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Mike Brown Funeral: Family, Friends Say Final Goodbye

By Zenitha Prince Senior AFRO Correspondent On Aug. 25, the voices of protest against the killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., were raised, not in anger, but in a joyful noise at the home-going service for the slain teen. Thousands of mourners filled the 2,500-capacity sanctuary of the Friendly Temple Missionary Baptist Church in St. Louis, packed its overflow rooms, and spilled out onto

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the street. Among the throng were renowned civil rights leaders such as the Rev. Al Sharpton, Martin Luther King III, the Rev. Bernice King, and the Rev. Jesse Jackson; the families of Trayvon Martin and Sean Bell, unarmed Black men who were also the victims of extrajudicial killings; Black celebrities Spike Lee, Diddy and Snoop Lion; and three emissaries from the White House.

Consistent with the Black Church tradition, the funeral service was marked by extravagant, emotion-packed worship as congregants raised their hands, stomped their feet, and sang out loud in concert with the choir.

But the celebration could not cloud the gravity of the moment and, also consistent with Black Church tradition, calls for justice were just as frequent as cries of praise.

“We should not sit here today and act like we are watching something that is in order,” Rev. Sharpton –The Rev. Charles Ewing said in his eulogy. “In all of our religious and spiritual celebration, let us not lose sight of the fact that this young man should be doing his second week in college.”

The Rev. Charles Ewing, the teenager’s great-uncle, drew parallels between the circumstances of Brown’s shortened life and Scripture. “Michael Brown’s blood is crying from the ground, crying for vengeance, crying for justice,” Ewing said

“There is a cry being made from the ground, not just for Michael Brown, but for the Trayvon Martins, for those children at Sandy Hook Elementary School, for the Columbine massacre, for the Black-on-Black crime.”

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Lesley McSpadden, mother of Michael Brown, is comforted by Louis Head, Michael Brown’s stepfather, at the home going service for the slain teen.

Violent Weekend Sees Four Homicides and Five Non-Fatal Shootings

By Roberto Alejandro Special to the AFRO The weekend beginning Friday, Aug. 22 included four homicides and five non-fatal shootings.

During the early hours of Friday morning, Nathaniel Quarterman was beaten to death on the 4200 block of Shamrock Avenue, taken outside and set on fire. Baltimore City Police have arrested and charged 43-year-old Lawrence Coverdale with first-degree murder, weapon, and assault charges.

On Friday evening, a 14-year-old male victim was shot in the back on the 5700 block of Winner Avenue as he attempted to flee gun fire around 10:50 p.m. The victim was taken to an area hospital and listed in stable condition.

Detectives are asking anyone with

knowledge of the incident to contact them at 410-396-2466.

At 2:33 pm on Saturday, Aug. 23, Police Commissioner Anthony Batts and other detectives observed Michael Thomas holding a handgun and chasing a man down Belair Road. The officers confronted Thomas and ordered him to put his hands up, directions Thomas obeyed after putting down his weapon.

The police located the man Thomas was chasing. He had a single gunshot wound to his back. The victim was taken to an area hospital and listed in stable condition.

Around 11:07 p.m. on Saturday officers responded to a shooting on the 2800 block of W. Lanvale Street, and found an adult male with a single gunshot wound to his left arm. The victim is in stable condition and

police are asking that anyone with information contact 410-396-2477.

At 11:11 p.m on Saturday police responded to a shooting report on the 2200 block of Aiken Street. Officers were able to locate a crime scene but no victim, later finding an adult male at

an area hospital suffering from multiple gunshot wounds to his left arm, left lower back, and left chest. The victim is in stable condition, but unable to provide any information to detectives because he was sedated when they

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Horseshoe Casino Opens with Grand Style and Gladys Knight Lisa Snowden-McCray Special to the AFRO “The baby has been born,” Mayor Stephanie RawlingsBlake said at the Aug. 26 opening celebration of Baltimore’s brand new Horseshoe Casino.

“We can pass around the cigars.”

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NATION & WORLD Former Ohio Morgue Worker Admits to Having Sex with as Many as 100 Corpses

An Ohio man and former morgue worker admitted to having sex with up to 100 corpses while under the influence of drugs or alcohol over a 16-year period.

“I would just get on top of them and pull my pants down,” Kenneth Douglas, 60, told a Hamilton County, Ohio court, according to multiple news services.

According to The New York Daily News, the full extent of Douglas’ interaction with corpses while he worked on the morgue’s night shift between 1976 and 1992 only became clear on Aug. 15, when a federal court said families of Douglas’ victims could sue the county for damages.

Douglas was initially caught in 2008, according to Cincinnati ABC affiliate WCPO, when DNA evidence connected him to semen found in the corpse of 19-yearold Karen Range. Range was murdered by a door-todoor salesman in 1982 and was nearly decapitated in the attack. Douglas pled guilty to a charge of gross abuse of a corpse and was sentenced to three years in jail.

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He pled guilty in 2012 to two more cases involving abuse of the corpses of Charlene Appling, 23, who was six months pregnant when she was strangled in 1991, and April Hicks, 24, who died after falling from a third-story window in 1991, WCPO reported.

However, in a recent deposition related to the lawsuits brought by the families of his victims, Douglas said the true number of corpses with which he had sex went far beyond those three, and was as high as 100.

According to Time magazine Douglas’ wife said in a deposition that she first raised concerns with the coroner’s office when she said he smelled of sex and alcohol when she picked him up from work, but said her calls were dismissed by county supervisors.

Black 19-Yr-Old Allegedly Shot and Killed by S.C. Police Officer—Now Listed as Suicide

The death of a 19-year-old man allegedly shot and killed by a South Carolina police officer has been officially listed as a suicide.

According to the Charleston City Paper, Charleston Police Chief Greg Mullen said Aug. 18 that there is “no evidence” that officer Jamal Medlin fired the shot that killed Denzell Curnell on June 20. Mullen said Curnell was armed at the scene of the shooting and that police took a weapon from the scene as evidence.

However, multiple witnesses who live in nearby apartment complexes told the newspaper that Medlin ordered Curnell to lie on the ground and put his hands behind his head as he walked through Charleston’s Bridgeview Village apartments. After Curnell Denzell Curnell complied, Medlin allegedly shot him in the back.

“A vacuum occurs, and rumors, speculation, and inaccurate information fuel a version of the event that can cause anger, distrust, disruption, and misinformation,” Mullen said, according to NewsOne. “It is especially disappointing when this misinformation creates a divide between the police and the community that we are working hard to foster positive relationships.”

An autopsy report officially listed Curnell’s death as a suicide.

Medlin has been with the police force since 2011 and is currently on paid leave pending the completion of the investigation.

Black 19-Yr-Old Allegedly Shot and Killed by S.C. Police Officer—Now Listed as Suicide

Angelisa Howard

We need to get ourselves together my people and unite. This has to stop now! I’m a mother of three sons, I need unity with my family and my Black community so we can save our sons and daughters still here. Let’s stand against this. I love us.

Trenel Wooten

No suicide has ever been recorded in history where the deceased shot himself in the back!!!

Pearl Bailey

We must not allow this to continue.

Stan Halbert

It’s pretty easy to determine if a shot came from the front or back. And, usually pretty easy to tell if a bullet wound is self-inflicted.

Even in Loss, Chicago Celebrates Jackie Robinson West Little Leaguers

Debbie Parker

Chicago continues to defy the most racial oppression efforts…A president, a billionaire, a world class Black baseball team…To God be the glory.

Robbie Garrison

Future baseball stars if they choose... but with their demeanor and intelligence they will be successful in every endeavor... good work coaches, you have worked a small miracle, you produced 12 Chicago all-stars. Thank you all.

Lisa Wagner

God is so good. These young men could be involved in the terrible violence on the Chicago streets.

Instead they improved The city’s image. May God bless each of them and their coaches, May God keep them safe from the violence in their home town.

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Despite Ruling, Neverdon Continues Pursuit of SA’s Office

By Sean Yoes Special to the AFRO According to the director of the Baltimore City Board of Elections, the first draft of the 2014 general election ballot (Nov. 4) was due Aug. 22, and Russell A. Neverdon Sr. is still fighting to have his name included on it as a candidate for Baltimore City State’s Attorney.

On Aug. 25, attorney Edward Smith Jr., filed paperwork with the Circuit Court of Baltimore City on behalf of Neverdon, a veteran Baltimore defense attorney who has been running an independent campaign for the State’s Attorney’s office.

According to the Neverdon campaign, a judge has been assigned the case and the office of the Attorney General will represent the city Board of Elections. A pre-trial conference was set for this week.

Neverdon claims he collected 5,686 petition signatures, which would be significantly more than the 4,160 needed for him to be included on November’s general

election ballot along with the winner of the June 24 primary for state’s attorney, Marilyn J. Mosby (she handily defeated the incumbent Gregg Bernstein by almost 10 points).

However, Board of Elections director Armstead B.C. Jones Sr. has declared only 3,099 of the signatures collected are valid.

State election law requires names on a petition to exactly match names on voter registration rolls and each name has to be dated.

