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Supreme Court OK’s DNA Sampling During Arrests Critics Say May Adversely Impact Minorities

who are arrested and you would have a database full of minorities,” said Curtis. “There is something intrinsically wrong with that.” Over the first three years of implementation, the state has extracted DNA samples from more than 33,000 men in Maryland; 61 percent of those men are African American. The Supreme Court ruling reverses a Maryland Court of Appeals ruling in Maryland v. King, which nullified the conviction and life sentence of Jay Alonzo King in a 2003 rape case. King was arrested in Wicomico County in April 2009 on assault charges. DNA evidence taken during his arrest then connected him to the 2003 rape. The ACLU of Maryland, Maryland NAACP and the State Legislative Black Caucus were instrumental in lobbying for a contingency in the 2009 Maryland DNA collection law, which placed limits on DNA swabbing only on those arrested for serious crimes including murder, rape, first-degree assault, kidnapping, arson sexual assault and other similar crimes. In the majority opinion by the court, Justice Anthony Kennedy compared the DNA sampling to other methods of identifying offenders such as fingerprinting. “DNA identification of arrestees is a reasonable search that Continued on A4

By Krishana Davis AFRO Staff Writer Civil rights experts and privacy advocates say the U.S. Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision to approve DNA sampling during arrests for “serious” crimes will disproportionately impact minorities. Larry Gibson, a professor at the University of Maryland School of Law, said he was disappointed with the Supreme Court’s decision in the ruling on Maryland’s DNA collection law. He said minorities could be negatively impacted by the ruling based on the continued use of racial profiling by law enforcement officers against people of color. Meredith Curtis, a spokesperson for American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland, agreed. “There is a disproportionately high number of minorities

New Prince George’s Education Board Chair Selected By Krishana Davis and Courtney Jacobs AFRO Staff Writers Newly appointed Prince George’s County School Board Chair Segun Eubanks said his first task is to integrate a highly qualified superintendent and a reconstituted school board and to develop a new agenda geared towards student achievement and parental and community involvement. In an interview with the AFRO, Eubanks, who was appointed by Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker III on June 1, said, “Education is one of the key factors for economic justice for poor people and people of color.” Eubanks, a Bowie resident, has spent most of his 30-year professional career as a public education advocate, mostly for urban, high-needs schools. Eubanks was a director of teacher quality for the National Education Association, the nation’s best known education advocacy organization. The two youngest of Eubanks’ four children are Prince George’s County Public School students. Continued on A4

Arlington National Cemetery Event Honors Civil Rights Martyr Medgar Evers By Zachary Lester AFRO Staff Writer

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Lt. Gov. Brown Taps Howard County Exec. Ulman for Running Mate By Ariel Medley Special to the AFRO Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown, who hopes to move into the state’s top executive post after next year’s election, has named Howard County Executive Ken Ulman as his running mate. Brown (D), who hails from Prince George’s County, made the announcement June 4 in Columbia. “Ken has proven to be an extraordinary, energetic, experienced and accomplished county executive,” Brown said. “He is focused on results and under his leadership, residents of Howard County have benefited and enjoyed success.” Elected county executive in 2006, Ulman has worked to ensure that Howard County remains, as Money magazine puts it, one of the “Best Places to Live” in America. Ulman has aimed to improve schools, increase jobs and provide health care options to uninsured county residents through the “Healthy Howard Health Plan,” according to a statement. Howard County is known for having the number one ranked schools in the state and the lowest unemployment rates in Maryland, officials said. “I’ve known Ken for years,” said Brown. “We met while working through public service about 10 years ago…

Medgar Evers served his country in the U.S. Army in World War II and returned to his home state of Mississippi to do battle against discrimination and segregation. He was recognized around the country for his efforts and hated by racists determined to keep Blacks from attaining the rights they deserved as citizens. Early on the morning of June 12, 1963, Evers, the field secretary for the NAACP in Mississippi, was fatally shot in the driveway of his home in Jackson by He was even a guest at my wedding…He’s a likeable guy,” he said. “I look forward to the partnership.” Brown spoke of Ulman’s value in partnerships and collaboration. “He’s a relationships guy,” said Brown. “He has demonstrated his ability to collaborate with the business community and with partners on the federal and state government level.” Brown spoke proudly of Ulman’s commitment to public service and enthusiasm to get started. He characterized Ulman as a “good listener” who will be successful on the campaign trail as a result. “You need to know the dreams and aspirations of the people,” he said. “Active listening, that is how you better understand and better govern.” Ulman’s experience as the chief exec in a successful county makes him prime to assist at the top, officials said. “Gov. O’Malley and I have redefined the role of the lieutenant governor. The lieutenant governor is now expected to be a fully operational partner and I believe Ken has the skill and enthusiasm to take on the responsibility,” he said. “I am looking forward to campaigning with him.”

a coward hiding in some bushes with a rifle with a telescopic lens. His wife, Myrlie, and their children, Darrell Kenyatta, Reena Denise, and James Van, had been waiting up for him to come home from an organizing meeting. On June 5, his widow, Myrlie Evers-Williams, former President Bill Clinton, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, NAACP Chairman Roslyn Brock, NAACP President and CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous and others gathered at his grave at Arlington National Cemetery to honor his memory at a wreathContinued on A5

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L to R: President Bill Clinton; Derrick Johnson, president of Mississippi NAACP; Benjamin Jealous, NAACP president and CEO; James Van Evers, son of Medgar Evers and Myrlie Evers-Williams, who was presented an NAACP flag by Jealous.

Arson Fires

Prince George’s Officials Offer $10,000 Reward

Fire/EMS Department, the Laurel Police Department, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and Prince The Prince George’s County officials are George’s County police. offering a $10,000 reward for information “Members of the community have leading to the arrest and conviction of the been providing great information to fire person responsible for a string of arson fires in investigators, which they have been following the Laurel area. up on,” Prince George’s Fire Department Since the beginning of the year, there have spokesman Mark E. Brady told the AFRO. been a total of nine fires in Laurel at various He said the fire department has yet to community parks and businesses prompting an identify a suspect or motive in the arson fires, investigation by the Prince George’s County but investigators are actively encouraging residents to send in videos, photos and all other tips to their arson hotline. “It’s hard to say what motivates an arsonist,” Brady said. One of the parks which was set ablaze was Discovery Community Park. The March 3 fire caused more than $100,000 in damage to the facility, fire officials said. Just one month after the fire, on June 3, local residents celebrated the reopening of the park, which was equipped with new playground Twitter Photo equipment. New playground equipment has been installed to On March 11, a second fire replace the equipment burned in a fire on March 3 that was started at Emancipation authorities now believe was arson. The playground Community Park, located officially was reopened on June 2. Continued on A4 By Krishana Davis AFRO Staff Writer

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Black Harvard College Dean to Resign Amid Controversy Over E-Mail Search

Evelynn M. Hammonds, the first African-American and first female dean of Harvard College, will step down as dean on July 1, according to a statement posted online

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May 28. The announcement came just months after Hammonds was blasted for approving secret searches of resident deans’ e-mails in an effort to plug leaks about a cheating scandal involving more than 100 students. She will nevertheless remain at Harvard and return to teaching and research as a member of the History of Science and African and

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African American Studies departments. While some, including the school’s newspaper, The Harvard Crimson, called on the longtime educator to step down, she told The New York Times that the e-mail scandal did not motivate her decision, and that she was instead impelled to return to the classroom. “Being dean of Harvard College has been an immensely rewarding experience for me, but I miss engaging deeply with my scholarship and teaching,” Hammonds said in the online statement. In the shared statement, university officials praised Hammond for her contributions to the undergraduate program at the university.

Ruth Alice Lucas, First Black Woman Air Force Colonel, Laid to Rest at Arlington

Ruth Alice Lucas broke barriers when, in 1968, she became the first African-American woman to attain the rank of colonel in the Air Force. Her accomplishments were honored during her funeral services May 29 at Arlington National Cemetery. As a crowd of uniformed

airmen and loved ones looked on, Lucas was given a full military tribute befitting her rank, including six horses drawing a caisson, a firing party that saluted her with three rifle volleys, and music from the U.S. Air Force Band, The Washington Post reported. Speaking at the graveside, Air Force chaplain, Maj. Robin Stephenson-Bratcher, said Col. Lucas, who died in her Washington, D.C. home on March 23 at the age of 92, should serve as an inspiration for others. Lucas focused her advocacy and work on the areas of education and training, particularly in the area of literacy. In the Air Force she organized programs to improve the education of men in uniform. Wikimedia Commons Lucas began teaching Ruth A. Lucas while studying at Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, where she majored in education and minored in sociology. She later obtained a master’s degree from Columbia University in New York, according to the Journal of Blacks in Higher Education. She enlisted in the armed forces in 1942 and joined the newly-created U.S. Air Force in 1947. The pioneering servicewoman became the first Black woman to enroll in the Joint Forces Staff College in Norfolk, Va. When she retired from active duty in 1970, she was the highestranking African-American woman in the Air Force and worked in the office of the deputy assistant secretary of defense for education at the Pentagon.

Teen Pregnancies Fall to Record Low

Efforts to prevent teenage pregnancies appear to be working, according to a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that showed an acceleration in the decline in teenage pregnancies over the past few years. Released just as the United States observes National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month, the May report found that birth rates for teenagers aged 15 to 19 reached a record low, falling 25 percent nationwide from 2007 to 2011. Birth rates fell most dramatically among Hispanic youth, who previously had higher rates than other racial and ethnic groups. Latino youth saw a 34 percent decline in birth rates, followed by declines of 24 percent for non-Hispanic Stock Image Black teenagers and 20 percent for nonHispanic White teenagers. Dr. Howard K. Koh, assistant secretary for health with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, said the trend is attributable to several factors including stronger teen pregnancy prevention education, higher rates of contraceptive use by teens who are sexually active, and the choice by many teens to delay sex. The declines in teen birth rates will help mitigate those trends, but Koh said there is still a lot of work to be done. Significant racial and economic disparities persist—teen birth rates for Hispanics and nonHispanic Blacks are nearly double the national average. The U.S. also continues to lag behind other developed nations, which have much lower teen birth rates.

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Recent Supreme Court Ruling Could Open the Way for Privacy Violation Preeminent Harvard Law “It is so clear that [Scalia] in making his dissent is Professor Charles Ogletree, lamenting the role of technology in what the founders meant said the Supreme Court’s with the [4th] Amendment,” Ogletree said. ruling Monday legitimizing He pointed out that Justice Stephen Breyer, who sided Maryland law enforcement’s with the conservative wing, has a history of ruling in favor sport-utility vehicle sought in defendants from a in neighbor about a suspiByuse Alan King of an overreaching of law enforcement against criminal cases and connection murderof of whatcious vehicle. Theoriginal man noticed AFRO Staff Writer procedure of collecting Scalia is awith strictthe adherent he views as the Hudson’s mother and brother. the vehicle while walking his genetic data in serious words and intent the Foundingdog. Fathers. The white, 1994ofChevrolet According to the Chicago Jennifer Hudson and other crimes will likely lead the Maryland’s test case on the collection of DNA samples Suburban with Illinois license Tribune, the boy had been shot relatives positively identified way to more troubling without a warrant, Ogletree warns, is a watershed ruling multiple times in the back seat ofcriminals the vehicle. SUV, regisprivacy violations of the 4th which is not just about locking up or The “fishing tered Hudson’s murdered Amendment’s protection expeditions” for suspects from the coldtocase database, but it brother, wascitizens’ towed with theto against “unreasonable also sets the stage for further erosion of all rights boy’s body inside and is being search and seizure.” privacy. processed by evidence techni‘This opens up a Even former Prince George’s cians County Attorney Adrienne andState’s workers. The body Pandora’s Box on how far Glenn Ivey, who pushed for DNA sampling to get case to was later removed “cold and taken Washington the Cook County Medical law enforcement can go with AFRO Columnist Examiner’s office. technology as evidence tools “Maryland’s test case on the and collection Hudson other family going forward,” Ogletree members arrived at the Medical said, adding “This hotly of DNA samples without a warrant… Examiner’s office mid-aftercontested [criminal justice] issue won’t be resolved with this noon to identify theof body. sets the stage for further erosion all case or even the next one; it will take some time to figure Given the choice between lookout.” ing directly at the body or citizens’ rights to privacy.” viewing it on a wall-mounted Ogletree notes a trend in the Supreme Court’s split ruling (5-4) that DNA sampling is minimally intrusive and does not Courtesy Photos Hudson her mom,hits” Darnell violate the 4th amendment. HeJennifer suspects there will and be similar from Donerson the nationalwho database, agreed that the ruling tests was killed, asjustice’s well asruling her brother, close decisions as court watchers wait for the new Jason. limits and has “widespread implications for everyone.” in two critical upcoming civil rights cases before their term In a television interview earlier this week, he added that chose is video screen, the family ends -- one on voting rights, thetheother on affirmative action in why “state legislatures need to set limits on how [the DNA plate X584859 was found on the latter. According to the body of her 7-year-old Chicago’s Side after Tribune, Hudson said, “Yes, nephew Monday, just hours higher education. sampling]West is used.” police received a 7 a.m. after his body an wasearlier foundruling in a Monday’s SCOTUS decision overturned When you shut yourcall door andthat’s closehim.” your curtains do you by the Maryland Court of Appeals. The Maryland challenge have “a reasonable expectation of privacy,” believing that came from Alonzo King, of Wicomico County, whose DNA your intimate actions will remain private? When you are sample was linked to a 2003 unsolved rape after he was driving down the street “in plain view” but with the windows arrested in 2009 on an unrelated assault charge. He was later rolled up, do you trust that your heart-to-heart confession convicted of the rape. to a close confidant will not end up as criminal evidence Justice Anthony Kennedy ruled the DNA sampling was a someday? How farplayers will law enforcement beObama’s allowedcampaign to No wonder is and Dallas Cowboys By Alan King simple police booking procedure to “identify” suspects, while intrude on your privacy as more sophisticated 21st century trying to distance him from the Tony Romo and Terrell Owens, AFRO Staff Writer conservative Justice Antonin Scalia – usually not one that surveillance andsubmitted technological tools aresaying, invented to ease group, “Barack Obama among the names to Never Organized with ACORN.” election officials. candidate Ogletree agrees with – said it is anPresidential overreaching powerJohn tool investigations? ties to ACORN run Hurd those workers, McCain’s on ACORN for police and prosecutors which can be attack used whether you–are The said well-known legal who scholarBut wasObama’s in Baltimore last week long and deep. He taught classes were doing those things without Associated Community “arrested rightly or wrongly, and for whatever reason.” to be the keynote speaker at the Mentoring Male Teens dinner

