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Maryland lawmakers are mulling over the difficult decisions that must be made in the coming days concerning the conflict in Syria and American intervention. Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) reflected support for President Obama Sept. 4, voting along with nine other members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in a 10-7 vote to support Obama’s call for a strike against the Syrian government in response to allegations of chemical weapon use on Aug. 21 in Damascus. The entire U.S. Senate will vote on whether American resources should be used to intervene in the Syrian civil Continued on A6

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Anthony Stanton, of Baltimore, said he began keeping up with the coverage in Syria following news reports of the devastation following the use of chemical weapons against Syrian civilians. But while he acknowledges the horror of such attacks, he believes that U.S. involvement would lead to the conflict getting out of hand and thousands of troops, including many young African Americans, being deployed there. “Going to war [would] be an injustice,” said Stanton, 28, a neo-soul and jazz musician. “I don’t think it will be a good idea. We’ve already lost…thousands of our people in war and to go right back would be an injustice to the American people.” Stanton said the U.S. government should first consider other options, such as negotiations and conflict resolution before waging war on Syria. The Belair-Edison resident said his cousin, who served in the U.S. Navy for four years, “heavily discouraged” him from joining the military. “If they did a draft I would be going to jail,” said Stanton. “I refuse to be solicited somewhere I am not welcomed.”

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Anthony Stanton, 28, said the United States should exercise other options instead of declaring war on Syria stating the war will have a negative impact on the U.S. Glen Oak resident, Gregory Prince, 27, who works as a police officer in Baltimore city, said he had not been paying much attention to the pending conflict in Syria. He said he heard the United States is “supposedly going to war.” Continued on A6

Balto. Grand Prix Shakes Up Inner Harbor By Alexis Taylor AFRO Staff Writer Roaring sounds filled the air Aug. 30 - Sept. 1 when the Baltimore Grand Prix brought professional racing to the Inner Harbor. Fans flooded the downtown area for the threeday Labor Day weekend event, which draws an impressive roster of drivers and fans from around the nation. “It brings revenue into Baltimore and takes away some of the bad vibes the city usually gets,” said area-resident Antonio Edison, 27, who attended Sunday’s final events with his four-yearold son, Ari Edison. “We came the last two years and he really likes to see the racing. I just want him to experience something different.” The Grand Prix of Baltimore is a total of three different racing series: the American Le Mans Series (ALMS), the IZOD IndyCar Series, and the Firestone Indie Lights that all take place annually during Labor Day weekend on the urban racetrack. “There are only a handful of cities in the United

States that have their own Grand Prix,” Rayne McAndrews, of Visit Baltimore, told the AFRO. “We’re lucky enough to have our own.” The non-profit organization has a mission of keeping the city’s tourism industry booming, and McAndrews said this is the perfect event to keep out-of-towners coming back. This year the Grand Prix boosted its focus on fun for the entire family with side-events such as the indoor go-carting offered at the Esskay Family Fun Zone, an obstacle course sponsored by Port Discovery Children’s Museum, and a Pinewood Derby hosted by the Boy Scouts of America Baltimore Area Council. “We like race cars and we thought it would be great family event,” Joseph Cauthen, 43, told Continued on A3

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Military Leaders Credit ‘63 City Replaces Fire Department Training Structure MOW for Their Success By Blair Adams AFRO Staff Writer

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It may have been labeled a march for civil rights but the historic demonstration in Washington, D.C. in August 1963 had an impact on the nation’s military, too. Before the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom there were no African-American fourstar generals or admirals in the U.S. military. As America observes the 50th anniversary of the March, there are three generals in the Army, two in the Air Force and one Navy admiral. The first African-American fourstar general was Air Force Gen. Daniel “Chappie” James. He first became a brigadier general in 1969. “If the 1963 March had not taken place, there is no way we would have gotten the 1964 Civil Rights Act and Dad never would have become a general [four-star] in the Air Force. It was people like my father and others

Brigadier General Clara Adams-Ender, US Army (ret.) in the Civil Rights Movement in 1963 who laid the …to allow the African American pursuit of excellence,” said retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Daniel James III, son of “Chappie” James. “The 1963 March on Washington strengthened and reinforced policy actions to ensure fair treatment were executed by senior military leaders during the 60’s era to recognize the

A new, state-of-the-art fire building for training firefighters is being built for the Baltimore City Fire Department (BCFD) after the demise of the old structure that stood for more than two decades in East Baltimore. As part of her initiative to rebuild Baltimore, Mayor Stephanie RawlingsBlake, accompanied by a host of elected officials, broke ground on Aug. 29 for a new fire training building, which will be partially funded by Exelon—a Chicago based energy company. “Generations of Baltimore City firefighters have trained at this site. This new facility, when completed, will help cadets learn to work together to suppress fires and protect the residents and businesses of Baltimore,” said RawlingsBlake According to acting Fire Chief Jeffery Segal, the new burn building will allow all cadets to train in a live-fire situation near the same site where they receive classroom training. “Since 2008 we have been traveling to Aberdeen, Md., which takes away from valuable lesson time for our cadets,” Segal told the AFRO. The structure has been unoccupied since 2007, after fire cadet Rachael Wilson died during a training exercise at the now demolished structure. Under an agreement with Baltimore Gas and Electric (BGE) in 2011, the BGE emergency team will be on hand to control the building during the simulated fires. Segal said training in the burn building is the best way to teach young

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cians and workers. The body was later removed and taken to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office. Hudson and other 2013 - September 13,family 2013, The Afro-American members arrived at the Medical Examiner’s office mid-afterJulian King, Jennnifer Hudson’s ne noon to identify the body. Given the choice between lookA spokesman for the office the mu ing directly at the body or told the newspaper that Hudson jail for viewing it on a wall-mounted

Maryland Freedom Fighters Hailed by Baltimore “She held hands with her family. It was obviously a Branch NAACP Courtesy Photos

Jennifer Hudson and her mom, Darnell Donerson who was killed, as well as her brother, Jason.

