Prince Georges Afro-American Newspaper December 6 2014

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D.C. Mayor for Life Loved Black Press, AFRO supportive of Black media.

“Barry was very fond of the Black press,” Boyd, Even though the late who has also worked as the Marion Barry was often director of communications critical of the news media for for D.C. Mayor Vincent its coverage of his political Gray (D), said. “[Barry] was career and his personal life, very positive about it and he had a special relationship he made sure that the Black with Black-owned media press was a priority in his outlets, particularly the communications operations.

Washington He consulted the Black press AFROon issues and always highly American regarded their opinions.”

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She said that Barry was Linda enthusiastic about the AFRO. Wharton “He loved the Boyd, AFRO-American who Newspapers and the Murphy family,” Boyd said.

Publishers of the Washington AFRO, such as Art Carter and Frances Murphy II, developed a strong working relationship with Barry while he was in the public spotlight AFRO Archives Photo as mayor and as a AFRO Publisher, Frances Murphy interviews Marion Barry while member of the D.C. he was in prison. Jan. 11, 1992

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served as a press secretary and director of communications for Barry from 1997-1999, said that her former boss was

“He loved the AFROAmerican Newspaper and he loved the Murphy family.”

–Linda Wharton Boyd Council.

Murphy worked as the publisher of the Washington AFRO from 1987-1999, and kept in close contact with Barry throughout that time.

She would assign reporters to keep her readers abreast of the positive things that Barry was doing and wrote editorials defending his policies on racial inclusion and delivery of city services to AfricanAmerican residents.

Murphy made sure that AFRO readers had an AfricanAmerican perspective on Barry’s controversial arrest on Jan. 18, 1990 at the Vista Hotel in Northwest D.C. The Continued on A8

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NYC Grand Jury: No Charges for NYPD Officer in Killing of Eric Garner

By Roberto Alejandro Special to the AFRO The NYPD officer whose chokehold led to the death of Eric Gardner last July will not be indicted by the special grand jury impanelled this fall to consider charges against him, according to reports from various news agencies.

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Prince George’s County Exec. Rushern L. Baker and Council Sworn in

By AFRO Staff

Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker, III and the county’s council were sworn into office at the Prince George’s County Administration Building (CAB) Dec. 1.

This was Baker’s second time swearing in for the county executive’s office.

“Ladies and gentlemen, I believe we have journeyed far enough down the path and accomplished too much to continue to pontificate about this being a county with so much untapped potential,” said Baker in his inaugural address.

“We are better than that! You are better than that!”

During his address, Baker also spoke of his expectations for Prince George’s County by the year 2020.

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“And by 2020, our County will be considered a national model on how to reduce crime while reducing the number of arrest,” he said.

Council members sworn in, included Mary A. Lehman, (District 1) Deni Taveras, (District 2) Dannielle M. Glaros, (District 3) Todd M. Turner, (District 4) Andrea C. Harrison, (District 5) Derrick Leon Davis, (District 6) Karen R. Toles, (District 7) Obie Patterson (District 8) and Mel Franklin. (District 9).

The ceremony was emceed by State Sen. Douglas J. J. Peters.

Prince George’s County Administrative Judge for the Circuit Court and the 7th Judicial Circuit, Sheila R. Tillerson Adams conducted the swearing-in of Baker. The council members were sworn in by Prince George’s County Clerk of the Court Sydney Harrison.

According to the Washington Post, Baker told the audience, during the county’s 12th inauguration, “As far as I’m concerned, we have been saying this county has potential for far too long,” emphasizing that it was now the county’s time.

“We have come a long way in the last four years and sadly we have lost friends and family we loved and who cared deeply for Prince

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On HBCUs, President Gets Modest Scores

By Talib I. Karim Special to the AFRO Is the first African American President investing enough in Courtesy Morehouse College Historically Black Colleges President Obama at 2013 Morehouse College and Universities (HBCUs)?

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The answer is not really, say researchers and advocates who see HBCUs as the best resource for addressing the nation’s shortage of well-trained science and technology workers.

The National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO) points out the following: • HBCUs are just 3 percent of American colleges and universities, yet they produce 40 percent of the nation’s African Americans STEM degree graduates; •HBCUs make up nine of the top 10 colleges for graduating African Americans who later earn a Ph.D. in Science or Engineering; and •HBCUs account for four of the nation’s top 10 producers of African American physicians.

Given this data, it’s clear that “As a nation and in the states our investments of our tax dollars do not reflect these outcomes, or the centrality of HBCUs to the nation’s education, economic, excellence and diversity goals,” says NAFEO Executive Director Lezli Baskerville.

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The president asked Congress for body camera funding.

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Obama Calls for More Police to Wear Body Cameras

By Armeesha Piedra Special to the AFRO With cases of police brutality, including young black men being shot down in the street by police officers, President Barack Obama is requesting a three-year, $263 million federal spending package for authority figures.

The president made the request to Congress Dec. 1, asking that $75 million be used for to put body cameras on 50,000 more police officers. The body cameras will not only provide an extra layer of protection for both parties by recording police interactions with citizens in the communities they protect, but

“I want to commend Chief Lanier and the department for implementing this program, which has been in the works for more than a year.”

–D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray also build trust within minority communities, Obama said.

According to news reports, Obama made the announcement during meetings with his cabinet, civil rights leaders, law enforcement officials and others.

During the announcement, he also said that the body camera initiative has a good likelihood of succeeding because he is invested in it.

Obama also ordered a review of federal programs that fund military gear for local police after faultfinders questioned why police in full body armor with armored trucks responded to dismiss protestors.

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NATION & WORLD Florida’s Marissa Alexander Accepts Three-Year Sentence for Firing Warning Shots at Husband

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A Florida woman pleaded guilty and accepted a three-year jail sentence for firing a warning shot at her husband during an argument.

Marissa Alexander, 31, faced three felony counts in connection with the August 2010 warning shot, fired after her husband attacked her and threatened to kill her. A jury initially found her guilty in May 2012 and Alexander was sentenced to 20 years in prison, the minimum under state statutes for anyone who fires a gun in the commission of a crime.

According to the Florida Times-Union, a higher court later threw out Alexander’s initial conviction, ruling that the trial judge gave incorrect instructions to the jury. In her new trial, which had been set to begin Dec. 1, Alexander faced 60 years in prison—under a recent state court ruling, her 20-yearminimum sentences on each of the three counts would now

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the medals stand at the Mexico City Olympics in 1968.

Carlos applauded the gesture made Nov. 30 by the Rams — Kenny Britt, Stedman Bailey, Tavon Austin, Chris Givens and Jared Cook — saying if an athlete “thinks something is unjust, he has the right to say something about it.”

“You have a right, as an athlete, to express who you are,” Carlos said in an interview with The Associated Press. “People can make their own determination as to whether you were right or wrong.”

Carlos and Smith got booed out of the stadium and kicked out of the Olympics. During the racially charged 1960s, their Black Power gesture was deemed too political and divisive, both by a large segment of the public and the leader of the International Olympic Committee, Avery Brundage.

Not everyone agreed with the Rams’ stance, either. The St. Louis Police Officers Association called on the NFL to apologize and discipline the players. The NFL and the Rams said Monday that the players would not be punished.

The pose has come to symbolize a movement, even though witnesses offered conflicting accounts of whether 18-year-old Michael Brown had his hands up in surrender when he was killed by Ferguson officer Darren Wilson in August.

20-Year-Old Black Man Found Dead Near Area of Ferguson Protest

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A Ferguson, Mo. man was found dead early Nov. 25 in near an area of the city where protests took place following the grand jury announcement of Officer Darren Wilson not being indicted for the death of 18-year-old Michael Brown.

At 9 a.m. on Nov. 25, hours after the grand jury determined

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On Nov. 24, Marissa Alexander accepted a plea deal which would sentence her to three years in jail. have had to be served consecutively, not concurrently.

On Nov. 24, Alexander accepted a plea deal which would sentence her to three years in jail. The 1,030 days Alexander has already served would count toward that sentence, making her eligible for release on Jan. 27. According to the TimesUnion, a sentencing hearing has been scheduled for that day, making it likely that Alexander will be sentenced and then released based on her time already served. Under the plea deal, she will have to serve two additional years of house arrest with an ankle monitor.

In 2010, Alexander and her husband, Rico Gray, got into an argument over some text messages. Alexander went to the bathroom and locked herself inside, but Gray broke through the door and grabbed her neck.

Alexander fled into the home’s garage and returned with a gun from her car. When Gray threatened to kill her, Alexander said she fired the gun as a warning shot at the wall; Gray was uninjured.

Rams “Don’t Shoot” Players Statement Analogous to Smith/ Carlos ’68 Olympics Gesture

(The Associated Press) — It wasn’t so much that the five St. Louis Rams who gave the “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot” signal during pregame introductions were using sports to make a statement — it was the sort of statement they made that set them apart.

American sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos set the standard for athletes hoping to take a political message to the highest level of sports — raising their gloved fists while atop

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20-year-old DeAndre Joshua was found dead Nov. 25. it would not bring charges against Wilson, 20-year-old DeAndre Joshua was found dead in a white Pontiac Grand Prix in the Canfield Green Apartments, which is the same location Wilson shot Brown. Shattered glass covered in blood lay on the ground near the car.

According to Yahoo News, Joshua’s body was found in the driver seat of the car, which was backed into a parking space.

Joshua had been shot once in the head and his body lit on fire, severely burning his arm, fingers and legs.

At least 14 people were reported injured during the protests, 80 others were arrested, and a dozen buildings were reportedly burned in the St. Louis and Ferguson areas overnight, according to USA Today.

Police are investigating Joshua’s death, but Joshua’s grandmother Renita Towns told USA Today, “Police don’t care—he’s Black.”

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

The 1960s

December 6, 2014 - December 12, 2014, The Afro-American

The 1970s

The 1980s–90s

Remembering Marion Barry

By Frances Murphy Washington AFRO Staff Originally published Oct. 30, 1998 How do you want to remember Marion Barry Jr.?

There are two schools of thought about this.

One set of people like to think of him only as the Washington, D.C. mayor who was jailed for six months after an FBI sting operation caught him on video smoking a pipeful of crack cocaine.

Others prefer to remember him as the strong, Black man who refused to let anyone keep him down -- the man who gave who served four four-year terms as mayor and gave 40 years of good service to this nation’s capital.

On the Washington, D.C. website, it is obvious the mayor wants to be remembered in the latter vein. We agree. Here is his biographical sketch from the mayor’s own office: Marion Barry Jr. - elected Mayor of Washington, D.C., for an unprecedented fourth term in 1994 - has made an indelible imprint in reshaping the Nation’s Capital from just a “political hub,” as it was oftentimes referred to in the seventies, to an international business center and culturally diverse, multi-faceted city.

Mayor Barry’s appeal to the citizens who elected him has always been clear. His commitment to creating economic opportunities for youth, initiating programs to assist the elderly and developing areas East of the River, is unparalleled. His commitment to a “people’s government,” in which the ideas and suggestions of citizens, workers and business owners are included in his Administration’s agenda, are also key to his success.

But, perhaps most notable is his proven commitment to rebuilding a D.C. “community” that has been weakened by years of federal neglect, political maneuvers and an unsupportive media.

Under Mayor Barry’s leadership a number of firsts can be counted, including the establishment of an accounting system to determine how much money the city actually had in the bank.

Prior to 1978, there was no mechanism in place to determine where the city stood financially. Marion Barry changed that and, by 1984, the city entered the bond market with an SP 1 plus rating (the equivalent of an AAA or AA rating), one of the highest ratings possible, by Standard and Poors’ and Moody’s.

In addition, the Mayor created an Office of Business Development. This office attracted new businesses to the District which, in turn, provided its citizens with new opportunities and avenues to success for those left out of the competitive market.

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In 1994, Mayor Barry found that he had inherited a $322 million deficit that had been left by the previous administration. The city’s finances were in shambles, much as they were when he was first elected Mayor in 1978. But, the task of turning around the financial crisis was harder because the U.S. Congress enacted legislation creating the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority.

This created yet another entity to synchronize with, in addition to the D.C. City Council and the U.S. Congress, to devise ways to reduce the deficit.

While systematically chipping away at the deficit with his financial team, Mayor Barry reduced the deficit by $281 million in his first year of reelection. And, while there is still a lot of work to be done before Washington is financially where the Mayor wants it to be, there has been consistent and steady improvement under his leadership.

Mayor Barry’s goal from the moment he reentered office was to bring a District government, encumbered by outdated equipment, unskilled personnel and a limited budget, into the 21st Century.

To achieve this, he assembled a transformation team of 30 senior advisors and more than 200 specialists to develop a blueprint for a new type of governance.

This new government recognizes its residents and visitors as “customers” and sees their satisfaction as a way to measure service delivery. It is also a government which works within realistic limits and recognizes the value of making hard choices.

After a year of making necessary personnel and budgetary cuts, the Barry Administration is focusing on performing fewer functions, but performing them better.

This is quite a feat for one of the busiest cities in the world. To date there are, in the District, approximately 100 million square feet of commercial office space, with 200 top employers -- including four Fortune 500 companies and between 400 - 475 minority businesses.

D.C. attracts millions of tourists and has approximately 24,000 hotel rooms in which to house them. All of this is overseen by the office of the newly created Assistant city Administrator for Economic Development.

