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Economic Quagmire Deepens for Blacks By Zenitha Prince Special to the AFRO About a week ago, Ernest, a 40-year-old husband and father of two girls, lost his job. For three years, the Baltimore man, who has a degree in accounting and years of experience, said he worked in a series of menial, part-time jobs because he could not find employment in his field. About a month ago, he left his janitorial job for an office position that promised upward mobility, permanency and the ever-important benefits. But the light at the end of the tunnel turned out to be a train. The company that just hired him hit a rough patch and had to let him go. Now, he is on the unemployment rolls again, and he and his family are living in a transitional housing facility operated by the nonprofit St. Vincent de Paul of Baltimore. “As a man it hurts. I want to be a provider. I want my family to have the best. I don’t want to depend on the government or anyone for assistance,” said the African-American man, who asked not to be identified by his last name. “I want a 401 (k), I want a pension plan, I want a health insurance plan, I want to pay my bills and take care of my family. [But] I’ve been having a hard time finding permanent employment.” Sadly, Ernest’s story of unemployment, homelessness President

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and poverty is becoming all too familiar, as reflected by a recently released U.S. Census Bureau survey on poverty, incomes and health insurance that bears witness to the ongoing toll of the Great Recession on American families. “It’s not a positive report,” said Elise Gould, economist and director of health care research at the Economic Policy Institute in Washington, D.C. “All the trends in the data have been pretty flat. Incomes have not increased. The poverty rate has been pretty much the same the past couple of years. [And] it’s not a good place for it to settle because it is relatively high and that’s a sign that the recession has had a devastating impact.” “The only group that has seen a return to some type of normalcy is the top 5 percent of Americans,” she added. “[But] economic growth that does not reach the vast majority of Americans is not real economic growth.” In 2012, median household income in the U.S. was $51,017, Continued on A4

Thirty-two year old Latreshia Gowdy was allegedly fatally stabbed during a brawl with another woman over her ex-husband. Natafre Green, 30, was found in her car shot multiple times. Diamond Williams, 16, was found dead in her West Baltimore neighborhood with her throat gashed. These three cases are among 24 so far this year in Baltimore that represent what authorities are calling a disturbing trend—women as murder victims. Of the 187 homicides reported as of Continued on A3

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Ravens Safety Urges Students to Stay in School By Blair Adams AFRO Staff Writer

Baltimore Ravens safety James Ihedigbo interrupted a routine school day with a visit to a Baltimore high school, challenging students to attend school each day and, as an extra motivation, dangled a chance for a seat at a Ravens game this season for students who respond to what he calls the “Diggz Attendance Challenge.” On Oct. 15 at Ben Franklin High School in south Baltimore, nearly 300 students crowded into the auditorium to hear Ihedigbo, called Diggz in the locker room, encourage Baltimore youth to not only stay in school but to show up each day. “This will encourage them to see the benefits of their attendance,” Ihedigbo told reporters. “When you miss school you are missing assignments and you’re giving up on your responsibility.” He said, as a Ravens player, this was his opportunity to impact children. “I hope we all can do it,” Jahmal Eggleston, 18, told the AFRO. “I already have perfect attendance, and the hopes of going to a football game for free is cool.” During the hour-long speech, he told students that when he was growing up he knew that in order to achieve any goal, he would have to work hard.

“While my friends would have the summer off, I was in summer school getting my grades up because I knew I wanted to play college football,” he said. “It was up to me to do the things I hoped to accomplish,” Ihedigbo told students. Ihedigo will visit a total of 10 Baltimore

City public high schools throughout the football season. The school with the best attendance wins the challenge. He will select a group of students from the winning school to receive VIP treatment at a Ravens game. “One lucky school and a few lucky Continued on A5

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NAACP Names Interim Prez/CEO

Black Clergy Pushes Affordable Care Act

Declare Support as Glitches Are Worked Out

By Zachary Lester AFRO Staff Writer Lorraine C. Miller, an NAACP national board member and real estate executive who served as the first Black clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, has been named interim president and CEO of the NAACP. She will oversee the organization until a successor is found for retiring President and CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous. Miller’s appointment was announced by NAACP Chairman Roslyn M. Brock at the civil rights organization’s national board Wikimedia Commons of directors meeting recently in Las Vegas. Lorraine Miller, interim prez Theresa Dear, of Bartlett, Ill., was designated to head the search committee. Washington, D.C. resident Lamell McMorris will serve as the committee’s vice chair. Both are members of the NAACP national board. “Lorraine is a natural fit as interim president of the nation’s oldest and largest civil rights organization,” Jealous said in a statement. “She comes into this position with two decades of experience working for the U.S. House of Representatives and an even longer career in civil rights advocacy and policy. She will have the honor of leading the dynamic staff of this great organization.” According to a bio posted on Historymakers.com, Miller’s parents “believed ardently” in the NAACP. A devoted member of the Baptist church, she graduated from the University of North Texas in 1975 with a bachelor’s in

By Hazel Trice Edney Trice EdneyWire.com A group of African-American preachers recently sent a letter to President Barack Obama affirming their “commitment to the Affordable Care Act” even as the President has ordered the website overhauled. “We believe that access to quality health care is a fundamental civil and human right in America. Historically, over 7 million African Americans have been uninsured and denied access to care with devastating consequences,” the letter said, which was signed by 14 Black preachers, who each lead major clerical or civic organizations. “We affirm our support for the Affordable Care Act. We understand that over time aspects of the Act will be revised as government learns more and to-be-expected administrative glitches will be appropriately addressed, but it is essential that we work aggressively with what we have right now. We cannot afford to put this off any longer. Any further delay will have catastrophic effects on the nation’s uninsured.” The three-page letter, headed “Dear Mr. President”, was released to the media Oct. 21.

“Historically, over 7 million African Americans have been uninsured and denied access to care with devastating consequences.”

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NATION & WORLD Grambling University Forfeits Jackson State Homecoming Game Jackson State’s homecoming game Oct. 19 was cancelled after opponent Grambling State’s players refused to play, the latest act of a player protest in a tumultuous season that has included no victories and the dismissal of two head coaches. As a result of the player walkout, Grambling, one of the storied programs in the history of Black college football, forfeited its scheduled match-up with Jackson State resulting in a final score of 1-0, Southwest Athletic Conference Commissioner Duer Sharp ruled. The Jackson State homecoming festivities nevertheless proceeded without a football game. The refusal of most Grambling players to even board the buses to make the two-hour trip from Grambling, La. to Jackson, Miss., to play the game is just the latest element in a Grambling player revolt this season. According to USA Today, only 22 players showed up for the scheduled departure of the team buses Friday. The players were angry about the firing of their head coach, the former Washington Redskins quarterback and Super Bowl XXII MVP Doug Williams. Williams was sacked two games into the season. The players banded together protesting what they say is a lack of respect from university officials, apparently characterized by long bus rides to games as far away as Kansas City, MO. and Indianapolis, Ind., and poor training facilities where mold and mildew were commonplace. “I’m proud of them boys. They took a stance,’’ Williams said in a text message to USA Today. Grambling President Frank Pogue issued an apology to Jackson State Oct. 19. “We have had our financial challenges this year, and unfortunately too many of our players don’t understand the degree of our fiscal challenges. We are sorry,” he wrote. Grambling (0-8, 0-5), winless in its last 12 games and has lost 18 of its last 19 games, faces a fine of $20,000 from the Southwest Athletic Conference (SWAC). Williams’ replacement was fired Thursday and former pro football standout Dennis “Dirt” Winston was named the interim coach. The team is scheduled to play Texas Southern Oct. 26 at home.

Singer Ruben Studdard Joins Cast of ‘The Biggest Loser’ By Michael McGee Special to the NNPA from The Dallas Examiner

In the decade since Ruben Studdard won the top prize on American Idol, he has garnered great success. He has recorded five albums – with a sixth on the way, toured the world, and has

seen his recordings go gold and platinum. During this time, the 35-year-old Studdard has also packed on extra weight, currently topping the scale at 462 pounds. Along with the extra pounds, he suffers from high blood pressure and sleep apnea, a condition that causes long pauses in his breaths while he is asleep. “I guess the thing about being in the public eye for the past 11 years, my life has been pretty much an open book with only one [exception],” he said. “And that’s been my struggle with weight loss.” This big winner may be on his way to becoming a big loser. Now, Studdard is taking his health struggle public as he steps forward to be the first ever celebrity contestant on NBC’s The Biggest Loser. The new season returned Oct. 22 for its 15th season with the theme, “Second Chances.” Teamed with 14 other Ruben Studdard contestants, Studdard, who said that theme really resonates with him, will take on the task of losing weight to forever change his life. “I’ve been really blessed to have a career that has done okay for awhile, but the one thing that I have not been able to tackle consistently is staying at a healthy weight,” he stated. “This show has given me a second chance to live a better life, not just professionally but personally. It’s really given me an opportunity to put me first and not put my career ahead of my health, and that’s what I’ve been doing for the past couple of years.” From 2007 to 2010, 38.1 percent of African- American men who are age 20 and over were obese. Hypertension affected 37.6 percent of that same group with heart disease being the leading cause of death for African American men, according to the Centers for Disease Control. Studdard, who said that he has been overweight since he was 10, is ready to fight back against those statistics. He revealed that being Southern helped mold how he always looked at food. In the past, he went through a period of eating a vegan diet but eventually returned to the menu choices of his Birmingham, Ala., roots. “I just have to make better choices. And you know, the problem is not having grits and one piece of fried chicken one time in two or three months; it’s having it every day,” he noted. “In real life there are gonna be times when I am going to have a piece of pizza or have a hamburger but I can’t have those things every single day, you know what I mean?” Helping to guide Studdard along this journey to better health has been fitness trainer Dolvett Quince, returning to the show for his fourth season. He noted during the interview that, although Studdard is the heaviest contestant on the show this season, he came to the contest ready and enthusiastic to make the “food rehab” commitment.

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President Appoints Two Blacks to High Federal Positions Homeland Security Chief and Federal Claims Court Chief Justice By Avis Thomas-Lester AFRO Executive Editor President Barack Obama has selected Jeh C. Johnson, who supervised 10,000 civilian and military lawyers at the Department of Defense, as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. He also recently named Judge Patricia E. Campbell-Smith of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims to serve as the chief judge. She is the first African American to be designated. confirmed, leave private practice sport-utility vehicle soughttoin By If Alan King Johnson, who would serve, would come to the position connection with substantial experience, with the murder of AFRO Staff Writer Hudson’s mother and officials said. He would be the fourth DHS secretary andbrother. the first The white, 1994 Chevrolet Jennifer Hudson Black person to holdand theother post. Suburban with Illinois license relatives positively identified Johnson, a graduate of Morehouse and Columbia Law