which raises funds to send the young- “kings” on college November 1, 2008 November 7, 2008, The Washingt tours. “I only wish there were more African Americans like [founder Cameron Miles] who would spend all their time and money doing the same to help troubled youth who find themselves often fatherless, homeless and without a vision for posted their lives,” Ogletree said. graph The former deputy director of the D.C. Public Defender Sunda Service and trustee of the University of the District of for the Columbia, is also co-founder of a public charter school in her ne Cambridge, Mass., the Benjamin Banneker Charter School blog, s porter for neighborhood children who have “troubling experiences” offere in the regular public school. He hired specialized teachers anyon with expertise and empathy for working with the students alive. on subjects modeled after Maryland-born Banneker’s Sin accomplishment in science, technology, engineering and math Hudso – now known as STEM courses. after a Idol,” He is proud of those students who are now graduating Acade from college, some with honors. the mo However, some minority students may not be so fortunate stayed in the future. Ogletree is keeping a watchful eye on the Th Supreme Court Jennnifer which is expected to rule any day now – Julian King, Hudson’s nephew. ed tha before their session ends in June – on a landmark education slowly spokesman for the office which the“will murders butend is being held in Mond case,AFisher v. Univ. of Texas, likely told the newspaper news affirmative action asthat we Hudson know it.” jail for parole violation after He suspects a split decision in the Fisher case will negate the 2003 SCOTUS affirmative action ruling involving the University of Michigan in which retired Justice Sandra Day “remained strong herbased fami-on the being convicted attempted O’Connor’s rulingfor was importance ofofdiversity violen was clearly leader. and murder and vehicular hijackinly” theand classroom, theitsmilitary, the workplace. In “She held hands with her famiing.inCook County records show home, Predicting a similar split decision the 1965 Voting ly,” the spokesman said. “It that he pleaded guilty to both and ho Rights Act case,a Ogletree said the court will was obviously very emotional charges in likely 1999. strike He was also kiss th down the central statute which requires federal oversight and moment.” convicted in 1998 for possesing th permission anyson changes voting in states The boyfor – the of Juliain localsion of a practices stolen motor vehicle. Jason. Hudson, Jennifer’sviolated sister – had He was released prison in which historically and suppressed minorityfrom voting “Ev been missing since Friday, 2006 after serving seven years rights. throug when a relative found forhappens the attempted and West, “We’ll have to waitJulian’s and see what going murder forward,” grandmother, Darnell car hijacking charges. area to Ogletree said, “it’s only days away.”

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ACORN Fights Back

Leader Calls Voter Registration Fraud Charges ‘Bogus’

Organization for Reform Now – confirms the success of the organization, the head of the group says. “This is testimony to the work we’ve done and success we’ve had,” Maude Hurd, president of ACORN, said in an interview with the AFRO. “When this attack started, we each school day at that Bartow had just announced we had registered 1.3 in million new votHigh School central Florida ers,” she said. “That’s just to starts with the principal andsay that someone’s running scared assistant principal walking because of ACORN’s success.” around the campus and making McCain, who is running for sure students areRepublican where they president on the ticket, lashed out at in the are supposed toACORN be. final against Barack Ondebate that morning of April Obama, contending the group 22, Kiera was spotted by “is on the verge of maybe perpetratschool officials who heard a ing one of the greatest frauds in firecracker-like noise and saw voter history in this country, Kiera smoke, maybeamid destroying thewith fabrica of democracy.” damaged bottle. Factcheck.org, a non-partisan “She was accused of Web site, found those claims to making a bomb on school be “exaggerated,” with “no eviproperty and was expelled,” dence of any such democracysaid Kiera’s mother. destroying fraud.” School officials Hurd believes the reported McCain charges wereto politically motivatthe incident school security ed. officers who in turn notified She said, “Because Bartow police. Kiera it’s waslowand moderate-income people, handcuffed arrested in the and people ofand color, I believe front of her classmates McCain campaign thinksand those hauled offgoing to jail. voters are to vote Democratic, is not necesShe was which charged with sarily true.” possession of a weapon on ACORN no stranger to campus and isdischarging a controversy. destructive device. For 38 years, the non-partisan “I never thought anything organization has fought for social like this wouldjustice happen,” said and economic for lowand moderate-income Kiera. Americans. 400,000 memThe PolkWith County state’s ber families organized into more attorney dropped the charges than 1,200 neighborhood chapwhen and her ters inthe 110student cities nationwide, mother to the a “diversion ACORNagreed has over years seen of its prosecution.” share of criticism while advocating affordableissued housing, Thefor prosecutor a living wages, healthcare forthe the statement. “Based upon underserved— and while organfacts and circumstances of izing voter registration drives. the criminal Butcase, none the has lack been of as withering history of theaschild involved, and baseless this one. andWith the action taken byelection the the presidential less than two weeks Polk County Schoolaway, Board, ACORN’s detractors allege the State Attorney’s Officethe organization has engaged in masextended an offer of diversion sive voter registration fraud after of to the of child. theprosecution reported discovery bogus The child and guardian names, such as her Mickey Mouse

ACORN’s knowledge or permission, were fired. “The evidence that has surfaced so far shows they faked forms to get paid for work they didn’t do, not to stuff ballot boxes.” ACORN, she said, is the victim of fraud, not the perpetrator of it. Hurd said the only things bogus are charges themsigned thethe agreement to selves. And factcheck. successfully completeorg the agrees. Department of Juvenile It concluded, “Neither Justice Program.” ACORNDiversion nor its employees have But a diversion been found guilty of,program, or even in whichwith, the accused agrees to charged casting fraudulent votes.” hours of community several The problem camefor about priservice in exchange marily because of the way dropping the charges, is not ACORN operates. Rather than enough, accordingitto Larry rely on volunteers, pays peo-D. Hardaway, attorney is ple, many ofan them poor orwho unemrepresenting ployed, to signthe upfamily. new voters. TheAs idea was toof help a result herboth those being registered and those doing unintentional science the registration. project mishap, Kiera now Maud explained, “We have a has felony arrest zeroatolerance policyrecord, for deliberHardaway said.of registration.” ate falsification Hardaway told theneglect AFRO,to Most news account point out ACORNtask is is to “Our nextthat important required bythe lawharm to turn all regeliminate to in Kiera’s istration forms. And they also future by the records createdfail to note that it was the organizafrom her arrest by the Bartow tion, in many instances, that first Police broughtDepartment.” the phony registrations Heattention added, “We are keenly to the of authorities. Theof McCain camp apparently aware the harm these isn’t interested in those records can cause, andfine we are points, preferring to air misleadencouraged by the positive ing ads that seek to link Obama response wethereby have received to ACORN, undercutting from the State Attorney’s his political support. Office.” McCain: I’m John McCain andBut I approve this message. the negative Announcer: is Baracka experience wasWho not without Obama? A man with “a political positive spark. The aspiring baptism performed at warp scientist received a full speed.” Vast ambition. After colscholarship to to Space Camp, lege, he moved Chicago. the U.S.aSpace Academy Became community organizer. There, Obama met Madeleine and Rocket Center in Talbot, part of thepackage Chicago of Huntsville, Ala. branch of ACORN. He was so space technology seminars impressive that he was asked to for anyone interested train the ACORN staff. in lifeWhat beyond did Earth. ACORNHomer in Chicago Hickam, a former engage in? BullyingNASA banks. Intimidation tactics. Disruption engineer, gave the free ride of business. ACORN for a coveted spot toforced her. banks to issue risky home loans. Hickam told the AFRO,” The same types of loans that Icaused couldn’t anything the do financial crisisabout we’re her being expelled or the in today.

for ACORN. They even endorsed him for President. But now ACORN is in trouble. Reporter: There are at least 11 investigations across the country involving thousands of potentially fraudulent ACORN forms. Announcer: Massive voter fraud. And the Obama campaign paid more than $800,000 to an charges levied against her. I ACORN Ifront forat getleast out the vote thought could give efforts. her a gift, the gift of a stressPressuring banks to issue risky free, weekfraud. at the loans.educational Nationwide voter U.S. Space Academy.” Barack Obama. Bad judgment. Hickam, said heard Blind ambition. Tooherisky for America. of Kiera’s situation on the

Donerson, 57, and his uncle, The boy remained missing Jason Hudson, 29, shot to death through a long weekend in journalist home Adrienne writes for in Veteran his grandmother’s in Washington which police andweekly volunteers the AFRO about relevant issues in the District, Maryland and the 7000 block of South Yale Avenue. Virginia. Send correspondence to her at editor@ Northern An Amber Alert – a desigafro.com. nation for high-risk missing children – was issued Friday after Julian was discovered missing after the murders. Police arrested William Balfour, the missing boy’s stepfather and estranged husband of Julia, at his girlfriend’s Southside apartment several hours after the murders. program, will get has Balfour’s trainees mother, Michele, hands-on training, as well told reporters that her son had nothing do with the slayings. as learn to about the mental, Balfour and remains a suspect in Jason Hudson emotional physical

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Teen Lands in Space Camp After Science Project Triggers Expulsion The arrest of 17–yearold Kiera Wilmot and her expulsion from Bartow High School in Florida on bombmaking charges when her science project went horribly wrong, could have been avoided if authorities had asked a few simple questions, according to the girl’s mother. “My daughter is not a bad kid,” said Marie Wilmot, Kiera’s mother. She said her daughter wouldn’t have a felony arrest record if the authorities had asked what the 17-year-old was doing and why. The morning of April 22, Kiera was just another student bringing her science project idea to her teacher for approval. Kiera brought aluminum foil, toilet bowl cleaner and an eight-ounce plastic water bottle to demonstrate the action of a volcano. But when she tried to assemble the ingredients outside the school building, just to see if it would work, the mixture exploded. In a statement to the AFRO, Wilmot’s mother said, “the toilet bowl cleaner was measured and placed in a bottle prior to Kiera leaving home.” She said her daughter was toting “an eight-ounce empty plastic water bottle, a fingernail size piece of aluminum foil and two ounces of toilet bowl cleaner.” Kiera told the AFRO, “ I didn’t think it was a big deal to show my friends my project before showing the teacher.” Before presenting her project to Michael Claypool, her science teacher, Kiera demonstrated it to her classmates. “I didn’t know what would happen. The top of the bottle popped off and smoke came out,” said Kiera. According to the teenager,

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Pageant Encourages Participants to Celebrate Africa-U.S. Ties By Zachary Lester AFRO Staff Writer Lady Kate Atabond Njeuma was on a mission eight years ago to help young women who had moved to the United States from Africa to celebrate both their cultures. As a Cameroonian American, she valued her new country, but also wanted to make sure she paid homage to the land of her birth. She wanted to make sure that young African-born American women had an opportunity to celebrate their two cultures and wanted to encourage them to move boldly as ambassadors between their homeland and their new home. Out of that came the Miss Africa U.S.A. pageant, slated this year to be held June 29 at the Fillmore Theater in Silver Spring. Each year, dozens of young women from across the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico vie for the title and prizes, which include a scholarship. This year, 21 young women from 21 African nations, from Angola to Zimbabwe, are designated to compete, she said. Courtesy Photo Njeuma said the pageant differs The current Miss Africa U.S.A. is Ghyslaine from some, such as Miss Universe, Tchouaga, 23. Queen Gigi, as she is because it is designed to showcase affectionately called, hails from Cameroon. more than beauty and talent. The She is a full-time student at the University of Miss Africa U.S.A. pageant seeks to Baltimore majoring in Public Health. recognize the candidates’ contribution to their communities in America and to empower young African women to become leaders. “We are unique in that we are projecting the African culture,” she said. “Also, the caliber of girls we attract is very savvy. They are well educated. We are working with them to impact their communities and grooming them for leadership roles, to take part in major projects. Miss Universe is obviously the flagship of every pageant. We want to get to that level and we look up to a lot of what they do and how they do it.” The first pageant was held in 2005 in Atlanta. Njeuma said she moved it to the D.C. area because of the “diversity” of the region in terms of African countries represented, she said. The candidates, called delegates, adopt a “platform” to assist a community in Africa or the United States. Several of the delegates select their platforms based on their own experiences, including hunger/famine, health, access to education, literacy and even child slavery and human trafficking, organizers said. The current queen is Cameroon-born Ghyslaine Tchouaga, 23, a full time student at the University of Baltimore studying public health. Her platform is hunger and she spent her term raising awareness about starvation in Somalia, organizers said. She was traveling in Africa and unavailable for comment. Candidates hoping to make it into the pageant apply online, then participate in an audition where they are tested on public speaking and poise, Njeuma said. She said funding is provided by private donors and small businesses, mostly Blackowned companies. This year’s sponsors include L’Oreal, a cosmetics company. She said the recession has impacted donations. “The African community helps,” Njeuma said. “We are reaching out to government to support the girls in what they do. As we grow, we are going to get more involvement.” She said the organization has been recognized by a commendation from the state of Maryland. “A citation from [Gov. Martin O’Malley] will be read at the pageant,” Njeuma said.

