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ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis city police officer faces disciplinary action for wearing a tag on his sleeve bearing the last name of the former Ferguson officer

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St. Louis Police Chief Sam Dotson told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch he “couldn’t be more disappointed” and that he thinks the officer will get “some days off for his actions.”

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By Linda Poulson Special to the AFRO Thousands of protestors marched from Freedom Plaza to the National Mall side of the United States Capitol in D.C. on Dec. 13 to dispute police brutality against Black people; particularly Black men and children. The “Justice for All” march was one of several protests across the country occurring in response to numerous killings of unarmed Black males by police officers.

Research: ‘Gone with the Wind’ Premiere Sparked Racial Tension

By Anthony McCartney AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles prosecutors on Tuesday declined to file any charges against Bill Cosby after a woman recently claimed the comedian molested her around 1974.

The rejection of a child sexual abuse charge by prosecutors came roughly 10 days after the woman, Judy Huth, met with Los Angeles police detectives for 90 minutes.

The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office rejected filing a misdemeanor charge of annoying or molesting a child under the age of 18 because the statute of limitations had passed.

Days before Huth spoke to police, she accused Cosby in a civil lawsuit of forcing her to perform a sex act on him in a bedroom of the Playboy Mansion when she was 15 years old. Cosby’s attorney said that Huth attempted to extort $250,000 from the comedian before she sued and that she’d attempted to sell Continued on A4

The march, spear-headed by National Action Network Founder, the Rev. Al Sharpton, emphasized the unlawful murders of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Tamir Rice, Johnny Crawford III, and others by authority figures. Protestors, armed with signs and T-shirts that expressed their disapproval with the criminal justice system, closed down streets in D.C., advocating for change.

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Atlanta Barred Hattie McDaniel & All Black Cast Members

By Johnny Clark Associated Press

Judge Rules Black Boy was Wrongly Executed in 1944 for Deaths of Two White Girls

ATLANTA (AP) — Seventy-five years after the premiere of the movie “Gone with the Wind,” research is shedding light on the racial tensions that existed at the time between the producer and city of Atlanta officials.

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By Jeffrey Collins Associated Press

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A judge has overturned the murder conviction of a 14-year-old Black boy who was executed in 1944 in the deaths of two White girls in segregated South Carolina.

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Washington Wizards guard John Wall will never forget Dec. 8, but not because of the 26 points and career high 17 assists he racked up in an overtime win against the Boston Celtics.

That morning, Wall lost a six-year-old fan, Miyah TelemaqueNelson, to cancer.

“This was an emotional game for me,” Wall said during an interview after the game. “This was for Miyah, one of my close friends who I lost that I met last year. It’s just tough, man, to see a little kid fight so hard for cancer and can’t beat it. This is for her.

It’s a tough day for me and I really cried.”

Shortly after, Wall broke down in tears and walked to the locker room.

“Yeah, it was a tough day for him,” coach Randy Wittman told ESPN. “I thought he handled it well, but he was hurting at the end.”

Wall donated the proceeds of his shoes, jerseys, shorts and more to the family of Telemaque-Nelson.

Telemaque-Nelson was diagnosed with Burkitt’s Lymphoma, a cancer that starts in the immune cells and is recognized as the fastest growing human tumor.

“She was my biggest fan, but I don’t think she understands how big of a fan I was of her and came into my life with a certain situation,” Wall told ESPN. “I was happy to be a role model and a bigger person for her.”

Seattle Police Officer Avoids Charges for Punching Female Suspect

A Seattle police officer will not face charges after video showed him punching a woman earlier this year.

Miyekko Durden-Bosley was punched in the face by Seattle police officer Adley Shepherd in June, breaking the orbital bone of her right eye, according to Seattle Fox affiliate KCPQ. Shepherd, 38, responded to a domestic violence call claiming Durden-Bosley, 23, was intoxicated outside the home of her ex-boyfriend, the father of her three-year-old daughter.

Video from a police cruiser dashboard camera shows Durden-Bosley repeatedly saying that she did not make any threats. Shepherd is seen arresting her and placing her in a car.

With the door still open, Durden-Bosley sticks her leg out, either grazing the officer or missing him completely. Shepherd then yells out “She kicked me,” and proceeds to lean inside of the car and punch Durden-Bosley in the face with sufficient force that he briefly falls on top of her.

“I honestly don’t remember if I kicked at Officer Shepherd, but the video speaks for itself,” Durden-Bosley said in an interview with Seattle NBC affiliate KING. The King County Prosecutor’s Office announced Dec. 5 that it would not file criminal charges against Shepherd.

“While Officer Shepherd may have had other options or alternatives, we have concluded that we would be unable to prove that Officer Shepherd’s use of force was criminal,” prosecutors said according to KING Shepherd had no visible injuries, while Durden-Bosley suffered an inflamed black eye, with blood visible in the white of her eye.

“I definitely do think he should have been charged with a crime,” Durden-Bosley told the television station. “It just hurts. It devastates. I’m hoping [they’ll] hold him accountable for his actions and dismiss him from the force.”

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Miyekko Durden-Bosley was punched in the face by Seattle police officer Adley Shepherd in June.

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The Afro-American, July 5, 2014 - July 5, 2014

District Reacts to Capitol Hill Pot Intrusion

By James Wright Special to the AFRO The recent action by the United States Congress to nullify the District’s marijuana legalization program has upset city residents who say that federal lawmakers should stay out of the District’s local affairs.

On Nov. 4, District voters overwhelmingly approved Initiative 71, legalizing marijuana in small amounts.

Nevertheless, the U.S. House of Representatives on Dec. 11 and the U.S. Senate on Dec. 14 successfully added a rider to the $1.1 trillion appropriations bill that would deny funds to implement marijuana legalization in the District. City leaders are upset.

“Congress moved to overturn a ballot initiative passed overwhelmingly by D.C. residents,” Kimberly

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Kimberly Perry, executive director of DC Vote, wants Congress to let D.C. manage its own affairs.

Perry, executive director of DC Vote, said. “That is an outrage and offends the fundamental principles of democracy. In response, we release the following statement: ‘Any attempt by Congress to preemptively block the elected government of the District of Columbia from passing any law is unconscionable.’”

The House passed the appropriation bill with the anti-District rider, 219-206 and the Senate followed with a 56-40 tally. U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), who was born in the District, issued a statement on Dec. 11 saying that “this omnibus undermines the democratic will of the citizens of the District of Columbia,” and voted against it. President Obama has indicated that while he doesn’t support many provisions of the bill, he will sign it to keep the government in operation until September 2015.

The effort to gut the District’s marijuana laws is led by U.S. Rep. Andy Harris (R-Md.), who represents Maryland’s Eastern Shore.

However, his state colleague, U.S. Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) doesn’t like what Harris has done. “Members of Congress are treating the District like it’s a fiefdom.”

Van Hollen said Dec. 12 on NewsChannel 8’s “News Talk with Bruce DePuyt.

“They say they support local government except when it comes to the District. This is an example of Congress at its worst.”

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December 20, 2014 - January 9, 2015, The Afro-American gives Congress power over the District. Power to elect politicians to govern the city was given to residents in 1973 when the Home Rule Act was passed by Congress, but federal lawmakers still have the final say over the city’s budget and laws.

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defending our rights,” he said.

On Dec. 15, D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (D) said he will ignore Congress and work toward implementing the promarijuana initiative. D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) said the bill’s attempt to gut the city’s marijuana laws

“Members of Congress are treating the District like it’s a fiefdom” – Rep. Chris Van Hollen state, Alaska, and Oregon have legalized marijuana and several states are in the active process of considering it. The action by Congress to attempt nullification of the marijuana legalization process doesn’t surprise D.C. Council member David Grosso (I-At Large).

“Here we go again,” Grosso said. “They could not go into their own jurisdictions and do this. They have nowhere else to go so they treat us like second-class citizens.”

What bothers Grosso is Obama’s inaction regarding the matter. “The president of the United States is not

will not work. “Based on the plain reading of the bill and principles of statutory interpretation, the District may be able to carry out its marijuana legislation initiative,” she said. “Under the alternative reading, Initiative 71 has already been enacted, it is self-executing, that no further D.C. funds or action are needed, and will take effect after the expiration of the congressional layover period,” she said.

The District’s DC Appleseed for Law and Justice, a think tank, concurs with Norton, but has gone further. “The bill

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passed by Congress is an appropriations bill and as a result, the language in that bill doesn’t overturn the District’s initiative; all it does is provide that ‘None of the funds contained in the act may be used to enact any, law, rule, or regulation ‘legalizing marijuana possession,” according to an analysis of the bill on DC Appleseed’s website authored

by Executive Director Walter Smith. “Provided the District uses none of those FY2015 funds to pay for any activities regarding Initiative 71, the District can proceed with those activities.”

The analysis said that the District can use its reserve funds to pay for marijuana legalization, pointing out that the District used its reserve funds to keep the city government operating during the federal government shutdown of 2013 and Congress didn’t object.

Still, the issue for residents is congressional interference.

“We do not believe that Congress should spend a lot of time interfering with the ability of the citizens of the District of Columbia,” Ward 8 Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner Anthony Lorenzo Green tweeted recently.

Residents Wistful as Final Buildings of Skyland Shopping Center Demolished

By Shantella Sherman Special to the AFRO Residents of the Southeast D.C. neighborhood surrounding the old Skyland Shopping Center waved a fond farewell to the commercial hub that once held sentimental memories and the promise of stronger economic development. With many of the buildings erected as early as 1947, Skyland exemplified the trade possibilities that were available when strong communityled entrepreneurship converged with the city’s plans for increased business revenue east of the river.

Even as the community awaits the erection of the new Skyland Town Center, a $220 million project, that will include a Wal-Mart, CVS and 250 apartments, many have grown wistful over the shifting landscape.

Janice Alston, a tenant in the nearby Woodmont Crossings apartments said that while she remains hopeful about the coming commerce set to replace what had become a dilapidated eye sore, she became tearful when the last buildings – Clancy’s and Fields’ Music – were recently razed.

“These businesses were staples in the community and even though they needed repairs here and there, they were operated by hardworking residents,” Alston said.

The widowed mother of two said she protested the dozen or so businesses forced out by eminent domain following a decades-old battle to secure redevelopment. Alston said she believes the appeal and convenience of community-anchored big businesses like Wal-Mart and Target will fade and leave residents at the mercy of strangers.

Fields’ Music and Clancy’s were recently razed as part of the final demolition of Skyland Shopping Center. The site will host the new Skyland town Center by 2017.

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“Business owners like the Dicksons were a part of the neighborhood and it wasn’t just about the profit they could turn from the people who lived here. If the people up and down Good Hope Road or Alabama Avenue ever need anything, on a personal level, these big corporations will not care less,” Alston said.

Ronald and Deloris Dickson, owners of the gentlemen’s club Clancy’s, according to Alston and several neighborhood old settlers, often used the proceeds from their businesses to support local and national causes. In 2004, for instance, Clancy’s held a benefit to raise funds for the National Breast Cancer Coalition, which were refused by the organization, but later provided instead to the Children’s National Medical Center.

“The workers lived here, the owners lived here and they made Fields and Clancy’s an extension of the neighborhood.

They were comfortable spots,” said Otis Preston, a retired security officer who spends his days shuttling shoppers from the Alabama Avenue Safeway to their homes. “Most of the businesses took time to get to know the people who lived here and they could call people by name. I’m happy to see progress come, but I still wish there had been a way of keeping some of the old alongside the new.”

Preston, likens the shifting landscape to the necessary push of time and progress. He said that even as his neighbors relish the shiny and new, there is difficulty watching the faces and structures that impacted their lives disappear.

“Most people are too young to remember when you could get a bottomless cup of coffee for fifteen cent. I love 7-Eleven and even Starbucks, but there is still something special about sitting quietly and having a pretty waitress fill your cup every now and again,” Preston said. “The signs and last buildings that came down signal a time that’s passed… but one that will surely be missed.”