School, served as the am confident she will serve with distinction,” he said. Department of Defense’s top Johnson hails from a family of devoted public servants. His lawyer. He advised Obama grandfather, Dr. Charles S. Johnson was a famed sociologist and two secretaries of defense and Harlem Renaissance figure who became the first Black and helped to develop several president of historic Fisk University. His uncle. Lt. Robert B. national security policies Johnson, was a member of the illustrious Tuskegee Airmen. November 1, 2008 - November 2008, The Washington Afro-American during Obama’s first term in “Thank you7,for the tremendous honor of this nominationA3 office. and the trust you have placed in me to carry out this large and He is credited with leading important responsibility as secretary of homeland security,” the review and authorization Johnson said. “I was not looking for his opportunity. I had left of the report that led to the government at the end of last yearposted and was settling back from a neighbor about a suspifliers bearing hisinto photorepeal in 2010 The of the “Don’t private life and private law practice. Butaround when Ithe received cious vehicle. man noticed graph city. Onthe the vehicle while policy walking his Sunday, Jennifer Hudson asked Ask, Don’t Tell” toward call, I could not refuse it.” dog. According Chicago for the public’s help in finding homosexuals in to thethe military. A source familiar with the nomination said Obama’s Tribune, the boy had been shot her nephew. In her MySpace At a brief selection of Johnson indicates a shift away from immigration as multiple timesnews in theconference back seat blog, she thanked fans and supin Roseregisthe focus of DHS to national security as afor priority. of the the White vehicle.House The SUV, porters their prayers and tered to on Hudson’s a $100,000 to Garden Oct. 18,murdered Obama If Johnson is confirmed, four ofoffered the major playersreward in brother, towed the anyone who returned thebeboy urged thewas Senate towith move national security would boy’s body inside and is being alive. quickly to confirm Johnson, African Americans—Obama, processed by evidence techniSince the investigation, who would replace Janet U.S. Attorney Eric H. cians and workers. The body Hudson – whoGen. gained stardom DHS chief nominee Jeh C. Napolitano, who left postto Holder, U.N. Ambassador was later removed andthe taken after appearing on “American Johnson theJuly Cook Idol,” E. and thenand won an in to County head theMedical University Susan Rice Johnson. Examiner’s office. Academy Award for her role in of California system. According to a senior Hudson and other family the movie Dreamgirls – has “From the moment I took office, Jeh was an absolutely Obama administration members arrived at the Medical stayed out of the publicofficial, eye. critical member my national security team, and he Johnson “was a key decision Examiner’s officeofmid-afterThe Chicago Tribune reportJennnifer Hudson’s nephew. noon to identify the body. ed thaton a parade cars moved demonstrated again and again the Julian qualitiesKing, that will make him maker variousoflegal choice between look- security,” Obama said. “Jeh has slowly past her family’s home aGiven strongthesecretary of homeland regarding different A spokesman for the office the murders but is being held in questions ing directly at the body or Monday morning, past the aviewing deep understanding of the threatstold andthe challenges the points of overlap between newspaperfacing that Hudson jail for parole violation after it on a wall-mounted news vans, reporters and curiUnited States. As the Pentagon’s top lawyer, he helped design the Defense Department and ous onlookers. stood and implement many of the polities that have kept our country the DepartmentNeighbors of Homeland “She held hands with her family. It was obviously a very emotional moment.” quietly and safe, including our success in dismantling the core of al Queda Security.” reflected on the and thescreen, Fatah.” Johnson, who hails from “remained strong for her famibeing convicted of attempted video the family chose violence. ly” and was clearly its leader. murder and vehicular hijackPresident alsotopraised Campbell-Smith, who served NewInYork, heHudson’s was in theThe latter. According the front said of the “Sheofheld handsClaims with her famiing. Cook County records show Manhattan Tribune, home, menon in 9/11, heavyhis jackets as specialHudson master said, with “Yes, the U.S. Court Federal from ly,” the spokesman said. “It that he pleaded guilty to both that’s to him.” and hooded sweatshirts came to 2005 2011 and chief special master from 2011 until Sept. 19, birthday. After the attack, Judge Patricia E. Campbellwas obviously a very emotional charges in 1999. He was also kiss the twin white crosses bar2012, when he appointed her judge. On Oct. 21, Obama tapped heing said, he “wandered the Smith in 1998 for possesmoment.” convicted the names of Donerson and Theofboy – the son of Julia sion of a stolen motor vehicle. streets her to serve as chief judge. A graduate Duke University and of Jason. New York…and Hudson, Jennifer’s sister – had He was released from prison in wondered Tulane Law School, Campbell-Smith practiced environmental and asked , ‘What “Everybody is sick of going been missing since Friday, 2006 after serving seven years through stuff liketothis,” Artisha regulatory law, patent infringement litigation and toxic tort can I do?’ Since then, I’ve tried to devote myself answering when a relative found Julian’s for the attempted murder and West, aabout former resident of our the litigation in private practice, according to a White House that question. I love this country. I care the safety of grandmother, Darnell car hijacking charges. area told the Tribune. “We all No wonder Obama’s campaign is Donerson, 57, and his uncle, statement. people. I believe in public service.have AndtoI remain loyal toAll you, The boy remained missing stick together. these trying to distance himand from the Jason Hudson, 29, shotand to death through a long weekend in “She has a long distinguished record of service, I Mr. President.” young children are dying, and

Jennifer Hudson and Relatives Identify Body of Her Slain Nephew BALTIMORE EDITION STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP MANAGEMENT AND CIRCULATION (Required by 39 U.S.C. 3685)

1. Title of Publication — THE BALTIMORE AFRO-AMERICAN, Publication No. 00040-0800 2. Date of Filing — October 1, 2013 3. Frequency of issue — Published weekly, 52 issues annually with annual subscription price of $40.00 4. Location of known office of publication is 2519 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218 5. Location of the headquarters and general business offices of the publisher, AFRO-AMERICAN Company of Baltimore City, 2519 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218-4602 6. Names and complete addresses of Publisher and Editor are:Courtesy Photos Jennifer and Publisher:Hudson John J. Oliver, Jr. her mom, Darnell Donerson who was killed,Afro-American as well asNewspapers her brother, Jason. 2519 N. Charles Street MD 21218-4602plate X584859 was found on the body ofBaltimore, her 7-year-old Executive Editor: Avis Chicago’s West Side after nephew Monday, justThomas-Lester hours 2519 N. Charles Street police received a 7 a.m. call after his body was found in a Baltimore, MD 21218-4602 Editor: Dorothy Boulware 2519 N. Charles Street Baltimore, MD 21218-4602 7. The owner is a Corporation: The AFRO-AMERICAN Company of Baltimore City, 2519 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 212184602. The following percent or more of the players total Dallas Cowboys By Alan KingStockholders own one (1)and amountStaff of stock and their mailing address is above: Oliver,Owens, Jr., Tony RomoJohn andJ.Terrell AFRO Writer Trustees of Carl Murphy Estate, Francesamong L. Murphy and Carlita Jones; to the names submitted Madeline W. Murphy, Arthur Murphy, Camay Murphy, Eleanor Louise election officials. Presidential candidate John Gee Murphy, David Lottier, Shawn P. Lottier, Smith,workers, Virginia who HurdSadie said those McCain’s attack on V. ACORN – L. Parham,Community June L. Powell, Deborah Stafford, James those and Robin Wood, were doing things without Associated all of Baltimore, Leeland Sr., Leeland A.M. Jones, Jr, ACORN’s knowledge or permisOrganization for MD; Reform NowA.–M. Jones, of Buffalo, Charles Carlitasion, CMJ were Perkins, of Gaithersburg, fired. confirms theNY; success of Perkins, the MD; Georgethe Lottier, Lottier,that of Atlanta, “The evidence has surorganization, headDaniel of theH. Murphy, Christopher GA; Laurence M. far Rabb of Chicago, ILL; faced so shows they faked group says. Young, Grace Bruce, Madeline Susan of Biloxi, MS; Sharonforms M. Smith of Oakland, to get paid for CA; work they “ThisM.isBarnes testimony to the work and Benjamin M.success Phillips we’ve IV of Bowie, didn’t MD. do, not to stuff ballot we’ve done and 8. Known bondholders, mortgagees, other security holders ACORN, sheowning said, isorthe had,” Maude Hurd, president of andboxes.” holding 1said percent or more of total amount of bonds, mortgages or other victim of fraud, not the perpetraACORN, in an interview securities — NONE tor of it. with the AFRO. 9.“When EXTENT AND NATURE OFwe CIRCULATION Hurd said the only things this attack started,

ACORN Fights Back

Leader Calls Voter Registration Fraud Charges ‘Bogus’

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group, saying, “Barack Obama Never Organized with ACORN.” But Obama’s ties to ACORN run long and deep. He taught classes for ACORN. They even endorsed Continued from A1 him for President. But now ACORN is in trouble. Oct.Reporter: 21, 24—13 percent—of There are at least the victims were women. 11 investigations across the country involving Women have alsothousands been of potentiallyas fraudulent ACORN identified the perpetrators forms. in several recent killings, just Announcer: Massive voter as disturbing a trend, officials fraud. And the Obama campaign paid more than $800,000 to an said. ACORN frontstruggling for get outwith the vote In a city efforts. high crime, Baltimore police Pressuring banks to issue risky said the number ofvoter violent loans. Nationwide fraud. crimes women has Barack involving Obama. Bad judgment. Blind ambition. Too riskyin for dramatically increased America.

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recent years. During a June news conference, Since McCain’s Police comments, Commissioner Anthony ACORN’s 87 offices haveW. been bombarded threats and Batts soughtwith to explain that racist mail. Baltimore is not the only city The day after the presidential experiencing trend. debate, vandalsthe broke into the “Women are increasingly organization’s Boston and Seattle offices and victims stole computers. becoming of shootings Afterin a Cleveland both Baltimorerepresentative and across appeared on TV, an e-mail was America,” he said. sent to the local office saying she Tim expert “is Dr. going to Akers, have heran life ended.” A worker in Providence, R.I., on criminology at Morgan received a threatening sayState University, saidcall women ing, “We know you get off work are back more” at 9”“fighting and uttered racial epithets. when it comes to dealing A caller to one office leftwith a message on conflict. Forthe soanswering long, he said, machine,were saying: “Hi, to I was women taught be just calling to let you know that quiet and demure. Astowomen Barack Obama needs get have shrugged off traditional hung. He’s a (expletive deleted) nigger, andlabels, he’s a they pieceare of roles and (expletive deleted). You guys are responding to violence much fraudulent, and you need to go to the way men on have hell.same All the niggers oak trees. traditionally done, he said.honThey’re gonna get all hung eys,According they’re going to get assassito police, nated, they’re killed.” Gowdy went gonna to the get 4400 block Another message said, “You of Fairview Ave. in Northwest liberal idiots. Dumb (expletive Baltimore on thebums. afternoon deleted). Welfare You of guys 20 justto(expletive deleted) Oct. pick up her 3-yearcome to from our country, consume old son her ex-husband. every natural resource there is, Gowdy saw her ex-husband, and make a lot of babies. That’s whose was notthen released, all you name guys do. And suck up the welfare andwith expect sitting on a step hiseverynew one else to Gabrielle pay for your hospital girlfriend, Smith, bills for your kids. I jus’ say let 30. your kids die. That’s the best Police witnesses move. Justsaid let your childrentold die. ForgetGowdy about paying forupset hospital them became billssomething for them. I’m not said gonna do by Smith and it. You guys are lowlifes. And I brandished a beer bottle at hope you all die.” Smith what the police Hurdinthinks hatecalled calls will cease soon. a “threatening manner.” The two weeks, these two“In women beganI think fighting attacks will be over. But I think it and Smith allegedly ended will be harder for us to get our the brawl shegraces took out name back when on good because they really trashed us in a knife or other sharp object the few weeks.” andlast stabbed Gowdy in the left ACORN will not be armBut and abdomen. Gowdy deterred. was“We’ve pronounced dead atforSinai been fighting a long time, for over 30 years, for Hospital. the rights low- and A dayofearlier, on moderateOct. income people all across the 19, in the 300 block of country,” Hurd said. “We’re S. Franklintown Rd. in for going to continue to fight Southwestjustice Baltimore, economic in our communities.” Natafre Green, 30, was

in his grandmother’s home in the 7000 block of South Yale Avenue. An Amber Alert – a designation for high-risk missing children – was issued Friday after Julian was discovered found unresponsive in her missing after the murders. car suffering from several Police arrested William multiple gunshot wounds. She Balfour, the missing boy’s stepfather and estranged was pronounced deadhusband at an of Julia, at hisa girlfriend’s area hospital short time later. Southside apartment several On June 27, the last words hours after the murders. witnesses said they heard has Balfour’s mother, Michele, Tierra Fallin scream a group told reporters that hertoson had nothing to before do withthey the slayings. of women became Balfour remains a suspect in