DNA Sampling Continued from A1

can be considered part of a routine booking procedure,” said Kennedy. “Taking and analyzing a cheek swab of the arrestee’s DNA is, like fingerprinting and photographing, a legitimate police booking procedure that is reasonable under the Fourth Amendment.” Justice Antonin Scalia wrote a dissent, stating the ruling will create a precedent for abuse in law enforcement powers leading to increased DNA testing in violation of the Constitution’s amendment against unreasonable searches. “Make no mistake about it: because of today’s decision, your DNA can be taken and entered into a national database if you are ever arrested, rightly or wrongly, and for whatever reason,” said Scalia. “This will solve some extra crimes, to be sure. But so would taking your DNA whenever you fly on an airplane.” There are currently 26 states with laws allowing for the collection of DNA of those arrested for felonies and more serious crimes. In California, law enforcement agents can take DNA from anyone arrested with a felony. The samples are then uploaded to a national federal government database where they are cross-referenced with DNA in unsolved cases. In the first three years of the program in Maryland, less than 20 percent of the

DNA matches ran through the database resulted in convictions of crimes. A. Dwight Pettit, a Baltimore attorney who specializes in constitutional law, said the Supreme Court’s ruling will have a huge impact on minorities. “I think anytime the Supreme Court takes away or lessens constitutional protection it automatically impacts minorities,” said Pettit. “Since we’re the

AFRO following the Supreme Court ruling. “Before we were relying more on witnesses and there are inconsistencies with eyewitness testimony. Now we will be able to tell who committed the crime and who did not.” Gansler said extracting DNA samplings is the same as cross-referencing by fingerprinting or mug shots. He said the computer analyzing the DNA would not be biased to the ethnicity or race of the person being crossreferenced. He continued — A. Dwight Pettit that if the person is not convicted of the crime, highest number of people their DNA evidence would be being impacted by the destroyed. criminal justice system, we’re NAACP Baltimore branch the ones who need the most President Tessa Hill-Aston constitutional protection.” said she is leery about DNA Pettit said the lessening of sampling, but believes it can the protections of the fourth help Blacks as long as it is not amendment is the beginning abused. of the erosion of civil rights, “I think DNA is a good along with other rulings thing in helping with freeing which lessened the public’s people who have been Miranda Rights. He said wrongfully accused and are Blacks are disproportionately facing the death penalty,” stopped because of racial said Hill-Aston. “It has been profiling than any other race. instrumental in helping to free “This isn’t a war or crime people of color.” She continued that there or a war on drugs; this is a has to be a watchdog power war on us.” to ensure the rights of citizens Attorney General Doug are not abused with DNA Gansler said he disagrees sampling. with notions that the ruling “We have to be watchful will adversely impact people and pay attention. Right now of color, calling the Supreme they are just arresting based Court ruling a victory. on serious crimes, but you “I would think African Americans would think this is have to make sure there is no abuse of power.” a great law,” Gansler told the

“This isn’t a war or crime or a war on drugs; this is a war on us.”

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at 8th and West streets, causing more than $100,000 in damage officials said. The park will not be rebuilt until work is completed on an adjacent county library.

Other buildings impacted by the fires include Bottom Dollar Store on Route 197, Laurel Fuel Oil on Main Street and Empire Buffet on Laurel Place, authorities said.

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His elevation to the board is part of Baker’s implementation of a bill signed in April by Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley giving the county executive the power, as of June 1, to appoint a chair and three members to the board of education. The bill gives the county executive and county council more control of school system operations. “Dr. Eubanks brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the board that will serve the children and families of this county well,” Baker said in a statement. Eubanks replaced former board chairwoman Verjeana Jacobs, who was elected to the position in 2006. After only a few days in his position, Eubanks is already getting high marks for being responsive. He said he wants to reshape the perception of the Prince George’s County Public Schools system, which may help to curb the flight of the offspring of the middleclass to private schools or even out of the county. He said while there are challenges

the school system needs to overcome, those challenges should not outweigh their triumphs. “Prince George’s has a good school system and not enough people appreciate just how good of a school system it is,” he said crediting talented educators and students eager to learn. “On the flipside, we’re good, but not good enough,” he said. Eubanks also mentioned the uniqueness of the school system, which he said has similarities to both the Baltimore and Montgomery county school systems. “We’re the most affluent Black community in the nation,” said Eubanks. “We have many of the challenges of urban Baltimore and the more affluent Montgomery County, so we need to spend significantly more resources catering to our low income community.” Eubanks said there has to be more coordination between the different agencies in the county including healthcare, education and public safety.

June 8, 2013 - June 14, 2013, The Afro-American

Medgar Evers

Continued from A1 laying ceremony on the 50th anniversary of his assassination. Evers was buried at Arlington on June 19, 1963 with full military honors as more than 3,000 loved ones and admirers watched. “I am elated that you can get on a plane at Medgar Evers Airport and go to Medgar Evers School in Brooklyn,” Clinton said to the crowd at Arlington on June 5. “There was meaning in Medgar Evers life and death. The meaning… was that he embraced the fundamental struggle.” Jealous called Evers “a hero among heroes in the struggle for civil and human rights…fighting to expand the vote and put an end to Jim Crow even though he knew death could come at any moment.” “Medgar Evers leaves a legacy of the utmost courage and the ultimate sacrifice,” Jealous said in a statement. “He is numbered among the great men and women upon whose broad shoulders we still stand today.” People who knew Evers said he was fearless in his fight and committed to his cause, despite living under constant threat of violence. A few weeks before he died, a Molotov cocktail was thrown at his house and he was almost hit by a car that sped in his direction, according to historical accounts.

“Those of us who were very close to him have borne a lot of pain, anguish and anger over the way it happened,” said Dorie Ladner of Northwest Washington, a retired social worker who was among a group of student activists who attended a mass meeting with Evers only hours before he died. “He was doing so much and to have that happen so suddenly…That doesn’t go away.” Lader said she and others from the Civil Rights Movement are traveling to Mississippi from points around the country on June 11 to be there on the 50th anniversary of his death on June 12. “I am going to bear witness

HISTORY

on the day he was murdered 50 years ago,” she said. “I thank God that I’m still alive to be able to do that.” In the spring of 1963, Evers was on a mission to defeat Jim Crow. As the field secretary for the NAACP, he advocated for citizens who faced everything from unfair education and employment practices to voting rights violations and violence. He had conducted an investigation into the death of teenager Emmett Till after he was murdered in 1955 in Money, Miss. He had also advised James Meredith, the student who integrated the University of Mississippi. In late May, 1963, he energized Black citizens

The AFRO’s coverage of Evers’ death

This Week in Black History June 3 Dr. Charles Drew, who conducted pivotal research in blood plasma, was born, 1904. He Dr. Charles Drew died in 1950 of injuries related to a car accident; Poor Peoples March on Washington, 1968

McLaurin V. Oklahoma State Regents case that a public institution of higher learning could not treat a student differently because of race, 1950. June 6 “Black Power” Movement started by Stokely Carmichael, 1966 June 7 Poet Gwendolyn Brooks born, 1917; Activist Mary Church Terrell successful in effort to desegregate D.C. restaurants, 1953

June 4 Founding of Mississippi Valley State University, 1951

June 8 Homer A. Plessy kicked off the actions that led to the Plessy v. Ferguson case when he refused to sit in a segregated rail car, 1892; first Civil Rights Act passed, 1886

June 5 The Supreme Court ruled in the

Source: http://www.africa.upenn. edu/K-12/Today_B_History.html

with an impassioned speech delivered on television in Jackson. “History has reached a turning point,” he told the television audience, according to historical accounts. His words spurred Blacks to action. An integrated group of students made national news when they were attacked by racists during a peaceful lunch counter sit in. Jackson’s mayor and city leaders were forced to engage Evers and other Black leaders about their demands. While the negotiations moved forward, White hoodlums stepped up their attacks on Black citizens. Young Blacks, frustrated at being refused even basic rights—like trying on clothes and shoes in stores—took to the streets in demonstrations.

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On June 11, Evers, Black leaders and several members of the clergy, and young activists, including Ladner, met at a church in Jackson to discuss a boycott of local businesses that discriminated. After the mass meeting, one of several called by Evers to address problems, several of the participants gathered at the Elks Lodge for dinner, said Ladner, then a 19-year-old college student at Tougaloo College and member of CORE, the Congress of Racial Equality. “After we finished eating, we all said our goodbyes,” Ladner said. “Medgar said, ‘See you in the morning.’ I said, ‘See you in the morning.’ Everybody else said it. That’s the way we always left each

other. Then, we all…drove away, not knowing it was the last time we would see him alive.” Ladner said friends found it doubly difficult to deal with Evers’ death when his murderer was not brought to justice. White supremacist and Klansman Byron De La Beckwith, who owned the rifle found at the scene that was determined to be the murder weapon and whose fingerprints were found on it, was allowed to go free twice after allWhite juries deadlocked during murder trials. He was finally convicted in 1994 by an integrated jury and died in prison in 2001. AFRO Intern Talib Babb contributed to this report.

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HEALTH

Pastor to Go ‘Over the Edge’ Again for Kidney Health By Alexis Taylor Special to the AFRO Barry K. Hargrove had been on dialysis for nearly six years when he decided to hang off the side of a hotel building, using only a harness and rope system, to descend 28 floors for the sake of raising awareness and-- of course funds-- for kidney health and disease research. The pastor of East Baltimore’s Prince of Peace Baptist Church will be back at it again, June 8, with a brand new kidney and renewed sense of purpose for the Over the Edge fundraiser sponsored for a fourth year by the National Kidney Foundation of Maryland (NKF-MD). The place? Downtown Baltimore’s Marriot Waterfront hotel, located in the 700 block of Aliceanna Street. “One of the things I discovered last year was that the view is phenomenal,” Hargrove told the AFRO, of his 2012 journey from the top of the building to the roof of the fifth-floor indoor swimming pool with a total of 28 floors in between. “I allowed myself to dangle from the building for a little while and kind of blow in the wind and that was a feeling unlike anything that I’ve ever experienced before.” Hargrove said he is so excited about the event that brought out his family members, friends, and congregation members last year. “Since I had a successful kidney transplant in November, it took on a new level of urgency and a new level of importance-not just for me, but for the people who were donating on my behalf.” Hargrove was first diagnosed with renal failure as a result of a genetic disorder in 1995. “I was on dialysis for four years at that point and received my first kidney transplant in 1999,” he said. Hargrove did fine on that new kidney, donated by a congregation member, until 2006, when he again found himself in need of a transplant. “It’s been an up and down struggle,” Hargrove told the AFRO, adding that his one goal while waiting on the list for a new kidney was to not let the disease define him or limit what he believed he could accomplish. “I took the attitude that I Highlighting the support of family and friends, Pastor was not going to stop my life Barry Hargrove, of the Prince of Peace Baptist Church and stop living as full of a life on North Linwood Avenue completed the rappel in 2012 as I could while waiting on a while still in need of a kidney and on dialysis phone call,” he said. And with

Photos Courtesy of Barry Hargrove/ National Kidney Foundation of Maryland

Over 90 participants will watch Rev. Hargrove rappel 28 stories down the face of the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel on Aliceanna Street. that, he decided to go “Over the Edge”- literally. Lydia Foxwell, the foundation’s director of field services for the Eastern Shore, is manager of the event and said that this year’s event will boast more than 90 participants who, according to the NKF-MD, raised $80,478 for the 2013 event. Each participant was required to raise at least $1,000 in order to qualify for the rappel, which will begin at 9 a.m. on June 8. “It’s meant to be something that appeals to adventure seekers and allows them to have fun for a really good cause,” Foxwell said. “We have a huge selection of participants from people who are absolutely scared of heights to people who do this all the time.” Proceeds from the event go right back into initiatives to prevent and help stamp out kidneyrelated illnesses. According to the Foundation, money from just 10 participants will fund a small research grant to be used locally, while other funds from as few as two people will help a Baltimore community properly evaluate their risk for kidney disease. Kidney screenings and emergency assistance grants are also now made possible as a direct result of the monies raised, and four dialysis patients will receive aid in paying off a portion of their mortgage or rent. Though human kidneys each only size up to the measurement of a fist, they can wreak havoc on the entire body if functioning improperly. Statistics from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention show that chronic kidney disease (CKD), or “a condition in which the kidneys are damaged and cannot filter blood as well as possible” lead to 16.3 deaths out of every 100,000 Americans. The condition can lead to poor bone health, chemical imbalances in the body, cardiovascular disease, and is the eighth leading cause of mortality in the U.S. High sodium intake, high blood pressure, and diabetes are all major factors in kidney disease risk, according to information released by the National Kidney Disease Education Program (NKDEP), a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services initiative. “I’ve learned that you have to eat properly and remain as active as possible,” said Hargrove. “Unfortunately, in our community we don’t do that at the level that we should and lot of kidney disease is preventable.” “You can watch your blood pressure, you can watch your weight, you can watch your diet, and if you’re a diabetic, you have to follow all of the rules to control your diabetes. Make sure you do all of the preventative measures that you can.” As of June 3, Hargrove had not been assigned a time to rappel for kidney health. Participants will begin descending two-by-two at 9 a.m. and according to Foxwell, the event is expected to last until 6 p.m.