According to the Board of Elections about 500 of Russell A. Neverdon Sr. the submitted signatures

were names of people not registered to vote in Baltimore City and another 300 signatures were not dated.

After Jones determined Neverdon was a little more than 1,000 signatures short, Mosby essentially declared victory in a tweet on Aug. 15.

“The verification process has (been) completed and I’m confident in BOE’s (Board of Elections) analysis. Our democracy has played out and I’m excited about next steps,” Mosby said.

Despite the ruling of the Board of Elections and Mosby’s declaration of victory, Neverdon presses on.

“We’re going to challenge the constitutionality of it and some of the other

discrepancies and put it in the hands of the court. But, at the same time that does not challenge the fact that I’m still a candidate,” Neverdon said. “The question becomes whether your name appears on the ballot and that’s what the signature campaign was about, getting my name to officially appear on the ballot,” added Neverdon who said he is not averse to continuing his candidacy via a writein effort.

The veteran defense attorney says he agreed to stay out of this year’s Democratic primary in an effort to prevent splitting the Black vote in the race to unseat Bernstein. He says he doesn’t regret the decision.

“The (overarching) goal was to give Baltimore a chance, that if they wanted change that they could do it and I felt that with two candidates challenging the same person...there was a good chance that would have ended up being the result, the vote would have been split,” Neverdon said. “I thought it was in the best interest of Baltimore City to... make sure that didn’t happen.”

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Life Celebration for Edith Cooper, 82

Children who went to school in South Baltimore, in the neighborhood of Barre and Russell Streets, were safeguarded against traffic under the watchful eye of Edith H. Cooper, who performed that service from 1954 to 1972.

According to family members, she was one of Baltimore’s first African-American crossing guards and was honored by students and faculty of School #162 for outstanding and conscientious service.

In 1971 she was named Baltimore’s most popular crossing guard in a competition spurred by the AFRO. Her tally was an unbelievable 1.3 million votes helping her easily surpass the other 142 contestants.

She was born Edith Henrietta Jackson on April 1, 1922 in Blackstone, Va. to Gertrude Yates Jackson and Purcell Jackson.

She died Aug. 20.

One of four daughters and two sons, Edith (at age 6) moved with her family to Baltimore, and ultimately graduated from Frederick Douglass High School.

Edith received her early Christian nurturing in Leadenhall Baptist Church and in 1940. She married the love of her life, Earl Cooper.

She was familiarly known as “Edie” and was affectionately called “Bootsie” by family and close friends.

With Earl, Edith was blessed with three daughters -Barbara, Earlene and Gloria. She and Earl were known for their collaborative humor, often entertaining friends and family with endless laughter at parties, gatherings and on their bus excursions. Earl’s passing after 35 years of marriage in 1975 left Edie honoring his memory the rest of her life, remaining his widow for nearly 40 years.

As an adult, she became a member of Shiloh Christian Community Church while it was in its formative years under its founder Rev. George W. Baynard. She remained dedicated until her health no longer permitted her to attend. Upon the arrival of her first grandchild Ashley (1984) Edie garnered another term of endearment, “Grand mere” the French nomenclature for grandmother. She loved entertaining, cooking, hosting and sharing her home and well manicured garden. In 1990, WJZ’TV’s weather forecaster Bob Turk broadcasted live from her garden.

Edie’s delicious food and generous beverages made it one of Bob Turk’s best days at work, and made it equally hard for him to leave.

Edith H. Cooper will live forever in the memory her daughters Barbara Cooper Lee (John,) Earlene Cooper and Gloria Cooper Robertson (John); grandchildren Ashley and Dominique Robertson; two great-grandchildren Amari and Amir Robertson; sister-in-law Joanna Askins; godchildren Michelle “Dooxie,” Margaret Fields and Robin Baskerville; several cousins and a host of other family and friends.

Services for Mrs. Cooper will be held 10 a.m. beginning with the family hour with the funeral following at 10:30 a.m., Aug. 30 at The Open Church of Maryland, 5010 Briarclift Road (corner of Baltimore Nat’l Pike - Rt 40, Baltimore, where the Rev. Dr. Brad R. Braxton is senior pastor.

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in his remarks. “There is a cry being made from the ground, not just for Michael Brown, but for the Trayvon Martins, for those children at Sandy Hook Elementary School, for the Columbine massacre, for the Black-on-Black crime.”

The Rev. T.D. Jakes, of the Potter’s House in Dallas, Texas, in his prayer also called for righteousness and justice to prevail.

“God, we would ask you today that our country would have the kind of justice and liberty and experience that is not defined by zip codes, or circumstances, or salaries, or incomes,” he prayed. “We ask you, o, sovereign God, to bring peace to this nation [but] though we cry for peace we do not want to sacrifice justice in order to attain it.”

In more personal remarks, family members and friends recalled loving memories of “Mike Mike,” as they called him, during the hours-long service.”Michael was a big guy, but he was a kind, gentle soul,” a family friend said.

Members of Brown’s family also remembered that the 18-year-old once said, “One day, the world will know my name.”

“He did not know that he was offering up a divine prophecy at that time,” one relative said. “He did not know his name would be remembered, but today we [are] remembering the name of Mike Brown.”

Brown’s name has become a touchstone in discussions of race, police brutality, and the injustice of the American justice system since the unarmed teen’s death Aug. 9 at the hands of White police officer Darren Wilson sparked national outrage and unrest on the streets of Ferguson.

But Brown would not want to be remembered “for riots,” said Sharpton, who asked protestors for a day of silence, at the behest of Brown’s family, and for more peaceful demonstrations thereafter.

“If you can’t control yourself, then do it (violently protest) in your name, not in Michael’s name.”

Brown’s funeral “is not about you,” Sharpton also said, addressing protesters. “This is about justice. This is about sadness. And, America is going to have to come to terms with there’s something wrong that we have money to give military equipment to police forces but we don’t have money for training and money for public education, and money to train our children.”

The Black leader also lashed out at authorities for the lack of transparency in the investigation and for releasing a video that allegedly shows Brown leaving a convenience store that was robbed the day of his death. “How do you think we look when the world sees you can’t produce a police report but you can find a video?” he asked, eliciting applause. He added, “[Police who are wrong] need to be dealt with just like people in our community who are wrong need to be dealt with.”

Turning his criticism to the Black community, Sharpton called out those who call women derogatory names and refer to themselves as “n-gg-rs.” “You’ve lost where you’ve come from,” he said. “We have to clean up our community so we can clean up the United States of America.”

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Artist Documents the Life Lessons of Black Men

By Roberto Alejandro Special to the AFRO

The names seem to pile up in the American imagination: Amadou Diallo, Sean Bell, Trayvon Martin, Jonathan Ferrell, and Michael Brown.

We know the circumstances of their deaths, but we have never heard their stories directly from them, silenced as they were on the perception that they were dangerous criminals.

In Baltimore City, artist Gracie Xavier has undertaken a community art project, titled Black Men in Focus (BMIF) that documents the stories of Black men, allowing them to tell their own stories and focusing attention on them for a reason other than their extra-judicial killing.

“The whole thing was to go against, not so much police brutality, but the picture of “we’re always

going to be a mugshot,” “you’re always going to be in jail,” or “you’re always going to end up dead or shot or having that confrontation with police,” and that’s not all of our stories,” said Xavier. “Where do you hear the voice of the Black men about the other things that they do, that they’re fathers, uncles, and that other things matter to them.”

The project began as part of Xavier’s master’s degree in community art thesis at the Maryland Institute College of Art, and sought Black men willing to share their stories and pass on their accumulated wisdom. The project will culminate with an online survival guide for young Black men based on the life Xavier. “Because there are kids that experiences of BMIF participants. are just in survival mode. They need “Some people are like, ‘Why do the basic needs, they can’t even get you want to build a survival guide, Baltimore eekend to the W part where we’re talking about shouldn’t it be a thrive guide?’” said

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located him. Anyone with information is asked to contact 410396-2433.

During the early hours of Sunday, Aug. 24 officers responded to the 1500 block of Gorusch Avenue for a reported shooting and encountered an adult male victim with multiple gunshot wounds.

The victim, identified as Lamont Randolph Logan of the 1500 block of Gorusch Avenue, was transported to an area hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. The death has been ruled a

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enrichment and all that stuff, because ‘I need to eat,’ ‘I need to know where I sleep.’”

To help facilitate the interviews,

Date Victim Aug. 22 Nathaniel Quarterman, 54 Aug. 22 14-­‐yr-­‐old male Aug. 23 Unnamed male Aug. 23 Unnamed male Aug. 23 Unnamed male Aug. 24 Lamont Randolph Logan, 39 Aug. 24 Unnamed male Aug. 24 Darryl Dovi , 45-­‐ stabbed Aug. 24 Keyanee Stewart, 26

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Xavier turned to Dr. LaMarr Shields of the Paul Robeson Academic International School of Excellence (PRAISE). PRAISE is a Saturday college readiness program for boys of color in Baltimore.