Throughout the years, Mayor Barry has been a consistent advocate for improving the lives of senior citizens through his Office on Aging and, has been equally consistent in his devotion to the city’s youth through the continual funding of summer jobs programs for young people through the Department of Employment Services.

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The Afro-American, December 6, 2014 - December 12, 2014

The District Reacts to Wilson Non-Indictment

By James Wright and Linda Poulson Special to the AFRO District political leaders and residents criticized the recent decision by a St. Louis County, Mo. grand jury not to indict Darren Wilson, a White Ferguson police officer for killing Michael Brown, an unarmed Black teenager.

On Dec. 1 protesters blocked cars on the 14th Street Bridge in the morning and lay in the streets of Northwest throughout the day in opposition of the verdict.

“We cannot let this injustice stand,” said Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo, a spokesperson for the D.C.-based Hands Up Coalition. “Darren Wilson’s own grand jury testimony is replete with racially biased hate speech; referring to Michael Brown as a ‘demon,’ ‘grunting,’ ‘crazy’ and ‘Hulk Hogan.’”

“I feel that cops are after African Americans and people of color in general.”

–Antoinette Wimbish The rain did not stop the shouts “No Justice, No Peace!;” “These Are Our Children and We Say No More!” and “We Need Darren Wilson Brought to Justice Now!” that joined in unison after several speakers addressed the District’s protesters.

Speakers included WPFW radio host Verna Avery Brown, Medea Benjamin of CODE Pink, former U.S. Marshal and DEA agent Matthew Fogg, and Kymone Freeman of We Act Radio.

Freeman said he was disappointed that things are the way they are despite the country having a Black president and a Black attorney general.

“There are cops driving in fancy cars picking people at random to stop and frisk,“ he said. “Police were created just to deal with us.”

Freeman continued by asking the crowd, “Name a case when a White cop was arrested and indicted for killing a Black person. This is our problem. This is an uprising.”

D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) said that the grand jury decision will “always be controversial.”, in a statement released Nov. 25, the day after St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Robert P. McCulloch announced the decision.

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“The inspection of the grand jury proceedings, the ongoing Justice Department investigation to determine if there has been racial profiling and excessive force by the Ferguson Police Department and the Justice Department investigation of possible civil rights violations, as well as potential civil litigation, may still provide closure and justice in the case of Michael Brown,” Norton said.

Brown’s killing set off weeks of civil unrest in Ferguson and re-ignited a AP Photo national discussion of African Some of the several hundred demonstrators marching down M Street in Georgetown Americans’ relationship with Nov. 29 towards the key bridge. law enforcement officials.

Immediately after Brown’s death, D.C. Mayor Vincent Down.” They ultimately ended up at Lafayette Square, across Gray (D) and D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier said that the city from the White House. has been sparred Ferguson-like incidents because it practices Earlier that day, a smaller number of demonstrators visited community-oriented policing, which mandates officers getting the D.C. Police Headquarters, the Office of Police Complaints, to know the residents they protect. the John A. Wilson Building and the transition office of MayorD.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie (D-Ward 5) is elect Muriel Bowser (D) to encourage law enforcement and skeptical about Gray and Lanier’s assertion. political leaders to support a strong police civilian review “If we are honest with ourselves, we recognize what board. happened that fateful night in August could have happened Stephon Bell participated in the pre-march rally that took anywhere in the United States,” McDuffie, who used to work as place at the Carnegie Library at Mount Vernon. Bell said that a prosecutor for the Prince George’s County State’s Attorney, the time for talk is over. said. “It could have happened right here in Washington, D.C.” “We need to galvanize everyone in the community,” he He said he thinks it would be great if District residents said. “We need to make something happen. Darren Wilson is continue to be engaged in preventing Brown-like situations in a superficial issue and we need to look at the root cause of the the future. problem of Black people being killed by police.”

“It begins and ends with you and me,” McDuffie said.

Antoinette Wimbish, who also attended the rally, said that “Michael Brown’s death would truly be in vain if we do not the Brown killing has influenced her in other ways. learn from it and move forward accordingly.”

“I wanted to be a police officer,” she said. “Now I don’t. I In addition to protests on Dec. 1, District activists also feel lately that cops are after African Americans and people of jammed the streets of downtown in the Mount Vernon Squarecolor in general.”

Gallery Place area on Nov. 25 to show their displeasure with While the march held up traffic on New York Avenue the grand jury decision. They held up signs saying that “Black during rush hour, Alena Banks, who waited patiently for the Lives Matter” and “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot” and chanted with demonstrators to move on, said that she was not upset. former D.C. Council at-large candidate Eugene Puryear when “This is amazing,” Banks said, sitting in her car. “You have he said “Justice for Michael Brown, Racist Cop Shot Him all types of people out here for Michael Brown. That’s great.”

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announced an ambitious goal to increase the nation’s population of college graduates from 40 percent to 60 percent by 2020. This translates into over 13 million more young people earning associate or baccalaureate degrees. NAFEO expects that slightly over 1 percent of these new college grads (167,000) will come from HBCUs. And while this may be a small number, even to hit this mark, HBCU students will need more in the way of federal and state student financial aid. Critics like Jarrett L. Carter from the HBCUDigest.com said the Obama administration

Garner family attorney Jonathan Moore tells the Associated Press (AP) that he has been informed that no charges would be issued by the grand jury.

“I am actually astonished based on the evidence of the video tape, and the medical examiner, that this grand jury at this time wouldn’t indict for anything, is really just astonishing,” Moore told the AP. The grand jury had been convened in September and was investigating whether there was sufficient evidence to charge officer Daniel Pantaleo with any crimes in Garner’s death.

Pantaleo had placed Garner in a chokehold and wrestled him to the ground along with a group of other officers while arresting him for selling loose, untaxed cigarettes. He has been suspended from the force and still faces an internal investigation by the NYPD, reports the New York Times.

“…HBCU students will need more in the way of federal and state student financial aid.”

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has actually made it more difficult for HBCU students to get money for college. “[The Obama administration says we] will give you more money for [financial aid] but we make [it] harder to get,” notes Carter. He points to the 2011 changes in the Parent PLUS loan program, which was a vital source of HBCU funding. Under the rule change, parents who had “chargeoffs” and debt accounts that were under collection for the past five years were excluded from the program. This resulted in a loss to HBCUs totaling over $160 million. To the Administration’s credit, the PLUS loan rule change was largely reversed last month due to the public outcry led by the Congressional Black Caucus and HBCU presidents.

The Obama administration’s new higher education accountability rules have also drawn criticism from HBCU advocates. They say the rating system tying a college’s eligibility for federal financial aid dollars to retention and graduation could negatively impact HBCUs. These institutions train a disproportionate share of students with less preparation and money needed to stay in school and graduate.

Carter also notes that our first African American president has “…no one on his cabinet, no one in his inner circle, with any ties to or experience with Black colleges.”

While acknowledging these criticisms, supporters of the Obama Administration point to high profile HBCU advocates within the Department of Education including Dr. George Cooper, past South Carolina State University president, and Dr. Ivory Toldson, a former Howard University professor and editor of the Journal of Negro Education. Both lead the White House Initiative on HBCUs, among others.

These HBCU supporters within the Obama Administration recently got a key ally in the form of Congressman Bobby Scott (D-Va.) who last week became the leading Democrat on the House Education Committee, with direct oversight for federal HBCU funding. While a graduate of Harvard and Boston College, Scott represents Hampton University and three other HBCUs.

said.

He plans to sign an executive order to create a Task Force on 21st Century Policing, which will include law enforcement and community leaders.

The purpose would be to examine how to reduce crime while maintaining public trust through measures like increased police training. The task force is being co-chaired

by Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles H. Ramsey and Laurie Robinson, a professor at George Mason University and former assistant attorney general at the Justice Department.

According to White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest, “The president and his administration are very focused on the underlying issues that have been uncovered in a pretty raw way in Ferguson, [Mo.]” However, body cameras are only part of the puzzle to correct the violations so many across the country and the world feel toward the police.

“I think it is a very good first step,” Rev. Jamal H. Bryant, pastor of Empowerment Temple in Baltimore told the AFRO Dec. 2. “I don’t think it is a holistic remedy, because the

“There is a big difference between our military and our local law enforcement and we don’t want those lines blurred.”

–President Obama grand jury can’t wear body cameras.”

He said he thinks the whole criminal justice system needs to be reevaluated, including disproportionate sentencing, racial profiling, and excessive force.

According to Bryant, there are still unanswered questions that civil rights activists, politicians and others are asking, such as where and for how long will data be held?

Will the tapes be video and audio? What angle will the cameras show? He gave an example of the 12-year-old shot and killed by police in Cleveland, Ohio that was filmed. “I think we’re going into unchartered territory,” Bryant said.

Body cameras on officers are not an innovative thought.

Authorities in several municipalities around the country, including New York, California and the District, have been using body cameras. According to the AFRO, District police began participating in a body camera

pilot program on Oct. 1.

“Our Metropolitan Police Department has been a leader in using technology to aid policing and public safety, and I want to commend Chief Lanier and the department for implementing this program, which has been in the works for more than a year,” D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray said at a press conference in September. “Especially since the unfortunate incidents in Ferguson, Mo. have brought the issue of body cameras to national attention. I’m proud that MPD will continue to show leadership in this area.”

In Baltimore, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake vetoed a city council bill requiring all Baltimore police officers to wear body cameras. Her reasons were not that she doesn’t want police to wear cameras but of other concerns with the legislation, the AFRO reported.

Among those concerns are the collection and retention of data, which includes

determining whether the city will create its own IT infrastructure for storing and documenting the data or use a private, cloud-based solution; determining how and when videos are attached to incident reports; when officers are allowed to review the video with respect to writing reports or making statements about a particular incident; how long data should be stored; and an accurate estimate of costs to ensure the sustainability of any program implemented.

“We will have body cameras in Baltimore. I just want people to be very very clear,” Rawlings-Blake told the AFRO. She laid out a number of the policy concerns in a city work group she convened last month. She is currently investigating this policy in order to make formal recommendations in early 2015.

Washington Editor LaTrina Antoine and AFRO writers Linda Poulson and Roberto Alejandro contributed to this article.

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Safeway and Events D.C. Celebrate 15th Annual Feast of Sharing

By Shantella Sherman Special to the AFRO

Troy Berry was sworn in Dec. 2.

Troy Berry, Charles County’s First Black Sheriff

By AFRO Staff Charles County, Md. swore in Troy Berry Dec. 2, the county’s first AfricanAmerican sheriff in the office’s 356-year history.

Berry told NBC, “There’s a single reason I entered the political race -- to become sheriff of Charles County.

Thousands of District residents enjoyed a free traditional turkey meal with all of the trimmings served by hundreds of volunteers as part of Safeway’s 15th Annual Feast of Sharing. Undertaken in conjunction with Events D.C., the community event held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, included a job fair, a free clothing hall, health screenings for diabetes and vaccinations.

Along with a host of volunteers and community partners including the Salvation Army, Unity Health Care, Metropolitan Baptist Church, SunTrust Bank, Centerplate/NBSE and the Veterans Administration, many like Octavia Stannis, who had previously received services, came out to serve others.

“I lost my home several years ago after a battle with cancer and had some good people offer me clothing and a hot meal when I needed it the most.

Now that I am cancer-free and in a new home, I wanted to do the same for others.” Stannis said.

helped attendees find and try on donated clothing in the clothing hall and said that each year the demand seems to grow.

“I believe we have exceeded the 5,000 we were expecting,” he said. “There had been such a need across age groups and for such basic things as undergarments and socks that it makes many of us who are serving take pause and feel thankful for the things we take for granted.”

Safeway Manager of Public Affairs Craig M. Muckle described Safeway’s commitment to helping D.C.’s neediest residents as ongoing.

“While our employees and community partners look forward to the chance to give back each year, we hope there will come a time when all our neighbors can prosper and know where their next meal will come from,” said Muckle. “Until that time, Safeway and our partners remain committed to providing this opportunity for those – Craig M. Muckle, Safeway in need to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday as many of us do—in the company of others. We are thankful for “Everyone needs a little help sometimes, and as a the generosity of all who have made a contribution Christian, it is my duty to share my testimony and to create what has become a meaningful pass out a few hugs.”

Thanksgiving tradition in Washington.”

Volunteer Phillip Golden, a Southeast resident,

“Safeway and our partners remain committed to providing this opportunity for those in need to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday.”

I was not trying to make history, I was trying to make a difference.”

When he won the primary

election in June against incumbent Sheriff Rex Coffey, Berry promised to focus on integrity, ethics

and community policing, according to WUSA9.

Established in 1658, the Charles County Sheriff’s

Office is one of the oldest, full-service law enforcement agencies in the U.S.

Sheriff Berry will lead more than 600 police, corrections and civilian personnel.

For the Homeless, Winter Can be Life or Death

By Maya Allen Howard University News Service Doors open at 3 p.m. daily for scores of men to secure a bed for the night at Central Union Mission, a homeless shelter in Northwest Washington D.C. One by one, the men, young and old from all different walks of life, slowly trickled in recently through the open doors of the brick building on Massachusetts Avenue. There are 192 spots available for the homeless, and every day they fill quickly.

A few of the men were coming from work with no place to sleep for the night, but most were coming from the streets, seeking temporary refuge from the cold weather.

It is winter, and for hundreds of thousands of homeless men and women across the Washington region and the nation, finding shelter, particularly at night, can be the difference between life and death. Spend the night on the street, and they may not wake up the next morning.