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Jason Hudson victims of a triple shooting were very clear. “I’m going to f--- up this whole block and this b---- is going to be the first!” SQUARE HIGH Seconds later, bullets flew on the front porch of a row house on Elmora Courtesy Photo Ave. in East Baltimore. The Latreshia Gowdy gunmen who allegedly fired the shots allegedly had been NOT ON THE LIST BREAD enlisted by Fallin, authorities conflict resolution because Other women killed so far said. The barrage claimed among some women there is this year include: Michelle the life of Gennie Shird, 21 a sense of feeling “punked” if Adrian, 17; Melissa Davis, 44; and left Cierra Williams, 24 they walk away, experts said. Rockelle Harper, 27; Jennifer RIGHT 32; Candace Hurtand Michelle Hitchens, 51,LEFT Many of the cases involve Conyers, seriously injured. Hitchens situations where the women Baird, 33; Alysia Strickland, later died. weren’t participating in 33; Shantese Evans, 26; The dispute on the violence. Diamond was at Rachael Curtis, 31; Tyreka porch on Elmora Avenue home with her brother when Martin, 20; Kishawna Pinder, resulted, Akers said, from she received a phone call that 20; Tanya Raymond, 42; the perpetrator not knowing upset her. She left to go meet Kendra Diggs, 37; Yolanda “when to walk away”—the a young man she had dated, Johnson, 24; Donyae same syndrome that leads police said. They believe Jones, 18; Joyce Alston, to violent confrontations he slashed her throat before 49; Karolina Derezinskafrequently among young men, killing himself on a local Szkiluk, 38; Natasha Bates, 1 BANANA especially in urban settings. 40; and Meghan Kerrigan, 22; basketball court as several All too often there is no Lakeisha Vannison, 24. horrified youths watched.

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Belair Road Awaits Facelift

By Blair Adams AFRO Staff Writer

Picture Belair Road 20 years from now. Will there be eloquent landscaping framing several small, owner-operated boutiques and businesses? Will you be able to tell the difference between Baltimore City and Baltimore County? Doretha Hilton, of the 4200 block of Moravia Road thinks Belair Road should be crime and trash free. Department of Transportation Chief Valorie LaCour thinks Belair Road should be a family- and business-oriented greenway with lots of trees and wider sidewalks. And that’s just a sample of the visions being expressed as revitalization of Belair Road moves to planning stage. According to local officials, they want to make the corridor more pedestrian friendly, which will mean wider sidewalks, more benches and more of a scenic route. “The idea is to litigate conflict and create an identity with the Belair Road community,” LaCour told the AFRO. “This is an opportunity to get comments from the community before we enter into the next design phrase.” Thanks to a $3 million in federal and state money now available, merchants and residents in the northeast Baltimore corridor recently learned that a proposed four-mile revamp may get underway soon. The plans were the subject of a lively meeting Oct. 21 at St. Anthony of Padua Most Precious Blood Church, when local planning officials outlined the shape of the revamp that is to begin at Erdman Avenue and end at Fleetwood Avenue. LaCour said the plan is to improve pedestrian safety, improve transit connectivity, improve environmental quality and improve streetscape aesthetics. Councilman Brandon Scott of District 2, said, change for the currently dismal corridor “is needed, especially when it comes to trying to attract new businesses to the area.” The current conditions of Belair Rd. consist of narrow roads, two traffic lanes in each direction and streets badly in need of repair. LaCour said there aren’t many wide sidewalks,

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places for people to sit for mass transit or landscaping. There are several closed car dealerships and closed businesses. Some residents disagree. Rickey Hilton, 56, who lives in the 4200 block of Moravia Rd., said he’s worried.

“According to local officials, they want to make the corridor more pedestrian friendly, which will mean wider sidewalks, more benches and more of a scenic route.” “I’m afraid the money won’t fix the problems we see every day,” Hilton told the AFRO. Hilton and his wife Doretha have lived in the Moravia community for years and are tired of putting up with crime. “I hope the remodel will eliminate the crime in the area,” she said.

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an $83 decline from 2011 and an 8.3 percent decline from 2007, the year before the recession. This followed two consecutive annual declines, according to the bureau’s Current Population Survey. Similarly, changes in the poverty rate were not statistically different for the second straight year. About 46.5 million people lived below the poverty line in 2012, representing 15 percent of the population—a 2.5 percentage increase from 2007. When those numbers are categorized by race and ethnicity, the outlook becomes even grimmer, with African Americans continuing to exist in the lowest economic stratum. “Consistent with other years, poverty rates are higher and median incomes are lower than other groups,” said Trudi Renwich, chief of poverty statistics at the U.S. Census Bureau. Over the 12-year period from 2000 to 2012, Blacks’ incomes plummeted 15.8 percent, while Whites’ incomes dropped by 6.3 percent. In 2012, Black households had a medium income of

$33,321 compared to $39,005 for Hispanic households, $57,009 for White households and $68,636 for Asian households. Not surprisingly, then, a higher percentage of Blacks—27.2 percent or 10.9 million people—lived in poverty, compared to 25.9 percent of Hispanics, 11.7 percent of Asians, and 9.7 percent of Whites. Gould, the economist, called the disparities “astounding.” Sadly, however, the deep economic chasm separating the races in the U.S. has existed for a longtime, said

“This is just one portion of a great revitalization plan,” Scott said. “This will improve the infrastructure and make it more walkable, make it more friendly, make it more environmentally friendly, but also help spruce up the area to make it look better.” Andrea Buie-Branam, lives in the Cedmont community, said she thinks this project is a step in the right direction for the neighborhood. “”I’m looking forward to it and am optimistic,” Branam said. “Hopefully this will bring more family friendly businesses to the area.” Scott told the AFRO neighbors are clamoring for improvements and Belair Road is his top priority. According to officials the new renovations will encourage business owners to see Belair Road as an opportunity to bring their business to the city. LaCour said with the investments people make into the city, it would stimulate economic development. “An investment in transportation infrastructure may get the attention of the development community,” she said. The design phase is to take nine months and construction is set to begin in late 2015, planning officials said. and poverty for African Americans,” Shelton told the AFRO. In Black meccas such as Baltimore and Washington, D.C., the trend bore out. In Baltimore, the median income for African Americans was $30,511—a 14 percent decline from 2007—30.4 percent lived in poverty and 12.4 percent were unemployed. In Washington, D.C., the trend among the general populace was good—it experienced one of the largest increases (23.3 percent) in median household income from 2000 to 2012, going from $53,995 to $66,583. But among the city’s Black

“…from 2000 to 2012, Blacks’ incomes plummeted 15.8 percent, while Whites’ incomes dropped by 6.3 percent.” Hilary Shelton, chief of the NAACP’s Washington Bureau and the organization’s senior vice president for advocacy and policy. “The real sad thing is that these numbers have not changed that much. It is very disturbing to see these persistent disparities in income

residents, circumstances are bleaker. The median income of Black households dropped by 2 percent from $39,772 to $39,139 between 2007 and 2012. And, poverty rose from 22.7 to 25.7 percent. Contrastingly, in Prince George’s County, Md., African-American poverty rates were relatively low, said

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the Census Bureau’s Renwich. Poverty rates among Blacks in that county rose from 8.2 percent in 2007 to 9.6 percent in 2012. Shelton said the figures are not surprising since Blacks lost 50 percent of their wealth during the foreclosure epidemic and have unemployment rates that are twice that of Whites. “It is this reality that weighs very heavily on the NAACP’s public policy agenda,” the activist said. “We’re fighting for programs that help people at their worst levels. The challenges of working class people in America are worse than ever before.” But lawmakers— particularly Republicans on Capitol Hill—seem to lack the political will to serve the needs of the American people, Shelton added. “What this report is clearly reflective of is a lack of policies to address the crucial concerns of real American people,” he said. “Too many [legislators] are focused on the next election rather than ensuring Americans have their next meal.” For example, Shelton criticized House Republicans for their dogged attempts to repeal President Obama’s Affordable Care Act, even though it may have contributed to the slight bump in Americans that have health insurance, as the Census statistics showed. He also decried the inattention shown to the American Jobs Act, legislation that has been languishing in Congress for the past couple of years. Gould, the EPI economist, also disparaged House Republicans’ recent vote to reduce the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) by 5 percent, or $4 billion a year. Food stamps are used by more than 1 in 7 Americans. “It is criminal to cut back on food stamps, especially in light of this report,” Gould said. “The idea of starving the government (cutting back on its spending) is the absolutely wrong direction for the country,” she added. Instead, there should be another stimulus “to create more jobs to ensure people at the middle and the bottom have more money in their pockets to spend and stimulate the economy.” Given the continued acrimony and partisanship in Washington, however, Gould said she is not hopeful of a quick change in the nation’s economic forecast. “I’m not optimistic,” she said. “In terms of poverty and income we have a long way to go in terms of getting back to a place where incomes are being evenly distributed across all groups.”

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political science. Her first job was teaching high school government. Soon, she moved east and began interning for the Maryland State Legislature. She spent 11 years working for former Rep. Jim Wright (D-Tex.) , serving as his executive assistant when he acted as speaker of the House of Representatives. She also worked for the late Rep. Tom Foley (D-Wash.) when he was speaker and later for Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.). Miller spent two years working as the deputy assistant to President Clinton. She held the post of director of government relations

for the Federal Trade Commission and chief of the Consumer Information Bureau of the Federal Communications Commission. She also served as a senior advisor to Rep. Nancy Pelosi from 2001 until 2007, when Pelosi named her clerk of the House, the first time an African American had held the post. She became president of the D.C. chapter of the NAACP in 2004 and was elected to the NAACP National Board of Directors four years later, the online bio said.

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students will be my VIP guests when the Ravens play the Vikings on Dec. 8,” he said to the students. He didn’t give details about what VIP treatment will entail.

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The winners will also be the subjects of an awards ceremony and a dinner hosted by Ihedigbo, who said he would probably bring some of his teammates along with him

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The letter was released only hours after President Obama held a Rose Garden news conference deploring the glitches that have slowed enrollment on the website, HealthCare.gov, while praising the benefits of the new plans for those who have successfully enrolled. “The problem has been that the website that’s supposed to make it easy to apply for and purchase the insurance is not working the way it should for everybody. And there’s no sugarcoating it,” Obama said. “The website has been too slow, people have been getting stuck during the application process. And I think it’s fair to say that nobody is more frustrated by that than I am, precisely because the product is good.” For anyone experiencing problems or needing answers to questions, he referred them to Rev. Al Sharpton the toll free number, 1-800-3182596, where he said help is available. Meanwhile, the President flipped the script on Republicans who coined the word “Obamacare” as a negative and used it in a derogatory way to refer to the landmark healthcare reform program whose real name is the Affordable Care Act. In a video distributed by mass e-mail, he asked those in need of healthcare to “Join Team Obamacare.”

Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (DMd.) called Miller “a strong choice.” “Lorraine has a long history as a dedicated public servant and community advocate…” he said in a statement. “I have no doubt that her experiences will bring a wealth of knowledge to the NAACP. I was honored to work with Lorraine during her time with the House, and I look forward to partnering with her in this new capacity as we continue the fight for economic, civic, educational, and Its all about being able to give back to the students and encourage them and keep them moving in the right direction, he told the reporters who showed up to observe his visit at Ben Franklin. “Let’s challenge each other and get this thing going,” he said. Ben Franklin principal Chris

Battaglia said the player’s “message was about education…and it was not about football, which I thought was really important.” Ihedigbo said when you encourage students to stay in school, to meet the attendance challenge and do the required work, it helps improve their grades and

The pastors made their move to support the President and the healthcare program amidst criticism of the plan’s rollout, which has been slowed by technical glitches as millions have sought to enroll. The participating pastors include: the Rev. Dr. Otis Moss, Jr. chair, Faith Partnerships; Rev. Dr. Barbara the Rev. Dr. Barbara WilliamsWilliams-Skinner Skinner, co-chair, National African American Clergy Network; the Reverend Dr. T. DeWitt Smith, Jr., co-chair, National African American Clergy Network; the Rev. Dr. Carroll A. Baltimore, president, Progressive National Baptist Convention; Bishop George E. Battle, Jr., senior bishop, African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; Bishop Charles Edward Blake, Sr., presiding bishop and chief apostle, Church of God In Christ; Bishop John R. Bryant, senior bishop, A.M.E. Church; the Rev. Dr. Ambassador Suzan Johnson Cook, founding president, Women In Ministry International; Bishop Paul A. G. Stewart, Sr., acting senior bishop, Christian Methodist Episcopal Church; Bishop Paul S. Morton, international presiding bishop, Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship International; the Rev. Dr. Julius R. Scruggs, president, National Baptist Convention, USA; the Rev.

social equality for all.” Miller will take the helm on Nov. 1. Jealous is scheduled to leave at the end of the year. Miller said she was “honored” to be appointed. “I look forward to continuing the path forged by Chairman Brock and President Jealous in the months ahead,” she said. “These are important times, and the important work of the NAACP will go on.” According to news reports, a highlight of the national board meeting was the last address of Jealous, who drew thunderous applause when he discussed the progress the civil rights organization has made during the last five years. they will see results. “It shows them the benefits of being disciplined,” he said. “To hear him talk strictly about education was a plus. He wanted kids to know what they needed to do to become a pro in the school, not in sports,” Battaglia told the AFRO.

Al Sharpton, president, National Action Network; the Rev. Dr. Stephen Thurston, president, National Baptist Convention of America; the Rev. Dr. C. T. Vivian, president, Southern Christian Leadership Conference. “We, leaders of predominantly African American denominations and other faith leaders, who lead millions of African American people of faith, believe that our devotion to God requires us to be actively involved in promoting the well-being of all people,” the faith leaders wrote. The clergy members appealed for other pastors to join their effort and sign the letter. “We call on all others of like minds Rev. Dr. C. T. Vivian and empathetic hearts to join in this public affirmation by affixing your names to this historic document,” they wrote.

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COMMUNITY CONNECTION Weekend of Ministry

To highlight the need for increased communication and in recognition of National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, the Interfaith Domestic Violence Initiative is asking interfaith leaders in the Baltimore metropolitan area to commit to addressing domestic violence in their congregations in some form over the “Weekend of Ministry,” Oct. 25-27. Through a partnership that includes the Office of the Governor and the Office of the Mayor, the initiative seeks to build on the close relationships many clergy members have with their congregants as a way to connect with victims of domestic violence. The initiative is the brainchild of Judge Karen C. Friedman who teamed up with Judge David W. Young and Judge Katie O’Malley to encourage Baltimore’s interfaith leaders and institutions to dedicate a portion of their ministries or fellowship activities to domestic violence. “This initiative is attempting to unite all faith against domestic violence. It is important for a victim of domestic violence to know that she or he can turn to their clergy person for guidance and support,” said Judge Friedman. Domestic violence not only threatens an individual’s physical and emotional well-being, it often separates victims from those who care about them and can offer assistance. For information on the Interfaith Domestic Violence Initiative and to pledge participation in the Weekend of Ministry go to www.community.maryland.gov. Share experiences and information on domestic violence on Twitter @GOCIMD #IDVI. For help, call the Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence statewide helpline at 1-800-MD-HELPS or go to www.mnaadv.org.

Forest Park Students Receive Awards at Top 100 MBEs

Forest Park High School seniors Asia McCallum and Zoey White will be honored at the Top 100 Minority Business Enterprise Awards, Oct. 30, at the Memorial Hall-War Memorial Building in Baltimore. McCallum and White are being recognized for their participation in the NFTE National Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge in New York on Oct. 3. In addition, on Nov. 1, the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship, Baltimore, and the Mayor’s office of Minority and Women-Owned Business Development will launch a partnership to promote volunteer opportunities between NFTE students and MBEs. “NFTE Baltimore is fortunate to be partnering with the Asia McCallum Mayor’s Office of Minority and Women-Owned Business and Zoey White Development,” said Andy Hubner, executive director of NFTE Photo by Dawn Edwards Baltimore. “The partnership will provide NFTE students with the opportunity to learn directly from entrepreneurs who have lived what the students are working to accomplish.” McCallum and White were among the 39 national finalists competing for top honors in New York and the chance to win more than $25,000 in cash and prizes to help advance their businesses or to further their education. Finalists were required to develop and present original business plans as part of their entrepreneurial studies at school. As part of their coursework, NFTE students receive hands-on training in launching a business and learn the real-world relevance of math, reading and writing to their businesses. McCallum started a business called “Fortunate!” that features jumbo fortune cookies. She won first

place in the citywide business plan competition in May. White started “Deja au Vintage,” a business that upcycles jeans. She placed second in the Baltimore citywide competition in May. “Asia McCallum and Zoey White represented Baltimore very well in the competition in New York,” said Hubner, the NFTE Baltimore executive director. “Even though they didn’t win, we know they will be successful businesswomen in the future.”

New Shiloh Baptist Church

The Progressive Shiloh Workers of the New Shiloh Baptist Church, 2100 N. Monroe Street in Baltimore, will sponsor the Morgan State University Choir in concert, 6 p.m., Nov. 10 in the main sanctuary. The performance marks 41 years of continuous assistance in helping deserving students attend college. This year’s theme, “Keeping the Vision and Legacy Alive,” is a tribute to the late Dr. Harold A. Carter Sr. All donations will benefit the Progressive Shiloh Workers’ Scholarship Fund. For further information, contact the church office at 410-523-5306. The Rev. Dr. Harold A. Carter Jr. is pastor of New Shiloh.

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The internationally acclaimed film, “Free Angela and All Political Prisoners,” will be shown 7 p.m., Nov. 14 at the Graduate Studio Center of the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), 131 W. North Ave. General admission is $10. Tickets are free to students with a student ID, but reservations must be made at http://freeangela.eventbrite.com. Doors will open at 6 p.m. for sale of MICA student art and books by Angela Davis and others. The movie will be introduced by Jarvis Tyner, national vice-chair of the CPUSA who is a friend and former colleague of Angela Davis. Tyner’s comprehensive review of the film may be found at peoplesworld.org/free-angela-what-you-do-when-wolves-come-after-you.

UMES Announces Donation

The University of Maryland Eastern Shore announced today a Baltimore businessman has pledged to donate $500,000 that will be used to recruit students to its PGA golf management program Carnelious Jones’ gift will support four full-ride scholarships he hopes will encourage minorities and women to pursue careers across the golf industry. Jones, who owns a petroleum wholesaling business, has asked UMES to name the scholarships in honor of trail-blazing African-American golfers James Carnelious Jones with UMES group Black, Renee Powell, Calvin Peete and the late Ann Gregory. UMES leaders call Jones’ donation “transformational … (and) will provide the university’s PGA golf management program with much needed resources to recruit motivated students to the program.” UMES is one of 20 higher education institutions in the country that offers the unique course of study backed by the Professional Golfers of America organization. It is the lone historically black institution with an undergraduate program that combines instruction in how to play professional-level golf with hospitality industry training.

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OPINION

Standing Up for Democracy

Last week, after House Republicans had held the country hostage for 16 days in support of their Tea Party faction’s ideological crusade against Obamacare, reason and patriotism prevailed on Capitol Hill. Presidential resolve, congressional Democratic leadership and bipartisan support from more moderate Republicans managed to avoid default on America’s full faith and credit and returned the federal government to Congressman functioning. Elijah Cummings Although wounded, for the most part our nation’s economy and standing in the world remain intact. Essential services are now being restored for our children, seniors, veterans and business owners who have suffered needlessly for weeks. I was deeply gratified by the opportunity to work with Maryland Sens. Barbara Mikulski and Ben Cardin, as well as my Democratic House colleagues, in assuring that federal workers will be paid their salaries and receive a pay raise as well as their hard-earned benefits. Our expansion of access to health care for all has been preserved – and President Obama would be fully justified in claiming victory. In political terms, such a claim would be justified. Nearly threequarters of all Americans disapproved of the Tea Party’s shutdown strategy, and the Republicans’ overall approval rating is the lowest in recent memory. Yet, as our President has observed, there can be no claim of victory when so many of our countrymen and women have suffered and our nation has been so needlessly injured. A steady and effective resolve to prevent those who have caused so much unnecessary pain from hurting us again must be our foremost priority. Last week, we avoided default and reopened the federal government, but those achievements, however necessary, came with a cost. We agreed to fund the government through Jan. 15, but only at the “sequester” funding levels that have been proven inadequate in economic terms. We achieved flexibility in our efforts to avoid default, but only through Feb. 7. How well this partial victory benefits our country will depend, in large part, upon the negotiations of a bipartisan, House-Senate Budget Conference Committee that is to “provide a path to fiscal responsibility” by Dec. 13.

During the next two months, Republicans and Democrats must come together to compromise on a long-term budget that supports Americans’ highest priorities: jobs and economic growth. By nature, we are an optimistic nation whose hopes for the future are supported by a historical record of challenges that our people and government have overcome. Yet, we must temper our optimism with a realistic assessment of the challenges that we face. For all the news accounts of the Republicans’ “unconditional surrender” to the president’s unwavering determination, and for all the promise that the future may hold, there are hard facts that we must keep in mind. For example, 144 House Republicans (62 percent of the majority party) voted against the budget and debt funding compromise, while only 87 members of the House Republican Caucus voted to reopen the government and avoid default. Those are not numbers that promise a willingness to compromise. The obstacle, of course, is the Tea Party. Even for those who disagree with ObamaCare, the only view of reality that could justify defaulting on the full faith and credit of the United States was a short-term political analysis dominated by gerrymandered Republican congressional districts, Tea Party ideologues and their billionaire funding machines. It is important for everyone, Democrats and more mainstream Republicans alike, to fully understand this undemocratic alternative reality that the Tea Party is pushing. Media images tend to suggest a broad, citizen-based movement. In fact, fewer than one-quarter of all Americans approve of the Tea Party’s philosophy and tactics. Many of the Tea Party’s everyday followers are simply people who fear the future and want to return to a way of life that may or may not have ever existed for most people. Billionaire funders and cynical candidates are playing upon their fears in efforts to leverage their way to national dominance.

This local political leverage alarms mainstream Republicans who are fearful of losing their positions to more radical right wing candidates. This is how a minority of the House of Representatives - which, in turn, is only one of the three branches of our government – was able to partially shut down the federal government and risk default on America’s full faith and credit. It is the true threat to democracy, to majority rule and to policies that benefit more than a privileged few. The devastation that our nation just suffered revealed the ultimate sources and objectives of this undemocratic threat. Now, as President Obama has been urging us, those of us who place the good of the country first–Democrats and Republicans alike--must come together in reasonable, pragmatic compromise. That is the shared, patriotic vision that saved our nation from default – the vision that can preserve all that we have worked so hard to achieve in the challenging days to come. Congressman Elijah Cummings represents Maryland’s Seventh Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives.