Shields helped facilitate a number of Xavier’s photo shoots and interviews, with PRAISE students asking many of the questions. Vincent Ebron asked some of those questions.

Being a person of my age, right now, is rough,” said Ebron. “There’s always bullets flying everywhere that don’t have a name – innocent people are always in the wrong place at the wrong time. And people my age are always being disrespected a lot, just because we’re young and people don’t think we know things.

Especially with the police, with that situation, they see us as evil.”

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homicide and detectives are asking that anyone with information contact 410-396-2100.

At 3:31 a.m. on Sunday officers responded to an area hospital on a report of a walk-in shooting victim. At the hospital, officers encountered an adult male with a gunshot wound to the right side of his chest, and were able to determine the shooting occurred on the 3300 block of Monument Street. Detectives are asking that anyone with information contact 410-396-2433.

At 6:59 a.m. on Sunday police responded to a report of a stabbing on the 600 block of Winston Avenue. The victim, identified as Darryl Dovi of the 600 block of Winston Avenue, died from his injuries after being transported to an area hospital.

Detectives are asking that anyone with information contact 410396-2100.

Closing out the violent weekend, officers responded to the 4200 block of West Bay Avenue at 10:52 a.m. Sunday, where they encountered a male victim with apparent gunshot wounds.

The victim was pronounced dead at the scene and detectives are asking that anyone with information contact them at 410-3962100.

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celebrate the event. including this one that you are Before the official about to see,” he said. “There speeches, guests were treated are now 5,500 people who are to music from a live band, employed here at Caesers and ate hors d’oeuvres, had at other locations because of drinks poured by costumed this effort. It was not easy to performers and even get this done, to get this built, witnessed people dancing to do it on time, to do it on while suspended from the top budget.” of the building.

But the highlight of the “The opening of this evening for most was well casino is a bold statement known R&B legend, Gladys about the vitality of our Knight, whose appearance downtown and I believe it will elicited oohs, ahs and screams be a springboard for growth in of delight. Members of this area,” she said. the crowd expressed their The mayor also thanked extreme pleasure and surprise the city and state officials since they hadn’t known she’d who she said moved heaven and earth to make the casino a reality. She also touted an intensive employment push, –Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake including a workshop program called Horseshoe be there. And no one was Legendary Academy that disappointed. They swayed in helped participants learn what sync as she performed a good to do to ace the employment collection of her greatest hits. seeding process. She said that While VIPs celebrated nearly 2,700 city residents outside, members of the participated in the workshops general public began and 1,900 earned special gathering for the 9 p.m. hiring consideration at the opening as early as 5:30. As casino. She said that a total of the night went on, there were 1,251 Baltimore city residents reports that some people had were hired at the casino. to wait in line for an hour or “You’ll know them. You’ll longer to get in. be able to tell. They will be “Thank you to everyone the ones with the extra-wide waiting so patiently, we smiles,” she said. have reached capacity but Gov. O’Malley also are working efficiently and highlighted the jobs diligently to get people in Horseshoe brought to the area. quickly,” the casino’s twitter “So far, there have been account tweeted a little after 5,000 people employed, 10 p.m. building terrific facilities See photos on A5

“The opening of this casino is a bold statement about the vitality of our downtown and I believe it will be a springboard for growth in this area.”

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Photos by J.D. Howard Howard Henderson, J.P. Grant and Zack Daniels with Horseshoe hostesses

Steven King, Dr. Donnie Cook and Dr. David Wilson

Alex Dixon, Horseshoe vice president, with Richard and Diane Bell McKoy

Evelyn Chatman and Jack Savage

Dr. Gary and Sen. Verna Jones Rodwell

Eddie and Sylvia Brown

Rep. Elijah Cummings and Del. Nathaniel Oaks

Alex Dixon and Sen. Cathy Pugh Mr. and Mrs. Bill Jews

Mr. and Mrs. J.P. Grant, right, and their guests

Jim McLean and Arnold Williams

Nathaniel McFadden with guests Del. Shawn Tarrant, Speaker Mike Busch

Shelia Dixon, Kevin Cartwright and Wanda Watts

Howard Henderson, Karenthia Barber and Ray Skinner

Steve and Joy Sibel with Alex Dixon

Joan Pratt, David Holiday, Georgia Arrington, Pam Arrington

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Weak in the Knees

By Marcia Ra-Akbar Special to the AFRO Get a little bit older or put on some extra pounds and you’ll realize that knee problems can quickly take over your life.

What often starts out as small twinges here or there, will turn into everyday pain if not properly managed. Simple movements like going up and down stairs, in and out of your car, and walking and bending, can become painful challenges with constant reminders.

Daily routines get altered and physical activities are abandoned. If you fit into this category, you’re not alone. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, half of all adults age 85 will develop osteoarthritis or weak knees resulting in pain. Two-thirds of obese adults will do the same. While this statistic reflects the rise is knee replacement surgery over the years, you can beat the odds with exercise,

Squatting

Squatting is an excellent exercise designed to build

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the muscles around the knee joints. When the muscles surrounding the knee are strengthened through exercise, pressure and pain on the knee are relieved. Joints like your knee, don’t have to work as hard when you have strong muscles. Squats are the best exercise to for weak knees.

Stand with your feet slightly wider than shoulder-width apart. Place your arms straight in front of you, parallel to the floor and palms facedown. Keep your back straight and begin to bend your knees as if to sit in a chair. The whole time, your knees should remain above your feet so you can still see your toes. Raise back up to standing. Repeat.

Lunges

Lunges, if done correctly are great exercise as well. Take a step forward with your left leg and lower your body until your left thigh is parallel to the ground. Your left knee and left hip should make a 90-degree angle. Stand back up straight and then take a step with your

right leg and lower your body toward the ground. Keep walking forward, lunging as you go. If this is difficult to do, start out going down half way and work your way lower in time. Be mindful to engage the core to assist.

Leg Extending

This exercise can be done sitting in a chair. It strengthens your quadriceps muscles, the large muscle on the front of your thigh. Sitting in a chair, keep one foot on the floor and lift the other up until your leg is straight in front of you. Squeeze your leg for five seconds then lower it back down. Repeat.

Leg Curls

Leg curls can be done at home or at the gym on a machine. It’s a great exercise to work your hamstring, the muscle on the back of your

thigh. To do this exercise at home, stand and hold onto the back of a chair. Lift your left heel up toward your bottom, squeeze for five seconds then lower back to the floor.

Then lift your right heel. Repeat. You can also do this movement while lying on your stomach. Lift one heel at a time, or both at the same time. Leg Curl machines allow you to add resistance and can be found in every gym.

Exercise can be the last thing on the minds of those who live with constant knee pain but it can be incredibly effective.

Always speak with your physician and discuss your goals with them.

Weight loss through proper eating can be incredibly effective at reducing knee pain.

Every pound you gain adds four pounds of pressure on the knees. Losing five to ten pounds will make a huge impact.

Have a fitness question? Send your questions to mraakbar2@gmail.com. You can follow Marcia on twitter @mraakbar and Instagram @mraakbar

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August 30, 2014 - September 5, 2014 The Afro-American

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We All Are the Sons and Daughters of Labor For my family (and probably your own), Labor Day is a civil rights holiday especially for those of us who are Americans of Color.

When my kids were young, they would ask me about Labor Day. I would tell them about A. Phillip Randolph of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car porters and their role in bringing about the integration of the U.S. military and the movement for civil rights.

Congressman On Labor Day, I also Elijah Cummings reminded my children that, before their grandparents had a union to stand by them, they were forced to work from sun up to sun down for 15 cents an hour.

In the early 1950s, my parents moved to Baltimore to make a better life for their family. In South Baltimore, my father worked as a unionized laborer at Davison Chemical Company.

Dad’s union card helped us to change our lives for the better.

The union provided our family with the health care plan that kept us healthy and strong. Dad’s union contract helped my parents buy our home (the same home in which my mother lives to this very day). We children were able to study at better schools – the foundation for all that we have become in life.

For my family, and tens of millions of Americans like us, unions were the driving force that transformed our lives.

This is why we understand that the unrelenting attacks upon America’s unions are also attacks directed at us.

The American strategy for success has always been a simple one: work hard, and achieve a better life. For far too many Americans today, however, this opportunity appears to be receding out of reach.

As my friend and colleague, Rep. George Miller [CA-07], former chairman of the Education and Labor Committee, once declared, “. . . the middle class has been squeezed.”

“Corporate profits and executive compensation have skyrocketed,” he has observed to me, time and time again, “but the middle class has seen their wages stagnate, while the costs for basic needs like healthcare, education, food, energy and housing continue to increase.”

This reality has become even more evident during recent years.

Most experts would agree with Rep. Miller that “globalization and misguided government policies” have led to widespread economic insecurity. However, his use of the term, “misguided,” may have been overly diplomatic.

A strong case can be made that the “squeezing” of the middle class Americans of whom he speaks has been intentional.

Corporate America and its political allies have been on the attack in recent years - demanding more work for less pay while raising prices to whatever the market will bear. This squeeze progressed for nearly a decade with the active assistance of the Bush Administration and its congressional allies.