Jennifer Paul is the development director of Thrive D.C., an organization that provides emergency services, meals and a place for the homeless to come out of the cold during the day. She knows the seriousness of this risk, which has proven to be deadly.

“When the temperature drops, people who are in shelter are encouraged to stay there,” Paul said.

According to media reports, at least seven homeless people froze to death last winter in Washington.

One, who was well known on Capitol Hill, died just a few blocks away from the White House. Another was found frozen to death in January in Oxen Hill, Md. Every night in America, more than 600,000 people are homeless, according to a A staff counselor walks inside Central Union Mission’s report by the U.S. Department building. The mission offers a residential program for men of Housing and Urban to help them successfully transition into society.

Development. Nearly 7,000 of those people, the report said, live in Washington, which has the highest rate of homelessness among major cities.

D.C. is one of three states that have a mandatory shelter law during hypothermia season, which opened Nov. 1. When the temperature drops below 32 degrees, government officials are required to provide emergency shelter for the homeless including individuals and families.

The city has faced hurdles in recent years with the surge of the homeless requesting shelter.

Advocates and government officials are actively working to keep even more individuals and families out of the cold and into the warmth of shelters and affordable housing this year.

In the midst of these freezing temperatures, the city opens what it calls low barrier emergency shelters to house more people. Normal hours are from 7a.m. to 7 p.m. On extremely cold weather days, the shelters are open 24 hours a day until the temperatures rise above freezing.

The city also opens additional overflow shelters for persons in various recreation centers around the city. If homeless people do not have the means to make it to one of the regular shelters, they are welcome in the overflow shelters.

At Central Union Mission, the men stood in line, patiently awaiting their turn. Each raised his hands while a staff member searched him with a metal detector for contraband or outside food.

Some retreated to the quiet dayroom where no talking is permitted. A few of the men closed their eyes while others intently watched the muted television, scripted with subtitles. A silent sadness filled the room.

Others preceded downstairs to the noisy dayroom where they talked and joked. Some watched the television, while others received haircuts from the shelter’s in-house barbers.

“The mission has always been to help the homeless, and we’ve been doing that for 130 years now,” said Rev. James Lewis, senior director of the mission and graduate of Howard University School of Divinity. This is his 14th year serving with the mission.

In 1884, Lewis said, the mission was a place of refuge for the homeless men roaming the streets of Pennsylvania Avenue. Many were Civil War veterans with no place to call home.

Photos by Maya Allen

After being let in to the shelter at 3 p.m., men chose to sit in the silent dayroom.

During the Great Depression of the 1920s and 30s, it was a children’s emergency home for families to leave their children when they didn’t have the means to take care of them anymore. It is the oldest social service agency in the D.C., he said.

Since the District’s temperatures have begun to drop below freezing and the winter season is approaching, the mission’s beds have been full every night, Lewis said.

“They don’t even have to leave when they wake up,” Lewis said. “They are free to go in and out all day. We don’t want to enable homelessness, but we treat every one that walks in here as our guest.”

Erik Salmi, the director of communications for Catholic Charities D.C., an organization that provides housing and shelter programs, works closely with different sites across the District to provide the best options for them during the winter season.

“Counting all of our shelters around the District, each night during the winter season, we provide more than 1800 beds for the homeless,” she said.

George Jones, program manager for the Nativity Shelter for Women and for all hypothermia shelters across the District, said housing the homeless during the winter is a yearlong process.

“As a matter of fact, all summer long they’re planning for the winter,” Jones said. “The first thing they estimate is how many individuals and families they are going to have to house, and then they determine what sites they are going to use along with the transportation.”

“When the temperature drops, people who are in shelter are encouraged to stay there.”

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COMMUNITY CONNECTION D.C.

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Peoples Congregational United Church Hosts Christmas Bazaar

AARP Brookland-Woodridge Chapter Holds Annual Holiday Luncheon

The Peoples Congregational United Church of Christ located at 4704 13th Street, N.W., will hold its annual Christmas Bazaar Dec. 7 from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Bazaar sponsored by Peoples’ Fellowship Committee, will include Christmas gifts, cards & decorations; calendars, unique gifts and a variety of jewelry & clothing vendors, and lots more.

Fish and chicken dinners will be available and a variety of baked goods. For more information call 202-829-5511.

The Brookland-Woodridge Chapter of the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) will host an Annual Holiday Luncheon to celebrate the glory of Christmas on Dec. 15 at 11 a.m. The luncheon will be held at the Northeastern Presbyterian Church Social Room located at 2112 Varnum Street N.E. Tickets are $25 per person. To get tickets and more information, contact Beulah Sutherland at 202.529.1088 or Richard Crutchfield at 202.236.3620.

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EDITORIAL

The Enormous Blessing of Marion Barry’s Incessant Civil Rights Spirit Washington D.C., indeed the entire Black community of this country, lost an enormous historical civil rights figure when former Washington D.C. Mayor passed away unexpectedly last week. The AFRO has had a long history of reporting on the many facets of Marion Barry’s life. During the 1960s we wrote about his efforts as a then emerging civil rights leader for the Student NonViolence Coordinating Committee who was staging sit-ins in the South at segregated lunch counters, movie theaters and large parts of American society. While it can be infuriating to recall that it wasn’t that long ago that Blacks were openly—and legally—prevented from entering certain businesses, Barry was at the forefront of the movement to end a kind of racism that was so embedded in society that its very pervasiveness made it unremarkable.

After nearly two decades of civil rights work Barry was elected mayor of Washington, D.C. in 1978. He became legendary for his summer jobs programs and awarding business to minority contractors as well as putting minorities and women into government

positions that had previously gone only to Whites. He would go on to be re-elected three times before going to jail for six months for cocaine possession after being caught in a Federal drug sting.

While this would be the end of most politicians, Barry nevertheless managed to come back: first as a council member of D.C.’s Ward 8 and then as mayor again in 1994. And therein lay Barry’s genius: No matter the odds against him, he always got back up and continued moving forward.

During his ‘94 campaign he told reporters: “Who can better help our city recover than someone who himself has gone through recovery?”

Marion Barry was clearly a man with problems. Those problems led the AFRO to withhold endorsing him in the Democratic primary in 1994 (The AFRO endorsed him in the general election). And while many of those problems played out in public, especially in his later years, Barry managed-somehow-- to just keep on going.

In that spirit, we leave you with a Barry

quote that you are unlikely to see as cited as some of his more colorful sayings: “If the White people are stupid enough not to listen to the legitimate demands of Colored people then

I think they have to suffer the consequences of these things and maybe it might wake them up.” Marion Barry, as quoted in the AFRO, in 1966.

COMMENTARY

Same Old Problem, Same Old Response In 1983, it was Michael Stewart, 25. He was a graffiti artist who was beaten to death in police custody in New York.

No one paid a price for his death. On the day of Stewart’s arrest, the Committee Against Racially Motivated Police Violence was holding a news conference. There were vigils.

That was 31 years ago.

For anyone who wonders why young people in Ferguson don’t want to have anything to do with old leadership, think Lauren Victoria on that.

Burke Brace for the usual cast of NNPA Columnist “misleadership” characters to “funnel Black peoples energies into official channels that go nowhere,” to quote activist Glenn Ford. African Americans have been dealing with police brutality for decades. Until new leadership and forceful solutions arrive the community will continue to deal with it.

And there has been plenty to deal with • In, 1999, Amadou Diallo, 23, was shot 19 times. The officers were acquitted.

• In 2004, Tim Stansbury, 19, was shot by a cop for no reason on a roof. A grand jury ruled it “an accident.” No one was prosecuted.

• Ten years later, the same thing happened. Akai Gurley, 28, was shot dead in Brooklyn in a stairwell by a cop in another

“unfortunate tragedy.”

• Eric Garner was strangled to death on a sidewalk by Daniel Pantaleo, a cop with two previous lawsuits against him, in one of which the city paid damages. It’s likely Pantaleo will pay no price for Garner’s death.

• Earlier this month Tamir Rice, 12, was shot less than three seconds after the police arrived.

• In August, John Crawford, 22, was shot dead in a Wal-Mart in Ohio looking at a toy gun.

• In St. Louis, while everyone was discussing the case of Michael Brown being shot dead by Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson, cops shot Kajieme Powell, 25, to death 16 seconds after their arrival.

• Vonderrick Myers, 18, was shot 17 times by an off duty cop a month after Brown was shot.

Again, no one indicted.

St. Louis Police Chief Sam Dotson lied to reporters about Powell’s actions, saying Powell was holding a knife over his head with “an overhand grip” within “three or four feet” of officers. Then – whoops – a video surfaced showing Powell doing no such thing.

“Young black males in recent years were at a far greater risk of being shot dead by police than their white counterparts – 21 times greater,” according to a ProPublica study in October. The incidents happen at a time when crime is at a record low in the U.S. Many of the 600,000 police officers in America do a great job. But it cannot be ignored that the cases of Garner, Brown, Powell, Myers, Gurley and Rice occur at a time when death in the line of duty for cops is at its lowest point in 40 years. In 2013, the fewest number of cops was murdered in the line of duty: 27. That was a 44 percent decrease from the 49 officers

Marion Barry: A Man for All People

No one is neutral about D.C. “Mayor for Life” Marion Shepilov Barry Jr. You either love him or despise him; there is no in-between. He gave no room for inbetween. He was, indeed, “all that!”

The larger than life “People’s Prodigal Prince,” as I once dubbed him while he was singing his redemption song, was beloved or berated, even in death. Some sobbed; some said good riddance when they heard the news of his passing on Nov. 23 after long-suffering health complications.

Will the good he did for others outweigh the bad he did to himself? I hope so. His supporters will have to insist so. “I helped a lot, a lot, a lot of people,” he said in a February radio interview with me. And his autobiographical narrative is replete with examples of his trademark altruism, as it should be.

For those of us in the D.C. press corps who spent decades chasing him, he was remembered by a colleague as, “The gift that keeps on giving.” Stories, that is: We never had to wait long before bodacious Barry would provide cannon fodder for a front page story, or a “breaking news” live shot, or even, in my case, the once-in-a-lifetime “Extra” edition.

To know Barry and all his complexities – and there were many as his political trajectory went from school board to D.C. Council member to mayor and back to the council as its Ward 8 representative -- was not necessary to grow to like him, but at the very least to learn to respect him as a masterful politician,

Adrienne Washington

as I did despite all his shenanigans I took him to task for over the years. And, quiet as it’s kept, so did others in the seemingly hostile local press corps. His stories made several successful journalism careers, including mine.

Barry was anything but dumb or dull. Few people knew that he possessed such a brilliant mind, so much so that he was on his way to earning a doctorate degree in chemistry, but was serendipitously derailed by his quick rise in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) by his natural leadership qualities and his innate yearning to be a man of the people, or as he often said, “the lost, the least, and the left out.”

The young, brash Brother Barry was the embodiment of all many folks believed the Civil Rights Movement would bring them. He was James Brown’s model for “say it loud, I’m black and I’m proud.” The frail, senior Barry may have lost that “Pride Inc.,” ‘60s stride in his step, but he never lost the agitator’s passion in his voice to fight for those who couldn’t fight for themselves. Even at his darkest hour, the inspiration and the lesson learned was “if Barry can fall and get back up, so can I.” D.C. businessman Joe Johnson told me that he and “MB,” as close friends called him, spoke hours before the Ward 8 councilman collapsed and died. “Marion was upset about businesses not giving him enough money to buy turkeys for his Thanksgiving giveaway,” Johnson said. “[Barry] said, ‘Man, I got to get more turkeys’.”

Even to his last breath, Barry was more worried about others

killed in 2012.

So what is it? Why now? Why are cops drawing their guns in dark stairwells with no verified threat? Why couldn’t Darren Wilson arrest a flip-flop clad jaywalking alleged cigar thief without shooting him to death? Is it poor training? Is it low IQ cops joined with low hiring standards? Is it watching too many movies? Some even theorize it’s a backlash to President Obama.

Whatever it is, the problem has long needed political attention.

What is it about American police that in 2013, 461 people were shot dead by them? No other industrialized nation has a stat anywhere close to that. But the factually-challenged, led by Rudy Giuliani, who loves race games, are suddenly obsessed with Black on Black crime. Speaking on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” former New York City mayor said, “Ninety-three percent of Blacks are killed by other Blacks.”

In 2011, 6,329 Black people were murdered in the U.S. – 93 percent by other Blacks. Whites kill each other at a similar rate.

There is little difference between the rate of Blacks and Whites because most homicide victims know their murderer. What Guiliani left out was the chances of being murdered in the U.S. are 1 in 19,000. The odds of dying of heart disease is 1 in 517.

That is not to say changes aren’t needed. Body cameras on all police officers, a Justice Department update of their racial profiling language for federal police, a federal investigation into local fines and St. Louis municipal government and an end to Pentagon program 1033 would be a start.

Lauren Victoria Burke is a freelance writer and creator of the blog Crewof42.com, which covers African-American members of Congress. She can be reached through her website, laurenvictoriaburke.com, or Twitter @Crewof42 or by e-mail at LBurke007@gmail.com.

than himself.

As a personal example, he discovered my late mother’s name and her phone number on one of his many trips to the Northwest senior citizen apartment building she lived in. He phoned her so often to check on her health, that one day she asked, “Would you please tell Marion Barry to stop calling me?”