“remained strong for her famibeing c video screen, the family chose said he traveled back through time as King ly” and was clearly its leader. murder the latter. According to the the body of her 7-year-old hands with herspeech famiing. Co himself to speak “She to theheld crowd. Arnold’s Tribune, Hudson said, “Yes, nephew Monday, just hours ly,”ovation. the spokesman said. “It that he received a standing that’s him.” after his body was found in a obviously a very emotional charge One week prior to the 50th anniversary of The theme ofwas the breakfast was “passing moment.” convic the historic 1963 March on Washington, the the torch,” said Giordano. The boyEach – theaward son of Julia sion of Baltimore branch of the NAACP teamed up honored two people or organizations, one– had Hudson, Jennifer’s sister He was missing Friday, 2006 a with the GCOMM Media Co. for the annual a more seasonedbeen trailblazer insince the fight for a relative foundonJulian’s for the Freedom Fighter Awards Breakfast. civil liberties andwhen the other standing the grandmother, Darnell car hija Held at Hotel Monaco on Aug. 17, the shoulders who paved the his way.uncle, No wonder Obama’s campaignofisothers and Dallas Cowboys players By Alan King Donerson, 57, and The trying to distance him A from Tony Romo and Terrell Owens, awards ceremony celebrated Maryland’s listthe of the awardees included AFRO Staff Writer Jason Hudson, 29, Judge shot to death through group, saying, “Barack Obama among the names submitted to in hiswho grandmother’s home in which leaders in media, politics, community and civil Wanda Keyes Heard, received the Never Organized with ACORN.” election officials. Presidential candidate John the award, 7000 block of South Yale rights. Thurgood Marshall and media Hurd said those workers, who But Obama’s ties to ACORN run McCain’s attack on ACORN – Avenue. Political and community leaders from Sherri Johnson andAlert Crystal Berger, long and deep. He influencers taught classes were doing those things without Associated Community An Amber – a desigaround the state gathered at the fifth annual who endorsed received thenation John H. Murphy award. for ACORN. They even ACORN’s knowledge or permisOrganization for Reform Now – for high-risk missing him for President. Attorneys A. Dwight sion, were fired. confirms the success of the children – was awards ceremony. Among the attendees were Petit and issued SherylFriday Wood But now ACORN is in trouble. “The evidence that has surorganization, the head of the afterWright Julian was discovered Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler, received the Marian Edelman award. Reporter: There are at least faced so far shows they faked group says. missing after the murders. Montgomery County Del. Heather Mizeur, Former CEO and ex-congressman theNAACP Police 11 investigations across “This is testimony to the work forms to get paid for work they arrested William Balttimore City Council members Helen Kweisi Mfume and Rep. Donna Edwards country involving thousands of didn’t do, not to stuff ballot we’ve done and success we’ve Balfour, the missing boy’s steppotentially fraudulent ACORN boxes.” ACORN, she said, is the had,” Maude Hurd, president of Holton and Nick Mosby and Circuit Court (D-Md.) receivedfather the Martin Luther King Jr. and estranged husband forms. victim of fraud, not the perpetraACORN, said in an interview of Julia, at his girlfriend’s Judge Melissa M. Phinn. award. Announcer: Massive voter tor of it. with the AFRO. several Hassan Giordano, founder of GCOMM Brown,Southside mother ofapartment Christopher fraud. And the ObamaChris Hurd said the only things campaign “When this attack started, we hours after the murders. Media, said he started the Freedom Fighter Brown,towho killed bymother, an off-duty cop has bogus are the charges thempaid more than $800,000 an wasBalfour’s had just announced that we had Michele, selves. And factcheck. org ACORN front for get outthrowing the vote a told registered 1.3 million new votAwards to celebrate local people who have after rockreporters at his home that in herBaltimore son had agrees. efforts. ers,” she said. “That’s just to say to do with theaward. slayings. worked towards ensuring freedom, justice and County, receivednothing the Trayvon Martin It concluded, “Neither Pressuring banks to issue risky that someone’s running scared Balfour remains a suspect in Jason Photo by Anderson Ward equality for all people. Best-selling author and Baltimore native ACORN nor its employees have loans. Nationwide voter fraud. because of ACORN’s success.” Honorees Kweisi Mfume and Rep. Donna Edwards “We started the awards to honor the March Wes Moore delivered the keynote address, been found guilty of, or even Barack Obama. Bad judgment. McCain, who is running for charged with, casting fraudulent Blind ambition. Tooreciting risky forfrom King’s “Letter from the president on the Republican tickon Washington and highlight those who have votes.”by the hotel. Attendees dined America. et, lashed out at ACORN in the Jackson and George Jackson. Black August style on pastries, paved the way and articulate King’s dream,” Birmingham Jail.” The problem came about prifinal debate against Barack is also celebratedObama, becausecontending it marks the month eggs, potatoes, bacon, sausage and fruit salad. said Giordano. “We want to honor them and marily because of the way Since McCain’s comments, the group “is Black historyperpetrat- ACORN The event opened with rendition give them their roses while they are still alive.” when many big events See B1 for more photosSQUARE operates. Rather thana powerful ACORN’s 87 offices have been on the in verge of maybe relyDr. onMartin volunteers, it pays peo- “I bombarded with threats and occurred. The Nating Turner and of Luther King’s one ofrebellion the greatest frauds in He said the awards ceremony is also held ple, many of themspeech poor orrecited unem- racist mail. voterTubman’s history in this country, beginning of Harriet Underground Have a Dream” in August because of the month’s importance ployed, to sign up new voters. The day after the presidential maybe destroying the fabric of Railroad occurreddemocracy.” in the month of August. by George Arnold. As the to the Black Power movement and honoring The idea was to help both those debate, vandals broke into the The spread of food was provided buffet speech got underway, Arnold fallen freedom fighters such as Jonathan being registered and those doing organization’s Boston and Seattle Factcheck.org, a non-partisan the registration. offices and stole computers. Web site, found those claims to BREAD Maud explained, “We have a After a Cleveland representative be “exaggerated,” with “no evizero tolerance policy for deliberappeared on TV, an e-mail was dence of any such democracyate falsification of registration.” sent to the local office saying she destroying fraud.” Most news account neglect to “is going to have her life ended.” Hurd believes the McCain point out that ACORN is A worker in Providence, R.I., charges were politically motivatrequired by law to turn in all reg- received a threatening call sayed. LEFT istration forms. And they also fail ing, “We know you get off work She said, “Because it’s lowto note that it was the organizaat 9” and uttered racial epithets. and moderate-income people, tion, in many instances, that first A caller to one office left a and people of color, I believe the brought the phony registrations message on the answering McCain campaign thinks those to the attention of authorities. machine, saying: “Hi, I was just voters are going to vote The McCain camp apparently calling to let you know that Democratic, which is not necesisn’t interested in those fine Barack Obama needs to get sarily true.” points, preferring to air misleadhung. He’s a (expletive deleted) ACORN is no stranger to ing ads that seek to link Obama nigger, and he’s a piece of controversy. to ACORN, thereby undercutting (expletive deleted). You guys are For 38 years, the non-partisan fraudulent, and you need to go to organization has fought for social his political support. McCain: I’m John McCain hell. All the niggers on oak trees. and economic justice for lowand I approve this message. They’re gonna get all hung honand moderate-income 1 BANANA eys, they’re going to get assassiAnnouncer: Who is Barack Americans. With 400,000 memnated, they’re gonna get killed.” Obama? A man with “a political ber families organized into more Another message said, “You baptism performed at warp than 1,200 neighborhood chapliberal idiots. Dumb (expletive speed.” Vast ambition. After colters in 110 cities nationwide, deleted). Welfare bums. You lege, he moved to Chicago. ACORN has over the years seen The Cauthen Family, from Bristow, Va., files through guys just (expletive deleted) Became a community organizer. its share of criticism while advoa security checkpoint at a Pratt Street entrance to the come to our country, consume There, Obama met Madeleine cating for affordable housing, Grand Prix of Baltimore. every natural resource there is, Talbot, part of the Chicago living wages, healthcare for the and make a lot of babies. That’s branch of ACORN. He was so underserved— and while organall you guys do. And then suck impressive that he was asked to izing voter registration drives. up the welfare and expect everytrain the ACORN staff. But none has been as withering one else to pay for your hospital What did ACORN in Chicago and baseless as this one. Continued from A1 bills for your kids. I jus’ say let engage in? Bullying banks. With the presidential election Befo your kids die. That’s the best Intimidation tactics. Disruption less than two weeks away, the AFRO moments after purchasing tickets for his sons, wife, move. Just let your children die. of business. ACORN forced ACORN’s detractors allege the Fun learning opp and mother-in-law. Forget about paying for hospital banks tospectators, issue risky home loans. organization has engaged in masBringing more than just out-of-town Sherry counting and identif bills for them. I’m not gonna do The same types of loans thatto sive voter registration fraud after “They’ve never seen a car race before- so we wanted Rafinello drove from Philadelphia for an opportunity and help them en it. You guys are lowlifes. And I caused the financial crisis we’re the reported discovery of bogus to expose them to this,” said the Bristow, Va. government founded Grow Up Grea earn some extra cash with her new water ice cart. hope you all die.” in today. names, such as Mickey Mouse con Éxito, a 10-yea financial analyst. 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For Some: The March Dream Turned Into a Frustrating Nightmare By Courtney Jacobs and Ariel Medley AFRO Staff Writers They went to Wednesday’s 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington to commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. having a dream. The event, for them, however, turned out to be a nightmare. Despite having arrived at the March on Washington 2013 event site 60 to 90 minutes before the Aug. 28 event was scheduled to begin, hundreds of people were denied entry after standing in lines in heat and humidity as others enjoyed the program. They were turned away after a bottle-neck at the only security entry led to such long delay. Participants complained that the entry point backed up because there were only six metal detectors for many thousands of people to go through. Those who arrived early had fewer problems, but those who arrived closer to the start time often found themselves struggling to get inside the area designated for the festivities. Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) has asked the Secret Service to explain the security measures, according to media accounts. Norton and other officials want to know why there were so few metal detectors placed at the site, when everybody who went inside had to be checked. The presence of President Obama, former presidents Clinton and Carter and several of King’s relatives meant that steppedup security measures had to be taken. Some people said they stood in the same spot for as long as an hour without moving a step. The long wait was complicated by the fact that there were barriers between the lines and no mechanism set up to keep people from cutting the lines. The result was a crowd gathered outside the entry point as temperatures rose and tempers flared. Mary Wood, 75, of Northwest Washington, said she stood in line for 90 minutes. She said event organizers at the march 50 years ago, which she attended, did a better job of moving people inside. “There’s a lot more security here and so much is gated off,” Wood said. There were more people at the March 50 years ago and today, everything’s blocked off.” The Aug. 28 commemoration of the 1963