In an economy driven by consumer spending, that squeezing of the American family is what led, eventually, to a credit balloon that burst and the devastating recession from which we still are recovering.

Neither American unions nor the working families the unions represent were the cause of that economic recession.

Rather, America’s workers were the victims of a conscious set of policies that virtually guaranteed serious economic trouble.

On Labor Day, we also should remember our history and recall the long, hard struggles through which working families

“For my family, and tens of millions of Americans like us, unions were the driving force that transformed our lives.” have made progress in this country. The ability of working people to organize through labor unions has always been important because our nation’s unions have set the standard for how all of us must be treated on our jobs.

Working people gained a vote at our workplace through the collective bargaining that complemented and reinforced our political voice at the ballot box. New Deal reformers called this balance of labor power and influence “industrial democracy.”

This is why, in recent years, “industrial democracy” has

been under a sustained attack by corporate interests and their political allies - attacks that continue to this day in both the Congress and the courts.

It is important for us to keep this historical context in mind because, today, our civil rights, as well as our opportunities for economic advancement, are at stake.

The Civil Rights Movement of our own time is not limited to issues of race or gender or freedom of association - although recent events have demonstrated that these civil rights challenges must still be confronted and overcome.

However, the Civil Rights Movement of this century must also address whether working parents can afford to feed and house their children – and provide their children with the health care, education and opportunity that they deserve.

In broader terms, the Civil Rights Movement of our time is about whether America, once again, can become a nation of opportunity for all – or whether hard working Americans will continue to be squeezed past the breaking point.

We all are the sons and daughters of Labor. It is a fundamental truth that should guide us on Labor Day and every day of our lives.

U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings represents Maryland’s 7th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives.

Ferguson—It’s a Revolution!

Chanting slogans, crying in despair, praying in anguish, running and screaming as sirens are blaring, tear gas drops clouding the air, and police yelling, pushing, handcuffing marchers. This is not a riot—but the start of a “Revolution”…and it’s about time.

Shocking, isn’t it, to read someone has the nerve to write such a thought. I, like most people around the world have L.C. DeVine watched the unrest unfolding in Ferguson, Mo. Most folks in disbelief that such a situation is happening right here in the heartland of the USA. But, for many African-American/Blacks, who aren’t hiding behind the superficial cloak of their soci-economic class, know the pain and reality these people in this town are experiencing, and understand they are sick and tired of their situation as many others around the world in their unrest.

Many other ethnic groups, especially whites, cannot grasp what’s going on, because as the character in an old television program, “Good Times,” put it, “How can you understand where I’m coming from, if you haven’t been where I been to understand?” In these non-black communities they do not see the injustice so they can’t fathom why these African-American/ Blacks will not go home and allow justice to handle the legal aspect of this situation. They do not understand that time after time ‘their legal system’ of justice fails to provide legal justice for others. They do not understand that this ‘warrior cry’ is not just about the death of an unarmed black teenager, but about the hundreds of deaths, the racial profiling, the years and decades

of being dehumanized and being treated with the utmost disrespect from/by the police and other whites.

Many of us understand that the presence of law enforcement in Ferguson is really not there to protect the people, but the property of those stores and shop owners. These people are not fighting, shooting, or harming each other, but as soon as the businesses were touched they arrived in military fashion ready to shoot to kill if necessary over property-not over human lives, especially not theirs.

Unfortunately, those that live in Ferguson will pay for the destruction to those businesses when and if they reopen by way of higher prices, because the shop and store owners will file insurance claims and ultimately that will be passed on to them

“This is not a riot—but the start of a ‘Revolution’…and it’s about time.” in even higher prices for the goods they purchase from those establishments.

A fortunate situation however, can come from all the solidarity, brother and sisterhood, energy, rage and anger once the momentum is over. What I am referring to is the opportunity for changes these people will have in order to create the desired changes they seek if they collectively stay together. They have the power to remove by recall or not to reelect the prosecutor, the sheriff, the mayor, and the city council members that regulate what goes on legally in their community. These revolutionists have the power to form community coalitions, to monitor and protect their individual neighborhoods and communities. They have the power

to change the behavior of the policing that occurs in their community by joining the law enforcement….Yes, becoming the police. But, because of the decades of police mistreatments, brutality, and negative rap in their communities this is a line of work they have avoided. There are very few, if any children in these communities thinking about growing up to become a police officer, but it’s time for us to change that.

In addition, these people in this community have the power to pool their money and resources together and start their own businesses. I’m guessing none of those businesses that were damaged in Ferguson were Black owned. I am sure they would not have done such a thing to their own places of business.

I believe for those that don’t live in communities like Ferguson, and by the way there are thousands of them throughout the USA, should understand that this was about more than a White police officer and a Black teenager, but about the injustice and harassment of White police officers all over the country forced brutality against citizens and the law being stacked against them when they seek justice in the legal system. Far too many times, as many around the world have witnessed, the court system has jurors that live outside these communities, that do not understand the culture and rely on their own prejudices, perceptions and culture differences in their decision making, which often align with the officers of their own ethnicity.

So, I say YES…it’s time for a “revolution,” not by destruction, but by voting out those that do not have our best interest in mind, by policing our own communities to ensure our children are safe, by crowd-funding to create our own businesses, and by instilling moral values , and learning to show love toward all people. I say yes, to a revolution all over this country because it’s time--not in hate, but for the purpose of living together in peace, respect, and love.

L.C. DeVine is a blogger and editor at CrimeDivas.com

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COMMUNITY CONNECTION Getting Ready at Renaissance Academy

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Renaissance Academy principal, Nikkia Rowe, and staff walked the Marble Hill community around the school greeting neighbors and generally sending positive vibes for the beginning of what is hoped to be a successful school year. The walk was also to familiarize the school’s leadership with the streets through which their students travel daily to come to school.

S.A.V.E. Sponsors Crab Feast for $cholarships Survivors Against Violence Everywhere “S.A.V.E.” will sponsor a crab feast/silent auction, 2 – 6 p.m., Sept. 13 at Heritage Parkville Gardens, 7631 Harford Road.

All proceeds will go directly to the S.A.V.E. Scholarship Fund. Each year a graduating high school senior who has lost a loved one to homicide in Baltimore City receives a college scholarship for tuition. Former recipients have attended Morgan State University, Coppin State University, Hampton University, etc. S.A.V.E. has been assisting families to cope with the murder of their loved ones since 1993. The organization consists of the alumni members of the Family Bereavement Center of the Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s Office. Participants in S.A.V.E. have lost loved ones due to homicide in Baltimore City.

For additional information contact Robin Haskins at 443-226-3497 Walk to Raise Funds and Awareness for Kids in Foster Care

KidsPeace Foster Care is hosting its 5th Annual KidsPeace Trick-or-Trot 5K/1-Mile Walk presented by One Main Financial, Nov. 1, at Oriole Park at Camden Yards.

Angela and Buck Showalter, and the Oriole Bird are hosts of the race, and with sponsorship of area businesses, the non profit hopes to raise awareness and funds for foster care youth in Maryland. For more information, please visit our website at www.kidspeace5K.org.

September is National Back to Church Month In observance of National Back to Church Month, Israel Baptist Church is issuing an invitation to its Back on Track service, 9:45 a.m., Sept. 14 at 2000 N. Washington St. Israel’s pastor, the Rev. H. Walden Wilson II will bring the message and worship leadership will be conducted by the music, deaf, dance and mime ministries. The focus that Sunday will also be in offering thanks for traveling grace and new mercies during summer vacations or staycations.

For more information call the church office at 410-7323494 or visit them on the web at www.israelbaptist.org Morgan Student Completes Army ROTC Malachi Jamison, a student at Morgan State University in Baltimore, has graduated from the Army ROTC (Reserve Officers’ Training Corps) Leader Training Course at Fort Knox, Ky. The four-week course is a leadership internship for cadets that can lead to the ultimate goal of becoming Army [Photo courtesy Facebook] officers. College Malachi Jamison students experience and examine the Army without incurring an obligation to serve, and are eligible to receive two-year college scholarship offers and attend the ROTC Advanced Course at their colleges.

Cadets are observed and evaluated during classroom and field training exercises to determine their officer potential in leadership abilities and skills. The cadets are trained to have a sound understanding of traditional leadership values during the challenging, motivating “hands-on” training.

The training develops well-disciplined, highly motivated, physically conditioned students, and helps improve the cadets’ self-confidence, initiative, leadership potential, decision making, and collective team cohesion.

The cadets receive training in fundamental military skills, Army values, ethics, Warrior ethos, basic rifle marksmanship, small arms tactics, weapons training, drill and ceremony, communications, combat water survival training, rappelling, land navigation, and squad-level operations field training.

Malachi is the son of Joyce and James Jamison of Baltimore and a 2010 graduate of Patterson High School.

Tyler Perry’s D’Atra Hicks To Perform in Teacher’s Lounge in Baltimore This Weekend Back By Popular

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Play director, Dr. Gregory Branch with the creator, Ursula Battle.