Skyland Town Center development at the southernmost part of Ward 7-- bordered by Alabama Avenue, Naylor Road and Good Hope Road has begun. Conceived more than 25 years ago by the residents of Ward 7, Skyland Town Center will be built in multiple phases, with Phase I, consisting of land development and infrastructure work for the entire site, as well as the construction of the expected Walmart and the first mixeduse apartment building currently referred to as Block 2. The completed development is expected in 2017.

‘Gone with the Wind’

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Emory University film studies professor Matthew Bernstein has conducted extensive research into the archives of the film’s producer, David O. Selznick. His findings illustrate some of Selznick’s concerns with the city’s treatment of the film’s Black stars at the Dec. 15, 1939 premiere.

“Producer David O. Selznick was upset that Hattie McDaniel would not be invited to the Atlanta premiere,” said Bernstein. “He argued over and over that she should be allowed.”

McDaniel played the character, Mammy, and went on to become the first Black actor to receive an Academy Award for her performance as Best Supporting Actress in 1940.

Selznick was guided by the office of Atlanta’s then-mayor William B. Hartsfield. It was Hartsfield that originally reached out to Selznick to bring the premiere to the city.

But due to the racial segregation laws in the Jim Crow south, none of the movie’s Black stars were allowed to attend the premiere or even be included in the movie’s promotional program. McDaniel did attend the Los Angeles premiere and was featured in the program.

“Selznick, because he was Jewish, was very mindful of the persecution of the Jews in Europe in the late-1930s under Nazism,” Bernstein remarks. “And he saw an analogy between that persecution and the life of African-Americans under Jim Crow, especially in the South.”

Bernstein spent years poring over the Harry Ransom Center’s Selznick archive at the University of Texas, Austin. Among the

items studied, memos and telegrams exchanged with Selznick’s staff document the extent of his efforts to persuade Atlanta officials to change their minds.

However, Katharine Brown, Selznick’s east coast assistant and story editor, concedes in a Dec. 8, 1939 letter to Selznick that efforts to include the Black cast must end.

“I hope this will not prove to be a dissatisfaction to you but with everyone so touchy, I am trying very hard to use my very best judgment not to create situations,” Brown writes.

In contrast to the city’s treatment of the movie’s Black cast, local black organizations performed at various events leading up to the night of the premiere.

“One of the most fascinating things about the festivities is Martin Luther

King Jr., when he was 10 years old, actually appeared on stage at a charity ball dressed as a slave in front of a mock-up of Tara singing with the Ebenezer Baptist Church choir,” Bernstein points out.

Steve Klein, a spokesman for The King Center, confirmed the event as a reflection of the times but offered a poignant analogy for the civil- and human-rights icon. “It’s kind of neat that he could go on and be awarded the Nobel Prize.”

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The Afro-American, December 20, 2014 - January 9, 2015

Jackson Retires from Sheriff’s Department

Martial Arts Gym Looking to Strengthen the Community

By Roberto Alejandro Special to the AFRO

By Roberto Alejandro Special to the AFRO After over 28 years of service to the Baltimore sheriff’s department, Capt. Fred Jackson retired. Throughout his Courtesy photo law enforcement career, Cpt. Fred Jackson of he emphasized respect of the Baltimore Sheriff’s the citizenry. His greatest achievements, he says, are his Department recently retired after over 28 years five children and his 37-year of service. relationship with his wife, Janine Jackson. They will celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary next year.

Jackson’s first foray into law enforcement did not exactly presage a long career in the arena.

“I was a bounty hunter for quite a few years. I hated it,” said Jackson during a phone interview with the AFRO. “I absolutely hated it. It was the worst thing I think I ever did in my life.”

“Whatever I was doing, I wanted to be the next guy up.”

–Jackson Jackson, who as a bounty hunter didn’t want to carry a gun, eventually found himself at the Baltimore City Sheriff’s Department after working a number of other jobs, including a stint as a corrections officer.

“When I became a sheriff, the job became interesting, and I decided to stick with it,” said Jackson, who served as a courtroom deputy for his first year in the department. He then became a district deputy for service of process.

“Everything from divorce papers, to garnishments, housing papers, all the things that the sheriff’s office serves,” said Jackson of his duties at this time.

Jackson transferred to the warrant squad, at the time just a handful of deputies, “running up and down the street, catching people like crazy,” said Jackson.

Starting and growing a business is never easy, but it is even harder when your store front sits on North Avenue, one of the most blighted stretches of Baltimore City.

But amidst the hardship that lines both sides of North Ave., Tenyeh ‘Skinnyman’ Dixon and Cordell Hunter have established a space where everyone from neighborhood children, former prisoners, and professional fighters can train and develop themselves.

“We are in the business of building people and challenging yourself,” said Dixon, a professional mixedmartial arts (MMA) fighter for nearly a decade, about the gym he and Hunter opened a few years ago, Baltimore Bulldog Martial Arts (BBMA).

The gym is a no-nonsense training space—more Rocky in Siberia than Drago in Moscow—and emphasizes the sort of equipment fighters in training are actually likely to use (fewer free weights, more tractor tires). And make no mistake, training at BBMA

means training like a fighter.

“We call it ‘train like the pros without taking the blows,’” said Hunter of the gym’s approach to training their customers. “[It’s] just [for] regular guys, not wanting to fight, not wanting to compete, but if you come in here you’re going to do

and Locked in the Cage titles, fighting at 170 lbs. Hunter says that, on occasion, he has to talk weekend warrior types down from wanting to test their mettle against one of the guys doing this for a living.

“Just be comfortable knowing that you’re training, doing the same things they’re

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Tenyeh ‘Skinnyman’ Dixon leads youth through a training exercise at Baltimore Bulldog Martial Arts.

the same thing that the pros are doing except sparring.

We don’t need anybody for punching bags.”

Three professional MMA fighters and seven or eight amateur fighters currently train at BBMA, according to Dixon, who currently holds the Xtreme Caged Combat

Jackson retired as chief of internal affairs. He said that throughout his career, he always strove for advancement. “It’s just like any other job that I ever had, I kept looking at the next guy up, I wanted to have his job. Whatever I was doing, I wanted to be the next guy up.”

Jackson used his off-duty time to learn about how the sheriff’s department works, including coming in at night to learn the computer systems. So, when new opportunities arose, he was in the best position to be promoted.

As a deputy and an officer, Jackson stressed respect, emphasizing that citizens were to be viewed as people first.

Jackson considers it central to the mission of law enforcement

doing,” Hunter tells them.

The gym has been open for about three years, but the two owners have had to sacrifice to keep it going, often having to meet expenses out of pocket—Dixon runs a moving and hauling business and also does home repair work, while Hunter, who has

worked with youth in some capacity for much of his adult life, currently works at a psychiatric rehabilitation program working with young people.

The gym is more than just a business, however, it is a member of a community that has struggled for some time and so Dixon and Hunter do what they can to assist, often tossing out their fee schedules to accomodate neighbors who cannot afford the full monthly rate.

“On the community-based side you end up doing that with everybody,” said Hunter.

“Whether it’s a young guy that just graduated college, or, we’ve had kids that have just come home from jail, under 25, frustrated that they can’t get a job. . . . You can’t just give away stuff, but that comes with just being in the community. It’s just one of those things.”

BBMA is located at 2120 W. North Ave. Open daily, they offer men’s, women’s and children’s classes with instruction in Brazilian jiujitsu, Muay Thai kickboxing, boxing and wrestling. ralejando@afro.com

for officers to see themselves as helpers, first and foremost.

“I felt obligated to teach that to [the deputies] because I grew up here in the city, and I could not stand it when the police would come over like they were overseers and not helpers.”

Though he led a distinguished career in the sheriff’s department, Jackson never defined himself as being an officer of the law. “I always told people that, as far as being a sheriff, it wasn’t what I am it’s just what I do. Because what I really am is a parent, and somebody’s husband. My home life was more important to me than the job was,” said Jackson, ralejandro@afro.com

At Patterson Park Laundromat, Diverse Service Offerings and a Helping Hand to the Community

By Roberto Alejandro Special to the AFRO Louis Monk has spent much of the past year growing the service offerings of the Patterson Park Dry Cleaners and Laundry, a business he purchased and took over last December. Running the laundromat has provided Monk a crash course in how multiple revenue streams can buoy a business in difficult circumstances, lessons he will apply in future entrepreneurial ventures and which allow him to help those of his neighbors in need.

Monk, whose background is in recruiting and sales, says that he had wanted to go into business for himself for some time.

“I knew I wanted to do something, but I didn’t know what it was,” said Monk during a Photo by Roberto Alejandro conversation with the AFRO in his office. “So The storefront of the Patterson Park Dry Cleaners and Laundry on E. when this came up (for sale) I was like, that’s Fayette St. just kind of a sign.”

Monk purchased the laundromat from the Those various streams are a necessity for a small business previous owner and soon added dry cleaning in a neighborhood where some residents cannot afford pick up and delivery to the business’s offerings. regular laundry service, that is competing with a larger, chain “The dry cleaning is going to be the key, because there’s laundromat nearby, and that has to fight certain stereotypes no overhead,” said Monk of the operation. The dry cleaning about Black-owned businesses at the same time. is outsourced, allowing Monk to be the face to his customers “On one hand I’m proud to be a Black small business without requiring the capital and operating costs of all the owner, and I love it and I love the neighborhood, but on the necessary equipment. other hand it seems like it’s kind of hard because there’s a Because there are many small business operators such as perception out there where people think that just because daycares or folks working as home healthcare aids in the area you’re a Black small business owner that you’re not going to be but no copy-centers, Monk offers copying and fax services, as good as mainstream guys,” said Monk. noting that many neighborhood residents rely on him to get To overcome challenges such as these, Monk has their time-sheets in on-time.

“These are the ways I generate more revenue,” said Monk of enlisted his sales background, reaching out to nearby luxury developments to establish regular dry cleaning delivery as well the strategy. “Multiple streams of income.”

as fold and wash services.

These relationships and additional services are not only key to Monk’s business, but the foundation for assistance he gives to those in his community who cannot always afford to do laundry. To this end, Monk has sought to make arrangements for kids attending some of the area schools to get discounted laundry services.

“I don’t want [not having clean clothes] to be an excuse where you don’t come to school,” said Monk. “How could I own a laundromat in good faith and you go to school with dirty clothes?”

For those customers who cannot pay full price, Monk also feeds his own quarters into the machines so that they can finish their laundry, reasoning that he will simply get the quarters Photo by Roberto Alejandro back at the end of the night Louis Monk, owner and operator of Patterson Park Dry Cleaners and Laundry anyways and buttressed by on E. Fayette St. the additional revenue streams he continues to develop for his business.

“I don’t get that many people where I think it’s going to be a big deal, and I get to sleep good at night too, knowing that I helped somebody out,” said Monk. ralejandro@afro.com

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her story to a tabloid a decade ago.

Cosby is seeking a dismissal of Huth’s lawsuit, arguing it is blocked by the statute of limitations.

Huth told police that Cosby molested her and that she had no further contact with him after the incident, according to a summary of her allegations included with the prosecutor’s decision.

In rejecting the case, prosecutors evaluated the charge Cosby would have faced in 1974. Prosecutors took into account legislative changes that extend the statute of limitations for certain crimes, but found no way that Cosby could be legally prosecuted.

The statute of limitations for filing a misdemeanor

case is one year; the statute of limitations for a felony sex crime committed in 1974 was three years, according to the prosecutors’ analysis.

An email message sent to Huth’s attorney, Gloria Allred, was not immediately returned. Cosby’s attorney, Marty Singer, did not immediately return a message seeking comment.

Huth is one of at least 15 women who have come forward since early November with claims that Cosby sexually assaulted them decades ago. Most of the women say the comedian drugged them before he assaulted them. She is one of two women suing Cosby; a second woman is suing for defamation.