March on Washington took place on the National Mall in the shadow of the Lincoln Memorial. The event was the second to celebrate the 1963 March. On Aug. 24, more than 100,000 gathered in the same spot for a pre-march rally and a march from the Lincoln Memorial down Independence Avenue past the Martin Luther King Memorial to the Washington Monument, where the march culminated. The Aug. 24 event was led by Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network while the Aug. 28 event was organized by a coalition led by the King Center in Atlanta. National Park Service spokesman Mike Litterest told Fox 5 News on Aug. 29 that the Park Service was among several partners who assisted the King Center in presenting the event. Others included the District of Columbia and several agencies. Litterest said the application for the permit was filed by the King Center. The application estimated the crowd at “15,000 to 20,000,” he

detectors set up to check many hundreds of participants for weapons. Though two more metal detectors were brought in, the bottleneck was substantial. Another problem occurred because there were no barriers for lines. There were few volunteers stationed to keep order prior to the actual entry point. Many people had children and many of the elders complained about the lack of consideration for the very young and older participants. That was especially galling because many of them in attendance at the Aug. 28 event had been in attendance at the 1963 march or recorded it. Ted E. Holmes, 78, participated in the March on Washington in 1963. Holmes waited in line so long that he had to sit down. “My leg was bothering me. I couldn’t walk no more. I broke my ankle about four or five months ago,” Holmes told the AFRO as he sat at a table outside the gates of entry. Despite the problems, he was grateful for the occasion. “Martin Luther King has done a lot for me,” Holmes said. “He’s made me a man. He made me think better, live better. There are a lot of things I’ve learned from him, a lot.” Mary Wood Twana Holmes, 53, a program coordinator for the said. While law enforcement authorities have D.C. Department of Health, eventually gave up. given no official account, participants believe “I stood in line for two hours without there were at least 100,000 present at the Aug. moving at all,” she said. 28 event. Like Holmes, she said she would recognize “It was a cooperative effort,” Litterest King at home. said of the program. “The Park Service was “When I was in junior high school, I did a not the lead on the security aspect with the report on Martin Luther King, Jr.,” she said. presidential involvement. That falls with the “It impressed me how much he did at such a Secret Service, but we certainly worked with young age. We still have a long way to go to them throughout the day to address some reach his dream, especially when I think of the of those concerns and try to alleviate some [Trayvon] Martin family. of those jams. An event in which three U.S. I would love to see racial equality.” presidents are attending, not to mention the As the people waited to get in line they family of Dr. King, security was going to be became increasingly agitated. Around 11:30 as tight for this event probably of any event a.m., six police officers moved in, positioning that’s been done in the Capitol since the themselves near the metal detectors in an inauguration.” attempt to block people from cutting into the Entry into the event site was the picture front of the line. About noon, not long after of disorganization. At a checkpoint near the the police arrived, someone waiting in the line World War II Memorial, there were six metal

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near the WW II Memorial fainted. An AFRO reporter who was standing farther back in the line was unable to determine whether it was man, woman, or child who lost consciousness The police officers blocked the view of people in line. A few moments earlier, two men got into a bickering match that people in line feared would turn violent. The woman who was guarding the front notified the police who then responded. When officers arrived they faced a barrage of questions from people in line. In a phone interview on Aug. 29, Litterest told FOX 5 News: “For the event of the whole, the Park Service partnered with many federal agencies; District of Colombia, public safety and public service entities to put on the event. It was a cooperative effort. Park Service was not the lead on the security aspect with the presidential involvement. That falls with the Secret Service, but we certainly worked with them throughout the day to address some of those concerns and try to alleviate some of those jams. An event in which three U.S. Presidents are attending, not to mention the family of Dr. King, security was going to be as tight for this event probably as any event that’s been done in the Capitol since the inauguration.” He said the event application estimated attendance at “15,000-20,000 people total.” He added, “I don’t have final numbers, but from where I could see at the Lincoln Memorial, we certainly exceeded that. Probably something for the Secret Service to speak on specifically, but I do not know the numbers they were planning on. But if those were the numbers they were planning on, there were probably more people there than we expected.” For future references, Litterest said: “It’s planning in advance and getting a good count of the people who were coming. Certainly I’m not one to question or second-guess what they do. The protection of one president, never mind three, the security was of the upmost importance. Obviously the more access points you have, the greater the security risks.” For future events. he said, “I would suggest” that participants “leave a little earlier, rather than showing up right when the event starts and being disappointed of large crowds trying to get in.”

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French Driver Simon Pagenaud Wins ’13 Grand Prix of Baltimore By Perry Green AFRO Sports Editor French driver Simon Pagenaud took the lead with about six laps left and cruised to an easy victory as the IndyCar Series champion of the 2013 Grand Prix of Baltimore Sept. 1. Pagenaud, who told reporters before the race that the temporary Pratt Street circuit was his favorite track to race, surpassed American driver Marco Andretti at about lap 69 of the 75-lap race and took a comfortable lead as no car was near him for the final five laps. Josef Newgarden, a young driver from Hendersonville, Tenn., surprised the field by winning second place in the race, becoming the first American IndyCar Series driver to finish within the top-2 in the short three-year history of the Grand Prix of Baltimore. Frenchman Sebastien Bourdais, who led the pack for many laps during the race, finished in third place; Andretti fell behind to finish in tenth place. Switzerland driver Simona De Silvestro, the only woman that competed in this year’s IndyCar Series event of the Grand Prix of Baltimore, finished in fifth place. Today, Sept. 1-was her 25th birthday. There were several spinouts during the race, which led to several lead changes throughout the contest. Australian driver Will Power, who won the first Grand Prix of Baltimore in 2011, led for the first 30 or so laps of the race, but he ended up falling out of the picture after a crash against the wall with New Zealand driver Scott Dixon. Dixon was knocked out of the race due to the wall crash. While there were no African-American drivers or any other drivers of minority descent in this year’s race, there were several Blacks in attendance, many of which were locals who volunteered as event staff. One volunteer staff member was Shena Brownell, a senior Psychology major at Coppin State University. Brownell, who graduated from Laurel High School in Prince George’s County, Md., is a sprinter for Coppin State’s track team. “My track coach encouraged me and my teammates to volunteer here,” Brownell said. “It’s been a little hot, but fun so far.” See more Photos on B4

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significance of civil rights as a military imperative,” said Jimmy Love of the Diversity Management and Equal Opportunity office of the Defense Department. “The overriding philosophy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech eventually led to grounds for the establishment of the Department of Defense Race Relations Institute in 1971, now known as the Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute,” said Love. “It is difficult for me to judge the effect of the specific event of the 1963 March on the upward mobility of African Americans in uniform,” said retired Brig. Gen. Clara

Admiral Cecil D. Haney, US Navy, Commander US Pacific Fleet

Adams-Ender, the first nurse to command a military base.

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“I do believe that the numbers of people who participated did influence and impress the politicians to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Those laws had a direct effect upon the upward mobility of African Americans in uniform,” she said. According to Andre Sayles, a West Point graduate and director of the Army’s diversity office, said, “It was not until the Academy graduating class of 1968 that you had double digits of cadets graduating to become

lieutenants. That means they did not start to attend West Point in such numbers until 1964 which would have been after the March of 1963 and the Civil Rights Act of 1964.” “Do the math,” Lt. Gen. (ret.) James said. ”It is clear that we (the armed forces) finally got busy with promoting African Americans after the King March of 1963, but, we have not finished our march. Diversity in the military needs to be improved.” T:7.446”

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The 2013 Grand Prix IndyCar winner: HP Race Team car # 77, driven by Simon Pagenaud.