Howard U. Teacher Named National Science Foundation Fellow Howard University Middle School of Mathematics and Science teacher Florentia Spires was recently selected as one of the 22 Albert Einstein Fellows for 2013-14. As a fellow, Spires has been assigned to work full time at the National Science Foundation where she will review K-12 educational policy. This is Spires’ second year as a science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) teacher at the middle school. “I am very grateful and appreciative of this great opportunity,” Spires said. “The exposure to learning about public policy as it relates to public education will be very rewarding.” The Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship Program is one of the federal government’s most elite opportunities for advanced professional development for STEM educators. The fellows are selected in a rigorous application and interview process from a competitive, nationwide pool of applicants Spires was a Peace Corps volunteer in Florentia Spires Botswana from 1986 to 1988. She worked at Peace Corps headquarters in Botswana, training new volunteers entering the country, until 1990. Spires continued working in Botswana as an expatriate until 1997. When she returned to the United States, she continued her teaching career in the Prince George’s County Public Schools, the Maryland school system where she graduated from high school. In 2004, she obtained a master’s degree in curriculum and instruction with a focus on K-12 science education from Loyola University in Baltimore. Spires has dedicated her teaching career to the development of quality academic curricula, exposing students, parents, educators and community members to ways of incorporating STEM concepts in their everyday lives. Spires said she believes that it is critical that students early on have quality teachers who expose them to STEM content areas. “Research studies indicate that students should have an inkling of the area of interest they enjoy and feel strongly about pursuing by the seventh grade,” Spires said. “This awareness will provide students with tools to make stronger decisions about which programs and extracurricular activities to immerse themselves in to hone their skills and talents.”

June 8, 2013 - June 14, 2013, The Afro-American

OPINION

Challenging Those Who Would Profit From Tragedy Despite gridlock in the House of Representatives, there are threats to public health and safety that are so compelling that basic humanity demands bipartisan action. One of those challenges is protecting our supply of essential medicines. According to drug shortage tracking conducted by the Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, drug shortages more than quadrupled between 2005 and 2011. In response, President Obama’s 2011 Executive Order to protect the supply of drugs that are central to the treatment of cancer and other deadly diseases, together with The Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act of 2012, gave the FDA expanded authority to combat drug shortages. These are important first steps that all Americans should applaud, whatever our political philosophies may be. We also must also take effective corrective action to address Rep. Elijah the profiteering by some that exploits patients and our health Cummings care system alike. As the ranking Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, I began investigating this issue after receiving a passionate letter from Brenda Frese, head women’s basketball coach at the University of Maryland at College Park. Ms. Frese’s son was diagnosed with leukemia and was being treated with cytarabine, a cancer treatment drug on the FDA’s shortage list. During our investigation, we learned that there is a large “gray market” in which unscrupulous companies buy and sell critically needed drugs at prices many times higher than typical contract prices. In some instances, our investigation found that critical drugs had been marked up by more than 80 times their standard contract price. Some of the largest markups are for life-prolonging drugs for critically ill patients, including those, like Ms. Frese’s son, who are battling cancer. These outrages should be seen for what they are, profiteering that is just as onerous as the abuses that occurred in the sale of scarce, but essential, goods during World War II. As President Obama has observed, “The shortage of prescription drugs drives up costs, leaves consumers vulnerable to price gouging and threatens our health and safety.” When “prices are being driven up because shortages are being made worse by manipulations of companies or distributors,” we need to make sure we put an end to those practices.

“This is a problem we can’t wait to fix,” he continued. “That’s why today, I am directing my administration to take steps to protect consumers from drug shortages – and I’m committed to working with Congress and industry to keep tackling this problem going forward.” I agree with the President’s assessment and commend him for helping patients obtain lifesaving drugs in critically short supply. Without question, our federal government must address both these shortages and their economic consequences. Although government and the pharmaceutical industry work hard to avoid shortages, the harsh and dangerous reality is that the number of reported drug shortages tripled from 61 in 2005 to 178 in 2010. One significant reason for this disparity is that the capacity of manufacturing facilities has not kept up with rapidly growing demand. A related and equally dangerous challenge is raised by “gray market” drug companies that are taking advantage of the national drug shortage to charge exorbitant prices for drugs used to treat cancer and other life-threatening conditions. The House is scheduled to take up legislation to address the entire pharmaceutical supply chain. Although it includes one provision to address these gray market actors, much more needs to be done. This is why I have introduced legislation that would sharply limit the ability of profiteers to exploit drug shortages. The Gray Market Drug Reform and Transparency Act of 2013 (H.R. 1958) would address weaknesses in the drug supply chain, deter price gouging, and improve drug safety and efficacy. It would prohibit wholesalers from purchasing drugs from pharmacies, a practice that has been abused by unscrupulous wholesalers to obtain access to shortage drugs, charge excessive markups, and divert drugs away from patients who need them. It also would strengthen oversight and transparency by creating a national, publicly available database of information on distributors that includes information on their licensing status and disciplinary actions. Nobody should be allowed to profiteer at the expense of children and adults with cancer or other critical illnesses by jacking up the price of drugs that are in critically short supply. If we are to overcome this challenge in a permanent, long-term way, there are many issues that must be resolved in practical and bipartisan ways. I am hopeful that my colleagues in both parties will agree. The public’s safety, not ideology, should govern when the availability of essential medicines is threatened. A responsible government must take action when human life is at stake. Congressman Elijah Cummings represents Maryland’s Seventh Congressional District in the U.S. House.

The State of Equality and Justice in America

The Anatomy of the Modern Day Drum Major Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. preached a message that was strikingly applicable to the lives of modern day civil rights leaders and leaders of America’s future. In the pulpit of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta only five days before he was assassinated, Dr. King meticulously outlined the anatomy of what he called the “drum major instinct.” In that message, he drew from the book of Mark, Chapter 10, starting with Verse 13 where Jesus’ disciples, James and John, asked to be placed on the Lord’s right side and on His left side in glory. Jesus gave them an answer that resonates today as I contemplate the current state of equality and justice in America and the necessary anatomy of today’s drum major. The Lord told them that their placement in glory was not His to give. Rather their placement in glory - and anyone else’s - would be contingent upon how they served here on earth. Specifically, Dr. King quoted the passage as saying, “But whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all.” Dr. King then described how some in leadership positions mistakenly think that they should be seated on high, receive expensive houses, cars, and receive exclusive access simply because of their positions. But, now, just as Dr. King pointed out then, the anatomy of the drum major-the leader that sets the tempo for justice and equality in America--must be the soul that is willing to humbly serve. As we look at the current state of equality and justice in America, we must refresh our hearts and minds, as Dr. King said, with “a new definition of greatness. “ What he was saying is that it is not wrong to desire to be important, to want quality things and access. But those things are not equivalent to greatness. Greatness must be earned, he said. And that new definition is simple: Service. The state of equality and justice in America tells us that an astronomically higher level of service is needed--one that must replace any mindset of being recognized and awarded for every move. People in every corner of our society must rise up and take leadership by placing their hands to the plows where they are. Without looking around to see who is looking, without seeking name recognition and reward--at every age and in every season--we must not shrink

Rev. Joseph Lowery

from the courage to say and to do that which is right. This year is not only the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom; but it is the 50th anniversary of those four little girls killed on Sept. 15, 1963 in the bombing at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala. In Dr. King’s sermon at their funeral, he spoke of how they had not died in vain for even in their innocence their deaths sent multiple messages. Among those messages that they preached from the grave was the fact that they died nobly and they did not die in vain because “unmerited suffering is redemptive.” Yes, the deaths of those children, and even too many of our children today who have died by senseless violence and even at the hands of terrorists, have taught us that we must indeed temper courage with caution. But, in modern day America, we too often find ourselves not cautious, but afraid. Instead of challenging the systems that oppress; instead of crying out in non-violent protest where it is warranted; instead of acting upon the courage of our convictions, we far too often live in fear of what we might lose or what we personally might not attain. But, the drum major instinct is one that is impeded by fear because it requires both vision and mobility. In order to attain an acceptable status of equality and justice in America, the drum majors of our communities must keep moving. That means those of us who have been given much are required to give much. We must mentor the young, we must teach truth, we must take action where it is warranted, and by all means one of those actions must be to venture to the polls at every opportunity and vote. As we move this great nation forward, let us take a moment to recognize the drum major instinct within each of us. Let us take personal leadership of ourselves and yield to our individual responsibilities to make a difference. Then, and only then, will we perfect the noble art of leadership. Only then will we, through our service, become “the chiefest among us.” The Rev. Joseph Lowery was a co-founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference alongside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, by President Obama in 2009.

A Prince of a Preacher The Rev. Harold Alfonzo Carter was a divine, godly prophet, whose life was sparkling and momentous in the pulpit. While the senior pastor at the New Shiloh Baptist Church in Baltimore, he invited acclaimed giants in the ministry such as Gardner Taylor, E.V. Hill, E.K. Bailey, John Bryant, A.C.D.Vaughn and William Jones to share his pulpit. All of them were great preachers and pastors, but none matched the majesty of Harold Carter, the eldest son of a southern theologian, whose visionary ministry touched the lives of every preacher of consequence in Baltimore during the past 40 years. Harold Carter came to Baltimore in 1965 to lead the congregation of the New Shiloh Baptist Church. He had excelled as a student in Alabama and Boston and was confronted with his first urban ministry. He built one of the strongest ministries in the nation. Central to the growth of his church was a daily 6 a.m. prayer hour that began in 1990 and has continued each morning until the present without interruption. He quickly became friends with members of the clergy such as Alfred Vaughn, William Rivers, Vernon Dobson, Sidney Daniels, Damien Nalepa, Montague Bracket and Frank L. Williams. They formed alliances and together began a life’s journey that changed Baltimore and the country. Rev. Carter began a Sunday night radio ministry that reached hundreds of thousands of people each week in the eastern part of the United States. His preaching reminded many of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He befriended some of the country’s leading evangelists and became a

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foundational part of the Promise Keepers, a Christian men’s movement started by a famous former college football coach. Rev. Carter had a “mountaintop vision” and urged those who were his members to do great things with their lives. He began to preach in packed baseball stadiums, on national television and held revivals in venues that some thought only a professional sports team could fill. The book The Prayer Tradition of Black People became required reading in many of the nation’s seminaries. Those of us who were blessed to be his members were awed in his presence, and grew as young men and women witnessing his wisdom and his Christian example. Hundreds were encouraged to follow him into the ministry and many attempted to emulate his style. Few were successful. God made one Harold Carter. Over the decades we seldom thought that the day would come when he would leave us. Now that it has arrived we are prepared because Harold Carter prepared us for its arrival. “God is,” he often reminded us. “We are all here for a moment to do the best we can for others,” he was fond of saying. That is how Harold Carter, our pastor and our friend, lived his life. That is how Harold Carter, a prince of a preacher, will be remembered for decades and centuries to come. Joseph Green-Bishop, a publisher author, and Rev. Larry A. McMillian, an educator and motivational speaker, were licensed under Dr. Carter’s ministry.

