave., S.E. Photo Washington, Lafayette Barnes, Assistant Editor by The Washington Informer. 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Department of park this size beautiful,” said marching band and a dance team Parks and Recreation (DPR), Ca- Stokes, noting that Oxon Run from local high schools while sey Trees, Oxon Run Communi- Park is the largest city park in the children played with hula hoops 4 / May 15 - 21, 2008 The Washington Informer / www.washingtoninformer.com ty Alliance, Congress Heights District. and bikes from DPR’s Fun WagMain Streets and others. Ward 8 residents Demetrious on.wi
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converted the random burnings of plantations and killings of unlucky whites into a full-scale revolution against slavery on the island. Under his leadership, the slaves were organized into an effective fighting force, which would go on to defeat the British army and the greatest conqueror of the period France’s Napoleon Bonaparte. Haiti became independent in 1803. May 21 1862 – Mary Patterson becomes the first Black woman in U.S. History to be awarded a Master’s Degree. She earned it from Oberlin College in Ohio. 1969 – Police and National Guardsmen open fire on student demonstrators at predominantly Black North Carolina A&T University leaving one student dead. Five policemen were injured. 2009 – A Black man – James Young – is elected mayor of Philadelphia, Mississippi – a town which during the 1960s had the nation’s most racist reputation. Ku Klux Klan members dominated the town and it was known for the mistreatment and unpunished killings of Blacks. One of the most brutal events in the city was the 1964 murder of three Civil Rights workers. In his 2009 election victory, Young captured 30 percent of the white vote. May 22 1863 – The War Department establishes the Bureau of Colored Troops and began to aggressively recruit Blacks for the Civil War. The Black troops would play a major role in turning the tide of battle against the rebellious Southern slave states. 1966 – Entertainer Bill Cosby becomes the first African American to receive an Emmy for Best Actor in a dramatic series – for his role in the 1060s television series “I Spy.”
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THE START OF THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE SEASON IS LESS THAN THREE MONTHS AWAY. DO YOU THINK REDSKINS’ QUARTERBACK ROBERT GRIFFIN III WILL BE READY?
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I really don’t think he will ready by the start of the season. First of all, he shouldn’t have been in the playoff game against Seattle where he reinjured his knee. This is the second time that he’s had reconstructive surgery performed on his [right] knee. I think he needs a little more time. It would be better in the long run [for Griffin III] and the team, if he’s healthy.
I think he will be ready for the start of the season. Part of making a successful return from an injury is having the drive to do so, and I believe Robert Griffin III really wants to come back as soon as he can. I think he will be fine. If not, I don’t think the Redskins’ coaching staff will rush to play him. I have a lot of faith in his family and the coaching staff, and they won’t rush to get him on the field if he’s not ready.
I hope that he will be ready by the start of the season. He’s doing well in his rehabilitation. I saw him last week doing jumping jacks on television, and he seemed to be doing fine. I think the coaching staff will recognize his early-season limitations, and won’t have him run the ball as much right away. [Washington head coach] Mike Shanahan will be careful not to allow him to reinjure himself.
I don’t think he’ll be ready [to return], and I think the coaches should give him a break. The injury he suffered the last time out was really bad. Before that, he injured the same knee and the coaches didn’t give [his knee] time to heal. It’s important that this doesn’t become a reoccurring injury. He’s a talented young player and I think they should allow him to heal properly. I don’t think he should be starting right away; the coaching staff should take its time with him.
I think Robert Griffin III should take his time and recover fully from the injury before coming back onto the field. He’s going to be a Redskin for the long haul so it’s important to let him heal completely. He shouldn’t have been in the Seattle playoff game where he [reinjured] himself, and I don’t know if that was his decision or the decision of the coaching staff. I’m a patient fan and realize that if we’re going to have him for the long haul, we can’t allow his body to break down by rushing him back onto the field.
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brown continued from Page 1 land Senate President Thomas V. (Mike) Miller, Congresswoman Donna F. Edwards, State Comptroller Peter Franchot and Prince George’s County State’s Attorney Angela Alsobrooks as well as several mayors, delegates and others. Edwards gave Brown a hearty endorsement. “We know with Anthony Brown we are going to make Maryland better for Marylanders,” she said. Brown was introduced by his wife Karmen who told the audience that her husband could have gone to Wall Street or into corporate work after graduating from Harvard College and Harvard Law School. Instead he chose the military and public service. “What stands out is his commitment to helping people … ensuring the promise of a better future,” said Karmen Brown. Anthony Brown also thanked his parents (his 89-year-old Jamaican father and 86-year-old Swiss mother), who he said worked hard to rear five children. Brown’s three children shared the stage with their mother and grandparents. “They taught me it’s my reThe Washington Informer
sponsibility to give back whenever I could,” said Brown directly to his parents. “Thank you, mom and daddy.” Brown, who served two terms representing Prince George’s County in the House of Delegates and now is in his second term as lieutenant governor, also touched on his leadership in reducing crime, growing jobs and making college more affordable. Brown, a colonel in the U.S. Army Reserves, is the highest-ranking elected official to serve in Iraq, according to the biography on his website. He has served as chairman of the governor’s subcabinet on military Base Realignment and Closure process (BRAC), leading efforts to prepare for the arrival of 60,000 BRAC-related jobs. He’s also been involved in efforts to improve benefits and services for veterans. Brown spoke of how he ignored suggestions that he avoid serving in Iraq. “This country has been good to my family,” said Brown. “Our nation was calling. I had to respond.” And he talked about lessons learned in the military. “What I learned is regardless of where people live – Baltimore City or Prince George’s County, whether Iraq or the U.S., they
want the same things – jobs, medical care, safety in their homes and neighborhoods.” Gov. Martin O’Malley showed his support of Brown’s gubernatorial bid by joining him on Saturday, May 11 at Waverly Elementary/Middle School in Baltimore. “When I ran for governor, one of the most important decisions I had to make was choosing the right leader to serve with me as lieutenant governor,” said O’Malley. “Maryland needed someone who would wake up every day energized to take on the challenges we face together and who would never give up in the fight to move Maryland forward. I chose someone that has dedicated his life to public service. I chose Anthony Brown.” O’Malley said the state has benefited from Brown’s leadership in creating 4,000 jobs, expanding health care and curbing domestic violence. Domestic violence was one of the topics Brown addressed from a personal point of view, reflecting on a family tragedy. In 2008, Brown’s cousin Catherine Brown, 40, was shot and killed by her ex-boyfriend in Montgomery County. He and the governor set
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Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown with Rep. Donna Edwards (D-Md.) by his side, announced his 2014 bid for governor of Maryland on Saturday, May 11 at Veteran’s Plaza in Silver Spring. /Photo by Shevry Lassiter
brown continued from Page 8 a goal of decreasing domestic violence rates by 25 percent. Domestic violence can upend families’ lives, he said. As the event drew to a close with Brown and supporters hugging and shaking hands on stage to the sound of the Temptations’ “Get Ready,” Charles Griffin of Bowie commented that he liked what he heard. “I think it was a great speech,” said Griffin. “He hit a lot of tough issues that are at the forefront of everyone’s mind.” Griffin, who described himself as a “big supporter” of Brown, said he especially appreciated the inclusive nature of Brown’s speech and that class, race and ethnicity were not divi-
sive elements in it. “He genuinely cares about the community,” he said pointing to Brown’s military service and commitment to community service. Carleen Townsend-Akpan of Upper Marlboro said she’s been waiting for Brown to announce his candidacy and wanted to be there to support him. “Basically, I feel both he and the governor have done a marvelous job in Maryland,” said Townsend-Akpan. “I’m very proud of both of them.” She cited Maryland’s top-ranking public education system, reasonable property tax rates, decreased crime and improvements to the state’s health care delivery system as “very innovative and proactive,” indicating that it is because of the O’Malley/Brown
administration. However others sitting at the tables eating hot dogs and hamburgers said they wanted to see specific issues addressed. Barbara Lewis of Bowie said she is concerned about elections and voting. “I want to know what they are going to do about the voting system,” said Lewis, pointing out that she had to wait in line for five hours during the last presidential election. “He needs to correct that. The lines were as long as in voter suppression states. Why is that?” Gloria Collins of Upper Marlboro said she hasn’t decided who she is supporting for governor. “I want to hear what the candidate has to say,” said Collins. “I want to be informed.”wi
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By the end of this week, Empower DC will know if a federal judge has sided with them on the issue of school closings. About 150 people packed a Northwest courtroom last Friday, May 10, as Judge James Boasberg heard arguments from lawyers representing District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) and Empower DC. “The judge came to the hearing well prepared,” said Empower DC Lead Attorney Johnny Barnes during a recent interview. “He obviously studied the pleadings prepared by both sides and he gave thought to both pleadings. His questioning was tough. It was tough but I felt that our side stood up to the tough questioning.” “We remain optimistic that the law [produces] the outcome we’re seeking. We’ll see what happens.” Boasberg was expected to issue a ruling this week. American University Constitutional Law Professor Jamie Raskin said his side has a strong case. “It’s an important case because there are a wave of school closings taking place across the country and the whole burden of these school closings is falling overwhelmingly on poor, minority communities,” said Raskin, who joined Empower DC’s legal team recently. “In the history of Washington, D.C., African Americans have received either no education, segregated and unequal education, unconstitutional tracking programs and inferior educational resources and outcomes.” “From the perspective of this community, a school closing policy targeted at one part of the community is unconstitutional.” Empower DC and other activists sued DCPS in an effort to halt the planned shuttering of 15 schools that would take place by the end of academic year 2014. They are seeking a preliminary injunction that would stop Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson from carrying out her plan. Barnes, 64, has argued that children of color and those living in low-income households will be disproportionately affected. The plan he added, also violates several civil rights laws. Empower DC is a local grassroots organization in Northwest which organizes and educates residents around issues including affordable housing and education. Raskin, who has served as a Maryland State Senator since 2006, said an issue the case may hinge on is the fact that school officials broke the law by not alerting advisory neighborhood commissioners (ANCs) in affected communities.
“The District had an obligation to notify ANCs about their intent to close schools,” he said. “Great weight should be given to this issue. Before the court deals with the constitutional issues, it must deal with statutory claims. This is not a little technicality they forgot about. They shut out the community by not contacting ANCs. So the right thing to do now would be for the court to freeze the situation, issue an injunction and have school officials go back and inform ANCs.” “This is not just an offense to equal protection but an assault on the processes of local democracy which involves ANC participation.” Raskin, 50, said school officials have engaged in a pattern of discriminatory behavior. “I said the question has to be posed to the other side if you can close all the schools east of Rock Creek Park and wait for them to become charter schools … As far we can tell, there hasn’t been a school closed in Ward 3 since 1970. There were long periods of under-enrollment and those schools were never closed down. At what point did under-enrollment become a trigger to close schools down? Barnes said the hearing reminded him of a Clarence Darrow court drama. “It was an electric, exciting environment,” he said. “It was of particular interest for lawyers. You rarely have a good issue with a set of facts that allow for good arguments, a good judge and good lawyers. It’s the kind of stuff made for TV.” Raskin and Empower DC Education Coordinator Daniel del Pielago each spoke of one moment during the proceedings that illustrated their supporters’ feelings. “It was very telling,” said del Pielago. “One of the things that was powerful was when the judge asked a lawyer if Henderson discriminates against black and Latino students and the entire courtroom said yes,” del Pielago said with a laugh. Raskin agreed. “It was a very boisterous crowd and the judge gaveled the crowd down and said it wasn’t a D.C. Council hearing. One reason they were boisterous was because they haven’t been given the opportunity to participate in this process,” he said. Del Pielago, 39, said he and his colleagues remain cautiously optimistic. “This is the first case of its kind. This case will have implications win or lose. We’re hoping for a win but we also know this is a big fight because a lot of people are making money. Nothing ends today. Essentially we’re just getting started,” he said. wi www.washingtoninformer.com
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to him,” he said. “I was impressed with him, so I decided to support him. Throughout the 1980s, I worked for him at the polls and in campaigns and when he ran for chairman of the D.C. Council, I backed him.” Wilson returned the favor by supporting Evans’ election to his former seat in a special election on April 30, 1991. Evans, who has held that seat since, said that Wilson was “smart, insightful and good [with] finances.” Former D.C. Council member H.R. Crawford agrees with Evans. Crawford, 74, served on the D.C. Council from 1981-1993 with Wilson and said that he was an “energetic and thoughtful leader.” “He was extremely knowledgeable with the numbers,” Crawford said. “He was also persuasive with the mayoral administrations that we dealt with. We did not always agree, but we did work together.” He said that Wilson also knew how to use the political process to get his way. “Keep in mind that the city had limited funds during those days, not like it is now,” he said. “To get what he wanted, John could persuade people on the D.C. Council and in the mayor’s office.” As a member of the D.C. Council, Wilson is noted for his legislative achievements in gun control, rent control and medical coverage for low-income residents. He’s also credited for authoring the city’s anti-hate crimes law, which is considered to be one of the country’s toughest. Evans said that Wilson’s success was based on his ability to get seven votes, the number needed to get legislation passed on the D.C. Council. The veteran council member said that one time Wilson needed his vote on a bill, but he politely told the chairman he would not have his support. Wilson was angry, Evans recalled,
and two hours later, he returned to Evans’ office with some news. “I got seven votes, m---------r,” Evans recalled Wilson telling him. “He was not one to be trifled with. You did not cross John Wilson.” Crawford’s successor to the D.C. Council, Kevin P. Chavous, learned early in his political career what Evans experienced first-hand. Chavous defeated Crawford for re-election in the 1992 Democratic primary and Wilson attended the victory party to congratulate his new colleague. “I was full of myself then and I said to John something like ‘let me tell you something’ and I proceeded to tell him what I wanted him to do to help me on the council,” said Chavous, 56. “John was smoking a cigar, took it out of his mouth, butted the ashes on the floor, took a puff of the cigar, turned around to me and blew the smoke in my face. Afterward, he asked me where I would get the votes to do what I wanted.” Chavous, who laughs about the incident now, said that Wilson left by saying, “I look forward to working with you.” Chavous said that “behind John Wilson’s brusqueness and abrasiveness was a caring and compassionate human being.” Evans and Chavous said that the naming of the District Building in Northwest in honor of Wilson in 1994 was done unanimously and without discussion by the D.C. Council. Evans said that Wilson’s spirit and influence still loom large. “I have a picture of John in my office and I have ‘I miss John Wilson’ placards,” Evans said. “We are carrying on the tradition of John Wilson.” Chavous agrees. “Losing John was one of the city’s greatest losses,” he said. “We miss him more than you will ever know.” wi www.washingtoninformer.com
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Trio Vying to Build Prince George’s County Casino By Gale Horton Gay WI Staff Writer Three gaming operators are counting on more than just a roll of the dice to determine who will win the high-stakes battle to build Maryland’s next casino. Penn National Gaming (PNG), MGM National Harbor (MGM) and Greenwood Racing have filed proposals with the Maryland Video Lottery Facility Location Commission to build and run a casino in Prince George’s County. By the end of the year, the commission is expected to grant one the license. While details of what each wants to develop are limited, it’s clear that the prospective operators have different approaches and levels of experience. MGM National Harbor dramatically publicized the delivery of its proposal to the commission. On May 9, the day before the deadline for submission of proposals, MGM National Harbor held two press conferences – one on the site where they propose building the casino in the morning and one in the parking lot of the commission in Charm City later that afternoon. After speeches and photo opportunities, 13 copies of their proposal – contained in white and gray cases that resembled small, ultra-modern foot lockers – were loaded into four black sports utility vehicles and driven from National Harbor to the commission’s offices in Baltimore. Penn National Gaming had none of that fanfare. Instead, they delivered their proposal without the glare of the media spotlight – no press conference, no hoopla – distributing statements to the media via email after their plans were in gaming officials’ possession. PNG seeks to build a $700 million casino resort project at its Rosecroft Raceway property in Fort Washington. PNG’s proposal includes a casino gaming and racing entertainment facility featuring video lottery terminals, live table games, a poker room, a hotel with a pool and spa, food and beverage options, an entertainment and multi-purpose event center, a new grandstand and parking facility. “We believe our proposed Holwww.washingtoninformer.com
lywood Casino Resort at Rosecroft Raceway represents the best way forward for Prince George’s County and the state of Maryland as it ensures the track’s long-term viability, provides further stability to the local horsemen and the state’s horseracing industry, brings significant new investment and employment to the area and will be a longterm driver of elevated economic activity,” said Tim Wilmott, president and chief operating officer of PNG. The Rosecroft casino is expected to generate approximately 4,600 construction jobs, and 2,600 permanent jobs, PNG officials said. “Penn National intends to schedule and execute the development of Hollywood Casino Resort at Rosecroft Raceway to allow for the uninterrupted operations of the track and its year-round horseracing meet,” they noted. Located 13 miles south of the District on approximately 125 acres, the raceway originally opened in 1947 and closed in 2010. Penn National, which owns and operates 20 horse racing venues and casinos, re-opened the facility in 2011 for live harness racing and race simulcasting. Penn National also opened Hollywood Casino in Perryville in 2010. “We are looking forward to a fair and objective selection process and working with the local community and the state regulators to make this vision of a Rosecroft Raceway of the future a reality,” said Wilmott. Greenwood Racing, based in Bensalem, Pa., proposes to build an $800 million casino and resort on Indian Head Highway. It currently owns and operates five racing turf clubs in the Pennsylvania area as well Parx Casino, which the company describes as the No. 1 casino located 20 minutes north of Philadelphia. The free-standing casino which opened in 2009 includes 3,350 slots, 100 live table games and a poker room with 60 tables as well as live and simulcast racing. At MGM’s 20-acre site at National Harbor near the Woodrow Wilson Bridge where MGM held its first press event, MGM officials were joined by community supporters and partners.