Demand, Ursula V. Battle’s The Teachers’ Lounge returns Aug. 30 and 31, for a special “back to school” engagement.

Headlining the performance will be actress/singer D’Atra Hicks who has performed in several Tyler Perry plays including Madea’s Family Reunion, and What’s Done in the Dark.

The Teachers’ Lounge returns to the stage of the Randallstown Community Center, 3505 Resource Drive in Randallstown. The return of the production follows a weekend run this past spring at the Randallstown Community Center and a two-weekend fall run at the Downtown Cultural Art Center.

The Teachers’ Lounge was written and is being produced by playwright, journalist, and Baltimore native Ursula V. Battle. The play is being directed by Dr. Gregory Wm. Branch of Unified Voices of Johns Hopkins.

A drama with comedic elements, The Teachers’ Lounge centers around the lives of six teachers at the imaginary New Peaceful Pines Elementary/Middle School. The teachers find refuge in their lounge, that one special place of temporary escape where they gather during their long-awaited lunch break to feast on juicy gossip, riveting secrets, insatiable desires and even secret romance.

While the play is set within a school, the production’s universal themes and uplifting spiritual messages, make it a must see for all audiences.

Hicks will portray Miss Brooks, the school’s cleaning lady. The talented actress and singer began singing at the age of four. In 1989, she signed with Capital Records and released her self titled debut album.

Her first single, Sweet Talk. went to Number 4 on the Billboard Charts.

Hicks’ career also includes sell-out tours in Japan for her album, and a starring role in the stage play Mama I Want to Sing. Her credits also include Diary of a Mad Black Woman and The Maintenance Man. She is also featured on Bishop T.D. Jakes’ The Storm is Over Now music project.

In addition to Hicks, The Teachers’ Lounge features a powerful cadre of some of Baltimore’s most talented performers, including Dravon James of HBO’s The Wire.

The production is an updated return of the highly successful The Teachers’ Lounge that debuted in 2002 at Coppin State University.

General Admission tickets purchased before Aug. 16 are $20 and $25 after August 16. VIP tickets are $50 (VIP includes preferred seating, badge, souvenir bag and reception). Performance dates and times are: 2 and 6 p.m., Aug. 30; 3 p.m. Aug. 31. Tickets must be purchased in advance and will not be available for sale at the door.

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Mother Adrenis Carter Reid It was a time of great worship at the celebration of life for Mother Adrenis Carter Reid, mother of Bethel AME Pastor, the Rev. Frank Madison Reid III, Aug. 23.

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Rev. Reid delivers the eulogy.

Rev. Steve Jones, Greater Hope COGIC, sings his heart out.

Rev. Charlotte Clemmons, Shiloh AME, and her husband greet Rev. Reid.

Kurt Schmoke

Shelia Dixon

Del. Keith Haynes and Rev. Reid

Sherri Hunt, soloist and Rev. Reid

Rev. Dr. Peggy Wall, St. John AME Church

Photos by JD Howard

Evangelist Lois Finch, Rev. Mark A. Wainwright, Rev. Samuel Ray and Rev. Anna Scribner

Rev. Jimmy Baldwin, Shiloh Christian Community Church

Deacon Keith Walker

Morning Star Baptist Church Choir

The immediate family: James Wainwright, Bertha Peyton and Gloria Wainwright

Rev. Fowler Offering words of comfort.

Lessie Wainwright

Betty Gordon, soloist Greeting the family

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Reading of the obituary by Martha Ayers

Friends and family members gathered, Aug. 23, at Morning Star Baptist Church, to remember the life of Lessie Wainwright, founder of Granny’s restaurant in Owings Mills, who died, Aug. 18 at 109 years of age.

Morning Star Baptist Church pastor, the Rev. Dr. Samuel Ray greeting the family.

Joan Pratt

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“Who made the mountains, who made the trees who made the rivers flow to the sea and who sends the rain when the earth is dry somebody bigger than you and I. Who made the flowers to bloom in the spring who made the song for the robins to sing and who hung the moon and the stars in the sky somebody bigger than you and I.” “Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer, those days of soda, pretzels, and beer. Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer. Dust off the sun and moon and sing a song of cheer you’ll wish that summer could always be here” Nat King Cole One of my favorite spots to people watch in Martha’s Vineyard is sitting on the porch of the Island Grill on Circuit Avenue, because eventually everyone on the island is on Circuit Avenue. Special thanks to the owner, Sonny who reserved a table for me on the porch daily. If you missed your friends during the third week in August, they were probably vacationing in Martha’s Vineyard with President Obama and family. I saw so many people from Maryland, it was like homecoming our golfing friends were at Farm Neck Golf Course when the President arrived. Special kudos to the Secret Service men who protect our president they are a friendly and courteous group. I was walking down the street after leaving Look-Out Tavern; the President had just arrived next door at Valerie Jarrett’s house to watch the fireworks. As I walked down the street, two of the secret service turned on their flashlights so I could see the curb.

“Up in the mornin’, out on the job work like the devil for my pay, but that lucky old sun has nothin’ to do but roll around heaven all day.” Ray Charles The trip to Menemsha, a small fishing village on Thursday is one of the highpoints of my visit to Martha’s Vineyard to watch the most spectacular sunset, true evidence that God is the master artist. I know the sun sets everyday but Thursday has a cult like following when the crowds gather.

I must commend US Airways for providing exceptional customer service at Reagan National Airport on my flight to Martha’s Vineyard. The host greeted me at curbside with a wheelchair when he saw me get out of the car with my cane. He checked me in, took me through security, waited for me to purchase a cup of coffee then took me to my departure gate where another host was assigned to me to assist in boarding. Now it’s time to board for the one-hour direct flight, the host helped me board the bus for the short drive to the plane where you board outside like the olden days. The flight attendant was waiting to help me get on the plane before the other passengers arrived. Once in Martha’s Vineyard the pilot helped me down the steps on to the tarmac to the waiting wheelchair. On my return flight they added a ramp for me to walk up and once I arrived at Reagan, the host boarded the plane and asked if I needed a ramp to get off.

I graciously said no thanks because by now I’m overwhelmed with the level of service I had received and the courteous manners of the staff. Once I got in the terminal, another host was standing there with a sign that read “reserved for Fraling” and proceeded to take me to baggage claim and stopping along the way so I could get a half smoke with chili from Ben’s Chili Bowl’s new location in Reagan National Airport.

This is the first time I needed assistance while travelling but you can bet I’ll fly US Airway again because it’s clear they emphasize customer service.

Calling all Virgos to the floor, we got some here and we need some more it’s party time.

Happy birthday to Colin’s owner Dante Daniels, Carlton Douglass, Dr. James Wood, Phyllis Baptist, Yvonne Frye, Freddi Vaughn, Jackie Richardson, Mildred Battle, Dr. Raymond Bowen, Mildred Taylor, Brenda Wright, Auvea Fortune, Rotunda “Bunky” Jenkins and a happy 95th birthday to Delores Hall.

Happy anniversary to Councilwoman Sharon and Glennard Middleton and Sara and Eugene Smalley may you continue to live a life filled with “Love and Happiness.

“Oh beautiful for spacious skies for amber waves of grain for purple mountain majesties above the fruited plain”

“Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for a while, leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never, ever the same.” Flavia Weedn

This year the most ominous looking clouds vied for attention and competed with the sun to see who would dominate the evening sky. As the sun burst into brilliant colors glowing in reds, orange and yellow. Before the sun set it danced and bowed to the amazement of the sun watchers and gently perched on top of the water.

Remembering my longtime friend and neighbor Maxine Mitchner who is now reunited with the love of her life her husband Lloyd Mitchner. Rest in Peace Max “until we meet again.”

“Merely satisfying customers will not be enough to earn their loyalty. Instead, they must experience exceptional service worthy of their repeat business and referral. Understand the factors that drive this customer revolution.” Rick Tate

The final days of summer bring a whirlwind of activities as people enjoy the “last of the summer wine” as they prepare for the fall season. The Mt. Washington Village Merchants Association Fall Block Party is Oct. 12 and Betsy Gardner is looking for vendors contact betsygardner2@gmail.com or call 443-600-6803.

Happy Labor Day! Valerie and the Friday Night Bunch

Bill T. Jones Interview

Tiny Dancer, Dancing in the Sand subtext to that. You can look at my face and see what color I am. Still, it’s important to me to carry that little medal on my shoulder. As time goes on, it just might be part of the answer to the existential question “Who am I? Where do I come from?

And why am I here?” There’s something specific about it that inflects my life as a Black person.

By Kam Williams Special to the AFRO Williams Tass Jones is an accomplished artist, choreographer, dancer, theater director and writer. The worldrenowned Renaissance man was born in Bunnell, Florida on Feb. 15, 1952, but raised in upstate New York from an early age.

Bill began his dance training at the State University at Binghamton, where he studied classical ballet and modern dance. In 1982, he formed the Bill T. Jones / Arnie Zane Dance Company with his late partner, Arnie Zane.

Today, he continues to serve as the company’s choreographer and artistic director. He is also the executive director of New York Live Arts, a multi-disciplinary performance venue.