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General Vincent K. Brooks, US Army, Commander US Army Pacific

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war next week. “The resolution was narrowly tailored to deal with documented chemical weapons by Assad in Syria. It’s very limited with no troops on the ground with a 90-day duration,” said Cardin. “It is limited to degrading Syria’s capacity to use chemical weapons and I think it’s the right action. I hope the international community will join us in greater numbers.” Cardin said that aside from stopping the use of chemical weapons, the international community also had an obligation to the humanitarian side of the conflict, which has turned millions of Syrian residents into refugees. While United Nations investigators await confirmation of accusations that Syria staged a chemical weapons attack on its civilians Aug. 21, nations are considering what action to take. The British Parliament has already voted against taking action in Syria. U.K. lawmakers, along with many U.S. citizens and U.S. allies abroad question why military action should be used to stop the bloodshed now, more than two and a half years into the Syrian civil war. In Maryland, Del. Aisha Braveboy, chair of the state’s Legislative Black Caucus, said that President Obama’s decision to go before Congress before striking against the Syrian government he blames for the chemical attack is a good one. “It’s a difficult decision to make and I don’t think it’s as cut and dried as some people might think it is,” Braveboy told the AFRO. “The question is: Are we really ready to engage in another war?” “I don’t think that chemical weapon use is something that the world can tolerate. But we don’t have unlimited resources- especially if we don’t have other powerful allies.” Braveboy said that every aspect of a strike should be carefully thought out and understood- especially when it comes to retaliation from Syria or its allies, and what would be done in the way of support and nation-building after intervention. She also said she cannot support a military strike without further information from

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firefighters to respect fire. They will learn, he said, “as part of a team” how to “suppress a fire and save lives.” “As this city grows, improving public safety is a priority, and that is why we are making this commitment to the department now. Our investment will reward the future by placing some of the best trained firefighters in the country at stations throughout Baltimore,” Rawlings-Blake said. The project will cost more than $1.4 million. The city of Baltimore will contribute $974,406 and Exelon agreed they would invest $470,000 for the cost of the new structure, which will ultimately allow BGE employees to use the new Burn Building for training, in conjunction with Baltimore City Firefighters. Calvin G. Butler Jr., BGE’s senior vice president said, “Exelon is proud to support this project, which will allow BGE employees to train alongside Baltimore City firefighters in a new, state-of-the-art facility.” “Safety and reliability are BGE’s top priorities, and this training center will help enhance emergency response, protect lives and improve quality of life in Baltimore,” Butler said. The burn building renovation is the first step in a multi-step master plan to renovate the academy into a training hub for the fire

President Obama, such as how America will sustain and grow itself economically if another war becomes a reality. “We could end of spending billions of dollars abroad and not at home,” she said, before referencing the current economic crisis in Detroit. “Should America be doing more to help the people in Syria than [for] the businesses and people suffering right here from the economic downturn?” While Braveboy may have doubts about taking military action against Syria, other politicians have thrown their weight wholeheartedly behind President Obama’s call for action--with or without the support of other nations especially, they say, because chemical weapon use violates international law. “While collective action would be

Still, other lawmakers, such as Rep. Elijah according to the CIA World Factbook, a Cummings (D-Md.), remain on the fence about publicly-available world almanac. what action should be taken- citing the many More than 6 million of that number is currently displaced by the civil war that has uncertainties surrounding the situation and raged over the past two and a half years. possible outcomes of military action. In that time, according to the United “Many members, like me, have very Nations (UN), roughly 100,000 Syrians have serious questions about the path ahead that been killed. need to be answered in order to make an According to the UN Refugee Agency, informed decision,” said Cummings, a ranking member of the House Committee on Oversight 5,000 Syrians are fleeing the area every 24 hours, creating an overwhelming surge of and Government Reform. people to the nearby countries of Egypt, Iraq, “As we have seen over the past decade, the Jordan, Lebanon and turkey. use of military force is one of the most grave Another 4.5 million are displaced within actions our nation can take, and it often has Syrian borders as a result of the violence. consequences that are impossible to foresee.” In addition to Americans questioning Cummings said that in the case of Syria, his move on Syria, President Obama is also detailed information on a clear objective is dealing with leaders abroad who are less than mandatory, along with a timeline of how long convinced that the chemical weapons were involvement will used by the Syrian government. last, what other “I am convinced that [the chemical attack] nations will be is nothing more than a provocation by those involved, and how who want to drag other countries into the much collateral Syrian conflict, and who want the support damage can be expected, including of powerful members of the international the loss of innocent community, especially the United States,” said a statement by Vladimir Putin, president of life. “If our objective Russia. “I have no doubt about this.” Though Putin said proven use of chemical – Del. Aisha Braveboy is not regime weapons deserves counteraction, he also said change, we must he believes that rebel forces-- not the Syrian understand how we government-- are behind the attacks. preferable, I believe that the United States will measure success, particularly if civilian “The Syrian government already asked cannot contract out its’ national security deaths using conventional weapons continue the international community to conduct decisions to others. It is in our national or even increase after any U.S. strike,” said inspections, as they believed that rebels had security interests, and in accordance with Cummings. “Finally, if we do not act, we used chemical weapons. But unfortunately universal humanitarian interests, to deter the must understand the ramifications for the nothing happened,” said Putin. “A reaction future use of chemical weapons in Syria, and Assad regime, the Syrian people, and our own occurred only after Aug. 21, when these in any future conflicts,” said Rep. Chris Van nation.” weapons were used once again.” Hollen (D-Md.). Syria, located just south of Turkey and “Under these conditions, the idea of giving “The continued use of poison gas by north of Jordan, is bordered to the east by Iraq Assad’s forces will not only result in the mass with the Mediterranean Sea sharing its Western a trump card to those who are constantly calling for foreign military intervention is utter killings of more innocent Syrian civilians, but border with Lebanon. will also put at risk our allies in the region, The nation has a population of 22.4 million, nonsense.” including Israel, Turkey and Jordan.” Van Hollen also said that ignoring the use of chemical weapons will also “increase the likelihood that chemical weapons could be Continued from A1 used against American troops or civilians in future attacks or conflicts.” Unlike Stanton, Prince, who comes from a military background, said he would be proud to serve his country if drafted. He said both of his parents and his cousins all served in the military and he – Charlotte Simmons department as well as other city agencies and initially wanted to enlist in the private corporations. about U.S. involvement in looked at as a powerful U.S. Marine Corps. “Better trained cadets become better Syria and questions what it country, I don’t think we “I’m the first person in my firefighters, which help make the city safer,” will mean for the future of the should be the country to run family who decided not to go Segal said. “Upon graduation, BCFD cadets United States. and save everyone,” Simmons into the military,” said Prince. will have received the best possible education “Even though we are said. “My mom didn’t want me to and preparation for a very dangerous but go, mostly because I am an important job.” only child.” Fire fighter recruits will receive first-class Prince said he believes live fire and classroom training and current the war would bring negative firefighters and paramedics can go to the new attention to the United States. Burn Building to receive refresher training, He said the country should use the fitness facility and enroll in education take care of local and national courses. issues before acting on the “Our investment will also serve as a catalyst for economic development by creating international stage. Charlotte Simmons, 61, city jobs, which is a key component of the who works in an African more than $1 billion package of benefits that shop in the Charles Village Exelon will contribute as part of its merger area, agrees that the United with Constellation,” Butler said. States should first focus on The new burn building is expected to be domestic concerns. Simmons completed before the end of the year. said she is also concerned Segal told the AFRO, “We are sad to about the cost of the United see the old burn building go,” but the fire States’ involvement in Syria. department will use the bricks from the old “We just had two wars in building to construct a 9/11 memorial at the Iraq and Afghanistan where academy. “It will help preserve the legacy of the burn we spent gobs of money,” said Simmons. “There are other building for another generation of the BCFD needs…like healthcare and members,” he said. education. People are hungry. People are homeless. There Source: afro.com are no jobs.” She said she is uncertain

“I don’t think that chemical weapon use is something that the world can tolerate. But we don’t have unlimited resources- especially if we don’t have other powerful allies.”

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“There are other needs…like healthcare and education. People are hungry. People are homeless. There are no jobs.”

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OPINION

The Fierce Urgency for Now

In April of this year, I was asked by Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government to share my thoughts on the upcoming 50th anniversary of Dr. King’s seminal “I Have a Dream Speech” at the Lincoln Memorial, Aug. 28, 1963. Just as Americans of all backgrounds will share our nation’s destiny, I observed, we must struggle together to assure that America lives up to her highest ideals. The 1963 March on Rep. Elijah Washington for Jobs and Cummings Freedom at which Dr. King spoke 50 years ago, I continued, was a shared assertion of America’s ideals. His prophetic challenge was advanced on behalf of a broad, multi-racial coalition of working people, union members, faith leaders and intellectuals who were demanding a fundamental change in the status quo of that era. The broad expansion in universal opportunity that Dr. King addressed in his remarks was a challenge and a goal for everyone – not simply for those of us who are African Americans. Now, as then, Americans in the tens of millions are struggling to survive economically, and tens of thousands of our countrymen and women are dying before their time. Now, as then, all sorts of conniving methods are being utilized in well-financed attempts to deny the uplifting power of universal suffrage. Now, as then, only a multi-racial, ecumenical coalition of conscience can halt our regression back into the sins of our past – and move America forward toward that “blessed community” of which Dr. King dreamed. “My friends,” I told the Harvard conference, “the civil rights movement of this 21st Century is still about lifting up Americans of Color, but our perspective has broadened. Now, in 2013, our movement is sharply focused upon lifting ALL Americans (and the generations yet to be born) out of poverty.”