Cosby has never been charged in connection with any of the allegations. A 2005 lawsuit by a Pennsylvania woman was settled before it went to trial.

Since the allegations emerged, Cosby’s career has unraveled, with nearly a dozen performances canceled in his ongoing standup comedy tour. NBC has said it will not move forward with a Cosby sitcom that was under development, and Netflix indefinitely postponed a special that was set to premiere last month.

Cosby’s attorneys have denied some of the allegations and dismissed others as decades old and “discredited.”

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AFRO Mourns Passing of Herb Quarles, Former Church Editor

By James Wright Special to the AFRO Herbert Quarles, the Washington AFRO-American Newspaper’s former church and arts notes editor, recently died. He was in his early 80s.

Quarles’ home going services are scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 20th at the Peoples Congregational United Church of Christ, with the viewing of the body at 10 a.m. and the funeral service at 11 a.m.

He will be interned at Arlington National Cemetery.

Quarles, a native of Charlottesville., Va., wrote a weekly column for the AFRO for decades and became known in the Washington metropolitan area for reporting on Black church activities and the new pastors who came into

the area. He was a member of the Peoples Congregational Church in Northwest where he also played a role in church members taking trips overseas to countries such as South Africa.

“Mr. Quarles was a long time member of Peoples Congregational Church. He was very faithful, very committed and involved in church every Sunday,” Rev. Michael C. Murphy, senior minister at the church told the AFRO, explaining that Quarles held several leadership positions. We appreciated all the outstanding pictures that he took of our worship services and special AFRO Photo events and he will be missed.”

Herbert Quarles and AFRO publisher Jake Rev. Murphy said that Oliver, in D.C. at the 120th anniversary everyone knew Quarles from luncheon. his position at the AFRO.

Hamil Harris, staff writer for the Washington Post and former AFRO writer, remembered Quarles hard work and helpful personality.

“He was a guy who had a joy of covering news, Harris said. “For Herb, it was a joy to cover the church community as well as the bridge community. He loved the AFRO.” Harris said that Quarles helped him out when he got to the Post by giving him several church contacts to build his files with.

He also wrote on the District’s bridge circuit which developed a following. The bridge page would include emerging bridge players, report on who won key bridge tournaments and even write about the food at club meetings.

According to a tribute from Karen Pollock with the Washington Bridge Unit, Quarles became a dynamic,

well respected leader, organizer, teacher and communicator.

“Herb will be missed for all he contributed to the bridge world,” she said. “But most of all he will be missed for being: kind, helping, friendly, giving, loving, trusting and a good christen.”

While at the AFRO, Quarles also wrote an “Arts Notes” column. He would also interview the artists and would often capture insights that other arts journalists would miss.

Quarles taught music in the District of Columbia public school from September 1959 to June 1980.

He was an amateur baritone singer.

“I knew his mother, sister and brother and we always stayed in touch,” Geraldine Jackson, a friend, said. “Herb loved volunteering for the Washington Teachers Union and at social events, he would take pictures. He was a good person.”

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professor; Benjamin Crump, attorney for the families of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown and Tamir Rice, and several other education, media, and community organization speakers.

“We march because Black men are 21 times more likely to get killed,” Brooks said.

“We march because all of our children matter . . . we will march until hell freezes over.”

Campbell said, “You were there when the cameras were off more than they were on.

Obama and Holder are doing their jobs but they can’t do it alone.”

Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) told the marchers, “Members of the Black Caucus have heard your cry. Marcia Fudge has made it conspicuously clear that legislation will be

Photo by Travis Riddick

made speeches to express their gratitude for the mass call for justice.

The starting and ending points of the march featured speakers, politicians, and young activists. Throughout the day, various people, whether speaker or protestor, yelled the phrases “No Justice, No Peace,” “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot,” and “I Can’t Breathe.”

Speakers included Leighton Watson, Howard University’s student association president; Melanie Campbell, president and CEO of the National Coalition of Black Civic Participation; Marc Morial, president of the National Urban League; Cornell Brooks, president and CEO of the NAACP; Michael Eric Dyson, Georgetown University

Lesley McSpadden, mother of slain teen Michael Brown at the march Dec. 13, donning clothing that captures the injustice brought against her son. done due to the injustices. The CBC will do its part.”

Protestors, young and old, varying in culture and

St. Louis Officer uniforms.

“We spend a lot of time working on professionalism and building a bridge in the community,” Dotson said.

Protester Marcellus Butler said Friday that the tag shows

whose side the officer is taking in the matter. He said Wilson “wasn’t attacking in self-defense.”

“Darren Wilson had an option to Mace (Brown),” Butler said.

“But he got to shoot.”

“We march because all of our children matter . . . we will march until hell freezes over.”

creed, marched in solidarity for change. “This is what America looks like – they’re young, they’re old, they’re,

“enough was enough.”

“We are not anti-police, we are anti-brutality,” Sharpton said. “This is about the victim. It’s not about Blacks against Whites, it’s about right against wrong. I want Congress to know we are serious.”

“I come from the hood,” Sharpton continued. “The only way to get rid of roaches is to cut the lights on. God

a policeman at a gas station in South Carolina.

“On Sept. 4 my life changed, not only as a Black man but as a human being,” he said. “We know what the problem is. We’re [Black males] being targeted.”

However, unlike for other men focused on during the march, there was justice in Jones’ case. The officer was arrested, charged, and lost his job.

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Mullen heard testimony in the 70-year-old case in January, but most of the evidence from the original trial was gone. Mullen says Stinney got an unfair trial and it was impossible to determine the boy’s guilt or innocence.

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decided last month not to indict Wilson and he later resigned.

Jeff Roorda, business manager for the St. Louis Police Officers’ Association, said there’s “something wrong with this picture” that protesters have been protected by the First Amendment while the officer is “being told that his passive statement is constitutionally prohibited free speech.”

Dotson said police officers have the same First Amendment rights as others when off duty, but he added that the officer “clearly violated” rules that allow only department-approved pins, insignia and awards on

White, they’re Black. The people united will never be defeated,” Sharpton said.

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EDITORIAL An AFRO Christmas Wish Originally published Dec. 23, 1911.

In this, the most joyous season of the year, one’s bosom swells as he thinks of the wonderful events of long ago and the music of our soul swings into meter.

Oh Muse of Homer, Milton, come; And guide my thoughts beyond the sun: To show me there in regions bright, The home of God where is no night.

For from that realm, a cloudless land Came Jesus Christ, the Son of Man, To flash the light through earth’s dark night, To life our lives from sin’s drear blight.

And so today with rapturous joy We sing His praise without alloy; For Jesus came, the Conquering King.

While angels made the heavens ring.

Peace, peace on earth, good will to men, The angels sang o’er Bethlehem While wond’ring shepherds sought the light, Whose splendor dashed our age long night.

Happy the man, if at his side Walks Jesus Christ at Christmas tide; Then let our Christmas carols ring, While all the world of Jesus sings.

Yes, this is Christmas, the greatest of all our festivals and man naturally falls under the spell of the fine spirit that lay upon the heart of the wise men who came from afar to see the newborn King. The first impulse which fell upon their hearts was that of homage and thus they came to worship. How beautiful how divine, when those starguided pilgrims fell on their faces at the manger where lay the king. The rapture of that moment is known only to those, who like the, pilgrims, after long seeking, have found the object of their search, and have worshipped. To such an one the heavens again are lambent, and filled again with angel songs.

Not only did those wise men worship, but they offered; and is not that the climax of worship, the offer? Those pouches of frankincense, gold and myrrh were presented and so their homage was completed in the offering. The bowed form and the words of praise, find their completion in the offering.

Devotion, love and adoration all find their climax in the offering. This, therefore, is the gift season, when love and good fellowship find expression in beautiful gifts which cheer

and gladden the heart.

It is not always the thing of greatest value that brings the fullest joy, but any token of admiration back of which is a heart of devotion and love, will thrill the heart of the recipient with rapturous gladness.

The aged long custom of making gifts at this season is beautiful, and helpful in many ways, may it ever live, as an opportunity to the wealthy to make the humble poor about them happy. If, therefore, God has blessed you above your fellows and you have opportunity, because of financial means and ability, make a gift and cheer somebody’s heart.

In this season of the year when the thought of the world revolves about Christmas and so in turn about Christ, whose nativity we celebrate, may this season witness the coming of many a wise man to the A Merry Christmas to all church of Christ that he may find the Savior of men.

Here is wishing you many happy returns of the day.

In all our happiness In the meantime lynching must go. feasting and joy of the Agitate, agitate, agitate, agitate, agitate!!! season, let us keep all in Don’t keep all the good things for yourself. harmony with the chief Let us have more meetings of the kind held in John Wesley M.E. Church last Sunday thought of the hour. Let our night.

Wake up to our interests. pleasures and pastimes be While you are enjoying your Christmas blessing, remember there are many others who uplifting and ennobling, need to be remembered. You will enjoy your own good things better when you remember that for Jesus came to lift men you have made someone else happy. to better things. Everything which pulls a soul downward Originally printed Dec. 23, 1911 is out of harmony with the thought of the season. Let us all look up and lift up. To greetings and a hearty Good Wish for A Merry Christmas, and all its many patrons and friends, the AFRO-American sends the returns of many more.

COMMENTARY

Restraining the Cost of Prescription Drugs Federally approved generic drugs are critically important to the health of the American people. These federally regulated, lowercost generic drugs now account for 86 percent of all prescriptions dispensed in the United States, saving Americans billions of dollars every year and reducing our nation’s healthcare costs.

In recent months, however, and sometimes virtually overnight, some generic drug manufacturers Elijah Cummings have increased their prices to our pharmacies, hospitals, and consumers by hundreds and even thousands of percent.

Confronted by sticker shock, too many Americans who need these drugs cannot afford to purchase the medicines that their doctors have recommended.

To better appreciate the urgency of this problem, consider just a few examples.

The retail price for the tablet form of albuterol sulfate climbed by more than 3,000 percent between November 2012 and June 2014. Since I must use the inhaler version of this prescription drug for an asthma condition, I know how important it is for people with lung conditions.

Likewise, many of our neighbors use a drug called Digoxin to treat their heart conditions. In 2012, this drug cost 11 cents per tablet, but in June of this year, the price per tablet had risen to $1.10.

Why did this happen?

In 2012, three companies were manufacturing Digoxin, but one stopped producing the prescription drug. One of the remaining companies, Lannett, responded to the reduced supply by increasing its price for Digoxin by more than 1000 percent.

The trade association that represents generic drug manufacturers contends that price spikes like this are rare.

Yet, during a hearing on rising generic drug prices held by Vermont Senator Bernard Sanders at which I testified, we also received testimony illustrating that the problem is far more broadly based.

According to Pharmacist Rob Frankil of the National Community Pharmacists Association, “about a year ago, pharmacies began noticing a rash of dramatic price increases for many common, previously low-cost generic drugs.”

The negative impact upon patients has been profound, especially for those who are uninsured, on Medicare (and in the prescription drug “donut hole”) or in high-deductible insurance plans.

Industry experts contend that there often are multiple, unrelated forces that can lead to substantial price increases like drug ingredient shortages, industry “consolidation,” and production slowdowns due to manufacturing problems.

Although these are important contributing factors, we should not forget the example of Digoxin and the price spike imposed by its manufacturer, Lannett.

Lannett CEO Arthur Bedrosian reportedly told investors that “We are an opportunistic company. We see opportunities to raise prices. Competitors drop out of products. There are shortages in the marketplace that sometimes drive it.”

In short, the reason that Lannett increased its price for Digoxin by more than 1,000 percent was because the company could get away with it - and the American public is being victimized as a result.

Our challenge, however, goes beyond responding to heartbreaking examples of individual hardship. We all have a stake in the rising cost of healthcare - and prescription drugs are a major part of those costs.