MGM National Harbor personnel line up their proposal to file with the State of Maryland in Baltimore on May 9. /Photo courtesy of Rachael Peli
“We are confident our proposal demonstrates we are the clear choice to bring a world-class destination resort to National Harbor,” said Lorenzo Creighton, president and chief operating officer of MGM National Harbor, a subsidiary of MGM Resorts International. Other MGM executives agreed. “An MGM property at National Harbor would be designed and operated at the same level of quality as our other iconic hotels, including Bellagio, MGM Grand, Mandalay Bay, ARIA and The Mirage,” said Jim Murren, chairman and chief executive officer of MGM Resorts International. One of MGM’s supporters at the event was Derrick Parks, who owns a local security company. “This is a fabulous opportunity for Prince George’s County to rise up in the headlights of economic develop,” said Parks, adding that he hopes to do business with MGM if they get the license. MGM Resorts International has resorts and casinos in Nevada, Mississippi, Michigan, Illinois and China. Maryland legislators approved gaming expansion last August and Maryland voters in November followed suit and voted in favor of an additional casino in Prince George’s County. One of the next steps in the application and licensing process is an oral presentation by those seeking the license. wi The Washington Informer
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Korey Wise, pictured above at age 16, was one of five teenagers convicted of raping a white, female jogger in Central Park in 1989. Wise was exonerated after more than a decade in prison. / Courtesy photo By Mea Ashley WI Contributing Writer
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orey Wise sits smirking through a one-man play, saying “hmph!” and “ummm” now and then. Youth groups, activists, and college students have packed the auditorium at the National Black Theatre in Harlem. Wise will join a panel after the play on wrongful imprisonment, a subject he knows too well. In 1989, Wise and four other young black and Latino teenagers were convicted of raping and beating a white investment banker in Central Park, leaving her for dead. The media called her the Central Park Jogger and the accused the Central Park Five. No evidence linked them to the crime except for their confessions, which came after relentless hours of police interrogation. They recanted shortly afterwards, but those statements were still enough to send them all to jail. Wise was 16 and was sentenced to 5 to 15 years as an adult. Last year, a decade after an inmate named Reyes Matias confessed to the crime, resulting in all five of the boys’ exoneration, Sarah Burns, Ken Burns, and David McMahon released a documentary about their story, “The Central Park Five”. Wise, who went free after 13 years, is now suing the city for wrongful imprisonment. During the panel, a young man in the audience tells about being
Documentarians Ken and Sarah Burns pose outside the opening of their documenary on the Central Park Five. / Courtesy photo imprisoned at Rikers Island at 16. Wise can relate. He sits straightforward, hands clasped, no emotion on his face, almost dazed. “Wow,” is Wise’s unspoken reaction. Later, in his Bronx apartment, he compared Rikers Island to another local landmark. “The Bronx Zoo is dealing with all types of elements,” he says. Yet he sees Rikers Island as where rebirth happens, because inmates’ natural instinct and appetite for survival kick in. “There’s no mommy, no daddy,” he says.
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“Just you.” Wise’s instincts did kick in one day on Riker’s Island after an altercation with a fellow inmate, Reyes Matias. “Destiny made it his business to come see me,” Wise tells the audience, explaining how the true rapist of the Central Park Jogger confronted him over control of a television. Thirteen years later, almost five hours away at Auburn Correctional Facility, Wise and Matias met again on the yard where about 10,000 inmates congregated. Matias approached Wise and estabThe Washington Informer
Wise, today, works with the Innocence Project and other organizations to fight against wrongful imprisonment. / Courtesy photo lished that he too had transferred from Rikers Island. When inmates travel from prison to prison, it’s hard to meet new people, so they tend to stick with familiar faces.
Matias broke the ice by apologizing for the fight; Wise accepted. “I see you’re still maintaining your innocence,” Matias said.
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Yusef Salaam, Kevin Richardson, Raymond Santana, Wise, and Antron McCray were demonized in the court of public opinion and the media for the Central Park rapist attack. (Below) The men appeared at the screening of the Burns documentary. / Courtesy photo
WISE continued from Page 14 “I guess so, yeah,” Wise said. “Are you religious?” “Nah, I’m not religious. Why, what’s up?” “Well, you know, I just became religious.” “Well, all praises be to the most high for you then.” The next day in the chapel, Wise got a call from his mom. Inmates summoned to the chapel usually expect to hear about a death in the family, but not Wise. “I don’t know who you talked to, but whoever you talked to, he freed you,” his mother said. The white walls and concrete floors in Wise’s Bronx apartment living room are as bare as a prison cell’s. The wind from the open window competes with an accordion heater right beneath the sill. Wise often repeats phrases three to four times before completing a poignant thought. He stands up from the wood framed chair. Wise takes off his green longsleeved shirt, points to the scar on his wrist. “I’m not a 5.” He lifts his undershirt to show a cut on his abdomen. www.washingtoninformer.com
“I’m not a 5.” He pulls his pants down halfway exposing a permanent purple bruise on his upper thigh. “I’m not a 5,” Wise says, meaning, the Central Park 5. Wise insists that he’s an individual, more than a part of the group. Out of the five convicted, he was the only one tried and sentenced as an adult because he was 16. “He spent twice as much time in prison and was in an adult maximum-security facility,” says his lawyer, Jane Byrialsen, with whom he has a developed familial relationship. “The damage that he sustained from that experience is incomparable,” says Byrialsen, who adds that Wise can be a loner sometimes. Documentarian Sarah Burns echoes Byrialsen’s sentiments. “The juvenile facilities were no walk in the park but they were not the same thing as where Korey served all of that time,” she says. Wise has been struggling with maintaining his individuality since this nightmare began years ago. Burns says the media contributed. “I think part of the problem with that initial coverage in 1989 was that it lumped them all togeth-
er like they were this wolf pack as the newspaper said,” Burns says. By the time Matias confessed to the crime in 2002, Wise was 30 and the other four young men had returned home; they only served seven years. “If I had went to Spofford with them it would be none of this. Reyes would still be playing stickball,” he says, meaning Matias would’ve never confessed had they not run into each other. He still sees his social worker almost once a week but he doesn’t feel the need for a therapist, Byrialsen says. Wise doesn’t work now; he receives a disability check for being partially deaf in his right ear and having post-traumatic stress. He also gets Supplemental Security Income, a program that pays disabled adults who have limited income and resources. He spends most of his time hanging around his old neighborhood and speaking on behalf of the Innocence Project at events. He hardly goes anywhere without his Ipod and headphones. Sometimes when Wise is riding on the train he’ll see a poster for the documentary. “I just feel a pain, it hits me,” he says. “That’s why I try to keep my hip hop in my ears.” But if you ever saw Wise on the streets of Harlem, he would meet you with a big grin and say something like, “I’m good, you know why?” then add, “Cause I’m hiphop! Hip-hop is me!” Over the years his lawyer noticed that music helps Wise escapes his pain. “He still listens to 80’s music from when he went in,” says Byrialsen. “It’s like he’s still stuck. It’s like he’s still sort of that 16-year-old kid in a way.” She hopes that he will soon be able to move on with his life and not be continuously reminded of the past, but her hopes and reality seem farther away than she and
Wise would both like. Wise is suing the city for $50 million in damages for being wrongfully convicted, a case he filed 10 years ago; it could be a year before he sees any closure. Being unemployed has given him time to sit in the courtroom for about 40 depositions. His lawyers and the defense will have to go through 50 more before this summer. During these depositions Wise witnesses the city’s law department present evidence against his case as if they doubt Reyes’ confession should’ve exonerated him. Watching all of these legal arguments doesn’t do much for Wise’s healing, Byrialsen says. “I think that it’s very hurtful. I think he suffers every day,” she says. The city’s law department responded with an emailed statement. “As we’ve said before, the City stands by the decisions made by the detectives and prosecutors,” said Celeste Koeleveld, the executive assistant corporation counsel for public safety. The confessions, hearings, and trials all presented “abundant probable cause” for the plaintiff ’s, conviction, she said. “Nothing unearthed since the trials, including Matias Reyes’s connection to the attack on the jogger -- changes that fact. . . .Under the circumstances, the City is proceeding with a vigorous defense of the detectives and prosecutors,” said Koeleveld. Byrialsen says the longer this case remains un-settled, the more Wise’s closure is delayed. “The thought that you’ve been exonerated, and you’ve been out all these years and people still think you did it. I don’t think you can ever escape that,” she says.
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Since the documentary has aired on national television on PBS, Wise is hoping it would create some type of change in the case. “The city is getting quite fed up with it so I’m hoping for a positive out of it.” Wise says sharing his story is very therapeutic. Just recently, on the anniversary of the crime, he went to Charlotte, North Carolina for an Innocence Project conference. In 2002, after being released, Wise changed his first name from Kharey to Korey. Byrialsen says he no longer wants to be associated with all the negative documents that carry his old name. Someone who doesn’t know Korey personally wouldn’t know the hurt he internalizes because over the years, since he’s been released, he has acquired a peaceful persona. But once he starts to unravel, the pain from this experience is exposed like an open wound. Wise thinks highly of Burns for creating the documentary and giving him the opportunity to share his story. “The doc is beautiful. It hurts to the core,” he says. Now that the documentary has gained national attention, Wise is happy that the truth is finally out. After it aired on television he got a lot of feedback on Facebook about his strength for taking the punishment for a crime he didn’t commit. He’s also glad that people now recognize the connection between his incarceration and the group’s freedom; a fact he says many people leave out when telling the story. “They give a perspective as if we were together when Reyes woke up at 4 o’clock in the morning in a cold sweat and said ‘let me get this out the way,” he said in a phone conversation. Even though he feels that others don’t always tell his story correctly, he still is glad that he can continue to speak out against injustice. Almost weekly, he appears through The Innocence Project on panel discussions, rallies, and screenings of the documentary. Just as he left his old name behind, he speaks about his past self as if he is two different people. “I love to see little Korey do his thing, cause he done died,” he says meaning prison almost killed his youthful spirit, “and came alive, like, 13 times in 13 years,” he says. “Little Korey was just looking to have his life. Not have his life torn away from him,” Wise says. “So when I look at him -- as his new representative, his lawyer -- I have to give the audience his life, because he’s no longer here to tell it.” wi
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End the War on Drugs Now! There is no easy way or walk to freedom; no shortcuts to justice; no quick fix for conceiving and constructing the good and By William Reed sustainable society and world we all want and deserve. Indeed, to achieve the good we all want in the world, we must work and struggle long and hard. We must be in it for real, for the good, and campaign to recruit an “Army of Advocates and Organizers” for the long. – Dr. Maulana Karenga to end the War on Drugs (www. ibw21.org). It’s time for each and every First, to honor Daniels and Black American to take action by his living legacy of activism and tweeting about, shouting about, progressive politics, it’s time and phoning and faxing about Blacks collectively heeded his the challenge that has been is- call to “End the War on Drugs.” sued by Elder Ron Daniels. Dan- Secondly, show our ire that the iels is head of the Institute of War on Drugs has been proven the Black World 21st Century and to be a racially biased “war on has launched an online petition us” that has disproportionately targeted African Americans. There are entrenched forces that have a vested interest in policies that have produced mass incarceration of African Americans and spawned the prison-jail industrial complex. To combat the injustice of the system and War on Drugs, it’s time Blacks take a principled stand that confronts the reality of the racial dimensions of crime and punishment in America. Racial bias in America´s criminal justice system is a fact of life, to which Daniels recommends “something akin to Martin Luther King´s ‘coalition of conscience’”… to persuade a majority of Americans to press for reforms to rectify the wrongs of the War on Drugs and decades of blatant neglect that have wreaked havoc on so Office of the State Superintendent of Education many communities and ruined the lives of millions of Black CHILD CARE DEVELOPMENT FUND PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT families. Join us on Friday, May 31 or Saturday, June 1! OSSE is seeking If each of us “took it personcommunity input for its 2014-2015 State Plan for the Child Care al” we’d push Daniels’ agenda and Development Block Grant. Learn more at www.osse.dc.gov. to “End the War on Drugs.” If we collectively show concern, Public Hearing Community Meeting we can overcome the media’s Friday, May 31, 2013 Saturday, June 1, 2013 silence and lack of concern pol5:00 pm - 6:00 pm 10:00 am - 12:00 pm icymakers have shown toward Office of the State Superintendent Office of the Unified addressing this devastating criof Education (OSSE) Communications (OUC) sis. If not us, who? Efforts by 810 First St NE, WDC 20002 2720 Martin Luther King Ave SE, known civil rights/human rights WDC 20032 leaders to dismantle the War on
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Drugs have been episodic and largely ineffective. But, Daniels’ voice has been constant that “Black leaders, activists and organizers must not equivocate while millions of our sisters and brothers suffer in urban inner-city neighborhoods across this country.” It is imperative that we raise our voices and mobilize/organize to transform the conditions of millions of our Black brothers, sisters and family kin languishing in “America’s system of justice.” It’s “just us” and to effectively address the “State of Emergency in Black America,” we all must put our collective weight toward confronting and combating the War on Drugs. Call somebody now, and tell them “to take action to end the War on Drugs.” Tell them to tell somebody else to “end this despicable war on us.” The “War on Drugs” costs about $40 billion per year and its national price tag has totaled over $1 trillion. It has resulted in one of Washington’s largest bureaucracies, the Drug Enforcement Administration, with over 10,000 employees, 226 offices in 21 divisions throughout the U.S., and 86 foreign offices in 62 countries. Our best hope rest with Blacks ready and able to challenge and change the terrible policies and practices the War on Drugs has wrought. It’s time to sign up for Daniels’ army. Sign up online (www.ibw21.org), in addition to initiating a call, visit your local lawmaker. Let’s follow Daniels’ lead when he says: “There’s a State of Emergency in Black America and each of us must step up.” Make it a point to tell people you know to contact their respective lawmakers and policy-influencers and say: “It’s time to end the War on Drugs.” Black Americans, and their leaders, must all move toward individually, and collectively, raising our voices and mobilizing/organizing to better our lives and communities. wi William Reed is publisher of “Who’s Who in Black Corporate America” and available for projects via the BaileyGroup.org www.washingtoninformer.com
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New App Helps Locate Black-Owned Businesses By Bekitembe Eric Taylor Special to the Informer from NNPA Hundreds of black-owned businesses have a new way for consumers to find and shop with them. There is an app for that. The Around the Way app, the brainchild of a marketing and technology firm in Washington, D.C., allows the customer access to companies that are at least 51% African-American owned and employed. The U.S. Black Chamber of Commerce last fall endorsed the app as the wave of the future for buying black, but the local chambers attended an online seminar last month in order to educate their membership on its use and marketing. Eric Hamilton, Chief Marketing Officer for Around the Way, said that the structure of the service follows the Google model. “When Google first started, they allowed companies to list their service for free, but charged a premium for those who wanted to be located by ratings rather than location,” he said. “All of our registered companies sign up for free, but there is a premium service for $89 per year that allows a company to be the first choice in that category no matter how far away they are from the consumer.” Since the fall, the Around the Way has registered over 800 companies in Georgia with 200 of that in metro Atlanta. Free to download, the app features a search tool with categories from banks to restaurants to auto shops and more. Users are able to geo-locate and get directions to the closest business via category, but it also allows for some healthy competition. “Say you’re in Atlanta and you want to find a laundry or dry cleaners,” said Hamilton. “The app will give you the choice to go to the business that is within 5 miles or the higher rated business that may be in Marietta,” he said. Allison Cross, co-owner of Boxcar Grocer on Peters Street said that www.washingtoninformer.com
her store registered with the Around the Way app about two months ago. “Latinos and blacks are the most major consumers of shopping though mobile apps,” she said. “I’m excited about the potential to collaborate with other businesses also using the app.” Boxcar Grocer offers organic and natural foods and baked goods, so they plan to use some of the bakeries, health and beauty manufacturers, and related suppliers listed on Around the Way as suppliers for their store. Michael T. Hill, founder of the Atlanta Metro Black Chamber of Commerce, said that the Around the Way is an excellent tool to assist the black consumer in leveraging the $73 billion in buying power that they currently spend in other communities. “I think it’s a great start in terms of connecting with the African American consumer through technology,” he said. “It’s very similar to the Be Locally tool that one of our members developed on our website www.ambccc. us, where it allows consumers to rate a positive experience that they’ve had with a local company.” At present, there are over 52,000 African-American owned companies in metro Atlanta. It is hoped that that collaboration with the marketing team of Around the Way and the black chambers will increase the awareness of those companies in an effort to bring the black dollar back into the community. “We’ve looked for solutions in our schools, our churches, and at the government level for saving our community,” said Hill. “Now, it’s time for our business community to step up.” Hill said that the Atlanta Metro Black Chamber of Commerce plans to officially launch the Around the Way app marketing plan to its 350 members in June during its music, technology, and entertainment roundtable series.wi
Let’s talk about credit. Your ability to affectively manage credit has an impact on your ability to achieve financial empowerment. The good news is anybody can do it – anybody! No matter what the situation, anyone can improve their credit status and their financial circumstance – if – they are committed, disciplined, and they are willing to make an investment in their most precious resource –them self. But, before we get into credit I want to do a quick review regarding the difference between Wants vs. Needs. Wants vs. Needs: What’s the difference? A want is something you would like to have but it is not critical for you to survive. A need is something you have to have in order to survive. Here is an example. I want the NFL Season Ticket package as part of my cable TV package, so I can see any game at any point during the NFL season. I need food on a regular basis to be able to maintain my strength and good physical well being. You would be surprised at the number of people who confuse wants with needs, which can lead to poor financial decisions, which can then evolve into potential credit problems down the road. What credit is: At its most basic level, credit is the equivalent of a loan. To get access to credit, you will have to sign a legally binding agreement that requires the individual in whose name the credit is being extended to pay the money back based upon a set of agreed upon terms before the loan is made. Included in these terms are key details including; interest rate, payment requirements, taxes, fees, and penalties. Not paying attention to, or understanding, these details can result in costly mistakes, which can damage your credit rating and your ability to obtain additional, affordable credit in the future. Always remember, the devil is in the details. Be sure you understand and are comfortable with the terms of any agreement you sign. What credit is not: Credit is not a license to ill, nor is it a cause for any one to lose their mind making purchases they know they do not need or cannot afford – not even if they lived over a thousand years and worked to pay that debt off over that time. Credit is not free money. Credit has a price tag and that price tag is your interest rate calculated against your outstanding balance to determine the amount of your interest expense. Interest expense is the cost to you for using your credit. Said another way, interest expense is the cost of the money you borrow. When managed properly, credit is a tool which enables individuals and businesses to buy goods and services. If you manage your credit well, I mean really well, you will be able to buy some really high priced items, such as a car or home, and you will be allowed to pay for them over time vs. having to save and pay the full amount on the spot at the time of purchase. What is a Credit Score? A credit score is an instrument used by financial institutions and lenders to determine whether to extend credit to that individual. There are several brands of credit scores. One example of a frequently used credit score is the FICO score. FICO is an acronym for the Fair Isaac Corporation, the creators of the FICO score. Using proprietary mathematical models, the FICO score takes into account various factors across five areas to determine credit risk: payment history, current level of indebtedness, types of credit used and length of credit history, and new credit.1 The FICO score has a range between 300 and 850. The closer an individual’s score is to 850 the better that individual’s credit risk-worthiness will be. In the past, it was believed that a FICO score at or above 650 was good and that person would have a reasonable chance of getting credit at an affordable rate. While not ideal, anything below a 650 FICO score does not mean credit will not available – just that it might be more expensive. Negative Credit Information: If there is valid negative information in your credit report, there is nothing you can do to change it. The key here is not to panic. Having negative information in your file does not necessarily mean that you will be denied credit. Different creditors review your credit history in different ways. If you find yourself in this situation what you need to do is to take corrective action by improving your behavior. Make sure to meet your financial obligations and pay your bills on time consistently to improve your credit score. What does negative information look like? Negative information includes notifications of late payments, bankruptcy, liens, and accounts turned over to a collection agency. Be careful using so-called credit repair clinics who aggressively advertise offers to “fix” your credit record for a fee. Let’s be clear – credit clinics cannot remove or change correct information on your credit record. Additionally, you can do anything that a credit repair clinic can do at little or no cost. The fundamentals behind managing money or credit successfully do not require an expensive degree or a special education. All that is required is your desire to invest in yourself, combined with the discipline and commitment necessary to consistently work toward your long-term financial success. 1