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A dozen Montgomery County high school graduating seniors were awarded college scholarships April 27 at the Alpha Kappa Alpha Xi Sigma Omega chapter’s annual fashion show fundraiser and luncheon at the Bethesda North

Ninety-year- old sorority member Altice Frazier, who was initiated in 1985 shows she can still “strut” the runway with style and grace

Marriott Hotel and Conference Center. The fashion show, “A Jazzy AKAsion 2013,” showcased a collection from Yassie House of Hodges of Columbia, Md. There was music by jazz saxophonist Mike Girdy, a book signing by author Frances Frost, and two dozen vendors. Funds raised from this event supports the Chapter’s college scholarships and community service programs.

Seated is Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett’s wife, Catherine Leggett and Roberta M. Haines with other guests who attended the fashion show

Jacqueline Rose, fundraising chair, Roberta M. Haines and Shawn Yancy, WTTG-TV FOX 5, the emcee

Chapter members Amy Bryant and LeShawndra Price

Chapter members Silvia Daniels and Charlene Warren-Davis Alicia Tibbs and Chapter President Roberta M. Haines

Renee Gaskin-Martin, chapter VP with 50/50 raffle winner

(Seated): Kierston Gittens, Sundai Green, Debra Josey with daughter, Aishia Rankin, and granddaughters Naima Fagon and Brooklyn Rankin; (Standing): Brenda Alston, Edgar Brookins, Stacey Mangham, Martha McKensie and Francine Cole

Chapter ‘s 50-year members: Gladys Dean, Audrey Hankinson, Mary McLean, Evelyn Ragland, Silvia Daniels and Olga Jones

Scholarship recipients with Charlene Matthews, scholarship committee chair and Roberta M. Haines, chapter president

Daughter and mother, Bridgette and Shelia Harrison, chapter members

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Seated: Sherri Fentress, Toni Mitchell Claud, Erica Osborne and Marguerite Mitchell; Standing: Tracy Mitchell Salaam, Charlene Flowers, Allison Brereton, Leticia Cintron-Patterson and Hilda Beale

Generational photo: Grandmother Doretha Poole, Grand-daughter Kyle Poole and Mother Donnie Gamble-Poole

Jacquelyn Dillon, Deborah Hobbs, Gwendolyn Jackson and Shari Campbell

By AFRO Staff

The Virginia Leadership Institute recognized ten outstanding African-American leaders under 40 who have made an impact on Northern Virginia. “The Virginia Leadership Institute is proud to honor young African-Americans in Northern Virginia who are raising the bar in their professions and in the community,” said Virginia Leadership Institute founder and CEO Krysta Jones. “Our honorees are entrepreneurs, elected officials, military veterans, executives and community leaders,” she said. “Not too long ago some Blacks avoided moving to Virginia because of the long-held stereotypes associated with Virginia’s role as a slave state. These honorees prove that young African Americans are actively working to make the commonwealth a better place for all Virginians to live and work.”

Awardee Cydny Neville, entrepreneur and community leader

Awardee Rahman Parker, NGO founder and professor

Award presentation VLI CEO Krysta Jones presents scholarship to awardee Howard Foard, III, veteran and community leader

Awardee Ryane Lecesne, program director and philanthropist Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.) greets the audience

Awardee Terron Sims, II, Iraq war veteran and author

Awardee Monte Johnson, corporate executive and candidate for Virginia House District 10 (Loudoun County)

Joshua Porter takes the mic

Candace Peeples (left) with awardee Erica Jeffries, veteran and senior executive (right)

VLI Top 10 Under 40

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Cathy Hughes Named to the Board of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund

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Cathy Hughes, founder and chairperson of Radio One, has been named to the board of directors of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF). The TMCF is named for the U.S. Supreme Court’s first African-American Justice and supports and represents nearly 300,000 students attending its 47 memberschools that include public Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), medical schools and law schools. TMCF

helps students with a clear intention and the motivation to succeed and acquire a high-quality college education at an affordable cost. TMCF also efficiently connects high performing, world-ready students with top tier employment opportunities —access that students or employers might not have on their own. Through its scholarships and programs, TMCF plays a key role in preparing the leaders of tomorrow.

BGE Executive Honored by the Maryland Washington Minority Contractors Association Baltimore Gas and Electric Company recently announced that Calvin G. Butler Jr., senior vice president of regulatory and external affairs, has been honored by the Maryland Washington Minority Contractors Association (MWMCA) as the Utility Executive of the Year. Butler, who was recognized for his strong, civic involvement and consistent, positive presence in the community, received the award at the MWMCA’s 10th Annual Spring Breakfast Annual Meeting and Business Showcase Expo. Attended by approximately 1,500 business and community leaders, the annual event recognizes excellence in developing the

region’s best minority-owned businesses. “On behalf of Exelon and BGE, I am honored to receive this recognition from MWMCA, an outstanding organization that is clearly committed to advancing Maryland’s minority businesses,” Butler said in a statement. “Both Exelon and BGE are committed to the continued development of relationships with the Maryland’s minority business community and specifically within the Baltimore metropolitan area. BGE has a rich history of developing strategic partnerships with diverse suppliers, and together with Exelon, we’re making even greater strides in increasing opportunities

for minority-owned businesses to participate in our procurement process.” As part of its overall commitment to diversity and inclusion, BGE’s Supplier Diversity Program seeks to engage minorityowned, womenowned, veteran-owned and service-disabled, veteran-owned business enterprises and provide them with opportunities to participate in BGE’s procurement process. “Butler’s honor stems from his consistent presence in the community,

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Wayne R. Frazier presents the MWMCA Award to Calvin Butler civic involvement and his willingness to include women and minority businesses in BGE’s diverse supplier spend,” said Wayne R. Frazier Sr., president of MWMCA said in a statement. “Mr. Butler is extremely approachable and is always searching for ways to increase capacity with diverse firms. Finally, Mr. Butler represents the type of educated, seasoned and groomed corporate executive role model for aspiring minority executives to emulate. We believe Mr. Butler is the total package.”

Govans Ecumenical Development Corporation Names New CEO

Govans Ecumenical Development Corporation recently appointed Nichole Doye Battle as its Chief Executive Officer, effective June 17. Since 2008, Battle has served as developer for Penrose Properties, LLC. In this role, she was responsible for managing the $238 Million vertical and land development of the 60 acre Uplands Redevelopment. Specifically, Battle ensured the establishment of effective partnerships, vendor relationships, and overall project management. The result of this development was 104 affordable and mixedincome housing opportunities in Baltimore City with a comprehensive financing package of $20.6 Million. Battle previously held the Courtesy Photo position of senior director housing development with Nicole Battle GEDCO, during which time she managed the development of Stadium Place and financing for several other GEDCO developments. “We are very excited to welcome Nichole Doye Battle back to GEDCO. Nichole has demonstrated a deep understanding and passion for the mission of GEDCO. We are confident that her leadership will impact our residents, community, partners, and staff,” Rev. Joe Muth, board president of GEDCO said in a statement. Battle began her career in the non-profit world as an intern at the Columbus Housing Partnership in Columbus, Ohio. After obtaining her Masters degrees, she later moved back to Maryland where she continued her work in affordable housing at The Enterprise Foundation, Harlem Park Revitalization Corporation and later Bank of America CDC where she worked on two community plans that provided affordable rental and homeownership opportunities. She also served as a member of the disposition team involved in selling multifamily portfolios. In 2005, a move to Enterprise Social Investment Corporation allowed Battle to work even more closely with nonprofit organizations. “I respect, believe in, and support the mission and work of GEDCO. My passion is to help people, whether it is providing affordable housing opportunities, fundraising for programs, or leading a team. GEDCO is a sweet homecoming for me personally,” Battle said in a statement. Battle holds an MBA from the Executive Fellowship Program at Loyola University Maryland, Masters in City and Regional Planning and Public Policy and Management from The Ohio State University and a BS in Landscape Architecture from The Pennsylvania State University. While at GEDCO, Battle was named an “emerging leader” and received leadership training through the Bank of America Neighborhood Builders Program. Additionally, Battle serves in a volunteer capacity with AHC, Inc. of Greater Baltimore and the Y of Maryland. She lives in Baltimore with her 9 year old daughter Kayla, who attends a Baltimore City public school.

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Montgomery County, Md. sisters Holly “HollyHood” Veney, 30, and Tiffany “Muhla Green” Harris, 25, are ready to make history with their new sketch comedy series, “The Show.” The pair, who are full of shenanigans and inside jokes, will be America’s first cast of an all-black female sketch comedy show. Their half-hour long program is a mix between reality TV, sketch comedy, reenactments and improv. Some of the show was filmed in-studio, some segments were filmed in their living room and back yard, and other parts were filmed in and around the Washington, D.C. area. “We started with a script, but just threw it in the air and said forget it,” said Veney. Courtesy Photo/HV Films “The Show” will premiere on June 8 at 1 p.m. on Washington, Holly Veney and Tiffany D.C. CW affiliate WDCW, with subsequent airings on MCT and Harris perform a sketch DCTV public access broadcasting in Maryland, Washington, from their upcoming D.C., and Northern Virginia. The show will also be available on comedy series “The the Internet. Show.” In the premiere episode, Veney and Harris play roles in three different sketches. In the first, two rich girls from Montgomery County are fascinated with “rough streets” of D.C. but have never been there themselves. In the second, two African girls, Fatima and Naomi, have embraced their inner Afro-centric sides a little too much. Finally, the pair introduce viewers to Takesha and Pam, two ghetto girls from the ‘90s with beepers, bamboo earrings and colored Reebok sneakers. While the pair has no formal training in comedy, Veney said humor is something that came naturally to the sisters, as a part of their family. “Comedy is our lives,” said Veney. “Even our parents were funny. When we were little we would sit down with our cereal boxes and shoot our own little commercials at the table.” Unlike many comedians, Harris said she never looked to others in the field for inspiration. Instead, she said she looks up to Veney, who helped Harris and their two younger siblings when their mother died of breast cancer. “Holly and my mom were my inspirations,” said Harris. “She took in me and my younger brother and sister. She didn’t have to do that. She was already married at the time.” The sisters wrote, directed and produced the show entirely on their own, using more than $10,000 of their own money for production costs, said Veney. With four episodes of the show ready to air, she said she hopes the show takes off. “A lot of people in the DMV [D.C., Maryland, Virginia area] do not give support to each other,” said Veney. “That has to end. I’m doing this for the whole DMV. This is for everyone.”

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ARTS & CULTURE

After Earth Film Review

Father and Son Crash-Land on Earth in Campy Sci-Fi Saga By Kam Williams In recent years, the name M. Night Shyamalan has become synonymous with mediocre movies with a humdinger of a twist tacked on at the very end. Meanwhile, Will Smith has been so successful as the perennial star of a string of summer blockbusters, that he’s been crowned “Mr. July.” Thus, when the two former Philadelphians decide to collaborate on a film project, something ostensibly has to give. Will Shyamalan stem his decade-long decline or will Will’s winning streak come to an abrupt end? Looking a little more like a Shyamalan than a Smith production, this cheapo, post-apocalyptic adventure suffers from a combination of miscasting and cheesy special f/x (reminiscent of Lost in Space, the Sixties TV series). Consequently, After Earth pales in comparison with a couple of other sci-fi pictures presently in theaters, specifically, Star Trek 12 and Iron Man 3. At least this futuristic, Shyamalan offering doesn’t turn on rabbit-out-a-hat resolution. In fact, quite to the contrary, Photo Credit: rottentomatoes.com the predictable ending of this stranded and I want to go home Jaden and Will Smith star in "After Earth." saga is an exercise in the obvious established by the premise. As for the acting, Will Smith is normally good for a little comic relief even in his dramatic outings. Here, however, that trademark flair for the flamboyant soldier. He gets his chance when they are the only survivors of an intergalactic expedition crash-landing on Earth, a planet abandoned by humanity a millennium earlier. he regularly exhibited on TV as The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air is nowhere in sight. With the General wounded and the spaceship crippled, it is up to Kitai to embark on a Instead, he displays a sober stoicism from start to finish as General Cypher Raige, the hundred-kilometer trip through the jungle alone to retrieve the emergency beacon from the forbidding father of Kitai (Jaden Smith), an aspiring ranger eager to prove his worth as a detached tail section. This proves to be no mean feat, since the forest is covered with a variety of voracious, man-eating creatures. Will Smith proceeds to spend the balance of the movie sitting in the damaged fuselage surrounded by unspooled reams of what looks like toilet paper. Unbudgeted scenery aside, this film is really designed as a vehicle for his real-life son, Jaden, whose performance in front of the blue screen is tarnished a tad by a high-pitched voice yet to crack. They say, there comes a time in every black comedian’s career when he’s asked to put on a dress. Well, it seems the same can be said about appearing in a campy sci-fi as demonstrated by Billy Cosby in Leonard Part 6, Eddie Murphy in The Adventures of Pluto Nash and John Witherspoon in Cosmic Slop. A simplistic, father-son morality play strictly for little kids and diehard Will and Jaden Smith fans. Destined to be added to the pantheon of inadvertently-funny blaxploitation flicks with a devoted cult following. By Blair Adams Good (2 stars) Special to the AFRO PG-13 for action violence and disturbing images Running time: 100 minutes With her soulful sultry voice, Lea Gilmore Distributor: Columbia Pictures is a gospel, blues and jazz singer who is admired by many. For the past decade, the Baltimore native toured the country educating students about music. On June 1, she sang and recorded a CD at the Eubie Blake Center in front of a packed house. Gilmore, considered an expert on African American traditional music, has led enthusiastic workshops and community sings By Courtney Jacobs all over the world. Special to the AFRO Now, Gilmore has created a program called “Baltimore Voices,” a choral music program A new reality TV focused on middle school students from show is being launched troubled neighborhoods. The AFRO spoke to focusing on Forever Jones, Gilmore about her plans to help Baltimore and a gospel group that has been new music endeavors. nominated several times for Lea Gilmore pushes for global harmony Grammy awards. The show, to be called through music. AFRO: Why did you decide to help “Forever Jones,” began Baltimore students? airing June 5 on Bounce Lea Gilmore: I have worked with so many kids around the world using our traditional TV and chronicles life in Black American music to teach how incredible our history is, as well as equality, justice and the gospel group since the peace. I thought I needed to be doing this in my own city. success of the close-knit, faith-based group’s hit single AFRO: Is there any school in particular? “He Wants it All” that won Forever Jones/Foreverjones.com Lea Gilmore: Yes. We are at one school now, with ambitions to expand. Franklin Square a Stellar Award, and was Elementary/Middle School with the amazing principal Terry Patton. She is so supportive of nominated for both Grammy and Dove awards. this initiative and is an excellent partner and motivator. We are focused on Baltimore City Bounce TV is the nation’s first digital multicast broadcast network. The musical family is led by parents Dewitt and Kim Jones and includes five children D’Jeniele’ (pronounced Jineel), Dominique, Dewitt IV, Judah and Mya. AFRO: How will music help students? The unusual name grew out of the dilemma of coming up with a distinctive stage name for Lea Gilmore: There have been so many studies done that prove that students who are a group of Joneses. Members of the family said that forging a name for the group took, in the involved in music excel academically and socially. To sing from your soul with a group builds words of one family member, “forever.” self-esteem and confidence. Not only students who can afford art lessons should have access to They knew their last name was very common but were determined to stand out among lessons. I see this as a social justice issue. The arts are not a luxury, but a necessity. other performers.