Mediation Will Solve HBCU Funding Inequities

Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown

Over the past seven years, even as other states have cut higher education budgets, Maryland has led the way in ensuring the strength and diversity of our public colleges and universities. We believed – and continue to believe – that college should be accessible to every Marylander who wants to get an education and prepare themselves for the jobs of today and tomorrow. We’ve supported that belief by being the only state in the nation to freeze in-state tuition for four years in a row. As a result, we’ve seen a 22 percent increase in bachelor’s degrees – along with a 49 percent increase in associate’s degrees – awarded by all of our public colleges and universities. We’ve also made record investments in our historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). These schools have been the foundation on which so many Marylanders have built their futures–whether

it’s studying business at Morgan State, preparing for a career in Coppin State’s award-winning IT program, working every day in Bowie State’s cutting-edge mobile journalism lab, or conducting research in one of the UMES offshore fisheries that travel the entire Eastern seaboard. Our HBCUs must remain a critical part of Maryland’s economy and future, as they train and educate our next generation of leaders. But for all of our efforts, successes, and accomplishments, I know that there is still work to be done. We were reminded of that recently when a Federal District Court ruled that while we were upholding our responsibility to appropriately fund our HBCUs, Maryland hadn’t done enough to avoid the unnecessary–and potentially damaging – duplication of academic programs among our universities. I agree

with the court in this regard; we must do all that we can to strengthen the unique academic offerings at our HBCUs, and avoid duplicating our efforts (and our expenses) by creating academic programs whose demand is being met by existing institutions. I believe that this ruling is an opportunity for Maryland to look to the future. I look forward to working together with leaders from across our state in order to find common ground through mediation. And while it will likely be a long and difficult process, I know that by working together, we can achieve our essential mission to educate all of Maryland’s students, and allow our already strong higher education system to continue to thrive. Anthony Brown is Lt. Governor of the state of Maryland.

Judge Blake Issued a Bold, Risky and Wise Opinion Maryland’s higher education system has a long and interesting history with racial issues. Although it is true that much of the nation has toiled in the vineyard of achieving equal opportunity in education, Maryland has a special place in controversies over such matters. The most recent dispute that has landed in Federal court involves The Coalition for Equality and Excellence in Maryland Higher Education et al. v. Maryland Higher Education Commission. Judge Josè F. Anderson Catherine C. Blake issued the decision in this matter from the United States District Court of Maryland a few weeks ago. In that ruling, the Maryland higher education system was called into question because of issues with the allocation of certain popular academic programs to Historically White Institutions (HWIs) and alleged unfairness of financing those Historically Black Institutions (HBIs). The suit was brought by individual students, alumni and others who complained Maryland engaged in unequal treatment at campuses like Morgan State University and Bowie State University. The dispute led to a six-week trial in January 2012. In October of that year, Judge Blake heard extensive oral arguments from the parties regarding the evidence presented before her in Court. The coalition plaintiffs, seizing on a strategy reminiscent of that first used by Charles Hamilton Houston and Thurgood Marshall in the 1930s, built their case to demonstrate the inequality of higher education that had taken place for decades in the Maryland. In her mammoth, 60-page opinion, Judge Blake outlined both the historical challenges in Maryland higher education and the current status of historically Black state institutions. Judge Blake’s ruling,

going back to 1890, described Maryland’s higher education system as operating both an exclusionary and a dual system from its beginnings, providing inferior schools for its Black citizens. She explained that despite several commission reports and studies throughout the decades that followed the 1930s “separate but equal” litigation, Maryland had never solved the problems of inequality in higher education. Judge Blake pointed out that during the 1930s the state education system was clearly hostile to integration. The system and its regents made purchases of schools so that Black students would not seek to be admitted to the University of Maryland’s main campus at College Park. The system spent years fighting the admission of students to all parts of the University including its professional schools, instead opting to pay students tuition to “out-of-state” schools that would allow integrated education. In this most recent case, Judge Blake identified program duplication as very harmful to the survival of historically black institution. She also cited the crowding of higher education institutions in the Baltimore area as presenting additional challenges over the decades since the civil rights movement. In its most attention-getting language in the opinion, Judge Blake compared the situation in Maryland, because of program duplication, as being no better than that in the state of Mississippi two decades ago. Media headlines across the country reported the case as a victory for the historically Black institutions. Citing statistical disparities in the number of nonminority students attending such institutions, Judge Blake made it clear that Maryland was falling short in its effort at desegregated higher education. During the trial before Judge Blake, the University System of Maryland chancellor stated that he believed the state should do better to advance its efforts in higher education toward minorities. Judge Blake’s opinion was a split victory. The state was found not to have discriminated in funding but the judge did question the defendant’s policies on program allocation to the various campuses. She indicated that some glimmers of hope were demonstrated between the relationships of Salisbury University a majority institution, with the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, a HBI. Of all the system schools, those two campuses have done the best job of sharing

programs. Of course the geographical isolation of those campuses makes such efforts easier to accomplish. On the one hand Judge Blake did not order money damages for the plaintiffs in the suit. However, she did make a finding that the state system needs to correct what she determined to be an unfair distribution of popular programs. She found that the HBIs did not receive an adequate share of popular programs that would help strengthen HBI enrollment. The opinion offers several challenges for the future. Competition from private schools, online training, and other innovations in providing higher education have changed the choices that people of all backgrounds have available. Technology and the educational needs of different disciplines and regions have caused programs to come and go, depending on the demand for specialized skills. At the same time the achievement gap for minority communities has widened and financial access to higher education has become more difficult for everyone. The allocation of scarce public higher education dollars has called for demands for greater scrutiny of all public universities by Maryland officials. Judge Blake’s invitation for the parties to mediate a resolution to the dispute was a sound suggestion; she noted that “if mediation was not successful further proceedings will be scheduled so that the court may evaluate any competing proposals.” Mediation makes sense, because recent Supreme Court opinions have called into question how much power a federal judge can use to solve local problems in the area of education. Like two judges of the Old Testament, Solomon, who threatened to divide a baby in order to identify the true mother or Deborah whose courage brought decades of peace to the land of Israel, Judge Blake used a measure of wisdom by requiring the parties to seek resolution to this difficult problem before she takes direct action. The parties should try to settle this issue in a higher education world that is a moving target. Delay in resolving this case may be costly to the collective future and stability of higher education in Maryland at all of its public institutions. Josè Anderson is a professor of law at the University of Baltimore School of Law.

The Afro-American, October 26, 2013 - November 1, 2013

Lincoln U Posthumously Awards Long-Overdue Degree Lincoln University will posthumously award a longoverdue honorary degree to Charles Cecil Dennis Jr.,

’54, at the black-tie, Annual Homecoming Alumni Awards Banquet, Oct. 25 in the SUB Multipurpose Room.

“This is long overdue and only right,” said Dr. Robert R. Jennings, president of The Lincoln University. “Our

Board of Trustees voted to honor this distinguished alumni more than 30 years ago.”

Dennis’ widow, Agnes Cooper Dennis, and other family members will be present to accept the honor.

Charles Cecil Dennis Jr. The late-Dennis, Liberia’s then-Minister of Foreign Affairs, was tragically executed during the Liberian Civil War only days prior to receiving the honorary degree along with the now late-U.S. Rep. William Gray, Dr. Lorraine Williams, then-vice president at Howard University and Dr. David Morris, ’18, a distinguished physician and retired member of the board of trustees during commencement exercises in 1980. In total, 13 Liberian officials were killed on April 22, 1980, including Dennis – the story recounted in The House At Sugar Beach, a memoir by Dennis’ cousin, Helene Cooper, and published by Simon & Schuster in 2008. Dennis graduated from Lincoln in 1954 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and a law degree from Georgetown University in 1957. During his tenure as Minister of Foreign Affairs, he represented then-Liberian President William R. Tolbert Jr. at such meetings as the Afro-Arab Cooperation, the Non-Aligned Countries Movement, and the Organization of African Unity (OAU), currently known as the African Union (AU), the Joint Ministerial Meeting of the Arab League, as well as the Organization of African Unity for Afro-Arab Cooperation. Dennis was a member of the several social organizations, including: the Free & Accepted Masons, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity and was a founding member of the men’s social club, “Y- GoGetters.” The Alumni Awards Banquet will also honor others with the Alumni Medal of Distinction, Alumni Service Award, Outstanding Young Alumni Award and the Director’s Choice Award.

October 26, 2013 - November 1, 2013, The Afro-American

Dorothy Johnson, Dr. Alison RiddleFletcher, Grace Coffey, Lisa Settles

Flossie Johnson, organizer, receives a dozen white roses from Kimberly Robinson and is assisted by Doris Holmes

The Patapsco River Chapter, The Links held its largest fundraiser of the year at the Valley Mansion in Cockeysville. The gala event, “Denim and Diamonds,” was held during the same time the Baltimore Ravens- Miami Dolphins game was being aired, and the multiple large screen televisions captured play by play so the football fans could watch the football action and enjoy the festivities simultaneously. More than 400 people gathered in the banquet hall for a casual yet elegant afternoon. The guests were encouraged to try their hand at winning the door prizes, the mega raffles, and the grand prize of a crystal fox poncho. The dance floor remained packed with guests throughout the entire afternoon. The lucky raffle winners won a large screen TV, an IPAD and the 50/50 cash prize. And to top off the afternoon, the Ravens won

Donna Graves, Maritha Gay, Joan Pratt, Baltimore City Comptroller

the game against the Dolphins. Dianne S. Hardison, Eastern Area director, The Links, was in attendance for the spectacular event. The president of the Patapsco River Chapter is Kimberleigh De Laine; the co-chairs of the fundraiser were Robin Ott and Dr. Gina McKnight-Smith.

Marlene Downs, Angela Downs Washington, Angela Barnes, Chelsea Harris Osuji

Anita M. Jackson and Kimberly Robinson

Tonia Lee and Corliss Strickland-Alston

Alice Bey, Alice Cox, Roslyn Autterbury

Dr. Gina McKnight-Smith, Robin Ott, chairs of Denim and Diamonds Bull Roast

Kim De Laine with father, Dr. Thomas De Laine Rosalyn Smith, Frankie McCurdy, Cimmon Burris

Dorothy Johnson, Shirley T. Hill, Dr. Gretchen Styles

Margaret Selby and Sandra Ray

Sen. Verna Jones-Rodwell, Lisa Cooper-Lucas, Raymond Lucas, president, 100 Black Men Photos by Dr. A. Lois De Laine

Joe Aston, Balto. NAACP; Anthony McCarthy, WEAA Radio and Tessa HillAston, president, Balto. NAACP

MD. State School Supt. Lillian Lowery and Jessica Strauss

Rose Wiggins and Bill Walker

Tri-Chapter presidents, Candace Sims, Harbor City; Kimberleigh De Laine, Patapsco River and Patricia Jessamy, Baltimore Chapter

Patapsco River Chapter, The Links, Incorporated with Eastern Area Director, Diane Hardison

The Associated Black Charities Foundation and the Maritime Park Museum were the beneficiaries of the “Sunday Afternoon Jazz on the Waterfront” fundraiser Sept. 29 at the Frederick Douglass-Isaac Myers Maritime Park Museum. The afternoon of music was well attended by jazz patrons who were treated to a full complement of well-known Jazz musicians that included world famous saxophonist/clarinetist Gary Bartz, the Latin jazz band The Curtis Brothers, up-andcoming violinist Chelsey Green and clarinetist Todd Marcus and his Jazz Orchestra. Elizabeth Hasan, Venetta Dixon and Florence Hall