This same thesis was at the heart of President Obama’s remarks when he spoke from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the “Let Freedom Ring” rally on Aug. 28. As the President’s advisor and friend, Valerie Jarrett, has observed, “There is inevitably an overlap in addressing racial equality at the same time you’re trying to create economic empowerment. If you look at poverty or unemployment, they disproportionately affect people of color. People who don’t have health insurance are disproportionately of color.” “The President wants to create opportunity,” she confided,” and to make sure the level playing field is ready for everybody.” I agree - and, I would submit, so would any fairminded person. Having devoted much of my adult life to working for greater racial equity, I have come to understand that we cannot achieve racial equality unless we also succeed in challenging – and overcoming - the widening economic inequality that threatens the very fabric of our society. This is why, as in the past, our teachers are our most important civil rights workers. They are the key in providing the empowering education that can end the most devastating segregation of all – the segregation from hope and opportunity that is the all-toooften result of poverty. During our debates in Washington this year about reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers have been in the forefront of our efforts to protect and expand funding for Title I and the other federal education initiatives. From its inception, ESEA (and especially the legislation’s Title I) have addressed the educational challenges of economically disadvantaged children of all racial backgrounds who live in poor urban and rural areas. In the Senate, we are making progress. The Senate’s approach to reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (S. 1094, sponsored by Iowa Senator Tom Harkin and co-sponsored by Maryland Senator Barbara Mikulski and others) largely supports the funding and strategy of ESEA and Title I.

There was a lot of talk around the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington last week that Dr. Martin Luther King’s dream remains unrealized. The march, of course, was for jobs and freedom, and commentators and activists alike rightly noted that much work remains on both counts. The Supreme Court this summer struck the core of the Voting Rights Act, and the recent Trayvon Martin Joe Madison killing and legal battles surrounding New York City’s stop and frisk policies underscore just how prejudiced our criminal justice system continues to be. Economically, the gap between Whites and Blacks remains as large as when Dr. King marched. The Black unemployment rate is twice that of White unemployment, while the average wealth for African-American and Latino families is $103,000, compared to $632,000 for their White counterparts. As a new study by former Census bureau officials reported last week, groups with already low income, particularly African Americans, have seen the steepest declines in their incomes following the recession. For all the mention of the issues still plaguing communities of color, there was markedly less discussion of immediate, concrete and impactful steps that could be taken to advance justice.

But there is something President Obama can do right now to help lift the dreams of more than 2 million people. As Clayola Brown, president of the A. Philip Randolph Institute, mentioned in her speech, the president should issue an executive order guaranteeing that companies doing business with the federal government pay their employees a living wage. According to a recent study by Demos, nearly 2 million private sector employees working on behalf of America earn wages too low to support a family, making $12 or less per hour. The vast majority of these workers are AfricanAmerican or Latino – only contributing to the expanding racial and economic gap in this country. People who serve food in government buildings, home health care providers and the workers who clean our nation’s capital often cannot even afford the very basics, like food and rent payments. Americans benefit from the fruit of these workers’ labor every day and yet our tax dollars fuel their poverty and relegate them to the ranks of the working poor. President Obama has said he will do anything within his power as chief executive to get the economy moving again. Raising the wages of federally contracted employees does just that – it is both morally right and fiscally prudent. With more money in these workers pockets, they will spend it, generating demand, investing in communities and creating jobs. And companies doing business with the federal government can certainly afford it. A new Government Accountability Office (GAO) study offers figures revealing how much taxpayers bankroll the paychecks of already-wealthy executives, paying up to $760,000 – more than three times the salary of the vice president – towards the compensation of a

Regrettably, the House version, H.R. 5, passed by a Republican party-line majority on August 14, does not. The House bill would freeze longer-term funding at “sequester” levels and dilute the historic federal focus upon the children of disadvantaged communities. There is something drastically wrong with this picture. House Republicans will celebrate the 50th anniversary of Dr. King’s dream by seeking to starve educational funding for poor children of all races. Progressive Democrats in the House lost this first round in the House of Representatives, but the struggle for our nation’s children is not over. Our children simply cannot wait for the empowering education that can lift them out of poverty. America should listen carefully to our teachers’ vision for public education. For our nation’s young people, we cannot ignore “the fierce urgency of now. Congressman Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) represents Maryland’s Seventh Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives.

Advancing the Dream with a Stroke of the Pen contracting executive at thousands of companies. The disparity between rising CEO compensation and profits and stagnant wages is one of the main reasons we have seen the emergence of new movements seeking to win the unmet demands of the original March. In recent months, low-wage workers from Wal-Mart, fast-food and federal contractors have staged unprecedented series of strikes to improve conditions for all working Americans. Tired of an economy that only works for the powerful and the wealthy, this new generation of marchers are taking courageous action because pay is too low, part-time hours aren’t cutting it and they can’t afford the basics such as housing and health care without relying on public assistance. Many are calling for a living wage of $15/hour, which when adjusted for inflation, mirrors the $2/hour demand the organizers of the 1963 March made. Today, workers fight because the Dream is still not a reality for them. It’s rare that any commemoration or speech offers hope of engendering instant social change. But the president can use this 50-year anniversary as an opportunity – an opportunity to take decisive action to advance racial and economic justice and an opportunity to sign an executive order that would raise standards for millions of low-wage employees working on behalf of our country. If Dr. King were living today, I believe he would demand as much. And for the sake of our economic security and the preservation of our national ideals, the president should meet that demand. Joe Madison, a former board member of the NAACP, is an activist and host of “The Joe Madison Show on SirusXM Satellite Radio.

Boehner Scores Zero With Debt Ceiling Spat The current tracking of Congress’ popularity shows that only 15 percent of Americans approve of the job Congress is doing. Now, House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) struck another tone deaf moment at a political fundraiser in Idaho when he warned that when Congress returns in September, he will lead Republicans in holding up the government’s business to pick a fight with President Obama over the nation’s debt ceiling. More than 11.5 million William Spriggs Americans are out actively looking for work, while the economy languishes with 2 million fewer jobs than at the end of 2007, more than five and a half years ago. Median family income remains thousands of dollars below the level it reached in 2007. And thousands of America’s workers are staging strikes this week to raise their low-wage pay to something respectable. Americans want more jobs and a raise in pay now. How does a showdown on the integrity of the United States of America and paying its bills help address jobs and pay now? The United States’ credibility rests firmly on a decision made at its founding that the debt of the young, fledgling country was good. The country has never looked back and remains the most sought after currency because the word of the United States is as good as gold. It will pay its debts. So,

there is no need to debate the obligation of Congress to quickly pass legislation to insure the United States lives up to its word and continues to pay its bills. What Mr. Boehner risks is more discussion of downgrading the credit worthiness of the United States, and adding too much uncertainty to a world economy that is already nervous. And, what he is proposing is to awaste the time of Congress, rather than addressing restoring the almost 330,000 local educators lost to our children’s public schools because of this economic downturn. Congress should be passing legislation to end sequestration now. For the thousands of children being shut out of Head Start programs to build their foundation for learning and America’s prosperity it is more important to restore their Head Start program slots. Mr. Boehner has made it clear. Obviously, he will not rest until his actions lead to crippling the American economy for a chance to blame President Obama for a failing economy. He is instead making it clear that it is time for his leadership to end, and to send him home in 2014. This week we have all been reminded of the 1963 March for Jobs and Freedom on the mall in Washington. The postWorld War II era saw several recessions: in 1948, 1953, 1957 and 1960. It seemed the government’s promise in the Employment Act of 1946 to keep unemployment down was hollow. Short bursts of full-employment appeared to be the outcome of war time fervor; not a real goal of policies. Mr. Boehner’s actions remind us today, that there are those who oppose full employment, or at least do not see it as a real policy goal. He wants Americans to believe he is pre-occupied with debt and government spending; not believable concerns given his deafening silence when George W. Bush’s tax cuts