Bill is the recipient of many accolades, including the National Medal of Arts, the Kennedy Center Honors, the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award, Tony Awards in the Best Choreography category (for Fela! And Spring Awakening), a MacArthur Genius Grant, the prestigious Order of Arts and Letters from the government of France, and induction into the National Museum of Dance Hall of Fame.

Here, he talks about his career and his surrealistic new memoir, Story/Time.

KW: What a unique idea, turning a series of surrealistic lectures you delivered at Princeton into a memoir?

BTJ: I don’t know why I still have this illusion that I could do something quietly which would just be for a very small group of people. Now that the book is being promoted, there are wider ramifications, and it’s part of a whole other form of expression beyond my just doing pure inquiry for myself. And you’re one of those personalities that comes along with that tsunami of discourse. So, no complaints, I’m just adjusting to that. So, what would you like to do, Kam? KW: I’d like to mix in questions from fans with some of my own. Professor/Filmmaker/Author Hisani Dubose says: How has the trend towards people relying on technology for entertainment affected the appreciation of creativity in terms of live dance performances?

BTJ: [Laughs] Well, that’s quite a question, Hisani. We’re all wondering about that. There are a couple things we see.

Dancers were the last romantics. The Romantic Movement of the 18th and 19th Century had this idea that everything in the world was an expression of Nature. We in the dance world held onto this idea for a long time that we were Nature itself. There were no tricks involved. When the curtain went up, you saw real people onstage. And we took that as setting us apart from other cultural pursuits. It’s not scored and we don’t need a conductor to bring it to life. No, dance is about a group of people coming together and using their bodies. But

Bill T. Jones now we’re in an electronic, on-demand age where everything can be reproduced, and where life is an even more turned inwards experience. One thing about dance that I’m proud of is the fact that you have to show up in a place and create an instant community for an event that occurs onstage which, depending on the skill of the creators, has great resonance with that community of people. And this may sound suspiciously Christian, but you also all share a communion. Do we have the same experience with electronics? I think watching live performers onstage is different from standing around the water cooler discussing last night’s episode of Breaking Bad I notice that there is now this feeling among many young people that the most important things are those that are validated by media. Do they go out of their way to attend an event with a smaller group of people who share a specialized interest? I tend to doubt it. And I suspect that might be a consequence of the rise of electronic media.

KW: Do you think electronic media should somehow be restricted or perhaps even eliminated?

BTJ: No, I’m not a reactionary in that regard. I believe that human life is a spiritual activity, and that anything that human beings give themselves to with great enthusiasm can rise to the level of being transcendent. I’m on the side of humanity and its penchant for finding innovative ways to express our dilemma through whatever medium we’re faced with.

KW: Have you had a hard time pushing back against society’s tendency to pigeonhole you and the pressure to categorize your work? What is Black dance?

BTJ: That used to be the most torturous question for me.

For years, I used to say that I wanted to be no part of anything that had to have a color. I wanted the same freedom enjoyed by my White colleagues. But now I say that black dance is anything that a person who defines himself as black chooses to do. That causes a lot of head scratching. Some may ask, “Why do you bother to put “black” in it?” Because there’s another

KW: Editor/Legist Patricia Turnier who is from Canada and loves dance was wondering whether you have any plans to perform there in the near future.

BTJ: We’ve played in Toronto quite a few times and hope to go there every time we produce a new work which right now is Story/Time which this book is based on. And we have another work-in-progress called Analogy dealing with a narrative in which the dancers speak. I would love to show both of those productions in Canada.

KW: What did it mean to you to be part of the series of the Toni Morrison lecture series, given that she was the first Black female to win the Nobel Prize for Literature?

BTJ: It was a great honor, as well as an honor to have her in attendance, and I look forward to presenting her a copy of the book. Toni actually also happens to be a friend as well.

She lives 15 minutes away from me and my companion and soon-to-be spouse, Bjorn Amelan. We live in a little town in Rockland County called Valley Cottage. Toni’s nearby in a community called Grand View. We see each other socially, and Toni and I shared the stage with Max Roach doing a piece called Degga. Degga, by the way, is a West African word, it’s Yoruba for “understand,” and according to Toni is the root of the phrases “Dig it” and “Can you dig it.”

KW: Was writing this book a cathartic experience for you?

BTJ: On one level it was. The book initially was three lectures in which I attempted to work out some ideas in public.

Since I’m a performer, that’s how I’m most comfortable. But, it’s a whole other thing when you’re confronted with just your words on the page unaccompanied by your personality. So, yes, it was cathartic, but it was also nerve-wracking because I’m a professional performer, not a professional writer.

KW: Would you be interested in choreographing a screen version of a Broadway musical that is dear to your heart?

BTJ: Film is a little beyond me right now. [Laughs] I’m still wrestling with staging real space/real time events that are going to appeal to a broad audience. The recent Broadway musicals that have made it to the screen haven’t done very well. That could change, but it’s not the same as during the Golden Age of Broadway. Making a movie could be a great thing, but for some reason they haven’t fared so well lately.

To order a copy of Story/Time: The Life of an Idea, visit: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0691162700/ ref%3dnosim/thslfofire-20

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ARTS & CULTURE

Hip Hop Corner The Godfather of Hip Hop

By Jineea Butler NNPA Columnist

Hip Hop has always had a fetish with gangster movies and characters. We often see artists referring to themselves in lyrics or using popular characters as their stage name: Public Enemy, Scarface, and Little Caesar were all popular gangster films of the 1930s. The Notorious B.I.G. lost a court battle for the right to use the name Biggie Smalls, a character in Let’s Do It Again with Sidney Poitier and Bill Cosby. Even French Montana borrowed half of his name from Tony Montana made famous by Al Pacino in Scarface.

Jineea Butler My favorite is the Godfather trilogy. It is a timeless chronicle of a 1940s New York Mafia family, redemption and the struggle to protect their empire from rival families. The current state of Hip Hop could be looked at as having five controlling families; New York City, Miami, Los Angeles, Atlanta, and Chicago.

In The Godfather, Marlon Brando played a violent and vicious hero. One could argue that the description is redundant, but are you familiar with Hip Hop veteran James ‘Bimmy’ Antney? Yes, Love and Hip Hop’s Waka Flacka and Deb Antney’s kin, and a former member of the Supreme Team. His moves are much like that of Don Corleone. In The Godfather II, Robert De Niro won an Oscar for portraying Young Vito Corleone and his rise to power.

In a candid conversation with Bimmy, I learned how he earned the right to be called New York’s unofficial Don of Hip Hop. When I asked him why he got so much love and respect from his peers when most are met with hate, he quoted mobster John Gotti: “Everybody is a Gangster till the real Gangster walks in the room.”

Oh. Now I am not implying that Antney is involved in a life of crime. I could tell the streets raised him, but the desire to “be street” left the building long ago.

Just like Don Corleone, he has been there and done that, but his experiences and wisdom have led him to understand that he must lead responsibly.

Bimmy is woven into the fabric of Hip Hop. He lived and slept on the floor in the early days of Def Jam in the famous Chung King Studio when Slick Rick did ‘Children’s Story,’ when Run DMC did ‘Rock Box,’ when LL Cool J did ‘I’m Bad.’ He witnessed Hip Hop being born in its purest form.

Young Vito Corleone realized that the reigning Don Fanucci was taking advantage of the people of Little Italy and decided that the only way to save them was to give him an offer that he couldn’t refuse. Likewise, Bimmy expressed his deep disdain of how New York artists are treated and not revered as they once were. Bimmy wants everybody to understand one thing: while he may have worked for and popped artists from all over the country like Gucci Mane and 2 Chains, he loves his city and wants to restore New York to greatness. After a gap of 14 years since their last project together, LL Cool J entrusted him to lead the crusade on the production and arrangement of the highly anticipated album GOAT 2. LL’s statement on Shade 45 VIP Saturdays says it all, “My man Bim, threw me to the wolves, I’m out here with the wolves and we doing what we do.”

When Vito became the Don, he was everybody’s go-to man. He catered to the people of the community and solved problems for the community. He negotiated truces and collaborations with the other five families; he INVITES YOU AND A GUEST TO SEE was even the voice of reason when necessary. His team was comprised of his family and his most trusted allies.

I see Bimmy Antney carrying out the same obligations and undertakings representing the New York music scene. He led me to believe is he the answer to making sure real Hip Hop lives, especially in New York. He said, “Who am I to down play Hip Hop, if I am not going to help. These young artists need to be nurtured and learn how to ask for and accept help. Maybe then their careers won’t be so short. I know the formula, I’m taking it back to when we first started and all we had was the bull horn. Hip Hop follows the streets and the street game is backwards right now. I care about the mistakes; a mistake could cost us a whole borough.

God appointed me to monitor it and care about it and I do.”

The Godfather trilogy is fiction; Bimmy is not. Far from being a member of the Mafia, he writes his own movies and is an example of how life can imitate art. As LL Cool J is wrapping up G2 and eyeing a G3, Bimmy is TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 - 7:00 P.M. setting the stage for Hip Hop to PLEASE VISIT WWW.GOFOBO.COM/RSVP AND ENTER THE CODE AAW401Y accept an offer no one can refuse.