Chelsey Green

Reginald Thomas, Auvea Fortune and Valerie Fraling

Dr. Charles Simmons, president, Sojourner Douglass College and Arthur Woodard

Headliner, Gary Bartz

Ruth Binsky, Michael Binsky, Dennis Fisher, Elaine Kirstaetter and Ben Stanley

John M. Wesley Jay Baker and Rose McNeill

Vendors

Standing Dominique Simmons, Merlina Elwin, Seated L - R Loretta Hill, Deborah Stallings, Glenn Isaac and Sylvia Isaac

James Bond and Talib Horne

Barbara Waller, Helen Anderson and Joan Sterling

Photos by Anderson Ward

Yvonne Onque and Paula Brooks

James Baylor and Janet Waters

Reginald Thomas, Cheryl Hitchcock and Dr. Charlene Cooper-Boston

The Afro-American, October 26, 2013 - November 1, 2013

“We no longer need to fear arguments, confrontations or any kind of problems with ourselves or others. Even stars collide, and out of their crashing new worlds are born. Today I know THAT IS “LIFE!” Charlie Chaplin “Give and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.” Luke 6:38 “Come on over to my place…” Colin’s Seafood & Grill at 3653 Offutt Road is a full service restaurant specializing in fresh seafood, including oysters and clams on the half-shell, stuffed flounder, stuffed salmon, crab cakes, calamari and ribs and steak and is now open. The extensive menu is certain to satisfy the most discriminating palate. “…In this world of ordinary people... extraordinary people, I’m glad there is you…” Gloria Lynne RIP Dante and Candes Daniels of Maceo’s Restaurant and Lounge have expanded their family-owned business to the Liberty Road corridor with the same love, warmth and friendship they demonstrated at Maceo’s. “…In this world of overrated pleasures and underrated treasures, I’m glad there is you. I live to love; I love to live with you beside me…” Gloria Lynne Doing their soft opening, I sampled several menu items, making it difficult to select a favorite, the stuffed flounder melted in my mouth, the fried tilapia was mouthwatering, the oysters with sliced boiled eggs and horseradish were succulent and the center cut smothered pork chops were finger-licking good and so tender you could cut with a plastic knife. The restaurant has a room available for private parties and meetings. The food is superb, the staff and service is phenomenal. Dante and Candes, welcome to Randallstown and the Liberty Road corridor, may your blessings continue to overflow. “Give me my flowers while I yet live, so that I can see the beauty that they bring. Speak

kind words to me while I can hear them, so I can hear the beauty they bring.” James Cleveland The accolades, musical tributes and dance performances by her great granddaughters contributed to an emotional evening for Lillian “Tiger Lil” Vickers at her surprise 70th birthday party at the Best Western Hotel on O’Donnell Street. Tears flowed all night as longtime friends, coworkers, political figures, family and friends celebrate civic leader, philanthropist and barmaid Tiger Lil. This strong woman of substance has been a stalwart in the Baltimore community; she initiated a foundation to benefit HIV victims who did not have insurance to pay for their medicine. Tiger Lil introduced me to my first drink “champale and grenadine” when she worked at the Lucky Number. Oops, did I just bring a smile to your face taking you “back down memory lane?” It was great seeing Lafayette Armstrong, Rose Weaver, Debbie Woods, Federal Lounge owners, Johnny and Janice Brice, Melba owners Matthew and Edith Bradley, Erika Bradley, Carlton and Melba Saunders and Del. Clarence “Tiger” Davis celebrating “Tiger Lil.”

forget the best shrimp salad or the “Jamaica me crazy” parties owner Goose started on the water that gave us that Caribbean feeling? Join them this weekend as they celebrate 25 years of memories with a two-day party, Oct. 27 from 3 to 8 p.m. and Oct. 28 5 to10 p.m. A bunch of violets to Baltimorean Michele Emery recently elected national president of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Inc.at their 16th biennial conference in Las Vegas. The coalition has approximately sixtytwo chapters serving twenty-five states and more than five thousand members. “May you live as long as you want, and never want as long as you live.” Irish Blessing Happy birthday AJ Miles, Novella Carter, Nicole Ari Parker, Colin Daniels, Geraldine Thompson, Delegate Nathaniel Oaks, Karenthia Barber, Friday Night Bunch poet laureate Lonnie Spruill and happy 75th birthday to James “Dickie” Harris. “I heard it through the grapevine” that parents Adam and Lisa Scott are excited with the upcoming 16th birthday of their QUADS Alexis, Brandon, Christina and Dominique.

Proud grandparents Norma and David Scott are anticipating driving lessons and college. Imagine this Ellicott City household when everyone wants the car keys. “God’s finger touched him and he slept.” Lord Alfred Tennyson Condolences to the family of Andrew Charles on his death and to Priscilla Lansey, Yvonne, Gaines, Patrick and Priscilla on the death of your son and brother Frank Lansey. “Who can find a virtuous woman? For her price is far above rubies.” Proverbs 31:10 Sending prayers to Dr. Levi Watkins on the death of his mother, Lillian Watkins at the age of 96 in Montgomery, Ala. Ms. Watkins, the widow of Alabama State President, Levi Watkins Sr. known for breaking racial barriers in the South, raised six children who held influential leadership positions in business, medicine, education, the arts and government throughout the country. “I wish you love” Valerie & the Friday Night Bunch

“The show must go on…” Queen Kudos to Lil’s great-granddaughters who performed like professionals when a glitch occurred in the music they continued dancing proving “we don’t need no music.”

Harlem Captured By a Lens

“Give me a woman who loves beer and I will conquer the world.” Kaiser Wilhelm

By Harvey Stein Schiffer Publishing

“...99 bottles of beer on the wall...” Leinenkugel’s Beer Garden in Market Place hosted a VIP cocktail reception featuring beer, drinks and delicious food. The spirit inside was not dampered by the cold, rainy night. Great place to host an event contact Brittany Metz at Brittany@powerplantlive.com for information. “…It’s so hard to say goodbye to yesterday…” After 25 years, Bay Café will close its doors at the end of the year. “…Come and get these memories…” How can we

Harlem Street Portraits Book Review by Kam Williams “With a population of nearly half a million people, Harlem is America’s most celebrated African-American neighborhood. Its rich past and historical importance have made a unique contribution to our national popular culture… Photographer Harvey Stein documents the humanity and spirit of the people of Harlem in 166 beautiful photographs taken over 22 years…. The images are mostly close-up portraits that reveal the friendliness and warmth of this city’s inhabitants... What may at first appear to be a casual encounter becomes a personal, intimate record, a meaningful collaboration between photographer and subject. Stein’s photographs capture and celebrate the Harlem spirit.” — Excerpted from book jacket Harlem has been a predominantly AfricanAmerican neighborhood since the dawn of the 20th Century, when the mass migration by descendants of slaves from the rural South flooded many a metropolis above the Mason-Dixon Line. By the 1920s, this section of Manhattan had blossomed into an artistic mecca and home to many black intellectuals, writers, painters, musicians and dancers. Spanning that decade, the Harlem Renaissance marked a period of explosive

creativity aborted only by the onset of the Great Depression. Nevertheless, in the wake of World War II, the region was resurrected as a hub of cultural, religious and commercial activity, and continued to play that pivotal role over the intervening decades Today, however, Harlem is at risk of losing its identity because of the influx of Whites as a consequence of the gentrification which has accompanied skyrocketing real estate prices. For this reason, Harvey Stein’s Harlem Street Portraits couldn’t be more timely. The book is basically a collection of striking, black & white photographs which the talented shutterbug took of residents between 1990 and 2012. His impromptu snapshots capture colorful subjects with a

tremendous range in terms of fashion tastes, personal interests and even emotions. From a Freemason rocking a funky fez, to a flag-waving patriot, to a boy hugging his basketball, to an aspiring ballerina in a tutu, to churchgoers strutting in their Sunday best, this visual history of a rapidlydisappearing demographic weaves a telling tapestry of a once-cohesive community.

October 26, 2013 - November 1, 2013, The Afro-American

ARTS & CULTURE

Krazy about Keke!

telling the story of a favorite group of mine.

Keke Palmer The “Crazy Sexy Cool: The TLC Story” Interview by Kam Williams

Born in Harvey, Illinois on Aug 26, 1993, Lauren Keyana Parker has been wowing audiences since the tender age of 9. Keke first received great acclaim when she starred as the title character in the sleeper hit Akeelah and the Bee, opposite actors Laurence Fishburne and Angela Bassett. Keke followed that powerful performance with lead roles in The Longshots, Shrink and Joyful Noise. She’s also done voiceover work in animated features like Ice Age: Continental Drift, Winx Club: The Secret of the Lost Kingdom and Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare. Here she talks about her latest outing as Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas in Crazy Sexy Cool: The TLC Story, a VH1 original movie. Kam Williams: Hi Keke, thanks for another interview. Keke Palmer: No problem, Kam. Glad to be here!

KW: How did you prepare for the role? Is it harder to play a real-life person than a fictional character? KP: I just watched a lot of old footage. I also spent a lot of time with Chilli and just observed her. KW: How would you describe TLC’s legacy in one word? KP: I don’t think there’s a word to describe it, really. They really inspired a generation of women to be confident gogetters. KW: What message do you think people will take away from “Crazy Sexy Cool?” KP: You can do anything as long as you don’t stop believing. When it is meant to be, it will be. You just have to follow your heart.

KW: What interested you in “Crazy Sexy Cool?” Were you a fan of TLC as a kid? KP: Being a fan is exactly what made me want to do this film. I wanted to be a part of

KW: What was the last book you read? KP: Heaven is For Real. KW: What was your best career decision? KP: To pick projects that affect me.

KW: If you could have a superpower, which one would you choose? KP: Teleportation. KW: What key quality do you believe all successful people share? KP: No real fear of limitations.

KW: Thanks again for the time, Keke, and best of luck with all your endeavors. KP: Thank you, Kam. Airdates for Crazy Sexy Cool: The TLC Story: — Tues. Nov. 5 4:00 PM ET/PT on VH1 — Sun. Oct. 27 8:00 PM ET/PT on VH1 — Wed. Oct. 30 9:00 PM ET/PT on VH1

KW: If you had to choose another profession, what would that be? KP: Hairstyling. KW: With so many classic films being redone, is there a remake you’d like to star in? KP: The Wiz! KW: What advice do you have for anyone who wants to follow in your footsteps? KP: Follow your heart’s truth with no need for personal gain other than the feeling produced when doing what you truly love.

T.D. Jakes Rebukes ‘Preachers of L.A.’ Special to the NNPA from the St. Louis American – 1.1 million viewers tuned in for Oxygen’s new docu-series “Preachers of L.A.” making it the biggest Wednesday night season premiere on Oxygen to date and the network’s second highest rated series ever. But one person who wasn’t tuning in was was Bishop T.D. Jakes, pastor and founder of The Potters House in Dallas. The mega church pastor took a moment to denounce the show during his Sunday sermon. “Now, I know you been watching that junk on TV. I want to tell you right now, not one dime of what you’re sowing right now will buy my suit. I want you to know my car is paid for. I want you to know I got my house on my own. I want you to know I’m not bling-blinging. I am not shake and bake. I had money when I came to Dallas and I plan to have some when I leave. You did not buy what I got. I had it when I came here. You know I had it when I came here. The devil is a lie! I have sold enough books and produced enough movies. I don’t need your offering to pay for this little slimy suit. So I rebuke that spirit in the name of Jesus Christ.” If there was any question about exactly who or what Jakes was referencing he told his congregation, I’m not from L.A. I’m from Dallas!”