We all contribute to Medicare and, through our tax dollars, to the Medicaid, Tricare, and Veterans health care programs. Moreover, the premiums that we pay for private health insurance plans will reflect - sooner rather than later excessive price increases by drug manufacturers operating in quasi-monopolistic environments.

“If generic drug prices continue to rise, then we are going to have people all over this country who are sick and need medicine and who simply will not be able to buy the medicine they need,” Senator Sanders has observed.

I must agree. That is why I have been working with Senator Sanders and others to investigate the source of these extraordinary price spikes in generic drugs and craft a legislative solution.

For example, although federal law requires manufacturers of “brand name” prescription drugs to pay rebates to Medicaid when they increase the price of their drugs more quickly than inflation, generic drugs like Digoxin are exempt from this requirement.

Proposed legislation that Senator Sanders and I have proposed - The Medicaid Generic Drug Price Fairness Act [S. 2948, H.R. 5748] - would remove this exemption insofar as the Medicaid system is concerned.

We believe that closing this loophole is an important first step in limiting the impact of huge price increases in generic drugs on taxpayers.

Congress should also enact the Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act [S. 117 / H.R. 1102] that would permit and direct the Secretary of Health and Human services to negotiate the prices that Medicare and Medicare Advantage plans pay for all prescription drugs - just as our government currently does for our Veterans Administration Health Plan.

I accept that companies that manufacture prescription drugs deserve to receive a reasonable return on their investments.

Yet, when the public’s health is endangered, we reach a point where free enterprise can turn into unwarranted profiteering.

It is time that the American people are allowed a stronger voice in the cost of their healthcare. When the free market fails to restrain excessive price spikes without any apparent justification, congressional and regulatory oversight is justified.

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

The opinions on this page are those of the writers and not necessarily those of the AFRO. Send letters to The Afro-American, 2519 N. Charles St. Baltimore, MD 21218 or fax to 1-877-570-9297 or e-mail to editor@afro.com

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Rev. Al Sharpton and Sybrina Fulton, Travon Martin’s mother.

Samaria Rice, mother of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, killed by police in Cleveland.

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Attorney Ben Crump, with Gwen Carr, Eric Garner's mother.

Lesley McSpadden, Michael Brown's mother shares her hope.

Sybrina Fulton addresses the marchers, as her son, Jahvaris Fulton, observes.

Activist and elder, Dick Gregory

#HandsUpDon’tShoot

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Sen. Verna Jones-Rodwell Retires After 35 Years of Public Service

Senator Verna Jones-Rodwell also celebrated her birthday at the party

Diana and Larry Gibson

Rev.Dr. Quami Alim with emcee Anthony McCarthy

Hon. Yvonne Holt-Stone, Tracey Barbour-Gillett, Edna Rich

Lisa Clayton, Mary Clayton, Maxine Davis

Senator Verna Jones-Rodwell shows her Maryland State ring which her husband, Dr. Gary Rodwell presented to her

The Colonnade Room was packed with politicians, family members, campaign staff and friends who gathered to wish state Sen. Verna Jones-Rodwell a happy retirement and birthday after service of 35 years to the Baltimore community.

Sen. Jones-Rodwell recognized the late Arnold Jolivet, “who gave the first contribution to my campaign.”

Her husband, Dr. Gary Rodwell presented the Senator with a Maryland Senate ring, and a birthday cake as the crowd sang “Happy Birthday,” and the senator beamed with happiness.

“With God’s guidance, anything can happen”, she said, as she discussed her future.

The program ended Sen Verna with her presenting Jonescitations to her Rodwell campaign staff and Dr. and friends.

Gary Rodwell

Family members Christie and Aaron Jolivett, Brooke and Jade

Niva E. Headen, James C. Vance, Anne Collins Vance

Senator JonesRodwell’s brothers, Alvin

Jones and

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Gov. Martin O’Malley, State of Maryland with Otha and Beatrice Grant and Jacqueline Golden

Del. and Speaker Pro Tem Adrienne Jones (Baltimore County), Sen. Nathaniel McFadden, (Baltimore City) and Sen. Richard Madaleno (Montgomery County)

Dr. Charlene Cooper-Boston, Fandreia Bwman, Gladys Bragg

Family members Russell Jolivet and daughter Tina Jolivet

Alexander Walker Rodwell, son with friend Jessica Sanders

Edward Anthony and Hon. Sheila Dixon

The Forum Caterers ballroom was beautifully decorated in splashes of red and white, the colors of the Baltimore Silhouettes of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity.

Audrey Bennett, president of the Baltimore Kappa Silhouettes greeted each guests with a warm smile and hugs as they entered the ballroom. Music by Kendall Leonard played as guests munched on light refreshments and light drinks during the reception.

The annual brunch is sponsored to raise funds for scholarships through the Fraternity’s foundation.

The Silhouettes also recognized a Rising Star who they believe unselfishly contributes in the areas of community involvement and/or education. State Sen. Nathaniel McFadden was hailed as a community leader who excelled in both categories. “We are recognizing Sen. McFadden because we feel he Freddie Vaughn, event chair demonstrates the qualities of a person continuously putting the needs of others first through his long presents the “2014 Rising history as a public servant,” said Freddie Vaughn, chair of the event.

Star Award” to Sen. Nathaniel Photos by A. Lois De Laine

Family members Arnold Jolivet Jr and Jo Anne Jolivet

Micael Gaye, Dr. Harriet G. McCombs, Gary Brooks Photos by A. Lois De Laine

Jackie Brock, Nikita Haysbert

McFadden

Charles and Marsha Owens Kimberly Scott and Joyce Estes

Line dancing continues to be the most popular activity at gatherings

Melonie and Teddy Garrett Carol Rogers and Camelia Clark Louise Green, Steward Beckham

Stephanie Covington, Wali Mutazammil

Robert and Darlean Williams

Connie Hankins and Frances Ward

Diane Jenkins Shirley Pinckney, Kimberly Pinckney, Alice Cole

Donna Gilmore, Alexia Boone, Barbara Banks, Mildred Harper, Ann Branch Rachel McFadden with grandchildren Michael and Molly

Lora Mayo, Pam Beckham

Dianne Hardison, Dr. J. Laws Nickens, E. Dean and Meredith Evans

Hon. Sheila Dixon, Coach Butch McAdams, Valarie Fraling

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Yvonne Fletcher, president, Alpha Wives (an auxiliary of Delta Lambda Chapter, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, presents a donation check to Mrs. Santa.

Diane Hocker, Denise Smith, Donald and Judy Rainey, and Sandy and Jai Matthews

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Essie Sutton, left and Cardrienne Griffin, right, present a check to Mrs. Santa’s helper, Sallie Brown, on behalf of Women Behind the Community.

Diane Hocker, Marilyn Mosby (Balto. City S. A. Elect) Valerie Fraling, Dollie Owens and Dr. Charlene Cooper-Boston

Photos by Anderson Ward, JD Howard, A. Lois DeLaine and Virgie Williams

AFRO Santa (Clarence Massey), Dan Henson and Frank Coakley

(front) Harvey Harris, Sandy Matthews, Mildred Harper; (back) Edward Anthony, Valerie Fraling and Gaylord

Mrs. Santa with AFRO publisher, Jake Oliver, center, with all the little AFRO elves.

Members of the Stepping Out Brunch with president/ founder Mildred Harper (far right)

JUGS Int.:Â Robyn Joynes, Elizabeth Friend, Chantel Douglas (Pres.), Diane Williams Payton, Jean Griffin, Michelle Holden, VeronicaTubman, Tobi Pulley, Rosemary Atkinson, Sharon Hinds and Diane Hocker

Marcus Pettigrew, Mrs. Santa, William Hudson (Owner, Phaze 10), Santa (Clarence Massey) and Valerie Fraling

John Berkley, Mrs Santa, Kyle Kyle Lockley, Danard Smith and Larry Young are seated.

Kay Tillman, Mrs Santa and Sarah Elias (Charms)

Loading the AFRO van with the toy drive donations

Rosemary Atkinson, Jean L. Griffin, Robyn Joynes, Veronica Tubman, Diane Hocker, Michelle Holden and Santa

Portia Harris and Mrs. Santa

Kyle Lockley, Ben Phillips IV, AFRO president; Danard Smith and John Berkley

Jake Oliver and Larry Young, Radio One WOLB 1010 morning host who broadcast his show live from the AFRO.

Baltimore Metropolitan Chapter President, NCBW, Landa McLaurin presents a donation check to Mrs. Santa

Sarah Smalley, Mrs. Santa, Rosemary Atkinson and Goldie Wood

Karen Miller and Mrs. Santa

John Berkley, Danard Smith, Mrs. Santa and Kyle Lockley

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The Omega Man of the Year Award is presented to Brother Markus T. Gaines by former Basileus Reginald Parker

The Col. Charles Young Military Leadership Award presented to Col. Reginald Hairston by former Basileus Reginald Parker

Psi Nu Chapter(Northern Virginia), Omega Psi Phi Fraternity hosted its 42nd International Achievement Week Gala on Nov .15 at the Fort Myer Officers’ Club, Fort Myer, Va. Under the theme, “Leveraging Our Collective Resources For Impact,” guests were treated to a silent auction; a mix and mingle reception; a sit down dinner, the formal recognition of honorees; an inspirational message by the Mayor of Alexandria, William Euille, who also was recognized as the Citizen-of-the-Year.

There was special tribute to deceased chapter member, Brother William “Suave” Murphy by his family and the chapter. Scholarship Randy and Charnell Davis with Truphelia and high school essay and Reginald Parker recipients were also acknowledged. After the brothers sang their hymn, “Omega Dear,” the floor was cleared and the dancing began with jamming music by Rock the Mike Entertainment .

Donald Merrer, keynote speaker, the Honorable William Euille, mayor of Alexandria, Va., Joyce Yette and Edgar Brookins

Brenda and Mitch Mitchell, parents of scholarship recipient Randall Mitchell, a student at Xavier University.

Lenora Holder, Mayor William Euille and Tanga Green

Brothers singing the Omega hymn

Brother James Pierce, the emcee

Keynote speaker Mayor William Euille giving an inspirational message to the guests

The Founder’s Award is presented to Brother Nelson Greene Sr.; accepting on his behalf are his sons, Terry Greene and Nelson Greene Jr. Their father recently passed.

Omega Brother James Pendergrass Sr., 91 years old and still going strong Linda Thomas, Prince Brown, Bonnie Brown, Bettye Simmons, Diane West, Ed Dixon, Church Simmons, Claudia Chirinos and James Harkless.

Corey and Tselarrie Jones Smith; Lindsey and Janel Merritt; and Mark Smitty and Sharon Smith Photos by Rob Roberts

Brother Melvin Stallings Jr. received the Superior Service Award

Psi Nu Chapter Members

In the splendor of Camelot By Martin’s in Upper Marlboro, Md., the Board of Directors of the Prince George’s County Delta Foundation welcomed guests to a Holiday Splendor Dinner Dance on Dec. 6. Under the creative leadership of co-chairpersons, Kathleen E. Driver and Diane Venable, guests The Holiday Splendor Planning Committee celebrated the beginning of the Christmas holidays with Keitha V. Johnson, MC and renowned Christian Comedian entertaining guests throughout the evening. Friendsof the Foundation, Del. Carolyn JB Howard (District 24) pulled the lucky ticket for the angel-wing raffle, while Delta dignitaries Debbi Tijani and Angela Ewell-Madison enjoyed the evening. Foundation chairperson, Norma J. Hatot-King thanked guests for their support, reminding them that their donations will support the ongoing work of the Foundation.