Once when I visited him in Howard University Hospital, he had all manner of tubes coming out of him and breathing machines hissing and blowing steam. Barry looked over to the panoramic picture window of the VIP suite, waved his hand across the landscape view and said, “How do you like my city I built?” I couldn’t help it; we both burst out in laughter. “Indeed, you did.”

In what would be my last broadcast interview with him earlier this year on the “Lyndia Grant: Think on These Things Show,” a hospitalized Barry was not expected to live much longer. News organizations all over town were dusting off his obituary. He, however, was preparing for his 78th birthday party.

“Hell, I got more than nine lives,” that self-assured, sly cat said referring to the 2010 HBO documentary “The Nine Lives of Marion Barry.”

Clearly he spent them all, but not without being a man of the people; indeed, “The People’s Prodigal Prince.”

Adrienne T. Washington is a veteran DC-based columnist who can be reached at awashingtonnote@aol.com.

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

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Howard Holds HIV Stigma Conference

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12-year-old Tamir Rice was shot Nov. 22.

Memorial Service Set for Tamir Rice, 12, Shot by Cleveland Cop CLEVELAND (AP) — A church official says a large crowd is expected at the memorial service for a 12-year-old boy who had a pellet gun when he was shot by a Cleveland police officer.

The service honoring Tamir Rice was scheduled Dec. 3 at Mount Sinai Baptist Church. Its development director told the Northeast Ohio Media Group the service would be open to the public as long as there’s available space at the church, which seats about 1,000 people.

In a statement, Tamir’s family thanked supporters and said a donation fund was set up to help cover funeral expenses.

Police say the rookie officer who shot Tamir on Nov. 22 believed the boy had a real firearm. He actually had an airsoft gun, which shoots plastic pellets.

A grand jury will consider whether charges are merited.

activist, musician and poet who has been HIV positive since birth; and Justin Terry Smith, HIV positive activist and blogger.

“I strongly believe that we have

“Women still by a margin, in terms of the context of sexual and reproductive health issues, were not Howard University’s fifth Annual explicitly identified, laid out, nor given HIV Stigma Conference on Nov. 21 aims and metrics in the national HIV/ brought together hundreds of AIDS Strategy,” said health care providers, public Diallo. “Some issues health officials, activists, are broken out by students, faith leaders, people population once you affected by HIV and experts look at the particular from across the globe to aims of the strategy and discuss strategies to eliminate none of those speak the stigma and mental health specifically to the cases complications associated with of women.” the disease.

Another panel, “We must deal with entitled Community Photo by Victoria Jones Programs and stigma. I see how much Paulina Muchina gives speech for HIV Stigma Conference. Interventions to money goes into treatment, I believe in treatment you know.

Address Stigma, I believe in these wonderful addressed issues such as programs that are being funded all the power to change,” stated Muchina. community programs and interventions over the world, but I see very little “We continue to challenge the to address stigma, the importance efforts being put at the community governments of the world to continue of addressing stigma when offering level and dealing with forces that are implementing, not just making the HIV care and treatment services, and exacerbating stigma, such as religious laws and the rules.” building resilience and challenging and cultural traditions,” said Paulina A Human Rights and Health panel stigma. Panelists included Manisha Muchina, founder of Future African in Howard University’s College of Maskay, principal investigator, Leaders Project, during her speech.

Medicine Red Room discussed sexual Maurice Evans, network navigator, The conference also showcased and reproductive health and the Carla Zelaya, assistant scientist, the work of human rights activists exclusion of women in the national and Noerine Kaleeba, programme and artists who are leading the fight HIV/AIDS strategy along with several development adviser for the Joint against stigma across the globe. other topics. The panel consisted of United Nations Programme on HIV/ Community leaders that were at the Benjamin Mason Meier, assistant AIDS (UNAIDS). event included Maria Mejia, Latino professor of global health policy, The event also addressed topics HIV positive writer and activist; Salaam Semaan, deputy associate such as the ethics of HIV disclosure, Gee Session Smalls, co-founder of director for Science, Dazon Dixon sex, using peer community health The Gentlemen’s Foundation ; Mary Diallo, founder and president of worker model to overcome stigma, and Bowman, Washington HIV/AIDS SisterLove, Inc. and Muchina.

HIV stigma in the faith community.

By Victoria Jones Special to the AFRO

DC Mayor for Life

Continued from A1

AFRO closely followed the trial closely in which the mayor was sentenced to six months in prison in August 1990, a term he began serving in October 1991.

Murphy visited Barry while he was incarcerated and kept readers informed on his activities as a private citizen. She supported his election to the D.C. Council as the Ward 8 council member in 1992.

It was no secret among AFRO employees that Barry communicated with Murphy on what he thought about the

newspaper on a weekly basis.

“Mrs. Murphy called me into her office and said she was going to visit Barry in prison and spend the day, which threw me for a curve. I distinctly remember the photos that she brought back,” Edgar Brookins, general manager for the Washington AFRO, said Nov. 24.

“I first became acquainted with “Mayor for Life” Marion Barry back in 1991 when Mrs. Frances Murphy introduced him to me doing one of his occasional visits to the D.C. office

AFRO Archives Photo

D.C. Mayor Marion Barry walks a city neighborhood with D.C. Council Chairman David Clarke. when we were located on 14th St. in Northwest,” he said as he remembered the prominence the former four term Mayor held in D.C. Barry was heavily vested in the progression of civil rights as an organizer for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee to fighting for equal opportunity and economic development for D.C. residents, including his Summer Youth Employment Program and housing programs for the elderly among others.

“My most vivid memory of Barry is that whenever he walked into a room (always notoriously late), everyone, I mean everyone gravitated toward him to grab his hand and I would say to myself, ‘this brother has power,’” Brookins said, charactering Barry as divisive, arrogant, flamboyant and an agent of change.

In homage to his life, Oprah broadcast her last interview with Barry on OWN Nov. 23 and several Black political figures, including President Barack Obama, Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) and Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-Ohio), chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus among others released statements on his passing.

“Michelle and I were saddened to hear of the passing of Marion Barry. Marion was born a sharecropper’s son, came of age during the Civil Rights Movement, and became a fixture in D.C. politics for decades,” Obama said, mentioning Barry’s dedication to instituting programs not only TO lift people out of poverty, but also initiate D.C.’s pursuit of home rule. “Through a storied, at times tumultuous life and career, he earned the love and respect of countless Washingtonians, and Michelle and I extend our deepest sympathies to Marion’s family, friends and constituents today.”

Prince George’s County Exec.

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George’s County,” Baker said. “ One of those people was Wayne K. Curry. It was Wayne’s vision for this County that raised our profile locally and nationally. He taught us that we should be proud of this county and what it represents. This county, this state and this region, are better because of his work and vision. Wayne will be missed, but his love, wisdom, strength and tenacity will serve as our inspiration.”

In memory of Curry, Baker said that his seat, in the front row, is still vacant.

December 6, 2014 - December 12, 2014, The Afro-American

Alpha Chapter, Chi Eta Phi Sorority held its 48th Annual Fashion Show and Luncheon, Lovely Lady Presents, “Capturing the Season,” Oct. 26, at Martin’s Crosswinds, Greenbelt, Md. Under the leadership of chapter president, Brenda Ingram and the Ways and Means Committee chaired

by Janet E. Jones and co-chair, Delores Washington, guests were treated to an afternoon of lively music, a vendor’s showcase, door prizes, a sumptuous meal and a fashion show extravaganza by the Lovely Lady Boutique. S.O.M.E/So Others May Eat was presented with a Community Service Award which including some holiday gifts. The afternoon ended with Alpha Chapter reaffirming its commitment of service to the community.

Misty Turner, the fashion show commentator, being escorted by a male model; she styles on the runway

Women’s suits...different styles for different occasions

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Greetings from Brenda Ingram, chapter president

Photos by Rob Roberts

Afia Brown, a chapter member decided to strut the runway

Time to give some door prizes “Capturing the Season” as represented by these lovely models

Janet Jones and her mother, right, and Peola McCaskill

Music by the G-Clefts Kittie Dowdy, Harriet Tate and Agnes McLinton

Juanita Hall, Gwendolyn Webster and Gloria Williams

A style setter, eye-opener sleek colorful gown with a high slit...can you wear me?

Tanya Mitchell was the winner of the 50/50 raffle

Janet Jones, left, chair, Ways and Means Committee, presents gifts to S.O.M.E., represented by Lon’Dras Bradley and LaTonya Price

The Ways and Means Committee

The National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Prince William County Chapter(PWCC) held its 2nd Annual Fundraising Gala under the theme: “An Excellent Journey Through Glitz, Glamour and Giving” on Nov 8 at the Renaissance Arlington Capitol View Hotel, Arlington, Va. Kudos to the gala planning committee, chaired by Sherry Stone and co-chaired by Roxie Curtis and

the leadership of the chapter president and organizer, Dr. Alice Howard for providing an elegant evening for the guests in attendance. The evening included the presentation of the Executive Board and chapter members; a silent auction; a fabulous dinner with music by the Mike Girdy Quartet and door prizes. Gospel Artist Marcus Willey was the gala host. The evening concluded with guests jamming on the dance floor with music by DJ Thomas Verdun.

Dr. Alice Howard, president and organizer with her sister, Roxie Curtis, Gala co-chairperson Raven Thompson, Joyce Hinton, Cassandra Lakin, Lesleye William, Barbara William and Georgette Agnew

Cheryl Harris, Lorraine Jackson, Danielle Miles and Rev. Valena Metcalfe

Carl Murphy Humphrey, Constance Torian and Rev. Luke Torian, pastor, First Mount Zion Baptist Church and Commonwealth of Virginia legislator

Omega brothers: Calvin Cherry, Victor Hinton, Edgar Brookins and Conrado Morgan

Gala host, Gospel Artist Marcus Wiley, Sherry Stone and Roxie Curtis

Catrina Stroman, Beverly Johnson, Dr. Alice Howard, Chanel Pittman and Ashley Johnson Col. (Ret.) Conrado and Dr. Phyllis Morgan

Dr. Alice Howard, founder and organizer of the PWCC

Latrina Antoine and Sherry Stone, Gala chairperson

The Mike Girdy Quartet Dr. Deidra Haralson and Floyd Haralson

Members of the Prince Williams County Chapter, National Coalition of 100 Black Women Photos by Rob Roberts

Acknowledgements of special guests by Sheila Coleman, first vice president of programs

Katherine and Willie Washington, Douglas and Angela Davis and Audrey White

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HBCU NEWS HUD Secretary Julián Castro to Address Morgan’s December Grads Morgan State University President David Wilson has announced that Julián Castro, secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), will address Morgan’s graduates at the December 2014 Commencement.

This will be the second December graduation in the University’s 147-year history.

Castro, the 16th secretary of HUD, commands a $46-billion budget of an agency with 8,000 employees. He was

sworn in on July 28, 2014.

President Obama has described Castro as, “a proven leader, a champion for safe, affordable housing and strong, sustainable neighborhoods.”

In 2010, he was selected as one of Time Magazine’s list of rising stars in American politics

and placed on the World Economic Forum’s list of Young Global Leaders.

Julián Castro is an attorney who has served not only as a member of the city council in his hometown of San Antonio, Texas but also as that city’s mayor. During his term as mayor, Castro is credited with refocusing attention on San Antonio’s downtown

and center city district, producing new investment from the city’s private sector and producing over 2400 new housing units. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Stanford University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.

Morgan’s December 2014 Commencement is scheduled for December 19th at 10:00 a.m. in the Murphy Fine Arts Center’s Gilliam Concert Hall, 2201 Argonne Drive on the University’s South Campus.

Tuskegee University Announces Year-long Celebration Honoring Booker T. Washington

By Jonathan Hunter Special to the AFRO Tuskegee University announced that they will honor their founder Booker T. Washington with a yearlong celebration which began in mid-November 2014 and will run through Nov. 14, 2015, the 100th anniversary of his death.

The yearlong celebration will consist of lectures, community outreach activities and symposia to showcase Washington’s visionary leadership. The goal of the year will be to remember Washington’s service and progress through education.

“As we prepare for this centennial year marking his passing, let us be ever mindful that the Tradition he installed is the Trajectory this institution shall ever follow,” Tuskegee University President Brian L. Johnson said in a statement. “This institution will always honor Booker

T. Washington.”

Washington is a remembered as a skilled organizer and fundraiser that advocated for African-American business. He is credited with the development of other educational institutions in the south and, under Washington’s leadership, what was then called Tuskegee Institute rose to national prominence.

He served as principal of the institution from July, 4, 1881 until his passing in November, 1915.

When Washington passed away, the institution boasted 1,500 students, a $2 million dollar endowment, 40 trades—known today as majors— and 100 buildings.

The institution still holds a prestigious reputation and was ranked fifth among the “Best Regional Colleges in the South” in 2013, according to U.S News World and Report. Forbes ranks Tuskegee as one of the 600 best colleges and universities in the country.

For more information on the upcoming yearlong celebration, follow the hashtag #HonorBTW on Twitter.

Former Congressman Dellums Named Social Work Cosby Scholar at Howard University

By Maria Adebola AFRO Staff Writer Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives and political activist Ronald Dellums was recognized as the 2014-15 William H. Cosby Jr. and Camille O. Hanks Cosby Scholar at Howard University.

In his role as the Cosby scholar, Dellums is charged with working with Howard’s faculty and students at the university’s School of Social Work on issues related to social justice and social work topics.