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D.C. Moves Closer to Becoming Age Friendly By Michelle Phipps-Evans WI Staff Writer The District of Columbia has several options for public and private transportation for its aging population, but it has not yet perfected the system to fully accommodate the sage group. Affordability, reliability, accessibility, “senior-unfriendly signage,” priority boarding for seniors, and communications about changes are problematic transportation issues for some residents. Those and other concerns kicked off the dialogue be-
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tween seniors and city officials who attended the Mayor’s Second Annual Age-Friendly City Senior Symposium on May 10, where lively discussions focused on making the District an age-friendly city. At the symposium’s transportation workshop, one woman had several questions about seniors traveling by rail. “Is there a plan to reduce fares with this push to get people out of cars and onto public transportation?” asked Carolyn Cook, a Ward 4 advisory neighborhood commissioner who attended the symposium with her
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83-year-old mother. “You’re going to increase your profits with increased ridership. What are we getting for the cost? Rather than fancy signage, I’d prefer cameras on the trains.” These are some of the issues employees at the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (Metro) are grappling with, said David Haggins, Metro’s communications program manager. “I can’t get around the high cost, we run on a deficit all the time but we’re very competitive in comparison to other jurisdictions,” said Haggins, one of several panelists who participated in the transportation workshop at the symposium, which also included the D.C. departments of Motor Vehicles and Transportation, and the Taxicab Commis-
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Hundreds of senior citizens recently attended the Mayor’s Second Annual Age-Friendly City Senior Symposium at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Northwest. /Courtesy Photo
sion. “We have the best transit system in the country. We’re not always 100 percent but we’re getting there.” Transportation is one of the 10 domains examined to determine an age-friendly city. Others include outdoor spaces and buildings, housing, social participation, respect and social inclusion, civic participation and employment, communication and information, and community support and health services. Normally there are eight but D.C. created two additional domains in emergency preparedness and elder abuse and fraud. Each domain was featured in an interactive workshop at the conference, which attracted more than 400 seniors, their caregivers, providers and other stakeholders to the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Northwest for the daylong conference that offered seniors and others an opportunity to voice their concerns and discuss what’s needed for each area. “Having an age-friendly city is not an abstract idea,” said Mayor Vincent Gray, 70, who also introduced a public-safety initiative to help locate missing senior citizens. “The District of Columbia has committed to becoming a community that is an inclusive, and accessible urban environment that encourages active and healthy aging.” The Age-Friendly City Initiative is the strategic plan developed by the D.C. Department on Aging (DCOA) for community living. The initiative defines the District of Columbia as an urban community that is inclusive, accessible, and encourages active and healthy aging and a safe environment for all its residents. Laura Meeks traveled from her Ward 7 neighborhood to attend the conference. “The symposium is very in-
formative,” said Meeks, who’s retired. “I learned a lot from the questions and I enjoyed the day.” To better understand the audience, they were polled by members of the team that worked toward making New York City an age-friendly city since 2008.The District’s seniors used electronic clickers to identify personal demographics, concerns and preferences. “An age-friendly city doesn’t just focus on [one person],” said Ruth Finkelstein, a senior vice president at the New York Academy of Medicine, a nonprofit and one of several public-private partnership organizations that work on the New York model. “It needs to help people [continue] to pursue what they love. When you get old, you don’t want to turn over all your identities.” The Age-Friendly City Initiative is part of an international effort started by the World Health Organization (WHO) to respond to two demographic trends: urbanization and population aging. As of 2007, more than half of the world’s population lived in cities; by 2030, that will rise to three out of every five persons. At the same time, improvements in public health have led to longevity. So, the proportion of people over 60 will likely double from 11 percent of the world population in 2006 to 22 percent by 2050, according to WHO. The initiative helps with the convergence of these two trends. “The way the age-friendly dimension works is we’re looking at the areas of life that take into consideration the older American, and ensure that they’re valued and respected wherever they go,” said John Thompson, DCOA’s executive director. wi www.washingtoninformer.com
THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA HOUSING AUTHORITY REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP)
Mel Watt is Ideal Choice to Lead FHFA President Obama recently nominated Melvin (Mel) Watt, a long-time North Carolina Congressman, to direct the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). While major news media reported on the development, few mentioned exactly what the new job would entail or the significance of an African-American potentially leading a key financial office. At a news conference announcing the nomination, President Obama said, “Mel understands as well as anybody what caused the housing crisis. He knows what it’s going to take to help responsible homeowners fully recover. And he’s committed to helping folks just like his mom – Americans who work really hard, play by the rules day in and day out to provide for their families.” When our nation faced the worst financial crisis since that of the Great Depression, the House Financial Services Committee faced dealing with the nation’s financial solvency on one hand and millions of homeowners who were in or approaching foreclosure on the other. Through a lengthy series of discussions and hearings, Rep. Watt emerged as a voice of reason, consistently fair and balanced in crafting solutions to complex problems. Following the Watt nomination, the Center for Responsible Lending said of the nominee, “He was one of the first elected officials to recognize and warn about the dangers of subprime lending, offering legislation to nip predatory lending in the bud and tirelessly advocating for ways to prevent needless home foreclosures… The Senate should move quickly to confirm him.” Created by the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008, the FHFA oversees the nation’s secondary mortgage markets: 12 Federal Home Loan Banks, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. FHFA is also empowered to make policy, implement rules, and regularly report to Congress. In 2010, the combined debt and obligations of these 14 government-sponsored enterprises totaled $6.7 trillion. Watt’s nomination is reminiscent of an earlier one in 1966. The late Andrew Brimmer, nominated by President Lyndon Johnson, became the first African-American member of the Federal Reserve Board. A Louisiana native, Brimmer attended segregated elementary and high schools but www.washingtoninformer.com
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By Charlene Crowell went on to earn in a Ph.D. in economics in 1957 from Harvard. Watt, another son of the South raised from modest beginnings, became a 1967 Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. As a result of having the highest academic average in its business school, he also became president of the business honors fraternity. Three years later, he earned a JD degree from Yale University Law School and was a published member of the Yale Law Journal. Both men’s lives are proof that difficulty need not defeat a person’s dreams or goals. And further, what may appear improbable is not the same thing as being impossible. On learning of Rep. Watt’s nomination, North Carolina U.S. Senator Richard Burr reached across the chamber’s partisan divide to offer his hopes for confirmation saying, “Having served with Mel, I know of his commitment to sustainable federal housing programs and am confident he will work hard to protect taxpayers from future exposure to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. I look forward to working with Rep. Watt in his new role to find new ways to facilitate more private sector involvement in the housing and mortgage markets.” Another U.S. Senator and chair of the chamber’s banking committee, South Dakota’s Sen. Tim Johnson, said, “Mel possesses the intelligence, temperament and depth of knowledge on housing finance policy necessary to succeed as Director.” For communities of color that lost a trillion dollars in wealth during the housing crisis, we share an important stake in Rep. Watt’s nomination. It is an opportunity for an accomplished African-American to develop consumer-focused policy and implement rules to better serve all of America’s people.wi Charlene Crowell is a communications manager with the Center for Responsible Lending. She can be reached at: Charlene. crowell@responsiblelending.org.
DCHA is in need of a qualified consultant (“Choice Planning Coordinator”) to coordinate all necessary research and manage and complete the DCHA CHOICE planning process. This includes coordinating activities to develop a Choice Neighborhoods Initiative Transformation Plan for HUD’s approval, in concert with simultaneous activities to develop a Small Area Plan for District Council’s approval. The Choice Planning Coordinator will work with DCHA, DMPED, OP and the selected Team, as well as other District agencies and community stakeholders (“DCHA Choice Team”). DCHA encourages proposals from individuals/firms with thorough knowledge and experience in the goals, objectives, requirements and processes of Public Housing, Community Development, HOPE VI, Choice Neighborhoods Initiative Programs, and the District’s Small Area Planning process.
SOLICITATION DOCUMENTS will be available at the Issuing Office at 1133 North Capitol Street, NE, Room 300, Administrative Services/Contracts & Procurement, Washington, DC 20002-7599 between the hours of 9:00am and 4:00pm, Monday through Friday, beginning on Monday, May 13, 2013.
SEALED PROPOSAL RESPONSES are due to the Issuing Office by 11:00am on Thursday, June 13, 2013.
Contact the Issuing Office, Adrienne Jones on (202)535-1212 or by email at agjones@ dchousing.org for additional information.
THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA HOUSING AUTHORITY SOLICITATION NO.: 0015-2013 “Property Management Services”
The District of Columbia Housing Authority (DCHA) is seeking proposals from qualified organizations to provide property management services to one (1) or more of DCHA’s property.
SOLICITATION DOCUMENTS will be available at the Issuing Office at 1133 North Capitol Street, NE, Suite 300, Administrative Services/Contracts and Procurement, Washington, DC 20002-7599, between the hours of 9:00am and 4:00pm, Monday through Friday, beginning on Monday, May 13, 2013.
SEALED PROPOSAL RESPONSES are due to the Issuing Office by 11:00am on Friday, June 14, 2013.
Contact the Issuing Office, LaShawn Mizzell-McLeod on (202) 535-1212 or by email at lmcleod@dchousing.org for additional information.
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Parents, Students Celebrate Teachers By Michelle Phipps-Evans WI Staff Writer Take MeTrobus and MeTrorail To The...
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It was on one of those rare beautiful, sunny days last week when several staff at Maury Elementary School in Northeast sat at tables outdoors on May 9 to eat lunch, enjoy each other’s company and be celebrated as teachers, aides and employees of the school. It was National Teacher Appreciation Week from May 6 to 10, which gave parents and administrators a nudge to show teachers how much they’re valued. Each school within the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) system used the week to show teachers and others how much they are appreciated for the work they do in the school system. “This whole week was wonderful,” said Maury pre-kindergarten teacher Kim Wright-Spurlock on the last day of National Teacher Appreciation Week. “The kids’ cards were so thoughtful, and the gifts were very much appreciated.” Many teachers at Maury echoed Wright-Spurlock’s sentiments; some even ventured to say they were being “spoiled.” At Maury, some classes planned group activities that showed gratitude while those in other classes chose to show individual thanks. However, the chair for this year’s Parent-Teachers Association’s hospitality committee wanted to do something extraordinary by hosting the lunch while recognizing two women who have been instrumental in the school’s community. “There’s a lot of history at Maury and a lot of newness and new people,” said Jennifer Smoker, a fourth grade parent who has been at the school since her son entered kindergarten and the hospitality chair this year. “I wanted to bridge the gap and to recognize those who have been part of the school’s community through thick and thin.” To do so, Smoker used the lunch gathering to have a dedication for Jacqueline Williams, a former art teacher and educational aide at the school for 25 years who died a year ago. She retired from Maury in 2009. Smoker had a plaque made
in Williams’ honor that stated, “She was most passionate teaching and sharing her love of the arts with future generations of artists.” The school will dedicate Maury’s art studio in Williams’ honor much to the delight of the current art teacher Lauren Bomba. Besides Williams, Smoker also acknowledged the school’s business manager Bonita Brockenberry who has been at Maury since 2008, and has about 42 years of government service. She smiled broadly during the luncheon when her peers celebrated her life’s work. “Everything was beautiful,” said Brockenberry, 62, a native Washingtonian who lives in Northwest, and has worked mainly in payroll and retirement services. “I love the kids and I like to see them achieve. The school has been supportive since I’ve been sick. I appreciate all the post cards from the kids. I’m just happy to be here today. I’ve been feeling great.” Brockenberry’s son, Eric Brockenberry, a DCPS computer lab coordinator for middle school students, was impressed by the National Teacher Appreciation Week celebration for his mother, a few days before Mother’s Day. “This was really a nice recognition for her,” said Brockenberry, 45, who added that students at his school gave him a S’mores kit and donuts. “It [the card] read, ‘We need S’more [some more] like you.’” He laughed at being compared to the sweet treat. The plaque for Brockenberry stated that in her years at Maury, “she was instrumental knitting together our community by skillfully perceiving and lovingly addressing every need and issue that came her way.” None of this would have been possible if it weren’t for the parents who volunteered to watch the students while teachers took part in the weeklong activities. “It was an honor to be able to build on what others had done before,” Smoker said. “There were a lot of people involved who made the entire week possible.” wi www.washingtoninformer.com
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Visits Amidon-Bowen Elementary School Sam P.K. Collins WI Contributing Writer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is best known as the NBA’s all-time leading scorer and creator of the “sky-hook.” These days, however, he speaks little about his love of the game. Instead, the sports icon and author of an award-winning children’s book travels the country talking about his lifelong love of reading and the importance of education. He conveyed that message to a group of approximately 70 children in kindergarten through the third grade, who gathered in the library at Amidon-Bowen Elementary School on Friday morning to see the 7-foot-2 basketball player who brought the legendary Boston Celtics to their knees in the 1985 NBA Finals. “I want to inspire the kids and let them know reading is the key to learning,” said Abdul-Jabbar, 66. “When they see that I am an advocate for reading, hopefully they’ll start picking up books,” the former Los Angeles Lakers center and six-time NBA champion said on May 10. Abdul-Jabbar’s visit was part of an event hosted by Reading Is Fundamental (RIF), the nation’s oldest and largest literacy non-profit organization. When RIF was founded in 1966, Amidon-Bowen, located in Southwest, was its first partner school. The non-profit has since partnered with schools in all 50 states and territories in the country, placing 410 million books in the hands of more than 39 million children. After introductions by Carol Rasco, president and chief executive officer of RIF, and D.C Public Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson, Abdul-Jabbar handed out snacks and captivated the group of precocious youngsters with black history trivia. Later, he read Where the Wild Things Are, Maurice Sendak’s award-winning children’s book about a boy who befriends a group of wild animals on an island. “To meet an author is so special to the kids,” said Rasco, 65. “Those experiences stick in their head. The kids feel that reading is a value. That’s what we’re trying to help them see,” said Rasco, who lives in Alexandria, Va. The Cape Fear Literacy Council in Wilmington, N.C., reported
in 2008 that more than 60 percent of low-income families have no books in their homes for children to read. Research has shown that exposure to books has a greater impact on low-income families than the father’s occupation or the family’s standard of living. For Henderson, Abdul-Jabbar’s visit instilled a sense of pride in the children that could potentially translate into academic success. “Kareem Abdul-Jabbar wants to make sure young people, especially those who are of color, know about their history and on whose shoulders they stand,” Henderson, 44, told the young book enthusiasts. Margy McNamara Pastor, daughter of the late RIF founder Margaret McNamara Pastor, presented Amidon-Bowen with a collection of books that pertain to Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, along with literature about the arts. Each child also received a copy of Where the Wild Things Are to take home. “The most important part of RIF’s support [are] the books they give,” said Izabela Miller, the principal at Amidon-Bowen. “Often our issue is that our kids do not have enough books to read at home. [Today], they’re experiencing the same things kids in more affluent areas get to experience and you can feel their excitement,” said Miller, 37. Sara Massey, a RIF volunteer from New Orleans, said the event reinforced the importance of reading in a way that engaged the children. “In order to deal with the literacy issue, you have to layer the types of activities and services for children,” said Massey, 52. “What I love about RIF is that we have to teach the children how to read for fun, joy, and excitement.” Lavanya Poteau, special programs coordinator at Amidon-Bowen, said that Abdul-Jabbar stressed the importance of education in opening the doors to a variety of career choices. “I think it’s important for [the children] to be exposed to someone who is not only a basketball player but [who] was able to work in other areas,” said Poteau, 32. “[Kareem Abdul-Jabbar] highlighted education and [participation in] more than sports. We hope to continue these partnerships next year,” the Southeast resident said. wi
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Legendary basketball player Kareem Abdul-Jabbar reads a story to students who attend Amidon-Bowen Elementary School in Southwest on May 10. The event, sponsored by Reading is Fundamental, the nation’s oldest and largest literacy non-profit, happened to be the organization’s first partner school. /Photo by Khalid Naji-Allah
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A Farm in Ward 8
Like many low-income communities across the country, Ward 8 is among the ones that have been identified as a food desert. High quality, fresh fruits and vegetables are too often inaccessible to residents who, sadly, raise their families on fast food that is highly caloric, filled with salt and additives, but cheap and filling. With so much unused land still in supply in Ward 8, we applaud D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray, Stan Jackson, executive director of the Anacostia Economic Development Corporation, and BrightFarms for identifying a site in Ward 8 to build a 100,000 squarefoot, state-of-the art greenhouse farm. More than 1 million pounds of fresh fruits and vegetables including tomatoes and lettuce will be grown on 2.2 acres of an unused lot located at South Capitol and Southern Avenue, SW, in a hydroponic greenhouse. Hydroponic technology allows plants to be grown in a non-soil but mineral nutrient rich substance. The farm will help to increase the distribution and availability of fresh produce to local retailers and farmer’s markets and will reportedly feed 5,000 people. More importantly, officials promise that at least 25 permanent jobs will be created along with 100 construction jobs for the development scheduled to be completed by the end of 2014. Gray announced plans in 2011 to make D.C. the greenest, healthiest and most livable city in the nation. So far bike lanes, street cars, composting stations and a recently announced new strategy to reduce energy consumption by District agencies mark the initial steps toward his goal. But for many D.C. residents, the connection between sustainability and jobs is a far reach. However, Ward 8’s BrightFarms project may offer proof that green jobs can sustain and build a healthy community.