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AFRO: What type of music will you introduce to them? Lea Gilmore: I’ll start with traditional African American music as a foundation, so they can learn their history and the amazing music we have created that has provided the foundation of pop music here and around the world. We will also learn traditional music from other cultures-- always with the message of tolerance, freedom, peace, justice--and the acceptance of others. AFRO: What do you hope to accomplish? Lea Gilmore: To make proud, caring human beings who are ready to give to the world their myriad of gifts. AFRO: You recently returned from Siberia. Are there any upcoming travel plans and will students accompany you? Lea Gilmore: Yes I did. I will be in Scotland in July; and in the fall, Belgium, France and Italy. In 2014 the students will perform and at a workshop in Scotland. We are raising money now for the trip. The Creative Alliance has kindly assisted us in making this happen. AFRO: What did you introduce to the students in Siberia? Did you notice a change? Lea Gilmore: It was such an amazing experience. I taught the children spirituals and gospel and we sang an entire concert together. Even through the language barrier, our music speaks. They were so enthusiastic. When I go back next March I will be singing with the philharmonic in Novosibirsk, Siberia (Russia). I did notice a change. At first they were hesitant to let themselves really feel it (and of me!), but by the end they were singing “Oh Happy Day” from their heart and soul. So many tears of joy

“We wanted to put something in front of the name Jones to separate and allow the name Jones to run to the top,” D’Jeniele told the AFRO. “We tried everything … Revival Jones, 9 A.M. Jones, Simply Jones… everything. Then finally we tried ‘forever’ and we brought that to the table, and it was something everybody agreed on.” Kim also mentioned that Dominique said, “This is taking forever.” Although this family enterprise is very successful, they know how hard it is separating personal and family business. With three parents in the group, (Dewitt, Kim and D’Jeniele), some may wonder how they juggle parenting and performing. For instance, D’Jeniele, the oldest sibling, has a 5-year-old and 1-year-old. “Parenting is on a whole different level now,” said Kim, the matriarch of the group. “I have adult children, a married child and I’m a grandmother. It’s really enjoyable for me because I have these adults who take care of themselves. When they go out go out and sightsee, I get to sleep, but I love being with my family.” She also bases her life on persistent faith. For instance, early in her marriage Kim was diagnosed as the victim of a medical condition that, doctors were convinced, made childbirth unlikely. She proved them wrong and bore five healthy offspring. “I wasn’t supposed to have any children,” Kim stated. “Now I have five.” She has also insisted that the children maintain their independence and has not forced any of her children to perform in the group. Judah, who is the second youngest child, is going to Kansas State University on a football scholarship. He’s the band’s drummer but he is also a wide receiver, the family said. Although he is remains a part of the band, the family understands that he is old enough to make his own choices in life. Dominique said of the show, “I want to show people that a family in America can still work. Back in Louisiana, everyone kept coming up to us asking if we all had the same father and mother. So, I’m starting to realize that it isn’t the norm. I’m thankful.”

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Nats Crushed by Orioles in Four-Game ‘Battle of the Beltway’ Series

By Perry Green AFRO Sports Editor More than 25 days remain before the Washington Wizards are able to use their third overall pick in the 2013 NBA draft. During that time, draft experts and hardcore Wiz fans will spend countless hours suggesting and projecting whom Washington should acquire with the lottery pick. AFRO sports writer Stephen D. Riley has proposed that Washington should trade the pick to the Sacramento Kings for thirdyear center DeMarcus Cousin, a 22-yearold 7-footer with the talent and potential to become one of the best players at his position Wikimedia Commons in the NBA. Riley’s idea is quite creative and Michigan point guard Trey Burke worth supporting. Pairing Cousins up with his former Kentucky teammate John Wall would attract fans and help win games. adding Burke to the roster would only better But what if the Kings aren’t interested those chances. Some suggest that playing two in taking that deal? What if Cousins is small guards together won’t work, but recent completely out of the question, and the history suggests otherwise. The Milwaukee Wizards absolutely had to use the pick on one Bucks just reached the playoffs for the first of the available talents in the draft? Who could time in several years on the backs of Brandon the Wizards pick that could offer the same star Jennings and Montae Ellis, two guards that are player potential as Cousins? both 6-feet, 3-inches or shorter. There were After careful review and analysis, the only doubts that the two could play together since player in this year’s draft that has “star player” both look to dominate the ball on offense, written all over him is Michigan point guard but their styles complimented each other. The Trey Burke. The only question that remains is same case can be made if Wall and Burke how would Burke fit on a team that already has formed a tag-team. While Wall is an explosive a star point guard in the making in John Wall. playmaker who aggressively penetrates the Here are three answers to that question: paint to set up his teammates for scoring opportunities, Burke is a smooth ball-handler Insurance Policy for Your Star Guard who can shoot the lights out with his deadly Everything worth great value needs deep jumper. Burke is only 6-foot, 1-inch so insurance. You buy an expensive car, you he’ll be limited to guarding point guards only, get full- coverage insurance. If you buy your but Wall is 6-foot, 4-inches with long arms wife a diamond ring, you get it insured. For that allow him to take on the shorter 2-guards Washington, no player is more valuable to of the league. The two may not be lockdown their success than third-year point guard John defenders themselves, but they’ll easily be one Wall. If he breaks down, so do the chances of of the toughest dynamic duos to defend, and the Wizards winning games. That was clear could instantly improve Washington’s offense, last season, which Wall missed nearly half of which ranked 22nd in the NBA last season. due to injury. When he played, the Wizards were a .500 team; when he was sidelined, they Use the Prospect as Trade Bait had twice as many losses as wins. So, how can But perhaps Wizards general manager Ernie Washington keep the wins rolling in should Grunfeld doesn’t believe he needs insurance Wall get injured again? The answer is Trey for Wall, and he isn’t interested in teaming Burke. him up with another potential star point guard. As a sophomore at Michigan, Burke proved He could still use Burke as trade bait to nab he has the talent to become as good a pro point an impact player at another position of need. guard as Wall, if not better. He was named the Not every team in the NBA has a John Wall on Big Ten Conference Player of the Year, the roster and several are certainly in search of a Naismith Player of the Year and the National point guard with which to build the future of Player of the Year by the Associated Press, their franchise. It would be a clever maneuver Sports Illustrated and the NABC. You don’t for the Wizards to snatch easily the best point take home awards like that unless you’re a guard in the draft, and see just how much these big time star, and that’s the caliber of player point guard-hungry teams are willing to give needed to fill Wall’s shoes should he suffer up to get him. The Kings, for instance, could another injury. certainly use a point guard and they may jump at a Cousins trade if they see that Burke is Two Stars Are Better than One available. Several trade scenarios may develop No one wants to see Wall succumb to when you dangle a talent like Burke out as bait. another injury, but having insurance for him is just preparing for the worst-case scenario. Regardless of how the Wizards would use Having a healthy and productive Wall gives him, Burke is too strong a talent to pass up the Wizards their best chance of winning, and with the No. 3 overall pick

Atlanta Defense Proves Nightmarish for Mystics By Keith Henry Special to the AFRO WASHINGTON, D.C.--It was not what they wanted. But the Atlanta Dream gave the Washington Mystics the blues in all phases of the game in a 73-63 victory over Washington in their home opener at the Verizon Center June 1. Washington players couldn’t seem to get out of their own way at times. Sometimes it was turnovers, other times it was not making close-in baskets and other times it was missing assignments on defense. The Mystics didn’t get the job done when it was needed this time. The Mystics knew that the key in this game was stopping Baltimore native Angel

Crystal Langhorne McCoughtry. But she was all over the place for Atlanta (3-0) in this game, scoring 15

points to lead the Dream. Crystal Langhorne, who led the Mystics with 15 points, said, “It was really to out-rebound them and control our turnovers. We really did not do either. Therefore, that was tough. It ‘s hard to beat a team like them that’s so good in transition, that runs the ball like that if we don’t take care of the ball and rebound.” At the end of the first half, Washington (1-1) committed more turnovers (14) than field goals (13). That wasn’t a very good sign for the Mystics, especially coming off their tough 95-90 win over Tulsa on Memorial Day. In addition, the Mystics were beaten soundly on the boards 40-24. The key to Atlanta’s defensive domination was, according to Atlanta head

By Dion Johnson and Perry Green AFRO Sports Desk For the first time, the Orioles and Nationals faced each other in a “Battle of the Beltway” series winning teams, with two games in D.C. on May 27 and 28 and two games at Camden Yards in Baltimore on May 29 and 30 all drawing large crowds. From the outset of the first game of the series at Nationals Park, Washington starting pitcher Gio Gonzalez had control issues. After allowing only five earned runs and posting a 3-1 record in his previous four starts, Gonzalez gave up four runs and eight hits over 5-2/3 innings with four walks and three strikeouts as the O’s battered the Nats for 15 hits in a 6-2 win. In the second game, Nats first baseman Adam LaRoche homered twice and drove in four runs as the Nationals barreled past the Orioles in a 9-3 victory. LaRoche, Tyler Moore and Roger Bernadina also went deep to support Nathan Karns, a rookie call-up who made a spot start but didn’t make it out of the 5th inning. His performance wasn’t a factor, as the Nats scored their most runs as a team since April 15. For the third game of the series, the teams took a quick trip up I-95 to Camden Yards on May 29 for one of the most entertaining regular season games in recent Nationals history. Ryan Zimmermann single-handedly carried Washington’s offense early in the game with the first three-homerun game of his stellar career. His homers came during his first three at-bats over the first five innings, but the Oriole bats awakened in the 7th inning. Third baseman Manny Machado continued to build his case as the best young infielder today, hitting the game-winning double off Nationals starting pitcher Jordan Zimmermann to cap a six-run seventh inning. Orioles first baseman Chris Davis, who has emerged as a MVP candidate this season, went 4-for-4 at-bat with two homeruns in Baltimore’s 9-6 win. Zimmermann gave up seven runs and 10 hits over six-plus innings, a testament to the Oriole bats as Zimmermann came into the game with a 1.71 ERA and a streak of 15 straight starts allowing three runs or less. In the fourth and finale game of the series, journeyman pitcher Freddie Garcia shut down a Nationals lineup missing Bryce Harper, Jayson Werth, and Wilson Ramos, who are all officially on the disabled list. Garcia threw eight innings of three-hit ball to get the best of Washington’s Dan Haren in a duel of veteran right-handers and secure a 2-0 win. Nats’ Analysis: In pro sports, injuries are a part of the game. Teams must endure them, and if they cannot win during their particular spate of injuries, then the team will likely underachieve for the season. That scenario is what the Washington Nationals face two months into the 2013 season. Mediocre and uninspired play has put this team in a precarious position as the Nats are failing to capitalize during clutch at-bats. The performance is costing them games in the standings to the suddenly-hot Atlanta Braves. And the Nats aren’t just losing; they are losing in heartbreaking fashion. Whether falling into a season-long slump at the plate, losing a pitchers’ duel to a journeyman, or wasting great starts from ace pitchers, baseball in Washington just hasn’t been a pretty sight. Orioles’ Analysis: The Orioles have owned the Nationals nearly every time the two teams have met. But this series win was a little more impressive, considering the Nationals are actually a titlecontending team now. The Orioles continue to prove they have one of the best batting lineups in Major League Baseball with hitters like Davis, Machado, Jones and Weiters. They also have an outstanding bullpen; the only thing holding the team back at this point is inconsistency from their starting pitchers. If the Orioles can rely on their starters, they’ll be perhaps the best team in baseball. Nationals Player of the Week: Ryan Zimmerman—With 10 hits, three homeruns, five runs, five RBIs and a .357 batting average, Zimmerman was easily the most outstanding player for Washington this week. Orioles Player of the Week: Chris Davis –No one in the MLB is hitting the ball as well as Davis this season, and he continued his stellar performance at the plate this week with 11 hits, eight runs, five RBIs and three homeruns. coach Fred Williams, “our rotating defense and really taking some gambles and going out on steals. You got some quick perimeter players like we have that are going to go out and make those types of possessions for us.” McCoughtry said, “Armintie does a great job getting in the passing lanes. Tiffany Hayes gets in there and gets them steals. Even Sancho (Lyttle) and Erika (de Souza) get deflections in sometimes and helps us get steals. I think deflections should be a part of the stat sheet.”