for the rich and reckless wars drove up government spending and reversed government surpluses into soaring government debt. No, there will be no one else to blame except Mr. Boehner if the fragile economy continues to stall with inadequate job growth and stagnant wages. He is not leading a charge with an infrastructure program to rebuild America’s falling roads or bridges and get Americans back to work. He is not leading a charge to get the money to our local school systems lost because of local revenue declines caused by continued high unemployment and low family incomes, so we can hire back the teachers needed for our children’s classrooms. He is not leading a charge to get the wages for the jobs the economy is creating up to something decent; raising the minimum wage so Americans can help support their families. Those are the programs the American people expect Congress to be working on. The current string of months with positive job growth has now reached 34 months. The longest string of consecutive months with job gains since 1939 is 48 months. The second longest string is 45. So, there is a real chance we are running into the end of this engine of growth, which has been modest in its performance. It may stop before we regain all the jobs lost since the end of 2007. And, that would be very bad news for the economy. As in 1963, there is a real urgency of now. We must act quickly to get the millions of Americans back to work, and the income of those working up so they can ride the waves of the economy. With no time to waste, Mr. Boehner is scoring a zero. The same score his side needs to get in votes in 2014. William Spriggs serves as chief economist to the AFL-CIO and is an economics professor at Howard University.

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THIS IS GRANDPARENTS WEEKEND Hello everyone! How was your Labor Day Weekend? I had a ball myself. Boo-Boo and I went to Philly to the Tony Williams Scholarship Jazz Festival and it was truly wonderful, especially Bill Cosby’s appearance. Well this weekend it looks like a couple of people thought of the grandparents for a change. How wonderful! “Marva D,” as she is affectionately known to her friends and website family, is hosting a special “Grandparents Day Celebration” on Sept. 7 at the Rawlings-Fulton Clubhouse

her how to care, share and love. All are invited, whether you are a grandparent or not. It is a great cause. For ticket information, call 410-5999159. Margie “Lady M” Fleming Brinkley and company are presenting their Third Annual Grandparent’s Day Celebration on Sept. 8 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the American Brewery, 1701 N. Gay Street. With an

this party, skin is art. Check out the dynamic graphics, creativity, culture and spirit of tattoos in Baltimore. Check this out! The Patterson will be inked from sidewalk to theater with collaborative art, exterior building projections, Charm City roller girls, hot rods, vintage duds, and a lot more. Local tattoo shops will be selling artwork and showing off their best work in a “Tattoo Fashion Show” between bands. Oh yeah! They will have live entertainment, too. The Creative Alliance at the Patterson is located at 3134 Eastern Avenue in Baltimore. If you haven’t been to Phaze 10 Restaurant and Entertainment Venue, located in Cyrus Chestnut, renowned Mt. Vernon at 885 N. international pianist and Howard Street, then recording artist, is the headliner you need to check it of the Chestertown Jazz Festival out. Phaze 10 has been and Art in the Park in Wilmer a household word lately Park on the Chester River on in the night scene. It has Sept. 7.

Marva D, founder of Marva’s Grand Hands of Love, is hosting “Great Blessings: Grandparents Day Celebration” on Sept. 7, 5-8 p.m. at the RawlingsFulton Clubhouse, 2900 Hillsdale Road in Baltimore. Al and Pat Matthews renewed their vows recently as they celebrated 20 years of marriage. Al Matthews is former owner of the Tranquility Inn that was located on Old Frederick Road and the We Two Lounge that was located in the 1600 block of N. Montford Avenue. The indoor/ outdoor celebration was absolutely divine.

Dr. Wilson R. Dickerson, dentist for 52 years in the Berea Community will be honored by Margie “Lady M” Fleming Brinkley at her third annual “Grandparent’s Day Celebration” on Sept. 8, 4 p.m.-8 p.m. at the American Brewery, 1701 N. Gay Street. at Forest Park Golf Course, 2900 Hillsdale Road from 5 p.m.-8 p.m. The evening includes BET comedian Joe Recca. Get your praise on with the gospel trio Serenity. There will be a delicious dinner along with yours truly, Rosa Pryor, signing copies of my latest book. Come out and get an autographed copy, just for you. This year’s event will benefit Marva’s new nonprofit organization, “Marva’s Grand Hands of Love,” which will focus on assisting and giving back to the elders. It was established in memory of her grandparents who taught

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expression of Gratitude, Lady M is honoring Dr. Wilson D. Dickerson, a dentist who has served the community for over 52 years. Your ticket includes wine and cheese, buffet dining, live entertainment, “Rambling Rose” doing a book-signing of African-American Community, History, & Entertainment in Maryland” (Remembering the Yesterdays 1940-1980) and vendors for you to shop and more. For more information, call “Lady M” at 410-522-0680. The Chestertown Jazz Festival and Art in the Park is Sept. 7 at Wilmer Park on the Chester River. The park opens at 10 a.m. The lineup includes: the 100 Voice Choir of Kent County, the Logan Seith Quartet, Marsha Heydt, Sue Matthews and the renowned pianist Cyrus Chestnut. For my young-at-heart folks, there will be a “Party at the Patterson” on Sept. 6, starting at 7:30 p.m. I must admit, this is a little different for me, meaning, this is not my thing, but at

a divine dining area, take-out meals, some of the best drinks in town, and has become a hot spot for outstanding music, live entertainment, spoken word and local art. You can enjoy Southern-style BBQ, live jazz, blues and R&B for mature audiences. They also showcases comedy and open mic. This is a place for musicians, vocalists, poets, comedians, artists and music enthusiasts to help contribute to Baltimore’s resurgence to being a birthplace and launchpad for outstanding performing artists. Check it out; tell them that “Rambling Rose” told you! For more information, call 410-462-2010. Well, my dear friends, I have to go, but before I do, I want to tell you about my new website. I am really excited about it. I have two now. Check it out! It is www.rambling-rose. com and the other one is www. rosapryormusic.com. Well, you know if you need me you can call me at 410-833-9474 or email me at rosapryor@ aol.com. UNTIL THE NEXT TIME, I’M MUSICALLY YOURS.

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Annapolis Mayor Josh Cohen

Many were on hand for the Aug. 28 official unveiling of the Civil Rights Foot Soldiers Memorial at the Whitmore Park in Annapolis. The event, hosted by the Dr. Martin

Sen. Ben Cardin

Luther King Jr. Committee, commemorated the golden anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington by honoring the “Foot Soldiers” who attended the original March fifty years ago.

The Civil Rights Foot Soldiers Memorial lists the names of over 500 foot soldiers from around the nation and is the first memorial in the nation to the participants who attended the March.

Carl Snowden, emcee and chairman, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Committee Rev. Lewis Boston, pastor of First Baptist Church, Annapolis

Honorees and Foot Soldiers

Josiah Robert Anthony Fisher, Germantown Elementary School

Gerald Stansbury, president State NAACP

Del. Michael E. Busch, speaker of the Md. House of Delegates

Beatrice P. Smith

Doug Gansler, attorney general; Gerald Stansbury, president State NAACP and Sen. Ben Cardin

Josiah Fisher and his mother Annapolis Drum and Bugle Corps, John Bryant trumpet soloist

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In recognition of the 50th Anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington, the Baltimore branch of the NAACP held its awards breakfast, Passing the Torch, Aug. 17, to honor the “old and the new” in the community. Author, activist, also honoree, Wes Moore served as the keynote speaker. Tessa Hill-Aston is president of the award-winning branch.