Maryland Delegate Carolyn J.B. Howard (seated), Spencer and Angie Becton; Gus Randolph (standing), Rev. Frenchettia Payne and Edna Pittman Damon and Judy Marshall

Morris King, Norma Hatot-King, Joseph and Mary Hebron; Bernie and Valerie Hays; Marcia and Rod Milton; Regina Jones and Permedia and Sherman Addison James and Pauline Woolfolk, Joanne Smith and Audrey Chase Harold and Joyce Shambley

Diane Venable and Kathi Driver

Board Members

Don and Blondell Herring

Norma Hatot-King, Chair, Prince George’s County Delta Alumnae Foundation, Diane Venable, Kathi Driver and Keitha V. Johnson Photos by Rob Roberts

Carol Moses (seated), Debbi Tijani, Cynthia Rogers and Diane Venable, Lovell Grymcs (standing), Angela Ewell-Madison and Adna Pleasants

LaTrina Antoine, editor, D.C. AFRO; Edgar Brookins, general manager, D.C. AFRO and Keitha V. Johnson, Christian comedian

Mistress of Ceremonies Keitha V. Johnson, Christian comedian

Nataki MacMurray, Kim Bradshaw and Shadonna Logan

December 20, 2014 - January 9, 2015, The Afro-American

The DC Region Prepares for Kwanzaa

By Christina Sturdivant Special to the AFRO Across the DC metro area, plans to honor African American families, culture and community are underway as the Kwanzaa holiday arrives the day after Christmas.

Traditionally, the seven-day celebration, founded by Dr. Maulana Karenga in 1966, includes practices such as a candle-lighting ceremony, a feast, gift-giving and observance of seven principles: Umoja (Unity), Kujichagulia (SelfDetermination), Ujima (Collective Work and Responsibility), Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics), Nia (Purpose), Kuumba (Creativity) and Imani (Faith).

Dressed in afrocentric garb at the age of 8 years old, Jessica Smith recalls her first Kwanzaa experience as a Jack and Jill member in Prince George’s County, Md. “I remember everything being in red, black and green; I remember lighting the Kwanzaa candles; I remember there being drumming and African dancing; I remember there being a Karamu feast, and I remember doing lots of crafts and songs.”

For the past 15 years, Smith has taught Kwanzaa in various formats—a camp, play, dinner theater and more. In 2010, she founded Culture Kingdom Kids based on her event planning around the holiday. One of her main goals in business is Jessica Smith, with Dr. to demystify misconceptions Maulana Karenga, founder around Kwanzaa. of Kwanzaa and a guest “My favorite people are the people who are skeptical about Kwanzaa because it’s like a challenge for me,” she says.

Misconceptions Smith hears most often are that Kwanzaa isn’t a real holiday because it hasn’t been around long enough; Kwanzaa has to replace Christmas; Kwanzaa is an African holiday and Kwanzaa is a religious holiday.

The most important thing to remember about Kwanzaa, says Smith, is that it is a cultural celebration. “Kwanzaa is a time to be unapologetically who you are, to think about how you’re going to honor your ancestors and to think about how you’re going to make your legacy on the world. If you have African American heritage, you can come to Kwanzaa no matter your religion because the principles are universal.”

On Dec. 27 and Dec. 28, Culture Kingdom Kids will host their biggest Kwanzaa event to date, Kwanzaa Land, with the help of the Boulevard at the Capital Centre in Largo, Md. “They were excited to try something new to engage Prince

“Kwanzaa is a time to be unapologetically who you are…”

– Jessica Smith George’s County and surrounding area residents in something that was very unique,” says Smith. “This is the first time in mall history that a mall has had a Kwanzaa-only program.”

Smith expects 1,000 people to engage in a massive presentation that she hopes to be fun, educational and memorable.

At the Smithsonian’s Anacostia Museum on Dec. 26, writer and director Marjuan Canady will be present the play, A Callaloo Kwanzaa.

The play is based off her book Callalloo: a Jazz Folktale, featuring a young American boy named Winston who travels to the magical islands of Trinidad and Tobago and encounters mythical folkloric characters that roam the island.

This time, Winston is back to introduce Kwanzaa to children in the DC metro area. “The play is going to include live music from a steelpan orchestra, live puppetry, music, dance and of course theater,” says Canady.

Growing up in Washington, DC and attending the Duke

Photo by Enoch El-Shamesh

Marjuan Canady, author of Calliloo: A Jazz Folktale, with main character Winston (puppet).

Jessica Smith, founder of Culture Kingdom Kids, hosting Kwanzaa party with kids.

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Ellington School for the Arts, Canady took part in many Kwanzaa performances.

As an adult, however, she’s never personally practiced the holiday. Out of her research in preparing for the play, she’s

garnered a profound respect for the holiday.

“You don’t necessarily have to practice it, but it’s important to understand the beliefs and traditions, especially for children of African descent,” she says. “Unfortunately there’s not a lot in the media that uplifts our community and our children so I’m hoping that this performance allows young people to see themselves in a positive light.”

In the midst of protests and outcries to protect black lives amongst the millennial generation, the National Black United Front (NBUF) and the Greater Washington Urban League are hosting #DCKwanzaa2014 Ujima Kwanzaa Celebration, Dec. 28 at the Urban League’s headquarters.

The event will cater to young professionals who may not be familiar with the holiday, says Salim Adofo, national vice chairperson of training & organizing at NBUF. “There will be a keynote speaker, several cultural performances, a community discussion, vendors and opportunities for people to ask questions. So they’ll be a little bit of everything for everybody who wants to come in and learn in multiple different ways.”

In its third year, NBUF will also host its Political Prisoners Kwanzaa Celebration.

“We use this as an opportunity to educate people on some of the social justice and economic issues that go on in our community.”

On Dec. 29 at WeAct Radio on MLK Ave. SE, individuals will gather to learn more about the prison industrial complex and mass incarceration, as well as issues around the recent killings of Mike Brown, Eric Garner and Trayvon Martin.

While the DC region will have a host of opportunities to celebrate Kwanzaa, organizers stress the importance of exercising principles not only in this season, but throughout the year for a broader impact.

“It’s an opportunity for people of African descent to learn more about their African heritage and culture and how we can use the best of that to better position ourselves in America and throughout the Diaspora,” says Adofo.

No Christmas like a ‘Trini’ Christmas

By Zenitha Prince Senior AFRO Correspondent TRINIDAD — It is early December and already the air is redolent with the aroma of rum-soaked black/fruit cake baking in ovens and the sound of parang – Spanishinfluenced holiday music – blasting on car radios and home stereos. Women dance to the music while they put homemade wine of all flavors

a “Trini” Christmas – a unique mix that is unlikely to be found anywhere else.

That is why the thousands of Trinidad & Tobago expats living in Washington, D.C., Baltimore, New York, and other cities across the United States find themselves pining for home or leaving cold climes for the balmy temperatures of the twinisland nation during the holidays.

Photos courtesy Trinidad and Tabago Tourism Development Company Ltd. Parang

Parang to set and sew curtains to match their new decoration schemes; men sing along while dressing dingy home exteriors in fresh, technicolor coats of paint.

An amalgam of sights, smells, and sounds that define

“There’s no Christmas like a Trini Christmas,” said Angelyn John, who returned to the Caribbean country after living abroad.

John and others say a big part of what they miss is the food. While some dishes

can be reproduced in their new locales, key elements are often missing – like the banana leaves used to wrap and steam pastelles, a holiday staple of cornmeal patties stuffed with ground meat, capers, raisins, herbs and spicy seasonings.

As with the American Thanksgiving tradition, Trini tables often groan under the weight of food at Christmas.

And the drinks – such as homemade ginger beer; sorrel, which is made from the petals of the sorrel plant boiled with cinnamon and other spices;

but especially alcoholic beverages, such as rum punches, ponche de creme (a sumptuous drink similar to eggnog) and homemade wines – flow freely.

Food and liquor in all its forms are celebrated in soca parang, the more secular version of holiday music, which fuses the indigenous Trini artform of soca – a mashup of calypso, cadence and the traditions of Afro- and Indo-Caribbean music – with parang, which is defined by the use of several stringed and percussion instruments.

Traditional parang music – a vestige of T&T’s Spanish colonial past – is heavily played and celebrates the religious aspect of Christmas in the Spanish language.

It is difficult to celebrate Christmas without that soundtrack, several Trinbagonians said.

“Thanks to technology I can listen to live radio from home and hear my parang,” said Melinda Samuel, who is spending her second Christmas in New Jersey this year.

But, Samuel said, she will miss her favorite aspect of a Trini Christmas – going out to parang or parranda.

In this traditional ritual, parranderos – bands of singers and musicians – rove from house to house in the night, waking residents and singing Christmas music and partaking of food and drink into the wee hours of the morning. The terms have also come to define the act of visiting the homes of family, neighbors and acquaintances during the holidays, making Christmas more of a community celebration.

“It is this sense of

(top) Sorrel, (bottom) Pastelle

community that really defines Christmas in Trinidad and Tobago,” said Brian Khan, a 41-year-old elementary school teacher. “From Christmas Eve people start appearing at your door looking to celebrate – to sing, dance, eat, drink and generally have a good time.”

Khan gave an example of four men in their 20s who hold a free party for their neighborhood every Christmas – cooking and providing drinks, giving toys to the children and hiring a deejay for entertainment.

“That’s the spirit of Christmas to me,” he said.

Missing all that is a blow, Samuel said. “I feel sad,” she said of not being home for the holidays, “but remembrance of those times – spending time with my family, going house to house and paranging, decorating the house with new curtains, anticipating parangers – brings some kind of happiness.”

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Characters We’ve Met Along the Way

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ne of the most exciting aspects of a journalist’s job is the people you meet, as you gather the stories you delight in telling. Each year the AFRO asks its writers to share with our readership the folks who’ve had the greatest impact on them. Enjoy!

Roberto Alejandro Baltimore

I have come across many people over these last 10 months writing for the AFRO: entrepreneurs, non-profit founders, politicians, folks waiting at bus stops or sitting on porches. All of these interactions, whether interviews for stories or just conversations in passing have informed my journalism, but if I had to choose one that has been the most influential I would have to cite Mr. Thomas Hill.

Hill is 62 (at least he was when we spoke), and lives at the Brentwood public housing complex at E. 25th and Barclay. I spoke to Hill on Primary Day (the Brentwood is also a polling site) and he was kind enough to provide a few comments for my primary election story which I would write later that evening.

Hill and I spoke for some time as I waited for other folks to come along who might also be willing to comment. He told me about his life, his various jobs, some of his vices, and many of his thoughts on Baltimore politics (short version: corporate interests run this town and little has changed for everyday people in decades).

He also spoke to me about his family, and particularly his grandchildren, who were no longer in the Baltimore area as they had since moved away for college. I asked him if he wanted them to return to the city he had known most of his life.

“No,” he told me. “I want them to see the world.”

That stuck with me. It was a reminder that, at day’s end, most people just want to see their children do better than they did.

LaTrina Antoine D.C. Editor

D.C. Council Muriel Bowser (D-Ward 4) started out this year as possibly upsetting D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray as the city’s next chief executive. It became clear that it would become a reality when Bowser defeated Gray in a straw poll conducted by the Ward 8 Democrats in January, which surprised everyone because that ward was considered a Gray stronghold.

Gray still won Ward 8 in the April 1 primary but Bowser won the contest on the momentum of the ward’s Democratic straw poll. Bowser also defeated veteran council members Jack Evans (D-Ward 2), Tommy Wells (D-Ward 6) and Vincent Orange (D-At Large), as well as noted entrepreneur Andy Shallal and former State Department official Reta Jo Lewis.

In the general election, Bowser faced two independents, colleague David Catania Mayor - elect Muriel Bowser and former colleague, Carol Schwartz. She won comfortably on Nov. 4 and became the second female and second Ward 4 resident to become mayor. person their life--left an indelible mark. As did the many lawyers, community organizers and activists who gave of themselves to fight for the right of every

Zenitha Prince

Senior Correspondent The Rev. Jazmin Sculark, “Dr. Jazz,” whose fiery love for God, and rags-toriches ascent from the blood- stained, poverty-riddled streets of Laventille, Trinidad, to the head of a Maryland megachurch was as uplifting a story that this reporter has ever chronicled.