During the academic year, Dellums will be based in the E. Franklin Frazier Center and will present a forum titled “The Politics of Ferguson,” in addition to delivering a presentation on poverty among older veterans to the Multidisciplinary Center.

“Congressman Dellums will help to stimulate a needed dialogue and direction related to public policy, poverty and social work,” interim Dean of the School of Social Work Sandra Edmonds Crewe said in a statement.

Dellums was born and raised in West Oakland, Calif. and attended San Francisco University, where he earned a bachelor of arts degree. He received a masters in social work from the University of California, Berkeley.

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In his role as the Cosby scholar, Ron Dellums is charged with working with Howard’s faculty and students at the university’s School of Social Work.

Dellums is noted as a political leader, an avid advocate for peace and social equality, a teacher and the author of several books. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives for 13 terms and served as the mayor of Oakland from 2007 to 2011.

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ARTS & CULTURE

Tavis on Repositioning Dr. King as a Revolutionary

By Kam Williams Special to the AFRO Tavis Smiley is the host and managing editor of “Tavis Smiley on PBS,” and “The Tavis Smiley Show” from Public Radio International. He is also the author of 16 best-selling books. Here, he talks about his latest opus, Death of a King.

Kam Williams: Hi Tavis, thanks for the time, brother.

Tavis Smiley: Always nice to speak with you, Kam. KW: I have lots of questions for you from readers. Attorney Bernadette Beekman says: I know that your book deals with the last year of King’s life when the tide was turning against him, such as the Black Panthers, Ralph Bunche, and others in the movement. Now, Dr.

King is viewed as a martyr. Was it difficult for those still living to now speak negatively about King?

TS: Good question, Bernadette. Now that he is a dead martyr, rarely do people speak negatively of him. My point is that it’s easy to celebrate and applaud dead martyrs. The problem is that when King was here and in our faces, and talking about inconvenient truths, like what he called the triple threat facing our democracy--racism, poverty and militarism—everybody turned on him. Yet, 50 years after his assassination, what do we see when we look at Ferguson, Missouri? Racism, poverty and militarism! We have deified King in death, so it’s easy for people to say nice things about him now. But in life, we demonized him.

KW: Harriet Pakula-Teweles says: An historical biography of the last year of Dr. King’s life, no matter how beautiful a tribute, is it really what we need to read now to get it right?

TS: Absolutely! The answer’s “Yes,” because we come to know who we really are in life during the dark and difficult and desolate days of our journey. If you think you respect and revere Dr. King, wait ‘til you read this book. You’re going to feel that way even more so afterwards, because you’ll get to see how he navigated the most difficult period of his life, the last year of his life when everybody turned against him. That’s what fascinates me about him. After reading this book, you’ll have a different appreciation of Dr. King. It’s important to see him in his full complexity, and be honest about the fact that we help to kill King because we abandoned him. And once we abandoned him, we isolated him, which made it easy for someone to assassinate him. It was a three-step process.

KW: Editor/Legist Patricia Turnier asks: Do you have any interest in entering politics?

TS: Let me put it like this, “N, O, NO!” And put that in caps.

racism, sick with militarism, sick with a system that perpetuates poverty.” If Dr. King were still alive, what do you think his assessment of present-day America would be?

TS: Excellent question!

He’d pick up right where he left off, talking about that triple threat of racism, poverty and militarism. Even in the era of the first black president, racism is still the most intractable issue in this country. Regarding poverty, half of all Americans are either in or near poverty. Poverty is certainly worse for African-Americans now than it was during King’s lifetime.

And there’s a highway into poverty, but barely a sidewalk out. This is not a skill problem, it’s a will problem, and King would be challenging us about the lack of our will to eradicate poverty. On militarism, the growth of the Military-Industrial Complex has been exponential since his assassination. If he were here now, he’d have a strong critique of the American empire’s militaristic approach to the world. And frankly, he’d have a strong critique of the Obama administration on its use of drones.

KW: Chandra McQueen says: This year marks the 50th anniversary of Dr. King’s winning the Nobel Peace Prize. Do you think Obama is as deserving of his?

TS: I want to be as charitable as I can be, here. It’s been very difficult, sometimes heartbreaking to watch this war President with a Nobel Peace Prize, navigate his presidency.

KW: Have you considered having some of Smiley Books translated into other languages?

TS: We’ve translated some, but we could do more.

KW: Vassar professor Mia Mask asks: What’s up with your campaign against Obama? Isn’t it somewhat self-serving?

What, if anything, have you and Cornel West accomplished with your public criticism of the President?

TS: I am not engineering a campaign against Obama. My work and witness is about holding our leaders accountable.

KW: Kyle Moore asks: What has to be done to change to the political stalemate we see in Washington?

TS: We need to elect leaders who understand that leadership is about loving and serving people, not about self-advancement.

KW: Thanks for another great interview, Tavis.

TS: Thank you, Kam. I look forward to reading it.

KW: Patricia says: You quote Dr. King asserting that “Our nation is sick with

Book Review

The Light of Truth: Writings of an Anti-Lynching Crusader

By Kam Williams Special to the AFRO

“Ida B. Wells was born a slave in Holly Springs, Mississippi in 1862. After beginning a teaching career to support her orphaned siblings, she moved to Memphis to become a journalist…

In 1883, she was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a train, an experience that she chronicled in her first published piece. Though Wells achieved success as a writer, editor and even co-owner of a newspaper, her greatest accomplishments came after the lynching of a close friend in 1892 spurred her into a lifelong anti-lynching campaign.

She published powerful diatribes against lynching, leading to death threats and forced exile in the North…

Wells devoted the rest of her life to civil rights, publishing widely and delivering impassioned speeches.”

–Excerpted from the Introduction (page i) Over 70 years before Rosa Parks refused to move to the back of the bus, Ida Wells was

“…Ida recounts case after case in which a rush to judgment led to a gross miscarriage of justice.”

similarly arrested for refusing to surrender her seat on a train to a white person. Wells survived the ordeal and was eventually inspired to embark on an impressive career as an eloquent advocate on behalf of African-American civil rights.

Her specific focus was lynching. After all, the practice went unpunished for over a century during which not one white person was ever tried, convicted and executed for employing that brand of vigilante justice against any of the thousands and thousands of black men, women and children victims. Edited by Mia Bay and Dr. Henry Louis

Gates, Jr., The Light of Truth is a collection of Ida’s fiery essays, culled from her early writings.

In a professional and persuasive journalist tone, Ida recounts case after case in which a rush to judgment led to a gross miscarriage of justice. For example, in Selma Alabama a “colored man named Daniel Edwards” was hung from a tree and riddled with bullets as a “warning to all Negroes that are too intimate with white girls.”

Truth be told, he had secretly dated the daughter of his employer for over a year until the scandalous relationship produced a biracial child.

Another entry discusses the details of the 1892 lynching in Quincy,

Mississippi of five AfricanAmericans merely on suspicion of poisoning a Caucasian, despite their already having been declared innocent by the local coroner.

In this instance, Ida chastises white Christian ministers for failing to give the matter “more than a passing comment” in the pulpit. She goes on to cite the slayings as “proof of the moral degradation of the people of Mississippi.” And so forth.

A debt of gratitude is owed Ida Wells for preserving for posterity a host of illustrative examples of racist mobs bent on satiating their bloodlust by visiting violence on the bodies of blacks in vile fashion without any concern about guilt or innocence.

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Mo’ne Davis Memoir Coming Next March The Associated Press

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NEW YORK (AP) — A memoir when you’re still a teenager may seem premature, but not for Mo’ne Davis, the first female pitcher to win a Little League World Series game.

“Mo’ne Davis: Remember My Name” will be released next March by HarperCollins Children’s Books, the publisher told The Associated Press on Monday.

The honor roll student from Philadelphia became a sensation last summer after leading the Taney Dragons to a 4-0 victory over Nashville, when she was just 13.

Known for her long braids and uncommon poise, she has since appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated, thrown out the first pitch at a major league World Series game and starred in a car commercial directed by Spike Lee. In September, she donated her jersey to the baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.

“When I joined an all-boys baseball team, my mom wasn’t too happy,” Mo’ne said in a statement issued Monday through HarperCollins. “I proved to her (and to me) that I could do anything I set my mind to. I’m just a girl that likes to play sports, and I’m excited to share my story with everyone,” she said. “I hope it encourages people to take a chance and play the sports they want to play and not just the ones people expect them to play.”

Later this month, she and her fellow Taney Dragons will help kick off the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Financial terms for the book deal were not disclosed. The idea started with a vice president and publishing director at HarperCollins, Emily Brenner, who worked out details with Davis’ coach, Steve Bandura; and her family.

Author Hilary Beard, whose previous collaborations include “Promises Kept: Raising Black Boys to Succeed in School and in Life,” will assist Davis and has already begun interviewing her.

The experience has been “pretty fun,” Davis told the AP during a brief telephone interview, but there is a downside.

Idris Elba Releases Music Album Inspired

by Nelson Mandela

By Jonathan Hunter Special to the AFRO When Idris Elba played Nelson Mandela in “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom” in 2013, the role inspired the actor/singer to make a newly-released music album.

According to the Associated Press, “Idris Elba presents mi Mandela” is a 14-track project released on Elba’s own 7wallace label that outlines an uplifting journey inspired by Mandela and his late father. The album features South African rhythms and styles that includes Kwela, Mbube, Marabi, Mbaqanga and Marabi.

Elba wrote most of the album with just a keyboard and laptop during the taping of “Long Walk to Freedom” in Johannesburg. While Elba spearheaded the venture, the album is a collaboration with other artists including the Mbaqanga group Mahotella Queens, producer Aero Manyelo, and British actor-singer Shaun Escoffery.

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AFRO Sports Desk Faceoff

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Can Oklahoma City Still Make the Playoffs?

By Perry Green and Stephen D. Riley AFRO Sports Writers At 5-12, the Oklahoma City Thunder are in a dangerous position. The absence of stars Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant pushed the Thunder into their worst start since the 2008-2009 season, when the team ended November with a 2-16 record. The Dallas Mavericks won 49 games last season and still had to fight off competition to break into the playoffs as an eighth seed. Unfortunately for the Thunder, the Western conference is off to another hot start and a similar race for the final playoff berth could come down to a team with wins in the high 40s.

With little room for error, OKC would need to play close to .700 basketball the rest of the way to even have a chance to make the postseason.

With the timetable for Durant’s return still very cloudy and Westbrook’s return from a broken thumb still a work in progress, can the Thunder make the playoffs this year?

Perry Green and Stephen D. Riley debate.

Green: If I’m in the front office for the Thunder, then I have to be seriously considering tanking the season to secure a high draft pick. The Phoenix Suns and Sacramento Kings are hovering around the final two playoff spots right now and they both have a .560 or higher winning percentage. If either team can keep up that pace, they’ll finish with between 45 and 50 wins, making the Western Conference playoff

picture a strong one. The margin of error is too small for the Thunder, and trying to scramble to make the playoffs in what’s shaping up as a lost year could result in added injury for Westbrook or Durant. Keep in mind that Durant is out with a foot

injury, and those delicate injuries need time to heal. Rushing him back could have lingering effects that last into next season, and the last thing the NBA needs is another Derrick Rose situation.

Oklahoma should let Durant heal properly and snag a top pick to make a run next year in Durant’s final year of his contract.

Riley: Considering that Durant only has two years left on his deal, it’s even more vital that OKC make this push now. Durant’s a great player and the Thunder can’t just assume that he’ll re-sign for another run. The future is never promised, so the Thunder need to continue to try to win games while he’s still under contract.

You can’t just throw away a whole season of an MVPcaliber player and hope that everybody comes back healthy next season. OKC is down in the conference, but with arguably two of the NBA’s top five players on the same team,

there’s always going to be a window of opportunity for the team as long as both of those players are healthy.

We haven’t even entered December yet, and there’s still a ton of basketball to be played. If Durant can hustle back from injury, then OKC could surge as the New Year comes.

Green: After a string of disappointing postseason finishes, it might be safe to say that we’ve already seen the best the Thunder have to offer. We’ve seen them without Westbrook and we’ve seen them without Durant. We’ve seen them without Serge Ibaka and we’ve even seen them healthy with all their pieces intact, including departed free agent James Harden.

No matter which version of the team you’re looking at, they’ve all suffocated under the pressure of being a top unit and dealing with injuries and setbacks. There’s no evidence to show that Durant and Westbrook returning from their injuries will suddenly catapult this team into a dominant position.

Even if Durant comes back firing, how much more damage can a bandaged Thunder team do compared to a healthy one?

The two-man game of Durant and Westbrook still needs a few more pieces around it, and OKC could find themselves in a prime position to gain that piece with a high draft pick.

Riley: The two-man game of Westbrook and Durant has been enough to power the team to new heights over the last few seasons and, barring injury, those two would be enough to sneak them into the playoffs. Things typically come full circle in the NBA, so don’t discount the idea of any of the current conference leaders coming down with the injury bug themselves.

The task is going to be a tall one for the Thunder, but with two superstars on the team any type of run is possible. Thunder head coach Scott Brooks has to be feeling some type of heat at this point for not delivering more with the talent he has. Oklahoma City knows their time as a unit could be dwindling with Durant and Westbrook’s contract status up in the air, and the team won’t simply lay down without delivering a strong charge to make the playoffs.