T.D. Jakes

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Clyde Kennard

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OBITUARIES John M. Lee, 66

Frank W.P. Lansey, 64

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John Michael rooted for the Ravens Frank Wilmer His 27+ years Phillips Lansey, 64, a employed with the Lee, son of the late but secretly loved the Transportation Associate City of Baltimore Rebecca Fitzgerald Pittsburgh Steelers. He II for the Baltimore began as a medical and late John White enjoyed playing card City Department of transporter for Lee, was born in games, Scrabble and Transportation Division the former Urban Baltimore, Md. on his all-time favorite, was buried at Garrison Services Agency Feb. 19, 1947. He chess. John also loved Forest Veterans transporting dialysis unexpectedly departed to cook and often took Cemetery, Oct. 21, patients for their this life on Aug. 21, dinners to many of following his funeral early morning 2013. the residents in his held at Immaculate appointments He attended St. building. He had the Conception Catholic always treating his Francis Catholic capacity to love people Church in Baltimore. patients as family School, Patterson beyond their faults and Frank grew up at the and ensuring they Senior High and was able to look at his Druid Hill YMCA. He arrived for their graduated from mistakes, admit them learned swimming from appointments on Edmondson High and apologize. his father and uncles time. When the School in 1966. John John had two that led him to become a Urban Services also studied at the younger brothers, competitive swimmer, a program ended, Community College Rayner, who preceded 7 - Octoberlifelong 26, 2007 sport he enjoyed. Frank began to work of Baltimore where he him in death, and Miles. Raised in Baltimore, for the Department served as President of He had an extra special he was educated in the of Transportation as a JOHN M. LEE FRANK W.P. LANSEY the Student Government. bond with Miles who Baltimore City Public sign installer with the John had numerous jobs including, he affectionately call “Val” (short for Valdez) Schools graduating from Frederick Douglass Traffic Division. A job he loved. a direct care worker with the Disabled and Miles lovingly called him “Dirty-Low.” High in1967. While at Douglass he was a Frank liked helping and teaching young Children’s League, a coordinator at the His life was cherished by: one brother, member of the varsity swim team and led people and doing home improvements. He Douglass to a 1966 championship. Commission on Aging and a cab driver for Miles; one sister-in-law, Eris; two daughters, enjoyed cooking shows, collecting military In 1969 Frank was drafted into the United coins and trucks. He leaves to celebrate his Royal Cab Co. Angela and Tiffany; one son, Derek; four States Army and was stationed in Germany On April 20, 1970 he married the former grandchildren, Tinia, Jazzmine, Darius life, his mother Priscilla Phillips Lansey, tasked with rescue missions to Italy picking Ann Dorsey and out of this union one child and Dasia; one adopted granddaughter, two sisters Priscilla and Yvonne Lansey, two up wounded soldiers from Vietnam. After was born, Angela Michelle. Mariamma; one great grandson, Mykhael; E. Gaines Jr. and Patrick Lansey, John Wesley A.M.E. Church his honorable discharge Frank returned Zionbrothers John Michael was a profound thinker, four nieces, Deena, Anetra, Naundia and RCH all21205 of Baltimore, aunts, one niece, one great 1923 Ashland Avenue to his beloved Baltimore to work for the Maryland Stricker and Presstman an Streets atreader Sharonand Baptist Wayas well as a lover ~ Baltimore, avid writer Shondraiya; a special friend, Ms. Vanessa and Street (410) 732-7020 (church) - (410) 732-2551(fax) nephew, cousins, friends, and co-workers. Baltimore, He Maryland 21217 AFRO-American Newspapers as a press Way of sports. He was a faithful Orioles fan, a host of other relatives and friends. Office: 410-669-6667 • Fax: 410-383-8721 will be sorely missed. 21217 journeyman. He www.johnwesleyamez.org alsoWorship delivered AFROs to its E-mail: sharonbap@aol.com Sunday Morning Service and Children’s Church 11am -5306 Washington and on Richmond locations. CONGRATULATIONS TO A.C.D. VAUGHN, CELEBRATING HIS W.O.W (Worship Wednesday) @ Noon, Bible Study - Wednesday 7 pm st.org

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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 28TH George Winston anyone in need. He friends and close11:00 AM • SACRIFICIAL RECOMMITMENT Thompson was born was a people person SUNDAY Dr. Alfred but C.D.his true the 9th of 13 children family, DR WAYNE THOMPSON, Vaughn, to George H. andPreaching Ella who loved most For Ages 2 yrs 5th Grade of the late Beulah and love was fishing. First Baptist Institutional Church, St. Petersburg, Fl Pastor Senior M. Thompson on June sports. Horseshoes Rev. Dr. 4:00 - 6:30 PM • 50TH ANNIVERSARY SALUTE Arts and Crafts, Goodies, and more!! Frances Jacob Hamilton was You can find Dr. William E. him from our public officials HONORING DR. VAUGHN 2, 1918 in Baltimore and football were his “Toni” Draper, Johnson, please!! born on AprilNo 22, costumes 1920 casting aJr., line over All are welcome Pastor County, Md. He departed favorites. Pastor in their family home in the Marlyn Avenue “The Church That Cares About You” this life on Aug. 29. George is Wilson County, N.C. Bridge in Essex George lived in survived by his CHRISTIAN Time HRIST surrendered to the on any given day. COMMUNITY CHURCH OF GOD NITED ETHODIST HURCH Greenspring and GREEN) wife of 50 years, 2701 WEST BALTIMORE STREET (ELDERValley CONWAY eternal purpose God Lawrence was BALTIMORE, also 2005 of East Chase Street, Baltimore, Md. 21213 MARYLAND 21223 later moved to Baltimore Opal F. Thompson; Church: 410-732-5600 • Fax: 410-732-4920 • Email: BaltoCUMN@aol.com and Lawrence departed the founderPHONE: and 410-945-1885 • FAX: 410-945-0205 City. He received his four children, Dr. WEBSITE: • EMAIL:cccogod@hotmail.com this life on Oct. Sunday 2. president ofwww.cccogod.org the Worship early education in the Gloria F. Thompson, WORSHIP FINE ARTS MINISTRY MONTH Lawrence, Medina Van&Club, Church School for all Ages: 9:30 a.m. Baltimore County Marguerite A. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2007 Morning Worship: 11:00 a.m. affectionately known a8:45 member of theEducation A.M. Christian Ministry (AllSchool Ages) Public System Thompson, George 10:00 A.M. Morning Worship Celebration as “Daddy O, Pops, Tuesday or Elk’s Lodge #1043, Dr. Melvin C. Green, Preaching W. Thompson Jr., and graduated from 2:00Baltimore P.M. All-Right Radio Broadcast Ministry Spirit 1400 AM Pastor’s received Morning Bible Study: 10:30 a.m. Godfather,” the City Frederick Douglass High and Sean Thompson; 5:00Auxiliary P.M. • SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2007 Men’s Bible Study: 7:30 p.m. his education in the Sheriff’s 57TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE RADIO CHOIR School in 1938. two sisters, Peggy Women’s Bible Study: 7:30 p.m. Wilson County School Association, The Radio Choir willand dedicate and consecrate their new choral vestments. Steinberg and He started his Their special guests will be the Pauline Wells Lewis Legacy Choir, The King Choral System in N.C. HeWednesday later he was 33gospel Degree Ensemble, plusaother artists and musicians. Dr Janice R.and Jackson, Ministerhis of Gloria J. Pinkney; business owned of Life Soup Kitchen: Music and Gloria F. Thompson, Assistant Minister of Music/Organist enlisted in Bread the U.S. Mason atDr.the Hiram Rev. Dr. LaReesa two sisters-in-law, shop, “Sunset Body & 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2007 @ 4:00 P.M. Smith-Horn ArmyPastor’s on April 26, 1943 Grand Lodge The Senior Green Gospelof Choir (Mother Choir)Fender will celebrateWorks” their 78th Anniversary Evening Bible Study: 7:30 p.m. Nancy Reynolds and for forty Pastor They will feature the Jason E.C. Ambush Concert Choir in CONCERT where he served at Fort Baltimore City. Choir Rehearsals: 7:30 p.m. Dr. Melvin C. Deborah Reynolds; years. He also attended the KINGDOM HARVEST REVIVAL Bragg, N.C. in the Corps HeANNUAL met theNOVEMBER love Green, D.Min,GEORGE W. THOMSPON 13-15 University @ 7:00 PM Saturday of Maryland 9 grandchildren, LAWRENCE HAMILTON Guest Revivalist: Rev. Nathan M. Butler, Sr., Pastor, Senior Pastor of Engineers as a road of his life, Frances Dance Ministry: 8:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. (Except 12/22 & 12/29) Righteous Church of God, Washington, D.C. Park. Afterwards, he taught body at College Travis Adolphus, Shannon Carter-Bey, Justin builder during World War II. Upon Children’s Ministries (Callleaving for Type and in Time) Dr. Melvin C. Green,two Senior Pastor Bishop Conway Green, Founder-Aeta Memoria 1961 and from this union produced and fender at Fairmount Hill Senior “Christian Committed to Spiritual Growth works in Jesus Christ” Thompson, Joshua Golden, Julian Thompson, the military, he relocated to Baltimore, Md. children Bronita and Zina. High School and Westside Skill Center, both Troy Caldwell, Kylin Thompson, Christian and later began a career with the Whiting & AME Church, at Bethel Wives Alliance; Dr. Harold A. in Baltimore Carter, Jr., Pastor. For Lovingly known as “Daddy” by family City. After hemore retired, he taught Thompson, Ahsana Thompson; four greatTurner construction company where he laid VA. Preacher for the Hampton, and Dr. A. information, call 410-523-5306. members, Lawrence Carter was indeed theHarold patriarch soldiers at Fort Meade. grandchildren, four nieces, two nephews, one 3:30 p.m. service is Rev. Dr. asphalt for building projects. George was enormously talented in ofpastor the family. He was preceded in death by Stanley Fuller, at Grace goddaughter, Antoinette Braxton and a host Lawrence was reared in a God-centered Oct. 21 repairing all kinds of household equipment. hisBaltimore. brothers and BaptistasChurch, Forsisters, Harford, Mozelle, Ebenezer AME Church, home. He accepted the Lord20Jesus Christ of great-nieces and great-nephews, cousins He was an extremely kind and generous Othel, John, Daisy, Helen, Ervia, Jerome; and call 410-783-0190. West Montgomery pas-age. more, his personal savior St. at aand young He was and friends. person who went out of his way to assist his son Perry. He is survived by his sisters, tor, Rev. Charles A. Baugh, willChurch in baptized at St. Joseph’s Baptist Oct. 26 observe Mens’ Day faithfully as an Helen Aydlett Carter, Tossie Lee Jones, and Baltimore and served usher Faith Tabernacle Christian Celebration, “Men United On Ethel Morgan; his daughters Bronita Neal and trustee for more than 20 years under Baptistthe Church, 1626 Druid After graduating high gave his life to Christ. One Accord And of One andyou Zina leadership of Bishop Alston Barnes.Hill Ave. invites to Martin; come, sons-in-laws Michael school, he followed his Quinn married Renee Mind.” Preacher for 11 a.m. Daddy O had many hobbies, including Martin and Anthony Aaron; grandchildren, go and enjoy great fellowship service, Rev. Andre Jefferson, father’s footsteps by Langley, who was his playing dinner and a unforgettable Aaron, Aiya, Markell, Angela and Michael enlisting in the U.S. Air lifelong love. From cards, Biblical dramatizing of theMarquis, and a host of nieces, Jr.; godson Force. After serving his this happy union, they Creation of thenephews, World. “In The and devoted friends, especially relatives country, Quinn was granted were blessed with a July 26, 1954 - October 23, 2002 poker, Beginning” sight and sound and areincluding his best friends, Clarence, Sonny, an honorary discharge. loving daughter, Kristin theatres in Strasburg, PA. Show spending William, Sylvester and Blue. Quinn was well-gifted Blackwell. time: 3:45 p.m. Bus departs time with from 1626 Druid Hill Ave. at with his hands; learning Quinn leaves to 10 a.m. and returns at 9.p.m. multiple trades from his cherish his memory, his For more information, call Call or Log-On Today To Schedulefather, Your Free In-Home Design Consultation automotive repair, father, Roscoe Blackwell; Deaconess Cynthia Brown, electrical, plumbing and one daughter, Kristin 410-760-1919 • 800-433-3266 • www.ric-lee.com 410-532-9456 or Pastor carpentry; (all aspects of Blackwell; Anthony and Thompson, 410-944-4963. With this ad, get a free upgrade to home improvements). Marlyne Blackwell, brother HIGH PERFORMANCE GLASS We’ll meet again. 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The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete Film Review by Kam Williams