Simmie Knox, the acclaimed portraitist whose ability to read faces-- a survival skill acquired in the Jim Crow South, where one ill-placed glance could cost a Black

Simmie Knox American to vote, or to ensure that Black lives did matter.

The Rev. Jazmin Sculark

Nation’s #1 African American Newspaper 2014 Nielsen-Essence Consumer Report

$10,000 GOAL … $9,638.00 as of Dec. 17 MRS. SANTA DONATIONS

$3000.00 Morris Mechanic Foundation $675.00 *WOLB – Radio One (Total) $500.00 Susan Gould; Jean Damon, Ms. Ruby L. Baxter, Fellowship Club; Cardrienne Griffin, Barbara Lee, Women Behind The Community, Inc.

John H. Carter, The Baltimore Alpha Wives, Everett C. Fullwood and Stella Fullwood, Joyce Gillard, Marcella A. Holland, Ken Smith, Blacks In Government (Greater Baltimore Chapter,) *Floyd J. Cooper, Sr., *Anthony Dennis White, *A. Dwight Pettit. P.A.,

$10.00 Myra A. Harris, Magaree L. Lee

$300.00 Barbara C. Motley, Marion J. Seabrooks

$200.00 Nathan Eaton, Sr. President, United Ushers of Baltimore Inc.; Letitia S. Maddox & Family, Time Printers, Inc.; Clifton and Deborah Newman, *Marshall T. Goodwin $186.00 Bunch

Steppin’ Out

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James Wyche, Jr.

$100.00

Beverly B. Carter,

$25.00 Ruthena M. Davis, Gertrude V. Flowers, Rotha B. Freeman, Dorothea E. Jordan, Calvin Lee Tolbert, Bernice E. McNair, Rosa E. Palmer, Ellen T. Dutton, Amy Dunlap, *Marlene D. Lee $20.00 Terence K. Bethea, Sandra E. East, Mamie F. Evans, Ellen Hill, John D. Clark, Michael Vines

$450.00 National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Inc. (NCBW) Baltimore Metropolitan Chapter

$250.00 Philomathians, Inc., Denise A. Norman

$40.00 Vanessa E. Westcott, Vanessa A. Pennington

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Anonymous

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Julia A. Smith

TOY DRIVE DONATIONS

*Baltimore Chapter Charms, Inc., Union Memorial United Methodist Church $66.00 Candace and Manny Turner $50.00 Shirley Ingram, Mary Hill, Elizabeth J. Koopman, Betty Jean Durham, Pearl Ann Kirby, Edmonia T. Yates, Earl T. Bowen, Jr., Ronald Williams, *Frank Hocker & Associates Inc., *Keli Ray, *Warren Gantt, Marsha Baker Fuller, Beverly A. Reid

Steppin’ Out Bunch Friday Night Bunch Phaze 10 WOLB Radio One – Larry Young Show Baltimore City Pinochle Bugs & The Jugs Mrs. Denise Barnes The Moore Law Firm, P.C.

BICYCLE DONATIONS

Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. (Pi Omega Chapter)

FOOD DONATIONS Ronald Williams

THANK YOU

for making this holiday brighter!

Shantella Sherman D.C.

U.S. Rep. James Clyburn distinguished himself as the interview or source having the greatest impact on my personal and professional life in 2014. Rep. Clyburn was particularly gracious and direct in detailing the conundrum many AfricanAmerican politicians face when confronting racial bigotry within judicial and governing institutions. His responses always reflected deep race pride, a belief in America’s founding principles and a continuing commitment to social equality.

U.S. Rep. James Clyburn

Christina Sturdivant D.C.

A few weeks ago, I met a young lady named Angie Brilliance. She was a lead organizer for the Black Youth Project 100 (BYP 100) in a rally at the DC Police Headquarters. With almost a dozen youth assembled, Brilliance peacefully protested the police brutality that has led to the killings of black and brown youth across the country.

In her early twenties, Angie stood at the forefront of the crowd. She spoke with me confidently about the rally, but also mentioned solutions to injustices such as collaborating with police who have the authority to suggest and enforce punishment for misconduct of officers.

During the closing of the rally, Brilliance led a chant, Angie Brilliance “It is our duty to fight for our freedom. It is our duty to win. We must love each other and protect each other. We have nothing to lose but our chains.”

In her power, Brilliance was humble. In her intellect, she was compassionate.

Although I’d only been with her long enough to capture a few videos for Instagram, I was sincerely impressed.

Brilliance represents the thousands of people in my generation who have shown that millennials are more than tech-savvy and entitled.

And even if we are, we have the ability to use these traits as assets to change our communities, our countries and the world.

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In Memoriam - Washington 2014

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It is the AFRO’s pleasure to remember your loved ones.

Carlita C. M.J. Perkins 1955 - 2014

Thomas Hart Sr. 1919 - 2014

Henry Harold Jones 1934 -2014

Viola L. Braziel

Virginia Williams

Pocahontas S. Outlaw

1929 - 2014

1927 -2014

1932 - 2014

Shelvie A.L. McCoy

Warren Freeman

Kittie Paige

Ray Boone

Charles Franklin

Abdulalim Shabazz

Tritobia Benjamin

Geraldine H. Carter

Gerard J. Phillips

Marion Barry

Carter Bowman Jr.

Lena T. Crowder

1938 - 2014

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In Memoriam - Baltimore 2014 It is the AFRO’s pleasure to remember your loved ones.

Jeffrey Paige

Bishop Robinson

Benjamin S. Johnson

Ruby Jean Underwood

Johnnie A. McKee

Robert M. Thomas

Marjorie D. Washington

Anthony D. Triplin Sr.

Sheila Yvonne Green

Charles Otis Hall

Gregory Kane

1922 -2014

1957 - 2014

1928-2014

1928 - 2014

1949 - 2014

1928 - 2014

1943 - 2014

1949 - 2014

1931 - 2014

1925 - 2014

1952 - 2014

Warner T. Wells

Edith Cooper

Dunbar Brooks

Ora Sterling King

Garfield D. Kington

Yvonne Butler

Arnold Jolivet

Frances Mildred Dorsey

Era Shirley Ferrell

1926 - 2014

1914- 2014

Alison Riddle-Fletcher

Leon Whitney

Josephine G. Lansey

Takiya B. Jackson

Ralph D. Matthews Jr.

Veronica Dixon

Magruder Scott Cockrell

Kittie Paige

Carrie W.K. Ray

Wendell L. Johnson Jr.

Walter G. Amprey

Delores Hammond

Charles A. Richardson

Mary H. Francis

Hazel E. W. Flannigan

Ethel G. Coleman

Alfred Stewart

Alexander Bonner

Thomas De Laine

Jerusha J. Hamlett

1937 - 2014

1942 - 2014

1976- 2014

1923 - 2014

Robert M. Thomas 1922 -2014

1932 - 2014

1927 - 2014

1945 - 2014

1916 - 2014

1951 - 2014

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A Grateful Nation?

The Doris ‘Dorie’ Miller Story, Part II “The Orange Plan”

By MarshaRose Joyner

The World before WWII

A Grateful Nation progress

Tyranny and oppression had been a way of life for most of the peoples of the world, since the beginning of recorded history. History is supposed to provide knowledge of the longer context within which our lives take place. By understanding the reality of the people who came before us, we can see why we look at the world the way we do, and what our contribution is toward further

By the beginning of the 20th century the entire world was under the domination of various colonial powers. There was not one continent on the globe that was not controlled by a western power. Their names, language and way of life superimposed on all indigenous people

British Hong Kong French Indochina

Dutch Indonesia French Polynesia

Belgian Congo American Samoa

Portuguese Azores Dutch East Indies

French Martinique British Rhodesia

America Virginia Islands Dutch Guiana

French Algeria Portuguese Guinea

French West Africa French Morocco

German East Africa Anglo-Egyptian-Sudan (British)

Italian Somali Tripolitania

Kaiser Wilhelm’s Land (Papua New Guinea) The U.S. Civil War (1860’s) set off the American Industrial Revolution. With it came a great greedy need for markets, raw materials as well as strategic stop-off islands. The end of slavery in the U.S. brought an end to the availability of cheap labor. As wagers for the lowest paid workers increased, businesses were hard pressed to seek alternative resources. In Hawai’i, this need gave rise to the importance of plantation laborers, high profit figures and ever-greater investments in sugar. In order to supply U.S. markets.

The Spanish/American War, “TO THE VICTOR GOES THE SPOILS,” 1898, America obtained possession of The Philippines, Guam, Samoa, Wake Island, and Puerto Rico, Cuba, the Virgin Islands, and the Panama Canal Zone in the Caribbean. The Annexation of the Hawaiian Islands was the result of the Armed Invasion and Illegal overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom by the U.S. Following Admiral Perry’s journeys to Japan, Japan wanted into the European American Imperial game. Beginning a mission of conquest of Asia and the Pacific Islands, this culminated with the bombings on Dec. 7, 1941. The whole world literally went up in flames. It all came unglued.

Not one nation, no matter how small escaped the ravages of war. Everyone was scared. No one was satisfied with the outcome of WWI. The Peace Treaty, signed at Versailles in June 1919, which drew artificial borders in Europe and the Middle East and mandated Islands in the Pacific to Japan, thus limiting America’s expansion into the Pacific, was the preamble to WWII. Bluejackets of the U.S.S. Boston occupying Arlington Hotel grounds during overthrow of Queen Liliuokalani & the Hawaiian Monarchy. Commander Lucien Young, U.S.N. in command of troops.

HAWAI’I

After the Overthrow of the Hawaiian Nation by the Americans in 1893, the racist policies were fully entrenched in Hawai`i. By the winter of 1941 the white American dominance was complete. In 1898 America annexed the “territory” of Hawai`i. White Governors were appointed from Washington.

The government, the Big Five in league with the Republican Party and the U.S. Military controlled every facet of life in these Islands. There was a whole generation of non-whites that did not know what it meant to be free. The Hawaiian names had been replaced by American. The Native Hawaiians suffered from all of society’s ills. The U.S. Congress perpetrated an unthinkable hoax upon Troops from the USS Boston them. The Hawaiian Homes Act, with its racially defined blood quantum clause, dividing families of Hawaiians and limiting their growth ensuring their disappearance by the end of the 20th century. They became strangers in their own home.

“Aloha” has a hollow ring when they have the shortest life span and the highest incarceration rate of all the ethnic groups living in these Islands. They are at the bottom rung of the social ladder.

“Present governmental control should be by men primarily of the Caucasian race, especially selected for the most important positions in government of the islands; by men who are not imbued too deeply with the peculiar atmosphere of the islands or with the predominance of interfamily connections; by men without preconceived ideas of the value and success of the melting pot. . .the constitution of such controlling government. . .with limited suffrage. . .should include an officer of the United Navy, especially selected . . for these officers would be of value in deciding questions of relative civil and military importance. . . “

Rear Admiral Yates Stirling Jr. Pearl Harbor commandant, 1932

Capt. Ernest A. Hood

My uncle, Lt. Ernest A. Hood was in the Corp of Engineers while the United States was in the thick of WWII, the role and organization of the Army grew and grew in the Pacific, the Hawaiian Department also expanded.

Uncle Ernest, an engineer, was an aid to the commanding general, Lt. Gen. Robert Richardson. They started the construction of a new headquarters on 10 May 1944 and completed in the remarkably short time of 49 days during 1944.

The building became known as the “Pineapple Pentagon” and was the site of Army logistical planning for the battles in the Pacific Theater during the latter years of the war. Today, it serves as the headquarters for U.S. Army Pacific.

When the United States seized Pacific colonies in 1898, the emerging world power touched off a heated rivalry with another nation feeling newly energized and eager for colonial possessions to prove its standing. Japan saw the American presence in the formerly Spanish Philippines as a threat to its ambitions, and many Pineapple Pentagon Japanese took the overthrow of the Queen of Hawai’i as a direct affront.