Susan Sarandon stars in The Calling.

By Kam Williams Special to the AFRO Hazel Micallef (Susan Sarandon) was thinking about retiring from the Port Dundas police force because of the herniated disc that left her addicted to both booze and painkillers. But the hobbling detective decided to put those plans on hold the day she stumbled upon the body of an elderly neighbor whose throat had been slit from ear to ear by a deranged intruder.

After all, this was her beloved hometown’s first homicide in years, and there’s no way she could leave the investigation on the shoulders of the only other two detectives on the force, veteran Ray Green (Gil Bellows) and newcomer Ben Wingate (Topher Grace).

Soon, the three unearth evidence indicating that the murder might very well be the work of the same serial killer

responsible for several other recent slayings elsewhere around Ontario.

Apparently, the creepy lapsed Catholic was practically taunting the authorities by leaving clues online, which is where he preys on each of his vulnerable victims. The question is whether, with the help of a priest (Donald Sutherland), the police will be able to pinpoint the prime suspect’s locale in time to prevent him from striking again.

That is the intriguing setup of The Calling, a multilayered mystery marking South African Jason Stone’s chilling directorial debut. Based on the Inger Ash Wolfe best seller of the same name, the film unfolds less like a whodunit than a cat-and-mouse caper, given the way the perpetrator’s identity is confirmed about midway through the movie.

Still, the picture proves

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‘The Calling’ Film Review Susan Sarandon Stars as Small Town Detective in Adaptation of Cat-and-Mouse Murder Mystery compelling, thanks to a powerful performance on the part of Susan Sarandon.

The talented Oscar-winner (for Dead Man Walking) is uncharacteristically unappealing playing a familiar archetype, one of those substance-abusing souls in decline who summons up the strength to solve one last case.

Fair warning: the film is tarnished slightly by periodic displays of grisly crime scenes apt to upset audience members averse to gratuitous gore.

Otherwise, the picture earns accolades as a taut thriller about a religious zealot on a ritualistic killing spree.

Bless me father for I have slain!

Very Good (3 stars) Rated R for violence, profanity and disturbing content Running time: 108 minutes Distributor: Sony Pictures

“Hip Hop has always had a fetish with gangster movies and characters.”

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Jineea Butler is a Hip Hop analyst who investigates the trends and behaviors of the community and delivers programming that solves the Hip Hop Dilemma. She can be reached at jineea@gmail.com or Tweet her at @flygirlladyjay

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Conference Promises to Bring Sexy Back to Christian Marriages Lisa Snowden-McCray Special to the AFRO

BALTIMORE – Gail Crowder believes she is on a mission from God – to make sure Christian husbands and wives have the healthiest, most fulfilling relationships possible, mentally, emotionally, and sexually.

She spreads her message through an annual, two-day Bringing Sexy Back Conference.

The event, scheduled for Jan 24-25, 2015 in Germantown, Md., is in its sixth year.

It began when Crowder, an image consultant, was at a networking event with some old friends. While at lunch, one friend blurted out that she and her husband were having issues in the bedroom. Crowder said that in more than 15 years of friendship, the friends had never discussed sex. It was like a dam broke, she said, with the conversation going on for hours.

She said that afterword, she was struck by how many years of friendship it took for the Lisa Snowden-McCray women to have that conversation. After that, she said, God was nudging her towards something. “Every time I would get ready to pray, God was saying to me, ‘Gail you really should do something about it.’ There are women all over the world, especially Christian women, who don’t have anywhere to have that conversation, or have anyone to have that conversation with.�

Now, she said that she is focusing on the things that keep marriages united and happy. “Most people are divorcing over finances and the lack of sex and intimacy. We talk about all the issues, all the stuff that we face as wives.�

She said the conference has opportunities to learn about all kinds of things that can spice up a marriage – like boudoir photography, sexy dancing, and even cooking with foods that are natural aphrodisiacs.

It is a Christian conference, but Crowder says she has faced some resistance from churches who balked at the idea of frank talk about sex. “I have faced a lot of challenges. Some pastors are afraid to face this issue,� she said. However, she points them straight to the Bible. “I take them straight to Song of Solomon and tell them to read that book and see what God says about the marital bed,� she says. “BSB is a Christian conference, but we don’t throw Christianity at any woman. It’s a conference to help women bring their sexy back.�

For those with broken relationships, and in situations where they are being physically and emotionally abused, she has certified counselors and life coaches available.

And does it work? Crowder thinks so. “I have woman who came [in]with divorce papers and [now has] torn up those divorce papers.�

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Pastor Keeps Trauma Response Team Alive For Communities Affected by Violence

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The Rev. Dr. Andre Humphrey has worked for the last five years to keep alive a trauma response team that assists youth and communities affected by crime.

By Roberto Alejandro Special to the AFRO

For 13 years, the Rev. Dr. Andre Humphrey worked with a violence reduction program in Baltimore City designed to assist youth and communities as they worked to process the trauma of violent crime. Five years after the program ended due to lack of funding, Humphrey has continued his efforts, recruiting volunteers and ministering to families and communities affected

by Baltimore’s high incidence of violence.

From 1996 to 2009, the Baltimore Child Development-Community Policing Program operated as a partnership between Johns Hopkins University and the Baltimore City Police Department, according to Dr. Philip Leaf who spearheaded the initiative.

The program focused on child carnage of violent crime – the witnesses, victims and even the criminal suspects – and the community at the center of the violence. A trauma team of clinicians, clergy, police, and community members mobilized at crime scenes to provide mental health services and other resources as quickly as process, in hopes of effectively starting and supporting the grieving process and reducing the recurrence and negative consequences of the violence. The team also followed- up to offer any needed ongoing assistance.

With funding and support dwindling, the program disbanded in 2009. Humphrey, who lost his son to gun violence in 1997, has worked to keep it alive. “I live the trauma piece every day,� said Humphrey.

Humphrey has not only known trauma, he has worked with youth in the juvenile justice system since the 1980s, when he began volunteering at the Charles Hickey School, a juvenile detention and treatment center in Baltimore.

The usual narratives about how youth end up in the juvenile justice system are lacking he says, and are the result of not taking the time to understand why youth act out at times. “I’ve met several kids who are just looking for love,� said Humphrey.

He notes that many young people suffer from mental health issues that are ill served by the juvenile justice system.

For these reasons Humphrey kept the trauma response team going, operating on a volunteer basis while collecting donations whenever possible. He understands the importance of intervening with children affected by trauma before it begins to affect their decision-making. “If some of these kids had someone to talk to and to be evaluated right on the spot, a lot of things they were anticipating doing they wouldn’t do, such as the violence,� said Humphrey.

Apostle Clarence Hooper has worked with Humphrey on the trauma response team for three months. He said the team provides an important service not only to families, but also to police officers affected by the constant stress of responding to Baltimore’s violent-crime scenes. “Everybody is going through trauma,� said Hooper. “The police department, they go through a lot of stress, they need someone who they can talk to. The people in the street will not talk directly with the police department because they don’t trust them, but as clergy they’re willing to sit down and talk with us.�

Former Baltimore City Police Officer Teresa Rigby-Menendez is another volunteer with the response team. Rigby-Menendez retired from the force in January, because of injuries from a work-related accident. She was struck by her a vehicle while assisting a motorist on I-83, and pushed off the interstate, falling 30 feet and suffering various injuries. She volunteered because she understands the importance of continued support in the face of trauma. “I want to have people [understand] that once you see [a victim] walking better or once their wounds heal, [that] doesn’t mean they don’t need that support, that they don’t need someone behind them helping them.

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Films With Postive Images of Young African American Men to Screen at the Long Beach Indie Iinternational Film Festival

Los Angeles, CA (BlackNews.com) -- In the midst of the furor over the death of Michael Brown and the continuing legacy of the Trayvon Martin killing, the Long Beach Indie International Film Festival is featuring a suite of films highlighting positive images of young African American men. Taking place August 27-31, 2014 at the Cinemark at the Pike Theaters in Long Beach, California, the festival screens more than 90 diverse films from across the globe.

The brainchild of festival director Dr. Daniel E. Walker, a noted filmmaker and Research Associate at the Center for Religion and Civic Culture at the University of Southern California, Long Beach Indie was created to entertain, educate, and inspire.

While the festival screens narrative, documentary and animated films from more than 20 countries, the suite of films with positive depictions of young African American men is particularly close to Walker's heart.

He states, “This is an important statement we’re making about the commercialization of negative images of black men in film, television and digital media globally. As opposed to being negative and monolithic, these films and media projects paint a picture that is complex, diverse and redeeming.”

They include: Take Me to the River - Audience Choice Award winner at the 2014 SXSW Arts and Music Festival, director Martin Shore's intergenerational film explores the history and music of Memphis, Tennessee while passing life lessons along to the next generation. Narrated

by Academy Award Nominee Terrence Howard and featuring Bobby Blue Bland, William Bell, Snoop Dogg, Charlie Musselwhite, Mavis Staples and others.