The Mystics scored the first two baskets of the game on lay-ups by forwards Monique Currie and Crystal Langhorne to go up 4-0. But Atlanta retaliated with a 19-4 run courtesy of nine first quarter turnovers by the Mystics to put the Dream ahead for good 19-8 with 1:39 left in the first quarter. That start didn’t sit well with point guard Ivory Latta. Latta said about that first quarter, “That’s not the way we want to start the game. But at the same time, I am a point guard. So I blame myself for that. I put all the blame on me

and it’s my fault the way we started. I have to go out there and set the tone for my team. It starts with me.” Despite several Mystics rallies, Washington couldn’t climb within four points of Atlanta for the rest of the game. Washington hits the road on June 7 at 7 pm to take on head coach Mike Thibault’s former team, the Connecticut Sun, in the first of two backto-back games this season. Then the Minnesota Lynx comes into the Verizon Center to take on the Mystics on June 8 at 7 pm.

June 8, 2013 - June 14, 2013, The Afro-American

The Rev. Harold A. Carter Sr. rejoices in front of the “new” New Shiloh Baptist Church building on Monroe Street in 1990.

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Special to the AFRO (June 5, 2013) Thousands are expected to attend the June 7 going home services for the Rev. Dr. Harold A. Carter Sr., Baltimore pastor, civil rights legend, author, and community activist who died May 30 after a long battle with cancer. There’s not much more comforting than prayer and the members of New Shiloh

The Baltimore Pastors Conference was treated to a sermon by the Rev. Dr. Gardner Taylor, center, following the 2001 Hampton Ministers’ Conference. They are, from left, the Reverends Harold A. Carter Jr., Harold A. Carter Sr., Bishop Walter Thomas, Henry Lightfoot, Dr. Taylor, A.C.D. Vaughn and the late William Johnson.

The Rev. Lynwood Leverette, Mt. Pisgah CME Church; the Rev. Dr. Charles Booth, Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, Cleveland; Rev. Carter and the Rev. Robbin Blackwell, New Shiloh's Minister of Ministries at the 40th pastoral anniversary celebration in 2005.

Rev. Carter receives the top founder’s award from state delegates Larry Young and Lena K. Lee, founder and president of the Herbert Frisby Historical Society. April, 1976.

Baptist Church, on the first Sunday following the death of their pastor, found that one of his last deeds was to offer up a prayer on their behalf reminiscent of Jesus’ prayer for disciples before his crucifixion. And there was not a dry eye in the house. “He positively impacted not only my district, but the entire city,” said Councilman Nick Mosby, of the seventh district where New Shiloh Baptist Church sits in the 2100 block of Monroe Street. “His church was a cornerstone of the neighborhood, but he was a strong man and a strong leader from the civil rights perspective,” Mosby said of the man that he first met in 2006 when running for public office. “He will be surely missed.” A wave of condolences has been received by the Carter family city and state elected officials, in addition to statements of sympathy from a broad spectrum of clergy, religious and faith leaders from all denominations. “Dr. Carter was not afraid to take risks, to live outside of the box, to be innovative, and traditional at the same time,” said Dr. Jamal Bryant, pastor of Empowerment Temple. “He was the very first pastor to go down to Camden Yards and have a crusade, he marched with Dr. King and brought a lot of that civil rights passion up from Alabama, and he really enlarged the perspective of ministry in Baltimore,” Bryant told the AFRO, of the man he said he had known throughout his life as a close friend of his father, Bishop John R. Bryant. “While he practiced cutting-edge ministry,

State delegate, Larry Young, left, Rev. Carter, the Rev. Dr. William Calhoun, pastor of Trinity Baptist Church; the late Rev. Nathaniel Higgs, then pastor of Southern Baptist Church and Rev. Brenda Greene, New Shiloh’s minister of Christian Education.

The Rev. Dr. Frank Reid, Bethel AME; Rev. Carter and the Rev. Dr. A.C.D. Vaughn at the 1992 revival crusade.

Rev. Carter delivered the Bicentennial lecture in 1996 at University of Maryland Baltimore County.

he held on to Negro spirituals, the old hymns of the church, traditional Black church expressions of worship while always pushing the church forward and I think that’s why New Shiloh has been able to thrive.” Rev. Carter was widely known for his way of teaching with purpose and encouraging others to live their best life. “I came to a service and I was so inspired and touched by his preaching that I just went up and joined- then my whole family came in,” said Deacon Elizabeth H. Adams, who served as chair of the deacon board for more than two decades. Forty years after she joined Shiloh, Adams said, the church has come a long way from their days on Fremont Avenue and Lanvale Street. And when it was time to move the congregation, Adams said, the charismatic minister had outreach to others in mind.

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An Evening of Joy recognizing the academic achievements of New Shiloh’s pastor and first lady. Dr. Carter received the Doctor of Ministry from Colgate Rochester Divinity School and a Ph.D. in theology from St. Mary’s University and Seminary. Mrs. Weptanomah Carter earned a master’s of divinity from Virginia Seminary. August, 1975

Rev. Vaughn, Rev. Carter, and Rev. Booth at the elevation service for Bishop Walter S. Thomas, New Psalmist Baptist Church. July, 2005.

Post crusade baptism at New Shiloh with the late deacon James Robinson, Rev. Frank Reid and Rev. Carter.

The Rev. Alvin Hathaway, Union Baptist Church; Rev. Carter and the Rev. A.C.D. Vaughn, Sharon Baptist Church.

Then Mayor Kurt L. Schmoke joins Rev. and Mrs. Carter. June 3, 1995.

Exchanging greetings are Rev. and Mrs. Carter and the late Rev. Walter E. Paige, then pastor of Faith Baptist Church and Mildred B. Williams. January, 1979.

Mrs. Weptanomah Carter, center, right, AFRO honoree and family, the Rev. Richard Greene, Rev. Harold Carter, Brenda Greene and in the front, their children Harold Carter Jr. and Weptanomah Carter. AFRO File Photos

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Ross Edward Ford III and Deborah Jefferson, whose addresses are 3216 Alabama Ave., SE Washington DC 20020 and 8504 Trumps Hill Road, Upper Marlboro MD 20772 were appointed personal representatives of the estate of Harold D. Nesmith Sr., who died on January 12, 2000 without a Will, and will serve with Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before November 24, 2013. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before November 24, 2013, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: May 24, 2013 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Rosss Edward Ford III Deborah Jefferson Personal Representatives TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 5/24, 5/31, 6/7

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. TYPESET: Tue Jun 04 09:53:29 EDT 2013 2013ADM482 LEGAL NOTICES ELLEN L. YELITY Decedent Superior Court of J. Carol Williams Esq the District of 3 Bethesda Metro Cnt. District of Columbia Suite 700-25 PROBATE DIVISION Bethesda MD 20814 Washington, Attorney D.C. 20001-2131 NOTICE OF Administration No. APPOINTMENT, 2013ADM467 NOTICE TO Gertrude O. Skinner CREDITORS Decedent AND NOTICE TO David W. Kestner, Esq UNKNOWN HEIRS 5849 Allentown Road William Randall, whose address is 442 Sutro Forest Dr. Camp Springs MD NW. Concord NC 28027, was 20746 appointed personal repreAttorney sentative of the estate of ElNOTICE OF len L. Yelity, who died on AuAPPOINTMENT, gust 13, 2008 without a Will, NOTICE TO and will serve without Court CREDITORS supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose AND NOTICE TO whereabouts are unknown UNKNOWN HEIRS Clarissa Clark, whose address is 2072 Chadwick Terrace, Temple Hills MD 20748, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Gertrude O. Skinner, who died on February 27, 2013 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before December 7, 2013. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before December 7, 2013, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: June 7, 2013 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Clarissa Clark Personal Representative 301-630-3963 TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS TYPESET: 6/7, Tue6/14, Jun6/21 04

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George Anna Horton, whose address is 12678 Granite Ridge Drive, North Potomac, MD 20878, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Eva Mae Horton, who died on April 11, 2013 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before December 7, 2013. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before December 7, 2013, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: June 7, 2013 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter George Anna Horton Personal Representative 301-869-9328 TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 6/7, 6/14, 6/21

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2013ADM462 Gerald Clarence Landon Decedent Lynn H. Johnson, Esq Johnson & Pavuk 1413 K Street, NW Suite 1500 Washington DC 20005 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

Annice Landon, whose address is 1321 5th Street, NW. Apt 102, Washington DC 20001 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Gerald Clarence Landon, who died on February 20, 2013 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before November 24, 2013. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before November 24, 2013, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: May 24, 2013 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Annice Landon Personal Representative 202-462-0681 TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 5/24, 5/31, 6/7

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2013ADM511 Teddy Lovett Houston Decedent David S. Healy, Esq 1738 A Street SE Washington DC 20003 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

Robert M. Quilter, whose address is 120 W. Hill Street, Baltimore MD 21230, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Teddy Lovett Houston, who died on May 11, 2013 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before December 7, 2013. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before December 7, 2013, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: June 7, 2013 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Robert M. Quilter Personal Representative 443-812-0554 TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 6/7, 6/14, 6/21

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2013ADM337 Pearlie Mae Davis Decedent Louise C. Davis 816 Southern Ave Washington DC 20032 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

Louise C. Davis, whose address is 816 Southern Ave SE Apt 302, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Pearlie Mae Davis, who died on June 30, 2003 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before December 7, 2013. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before December 7, 2013, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: June 7, 2013 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Louise C. Davis Personal Representative 202-239-9409 TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 6/7, 6/14, 6/21

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Wed2013 May 22 TYPESET: 08:07:35 TYPESET: Mon May 20 TYPESET: 15:40:44 Wed2013 May 29 TYPESET: 09:21:05 Wed2013 May 29 TYPESET: 09:23:07 Mon2013 May 20 15:41:04 EDT 2013 LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL EDT NOTICES LEGAL EDT NOTICES LEGAL EDT NOTICES LEGALEDT NOTICES Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2013ADM419 Fuji F. Jackson Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

Superior Court of the District of Columbia Civil Division Case No. 13-0003156 IN RE: Paul Marvin Stroman, Jr. Applicant ORDER OF PUBLICATION CHANGE OF NAME

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2013ADM471 ETHEL P. COHEN Decedent David Booth Beers, Eq Goodwin Procter LLP, 901 New York Ave NW 900E Washington DC 20001 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