Simple racism also pushed the conflict. When the Americans brokered a peace deal between Russia and Japan in 1905, some Japanese felt they had been robbed of the fruits of their victory, and that the white Americans had cheated them in order to help the white Russians.

The Orange Plan was the name given to denote war with the Japanese. The American power was White and we are Black, the Yellow Peril was already taken. It was used to belittle the Chinese and other East Asians. Therefore the color Orange was used as a code word for war with Japan from 1897-1945.

The strategy of a war in the Pacific with Japan was the only part of American military planning that had a long, continuous history. The first US doctrine of expeditionary warfare came with the development of War Plan Orange in 1890. War Plan Orange changed several times from its initial inception. Theodore Roosevelt started War Plan Orange in case of war with Japan. The annexation of Hawaii in 1898 relieved tensions of possible Japanese claims on the island, but the United States remained wary and continued to update War Plan Orange.

Uncle Ernest said while moving files from the old headquarters in downtown Honolulu, to the new site, he found a copy of Lt. Col. George S. Patton’s original “the Plan Orange” subtitled surprised.

Lt. Col. George S. Patton was assigned as G-1 and G-2 of the Hawaiian Division at Schofield Barracks in Honolulu in March 1925. During his time in Hawaii, Patton was part of the military units responsible for the defense of the islands, and wrote his own Orange Plan called “Surprise,” which anticipated an air raid against Pearl Harbor, fourteen years before the attack by the Imperial Japanese Navy on Dec. 7, 1941. Fifty years after President Theodore Roosevelt started Plan Orange, his nephew, President Franklin D. Roosevelt completed the plan.

War Plan Red, the Atlantic Strategic War Plan for Europe. Another contingency war plan they developed was the Red-Orange Plan, which hypothesized a two-theater war, seeking to win first in the Atlantic, while fighting a Col. George S. Patton holding battle in the Pacific, and then defeating Japan.

When World War Two broke out, military and naval planners simply dusted off the old RedOrange Plan.

In Hawai’i I based on War Plan Orange, identification of “Hawai’i local Japanese” and a general distrust of other local residents of Asian descent was an ongoing process.

1936 - FDR receives reports of people in Hawaii socializing with visiting Japanese naval ships. FDR orders lists made of all such persons as the first to be put into “concentration camps” (his words) in the event of war.

1936 - Led by the Navy, the military in Hawaii begins systematically gathering intelligence on the Japanese community in Hawaii.

1939 - An inter-ethnic Council of Inter-Racial Unity forms, begins discussions on how to get Hawaii’s people through a US-Japan war, particularly the nearly 40 percent of Japanese ancestry. Prominent figures include the educator Shigeo Yoshida and YMCA executive Hung Wai Ching.

Chief Commissary Storekeeper, Frank Fisk stationed aboard the Tangiers (which, while loaded with 900,000 gallons of fuel, saw 3 near misses on December 7) commented in the fall of 1941 . . “I have just come back from China and I have seen what is going on over there . . . the [American] Flying Tigers; they are getting ready for war.

From July 1937, and before the United States officially entered the war with Japan, Americans were fighting the Japanese in China.

The Naval Treaty of February 6, 1922, prescribing limitation of naval strength Flying Tiger (especially for the United States) and signed

by The U.S, United Kingdom, Japan, France and Italy, did not stop competitive building on a great scale. . .especially in Hawai`i.

“Aug 1939 - FBI Agent Robert Shivers, a close associate of FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, reopens the Honolulu FBI office, mainly to further investigate the probable loyalty of the Japanese-ancestry community in the event of war. At home, he is influenced by a student boarder, Shizue Kobotake. At work, he is influenced by an esteemed community figure, Charles Hemenway, and by Harvard-educated attorney Masaji Marumoto. Robert Shivers becomes a participant in the Council for Inter-Racial Unity, along with other intelligence officers.

Summer 1941 - A group of Nisei (the second generation of the Japanese-born immigrants) step forward as volunteer police. Police Lt. John A. Burns is assigned to work with them and is deployed to support Shivers’ investigations. Together Robert Shivers and Burns emerge as two of the most effective advocates of the trustworthiness of Japanese Americans.

Police Captain John Burns, Civil Defense and civilian workers all knew that war was coming. “Within the week” said Jack Burns.

“7-Dec-41 - The crisis of Japanese Americans in Hawai’i becomes manifest” “The First Battle”- Tom Coffman The New York Times in its 12/8/41 PH report on page 13 under the headline “Attack Was Expected” stated the US had known that Pearl Harbor was going to be attacked the week before.

I have had so many people telling me parts of this story.

My husband Kenneth Joyner, a retired Submariner, was a skinny young sailor in 1950. And for years he has told me “sea stories” which of course I’ll impart to you.

Kenneth R. Joyner

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AFRO Sports Desk Faceoff

SPORTS

Did Carmelo Anthony Make a Mistake in Re-signing with Knicks? expires next summer. New York still has an opportunity to make some trades and piece together a respectable committee around Anthony, and there’s still a summer’s worth of free agency and drafting to go. I’m sure Anthony saw the big picture when he reinked his name.

By Stephen D. Riley and Perry Green Special to AFRO

Green: I’m sure Anthony could lead a contender, but he does need the pieces around him. New York finished 54-28 just a few seasons ago, before running into a buzzsaw by facing the Indiana Pacers in the 2013 playoffs. Anthony could’ve easily been in the MVP discussion last season if the Knicks weren’t so horrible. He made the right decision to re-sign. He’s the face of one of the most prestigious franchises in the NBA, and his team is controlled by one of the best former coaches in league history.

Jackson and Anthony will figure things out, but Rome wasn’t built in a day.

With a quarter of the NBA season already in the books, the New York Knicks and superstar Carmelo Anthony face the strong possibility of missing the playoffs for a second consecutive year.

At 4-20 and with team friction flooding Riley: It seems like there’s always headlines in New York, this basketball been a promise for the Knicks to be better season has been nearly a two-month next season, and it appears we’re falling nightmare for Knicks fans, with another into that trap again. The Knicks stink, Riley: Rome wasn’t built in a day, but several NBA four months to bear. Reports arose this week but the franchise wants to sell fans and franchises have turned things around in as few as two seasons. that Anthony and reserve swingman Tim everyone else on them being “potentially” Jackson and Anthony don’t have much time, especially in a Hardaway Jr. traded barbs in an on-court better next year with some magical moves media monster like New York City. From their cap situation, to argument, during which Anthony reportedly and an unforeseen offseason. The goal is their rookie head coach Derek Fisher, to their aging superstars, assured that things would be settled off the obviously to build around Anthony, but it might be another three to four seasons before we view the Carmelo Anthony court. The pair denied any kind of strained even he’s part of the problem. We’re talking Knicks as respectable again. There are just too many holes on relationship, but the matter added to a about a volume shooter who rarely gets his the roster to expect a quick turnaround and Anthony may be Courtesy Photo string of misfortunes for Anthony stretching teammates involved and has never been approaching the downside of his career at age 30. Anthony may across his Knicks career. The seven-time the top option on any team that has made indeed have made the wrong decision in re-signing with a team All Star shook off last season’s 37-45 finish to re-sign with his a deep postseason run. Even on his 2008-2009 Denver Nuggets that may not be able to climb out of this rut before he’s too old hometown team in a five-year, $120 million deal this summer team that lost in the Western Conference Finals to the Los to enjoy it. which included a no-trade clause—something that Anthony is Angeles Lakers, Anthony was rumored to be considering waiving. With a major roster rehab flanked by Chauncey Billups, on the way in the coming offseason and his best years behind Nene, J.R. Smith, Kenyon him, did Anthony make a mistake in re-signing with the New Martin and Chris Andersen.

York Knicks? Perry Green and Stephen Riley of the AFRO We have yet to see Anthony Sports Desk debate the question. make a LeBron James or Allen Iverson impression and Green: From a financial perspective, Anthony made the lift a completely miserable Foundation is seeking donors to sponsors “I’ve had some good days I’ve had some right decision. No other team was in a position to pay him as team up to new heights. youth for the 2015 Harlem Globetrotters tour hills to climb I’ve had some weary days much as the Knicks, and he would’ve forfeited roughly $24 Anthony did make a mistake Dec. 26 at the Royal Farms Arena. Contact Pat and some sleepless nights. But when I look million by signing elsewhere. From a basketball perspective, in re-signing with the Knicks around and I think things over all of my good at 410-542-1919. the jury is still out. Team president Phil Jackson is going to because New York will never Celebration time come on! Happy Birthday days outweigh my bad days I won’t complain. make some moves to change the team around, and until we see be able to bring in another Cordell Boone, Patrick Roberson, Donald Sometimes the clouds are low I can hardly how those pieces will fall, it’s premature to criticize Anthony’s player to co-star on the roster.

Rainey, George Ray, Trena Taylor Brown, see the road I ask a question, Lord why so decision. New York still has a lot of trade assets that would Chicago would’ve been the Michael Graham, Hattie Hillery, Rev. Toni much pain? But he knows what’s best for me mean more to other teams than they do collectively on this best fit for him, since the although my weary eyes they can’t see so I’ll Draper, Tanika Sykes, Larry Poncho Brown, Knicks roster. J.R. Smith and Iman Shumpert would probably Bulls already possess several just say thank you Lord I won’t complain.”

Nykidra Robinson, Jake Chambers, the make more sense elsewhere, and even Amare Stoudemire’s big names to help carry the – Paul Jones Honorable Sheila Dixon and Dr. Charlene once-unmovable contract will now be a trade option since it load if needed.

Cooper Boston.

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FAITH

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas An original spoken word poem written by Rev. Dr. Wanda Bynum Duckett It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas Crowds at the mall sprawl with a message to all That chalk lines aren’t color blind At least not in my Bethlehem.

Little boys have a right to be born in mangers But dangers walk the beat with sticks And uniforms establish norms that make mothers mourn The day their sons were born It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas.

Not the kind on the hallmark card Because it’s kinda hard to sing goodwill toward men When we bend morality and call it legality Or a technicality…They prepped the crowd And then spoke real proud for 20 minutes To explain why my pain won’t go down the drain When Pilate washes his hands like an employee And Barrabas the criminal goes Scott free.

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas No room in the inn or the shelter No face cards in the hand that was dealt her Why talk about a tree when what she need s is a degree And a meal would be ideal, so she steals And the presence of those absent from the solution Look at her like she’s the problem and Drugs won’t solve them. No matter how many cars Slow down on her corner.

Joseph won’t marry her; the government won’t carry her The church wants to bury her alive under a hymn.

O Come, O Come, Emmanuel!

on, you know At least in my Bethlehem. Have you seen the child?

What childhood is this? What did I miss?

During the long winter’s nap between Emmett and Trayvon The list is just too long…

Preach it plain – It will rain – blizzards of justice Even in the very valley of whitewashed tombs and stained glass rooms Christ – mass will come fast…like a thief in the silence of night Blast the trumpet; and heed yourselves the sound.

And if they resist so be it. Perhaps some will see it.

That salvation has come, and will. Already and still.

But that’s how it looks at Christmas The market will erase the image of God From the season, and X out the reason, For the Savior’s coming by drumming up business as usual.

Unless we reach deeper into the gospel And stop coddling our pews in swaddling news No more milk for grown people! No more silk for cold steeples!

How will they hear unless we preach?

How will they know if we don’t teach?

Who will repair the ancient breach?

While Linus dies for Lucies, and cameras capture movies Of terror and abusies …and people question the use -sies Of talking about heaven when all hell has broken loose.

These are the times that try mens’ souls Tangled lights don’t shine in a world this cold So loosen your tongues like the prophets of old.

Crying loud and not sparing, but daring to speak to power with truth Like the youth who clearly respond more readily to The word dwelling in our midst than yelling a list of rules.

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas.

Rev. Dr. Wanda Bynum Duckett is a spoken word poet who serves as Pastor of Mt. Zion United Methodist Church, Baltimore, Md.