Washington D.C. High School Football

H.D. Woodson Holds Off Ballou to Win Second Straight DCIAA Turkey Bowl Victory

By Breana Pitts Special to the AFRO With approximately 22 seconds left in the 45th Annual D.C. Interscholastic Athletic Association (DCIAA) Turkey Bowl, H.D. Woodson clung desperately to a 16-12 lead over Ballou, who had just blocked a Woodson punt to take excellent field position.

Ballou senior quarterback Tirri Jones threw a deep pass into the end zone, but Woodson sophomore cornerback Charles Peeler intercepted the ball to seal the Warriors’ second straight Turkey Bowl victory on Nov. 27 at Eastern High School in Washington, D.C. “We started off slow, but at the end of the day, you’ve got to finish fast,” Peeler told reporters after the game. “The trust I have in my team is tremendous.”

Woodson got off to a shaky start in the first half, as senior quarterback Rashad Cooper threw three interceptions before completing his second pass. Cooper nonetheless found a way to score with a one-yard quarterback sneak in the first quarter.

In the second quarter, Ballou’s defense continued to show its power when junior Delontae Moore intercepted a pass and returned it 30 yards for a touchdown. Woodson led Ballou, 7-6, at halftime.

In the third quarter, Ballou’s signature running game showed up. Led by senior Done’ Butler and freshman Martin Johnson, the Knights generated a two-play, 84-yard touchdown drive, capped by a 38-yard scoring run from Johnson.

With Ballou leading by five points heading into the fourth quarter, Woodson needed to finish strong. Cooper capitalized on a turnover by completing a 23-yard touchdown pass to senior receiver Antonio Shaw that put Woodson up 14-12.

With a little over five minutes left in the game, a safety gave Woodson a 1612 lead over Ballou. Peeler’s interception in the final seconds secured the victory.

Senior Dymir Stone was a key factor in Woodson’s win.

Moving away from its usual pass-heavy offense, Woodson relied on the run game to move the ball against Ballou’s defense. Stone finished with 27 carries for 144 yards.

The Thanksgiving Day win advanced Woodson to the D.C. State Athletic Association Class AA championship on Dec. 6, where they will meet the winner of a semifinal matchup between Friendship Collegiate Academy and Gonzaga.

“And the Beat Goes On and On…” It doesn’t seem like I am going to get away from my Pop’s story for a while, so I am going to ask you to jump on board and enjoy the ride. The last time we met, Sam was smirking over my discomfort while treating a skinned knee I acquired trying to outrun a street light that was about to determine my curfew. That curfew was just a part of growing up in the household of Sam and Alberta.

“I think it is time to show you the softer side of Sam Lacy.”

I think it is time to show you the softer side of Sam Lacy. I was a cast member in an Operetta at school. The play was ‘The Captain of the Guard,” and I was to wear a sword. My cousin Raymon had been a Cadet Commander and had a sword he used in that role. I borrowed this sword with the promise of returning it in good shape.

Being a knucklehead, I enacted a scene from one of the swashbuckling movies with another knucklehead who was in the play. I was Captain Blood and Robin Hood rolled into one. The swords clanged, the blood in our veins flowed and then all of the make-believe heroics came crashing to the ground. The sword broke. I am not going to say I had an accident in my pants, but it was a nearmiss.

I usually have a cool head under duress, but this time I was in full panic mode. I gathered the pieces and ran home. On the way, I thought about one of my neighbors, Mr. Neff. He seemed to be a pretty resourceful dude (little did I know he was also a stool pigeon). He said he would work on my problem—I didn’t know that this meant dropping a dime to my pop. At any rate, Sam picked up a new sword on his way home. No punishment, but I had to work it off. While working to pay for my stupidity, I could hear Sam Cook’s “That’s the sound of the men working on the chain gang.” This was Sam’s way of making a point.

Point well taken.

On our block there was an alley. This alley was shaped like an elongated “C” and we took advantage of every inch. One end of the alley came out on the upper portion of the block, the other end came out on the lower end, and we played in it from coast to coast. There was a vacant garage we used as a club house, and if that garage could talk I would still be serving a life sentence at San Quentin.

Back in the day there were hucksters who were part of the landscape. These guys would come through the neighborhoods with their horse-drawn buggies loaded with fruits and veggies. They would sing out to let the neighborhood know they were in the block, and the women would come to the back door to make their purchases. On this day we heard one coming and hid in the club house until he passed. As he passed we sprinted out of the garage to board the wagon from the back and unload a little fruit. As I caught up with the wagon Mrs. Wilson raised her window and hailed him. He stopped and I ran into the back of the wagon. Not only was I busted, but I had a knot the size of a boiled egg on my forehead.

As I arrived home, Sam was standing there with the phone in his hand. I heard him say, “Okay, Mrs. Wilson, thank you.” He turned to me and said, “Why don’t you sweep the back porch to burn off some of that energy?” I really got off light, but I guess my pop was remembering his days as a juvenile delinquent. That was Sam, hard but fair.

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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Foreign No. 2014FEP146 Date of Death October 10, 2014 Robin L. Gaines Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS Robin L. Gaines whose address is Riley Gaines was appointed personal representative of the estate of 5409 Cheapeake Road, Bladensburg, MD 20710 deceased, on November 5, 2014, by the Orphans’ Court for Prince George’s County, State of Maryland.

Service of process may be made upon Wendy Carrington 73 Underwood Place, NW, Washington DC 20012 whose designation as District of Columbia agent has been filed with the Register of Wills, D.C. The decedent owned the following District of Colombia real property: 2900 7th Street, SE, Washington DC 20032 Claims against the decedent may be presented to the undersigned and filed with the Register of Wills for the District of Columbia, Building A, 515 5th Street, NW 3rd Floor, Washington, DC 20001 within 6 months from the date of first publication of this notice. (Strike preceding sentence if no real estate.)

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM699 Ciro Carlos Araujo de Quadros Decedent Harold Krauthamer Krauthamer & Stahl, Chartered 5530 Wisconsin Ave, Suite 801 Chevy Chase, MD 20815 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Susana Alicia Cecilia Figeruoa de de Quadros, whose address is 2920 3 8 t h S t r e e t , N W, Washington, DC, 20016 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Ciro Carlos Araujo de Quadros, who died on May 28, 2014 with a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding.

Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before May 21, 2015. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before May 21, 2015 or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: November 21, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM1191 Mattie J. Montgomery Decedent Julius Daugherty Jr. 1403 Wentworth Ave. Unit A-3 Parkville, MD 21234 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Brenda E. B. Dunson, whose address is 409 Van Buren Street, NW, Washington, DC 20012 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Mattie J. Montgomery , who died on June 15, 2014 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose where-abouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

20001, on or before May 28, 2015. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before May 28, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: November 28, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Brenda E.B. Duson Personal Representative

Robin L. Gaines Personal Representative(s) TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS Date of first publication: November 21, 2014 Name of newspapers and/or periodical: The Daily Washington Law Reporter The Afro-American 11/21, 11/28, 12/5/14

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM1173 Rachel E. Henderson AKA Rachel Henderson Decedent William A. Bland Esq. 1140 Connecticut Ave. NW #1100 Washington, DC 20036 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS B r e n d a T. K e l l o g g , whose address is 6109 7th Place,NW, Washington, DC 20011 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Rachel E. Henderson aka Rachel Henderson , who died on August 13, 1993 without a Will. 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 May 21, 2015. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before May 21, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: November 21, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Brenda T. Kellogg Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 11/21, 11/28, 12/5/14

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TYPESET: Tue Dec 02 Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM1328 Carletha T. Bell AKA Carletha T. Kelly-Bell AKA Carletha K. Bell Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Michael O. Middleton and Lester L. Oates Sr. , whose addresses are 14909 Health Center Drive, Apt 435, Bowie, MD 20716 and 11504 Dundee Drive, Bowie , MD 20721were appointed personal representatives of the estate of Carletha T. Bell AKA Carletha T. Kelleu-Bell AKA Carletha K. Bell, who died on August 15, 2003 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

20001, on or before May 21, 2015. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before May 21, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: November 21, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Micheal O. Middleton Lester L. Oates Sr. Personal Representatives TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 11/21, 11/28, 12/5/14

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 14:24:07 EST 2014 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM1176 Yvonne Coker Reid Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Neal Orion Reid, whose address is 4602 Emmett Road, Glen Allen, VA 23060 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Yvonne Coker Reid, who died on October 12, 2011 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose where-abouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

20001, on or before May 28, 2015. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before May 28, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: November 28, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Neal Orion Reid Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 11/28, 12/5, 12/12/14 TYPESET: Tue Dec 02 Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM1177 Jean L. Jordan AKA Jean Lash Jordan Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Neenah Jordan Kelliebrew, whose address is 817 57th Place, Fairmount Heights, MD 20743 was appointed personal representative

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District of Columbia COLUMBIA PROBATE DIVISION PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT 20001-2131 20001-2131 OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Administration No.DIVISION Foreign No. CIVIL 2014ADM1221 2014FEP150 Civil Action No. 2011 CA 004013 L(RP) Romaine A. Derr Date of Death (Action Involving Real Property) AKA January 17, 2008 JOSE A. DIAZ-ASPER Romaine Angier Derr Betty Jean SullivanPlaintiff Decedent Gray Vs. NOTICE OF Decedent THE UNKNOWN DEVISEES, LEGATES,ASAPPOINTMENT, NOTICE OF SIGNEES, ALIENEES, HEIRS,SUCCESSORS OR NOTICE TO APPOINTMENT PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES OF FRANK CREDITORS OF CLARKSON, DECEASED ANDUnknown NOTICE TO FOREIGN PERSONAL Address AndUNKNOWN HEIRS REPRESENTATIVE THE LEGATES,ASL i n d aUNKNOWN M . H o l l oDEVISEES, w a y, AND SIGNEES, ALIENEES, HEIRS,SUCCESSORS OR whose address is 5399 NOTICE TO PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES OF JULIA Temple Hill Rd, Temple CREDITORS CLARKSON, DECEASED Hills, MD 20748 was ap- Silky Sullivan whose adAddress pointed Unknown personal repre- dress is 5410 Tinkers And sentative of the estate of Creek Pl, Clinton, MD THE UNKNOWN LEGATES,ASRomaine A. Derr DEVISEES, AKA 20735 was appointed SIGNEES, HEIRS,SUCCESSORS OR Romaine ALIENEES, Angier Derr, personal representative PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES OF who died on October 26, of the estate of Betty BESSIE CANTY, DECEASED 2014 with a will, and will S u l l i v a n - G r a y, d e Address Unknown serve without Court su- ceased, on April 17, And pervision. CHARLTON All unknown 2008, by of theBessie Orphan’s WILLIAM CANTY (Heir heirs and heirs whose Court for Prince Georges Canty) whereabouts are unC o u n t y, S t a te of Address Unknown known shall enter their Maryland.

And a p p e a r aCANTY n c e i (Heir n t hof i s Bessie Service JOSEPH Cantyof) process may proceeding.

Objections be made upon Reggie Address Unknown to such appointment (or Taylor 400 M Street SE And to the probate of (Heir de- ofWashington, CHARLOTTE CANTY Bessie Canty)DC 20003 cedent´s will) Court shall be whose designation as 3759 Birchbriar filed withGA the30034 Register of District of Columbia Decatur, Wills, D.C., 515 5th agent has been filed with And YVONNE CANTY of Bessie Street, N.W., 3rd(Heir Floor the Canty) Register of Wills, 1379 W a sRalph h i n g tBell o n ,Road D.C. D.C. Summerton, 29148 20001, on orSC before June The decedent owned the And 5, 2015. Claims against f o l l o w i n g D i s t r i c t o f THE UNKNOWN DEVISEES, LEGATES,ASthe decedent shall be Colombia real property: SIGNEES, HEIRS,SUCCESSORS OR NW presented ALIENEES, to the under6317 2nd Street PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES OF EDWARD signed with a copy to the Washington, DC 20011 CLARKSON, DECEASED Register of Wills or filed The decedent owned Address with the Unknown Register of Wills District of Coulumbia And with a copy to the under- personal property.

CHERYLL REPREsigned, onALSTON or before GUICE, June PERSONAL Claims against the deSENTATIVE OF EUGENE W. ALSTON 5, 2015, or be forever cedent may be pre3012 Roberts Court #C barred.

Persons believed sented to the underHigh Point, NC 27260 to be heirs or legatees of signed and filed with the And the decedent who do not Register of Wills for the THE UNKNOWN DEVISEES, LEGATES,ASreceive a copy of this noDistrict of Columbia, SIGNEES, ALIENEES, HEIRS,SUCCESSORS OR 500 tice by mailREPRESENTATIVES within 25 Indiana OF Avenue, N.W., PERSONAL HENRY days of its first publica- Washington, D.C. 20001 CLARKSON, DECEASED tion shall so inform the within 6 months from the Address Unknown Register of Wills, includ- date of first publication of And ing name, addressDEVISEES, and this notice.

THE UNKNOWN LEGATES,ASrelationship.