American Heroes Charles Ramsey insists that he is not a hero. The Cleveland dishwasher, who reportedly knocked down the door to the house that served as a torture chamber for three young women missing for more than 10 years and helped to rescue them, is indeed a hero in the eyes of many. And so were the participants who ran to the aid of the 144 runners injured by an explosion during the Boston Marathon that killed three others. Cameras caught them giving aid to the injured before the first responders arrived and risking their own lives while attempting to save others. We may not know their names, but they are heroes, too. And so were the thousands of men and women in white T-shirts who ran and walked in the rain in last weekend’s Susan Komen Race for the Cure, who demonstrated their willingness to give their time and money to support others whose shirts were pink – the breast cancer survivors – and believing by doing so that a cure will be found to end the deadly disease. And what about the hundreds of men who sacrifice their own precious time to spend hours with fatherless boys in hopes of stemming the tide of drug abuse and violence and with only the hope of encouraging them to be good students and good citizens. And the volunteers who ride day and night in vans delivering food and blankets to homeless people and provide toiletries to homeless families because they believe, “but for the grace of God, there go I,” they’re heroes, too. Some may consider Ramsey an exceptional hero, which is why they don’t understand how a man of meager means could turn down a cash reward for his heroism. But Ramsey apparently subscribes to the same school of thought that so many other heroes subscribe to and which drives them every day. When asked about his heroism, Ramsey said, “You do what you gotta do.” It’s just that plain and simple. www.washingtoninformer.com
Removing TANF Recipients from the Rolls
Your front-page article from the May 9-15 edition, TANF Redesign Comes with More Cuts by Barrington Salmon made for very interesting reading, given this is the same program that Ward 8 Council Member Marion Barry highlighted about two years ago, when he talked about reducing benefits for recipients in order to get more of them on the road to self-sufficiency. I realize that TANF was never meant to be a long-term solution to helping needy families, but the reality is that these kinds of programs are necessary to the livelihood of many of the District’s poorest residents – and the viability of these programs play a key role shaping the nation’s economy. Sure, finding jobs for TANF clients is key to their self-sufficiency, but considering D.C.’s already-high unemployment rate, one has to wonder how realistic it is to expect 10,000 TANF households to be completely
off the rolls by 2015, with parents and other members in their homes working to support themselves and their families. Muriel Johnson Bowie, Md.
Mayor Gray Skips Langston Celebration
I was happy to see that The Washington Informer cared enough about the 75th anniversary of the Langston Terrace apartments (Langston Terrace Residents Celebrate Development’s History by Dorothy Rowley, May 9-15 issue) to cover the event on Saturday, May 4. I enjoyed the perspectives some of the residents voiced about living at the historic complex that’s located in Ward 5 off Benning Road, and where several gentrification projects are taking place. It seems like the Langston residents really take pride in their community and aren’t too happy about the influx of non-blacks who are beginning to move to
the area. With that said, maybe this has something to do with Mayor Vincent Gray being a no-show at the festive celebration where he’d been expected to speak. The way I see it, Mr. Gray can’t successfully play two sides against the middle: on the one hand, he’s sanctioned developers and retailers coming into the predominantly black community and gradually providing a not-sosubtle facelift. On the other hand, the mayor must know that the gentrification taking place along the corridor will eventually displace many of the enclave’s long-time residents. D. M. Grady Washington, D.C.
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By Julianne Malveaux
Black Empowerment ‘At Last’ – or Last? When Beyonce Knowles sang the Etta James song “At Last” at President Barack Obama’s 2009 inauguration, the song could have had several meanings. At last we have an African American president? At last, the muscle of the Black vote has been flexed? At last, there is some hope for our country to come together with the mantra “Yes, We Can”. Watching the President and
First Lady Michelle Obama slow dance to the romantic standard reminded us that African American families have not often been positively depicted. This attractive image of an intact Black family had come “At Last”. Thus, the song was symbolic of what many folks, and especially African Americans, believed about the Obama presidency. Some of us blindly believed that with an African American president opportunity had come “At Last.” Some believed it so fervently that the least criticism
of President Obama, no matter how mild and how lovingly conveyed, could cause you to be run out of the race. An alumnus of Morehouse College, Rev. Kevin Johnson, the selected baccalaureate speaker at his alma mater, wrote an opinion piece that was mildly critical of President Obama. As a result, the former director of the White House Initiative on HBCUs and new Morehouse President John S. Wilson, Jr. changed the format of baccalaureate to a panel, not one speaker, as is customary.
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The purpose of baccalaureate is to have one speaker to focus on the spiritual dimensions of graduation. There is no way that Rev. Johnson would deliver a political speech. Still, he was essentially disinvited from the baccalaureate because of his views. President Obama is the president of the United States of American, not the president of Black America, we are often reminded. Yet, it seems that African Americans have been kicked to the curb in terms of focus and attention. Other groups
– the LGBT community, the Latino community – have been mentioned explicitly. However, on African American issues, our president has been silent. Now, some African American people are crooning “At Last.” Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx has been nominated to serve as Secretary of Transportation. If confirmed, Mayor Foxx, an outstanding an eminently qualified candidate would join Attorney General Eric Holder as the sec-
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By George E. Curry
Cleveland’s Charles Ramsey: Hood or Hero? When some of us saw the first video of Charles Ramsey, the colorful Black dishwasher in Cleveland who is being celebrated as a hero for rescuing three White women captives from horrid conditions in a Cleveland house, we had a flashback to Antoine Dodson, who became a flamboyant Internet sensation after saving his sister from a would-be rapist in their Huntsville, Ala. housing apartment,
and Sweet Brown, who barely escaped a fire in her Oklahoma City complex. But more than any other famous “hilarious Black neighbor” Internet sensation, the coverage of Ramsey – and his criminal past – raises serious questions about how we treat a hero with a troubled past and, yes, how Blacks and Whites look at the same event through different prisms of race. First, as they say in TV news, let’s go to the videotape.
“I’ve been here a year,” Ramsey said in an interview with WEWS, a local television station. Referring to Ariel Castro, the suspect arrested for holding the women against their will, Ramsey said, “You see where I’m coming from? I barbeque with this dude. We eat ribs and whatnot and listen to salsa music… “He just comes out in his backyard, plays with the dogs, tinkers with his cars and motorcycles, goes back in the house. So he’s somebody you look, then
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look away. He’s not doing anything but the average stuff. You see what I’m saying? There’s nothing exciting about him. Well, until today.” Ramsey explained that Castro “got some big testicles to pull this off, bro.” He added, “I knew something was wrong when a little, pretty White girl ran into a Black man’s arms. Something wrong here. Dead giveaway.” There was plenty wrong, as Ramsey learned when he put
down his McDonald’s Big Mac and answered a call for help from Amanda Berry, who had been last seen in 2002 on the eve of her 17th birthday. The two other women were Georgina “Gina” DeJesus, who had been missing since 2004 at the age of 14, and Michelle Knight, who disappeared in 2002 at the age of 21. While being hailed as a hero, Ramsey was the object of both
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By Bill Fletcher, Jr.
Black Revolutionary Assata Shakur is no Terrorist When the FBI announced that they were placing fugitive Assata Shakur (Joanne Chesimard) on the list of most wanted terrorists and that they were offering an additional $1 million for her capture, it caught most of the world by complete surprise. Assata has been living quietly in exile in Cuba where she was given political asylum for 30 years. The former member of the Black Liberation Army escaped
captivity after being tried and convicted—under controversial circumstances—in connection with the killing of a New Jersey State policeman. Several other allegations against her were dropped either through acquittals or mistrials. Assata Shakur had been a member of the Black Panther Party, later joining the Black Liberation Army. Like many other Black activists in the late 1960s and early 1970s, she witnessed the vicious repression of the Black Freedom Movement—
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and other movements of the time—by agencies of the U.S. government, including through the use of the now notorious COINTELPRO (the FBI’s Counter Intelligence Program). COINTELPRO involved the infiltration and disruption of organizations that the FBI concluded were a threat to the U.S. elite. Disruption included rumor-mongering, provocation, the encouraging of splits, imprisonment and murder. The intensity of the repression of the Black Freedom Movement, The Washington Informer
in this case, led many activists to conclude that, at a minimum, self-defense was necessary. For others the conclusion was that a military arm of the Black Freedom Movement was needed. Whether one agrees or disagrees with the conclusions arrived at by Assata Shakur, one thing is very important: she was never a terrorist. Let us be clear about the meaning of this word that we hear so regularly these days. A “terrorist” is someone who uses military methods/violence against civilians in order
to advance a political objective. There is nothing in the activism of Assata Shakur that displays anything approaching terrorism. Additionally, since her exile, she has not been involved with any activities in the U.S.A. that could be construed as terrorist. So, what is this about? It appears that the main inspiration for this outrage is to derail any efforts at the normalization of relations between the U.S. and Cuba. Upon the reelection of
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By Shantella Y. Sherman
Blind Injustice: How the Exoneration of the Central Park Five Indicted a Nation Mayor Ed Koch called: “the Crime of the Century.” There had been a steady stream of high-profile racial attacks in the city – the 1986 murder of Michael Griffith in Howard Beach, Queens, by a mob of angry white men who believed he was “up to no good”; Bernhard Goetz’s 1984 subway shooting of four black youth he believed were about to mug him; and the attack of a Brooklyn woman who was raped and then thrown from the roof of a building.
Most Americans old enough to remember the Central Park jogger rape case also remember the powerful emotional responses people across the country had to it. Unlike the thousands of sexual assaults that had taken place in and around New York that year, the rape of 28-year-old investment banker Trisha Meili, quickly became what former New York
With certainty, news accounts of the Central Park jogger case, in which a young woman was beaten beyond recognition, raped, and left for dead by a group of up to 12 Black and Hispanic teens, further exacerbated simmering racial tensions in New York. The teenagers were named in news articles – a practice usually reserved for only those over the age of 18, and the accused Yusef Salaam, Kevin Richardson, Raymond Santana, Korey Wise, and Antron McCray, were labeled
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a gang, though they had only a passing acquaintance with one another. The young men were described as brutes, a wolf pack, fiendish, and as animals; their reported attack of Meili as a brutal rampage and gang rape. Koch mocked the Black mothers and grandmothers who vehemently insisted on the youths’ innocence, and then-New York Gov. Mario Cuomo called the attack the “ultimate shriek of alarm that says none of us are safe.” The New York Post la-
beled them “vermin,” and called for their execution, and Patrick Buchanan even went so far as to suggest the city would court peace if Wise were “tried, convicted and hanged in Central Park.” There was anger – real, measurable racial anger, which Al Sharpton claimed made New York the “capital of racial violence.” There were constant calls to castrate the teenagers, ranging in age at the time from
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By Lee A. Daniels
Our Era of Political Extremism can culture. You can believe that these three expressions of conservative political opinion – and scores of other similar ones – are unconnected. But that would be exactly the wrong analysis. If the first term of the Obama presidency proved anything about today’s American political culture, it showed conclusively that we live in an era of conservative extremism. The assertion of extreme ideas and actions spewing from conservative elected officials, of-
The bipartisan Congressional effort to craft an immigration bill exploded in controversy last week when it was revealed that, Jason Richwine, a co-author of a heavily-criticized study on the subject submitted by the conservative Heritage Foundation, had previously asserted it was unlikely “Hispanics will ever reach IQ parity with whites” and that, despite their long existence in America, Black Americans have yet to adapt properly to Ameri-
fice-seekers, political operatives, talk show hosts and donors has become so commonplace that it’s sometimes difficult to gauge the depth of this GOP-led corrupting of the traditional practice of politics. But this is how Thomas E. Mann and Norman J. Ornstein, two longtime and respected students of Washington governance, put it in an April 27, 2012 op-ed column for the Washington Post: “The GOP has become an insurgent outlier in American politics. It is
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ideologically extreme; scornful of compromise; unmoved by conventional understanding of facts, evidence and science; and dismissive of the legitimacy of its political opposition.” The “old” American political tradition enshrined the “winsome-lose-some” notion of compromise as the only way a nation full of competing political, social and business interests (a nation that was from the beginning multiracial) could continue to exist. Of course, no one knows bet-
ter than Black Americans that for most of American history the White majority’s adherence to compromise cost them and other people of color dearly – because their rights were often “compromised” out of existence. But they bore that burden for centuries because of their faith in the ultimate triumph of the American Ideal. Albeit slowly, the fruit of their labors and patience was that a critical segment
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By Askia Muhammad
Let the Poor Devil Rest in Peace Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev may or may not have gone to his final resting place, but by now he has certainly met his Maker. The man who is accused of setting bombs at the Boston Marathon last month, killing three – including an 8-year-old – and injuring two dozen others was laid to rest recently in Doswell, Va., at a cemetery in www.washingtoninformer.com
and around the rural town where the King’s Dominion theme park is located. Unlike terrorist bomber Timothy McVeigh who was executed for blowing up the federal building in Oklahoma City, killing more than 160 souls, including two dozen children; unlike the evil-hearted serial killer Ted Bundy who was executed for killing nearly two dozen (mostly Black) women; unlike the grisly cannibal Jeffrey Dahmer who was shanked by a fellow inmate while serving a life-sentence for
murdering, dismembering and then eating the remains of a dozen or more Black males; unlike Michael Kenneth McClendon who killed himself after killing his mother and 11 folks in Alabama in 2009; and unlike Adam Lanza who killed himself after slaughtering 20 first graders and six adults including his mother in Newtown, Conn., last year; unlike those fiends who were all cremated and their ashes scattered in unknown locations; Tsarnaev’s earthly remains were claimed by his uncle, and then
buried after a lengthy search for a graveyard which would accept him. Tsarnaev’s biggest crime may have been being a Muslim. “I think they should have shipped him back to wherever he came from, or did him like they did bin Laden and drop him in the ocean,” one Virginia woman complained. Tsarnaev hailed from the troubled Caucasus Mountain region of Russia, in Chechnya where the residents have been fighting against Russian oppression for decades.