It’s the last day of school for eighth grader Mister Winfield (Skylan Brooks), who comes home to the projects where he lives with his single-mom (Jennifer Hudson), Gloria, a hooker with a heroin habit. His best friend, 9 year-old Pete (Ethan Dizon), isn’t any better off, since his mother (Martha Millan) works out on the corner for the same abusive pimp (Anthony Mackie). When both their moms disappear, it looks like the housing cops will cart them away to Riverview, an institution with a horrible reputation in terms of foster care. So, the boys decide to hide in Mister’s apartment, occasionally venturing down to the tough streets where they must forage and fend for themselves over the course of a particularly sweltering New York City summer. Rottentomatoes

Ethan Dizon and Skylan Brooks star as best friends in The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete This is the opening salvo of The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete, a gritty, slice-of-life saga directed by George Tillman Jr. (Notorious). The compelling coming- of-age drama plays out like an inner-city answer to The Kings of Summer a similarly-themed story in a suburban setting. Here, although Pete is Korean-American, Mister, who is black, refers to his BFF as “my nigga.” And as the two unsupervised adolescents negotiate their way around the ‘hood, no one seems to take much notice of their age or ethnic differences. Meanwhile, despite being 3,000 miles away from California, aspiring actor Mister harbors a secret dream of auditioning at an upcoming casting call with the hopes of landing a role that will enable them to relocate to Hollywood. He prepares for his make-or-break moment by reenacting a scene from Fargo that he’s memorized verbatim. However, before that opportunity arrives, a host of frightening ordeals lay in wait in an unforgiving ghetto littered with the scum of the earth. Will he survive, let alone escape to L.A.? If so, it’ll make for one heck of a “How I Spent My Summer Vacation” essay come September. A picture which proves it’s hard in the ’hood not only for pimps, but for kids, too. Very Good HHH Rated R for profanity, ethnic slurs, drug use and sexuality Running time: 108 minutes Distributor: Lionsgate Films

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October 26, 2013 - November 1, 2013, The Afro-American

BALTIMORE COUNTY, MARYLAND INVITATION FOR BIDS CONTRACT NO. 11124 WX0 HARFORD ROAD 12” WATER MAIN REPLACEMENT 300’ NORTH OF JOPPA ROAD TO KNOLL ACRES ROAD CARNEY - DISTRICT 14 c 6 CONTRACT COST GROUP ”E ($2,500,000 to $5,000,000)” WORK CLASSIFICATION: F-2 with Pre-Qualified A-2 Subcontractor BID DATE: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2013 AT 10:30 A.M. EST On or after MONDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2013, the above contract documents may be inspected and purchased from the Division of Construction Contracts Administration, Department of Public Works, Room 300B, County Office Building (COB), 111 W. Chesapeake Avenue, Towson, MD 21204, upon receipt of payment of $40.00 (FORTY DOLLARS) per contract. All checks should be made payable to BALTIMORE COUNTY MD. NO REFUNDS will be made to anyone. Direct any questions to 410-887-3531. Bidders obtaining documents from another source other than Baltimore County WILL NOT be allowed to submit proposals to Baltimore County. The proposed work consists of: 7,060 (LF) 12 in. Ductile Iron Pipe and Fittings, Class 54 104 (EA) 3/4 in. Water Service Tap and Corporation 1,900 (LF) 3/4 in. Copper Water Service and Fittings 5,000 (TON) HMA - Permanent Trench Repair 3,200 (TON) 2.0” HMA Superpave 12.5 mm, PG 64-22, Level 1 10,000 (TON) Graded Aggregate Base - Maintenance of Traffic / Stage 1 A pre-bid meeting will be held on Wednesday, November 20, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. EST in Room 219 of the County Office Building. Located at 111 West Chesapeake Avenue, Towson, Maryland 21204. THE PROJECT IS SUBJECT TO A MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISE UTILIZATION GOAL AND FEMALE CONTRACTORS UTILIZATION GOALS. THESE GOAL REQUIREMENTS ARE MORE FULLY EXPLAINED IN THE SPECIFICATIONS. THE MBE/WBE FORMS IN THE PROPOSAL BOOKLET MUST BE COMPLETED AND SUBMITTED AT THE TIME OF BID OPENING. Sealed proposals (the entire book) addressed to Baltimore County, Maryland for this contract will be received in the Baltimore County Purchasing Division, Room 148, Old Courthouse, 400 Washington Avenue, Towson, MD 21204, until the time specified on the contract at which time they will be publicly opened and read. ONLY CONTRACTORS WHO HAVE BEEN PREQUALIFIED BY BALTIMORE COUNTY AT LEAST TEN (10) DAYS PRIOR TO THE OPENING OF BIDS WILL BE ALLOWED TO SUBMIT PROPOSALS. All proposals must be accompanied by a Bid Bond, on the approved form provided, in the amount as set forth in the ”Information for Bidders”. No other form of proposal guaranty is acceptable. The Purchasing Agent reserves the right to reject any or all proposals or bids or parts of bids and to waive technicalities as may be deemed best for the interest of the County. Keith Dorsey, Director Office of Budget & Finance

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BALTIMORE COUNTY, MARYLAND INVITATION FOR BIDS CONTRACT NO. 13164 SX0 IVANHOE AVENUE SANITARY SEWER REHABILITATION CATONSVILLE - DISTRICT 1 c 1 CONTRACT COST GROUP ”B ($100,000 to $500,000)” WORK CLASSIFICATION: F-6 with Pre-Qualified F-1 Subcontractor BID DATE: Thursday, November 21, 2013 at 10:30 A.M. EST On or after Monday, October 28, 2013, the above contract documents may be inspected and purchased from the Division of Construction Contracts Administration, Department of Public Works, Room 300B, County Office Building (COB), 111 W. Chesapeake Avenue, Towson, MD 21204, upon receipt of payment of $25.00 (TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS) per contract. All checks should be made payable to BALTIMORE COUNTY MD. NO REFUNDS will be made to anyone. Direct any questions to 410-887-3531. Bidders obtaining documents from another source other than Baltimore County WILL NOT be allowed to submit proposals to Baltimore County. The proposed work consists of: 160 (LF) 18” Sanitary Sewer Point Repair (Excavate and Repair)664 (LF) Pipe Lining 18” Sewer Main, per specifications THE PROJECT IS SUBJECT TO A MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISE UTILIZATION GOAL AND FEMALE CONTRACTORS UTILIZATION GOALS. THESE GOAL REQUIREMENTS ARE MORE FULLY EXPLAINED IN THE SPECIFICATIONS. THE MBE/WBE FORMS IN THE PROPOSAL BOOKLET MUST BE COMPLETED AND SUBMITTED AT THE TIME OF BID OPENING. Sealed proposals (the entire book) addressed to Baltimore County, Maryland for this contract will be received in the Baltimore County Purchasing Division, Room 148, Old Courthouse, 400 Washington Avenue, Towson, MD 21204, until the time specified on the contract at which time they will be publicly opened and read. ONLY CONTRACTORS WHO HAVE BEEN PREQUALIFIED BY BALTIMORE COUNTY AT LEAST TEN (10) DAYS PRIOR TO THE OPENING OF BIDS WILL BE ALLOWED TO SUBMIT PROPOSALS .All proposals must be accompanied by a Bid Bond, on the approved form provided, in the amount as set forth in the ”Information for Bidders”. No other form of proposal guaranty is acceptable. The Purchasing Agent reserves the right to reject any or all proposals or bids or parts of bids and to waive technicalities as may be deemed best for the interest of the County. Keith Dorsey, Director Office of Budget & Finance

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AFRO Sports Desk Faceoff

Could LeBron James Star in the NFL?

would be playing receiver. When I see LeBron at 6-foot-8, 260 pounds, all muscle, I think of the defensive end position. There’s been some freak athletes that have played DE in the NFL, including former Pro Bowlers like Julius Peppers at 6-foot-7, 280 pounds or Jason Taylor at 6-foot-6, 255 pounds. That’s the mode that LeBron fits. He’d be so fast and powerful rushing off the edge that opposing coaches would have nightmares trying to game-plan on stopping him from ripping their quarterbacks apart.

By Perry Green and Stephen D. Riley AFRO Sports Desk

Since the beginning of his National Basketball Association (NBA) career, fans and pundits alike have marveled at the athleticism of LeBron James. With a solid frame and catquick agility, the physically gifted James has dominated in his hardwood career on the way to two championships. But as a standout wide receiver in high school, the question has always been posed: Could James make the switch to the National Football League (NFL)? The question was addressed again in a Twitter question-and-answer session with James followers late in the week. According to several sources, James admitted online to a throng of followers, “I wanna play one NFL game before it’s over.” But could James have as much success on the gridiron as he does on the hardwood? Perry Green and Stephen D. Riley of the AFRO Sports Desk debate the question.

over that time would still serve him well. Not only would he make the transition but he would be dominant at it. Green: One thing that I wouldn’t worry about with LeBron is injuries. I’ve seen this dude take some of the nastiest falls and just hop up off the court like its nothing. We’ve all seen LeBron suffer ankle twists and knee bumps that would usually have a player sidelined for a season. Instead, he’s up off the floor and dunking on somebody within seconds. The dude doesn’t seem to ever get injured, and if he does he never shows it. That kind of toughness is built for interior line play. And I wouldn’t worry about a lack of stardom coming from playing defense. The defensiveSteve Jurvetson/Wikimedia Commons end/outside linebacker position is probably one of the sexiest positions in football because it produces what everyone likes to see – sacks. America loves touchdowns, but we also love to see quarterbacks get destroyed. And LeBron James would be a complete monster, delivering hit after hit for our entertainment.

Riley: I don’t know, I’d much rather see LeBron play offense. Besides, having him play up on the line of scrimmage, or in the trenches, as they say, could result in injuries. If you put him at one of those speed positions, like wide receiver, where he’s probably already bigger and more solid than many of the guys trying to cover him, the chance of injury decreases. Let LeBron play in space on a football field and I’m sure the results would be outstanding, though it would probably take him one offseason to get adjusted to the game before he started James to make an impact. His high school days are a long way away but the football instincts and skills he developed

Riley: Without a doubt. LeBron is easily the most gifted athlete of his time in the mold of a Deion Sanders or Bo Jackson, two exceptional two-sport athletes. Although we don’t have any proof of James being able to not only play, but succeed, in the NFL, it’s hard to doubt how he wouldn’t be successful when you consider his endurance, agility and size. With a little extra time inside an NFL weight room, I don’t see why LeBron couldn’t dominate at the tight end or wide receiver position. Or could you imagine James playing center fielder as a 6-foot-8-inch free safety? The possibilities would be scary. Green: I agree, I think James could pull off a stellar NFL career, but I don’t think he

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