Silky Sullivan SIGNEES, ALIENEES, HEIRS,SUCCESSORS OR Personal Date of Publication: PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES OF VIRGINIA CLARKSON, Representative(s) December 5,DECEASED 2014 Address TRUE TEST COPY Name ofUnknown newspaper: And REGISTER OF WILLS Afro-American SAMUEL CLARKSON Date of first publication: Washington Address Unknown December 5, 2014 Law Reporter And Linda M. Holloway Name of newspapers THE UNKNOWN DEVISEES, LEGATES,ASperiodical: Personal and/or SIGNEES,Representative ALIENEES, HEIRS,SUCCESSORS OR The Daily Washington PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES OF Law Reporter SAMUEL CLARKSON The Afro-American TRUE TEST COPY Address Unknown REGISTER OF WILLS TYPESET: Tue Dec 02 And 12/5, 12/12, 12/19/14 WILLIE CYRUS CLARKSON 12/5, 12/12, 12/19/14 Address Unknown TYPESET: Tue Dec 02 14:18:51 ESTCourt 2014of And Superior THE UNKNOWN DEVISEES, the LEGATES,ASDistrict of SIGNEES, ALIENEES, HEIRS,SUCCESSORS OR District of Columbia PERSONAL OF WILLIE CYSuperiorREPRESENTATIVES Court of PROBATE DIVISION RUS CLARKSON, DECEASED Washington, D.C. the District of Address Unknown District of Columbia 20001-2131 And PROBATE DIVISION Administration No. THEWashington, UNKNOWND.C. DEVISEES, LEGATES,AS2014ADM719 SIGNEES, ALIENEES, HEIRS,SUCCESSORS 20001-2131 Evelyn DeBoeckOR PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES OF WESLEY Administration No. Decedent CLARKSON, DECEASED Norman Schneider 2014ADM1214 Address Unknown Susie Ann Steward Kamerow Law Firm, And Decedent Seminary RD, KIMBERLY THOMAS (Heir of5001 Wesley Clarkson) JeremyUnknown D. Rachlin, Esq Suite 110 Address 3 Bethesda Metro CenAlexandria, VA 22311 And ter, SuiteCLARKSON 800 ANGELA (Heir ofAttorney Wesley Clarkson) Bethesda, MD 20814 NOTICE OF Address Unknown TYPESET: Tue Dec 02 14:28:37 EST 2014 Attorney APPOINTMENT, And NOTICE OF NOTICE TO ELIZABETH CLARKSON (Heir of Wesley Clarkson) CREDITORS 1205APPOINTMENT, Somerset Road NOTICE TO AND NOTICE TO Raleigh, NC 27610 IN THE SUPERIORUNKNOWN COURT HEIRS And CREDITORS THE DISTRICT OF ANDOF NOTICE TO (Heir April Land,Clarkson) whose adHAMPTON CLARKSON ofCOLUMBIA Wesley CIVIL DIVISION UNKNOWN HEIRS dress is 816 Hermosa Dr CivilLee Action No. 2011 CA L(RP) New Robert Stewart, NE,004013 Albuquerque (Action Involving Real Property) whose address is 235 Mexico, 87110 was apJOSE DIAZ-ASPER 15th St.A.SE, Washington, pointed personal reprePlaintiff DC 20003 was appointed sentative of the estate of Vs. personal representative Evelyn DeBoeck, who THE UNKNOWN LEGATES,ASof the estate of SusieDEVISEES, Ann died on June 16,OR 2014 SIGNEES, HEIRS,SUCCESSORS Steward , ALIENEES, who died on with a will,OF andFRANK will serve PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES May 26, 2014DECEASED without a without Court superviCLARKSON, will, and Unknown will serve with- sion. All unknown heirs Address out Court supervision.

All and heirs whose whereAnd unknown heirs and heirs abouts are unknown THE UNKNOWN DEVISEES, LEGATES,ASwhose whereabouts shall enter their appearSIGNEES, ALIENEES,are HEIRS,SUCCESSORS OR unknown shall REPRESENTATIVES enter their ance in this PERSONAL OFproceeding.

JULIA aCLARKSON, p p e a r a n c eDECEASED in this Objections to such proceeding.

Objections appointment (or to the Address Unknown to Andsuch appointment probate of decedent´s shall filed withDEVISEES, the will) shall be filed with the THE be UNKNOWN LEGATES,ASRegister Wills, D.C., SIGNEES,ofALIENEES, HEIRS,SUCCESSORS Register of Wills, OR D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd 515 5thOF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES Street, N.W., 3rd BESSIE CANTY, DECEASED Floor Washington, D.C. Floor Washington, D.C. AddressonUnknown 20001, or before June 20001, on or before June And 5, 2015. Claims against 5, 2015. Claims against WILLIAM CHARLTON (Heir of Bessie the decedent shall beCANTY the decedent shall be Canty) presented to the under- presented to the underAddress Unknown signed with a copy to the signed with a copy to the And Register of Wills or filed Register of Wills or filed JOSEPH CANTY of (Heir of Bessie Canty ) with the Register Wills with the Register of Wills Address Unknown with a copy to the under- with a copy to the underAnd signed, on or before June signed, on or before June CHARLOTTE CANTY (Heir of Bessie Canty) 5, 2015, or be forever 5, 2015, or be forever 3759 Birchbriar Court barred. believed barred. Persons believed Decatur,Persons GA 30034 to be heirs or legatees of to be heirs or legatees of And the decedent who (Heir do not the decedent YVONNE CANTY of Bessie Canty) who do not receive a copy this no- receive a copy of this no1379 Ralph BellofRoad tice by mailSC within Summerton, 2914825 tice by mail within 25 days And of its first publica- days of its first publication shall so inform the tion shall so inform the THE UNKNOWN DEVISEES, LEGATES,ASRegister of ALIENEES, Wills, includRegister of Wills, includSIGNEES, HEIRS,SUCCESSORS OR ing name, address and ing name, PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES OF address EDWARDand relationship.

CLARKSON, DECEASED relationship.

Date of Publication: Address Unknown Date of Publication: December 5, 2014 And December 5, 2014 CHERYLL ALSTON GUICE,Name PERSONAL REPREName of newspaper: of newspaper: SENTATIVE OF EUGENE W. ALSTON Afro-American Afro-American 3012 Roberts Court #C Washington Washington HighReporter Point, NC 27260 Law Law Reporter And Robert Lee Stewart April Land THE UNKNOWN DEVISEES, LEGATES,ASPersonal Personal SIGNEES, ALIENEES, HEIRS,SUCCESSORS OR Representative Representative PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES OF HENRY CLARKSON, DECEASED TRUE TEST COPY TRUE TEST COPY Address Unknown REGISTER OF WILLS REGISTER OF WILLS And THE 12/12, UNKNOWN DEVISEES, LEGATES,AS12/5, 12/19/14 12/05, 12/12, 12/19/14 SIGNEES, ALIENEES, HEIRS,SUCCESSORS OR PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES OF VIRGINIA CLARKSON, DECEASED Address Unknown And SAMUEL CLARKSON Address Unknown And THE UNKNOWN DEVISEES, LEGATES,ASSIGNEES, ALIENEES, HEIRS,SUCCESSORS OR PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES OF SAMUEL CLARKSON Address Unknown And WILLIE CYRUS CLARKSON Address Unknown And THE UNKNOWN DEVISEES, LEGATES,ASSIGNEES, ALIENEES, HEIRS,SUCCESSORS OR PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES OF WILLIE CYRUS CLARKSON, DECEASED Address Unknown And THE UNKNOWN DEVISEES, LEGATES,ASSIGNEES, ALIENEES, HEIRS,SUCCESSORS OR PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES OF WESLEY CLARKSON, DECEASED Address Unknown And KIMBERLY THOMAS (Heir of Wesley Clarkson) Address Unknown And ANGELA CLARKSON (Heir of Wesley Clarkson) Address Unknown And ELIZABETH CLARKSON (Heir of Wesley Clarkson) 1205 Somerset Road Raleigh, NC 27610 And HAMPTON CLARKSON (Heir of Wesley Clarkson)

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SIGNEES, ALIENEES, HEIRS,SUCCESSORS OR PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES OF WESLEY CLARKSON, DECEASED Address Unknown And KIMBERLY THOMAS (Heir of Wesley Clarkson) Address Unknown And ANGELA CLARKSON of WesleyEST Clarkson) TYPESET: Dec (Heir 02 14:28:37 2014 Address Unknown 14:23:45 ESTTue 2014 LEGAL And ELIZABETH CLARKSON (Heir of Wesley Clarkson) 1205 Somerset Road IN THE SUPERIOR COURT Raleigh, NC 27610 OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA And CIVIL (Heir DIVISION 1205 Somerset Road HAMPTON CLARKSON of Wesley Clarkson) Civil Raleigh, NCAction 27610 No. 2011 CA 004013 L(RP) (Action Involving Real Property) And JOSE A. DIAZ-ASPER ROGER CLARKSON (Heir of Wesley Clarkson) Plaintiff 7134 Bluff Wood Vs. Charlotte, NC 28212 THE UNKNOWN DEVISEES, LEGATES,ASAnd SIGNEES, ALIENEES, HEIRS,SUCCESSORS SCOTT CLARKSON (Heir of Wesley Clarkson) OR PERSONAL 7134 Bluff WoodREPRESENTATIVES OF FRANK CLARKSON, DECEASED Charlotte, NC 28212 Address Unknown And And UNKNOWN DEVISEES, LEGATES,ASTHE THE UNKNOWN LEGATES,ASSIGNEES, ALIENEES,DEVISEES, HEIRS,SUCCESSORS OR SIGNEES, ALIENEES, HEIRS,SUCCESSORS OR PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES OF EMMA PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES OF JULIA RICHBURG, DECEASED CLARKSON, DECEASED Address Unknown Address Unknown And And THE UNKNOWN DEVISEES, LEGATES,ASTHE UNKNOWN LEGATES,ASSIGNEES, ALIENEES,DEVISEES, HEIRS,SUCCESSORS OR SIGNEES, ALIENEES, HEIRS,SUCCESSORS OR PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES OF EDNA E. PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES OF DRAYTON, DECEASED BESSIE CANTY, DECEASED (Heir of Emma Richburg ) AddressUnknown Unknown Address And And WILLIAM CHARLTON CANTY LEGATES,AS(Heir of Bessie THE UNKNOWN DEVISEES, Canty) ALIENEES, HEIRS,SUCCESSORS OR SIGNEES, Address Unknown PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES OF BERTHA And WADE, DECEASED HALL JOSEPH CANTY (Heir of Bessie Canty ) Address Unknown Address Unknown And And MARY FRANCES WADE (Heir if Bertha Hall Wade) CHARLOTTE CANTY 501 Forty-fifth Street, NE(Heir of Bessie Canty) 3759 Birchbriar Court Washington, DC 20019 Decatur, GA 30034 And And FINANCIAL, LLC AEON YVONNE CANTY (Heir of Bessie Canty) Agent Serve: CT Corporation System, Registered 137915th Ralph Bell NW, RoadSuite 1000 1015 Street, Summerton, SC 29148 Washington, DC 20005 And And THE I,UNKNOWN DEVISEES, LEGATES,ASHMTR LLC SIGNEES, ALIENEES, HEIRS,SUCCESSORS OR 940 Centre Circle, Suite 2005 PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES OF EDWARD Alamonte Springs, FL 32714 CLARKSON, DECEASED And Address Unknown JOAQUIN PANIAGUA And c/o Ernest C. Raskauskas Jr., Esq CHERYLL ALSTON 3109 South Street, NWGUICE, PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVEDC OF20007 EUGENE W. ALSTON Washington, 3012 Roberts Court #C And HighDISTRICT Point, NCOF 27260 THE COLUMBIA And Mayor of the District of Columbia Serve: THE UNKNOWN DEVISEES, LEGATES,ASVincent Gray SIGNEES, HEIRS,SUCCESSORS OR Attn: Office ofALIENEES, the Secretary PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue , NW, #419 OF HENRY CLARKSON, DECEASED Washington, DC 20001 Address Unknown Serve: Attorney General of the District of Columbia AndDarlene Fields Attn: THE 441 4th UNKNOWN Street, NW DEVISEES, LEGATES,ASSIGNEES, ALIENEES, Washington, DC 20001 HEIRS,SUCCESSORS OR PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES OF VIRGINIA And DECEASED AllCLARKSON, Unknown Owners of the Property Described beAddress Unknown low, their Heirs, Personal Representatives, ExecuAnd tors, Administrators, Grantees, Assigns or SuccesSAMUEL CLARKSON sors in Right, Title, Interest, and Any and all persons Address having or Unknown claiming to have any interest in the And leasehold or fee simple in the property and premises THE UNKNOWN DEVISEES, LEGATES,ASsituate, lying and being in the District of Columbia SIGNEES, HEIRS,SUCCESSORS OR described asALIENEES, Square 0302, Lot 0071, which may PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES also be known as 2230 11th OF Street, NW, SAMUEL CLARKSON Washington, DC Address Unknown And Defendants WILLIE CYRUS CLARKSON Address Unknown ORDER OF SERVICE BY PUBLICATION Andimmediate object of this proceeding is it secure The THE UNKNOWN LEGATES,AS14:18:18 EST 2014 the foreclosure of theDEVISEES, right of redemption in the SIGNEES, HEIRS,SUCCESSORS following realALIENEES, property located in the District OR of PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES OF- WILLIE CYColumbia, described as Square 0302 Lot 0071, RUS CLARKSON, DECEASED which may also be known as 2230 11th Street N.W., Address Unknown Washington, D.C. and which was sold by the Mayor ofAnd the District of Columbia to the plaintiff in this THE UNKNOWN DEVISEES, LEGATES,ASaction.

SIGNEES, ALIENEES, HEIRS,SUCCESSORS OR The amended complaint states among other things PERSONAL OF have WESLEY that the amountREPRESENTATIVES required for redemption not CLARKSON, DECEASED been paid.