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Never mind that in Richmond, once the capital of the Confederate States of America, there is an entire boulevard lined with statues of Confederate generals who led the bloody secessionist war against their own country, which resulted in the deaths of more than 800,000 U.S. residents (I am loathe to call the rebels “Americans” because they committed treason against their homeland in order to protect the right of wealthy Whites to own
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Howard Sends 2,000 Grads into the World
By Barrington M. Salmon WI Staff Writer
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ila Freeman’s joy at her daughter’s graduation illuminated her face. Her daughter Tempest counted among the 2,700 Howard University graduates upon whom degrees were conferred by University President Sidney A. Ribeau on Saturday morning. She graduated from Howard’s law school on May 10. “I’m amazed because it’s my daughter. She just blows me away,” said Freeman, a New Jersey resident who attended the convocation with husband Ron and other family members. “I’m so proud of her accomplishments. My advice to her was to find something she was happy with and do that.” Commencement Speaker former President Bill Clinton offered the graduates similar advice. “When you leave here, you must remember that you’re being empowered to do something most people can’t,” said Clinton who received sustained applause and a standing ovation. “Most of you can choose what you want to do for a living. Billions simply never had that choice. They just looked at what was at hand.” “The simplest piece of advice I can offer is that you try to do something that will make you happy ... we’ve got to put it together. At some point, you have to do something for someone else. Economic and social imperatives compel us to work together. We forget that at our peril. If you do what makes you happy, you don’t give up and you keep serving, I think you will live in the most interesting, prosperous and peaceful time in human history.” Clinton, who arrived shortly before the convocation on a red eye from Haiti, told the graduates at the university’s 145th commencement convocation they have much work to do “in a world full of inequality.” “It is manifested by college debt, manifested by people working for years without a pay raise and a global job crisis for young people,” said Clinton, who was awarded the Doctor of Humane Letters for having the most diverse Cabinet in history, for overseeing an economy that created 22 million jobs and for closing the gap between “haves”
and “have-nots.” “We have to share a future and create a world of shared prosperity, equal treatment and the absence of violence. We must have opportunities to start again, not be free of failure, [choose between facing] the future with open hands or closed fists.” Former Virginia Gov. L. Douglas Wilder, a longtime Clinton friend, captured Clinton’s legacy. “He operated in that capacity [as president] so well,” said Wilder with a broad smile. “He was transcendent, reaching across the aisle, moving past race and class and working for all Americans … we may well see Bill Clinton in the White House again …” Clinton, 66, drew loud laughter when he talked about the comity between President Barack Obama and his wife Hillary after the bruising battle they had pursuing the Democratic nomination in 2008. “They developed not just this working relationship but this amazing friendship which I just watched with great interest,” Clinton said. “Aw, c’mon guys. Get a life. When you’re as old as I am, you’ll be able to laugh about this stuff.” Rain threatened the ceremony but that didn’t deter university officials from holding it outdoors. Umbrellas were aplenty and the rain fell just enough to be annoying, except for one period of heavy rain. Minutes before the ceremony began, the rain stopped and when the sun broke through the clouds, the graduates cheered loudly. Other honorary degree recipients were Marie C. Johns, deputy administrator for the Small Business Administration, for 30 years as a leader in the business, civic and government sectors; Sheila Crump Johnson, businesswoman, philanthropist and the only African-American woman to have ownership in three professional sports teams; the late Jack Kemp, ex-NFL quarterback, congressman and HUD secretary, who also served on the university’s Board of Trustees for 16 years; and Trinity Washington University President Patricia A. McGuire, Esq. Ribeau was succinct. “I welcome you, President Bill Clinton, honorees, faculty and staff who are usually invisible,” he said. “To the alumni, the Class of 1963, returning alumni,
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Commencement Speaker former President Bill Clinton encouraged the Class of 2013 to pursue careers that they love and to always remember that they’re considered the lucky ones. He urged graduates to always remember others. /Photo by Roy Lewis
Howard University graduates acknowledged former President Bill Clinton along with their fellow graduates during the 145th commencement convocation at Howard University in Northwest on Saturday, May 11. /Photo by Roy Lewis
family friends and supporters of the graduates, welcome. It takes blood, sweat, tears, passion and love to bring children this far.” Capitol Heights resident Rita Anderson nodded her head and voiced soft agreement with Ribeau’s comments. She, her sons Paris and Rowland, and granddaughter Ghrai DeVore – a dancer with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater – were on hand to see her daughter Elana walk across the stage to receive a doctoral degree in African Studies and Research. “I’m fine, I’m just elated,” said Anderson who couldn’t conThe Washington Informer
ceal her pride. “She’s happy, I’m happy. She’s been pursuing her Ph.D., for two-and-a-half, three years and the past three months she was really stressed.” All that is behind her daughter, and so is the 320-page long thesis, the proud parent said. The family took pictures of the graduate before she went onstage, and screamed encouragement and cheered lustily. Anderson said family and friends planned to have “a little reception” at her home that evening. Perhaps no one was happier on this day than Dwayne Wash-
ington, who was graduating with a degree in supply chain management after what he said was a grueling six years. “I’m elated. It’s been a long time,” the Havertown, Pa., resident said with a laugh and a sigh. “Today is the highlight, the culmination of all that hard work. I learned a lot. I’d underestimated myself and my abilities. I learned that I actually have that drive.” Washington, 24, praised his parents, Dwayne Sr., and Iris for being his rock. “I could call them anytime and get help and support,” he said. wi www.washingtoninformer.com
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$25.95 / $30.00 Canada 293 pages By Terri Schlichenmeyer WI Contributing Writer For awhile there, you thought you were gonna die. Your head hurt. Your body ached, and your stomach was acting like a fresh-caught fish – but that didn’t matter much. Bills still needed paying and business needed attending. There was family to care for, work to do. Yes, you should’ve stayed horizontal but you came back from the dead - and so did Easy Rawlins. In the new novel “Little Green” by Walter Mosley, Easy’s recent demise never gave him but a moments’ rest. His vision was blurred. His thoughts, more so. Ezekiel “Easy” Rawlins was having strange dreams of death, but that was no surprise: some two months before, after losing the woman he loved, he got drunk and lost control of his car, landing in brush as the vehicle went into the California ocean. He wasn’t dead – but he should’ve been and that was the only thing that made sense. He hurt all over and his head was muddled, but immediately after Easy came out of his semi-coma, his friend Mouse asked for a favor. Nineteen-year-old Evander Noon was missing, and his mother wanted him home. Mouse wanted the boy home, too, but he wouldn’t give Easy a reason. He wouldn’t say why he called Evander “Little Green,” either. Evander Noon wasn’t hard to find; in fact, Easy had to rescue him from a group of drug dealers who beat the boy while asking where the money was. Once free, Evander couldn’t recall www.washingtoninformer.com
much – he’d been on acid-tripping for five days – but when his mind got loose, he remembered plenty about that money: there was lots of it, stuffed in a bloodsoaked bag. But how did a wet-behindthe-ears teenager end up with over $200,000 of bloody cash without knowing where it came from? And how did Easy’s friend, Jackson Blue, end up in a similarly odd (but expensive) bit of trouble? Driving a borrowed red Barracuda, hopped up on Mama Jo’s Gator Blood, feeling like a young bull, Easy Rawlins would find out… or die trying. That noise you hear? That’s a sigh of relief from legions of formerly-concerned fans, afraid they’d never read a new Easy Rawlins mystery again. Fortunately, author Walter Mosley dashed their needless worries against the California surf. Set in 1967, “Little Green” is classic Easy, with underworld violence, sophisticated crime, and men who efficiently take care of business – all with a noir feel, like a Black Sam Spade. This is the kind of book where men wear fedoras and speak quiet philosophy, where women don’t yet realize their own strength, where Civil Rights are still brand new, and black folks are rarely friends with white ones. Yep, I loved it. Because it’s been six years since the last Easy Rawlins novel, I recommend that fans brush up some on his story; you’ll get up to speed quick enough. If you’re new to the series, grab the last couple novels and you’ll be fine. Either way, no matter how you seize it, “Little Green” is a book to die for. wi The Washington Informer
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Black Movies of the 70's DVD Set Volume 1
DVD set featuring 50 Good Black Movies from the 1970’s! In the “Black Movies of the 70's DVD Set Volume 1”, you will get these Good 1970’s Black Movies:
IF HE HOLLERS LET HIM GO (1970) A WRONGFULLY CONVICTED BLACK MAN BREAKS OUT OF PRISON TO CLEAR HIMSELF OF RAPING AND MURDERING A WHITE WOMAN. STARRING: RAYMOND ST.JACQUES, BARBARA MCNAIR
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BLACK JESUS (1970) THE AFRICAN LEADER OF A POPULAR REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT, WORKS SECRETLY TO OVERTHROW A COLONIAL GOVERNMENT. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
THE BLACK BRIGADE (1970) AN ALL-BLACK BRIGADE IS PICKED TO GO ON
A SUICIDE MISSION DEEP BEHIND GERMAN LINES. STARRING: RICHARD PRYOR, BILLY DEE WILLIAMS, ROSIE GRIER, GLYNN TURMAN
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SPEEDING UP TIME (1971) AN ENRAGED SON SEEKS VENGEANCE ON THE ARSONISTS WHO SET FIRE TO A TENEMENT THAT RESULTED IN HIS MOTHER'S DEATH.
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THE BUS IS COMING (1971) A BLACK SOLDIER RETURNS HOME FROM VIETNAM TO FIND OUT THAT HIS BROTHER HAD BEEN KILLED BY A GANG OF RACIST COPS. HE JOINS A BLACK NATIONALIST GROUP TO TAKE HIS REVENGE.
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GOODBYE UNCLE TOM (1971) TWO DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKERS GO BACK IN TIME TO THE PRE-CIVIL WAR AMERICAN SOUTH, TO FILM THE SLAVE TRADE.
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A PLACE CALLED TODAY (1972) RACIAL TENSIONS ARISE WHEN A BLACK
LAWYER RUNS FOR MAYOR OF A RACIALLY DIVIDED TOWN.
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BAD BLACK and BEAUTIFUL (1972) EVA TAYLOR IS THE BADDEST BLACK
DEFENSE ATTORNEY IN TOWN! WHEN AN INNOCENT MAN IS FRAMED FOR THE MURDER OF HIS BOSS, HE HIRE EVA TO GET HIM OFF.
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TOP OF THE HEAP (1972) A FRUSTRATED BLACK WASHINGTON DC COP DECIDES TO CIRCUMVENT THE PONDEROUS COURT SYSTEM, AND STARTS METING OUT HIS OWN SICK BRAND OF VIOLENT PUNISHMENT.
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TO ALL MY FRIENDS ON SHORE (1972) BILL COSBY PLAYS AN AIRPORT REDCAP NAME BLUE, WORKING HARD TO GET HIS FAMILY OUT OF THE GHETTO, ONLY TO DISCOVER THAT HIS SON HAS SICKLE-CELL ANEMIA.
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STIGMA (1972) A BLACK DOCTOR (PLAYED BY PHILIP MICHAEL THOMAS) IN
A MOSTLY WHITE TOWN DISCOVERS A DEADLY DISEASE THREATENING THE CITIZENS. HE MUST FIGHT PREJUDICE AND TIME IF HE IS TO SAVE THE TOWN.
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THE FINAL COMEDOWN (1972) YOUNG BLACK MEN BECOMES INVOLVED IN A VIOLENT, RADICAL MOVEMENT TO RISE UP AGAINST THE PERPETRATORS OF RACISM. STARRING: BILLY DEE WILLIAMS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NIGHT OF THE STRANGLER (1972) IN NEW ORLEANS A BLACK MAN IS
MURDERED BY A WHITE SUPREMACIST GROUP. HIS BROTHER COME TO TOWN TO EXACT VENGEANCE.
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VOYAGE OF THE YES (1972) ORLANDO PARKER (PLAYED BY MIKE EVANS) IS IN A HEATED ARGUMENT WITH HIS UNCLE PRETTY (PLAYED BY SCOEY MITCHELL) DURING THE ARGUMENT PRETTY IS KILLED IN A FREAK ACCIDENT. ORLANDO IS CHARGED WITH KILLING PRETTY, OVER THE OBJECTION OF HIS MOTHER (PLAYED BY DELLA REESE) ORLANDO GOES ON THE RUN.
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FIREHOUSE (1973) A BLACK ROOKIE FIREMAN (PLAYED BY RICHARD
ROUNDTREE) IS FACED WITH RACISM, BEING THE FIRST BLACK FIREFIGHTER AMONG AN ALL-WHITE SQUAD FILLED WITH HOSTILITY AND RACE RAGE.
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ALABAMA’S GHOST (1973) A BLACK MAN WHO NICKNAME IS ALABAMA
FINDS OLD POWERFUL MAGICIANS EQUIPMENT. IT TURNS OUT THAT THE MAGICAL EQUIPMENT IS MORE POWERFUL THAN HE THOUGHT. THE MOVIE TAKES ON SEVERAL BIZARRE TWISTS INVOLVING A TAKE OVER THE WORLD PLOT. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SAVAGE (1973) A BLACK AMERICAN MERCENARY IS WANTED BY THE RESISTANCE FOR AIDING IN THE KILLING THEIR LEADER ONLY TO BECOME THEIR LEGENDARY LEADER AND LEADING THEM AGAINST HIS FORMER EMPLOYERS. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
THE SPOOK WHO SAT BY THE DOOR (1973) A BLACK MAN PLAYS UNCLE
TOM IN ORDER TO GAIN ACCESS TO CIA TRAINING, THEN USES THAT KNOWLEDGE TO PLOT A NEW AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
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CHARLEY ONE EYE (1973) RICHARD ROUNDTREE PLAYS A BLACK
SOLDIER IN THE UNION ARMY, HE IS CAUGHT SLEEPING WITH THE GENERAL’S WIFE, HE GOES A.W.O.L, AND IS HUNTED BY A RACIST BOUNTY HUNTER. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
HIT (1973) NICK ALLEN (PLAYED BY BILLY DEE WILLIAMS) AND MIKE
WILLMER (PLAYED BY RICHARD PRYOR) ARE DETERMINED TO TRACK DOWN AND DESTROY THE DRUG RING THAT CAUSE THE DEATH OF THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS.
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GET CHRISTIE LOVE (1974) LAPD DETECTIVE CHRISTIE LOVE GOES UNDERCOVER TO BREAK UP A DRUG RING.
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JIVE TURKEY (1974) THE HEAD OF A LUCRATIVE NUMBERS GAME IS
PURSUED BY BOTH THE MOB AND THE LOCAL POLICE.
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THE BLACK SIX (1974) A BLACK TEEN IS BEATEN TO DEATH BY A WHITE
BIKER GANG. THE TEEN'S BROTHER COMES TO TOWN TO AVENGE HIS BROTHER'S DEATH.
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BLACK HOOKER (1974) THE STORY OF THE CONFLICTED FAMILY OF A
BLACK WOMAN WHO IS WORKING AS A PROSTITUTE. HER DAD IS A PREACHER. HER MOM ATTEMPTS TO BE THE PEACEMAKER OF THE FAMILY. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TOUGH GUYS (1974) LEE (PLAYED BY ISAAC HAYES) IS A FRAMED CHICAGO EX-COP WHO MUST CLEAR HIS NAME AND SEEK REVENGE FOR THE LOSS OF ONE OF HIS FRIENDS. STARRING: ISAAC HAYES, FRED WILLIAMSON ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IT'S GOOD TO BE ALIVE (1974) THE STORY OF FORMER BROOKLYN
DODGER CATCHER ROY CAMPANELLA, WHOSE CAREER WAS CUT SHORT WHEN HE LOST THE USE OF HIS LEGS IN AN AUTO ACCIDENT IN JANUARY OF 1958.STARRING: PAUL WINFIELD, LOUIS GOSSETT JR, RUBY DEE
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THE KLANSMAN (1974) IN A SMALL SOUTHERN TOWN A YOUNG WHITE
BLACK TRASH (1978) A BLACK REPORTER FIGHTS AND TAKES ON THE
WOMAN HAS BEEN VIOLENTLY RAPED BY A WHITE MAN, BUT THE WHITE TOWN RESIDENTS IMMEDIATELY DECLARE THAT THE ATTACKER HAD TO BE BLACK, AND PLACE THE BLAME ON GARTH (PLAYED BY OJ SIMPSON), A YOUNG BLACK MAN. ASSUMING THAT THE MEN IN WHITE SHEETS AREN'T INTENT ON HOLDING A FAIR AND IMPARTIAL TRIAL, GARTH TAKES TO THE WOODS AS THE KLANSMEN LYNCHING PARTY HUNTS HIM DOWN, AND THE BATTLE FOR SURVIVAL BEGINS. STARRING: OJ SIMPSON, LOLA FALANA
UNDERWORLD.
THE BEAST MUST DIE (1974) TOM NEWCLIFFE (PLAYED BY CALVIN
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LOCKHART) IS ON THE HUNT FOR A KILLER WERE WOLF.
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TNT JACKSON (1974) WHEN TNT JACKSON'S BROTHER IS KILLED BY
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THE BLACK GODFATHER (1974) JJ, A RISING STAR IN THE BLACK CRIME SCENE, IS IN THE PROCESS OF CONSOLIDATING HIS POWER OVER THE NEIGHBORHOOD. ONE OF THE ONLY REMAINING OBSTACLES IS THE WHITE HEROIN CARTEL THAT IS UNDERSTANDABLY RELUCTANT TO ABANDON SUCH A LUCRATIVE MARKET. TENSIONS RISE BETWEEN THE TWO RIVALS, AND PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES GET KILLED. EVENTUALLY, THE MATTER IS DESTINED TO COME TO AN EXPLOSIVE CONFRONTATION. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
LORD SHANGO (1975) ALL BLACK CAST MOVIE DEALING WITH STRUGGLES IN A SMALL MAJORITY BLACK TOWN IN THE SOUTH.
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BLACK FORCE (1975) FOUR BLACK KARATE EXPERTS ARE HIRED TO RETRIEVE A STOLEN AFRICAN WITCH DOCTOR DOLL.
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LADY COCOA (1975) COCOA IS FRAMED BY HER GANGSTER BOYFRIEND, SHE IS RELEASED FROM JAIL AND OUT TO TAKE DOWN HER EXBOYFRIEND. STARRING: LOLA FALANA, MEAN JOE GREENE
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POOR PRETTY EDDIE (1975) WHEN HER CAR BREAKS DOWN IN A SMALL SOUTHERN TOWN, A BLACK JAZZ SINGER (PLAYED BY LESLIE UGGAMS) IS KIDNAPPED, RAPED AND TORTURED. SHE ESCAPES AND GET REVENGE. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DARKTOWN STRUTTERS (1975) A TOUGH BIKER GANG COMPRISED OF BLACK WOMEN HEADS OFF TO FIND A MEMBER'S MOTHER AND HER ABDUCTOR. A SERIES OF WILD COMPLICATIONS FOLLOW.
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BROTHERHOOD OF DEATH (1976) BLACK VIETNAM VETS RETURN HOME
ONLY TO FIND THEIR SOUTHERN HOME TOWN TERRORIZED BY THE KKK. THE BROTHERHOOD TAKES ACTION AND GO UP AGAINST THE KKK.