Astray - Ethical boundaries become blurred in Kyle Romanek’s narrative drama when a social worker tries to help a runaway teenager and is confronted with the demons of his own past.

Sol Brothers - Daniel Walker's short film follows the journey of 33 young men of color as they take part in a revolutionary college-focused servant leadership camp.

A Song for Naija - This music-infused documentary highlights the activities of young Nigerian and NigerianAmerican artists, activists, and social entrepreneurs as they create a new model of grassroots leadership on both sides of the Atlantic.

Inner City Champions Frederick Hawthorne’s film chronicles the torturous yet uplifting lives of Los Angeles basketball legends Dwayne Polee Sr. and Freeman Williams, the NCAA’s 2nd all-time leading scorer, as they return home to coach their alma mater.

In Collaboration with Bill T. Jones: Reading, Mercy and The Artificial Nigger - Internationally renowned choreographer Bill T. Jones assists dance students at California State University Long Beach in their production of his controversial staging of Flannery O’Connor’s The Artificial Nigger, meanwhile revealing the backstory of his life.

The Residue Years - The documentary explores the

journey of author Mitchell S. Jackson from a youth and early adulthood marred by

drugs and a prison term, to his life as a writing professor and critically acclaimed author.

The Throwaways - “The Throwaways courageously explores the most pressing

racial justice issue of our time: the mass incarceration and profiling of poor people of

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Author’s Corner Title: White Slave Owners Breeding and Selectively Breeding Themselves with Their Black Female Slaves and Girls Author: Gerald S. Nordé, Ph.D., sociologist Release Date: January, 2014

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Dr. Norde is the first Black American ever to graduate with a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Delaware and he accomplished being the author of the first ever Ph.D. dissertation submitted to the University of Delaware, 1985. He holds a M.S.Ed., Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, Ill. and a bachelor’s degree in Spanish, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. He is the father of four children and the grandfather of four, His hobbies are fishing, baiting, bridge and pinochle, hand-dancing and writing.

What was the impetus for writing this book?

The little girls born in this country, who never learned how to laugh.

What’s the overall theme?

White, Black, Negro, and Colored Americans in and from the South have Gerald S. Nordé the same and identical family heritage and ancestry beginning with the South white slave owners and their two and more sets of children and families with their black female slaves and colored girls in addition to their two and more sets of children and families with their white women and girls.

What surprised you about the development of the book?

It was the resistance from Black, Negro, Colored national organization and associations concerning the book’s conclusions.

For what audience is your book written?

This book is a scholarly book, monograph, but I’ve gone to great effort to write the book for a general audience, especially for Black, Negro and Colored Americans.

What one thing do you most want the reader to learn?

That Black, White, Negro and Colored Americans in and from the South, along with the South’s “southern culture” of patriarch and patrilineality, are all descendants of the South white slave owners and none of the slave owners were Africans or descendants of African slaves What one thing do you want the reader to remember?

Science supports the contention that Black, Negro, and White American have the same ancestry and heritage; just their skin colors are different, just their skin colors.

What did you learn during the writing process?

I learned how soothing writing can be to me.

Any advice for aspiring writers?

My advice is for them to know their subject matter.

Police State U.S.A.

How Orwell’s Nightmare Is Becoming Our Reality

By Cheryl K. Chumley WND Books Hardcover, $26.95 288 pages ISBN: 978-1-936488-14-8 Book Review by Kam Williams

“People have liberty; people take their liberty for granted; people become apathetic; people lose their liberty. We are on that track, but detouring back to the freedom road is still possible…

The data in this book concerns me and should concern you… The coming signs of tyranny are all around us. Fortunately, they can be stopped before it is too late, but not without a courageous effort… We can still save liberty for our children if, and only if, America awakens.”

-- Excerpted from the Foreword (pages xi-xii) Anybody tuning in to the media coverage of the daily protests of the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo. can’t help but notice the intimidating police presence that makes the city look more like a battlefield than a suburban enclave. The frightening militarization has featured everything from armored Humvees and tanks rolling down the streets, to helmeted officers flanked shoulder-to-shoulder behind body-length armored shields, to snipers in camouflage fatigues training their M16 rifles on marchers through night-vision scopes, to the use of tear gas, rubber bullets, smoke bombs and flash grenades to disperse demonstrators.

What are we to make of such a disturbing show of force on the part of local, state and federal authorities? To Cheryl K. Chumley it is merely further evidence of a burgeoning abuse of power on the part of a government already hell bent on trampling its citizens’ constitutional rights.

In her book, Police State U.S.A.: How Orwell’s Nightmare Is Becoming Our Reality, the veteran journalist indicts present-day America as a “total surveillance society.” She argues that tyrannical rule has come as a consequence of the Patriot Act’s creation of secret data collection centers and the employment of the IRS, NSA phone taps, drones, tracking devices, warrantless searches, traffic light cameras and the like to nefarious ends.

For example, the author cites the case of Scottsdale, Arizona, whose city council approved the purchase of a building to house its police investigative unit, “but refused to disclose the facility’s location” in order to “protect the lives” of detectives working undercover. She says it’s certifiably scary, when the nation has arrived at a point where taxpayers are no longer privy to such previously public information.

In a timely chapter devoted to “The Rise of Militarized Police,” Chumley states that what the technology cops now have at their disposal “is the stuff of science fiction,” like guns that fire darts embedded with a GPS. Though such draconian measures should supposedly be of no concern to the law-abiding, it’s still of little comfort when you think of the seemingly neverending state of siege of for folks in Ferguson trying to exercise their First Amendment rights.

Food for thought for anyone who fervently believes our inalienable right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness comes from God, not the government.

To order a copy of Police State U.S.A., visit: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00JUWZVUI/ref%3dnosim/thslfofire-20

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AUTOMOTIVE CENTRAL 2014 Audi A7 TDI

By Frank S. Washington NNPA Columnist DETROIT – It is still hard to believe looking at the 2014 Audi A7 that it is a hatchback with its fastback roof.

Audi does not use the term when talking about the A7 but technically the four-door coupe qualifies. The car had 24.7 cu. ft. of cargo space and that was with the rear seats up.

Audi says the A7 is a five-passenger sedan. But that fifth person will have to sit on an extraordinarily uncomfortable hump. The reality is that the car can tote four people in extreme comfort.

What’s new for this model year is that Audi has equipped the A7 with its 3.0-liter turbocharged diesel engine. This variant made 240 horsepower at 3,500 rpms and 428 pound-feet of torque at 1,750 rpms. Mated to an eight-speed automatic transmission, the 2014 Audi TDI could get from a standstill to 60 mph in a brisk 5.5 seconds.

We didn’t try to do that, nor did we try to see if the car could get to its electronically limited top speed of 130 mph. Still, this cast iron engine block with aluminum alloy cylinder heads moved the 4,266-pound Audi A7 TDI with ease.

The car got 24 mpg in the city, 38 mpg on the highway and 29 mpg combine.

It is hard to imagine anyone who could afford the $66,900 base price of the 2014 Audi A7 TDI caring much about fuel efficiency. But there are some conscientious types who have a couple of bucks.

No matter the income bracket, just about anybody would love driving the A7 TDI. It had a five-link front suspension and a trapezoidal set up in the rear that had a sport calibration. The car handled the ruts of the urban streets here well.

Its electric rack and pinion power steering responded to driver input quickly.

It cornered without any body sway; acceleration was assertive without being brutish and the A7 TDI’s ventilated 13.6 inch front brakes and the 13-inch rear brakes brought it to a stop quickly.

Audi’s standout single frame grille dominates the face of the A7 TDI. The company was one of the first and remains one of the best at using LEDs as decorative daytime running lights. The car also had adaptive Xenon headlights.

The A7 prestige package included a four zone climate control system, heated

and cooled front seats, cornering lights and blind side assist. Audi’s driver assistance featured adaptive cruise control, lane assist and corner view camera.

As well as providing outside corner views fore and aft, the system had a rearview camera and it provided a view in front of the car. It would also use sensors and cameras to provide an overhead image of the car. The sport package featured 20-inch 10 parallel spoke wheels.

The car was equipped with Audi MMI® touch and its handwriting recognition features, hard and soft keys, dedicated buttons for commonly-used controls and a touchpad that interprets hand-written inputs. We have yet to figure out how to use this intuitively, but we’ll keep trying.

It can take some time to customize all of the Audi A7 TDI’s equipment for your use. We particularly liked the Google Map feature that let us see the area the car was in with a three dimension map that showed roof tops including ours and foliage.

Of course, the car had a smart key with push button start and stop. But the gem of its equipment was a 15-speaker, 1,300 watt Bang & Olufsen® Sound system that had aluminum speaker covers in the doors and tweeters that extended from the corners of the dash board with the startup of the car or when the audio system was turned on. In a word, it was bangin.’

Add all of the optional equipment and our 2014 Audi A7 TDI sticker, with freight charges, climbed to $81,395. And the car seemed worth every cent.

Frank S. Washington is editor of AboutThatCar.com

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