Wanda Watts, honoree Kweisi Mfume and Tessa Aston-Hill, NAACP president

Honoree Ellsworth Johnson-Bey with family members and friends

Honoree, State Sen. Allan Kittleman Honoree Sheryl Wood Honoree, Rep. Donna Edwards

Wesley Wood, honoree Sheryl Wood, Wesley Wood Jr. and Chandler Wood

Honoree, Judge Wanda KeyesHeard, Tessa Hill-Aston, NAACP president and Doug Gansler, Md. State's Attorney Mother of honoree Chris Brown and Tessa Hill-Aston Honorees Adam Jackson and Dayvon Love with Hill-Aston Nylyn Mosby, Councilman Nick Mosby, Marilyn Mosby and Aniyah Mosby

Honoree Thomas Mike Miller, president Md. State Senate, Barbara Pettit and A. Dwight Pettit, also honored

Wes Moore, keynote speaker

Tessa Hill-Aston and Dr. Salima Siler Marriott

Zeta Phi Beta Sorority members, from left, Karen Wynn-Diouf, Paulete McCoy, Judge Wanda Keyes-Heard, Natalie and Tezhra Tucker Photos by Anderson Ward

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Notre Dame Preparatory School will hold its Annual Blazer Dash 5K Run/Walk on its Towson-area campus. Walk-in registration begins at 7:30 a.m., with the run/ walk starting at 9 a.m. Proceeds from the 5K event will benefit NDP endowed funds and memorial tuition scholarships established at NDP. To register, call 410583-8797 or go to www. notredameprep.com and click on “Blazer Dash.”

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September 7, 2013 - September 13, 2013, The Afro-American

ARTS & CULTURE

White House Hosts Whitney Young Documentary Screening By Talib Babb Special to the AFRO The screening of civil rights activist Whitney Young’s documentary “The Powerbroker: Whitney Young’s Fight for Civil Rights” took place at the White House Aug. 27. First Lady Michelle Obama addressed the small audience which consisted of a few of Young’s family members along with students from eight middle schools and high schools from Loudoun County, Va. and Washington D.C. The eight schools included Potomac Falls High School, Park View High

School, Dominion High School, Friendship Carter Charter High School, Kipp DC College Prep, Two Rivers Charter Middle School and Washington Latin Charter Middle School. The students were invited to watch the documentary about Whitney Young which was directed by his niece, Emmy Award winning director Bonnie Boswell, and participated in a panel discussion. A few panel members were Boswell, president and CEO of the National Urban League Marc Morial, and National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) member Khyla Craine.

Boswell came up with the idea for the film more than a decade ago. She raised more than half a million dollars to fund the project. “Many people I approached never heard of Whitney Young, but I knew it was an important story,” said Boswell. “My uncle was a bridge-builder during the civil rights movement.” Young was the executive director of the National Urban League and president of the National Association of Social Workers back in the 1960s. While with the National Urban League, he fought for major corporations to hire more blacks. The organization

Cuba Gooding Jr. The Butler Interview With Kam Williams

Cuba Gooding Jr. was born in the Bronx on Jan. 2, 1968, but raised in Los Angeles from the age of 4. Best known for his Oscar-winning portrayal of the charmingly-arrogant Rod “Show Me the Money!” Tidwell in Cameron Crowe’s Jerry Maguire, he first found fame in 1991 when he received critical acclaim for his performance in John Singleton’s coming-of-age classic Boyz n the Hood. Cuba followed-up that success with roles in As Good as It Gets, What Dreams May Come, and the Oscar-nominated A Few Good Men. Here, he talks about his work

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recently met a 27 year-old white male who admitted that he didn’t know about the sit-ins until seeing this movie’s scene with the kids being refused service in a segregated diner.

KW: You did a great job, too. CG: Thanks. It just feels so good to be involved again with a movie that’s socially relevant. I

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grew from 60 to 98 chapters across the country. Young was also an advisor to presidents Lyndon B. Johnson, John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon. He was essential in making socioeconomic opportunities equal for Whites and Blacks. Young died in 1971 at the age of 49 due to a heart attack he suffered after swimming in Lagos, Nigeria. The screening of this documentary comes as the country commemorates the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington. “What this documentary shows us is that there are so many unsung heroes in our history whose impact

we still feel today,” said Obama. “We are here because of that struggle, I’m here because of that struggle.” The first lady graduated from Whitney M. Young Magnet High School in Chicago, Ill. in 1981. Obama also shared with the students words of wisdom for them to hold on to. “Whatever you do I want you all to keep pushing to be the very best at whatever you choose,” she said. “One of his [Young] quotes that I love he said, ‘It is better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one than to have an opportunity and not be prepared.’”

and gathering information on the subject for several years for both this script and for a Martin Luther King story about Selma. So, it’s a time period I’d already become pretty well-versed in.

a feeling of sadness, but rather a realization of this higher calling in life, and how we’re all a part of this chain.

KW: How emotionally affected were you seeing the film for the first time? CG: I was a wreck. I sat and hugged Pam [producer Pam Williams] like someone had died in the family. And, to be honest with you, Kam, it wasn’t so much the history lesson, but simply that my eldest son who’s 18 was going off to college, and I couldn’t get back to L.A. to see him off when he left because I was stuck in New York. The father-son relationship just hit me, man, especially the scene where Cecil Gaines says goodbye to his son departing for college. What I experienced wasn’t

KW: How did you enjoy being on Broadway? What play were you doing, A Trip to Bountiful? CG: Yes, sir, since February. I loved it. I actually started in theater, that’s where an agent found me in ’86, I was doing a Shakespeare festival. On the stage, if you don’t understand every word of what you’re saying, it is apparent in your countenance. So, I was always about living the character. KW: If you could have a superpower, which one would you choose? CG: I would fly. I’ve been dreaming about flying since I was five years old.

The Afro-American, September 7, 2013 - September 14, 2013

The Baltimore Grand Prix, a noisy, colorful motor sports circus that delights, confoundsâ€”and deafens -- took over downtown Baltimore and gave the space just beyond the Inner Harbor a whole new look for Labor Day weekend. But, as thousands of local residents found out, the Grand Prix is more just cars zooming by at up to 170 miles an hour; it was an instant, if temporary, theme park for young and old.

2012 Gran Prix Winner, Ryan Hunter-Reay

Photos by Anderson Ward

IndyCar winners, left, 2nd place, Josef Newgarden, 1st place, Simon Pagenaud and 3rd place, Sebastien Boudais

Prof. Larry Gibson

Indy Lights Winners Sage Karam, 2nd, Jack Hawksworth,1st and Gabby Chaves 3rd. Falken Tire Team car after crash

Front : Sherron Hardy, Enrique Alexander, Ola Hardy Back: Jon Hardy Sr., Jon Hardy Jr.

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Barracuda Racing Team Car is picked up after incident

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and photographer Mark Dennis

ALMS Race TV actor and race car driver, Patrick Dempsey

Tony Randall with grandson Antoine McColl

Rosemary Armstrong, Malik Alford and Jaiere Alford

Ari Edouard, Will Hagen, Marie-Cheryl Edouard and Eli Edouard

Scouting Team driver Justin Wilson with Cub Scouts Troop 461

Batman cools off in 90 degree heat Levi Hames, Rodney Hames and Ruby Hames

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September 7, 2013 - September 13, 2013, The Afro-American

FAITH

50 Maryland Congregations Welcome Workers to Speak During Labor Day Services By Meghan Cohorst Special to the AFRO Fifty local faith congregations celebrated Labor Day by inviting area workers to speak during weekly worship services about their working conditions and organizing efforts. The event, Labor in the Pulpits, was organized by Interfaith Worker Justice of Maryland as part of the annual Labor in the Pulpits/ on the Bimah/in the Minbar program hosted by national worker rights organization, Interfaith Worker Justice, and its network of over 70 affiliates. “My congregation—as are all congregations—is made UNITE HERE Local 7 up of workers,” said the Rev. Damonte Pitts, DuClaw Brewing Co., and Rev. Herbert Watson Jr. of St. Mark’s UMC Ty Hullinger of St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church in and believe about the dignity of every human person.” Baltimore. “They want and deserve to hear about how their Many of those who spoke this weekend are employees at faith connects with worker justice issues and what we teach BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport and have, since January, been

organizing for a workers’ Bill of Rights that would guarantee full-time work, fair wages and benefits, job security and the right to form a union in a neutral environment. They are heartened by the growing community awareness and support for their efforts. “It is such an honor to have the opportunity to speak with all of these congregations,” said Matt Mullins, a Baltimore City resident and former employee at Silver Diner in the airport. “We’re working hard to win our Bill of Rights at BWI because even though my coworkers and I work hard every day, most of the time we don’t earn enough to support ourselves and our families. Being here is just another reminder to stay strong, because we have the support of our communities behind us.” Worker organizing at BWI is part of the Maryland Campaign for Fair Development, which works to ensure that companies that enjoy public economic aid provide decent living wage jobs for Maryland residents. Organizations leading the campaign include UNITE HERE Local 7, United Workers and numerous area faith congregations. “Our faith traditions call on us to work for justice for all people, especially those being exploited,” said Deacon Ed Munro of St. Philip’s Episcopal Church in Annapolis, “Workers have a right to be treated justly.” Cohorst is the spokeswoman for UNITE HERE Local 7 in Baltimore.