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BLACK FIST (1975) TO MAKE MONEY, A LA STREET-FIGHTER GOES TO WORK FOR THE MAFIA.WHEN HE WANTS OUT, THE MAFIA KILL HIS WIFE AND BROTHER-IN-LAW. HE QUICKLY SETS OUT TO EXACT HIS REVENGE. STARRING: RICHARD LAWSON, PHILIP MICHAEL THOMAS
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THE BLACK GESTAPO (1975) THUGS,GANGSTERS AND THE MAFIA HAVE TAKEN OVER WATTS. THE GOOD CITIZENS OF WATTS BAND TOGETHER AND CREATE A PEOPLE'S ARMY TO TAKE BACK THEIR COMMUNITY. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MEAN JOHNNY BARROWS (1976) JOHNNY BARROWS (PLAYED BY FRED WILLIAMSON) IS CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF A RIVAL GANG WAR BETWEEN TWO FAMILIES WITH DISASTROUS RESULTS.
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THE RIVER NIGER (1976) JOHNNY WILLIAMS (PLAYED BY JAMES EARL JONES) IS STRUGGLING TO FINANCIALLY AND EMOTIONALLY SUPPORT HIS CANCER-RIDDEN WIFE MATTIE (PLAYED BY CICELY TYSON). IT TAKES EVERY OUNCE OF JOHNNY'S LOVE AND COURAGE FOR THE COUPLE TO MAKE IT THROUGH THEIR STRIFE, FINDING REDEMPTION IN THE RIVER NIGER.
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JOSHUA (1976) A BLACK SOLDIER RETURNS FROM FIGHTING FOR THE
UNION IN THE CIVIL WAR ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT HIS MOTHER HAS BEEN MURDERED BY A GANG OF WHITE THUGS. HE BECOMES A BOUNTY HUNTER, DETERMINED TO TRACK DOWN AND KILL THE MEN WHO KILLED HIS MOTHER. STARRING: FRED WILLIAMSON
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ADIOS AMIGO (1976) RICHARD PRYOR AND FRED WILLIAMSON TAKE ON THE WILD WEST WITH NOTHING BUT CHARM AND A HYSTERICAL SENSE OF ADVENTURE IN THIS TALE OF CON OR BE CONNED! RIDING THE OLD WEST’S COMEDY RANGE, MAKING OFF WITH BAGS OF CASH AND CHARMING THE BLOOMERS OFF THE LOCAL LADIES THE TWO MAKE OFF LIKE BANDITS IN THIS CRAZY SLAPSTICK WESTERN! STARRING: RICHARD PRYOR, FRED WILLIAMSON
Race Films were Movies made for and by African-Americans during the first half of the 20th century. Because these Movies were made for African-Americans, they were called Race Films. Now you can watch these Race Films on DVD in the "Race Films DVD Set”! In the "Race Films DVD Set" you get 75 full feature length Race Films, plus 45 short Race Films! In the "Race Films DVD Set" you will get these great Race Movies:
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BEWARE 1946, THE BIG TIMERS 1945, THE BLACK KING 1932, BOARDINGHOUSE BLUES 1948, THE BLOOD OF JESUS 1941, BOY WHAT A GIRL 1947, BROKEN STRINGS 1940, BRONZE BUCKAROO 1939, THE DEVIL'S DAUGHTER 1939, DOUBLE DEAL 1939, DIRTY GERTIE FROM HARLEM 1946, EMPEROR JONES 1933, DUKE IS TOPS 1938, THE GIRL FROM CHICAGO 1932, GO DOWN DEATH 1944, LOOK OUT SISTER 1947, THE GIRL IN ROOM 20 1946, NO TIME FOR ROMANCE 1948, OF ONE BLOOD 1944, THE JACKIE ROBINSON STORY 1950, HARLEM IS HEAVEN 1932, HI-DE-HO 1947, THE JOE LOUIS STORY 1953, MISTAKEN IDENTITY 1941, KEEP PUNCHING 1939, HARLEM RIDES THE RANGE 1939, DARK MANHATTAN 1937, SOULS OF SIN 1949, TWOGUN MAN FROM HARLEM 1938, BODY AND SOUL 1925, SON OF INGAGI 1940, WHERE'S MY MAN TONIGHT 1943, BORDERLINE 1929, MIDNIGHT SHADOW 1939, MURDER ON LENOX AVENUE 1941, LYING LIPS 1939, MOON OVER HARLEM 1939, GOD'S STEP-CHILDREN 1937, GANG SMASHERS 1938, LOUISIANNA 1934, STRAIGHT TO HEAVEN 1939, SYMBOL OF THE UNCONQUERED 1920, MURDER IN HARLEM 1935, JERICO 1937, THE EXILE 1931, ELEVEN PM 1928, GANG WAR 1940, JUKE JOINT 1947, UNDERWORLD 1937, TALL TAN AND TERRIFIC 1946, LUCKY GHOST 1941, NATIVE SON 1951, THE NEGRO SOLDIER 1943, WAY DOWN SOUTH 1939, PARADISE IN HARLEM 1939, MYSTERY IN SWING 1940, BIG FELLA 1937, REET PETITE AND GONE 1947, SANDERS OF THE RIVER 1935, THE SCAR OF SHAME 1927, BEALE STREET MAMA 1946, VEILED ARISTOCRATS 1932, SUNDAY SINNERS 1940, SPIRIT OF YOUTH 1937, TEN MINUTES TO LIVE 1932, PROUD VALLEY 1940, WITHIN OUR GATES 1920, SEPIA CINDERELLA 1947, SWING 1938, SONG OF FREEDOM 1936, MAGIC GARDEN 1952, MARK OF THE HAWK 1957, ALL MY BABIES 1953, KILLER DILLER 1948, THE QUIET ONE 1948!
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LEADBELLY (1976) THE LIFE OF BLUES AND FOLK SINGER HUDDIE
LEADBETTER, NICKNAMED LEADBELLY IS RECOUNTED. COVERING THE GOOD TIMES AND BAD FROM HIS 20S TO 40S. STARRING: ROGER E.MOSLEY ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DEATH JOURNEY (1976) FEARFUL THAT THEIR STAR WITNESS MIGHT BE MURDERED, TWO ATTORNEYS HIRE A PROTECTOR NAME JESSE CROWDER (PLAYED BY FRED WILLIAMSON) TO BRING HIM FROM LOS ANGELES TO NEW YORK. AT EVERY TURN, CROWDER AND THE WITNESS FACE A VARIETY OF ATTACKS, INCLUDING GUNFIRE AND KNIFE-WIELDING VILLAINS. STARRING: FRED WILLIAMSON
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VELVET SMOOTH (1976) VELVET SMOOTH IS HEAD OF A PRIVATE DETECTIVE AGENCY, SPECIALIZING IN PROTECTING THE UNPROTECTABLE. HER CURRENT CLIENT IS IN DEEP WITH A MURDEROUS NUMBERS RACKET. SO VELVET GOES UNDERCOVER TO SMASH THE RING. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
THE BARON (1977) BLACK ACTOR TRIES TO MAKE HIS OWN MOVIE WITH AN ALL-BLACK CAST, BUT TO MAKE IT HE'S FORCED TO BORROW MONEY FROM THE MAFIA. COMPLICATIONS ENSUE. STARRING: CALVIN LOCKHART, RAYMOND ST.JACQUES, BEVERLY JOHNSON
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THE GUY FROM HARLEM (1977) TOUGH STREETWISE PRIVATE
INVESTIGATOR AL CONNORS, IS HIRED BY THE CIA TO GUARD A VISITING AFRICAN PRINCESS. CONNORS USES ALL HIS SHARP STREET SMARTS AND FIERCE FIGHTING SKILLS TO PROTECT THE PRINCESS FROM THE EVIL BIG DADDY.
BLACK SAMURAI (1977) JIM KELLY PLAYS SPECIAL AGENT ROBERT SAND, ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FIGHTING MAD (1978) AFTER BEING BETRAYED AND LEFT FOR DEAD, A VIETNAM VET SEEK OUT THOSE WHO TARGETED HIM FOR DEATH, WORKING HIS WAY UP THE HOODLUM FOOD CHAIN. STARRING: LEON ISAAC KENNEDY, JAYNE KENNEDY
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FAME is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to providing equal access to all children and young adults, regardless of social and economic need, to quality music and music education as part of their lifelong journey to adulthood.
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By Njuguna Kabugi WI Contributing Writer
Nearly every driver knows the familiar feeling that comes from seeing a police cruiser in their rearview mirror. It strikes fear even in the hearts of the most law-abiding. It happened to me last week while driving in Virginia from D.C. on I-395 South just past the King Street exit. Mind you I was not speeding, but as many drivers would do, I involuntary tapped on the brakes to slow down as the cruiser approached; I also did the cautionary speedometer check. It turns out the Virginia highway patrol cop driving the grey and blue Dodge Charger was not interested in me as he sped past heading toward Landmark Mall and points beyond. Why was I intimidated despite the fact I was also driving the same car, a Dodge Charger? I have to admit; the blue lights on top and the two flashing lights mounted behind the front grille unnerved me a little. But what caused the major alarm was seeing the menacing cruiser rushing toward me. There’s no angrier car on the road than the Dodge Charger. Its styling demands “get out of my way” with the kind of unabashed eloquence that makes arrogance seem virtuous. There’s menace in the scowling headlights, the shield-like grille, and the shoebox-sized side windows. Cops love the Charger beThe Washington Informer
cause the car’s mere presence has drivers pulling over immediately, even if the lights aren’t flashing. Civilians love it for those exact same reasons, plus its agility and roomy interior. While many automakers have left the rear-drive full-size sedan segment, Dodge has carried on an American tradition, defying trends by offering a big car that refuses to be a boring car. The 2013 Dodge that we test drove reaffirms this commitment, with updated styling, a vastly improved interior and an all-new engine/transmission. The Charger is available in SE, SXT, R/T, SRT8 and SRT8 Super Bee trims. It also shares a platform with the Chrysler 300 and the Dodge Challenger. Its rivals include the Ford Taurus and the Chevrolet Impala – but when it’s fitted with a V-8 engine, it drifts well up the performance ladder to 470 hp, overlapping some pricy European sedans and creating a niche all its own. The Charger drives like a big German sports sedan, testament to Chrysler/Dodge’s former relationship with Daimler-Benz. Drivers will appreciate the masterful balance between ride and handling – thanks to a lot of internal components derived from Mercedes. Though the Dodge at first feels big from behind the wheel, the car is much more agile than its immense size would suggest and when pushed, it moves like a much smaller car.
The Charger is the first domestic sport sedan to feature an eight-speed automatic transmission. Matted with the 3.6-liter Pentastar V-6 engine, the transmission helps the Charger deliver muscle-carlike 300 hp maximum and a best-in-class fuel economy in rear-wheel-drive – up to 31 mpg – and all-wheel-drive models – up to 27 mpg. The Charger isn’t only about performance, though. The car pampers the driver with excellent layout; all the controls are within easy reach. There’s also ample sitting room for front passengers though the car’s slanting roof line restricts headroom for taller backseat passengers and limits rearward visibility. Standard safety features include stability and traction control, antilock brakes, front seat side airbags, a driver-side knee airbag, side curtain airbags and active front head restraints. Our test model was also equipped with a blind spot warning system, a rear cross-path warning system, a rearview camera and a forward collision warning system. Pricing starts at $25,995 for the base model. The SRT8 retails for $45,250, well below competing European and Asian models. Our test vehicle, an SXT Plus with All Wheel Drive was priced just above $39,000. WI
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Washington National Opera Revives American Musical By Eve M. Ferguson WI Contributing Writer As the season closes out, the Washington National Opera decided to put on a spectacle on stage, pulled out of the historical archival roots of American musical theater. Dusted-off and lavishly produced, “Show Boat,” with music by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II, is as glo-
rious as one can imagine it was in 1927. Based on the novel by Edna Ferber, “Show Boat,” is considered the “first true American opera,” according to Washington National Opera Artistic Director Francesca Zambello. The timeless musical, made into several film and stage versions, is presented as it was originally performed, including language that now seems outdated and patronizing. “Show Boat,”
tells the story of the lives of a troupe of performers over a span of decades, living and working on the Cotton Blossom. At the helm of the Cotton Blossom, Captain Andy Hawks, (played by Lara Teeter and Wynn Harmon) leads a production of song-and-dance for audiences on stops along the Mississippi River in the Old South, where African Americans were primarily the help, given an occasional acting
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Soloman Howard portrays Joe along with the Company of Show Boat, at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Northwest. The production runs through May 26. /Photo by Scott Suchman for the Washington National Opera
part in the production. Leading lady in the show, Julie LaVerne (Alyson Cambridge and Talise Trevigne), married to leading man Steve Baker (Patrick Cummings), are the stars until their secret is revealed. Steve is white and Julie is biracial. In the south of the late 20s, interracial marriage was banned, and blacks were still referred to as “colored.” The captain’s daughter, Magnolia (Andriana Chuchman and Jennifer Holloway) is forced to take over the lead when Julie and Steve have to quit and flee after the sheriff declares their union, and ability to perform together, illegal. Not only does “Show Boat,” reflect the terminology of the time it was created, but it also focuses on the racial inequality that existed during the time period when the show was on Broadway and beyond. As real as it was in fiction, Jim Crow laws remained intact when actress and
singer Lena Horne was passed over for the role of Julie in favor of white actress Ava Gardner, due to laws that still prohibited interracial acting. “Julie is an extremely complex character,” said Cambridge, who plays the tragic performer along with Trevigne. “What is so interesting about Julie in this production is that you really only see her in two major scenes. You see her as this bright, shining charismatic, lovely leading lady of the show boat in the beginning. You see her wonderful relationship with Magnolia in the beginning, and she seems so full of life and happiness,” she said. “What you don’t know until it is revealed at the end of Act I, is that she is half-black.” “You don’t see Julie until Act II, years later,” said Cambridge. “What you see of her in that scene is that she has obviously succumbed to alcoholism. You
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Alyson Cambridge as Julie in Show Boat. /Photo courtesy of Scott Suchman for the Washington National Opera
SHOW BOAT continued from Page 32 know in a few brief exchanges of dialogue that Steve, her husband has left her, and she really is a shell of the woman she once was.” The rest of the plot follows the story of Magnolia’s rise to showbiz fame after a disastrous marriage to riverboat gambler Gaylord Ravanel (Michael Todd Simpson and Rod Gilfry) falls apart. Supporting the riverboat cast are Joe (Morris Robinson and Soloman Howard) and Queenie (Angela Renée Simpson and Gwendolyn Brown), the help on the riverboat. What appeals to the popular sentiment is the music, as stirring and familiar as it was when Paul Robeson’s bass baritone thundered out the signature song, “Ol’ Man River.” On Opening Night, Robinson’s booming voice created the same awe and musical
magic that never seems to fade with time. “Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man,” “Make Believe,” and other tunes are accompanied by a live 50-piece orchestra, adding to the grandness of a 100-member cast. The choreography of the crowds of dancers and singers, mastered by Michele Lynch, is visually stunning, as are the period costumes. Costume designer Paul Tazewell, spared no expense on multiple costume changes for the workers, vaudevillians and the cast. The visual feast for the eyes of movement and color makes this production of “Show Boat,” a wholly satisfying production that’s entertaining, and a refreshing departure from classical opera.wi WNO’s production of “Show Boat,” sails on at the Kennedy Center’s Opera House through May 26th. For tickets and additional information, visit www.kennedy-center.org, or call (202) 467-4600.
On May 18th, the Washington National Opera will simulcast “Show Boat,” for its “Opera in the Outfield,” free at Nationals Park, featuring two cast members who hail from the Washington metro area. Alyson Cambridge, who plays Julie LaVerne, grew up in Arlington, Va., and returns to the Washington National Opera (WNO) after performing in “Porgy and Bess,” in 2010. “I am absolutely a D.C. girl,” Cambridge exclaimed. “My parents still live in the same house in Arlington.” Now in her fourth season with the WNO, Cambridge’s career has also seen her produce a critically acclaimed solo CD, “From the Diary of Sally Hemmings,” and she is currently working on the follow-up, an American Songbook, which she said, will include jazz pieces.
“I am interracial myself (like the character of Julie LaVerne), and very much part of the African-American community,” she explained. “I was the president of my school’s Black Student Union and of the Black Musicians Guild in college.” “Relating my craft and my art, and bringing that into my experience as an African American, has been very important to me,” Cambridge added. “When I am portraying a role such as Julie, or doing the Sally Hemmings CD, I have been able to bring in quite a bit of my personal experiences to those roles and to those pieces. Both Julie and Sally Hemmings were biracial.” Local bass, Soloman Howard, who plays Joe, is a native of Southeast Washington who comes to the WNO through the Domingo Cafritz Young Artist Program. Having been hand-picked out of the chorus by Placido Domingo himself, Howard’s deep, smooth voice naturally led him to the role of Joe, who sings the signature tune for “Show Boat,” “Ol’ Man River.” “My career was meant for me,”
Howard said. “I’ve been singing and performing since I was three. I grew up singing in church.” After his first year in high school in Fairfax, he was introduced to classical music. “I just felt like this was something I could do,” he added. After enrolling in Morgan State University and joining the university choir, he performed classical solos and orchestral songs. He later attended Manhattan School of Music where he honed in on his craft. At that point he decided that opera was his calling. “My voice naturally went that way, he said. “I am very fortunate that my voice led me in that direction and I was able to accept this gift that I was given.” Gates open at 5 p.m. for the 7 p.m. performance of “Show Boat,” at Nationals Park in Southeast. Seating will be available on the outfield grass (weather permitting; seating is limited) and in the stands. In addition to the opera, activities, giveaways and other entertainment will be part of the program. Guests are urged to arrive early.