Paul Marvin Stroman, Jr. having filed a complaint for judgment changing Paul Marvin Stroman, Jr. name to Denise F. Jackson and StanPaula Judawn Stromanley H. Jackson, whose adHicks and having applied to dresses are 735 Congress the court for an Order of PubStreet SE, Washington DC lication of the notice required 20032 and 4643 Dallas Pl. by law in such cases; it is by Temple Hills MD 20748 were the Court this 8th day of May appointed personal repre2013, hereby Emily J. Cohen and Kenneth sentatives of the estate of ORDERED, that a copy of A. Cohen, whose addresses Fuji F. Jackson, who died on this Order be published once are 140 E. 28th Street, Apt November 5, 2011 without a Will, and will serve without a week for three (3) consecu- 3D, New York, NY 10016 and Court supervision. All untive weeks, in The Afro- 170 The Valley Road, Conknown heirs and heirs whose American Newspapers, a cord, MA 01742 were apwhereabouts are unknown newspaper of general cir- pointed personal representashall enter their appearance culation of the District of tives of the estate of Ethel P. Cohen, who died on January in this proceeding. ObjecColumbia; and it is further tions to such appointment ORDERED, that the publica- 16, 2013 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervishall be filed with the Registion must began no later than sion. All unknown heirs and ter of Wills, D.C., 515 5th 12 days after the filing of the heirs whose whereabouts Street, N.W., 3rd Floor application; and is further are unknown shall enter their Washington, D.C. 20001, on ORDERED, that the FINAL appearance in this proceedor before November 24, HEARING on this application ing. Objections to such 2013. Claims against the deto change name will be held appointment (or to the procedent shall be presented to i n J u d g e - i n - C h a m b e r s , bate of decedent´s will) shall the undersigned with a copy Room 4220 in the District of be filed with the Register of to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with Columbia at 500 Indiana Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, a copy to the undersigned, on Avenue NW Washington DC N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, or before November 24, 20001, on the 25th day of D.C. 20001, on or before 2013, or be forever barred. June, 2013 at 3:15 pm.If any November 30, 2013. Claims Persons believed to be heirs person desires to oppose this against the decedent shall be or legatees of the decedent application, that person or his presented to the underwho do not receive a copy of or her attorney must be pres- signed with a copy to the of Wills or filed with this notice by mail within 25 ent at the hearing or file writ- Register the Register of Wills with a days of its first publication ten detailed objections five copy to the undersigned, on shall so inform the Register (5) days in advance of the or before November 30, of Wills, including name, adhearing with Judge-in2013, or be forever barred. dress and relationship. Chambers and mail a copy of Persons believed to be heirs Date of Publication: the applicant or applicant’s or legatees of the decedent May 24, 2013 counsel; and it is further who do not receive a copy of Name of newspaper: 0 the applicant must send the this notice by mail within 25 Afro-American application for change of days of its first publication Washington Law Reporter name of an adult and notice shall so inform the Register Denise F. Jackson of final hearing to the ap- of Wills, including name, adStanley H. Jackson plicant’s creditors personally dress and relationship. Personal or by registered or certified Date of Publication: Representative mail and show proof of ser- May 31, 2013 Name of newspaper: 202-271-1525 vice by filling the affidavit/ Afro-American 301-648-0086 declaration of service. Washington TRUE TEST COPY SO ORDERED Law Reporter REGISTER OF WILLS TYPESET: 5/24, Mon5/31, May 15:41:24 EDT 2013 Emily J. Cohen 6/7 20 JUDGE TYPESET: 5/24, Wed5/31, May6/729 09:24:05Kenneth EDT 2013 A. Cohen

Superior Court of the District of Columbia Civil Division Case No. 13-0003377 IN RE: Howard Keith Williams Applicant ORDER OF PUBLICATION CHANGE OF NAME

Howard Keith Williams having filed a complaint for judgment changing Howard Keith Williams name to Kaprice Williams and having applied to the court for an Order of Publication of the notice required by law in such cases; it is by the Court this 7th day of May 2013, hereby ORDERED, that a copy of this Order be published once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks, in The AfroAmerican Newspapers, a newspaper of general circulation of the District of Columbia; and it is further ORDERED, that the publication must began no later than 12 days after the filing of the application; and is further ORDERED, that the FINAL HEARING on this application to change name will be held in Judge-in-Chambers, Room 4220 in the District of Columbia at 500 Indiana Avenue NW Washington DC 20001, on the 2nd day of July, 2013 at 2:30 pm.If any person desires to oppose this application, that person or his or her attorney must be present at the hearing or file written detailed objections five (5) days in advance of the hearing with Judge-inChambers and mail a copy of the applicant or applicant’s counsel; and it is further 0 the applicant must send the application for change of name of an adult and notice of final hearing to the DC Chief of Police, 300 Indiana Ave, NW Room 5080, Washington DC 20001, the Department of Corrections and the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency personally or by registered or certified mail and show proof of service by filling the affidavit/ declaration of service. SO ORDERED JUDGE 5/24, 5/31, 6/7

TYPESET: Tue Jun 04 Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2013ADM68 Marguerite Inez Battle Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

Mario Marbury, whose address is 1406 Shepherd Street, NW Washington DC 20011, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Marguerite Inez Battle, who died on January 17, 2013 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before December 7, 2013. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before December 7, 2013, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: June 7, 2013 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Mario Marbury Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 6/7, 6/14, 6/21

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2013ADM484 Sharon D. Robinson Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

Personal Representative 212-686-1557 617-570-1270 TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OFWed WILLS TYPESET: May 29 5/31, 6/8, 6/15

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2013ADM508 MARGARETHA N. SAWYER Decedent David Booth Beers, Eq Goodwin Procter LLP, 901 New York Ave NW 900E Washington DC 20001 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2013ADM446 Mitchell Lee Richardson Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

Sandra Richardson, whose address is 3436 Dix Street, NE Washington DC 20019 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Mitchell Lee Richardson, who died on March 25, 2013 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before November 30, 2013. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before November 30, 2013, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: May 31, 2013 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Sandra Richardson Personal Representative 301-322-4209 TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER WILLSMay 29 TYPESET:OFWed 5/31, 6/8, 6/15

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 09:21:35 EDT 2013 Administration No. 2012ADM563 GLADYS SCOTT Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

Stephanie A. Wimbush, whose address is 10001 Wamsley Court, White Plains, MD 20695 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Gladys Scott, who died on February 2, 2012 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs a n d h e i r s w h o s e whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before November 30, 2013. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before November 30, 2013, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: May 31, 2013 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Stephanie A. Wimbush Personal Representative 301-932-9224 TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OFWed WILLS TYPESET: May 29 5/31, 6/8, 6/15

Shanti Martin, whose address is 2960 Mills Avenue, NE, Apt #3, Washington DC 20018 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Sharon D. Robinson, who died on April 18, 2013 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall Timothy C. Sawyer, whose be filed with the Register of address is 1812 Billman Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, Lane, Silver Spring, MD N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, 20902 was appointed perD.C. 20001, on or before sonal representative of the November 30, 2013. Claims estate of Margaretha N. Sawagainst the decedent shall be yer, who died on February 1, 2013 with a Will, and will presented to the undersigned with a copy to the serve without Court superviRegister of Wills or filed with sion. All unknown heirs and the Register of Wills with a heirs whose whereabouts copy to the undersigned, on are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceedor before November 30, 2013, or be forever barred. ing. Objections to such Persons believed to be heirs appointment (or to the proor legatees of the decedent bate of decedent´s will) shall who do not receive a copy of be filed with the Register of this notice by mail within 25 Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, days of its first publication N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, shall so inform the Register D.C. 20001, on or before of Wills, including name, ad- November 30, 2013. Claims against the decedent shall be dress and relationship. presented to the underDate of Publication: signed with a copy to the May 31, 2013 Register of Wills or filed with Name of newspaper: the Register of Wills with a Afro-American copy to the undersigned, on Washington or before November 30, Law Reporter Shanti Martin 2013, or be forever barred. Personal Persons believed to be heirs Representative or legatees of the decedent 202-491-8260 who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 Superior Court of 09:53:51 EDT 2013 TRUE TEST COPY days of its first publication REGISTER OF WILLS the District of shall so inform the Register 6/1529 09:25:07 EDT 2013 TYPESET: 5/31, Wed6/8, May District of Columbia of Wills, including name, adPROBATE DIVISION dress and relationship. Date of Publication: Washington, D.C. May 31, 2013 Superior Court of 20001-2131 Name of newspaper: the District of Administration No. Afro-American District of Columbia 2013ADM145 Washington PROBATE DIVISION Law Reporter Barbara Brice Ashby Timothy C. Sawyer Washington, D.C. Decedent Personal 20001-2131 Lynn H. Johnson Esq Representative Administration No. with law firm of 301-270-4118 2013ADM493 TRUE TEST COPY Johnson & Pavuk REGISTER OF WILLS Ora L. Morrow K Street, TYPESET: Wed May 29 1413 09:22:38 EDT NW 2013 5/31, 6/8, 6/15 aka Penthouse

Ora Lee Morrow Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

Andrea L. Chapman, whose address is 407 Taurus Drive, Ft. Washington MD 20744 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Ora L Morrow, aka Ora Lee Morrow, who died on March 23, 2013 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before November 30, 2013. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before November 30, 2013, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: May 31, 2013 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Andrea L. Chapman Personal Representative 301-292-7025 TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 5/31, 6/8, 6/15

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2013ADM466 Herbert Samuel Grooms, Sr. Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

Towarna E. Grooms, whose address is 3223 12th Street, SE Washington DC 20032 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Herbert Samuel Grooms, Sr., who died on March 3, 2013 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before November 30, 2013. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before November 30, 2013, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: May 31, 2013 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Towarna E. Grooms Personal Representative 202-574-4784 TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 5/31, 6/8, 6/15

Washington DC 20005 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

Terrence Brown, whose address is 121 Adams Street, NW Washington DC 20001 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Barbara Brice Ashby, who died on October 3, 2012 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before November 30, 2013. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before November 30, 2013, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: May 31, 2013 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Terrence Brown Personal Representative 202-607-8888 TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 5/31, 6/8, 6/15

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2013ADM174 Frances H. Peters aka Frances Pauline Harrington Peters Decedent James E. McCollum, Jr 7309 Baltimore Ave. Suite 117 College Park MD 20740 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

Cynthia Johnson and Michael Harrington, whose addresses are 704 James Ridge Rd. Bowie MD 20721, and 13240 Whiteholm Dr. Upper Marlboro MD 20774 were appointed personal representatives of the estate of Frances H. Peters aka Frances Pauline Harrington Peters, who died on December 20, 2012 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before November 24, 2013. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before November 24, 2013, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication 09:23:37 EDT shall so inform the2013 Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: May 24, 2013 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Cynthia Johnson Michael Harrington Personal Representatives 301-249-0225 301-249-3619 TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OFWed WILLS TYPESET: May 29 5/24, 5/31, 6/7

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2013ADM93 Mary P. Hudson Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

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Fred Hudson Jr., whose address is 1213 Eastwood Drive, Forestville MD 20747 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Mary P. Hudson, who died on January 3, 2013 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before November 30, 2013. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before November 30, 2013, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of 09:22:09 EDT this notice by mail 2013 within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: May 31, 2013 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Fred Hudson Jr. Personal Representative 301-350-6437 TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER WILLSMay 20 15:40:22 EDT 2013 TYPESET:OFMon 5/31, 6/8, 6/15

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2013ADM440 John Calvin Dupree Jr. Decedent Gilda Sherrod-Ali, Esq 1425 K Street NW Suite 350 Washington DC 20005 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

Mary Helen Dupree, whose address is 4323 Ferry Landing Road, Alexandria, VA 22309 was appointed personal representative of the estate of John Calvin Dupree, Jr., who died on April 4, 2013 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before November 24, 2013. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before November 24, 2013, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: May 24, 2013 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Mary Helen Dupree Personal Representative 703-780-4569 TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 5/24, 5/31, 6/7

Jack and enjoyed every Jefferson moment of his Thompson membership. He answered the became a deacon call of his and was sincere Master on in his efforts and March 28, 2013. devotion as a Jack was the Christian. second of six Jack had a children born jovial personality. to his proud He had a parents, the late wonderful sense Jefferson and of humor and was Ruth Woods often referred to Thompson on as the life of the Aug. 1, 1938 in party. He was Roanoke, Va. always willing Jack joined to help people Greater Mt. if he could. J.J. Zion Baptist was a “fashion Church at an and business early age and icon,” and he enjoyed JACK J. THOMPSON participated in its traveling worldwide. youthful activities. He played basketball He often expressed that he was blessed for the church’s team. He served as bat with a good life. boy and sometimes played with his He hailed from a close family that father’s softball team. He was an avid loved one another very much. He was lover of sports, and had a passion for the predeceased by his parents, brother, New York Yankees and the Washington Douglas Thompson, and sisters, Patricia Redskins. Jack was educated in the Hale and Bettie Williams. Roanoke City Public Schools, and he We humbly bow to the Master’s Plan graduated from Lucy Addison High and will forever cherish Jack’s legacy. School, in the class of 1956. After Those left to rejoice in a life with graduation, at the age of 17, he served fond memories are his wife, Joanne four years in the U.S. Navy. Thompson; daughter, Tonya Warrick, Jack moved to Washington, D.C. of Kensington, Md.; sisters, Sharon and was affectionately called “J.J.” Cohen, Margaret Thompson; brothersHe became the successful owner and in-law and sister-in-law, Mark Duncan (Belinda), Ronnie Fewell (Patricia), president of a home improvement Deborah Fewell Kennard (Keigh), company that existed for many years. Daisy Graham, Charles Hale, Willis Holy matrimony with his wife, Hickerson, Danielle McDonald, John Joanne, was the highlight of his life, McDonald (Anne), Larry McDonald and the sincere admiration and love of and Helen Nuttall; special friends, his step-daughter, Tonya Warrick, was Sidney Glover, Norman Jones, Nathan attained. Logan, Cleveland Reed, Johnny Sellers, Jack joined the People’s and Willard Walker and many other Congregational United Church of Christ relatives and friends.

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