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas And all through the house let your light so shine On the blind spots in this world So that justice will roll like thunder and no one will wonder Whether God hears what we hear, or cares about our It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. tears Silent nights, domestic fights, Herod on the hunt Because love will show up in me and in you For boys who might jump or much less rise And compel us to do what we are called to do.

So shoot to kill between the eyes with which we There is a Method to this madness, a purpose for this despise our own. sadness I can’t breathe, can you? Because I seethe, you God will resurrect gladness. Never mind how long the through? line With anger and prayer for the incarnation of peace?

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM1221 Romaine A. Derr AKA Romaine Angier Derr Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS L i n d a M . H o l l o w a y, whose address is 5399 Temple Hill Rd, Temple Hills, MD 20748 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Romaine A. Derr AKA Romaine Angier Derr, who died on October 26, 2014 with a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

20001, on or before June 5, 2015. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before June 5, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: December 5, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Linda M. Holloway Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 12/5, 12/12, 12/19/14

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Foreign No. 2014FEP150 Date of Death January 17, 2008 Betty Jean SullivanGray Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS Silky Sullivan whose address is 5410 Tinkers Creek Pl, Clinton, MD 20735 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Betty S u l l i v a n - G r a y, d e ceased, on April 17, 2008, by the Orphan’s Court for Prince Georges C o u n t y, S t a t e o f Maryland.

Service of process may be made upon Reggie Taylor 400 M Street SE Washington, DC 20003 whose designation as District of Columbia agent has been filed with the Register of Wills, D.C. The decedent owned the following District of Colombia real property: 6317 2nd Street NW Washington, DC 20011 The decedent owned District of Coulumbia personal property.

Claims against the decedent may be presented to the undersigned and filed with the Register of Wills for the District of Columbia, 500 Indiana Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20001 within 6 months from the date of first publication of this notice.

Silky Sullivan Personal Representative(s) TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS Date of first publication: December 5, 2014 Name of newspapers and/or periodical: The Daily Washington Law Reporter The Afro-American

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM658 Linwood Chisholm Decedent Brenda C. Wagner, Esq Wagner & Associates 1425 K Street NW #350 Washington, Dc 20005 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS H a z e l V. C h i s h o l m , whose address is 2604 Monroe Street, NE, Washington, DC 20018 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Linwood Chisholm , who died on January 18, 2014 without a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose where-abouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before June 5, 2015. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before June 5, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: December 5, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Hazel Chisholm Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY

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TYPESET: Tue Dec 02 14:18:51 ESTCourt 2014of Superior Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM1214 Susie Ann Steward Decedent Jeremy D. Rachlin, Esq 3 Bethesda Metro Center, Suite 800 Bethesda, MD 20814 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Robert Lee Stewart, whose address is 235 15th St. SE, Washington, DC 20003 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Susie Ann Steward , who died on May 26, 2014 without a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before June 5, 2015. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before June 5, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: December 5, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Robert Lee Stewart Personal Representative

the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM719 Evelyn DeBoeck Decedent Norman Schneider Kamerow Law Firm, 5001 Seminary RD, Suite 110 Alexandria, VA 22311 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS April Land, whose address is 816 Hermosa Dr NE, Albuquerque New Mexico, 87110 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Evelyn DeBoeck, who died on June 16, 2014 with a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding.

Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before June 5, 2015. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before June 5, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

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TYPESET: Tue Dec 16 15:04:19 EST 2014 CITY OF BALTIMORE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS OFFICE OF ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION NOTICE OF LETTING Sealed Bids or Proposals, in duplicate addressed to the Board of Estimates of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore and marked for Water Contract No. 1230-Prettyboy Reservoir Dam Gatehouse Facility Improvements will be received at the Office of the Comptroller, Room 204, City Hall, Baltimore, Maryland until 11:00 A.M. on Wednesday, February 11, 2015.

Positively no bids will be received after 11:00 A.M. Bids will be publicly opened by the Board of Estimates in Room 215, City Hall at Noon.

The Contract Documents may be examined, without charge, in Room 6 located on the first floor of the Abel Wolman Municipal Building, 200 N. Holliday Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202 as of Friday, December 19, 2014 and copies may be purchased for a non-refundable cost of $50.00.

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All contractors bidding on this Contract must first be prequalified by the City of Baltimore Contractors Qualification Committee. Interested parties should call 410-396-6883 or contact the Committee at 3000 Druid Park Drive, Baltimore, Maryland 21215. If a bid is submitted by a joint venture (”JV”), then in that event, the document that established the JV shall be submitted with the bid for verification purposes. The Prequalification Category required for bidding on this project is G90037 Dam, Lock and Spillway Construction Cost Qualification Range for this work shall be $2,000,000.01 to $3,000,000.00 A ”Pre-Bidding Information” session will be conducted at Prettyboy Environmental Operations Facility, 18514 Prettyboy Dam Road on January 14, 2015 at 10:00 A.M. Principal Item of work for this project are: isolation of flow through the dam to allow completion of proposed mechanical and electrical system improvements; demolition of the existing slide gate system; demolition of the existing slide gate actuators and associated wiring and conduit; demolition of the existing isolation cone valve actuators and associated wiring and conduit; installation of new slide gate system; installation of new slide gate actuators and associated wiring and conduit; installation of new cone valve actuators and associated wiring and conduit; installation of new cone valve control panel and associated wiring and conduit; rehabilitation of the operator mechanism housing for the isolation cone valves; construction of a steel canopy above the isolation cone valves.

The MBE goal is 19% The WBE goal is 1% WATER CONTRACT 1230 APPROVED: Bernice H. Taylor Clerk, Board of Estimates APPROVED: Rudolph S. Chow, P.E. Director of Public Works TYPESET: Tue Dec 16 14:52:48 EST 2014 CITY OF BALTIMORE DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES NOTICE OF LETTING Sealed Bids or Proposals, in duplicate addressed to the Board of Estimates of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore and marked for GS 13815-Abel Wolman Municipal Building-Elevator Upgrade will be received at the Office of the Comptroller, Room 204, City Hall, Baltimore, Maryland until 11:00 A.M. on Wednesday, January 21, 2015. Positively no bids will be received after 11:00 A.M. Bids will be publicly opened by the Board of Estimates in Room 215, City Hall at Noon.

The Contract Documents may be examined, without charge, in Room 6 located on the first floor of the Abel Wolman Municipal Building, 200 N. Holliday Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202 as of Friday, December 19, 2014 and copies may be purchased for a non-refundable cost of $300.00.

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All contractors bidding on this Contract must first be prequalified by the City of Baltimore Contractors Qualification Committee. Interested parties should call 410-396-6883 or contact the Committee at 3000 Druid Park Drive, Baltimore, Maryland 21215. If a bid is submitted by a joint venture (”JV”), then in that event, the document that established the JV shall be submitted with the bid for verification purposes. The Prequalification Category required for bidding on this project is E13004Rehabilitation of Buildings Cost Qualification Range for this work shall be $2,000,000.01 to $3,000,000.00 A ”Pre-Bidding Information” session will be conducted at The Site: 200 Holliday Street, Room 204, Baltimore, MD 21202 on Tuesday, January 6, 2015 at 10:00 A.M. Principal Items of work for this project are: 1. Elevator Renovation, Equipment Replacement, GYP Board Construction The MBE goal is 10%

The University of Maryland Medical center (UMMC), a discoverydriven 750+ bed tertiary and quaternary care and level 1 trauma academic medical center, provides innovative care for the entire state and region. UMMC is building a state of the art Labor & Delivery unit in the North Hospital section of the main campus on the 6th floor. The expansion encompasses approximately 20,000 GSF. UMMC invites Architectural and Engineering firms with documented successful experience in the design of health care facilities to submit their qualifications. AE firms that meet the qualifications will be invited to respond to a formal Request for Proposal (RFP). Qualified firms must have significant experience in the design of occupied healthcare facilities in an academic medical center. Experience must include projects of similar scope and size within the last five (5) years.

UMMC is an equal opportunity employer and seeks to have a supplier base which reflects the diversity of the Medical Centers’ staff, area, region and nation.

Toward this end UMMC: • Encourages minority business enterprises to compete for UMMC business.

• Seeks to maximize its minority utilization on the Project and thus has established a goal of 25% MBE/WBE participation in this Contract.

In selecting goods and service providers, UMMC will expect all consultants to demonstrate that they too are committed to equal access, integrity in business practices, timeliness, and accountability while meeting the needs of customers.

Technical qualifications of all firms will be evaluated using the criteria listed below: • Qualifications of the project team, and that of major sub-consultants.

• Experience of the team on a project of comparable size and complexity in an academic healthcare setting.

• Resume and qualifications of the key team members.

• Project and staff specific client references.

• Perceived knowledge and ability of the project team to deliver the work in an efficient and cost effective manner.

• Project team and/or firm’s prior and current performance, if any, on any UMMC projects.

Firms shall attach a no more than two (2) page cover letter to transmit the relevant project information. The cover letter shall state the firm’s address, number of employees at the office that will staff the project, years in business, annual revenue of that office and a contact person. Submit a concise list of five (5) projects meeting the requirements noted above. No more than two (2) pages per project. List the client, client reference, start and end dates and square footage, design fee and construction value. The firms may also attach, under a separate tab, additional information that the firm deems relevant.

This additional information shall be no more than ten (10) pages.

Firms meeting these minimum requirements who are interested in being considered for this project should submit their qualifications no later than 12:00 PM on Wednesday, January 7, 2015 in the format of one (1) PDF file, tabbed according to the items under “technical qualifications” above, to the following address: N6W_LD_Planning.AE_RFQ_Proposals@docs.e-builder.net

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Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) Contractual Fiscal Accounts Clerk II [215414] Recruitment#: 14-004518-0013 Filing Deadline: December 29, 2014 11:59 pm Salary: $19.44-$25.12/hour Work that matters. DHCD is a national leader in community development and affordable housing. DHCD has an immediate opening for a Fiscal Accounts Clerk II position in the Division of Finance and Administration. The primary duties is to audit requests for payments and invoices, prepare requests for payments and interagency RStars transfers, as well as key information into the State´s computerized accounting system, FMIS. Successful candidate will have strong computer skills.

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Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) seeks Education Program Supervisor to provide leadership, coordination, consultation, & technical expertise to 24 local school systems & 16 community colleges; responsible for supervising Career & Technology Education (CTE) Regional Coordinators & providing technical assistance on the development, continuous improvement, & evaluation of CTE programs; to lead 2 Career Cluster Teams in the development & implementation of high quality CTE programs; to oversee programmatic federal reporting requirements, local monitoring, annual applications for federal funding, coordination of negotiated performance targets for local recipients, school facility renovations, & updates to the State Plan for CTE. www.marylandpublicschools.org/MSDE/aboutmsde/jobs MSDE is a State agency that develops & administers education, library, & rehabilitation programs, is on the forefront of standardsbased reform of public education, & is committed to promoting & maintaining a diverse workforce. Annual salary range: $64,608 $94,335 & full State Benefits.

QUALIFICATIONS: Masters or equiv 36 credit hrs post-baccalaureate course work in CTE, Educational Administration/ Supervision or in a CTE related field & 5 yrs prof admin or teaching exp in or affiliated w/ an educ prog., CTE pref. Admin exp in an area related to CTE desired.

NOTE: 2 yrs additional exp. as defined may sub for the Master’s.

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APPROVED: Bernice H. Taylor Clerk, Board of Estimates APPROVED: TYPESET: Tue Dec 16 15:42:20 EST 2014 Steve Sharkey Director, Department of General Services

The County Commissioners of Queen Anne’s County will be accepting engineering design proposals in January 2015 for a septic tank abatement project on Kent Island. The engineering work consists of the design of a sewerage collection and transmission system to service approximately 1500 existing residences. Trades involved with this design include global information systems, computer aided design and drafting, civil engineering, electrical engineering, surveying, the location of existing utilities, geotechnical exploration, and other associated work.

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