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Akili Ron Anderson still maintains the same energy and enthusiasm he had as a child, but remains protective of his work while encouraging aspiring African-American artists to carefully guard their legacy in the hard-scrabble world of art. Commissioned to create and install a commemorative stainedglass window at the Andrew Rankin Memorial Chapel at Howard University for the Delta Sigma Theta sorority, Anderson said he remains confident about the future for black artists. “I’ve been in the arts all of my life,” said Anderson, 67. “I can’t say just when I started because there has never been a period in which I could call it a start time. My parents recognized that, when I was small, my playtime was art time,” he said. Anderson said the Delta project has been a joy because the chapel has served as a religious and cultural home of the Howard University community for more than a century. It’s also the place where the Deltas founders worshipped and listened to the great orators of their time. The stained-glass window will help the sorority commemorate its 100th anniversary with an unveiling July 16 during the Deltas 51st National Convention in Washington, D.C. “It (the stained-glass window) is going to be all they hoped for. I think everyone will love it,” the soft-spoken artist said. A lecturer at Howard University’s Department of Art in Northwest, Anderson’s work will be featured later this month in the hallowed halls of the John A. Wilson Building in Northwest, which houses the executive office of the Mayor and the Council of the District of Columbia. With contemporaries like Sam Gilliam, Deborah Willis, Michael Platt and Valerie Maynard, Anderson counts among the District’s most prolific artists.
“Akili is certainly one of the more innovative artists,” said Willis, a 2000 MacArthur Fellow. She also holds the distinction of being named one of the most important people in photography by American Photography magazine. “It’s easy to see how uplifting his work is because he captures the vigor, energy and spirit of our culture and he has a passion for art,” said Willis, 65. Anderson expresses the ideas of unity and identity as the underlying motives of his work, which are vital to sustain a thriving artistic community, said Claudia Rousseau, an art critic, historian and professor at Montgomery College in Silver Spring, Md. As a sculpture, stained glass artist, painter, printmaker, photographer and professor, Anderson wears many hats. And, he wears them well. He has staged one-man exhibits at Duke University in North Carolina, the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Northwest, the Howard University Gallery of Fine Arts, and the Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation in New York. A lifelong Washingtonian, Anderson was chosen to exhibit his work at the Second World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture in Lagos, Nigeria in 1977. “My biggest thing now is to invest time and resources into artists. Young and black artists and that’s where the payoff will come,” said Anderson, who lives in Northwest. “Right now, there is an insistence on a black artists movement and we need black artists to come up with new ideas because it is important that our work stand out and that we are given credit for the great work that we already perform,” he said. A graduate of Francis L. Cardozo Senior High School in Northwest, Anderson attended the Corcoran School of Art
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Artist Akili Ron Anderson works in his Northwest studio. /Photo by Khalid Naji-Allah
Akili Ron Anderson works on the stained-glass window commissioned by Delta Sigma Theta sorority. /Photo by Khalid Naji-Allah
ANDERSON continued from Page 34 and Howard University where he received his bachelor’s and master’s of fine arts. In 1974, Anderson was named as the first chairperson of the Visual Arts Department at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Northwest. Later, that year, he co-founded NationHouse, an independent African-centered school that features three educational programs in Northeast. Anderson also served on the boards of the African Freedom Fund Treasury and the Black Artists of D.C. “My history is important only if it is used to help us to claim and name our industry,” Anderson said. “Look at what is going on in music with Jazz www.washingtoninformer.com
and in Blues. They are re-writing history and claiming that blacks had nothing to do with it. We shouldn’t let that happen in music and we can’t let that happen in art,” he said. Anderson noted that white America has also claimed hiphip music as its own. “You know and everyone else knows the story of hip-hop, but now it’s been usurped and very much bleached,” Anderson said. “We have to play catch up and stop and change this trend.” Anderson’s work is legendary among the locals and can be found throughout the Washington metro area. His stained-glass pieces are installed at various churches and other venues that include John Wesley A.M.E. Zion Church, Saint Augustine Catholic Church, and the Columbia Heights Metro
Station, all located in Northwest. Saint Paul United Methodist Church in Oxon Hill, Md., and the Prince George’s County Courthouse in Upper Marlboro also display his art. Anderson has previously been commissioned to create sculptures for New Home Baptist Church in Landover, Md., the C&P Telephone Company in the District, and the Southern District Police Station in Baltimore. “For visual artists, we are beholden to our work because our industry is based on individuality,” Anderson said. “Our future belongs to us and we need to continue to create art that is genuine and very informed, especially about art that represents the black experience, black history.”wi The Washington Informer
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Lamont Peterson shadow boxes in front of a mirror at the Bald Eagle Recreation Center in Southwest on May 9. /Photo by John E. De Freitas
Lamont Peterson hits a punching bag on May 9 at the Bald Eagle Recreation Center in Southwest. /Photo by John E. De Freitas
District native and International Boxing Federation junior welterweight World Champion Lamont Peterson held a Washington, D.C. media workout on May 9 at the Bald Eagle Recreation Center in Southwest, ahead of his May 18 showdown against Lucas Matthysse. The event, promoted by Golden Boy Promotions, will be televised live on SHOWTIME®. After the extensive workout, Peterson answered questions from local media. “I’m not worried about Matthysse. I’ve known him for a while. He’s a strong guy. He’s going to bring it all night, [which is] pretty much the way I like it … and it’s going to be a great fight I believe,” said Peterson. “I’m at the top level, but at this point a win over Lucas [Matthysse] solidifies me as a top guy not only in the weight class, but a top 15 pound-for-pound guy in the game. It would lead to bigger fights. That’s where I want to land. If I were climbing a ladder, a win over Matthysse would be a big jump up to the top.” wi
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Stay Focused While watching “Praise the Lord,” on the Trinity Broadcasting Network, I heard Pastor Jamal Bryant’s lesson on staying focused. Struck by his message, I sat up on the side of my bed, clapped and praised the Lord, and then I began to write notes on what the Holy Spirit was telling me to share with you. In this column, I will attempt to summarize, by providing an exegesis to the best of my ability and research of these verses, Matthew 14:22-33! Jesus sends his disciples out in a boat after feeding 5,000, and then He climbs a mountain to pray. Meanwhile, the disciples encounter a storm. Battling strong winds and waves in their boat the men had traveled 3-4 miles out from shore. After allowing the disciples to struggle all night, Jesus walks out to them on the water in the early morning. They see Jesus walking toward them, and think a ghost is approaching, they’re scared. However, Jesus tells them not to be afraid, He said, “It’s me!” The brash Peter replied, “Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the water.” Peter knew all he needed was the beckoning of the Lord, and he too would be able to walk on water. He trusted and believed he could do whatever Jesus said he could. We can do whatever the Lord commands, so don’t try things he hasn’t authorized. Last weekend for example, during my sorority conference, Gamma Phi Delta, we honored Rep. Donna Edwards (D-Md.), a History Maker honoree for being the first female elected to her
district. Edwards received the recognition because the Holy Spirit awakened me at 1 a.m., and prompted me to include her in the conference. I got up and researched the current congresswoman; we invited her, she accepted, and then she brought the house down with the story of her humble beginnings! Faith comes by hearing the words of Christ – Romans 10:1. We walk by faith – II Corinthians 5:7; whatever we do, do it with the authority of Jesus – Colossians 3:17. Not saying that Jesus will authorize whatever you or I chose to do, but that we must chose to do only the things Jesus has authorized. Jesus gave Peter the command that he longed to hear – “Come” Peter steps out of the boat and walks on the water, but he didn’t get far before he began to sink. Why did Peter sink? Was it because he couldn’t walk on water? No, he did walk for a short while. Peter started to sink because he began to doubt he could accomplish what Christ had commanded. If one doubts the words of Jesus, then we also doubt Him. Jesus speaks the words of God so, why did Peter doubt? Verse 30 tells us it started when Peter saw the strength of the wind. Peter would not have noticed the wind and the waves if he would have stayed focused on Jesus – Hebrews 12:1-3. When we begin to focus on our problems such as sex out of wedlock, peer pressures of drinking and smoking, wild, carefree lifestyles and other worldly influences, ungodliness, and daily battles – it isn’t hard to lose heart.
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Historic St. Mary’s Episcopal Church Rev. James Manion Supply Priest Foggy Bottom • Founded in 1867 728 23rd Street, NW • Washington, DC 20037 Church office: 202-333-3985 • Fax : 202-338-4958 Worship Services Sundays: 10 a.m. Holy Eucharist with Music and Hymns Wednesdays: 12:10 p.m. - Holy Eucharist www.stmarysfoggybottom.org Email: stmarysoffice@stmarysfoggybottom.org All are welcome to St. Mary’s to Learn, Worship, and Grow.
Blessed Word of Life Church Dr. Dekontee L. & Dr. Ayele A. Johnson Pastors 4001 14th Street, NW Washington, DC 20011 (202) 265-6147 Office 1-800 576-1047 Voicemail/Fax Schedule of Services: Sunday School – 9:30 AM Sunday Morning Worship Service – 11:00 AM Communion Service – First Sunday Prayer Service/Bible Study – Tuesday, 6:30 PM www.blessedwordoflifechurch.org e-mail: church@blessedwordoflifechurch.org
Campbell AME Church Reverend Daryl K. Kearney, Pastor 2562 MLK Jr. Ave., S E Washington, DC 20020 Adm. Office 202-678-2263 Email:Campbell@mycame.org Sunday Worship Service 10: am Sunday Church School 8: 45 am Bible Study Wednesday 12:00 Noon Wednesday 7:00 pm Thursday 7: pm “Reaching Up To Reach Out” Mailing Address Campbell AME Church 2502 Stanton Road SE Washington, DC 20020
Mt. Zion Baptist Church Rev. John W. Davis, Pastor 5101 14th Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20011 202-726-2220/ 202-726-9089 Sunday Worship Service 8:00am and 11:00am Sunday School 9:15am Holy Communion 4th Sunday 10:00am Prayer and Bible Study Wednesday 7;00pm TV Ministry –Channel 6 Wednesday 10:00pm gsccm.administration@verizon.net
Pilgrim Baptist Church
700 I. Street, NE Washington, D.C. 20002 Pastor Louis B. Jones, II and Pilgrim invite you to join us during our July and August Summer schedule! Attire is Christian casual. Worship: Sundays@ 7:30 A.M. & 10:00 A.M. 3rd Sunday Holy Communion/Baptism/Consecration Prayer & Praise: Wednesdays @12:00 Noon @ 6:30 P.M. – One Hour of Power! (202) 547-8849 www.pilgrimbaptistdc.org
Covenant Baptist United Church of Christ Drs. Dennis W. and Christine Y. Wiley, Pastors 3845 South Capitol Street Washington, DC 20032 (202) 562-5576 (Office) (202) 562-4219 (Fax) SERVICES AND TIMES: SUNDAYS: 8:00 AM and 10:45 AM Worship Services BIBLE STUDY: Wonderful Wednesdays in Worship and the Word Bible Study Wednesdays 12:00 Noon; 6:30 PM (dinner @ 5:30 PM) SUNDAY SCHOOL: 9:45 AM – Hour of Power “An inclusive ministry where all are welcomed and affirmed.” www.covenantbaptistdc.org
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Church of Living Waters
Rev. Paul Carrette Senior Pastor Harold Andrew, Assistant Pastor 4915 Wheeler Road Oxon Hill, MD 20745 301-894-6464 Schedule of Service Sunday Service: 8:30 AM & 11:00 AM Bible Study: Wednesday 7:30 PM Communion Service: First Sunday www.livingwatersmd.org
St. Stephen Baptist Church Lanier C. Twyman, Sr. State Overseer 5757 Temple Hill Road, Temple Hills, MD 20748 Office 301-899-8885 – fax 301-899-2555 Sunday Early Morning Worship - 7:45 a.m. Church School - 9:30 a.m. Sunday Morning Worship – 10:45 a.m. Tuesday – Thursday - Kingdom Building Bible Institute – 7:30 p.m. Wednesday – Prayer/Praise/Bible Study – 7:30 p.m. Baptism & Communion Service- 4th Sunday – 10:30am Radio Broadcast WYCB -1340 AM-Sunday -6:00pm T.V. Broadcast - Channel 190 – Sunday -4:00pm/Tuesday 7:00am
“We are one in the Spirit” www.ssbc5757.org e-mail: ssbc5757@verizon.net
Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church Rev. Dr. Michael E. Bell, Sr., • Pastor 2498 Alabama Ave., SE • Washington D.C. 20020 Office: (202) 889-7296 Fax: (202) 889-2198 • www.acamec.org 2008: The Year of New Beginnings “Expect the Extraordinary”
Crusader Baptist Church
Isle of Patmos Baptist Church Reverend Dr. Calvin L. Matthews • Senior Pastor 1200 Isle of Patmos Plaza, Northeast Washington, DC 20018 Office: (202) 529-6767 Fax: (202) 526-1661
Rev. Dr. Alton W. Jordan, Pastor 800 I Street, NE Washington, DC 20002 202-548-0707 Fax No. 202-548-0703
Sunday Worship Services: 8:00a.m. and 11:00a.m. Sunday Church School - 9:15a.m. & Sunday Adult Forum Bible Study - 10:30a.m. 2nd & 4th Monday Women’s Bible Study - 6:30p.m. Tuesday Jr./Sr. Bible Study - 10:00a.m. Tuesday Topical Bible Study - 6:30p.m. Tuesday New Beginnings Bible Study - 6:30p.m. Wednesday Pastoral Bible Study - 6:30p.m. Wednesday Children’s Bible Study - 6:30p.m. Thursday Men’s Bible Study - 6:30p.m. Friday before 1st Sunday Praise & Worship Service - 6:30p.m. Saturday Adult Bible Study - 10:00a.m.
Sunday Morning Worship 11:00am Holy Communion – 1st Sunday Sunday School-9:45am Men’s Monday Bible Study – 7:00pm Wednesday Night Bible Study – 7:00pm Women’s Ministry Bible Study 3rd Friday -7:00pm Computer Classes- Announced Family and Marital Counseling by appointment E-mail: Crusadersbaptistchurch@verizon.net www.CrusadersBaptistChurch.org
“The Amazing, Awesome, Audacious Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church”
“God is Love”
Third Street Church of God Rev. Cheryl J. Sanders, Th.D. Senior Pastor 1204 Third Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 202.347.5889 office 202.638.1803 fax Sunday School: 9:30 a.m. Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m. Prayer Meeting and Bible Study: Wed. 7:30 p.m. “Ambassadors for Christ to the Nation’s Capital” www.thirdstreet.org
Sunday Worship Services: 7:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Holy Communion: 2nd Sunday at 7:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Sunday Church School: 9:20 a.m. Seniors Bible Study: Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m. Noon Day Prayer Service: Tuesdays at Noon Bible Study: Tuesdays at 7 p.m. Motto: “A Ministry of Reconciliation Where Everybody is Somebody!” Website: http://isleofpatmosbc.org Church Email: ipbcsecretary@verizon.net
Greater Mt. Calvary Holy Church Bishop Alfred A. Owens, Jr.; Senior Bishop & Evangelist Susie C. Owens – Co-Pastor 610 Rhode Island Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 (202) 529-4547 office • (202) 529-4495 fax Sunday Worship Service: 8 AM and 10:45 AM Sunday Youth Worship Services: 1st & 4th 10:45 AM; 804 R.I. Ave., NE 5th 8 AM & 10:45 AM; Main Church Prayer Services Tuesday – Noon, Wednesday 6 AM & 6:30 PM Calvary Bible Institute: Year-Round Contact Church Communion Every 3rd Sunday The Church in The Hood that will do you Good! www.gmchc.org emailus@gmchc.org
ST Marks Baptist Come Worship with us... St. Mark's Baptist Church 624 Underwood Street, NW Washington, dc 20011 Dr. Raymond T. Matthews, Pastor and First Lady Marcia Matthews Sunday School 9:am Worship Service 10:am Wed. Noon Day prayer service Thur. Prayer service 6:45 pm Thur. Bible Study 7:15 pm
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Mount Carmel Baptist Church
52 Years of Expert Engraving Services
Joseph N. Evans, Ph.D Senior Pastor 901 Third Street N.W. Washington, DC. 20001 Phone (202) 842-3411 Fax (202) 682-9423 Sunday Church School : 9: 30am Sunday Morning Worship: 10: 45am Bible Study Tuesday: 6: 00pm Prayer Service Tuesday: 7:00pm Holy Communion: 3rd Sunday 10: 45am themcbc.org
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All Nations Baptist Church
Friendship Baptist Church 900 Delaware Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20020 (202) 488-7417 (202) 484-2242 Rev. Dr. J. Michael Little Pastor Sunrise Prayer: 6:00 AM Sunday School: 9:30 AM Morning Worship 11:00 AM Holy Communion: 3rd Sunday-11:00AM www.friendshipbaptistdc.org Email: frienshipde1900@verizon.net
Rev. Dr. James Coleman Pastor 2001 North Capitol St, N.E. • Washington, DC 20002 Phone (202) 832-9591
King Emmanuel Baptist Church Rev. Daryl F. Bell Pastor 2324 Ontario Road, NW Washington, DC 20009 (202) 232-1730
Sunday Church School – 9:30 AM Sunday Worship Service – 11:00 AM Holy Communion – 1st Sunday at 11:00 AM Prayer – Wednesdays, 6:00 PM Bible Study – Wednesdays, 7:00 PM Christian Education School of Biblical Knowledge Saturdays, 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM, Call for Registration
Sunday School – 9:30 am Sunday Worship Service – 11:00 am Baptismal Service – 1st Sunday – 9:30 am Holy Communion – 1st Sunday – 11:00 am Prayer Meeting & Bible Study – Wednesday -7:30 pm
Website: www.allnationsbaptistchurch.com All Nations Baptist Church – A Church of Standards
“Where Jesus is the King”
Zion Baptist Church
Israel Baptist Church
Full Gospel Baptist Church
Emmanuel Baptist Church Rev. Dr. Clinton W. Austin Pastor 2409 Ainger Pl.,SE – WDC 20020 (202) 678-0884 – Office (202) 678-0885 – Fax “Come Grow With Us and Establish a Blessed Family” Sunday Worship 7:30am & 10:45am Baptism/Holy Communion 3rd Sunday Family Bible Study Tuesdays – 6:30pm Prayer Service Tuesdays – 8:00pm www.emmanuelbaptistchurchdc.org
Sermon On The Mount Temple Of Joy Apostolic Faith
Florida Avenue Baptist Church Dr. Earl D. Trent Senior Pastor
Rev. Dr. George C. Gilbert SR. Pastor
623 Florida Ave.. NW • WDC. 20001 Church (202) 667-3409 • Study (202) 265-0836 Home Study (301) 464-8211 • Fax (202) 483-4009
4504 Gault Place, N.E. Washington, D.C 20019 202-397-7775 – 7184
Sunday Worship Services: 10:00 a.m. Sunday Church School: 8:45 – 9:45 a.m. Holy Communion: Every First Sunday Intercessory Prayer: Monday – 7:00-8:00 p.m. Pastor’s Bible Study: Wednesday –7:45 p.m. Midweek Prayer: Wednesday – 7:00 p.m. Noonday Prayer Every Thursday
9:30AM. Sunday Church School 11:00 Am. Sunday Worship Service The Lord’s Supper 1st Sunday Wednesday 7:00pm Prayer & Praise Services 7:30pm. Bible Study Saturday before 4th Sunday Men, Women, Youth Discipleship Ministries 10:30am A Christ Centered Church htubc@comcast.net
Matthews Memorial Baptist Church
Rev. Keith W. Byrd, Sr. Pastor
Rev. Dr. Morris L Shearin, Sr. Pastor
Rev. Charles Y. Davis, Jr. Sr. Pastor
5606 Marlboro Pike District Heights, MD 20747 301-735-6005
Dr. C. Matthew Hudson, Jr, Pastor
4850 Blagdon Ave, NW • Washington D.C 20011 Phone (202) 722-4940 • Fax (202) 291-3773
1251 Saratoga Ave., NE Washington, DC 20018 (202) 269-0288
14350 Frederick Rd. Cooksville, MD 21723 (410) 489-5069
Elder Herman L. Simms, Pastor
2616 MLK Ave., SE • Washington, DC 20020 Office 202-889-3709 • Fax 202-678-3304
Sunday Worship Service: 10:00 A.M. Sunday School: 8:30 A.M. Holy Communion1st Sunday: 10:00 A.M.