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CITY OF BALTIMORE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS BUREAU OF WATER AND WASTEWATER NOTICE OF LETTING Sealed Bids or Proposals, in duplicate addressed to the Board of Estimates of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore and marked for Sanitary Contract 886R-Improvements to Sludge Blending Tanks at Patapsco Wastewater Treatment Plant will be received at the Office of the Comptroller, Room 204, City Hall, Baltimore, Maryland until 11:00 A.M. on Wednesday, October 9, 2013. Positively no bids will be received after 11:00 A.M. Bids will be publicly opened by the Board of Estimates in Room 215, City Hall at Noon. The Contract Documents may be examined, without charge, at the Department of Public Works Service Center located on the first floor of the Abel Wolman Municipal Building, 200 N. Holliday Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202 as of Friday, September 6, 2013 and copies may be purchased for a non-refundable cost of $50.00. Conditions and requirements of the Bid are found in the bid package.All contractors bidding on this Contract must first be prequalified by the City of Baltimore Contractors Qualification Committee. Interested parties should call 410-396-6883 or contact the Committee at 3000 Druid Park Drive, Baltimore, Maryland 21215. If a bid is submitted by a joint venture (”JV”), then in that event, the document that established the JV shall be submitted with the bid for verification purposes. The Prequalification Category required for bidding on this project is E13003 Water and/or Sewer Treatment Plants & Pumping Stations Cost Qualification Range for this work shall be $3,000,000.01 to $4,000,000.00 All questions must be received in writing no later than 4:30 P.M. on Friday, September 24, 2013. Address all questions to Mr. Gurminder Singh, Engineer Supervisor, Water and Wastewater Engineering Division, to the attention of Mrs. Brinica Bass, Project Manager (email: brinica. bass@baltimorecity.gov, Fax: (410) 396-1769 A ”Pre-Bidding Information” session will be conducted at Patapsco WWTP Administrative Building on September 17, 2013 at 10:00 A.M. Principal Item of work for this project are: *Replacement of Sludge Blending Tank Mixing System *Replacement of Sludge Transfer Pumps *Miscellaneous Building Improvements to SBT Building The MBE goal is 17% The WBE goal is 3% SANITARY CONTRACT 886R

NOTICE OF LETTING Sealed Bids or Proposals, in duplicate addressed to the Board of Estimates of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore and marked for Sanitary Contract 908-Improvements to Sanitary Sewers in the Herring Run Sewershed will be received at the Office of the Comptroller, Room 204, City Hall, Baltimore, Maryland until 11:00 A.M. on Wednesday, October 16, 2013. Positively no bids will be received after 11:00 A.M. Bids will be publicly opened by the Board of Estimates in Room 215, City Hall at Noon.The Contract Documents may be examined, without charge, at the Department of Public Works Service Center located on the first floor of the Abel Wolman Municipal Building, 200 N. Holliday Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202 as of Friday, September 6, 2013 and copies may be purchased for a non-refundable cost of $100.00.Conditions and requirements of the Bid are found in the bid package.All contractors bidding on this Contract must first be prequalified by the City of Baltimore Contractors Qualification Committee. Interested parties should call 410-396-6883 or contact the Committee at 3000 Druid Park Drive, 1st Floor, Baltimore, Maryland 21215. If a bid is submitted by a joint venture (”JV”), then in that event, the document that established the JV shall be submitted with the bid for verification purposes. The Prequalification Category required for bidding on this project is B02552-Sewer Construction or G90099-Cured-in-Place Pipe Lining Cost Qualification Range for this work shall be $10,000,001.00 to $15,000,000.00 A ”Pre-Bidding Information” session will be conducted at 300 Abel Wolman Municipal Building, Conference Room on September 25, 2013 at 10:00 A.M. The CCTV videos of the sewers included in this project will be made available for viewing/copying to interested parties at the office of George, Miles & Buhr, LLC , Mr. Mark Gardocky, P.E., 120 Sparks Valley Road, Suite A, Sparks, MD 21152, (410) 329-5005. Refer to IB-9 for additional details. Principal Item of work for this project are: *Sewer Cleaning and Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) inspection *Cured-in-Place Pipe (CIPP) lining of Sanitary Sewers *Excavate and Replace Segments of Sanitary Sewer via Point Repairs *Manhole Repair and Rehabilitation Work *Sewer House Connection (SHC) Repair and Rehabilitation Work *New Manhole and Cleanout Installation Work The MBE goal is 16% The WBE goal is 6% SANITARY CONTRACT 908 APPROVED: Bernice H. Taylor Clerk, Board of Estimates APPROVED: Alfred H. Foxx Director of Public Works

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OBITUARIES Frederick A. Howard, 92

Baltimore Times, Director of Operations Frederick Augustus Howard was born on January 15, 1921. He was the son of Fred and Isabella Howard. Frederick had two sisters, Sarah and Elinor; three brothers, Greenberry, Andrew and William. All have preceded him in death. Frederick attended Hampton University where he graduated in 1949 with a degree in trade school printing. He served in the U.S. Army for four years. After serving in World War II, he was honorably discharged as master sergeant. Frederick joined the Afro American Newspaper in 1949 as a linotype operator and became vice president of production. He then joined the Baltimore Times in 1990 as director of operations. Frederick married Patricia Remington Shields on Dec. 6, 1974. He leaves Patricia very cherished memories and loving thoughts during their 39 years of matrimony. Frederick departed from life on Aug. 22, 2013 at the age of 92. Survivors include: his wife, Patricia; Allison, a daughter and Gizzelle, his granddaughter. Other relatives include his niece, Sharon Harris; Floyd Palmer Jr., a nephew; Tenisha Bolling and Brady Bolling, great nieces; Mitchell Bolling, a great nephew; and a host of other nieces, nephews and friends.

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Irene E. Browne-Chambers, 106

Baltimore City Public Schools Cafeteria Employee Irene E. Browne-Chambers, a retired Baltimore City School cafeteria worker, died on Sept. 1, 2013 at the Stella Maris Hospice after a brief illness. She was 106. Born in Baltimore, Md., the third child of seven children of the late James Browne and Emma Young Browne. She received her education in the Baltimore City Public Schools and was a graduate of Dunbar High School. In 1927 she married George F. Chambers, a U.S. postal worker, who died in 1972. From that union two children were born; Shirley L. Chambers and George F. Chambers Jr., son, who preceded his mother in death. The family was reared in East Baltimore where they were members of the Apostolic Faith Baptist Church. Her daughter and friends speak of her as a woman of God, a loving mother, caring family member and teacher of wisdom. Her great heart and youthful childlike spirit kept her vibrant and healthy for 106 years. She lived alone, maintaining an apartment at Court Square in Towson, Md., until her death. After retiring she moved into the Pentridge Apartments in Northwood and took the bus every day downtown. She was a great walker and she loved downtown Baltimore. She is survived by her devoted daughter, Shirley L. Chambers; two granddaughters, Karen Thompson, of San Antonio, Texas; Wanda L. Somrajit; five grandchildren; Jamien P. Somrajit, Jason R. Somrajit, Jessica R. Somrajit

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of Baltimore; Kimberly Simore and Corey G. Chambers-Thompson; two great-great grandchildren; Kendallo L. Blackwell, Kenji L. Blackwell; nephew, James Browne Sr., and a great nephew James “Jay” Browne Jr.; Shirley Richard, goddaughter and a very dear and devoted friend, Leona Spriggs - all of Baltimore. Viewing is, for the family, 4-5 p.m., and for the public, 5-8 p.m., Sept. 6 at the Vaughn C. Greene Funeral Home, 4905 York Road, Baltimore. Services begin 10 a.m., Sept. 7 with the wake, followed by the funeral at 10:30 a.m. at 8728 Liberty Rd., Randallstown. Interment is in Arbutus Cemetery, Catonsville, Md. For more information call the daughter, Shirley L. Chambers, 410-3217182 or 410-382-7812.

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