Sunday Worship Service: 11:00 am Sunday School: 9:30 am Wed. Bible Study/Prayer: 6:30-8:00 pm Holy Communion 2nd Sunday Pre-Marital Counseling/Venue for Weddings Prison Ministry Knowledge Base
Prayer Service: Wednesday at 6:30 P.M. Bible Study: Wednesday at 7:00 P.M.
Web: www.FullGospelBC.org Email: fullgospelbc1946@verizon.net “IF YOU NEED REST, THIS HOUSE IS OPEN”
Sunday Worship Service 10:15AM- Praise and Worship Services Sunday School 9:00am Monday: Noon Bible School Wednesday: Noon & 7PM: Pastor’s Bible Study Ordinance of Baptism 2nd Holy Communion 4th Sunday Mission Zion Baptist Church Shall; Enlist Sinners, Educate Students, Empower the Suffering, Encourage the Saints, and Exalt Our Savior. (Acts 2:41-47) www.zionbaptistchurchdc.org
Mount Moriah Baptist Church
St. Luke Baptist Church Rev. Aubrey C. Lewis Pastor 1415 Gallatin Street, NW Washington, DC 20011-3851 P: (202) 726-5940 Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m. Sunday School: 9:15 a.m. Holy Communion: 11:00 a.m., 3rd Sun. Bible Study: Monday - 7:00 p.m. Prayer Meeting: Thursday - 7:00 p.m.
Dr. Lucius M. Dalton, Senior Pastor 1636 East Capitol Street, NE Washington, DC 20003 Telephone: 202-544-5588 Fax: 202-544-2964 Sunday Worship Services: 7:45 am and 10:45 am Holy Communion: 1st Sundays at 7:45 am and 10:45 am Sunday School: 9:30 am Prayer & Praise Service: Tuesdays at 12 noon and 6:30 pm Bible Study: Tuesdays at 1 pm and 7 pm Youth Bible Study: Fridays at 7 pm Web: www.mountmoriahchurch.org Email: mtmoriah@mountmoriahchurch.org
Rehoboth Baptist Church
St. Matthews Baptist Church Rev. Dr. Maxwell M. Washington Pastor 1105 New Jersey Ave, S.E • Washington, DC 20003 202 488-7298 Order of Services Sunday Worship Services: 9:05 A.M. Sunday School: 8:00 A.M. Holy Communion 3rd Sunday Morning Prayer Meeting: 7:00 P.M. (Tuesday) Bible Study: 7:30 P.M. (Tuesday) Theme: “Striving to be more like Jesus “Stewardship”. Philippians 3:12-14; Malachi 3:8-10 and 2 Corinthians 9:7 Email: stmatthewbaptist@msn.com Website: www.stmatthewsbaptist.com
Mount Pleasant Baptist Church
Sunday Apostolic Worship Services 11:00 A.M and 5:00 P.M Communion and Feet Wash 4th Sunday at 5:00 P.M Prayer/Seeking Wednesday at 8:00 P.M. Apostolic in Doctrine, Pentecostal in Experience, Holiness in Living, Uncompromised and Unchanged. The Apostolic Faith is still alive –Acts 2:42
New Commandment Baptist Church
Rev. Terry D. Streeter Pastor
Rev. Stephen E. Tucker Pastor and Overseer
215 Rhode Island Ave. N.W. • WD.C. 20001 (202) 332-5748
625 Park Rd, NW • WDC 20010 P: 202 291-5711 • F: 202 291-5666
Early Morning Worship: 7:45 a.m. Sunday School: 9:15 a.m. Morning Worship: 10:45 a.m. Holy Communion: 4th Sunday 7:45 a.m. & 10:45 a.m. C.T.U. Sunday: 2:45 p.m. Bible Study: Wednesday 11:00 a.m. & 7:00 p.m. Prayer Service: Wednesday 8:00 p.m. Noon Day Prayer Service: Mondays 12 p.m.
Sunday Worship Service - 11 am Sunday School - 9:45 am Bible Study & Prayer Wed. - 7 pm Substance Abuse Counseling 7 pm (Mon & Fri) Jobs Partnership - 7 pm (Mon & Wed) Sat. Enrichment Experience - 9:30 am
Salem Baptist Church
“A Church Where Love Is Essential and Praise is Intentional”
Shiloh Baptist Church
Early Worship Service 7:30a.m Worship Service 10:45a.m. New Members Class 9:30a.m. Holy Communion : 1st Sunday -10:45a.m Church School 9:30a.m. Prayer, Praise and Bible Study: Wednesday 7p.m Bible Study : Saturday: 11a.m. Baptism: 4th Sunday – 10:45a.m “Empowered to love and Challenged to Lead a Multitude of Souls to Christ”
Peace Baptist Church
Rev. Dr. Michael T. Bell 712 18th Street, NE Washington, DC 20002 Phone 202-399-3450/ Fax 202-398-8836 Sunday Morning Worship Service 7:15 am & 10:50 am Sunday School 9:30am Sunday Morning Worship Service 10:50am Wednesday Prayer & Testimonies Service 7:30pm Wednesday School of the Bible 8:00pm Wednesday - Midweek Prayer Service 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm “The Loving Church of the living lord “ Email Address pbcexec@verizon.net
First Rising Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Rev. R. Vincent Palmer Pastor
Rev. Alonzo Hart Pastor
Rev. Dr. Wallace Charles Smith Pastor
Rev. Reginald M. Green, Sr., Interim Pastor
621 Alabama Avenue, S.E. • Washington, D.C. 20032 P: (202) 561-1111 F: (202) 561-1112
917 N St. NW • Washington, DC 20001 (202) 232-4294
9th & P Street, N.W. • W. D.C. 20001 (202) 232-4200
602 N Street NW • Washington, D.C. 20001 Office:(202) 289-4480 Fax: (202) 289-4595
The Church Where GOD Is Working.... And We Are Working With GOD
Sunrise Prayer Services - Sunday 7:00 a.m.
Sunday Morning Prayer Service: 8:00 a.m. Sunday Church School: 9:15 a.m. Sunday Morning Worship: 10:40 a.m. Third Sunday Baptismal & Holy Communion:10:30 a.m. Tuesday Church At Study Prayer & Praise: 6:30 p.m.
Morning Worship: 8:00 a.m Church School : 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship: 10:55 a.m. Bible Study, Thursday: 6:30 p.m. Prayer Meeting,Thursday : 7:30 p.m.
Sunday Service: 10 am Sunday School for all ages: 8:30 am 1st Sunday Baptism: 10: am 2nd Sunday Holy Communion: 10 am Tuesday: Bible Study: 6:30 pm Prayer Meeting: 7:45 pm
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Sunday Worship Services: 7:45am & 11:00am Sunday school For All Ages 9:30am Prayer Services Wednesday 11:30am & 6:45pm Bible Institute Wednesday at Noon & 7:45pm “Changing Lives On Purpose “ Email: Froffice@firstrising.org Website: www.firstrising.org
Mt. Bethel Baptist Church Rev. Dr. Bobby L. Livingston, Sr. Pastor 75 Rhode Island Ave. NW • Washington, DC 20001 (202) 667-4448
Sunrise Prayer Service 6:00 A.M. Sunday Church School 8:30 A.M. Pre-Worship Devotionals 9:45 A.M. Morning Worship Services 10:00 A.M. Holy Communion 1st Sunday Worship Services Bible Study Tuesdays, 6:00 P.M. Thursdays, 1:00 P.M. Prayer Meetings Tuesdays, 7:00 P.M. Thursdays, 12:00 P.M.
Pennsylvania Ave. Baptist Church Rev. Dr. Kendrick E. Curry Pastor 3000 Pennsylvania Ave.. S.E Washington, DC 20020 202 581-1500 Sunday Church School: 9:30 A.M. Sunday Worship Service: 11:00 A.M. Monday Adult Bible Study: 7:00 P.M. Wednesday Youth & Adult Activities: 6:30 P.M. Prayer Service Bible Study
Mt. Horeb Baptist Church Rev. Dr. H. B. Sampson, III Pastor 2914 Bladensburg Road, NE Wash., DC 20018 Office: (202) 529-3180 Fax: (202) 529-7738 Order of Services Worship Service: 7:30 a.m. Sunday School: 9:00 a.m. Worship Service: 10:30 a.m. Holy Communion: 4th Sunday 7:30 a.m. & 10:30a.m. Prayer Services: Tuesday 7:30 p.m. Wednesday 12 Noon Email:mthoreb@mthoreb.org Website:www.mthoreb.org For further information, please contact me at (202) 529-3180.
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MALVEAUX continued from Page 24 ond African American to serve in a regular cabinet post. Similarly, the nomination of Congressman Mel Watt to lead the Federal Housing Finance Agency is a step forward. FHFA regulates Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and allows Congressman Watt the opportunity to implement some of the Obama initiatives on homeowner recovery from the Great Recession. The raging right has already come after Congressman Watt. The Daily Caller (a political blog) has reported an unsubstantiated claim by former presidential candidate Ralph Nader that the Congressman disrespected him in a letter. Nader has never produced the letter. Thus, the purpose of the claim is to besmirch FHFA nominee Congressman Mel Watt. If Watt is confirmed, this represents a step forward for both President Obama and for African American people, and for the entire nation. The issue is, of course, confirmation. Will the White House Congressman, be able to garner the votes Watt needs to be
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a lone assailant, Matias Reyes, confessed to the attack and freed Wise, the only accused still serving out his sentence. Reyes’ DNA was a match and he confessed in unquestionable detail – realigning the facts with the physical evidence. There was no gang. There was no gang rape. There was no laughing as the victim screamed. There were no comments among them that “It was fun.” While Meili’s attack was real, the involvement of any of the five arrested for the crime, was a brand of legal high jinx coupled with good old fashioned police intimidation. Award-winning documentarians Ken and Sarah Burns, along with David McMahon, recently produced “The Central Park Five,” a documentary detailing the miscarriage of justice and the racial hostility that undergirded the convictions of Salaam, Richardson, Santana, Wise, and McCray. The Central Park Five is difficult to watch. It made most of my colleagues cringe, cry, and curse. Many of us were student journalists at the time of the trial and watched Burns’ narrative with heavy hearts. Some of our journalism mentors and predecessors aided and abetted this injustice by not questioning or digging deeper. How
did the police convince innocent teens to confess in detail to a crime they never committed? How were prosecutors able to secure convictions from confessions that when linked together, negated each other and with no physical evidence linking the teens to the crime? The simple answer is: Because they could. The swarm of media that so vigorously called for the castration and execution of these men is relatively silent on their exonerations. There have been increased calls through social media to have the lead prosecutor in the case, Elizabeth Lederer, fired from her current post as a professor with Columbia University Law School. The five men are also seeking damages for their wrongful imprisonment. Lederer, the New York Police Department, Koch, and Donald Trump all remain defiantly adamant that “these guys were guilty of something.” Let’s see if we do a better job of demanding justice for The Central Park Five than we did defending them. wi Shantella Y. Sherman is a History doctoral candidate, the author of the novel Fester, and the assistant editor of the Washington Informer.
of White Americans came to understand what democracy means. It’s long been clear, however, that not all Americans – especially those on the right – want to accept that lesson. There’s seemingly no end to the bizarre notions and toughguy posturing and outright racism, sexism and homophobia that represent conservatism today. This nihilistic politics has underscored that conservatism is rooted in callousness, and the more it comes under pressure from the movement toward greater equality of opportunity, the more deranged it becomes. Thus, as the three examples
above show: The resort to conspiracy theories, especially those involving federal government “tyranny.” Concomitantly, the indulgence in fantasy notions of the lone-hero super White man, armed to the teeth and ready to preserve his I-made-it-allmyself “independence.” And, most of all, the designation of “enemies” who are, first, dehumanized – so they can be dealt with without mercy. This perspective on the conservative movement’s unyielding obstructionism to anything President Obama proposes, whether it be legislative policies or appointees to the cabinet and federal judgeships, makes his achievements in office all the
more impressive. But it also indicates what grievous damage has been done to the president’s program – and to the American political tradition. In their Washington Post op-ed column of last year, Mann and Ornstein looked ahead to the November presidential election and ruefully predicted that no matter who won, “If anything, Washington’s ideological divide will probably grow after the 2012 elections.” Unfortunately, they were right about that, too. WI Lee A. Daniels is a longtime journalist based in New York City. His latest book is Last Chance: The Political Threat to Black America.
Post. Hers is a kind and gentle heart. Tragically, on the same day three people died in the Boston Marathon bombing, 30 people were killed by a bomb blast in Iraq. But life is “cheaper” in Iraq, and besides, they’re accustomed to all that terrorism, and bombing, and mayhem all the time. We Americans who visited “shock and awe” on the Iraqis 10 years ago, overthrowing the government of a ruler who had never attacked, and was no threat to the United States. But life is cheaper in Iraq and Afghanistan and Syria and Palestine and Bangladesh, isn’t it?
But we haven’t had a dead Muslim terror suspect on U.S. soil in a while, and that’s really saying something, because any and every violent act committed by anyone with a “funny name” is automatically an Islamic jihadist event. And any Muslim who so much as raises his or her voice in public is automatically a terrorist. Americans know how to teach someone a lesson for shouting “Allah-u-Akbar” (God is Great), and don’t you forget it. We’ve got a bunch of Muslim suspects who have been cleared by the CIA, NSA, DEA, FBI, and all the military intelligence agencies for release from Guan-
tanamo Prison, and of the 80 or so who are being held for no good reason at all – even by Bush administration standards – at least two dozen have been on hunger strikes so long, they are now being force-fed, so they don’t die. I’m sure a lot of people in Doswell, Va., where this guy Tsarnaev is buried would just as soon see a bunch of those detainees keel over and die at Guantanamo, so they could be dumped in the ocean somewhere, where they wish Tamerlan Tsarnaev had been dropped, instead of in a cemetery near their town. WI
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Muhammad continued from Page 25 Black human beings as their chattel, their property). So maybe they would have done better to cremate this guy, except Muslims don’t go in for cremation too much. It sure would have quelled that top story in one day’s daily news cycle after the news leaked out.
I’m sure some people wish they could dig up Tsarnaev’s body and kill him again. “My first thought was, Jesus says love your enemies and not hate them after they’re dead,” Martha Mullen, the Richmond mental health counselor and seminary school graduate who helped find the cemetery which would accept the remains said, according to The Washington
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14 to 16, harkening the nation back to psychic imagery of the Scottsboro Boys and Emmitt Till. Historically, the Black brute stereotype was a red herring, a fabrication used by white mobs as a means of corralling race hatred among whites until it exploded into violence. The media almost always provided the lassoing effect – pushing and prodding readers into irrational responses. In 1901 for instance, George T. Winston wrote: “When a knock is heard at the door [a white woman] shudders with nameless horror. The black brute is lurking in the dark, a monstrous beast, crazed with lust. His ferocity is almost [demonical]. A mad bull or tiger could scarcely be more brutal. A whole community is frenzied with horror, with the blind and furious rage for vengeance.” The difference between Till and the Scottsboro Boys cases and that of the Central Park Five, though, was that according to videotaped confessions of the teens, they were guilty of the crimes as charged. Actually, they were not. Eleven years after their convictions,
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