Address Unknown Persuade in D.C. Code 13-341 (2001 ed.) and its And Chief Judge’s administrative order number 02-11, it (Heir of Wesley Clarkson) is,KIMBERLY this 6th dayTHOMAS of October, 2014, Addressby Unknown Ordered the Superior Court of the District of And Columbia, that service upon Defendants the UnANGELA CLARKSON (Heir Assignees, of Wesley Clarkson) known Devisees, Legatees, Alienees, Address Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns or Personal RepreAnd sentatives of Frank Clarkson; the Unknown DeviELIZABETH CLARKSON (Heir of Wesley Clarkson) sees, Legatees, Assignees, Alienees, Heirs, 1205 Somerset Roador Personal Representatives Successors, Assigns Raleigh, NC 27610 of Julia Clarkson; the Unknown Devisees, And Legatees, Assignees, Alienees, Heirs, Successors, HAMPTON CLARKSON (Heir of WesleyofClarkson) Assigns or Personal Representatives Bessie 1205 Somerset Road Devisees, Legatees, AsCanty; the Unknown Raleigh, NC 27610 signees, Alienees, Heirs, Successors, Assigns or And Personal Representatives of Edward Clarkson; the ROGER CLARKSON (Heir of Wesley Clarkson) 7134 Bluff Wood Charlotte, NC 28212 And SCOTT CLARKSON (Heir of Wesley Clarkson) 7134 Bluff Wood Charlotte, NC 28212 And THE UNKNOWN DEVISEES, LEGATES,ASSIGNEES, ALIENEES, HEIRS,SUCCESSORS OR PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES OF EMMA RICHBURG, DECEASED Address Unknown And THE UNKNOWN DEVISEES, LEGATES,ASSIGNEES, ALIENEES, HEIRS,SUCCESSORS OR PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES OF EDNA E. DRAYTON, DECEASED (Heir of Emma Richburg ) Address Unknown And THE UNKNOWN DEVISEES, LEGATES,ASSIGNEES, ALIENEES, HEIRS,SUCCESSORS OR PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES OF BERTHA HALL WADE, DECEASED Address Unknown And MARY FRANCES WADE (Heir if Bertha Hall Wade) 501 Forty-fifth Street, NE Washington, DC 20019 And AEON FINANCIAL, LLC Serve: CT Corporation System, Registered Agent 1015 15th Street, NW, Suite 1000 Washington, DC 20005 And HMTR I, LLC 940 Centre Circle, Suite 2005 Alamonte Springs, FL 32714 And JOAQUIN PANIAGUA c/o Ernest C. Raskauskas Jr., Esq 3109 South Street, NW Washington, DC 20007 And THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Serve: Mayor of the District of Columbia Vincent Gray Attn: Office of the Secretary 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue , NW, #419 Washington, DC 20001 Serve: Attorney General of the District of Columbia Attn: Darlene Fields 441 4th Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 And All Unknown Owners of the Property Described below, their Heirs, Personal Representatives, Executors, Administrators, Grantees, Assigns or Successors in Right, Title, Interest, and Any and all persons having or claiming to have any interest in the leasehold or fee simple in the property and premises situate, lying and being in the District of Columbia described as Square 0302, Lot 0071, which may also be known as 2230 11th Street, NW, Washington, DC Defendants ORDER OF SERVICE BY PUBLICATION The immediate object of this proceeding is it secure the foreclosure of the right of redemption in the following real property located in the District of Columbia, described as Square 0302 - Lot 0071, which may also be known as 2230 11th Street N.W., Washington, D.C. and which was sold by the Mayor of the District of Columbia to the plaintiff in this action.

The amended complaint states among other things that the amount required for redemption have not been paid.

Persuade in D.C. Code 13-341 (2001 ed.) and its Chief Judge’s administrative order number 02-11, it is, this 6th day of October, 2014, Ordered by the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, that service upon Defendants the Unknown Devisees, Legatees, Assignees, Alienees, Heirs, Successors, Assigns or Personal Representatives of Frank Clarkson; the Unknown Devisees, Legatees, Assignees, Alienees, Heirs, Successors, Assigns or Personal Representatives of Julia Clarkson; the Unknown Devisees, Legatees, Assignees, Alienees, Heirs, Successors, Assigns or Personal Representatives of Bessie Canty; the Unknown Devisees, Legatees, Assignees, Alienees, Heirs, Successors, Assigns or Personal Representatives of Edward Clarkson; the

Chief Judge’s administrative order number 02-11, it is, this 6th day of October, 2014, Ordered by the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, that service upon Defendants the Unknown Devisees, Legatees, Assignees, Alienees, Heirs, Successors, Assigns or Personal Representatives of Frank Clarkson; the Unknown Devisees, Legatees, Assignees, Alienees, Heirs, Successors, Assigns or Personal Representatives of Julia Clarkson; the Unknown Devisees, NOTICES Legatees, Assignees, Alienees, Heirs, Successors, 1205 Somerset Road Representatives of Bessie Assigns or Personal Raleigh, 27610 Devisees, Legatees, AsCanty; theNCUnknown And signees, Alienees, Heirs, Successors, Assigns or ROGERRepresentatives CLARKSON (Heir Wesley Clarkson) Personal of of Edward Clarkson; the 7134 Bluff Wood Unknown Devisees, Legatees, Assignees, Charlotte, NC 28212 Alienees, Heirs, Successors, Assigns or Personal And Representatives of Henry Clarkson; the Unknown SCOTT CLARKSON (Heir of Wesley Clarkson) Devisees, Legatees, Assignees, Alienees, Heirs, 7134 Bluff Wood Successors, Assigns or Personal Representatives Charlotte, NC 28212 of Virginia Clarkson; the Unknown Devisees, And Legatees, Assignees, Alienees, Heirs, Successors, THE UNKNOWN LEGATES,ASAssigns or Personal DEVISEES, Representatives of Samuel SIGNEES, OR Clarkson; theALIENEES, Unknown HEIRS,SUCCESSORS Devisees, Legatees, AsPERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES OF EMMA signees, Alienees, Heirs, Successors, Assigns or RICHBURG, DECEASEDof Willie Cyrus Clarkson; Personal Representatives Address Unknown the Unknown Devisees, Legatees, Assignees, And Alienees, Heirs, Successors, Assigns or Personal THE UNKNOWN DEVISEES, Representatives of Wesley Clarkson;LEGATES,ASthe Unknown SIGNEES, ALIENEES, HEIRS,SUCCESSORS OR Devisees, Legatees, Assignees, Alienees, Heirs, PERSONALAssigns REPRESENTATIVES OF EDNA E. Successors, or Personal Representatives DRAYTON, DECEASED of Emma Richburg; the Unknown Devisees, (Heir of Emma Richburg ) Legatees, Assignees, Alienees, Heirs, Successors, AddressorUnknown Assigns Personal Representatives of Edna E. And Drayton; the Unknown Devisees, Legatees, AsTHE UNKNOWN DEVISEES, LEGATES,ASsignees, Alienees, Heirs, Successors, Assigns or SIGNEES, ALIENEES, HEIRS,SUCCESSORS OR Personal Representatives of Bertha Hall Wade be PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES OF BERTHA made by insertion of a copy of this order in The Afro HALL WADE, DECEASED American Newspaper and the Daily Washington Address Unknown Law Reporter, newspapers having a general cirAnd culation in the District of Columbia, twice a month for MARY FRANCESmonths, WADE (Heir if Bertha Hallall Wade) three consecutive notifying any and per501interested Forty-fifth in Street, NE described real property sons the above Washington, DC 20019 to appear in this court on or before the 28th day of And January, 2015, and redeem the real property payAEON FINANCIAL, LLC with the interest from the ment of $4934.72, together Serve: CT Corporation Registered Agent date the real property tax System, certificate was purchased; 1015 15th Street, NW, 1000 fees; expenses court costs; reasonable Suite attorney´s Washington, DC 20005 incurred in the publication and service of process; And and all other amounts in accordance with the proviHMTR I, LLC sions of the DC Official Code 47-1361 through 1377 940 Centre Suite 2005the Amended Com(2001 ed.), etCircle, seq., or answer Alamonte Springs, 32714 plaint, or, thereafter, aFL final judgment will be entered forAnd closing the right of redemption in the real property JOAQUIN PANIAGUA investing in the plants is a title in fee simple. c/o Ernest C. Raskauskas Jr., Esq 3109 South Street, NW Magistrate Judge J. E. Beshouri Washington, DC 20007 (Signed in Chambers) And THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Serve: Mayor of the District of Columbia Vincent Gray Attn: Office of the Secretary 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue , NW, #419 Washington, DC 20001 Serve: Attorney General of the District of Columbia Attn: Darlene Fields 441 4th Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 And All Unknown Owners of the Property Described below, their Heirs, Personal Representatives, Executors, Administrators, Grantees, Assigns or Successors in Right, Title, Interest, and Any and all persons having or claiming to have any interest in the leasehold or fee simple in the property and premises situate, lying and being in the District of Columbia described as Square 0302, Lot 0071, which may also be known as 2230 11th Street, NW, Washington, DC

December 6, 2014 - December 12, 2014 The Afro-American

Defendants ORDER OF SERVICE BY PUBLICATION The immediate object of this proceeding is it secure the foreclosure of the right of redemption in the following real property located in the District of Columbia, described as Square 0302 - Lot 0071, which may also be known as 2230 11th Street N.W., Washington, D.C. and which was sold by the Mayor of the District of Columbia to the plaintiff in this action.

The amended complaint states among other things that the amount required for redemption have not been paid.

Persuade in D.C. Code 13-341 (2001 ed.) and its Chief Judge’s administrative order number 02-11, it is, this 6th day of October, 2014, Ordered by the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, that service upon Defendants the Unknown Devisees, Legatees, Assignees, Alienees, Heirs, Successors, Assigns or Personal Representatives of Frank Clarkson; the Unknown Devisees, Legatees, Assignees, Alienees, Heirs, Successors, Assigns or Personal Representatives of Julia Clarkson; the Unknown Devisees, Legatees, Assignees, Alienees, Heirs, Successors, Assigns or Personal Representatives of Bessie Canty; the Unknown Devisees, Legatees, Assignees, Alienees, Heirs, Successors, Assigns or Personal Representatives of Edward Clarkson; the Unknown Devisees, Legatees, Assignees, Alienees, Heirs, Successors, Assigns or Personal Representatives of Henry Clarkson; the Unknown Devisees, Legatees, Assignees, Alienees, Heirs, Successors, Assigns or Personal Representatives of Virginia Clarkson; the Unknown Devisees, Legatees, Assignees, Alienees, Heirs, Successors, Assigns or Personal Representatives of Samuel Clarkson; the Unknown Devisees, Legatees, Assignees, Alienees, Heirs, Successors, Assigns or Personal Representatives of Willie Cyrus Clarkson; the Unknown Devisees, Legatees, Assignees, Alienees, Heirs, Successors, Assigns or Personal Representatives of Wesley Clarkson; the Unknown Devisees, Legatees, Assignees, Alienees, Heirs, Successors, Assigns or Personal Representatives of Emma Richburg; the Unknown Devisees, Legatees, Assignees, Alienees, Heirs, Successors, Assigns or Personal Representatives of Edna E. Drayton; the Unknown Devisees, Legatees, Assignees, Alienees, Heirs, Successors, Assigns or Personal Representatives of Bertha Hall Wade be made by insertion of a copy of this order in The Afro American Newspaper and the Daily Washington Law Reporter, newspapers having a general circulation in the District of Columbia, twice a month for three consecutive months, notifying any and all persons interested in the above described real property to appear in this court on or before the 28th day of January, 2015, and redeem the real property payment of $4934.72, together with the interest from the date the real property tax certificate was purchased; court costs; reasonable attorney´s fees; expenses incurred in the publication and service of process; and all other amounts in accordance with the provisions of the DC Official Code 47-1361 through 1377 (2001 ed.), et seq., or answer the Amended Complaint, or, thereafter, a final judgment will be entered for closing the right of redemption in the real property investing in the plants is a title in fee simple.

Magistrate Judge J. E. Beshouri (Signed in Chambers)

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Unknown Devisees, Legatees, Assignees, Alienees, Heirs, Successors, Assigns or Personal Representatives of Henry Clarkson; the Unknown Devisees, Legatees, Assignees, Alienees, Heirs, Successors, Assigns or Personal Representatives of Virginia Clarkson; the Unknown Devisees, Legatees, Assignees, Alienees, Heirs, Successors, Assigns or Personal Representatives of Samuel Clarkson; the Unknown Devisees, Legatees, Assignees, Alienees, Heirs, Successors, Assigns or Personal Representatives of Willie Cyrus Clarkson; the Unknown Devisees, Legatees, TYPESET: Tue Dec 02 15:40:21 EST Assignees, 2014 Alienees, Heirs, Successors, Assigns or Personal Representatives of Wesley Clarkson; the Unknown Devisees, Legatees, Assignees, Alienees, Heirs, Successors, Assigns or Personal Representatives Washington, Steamfitting of Emma Richburg; D.C. the Joint Unknown Devisees, Journeyman & Apprentice Training Committee Legatees, Assignees, Alienees, Heirs, Successors, Assigns or Personal Representatives of Edna E. Drayton; the Unknown Devisees, Legatees, AsThe Washington, DC Joint Steamfitting Apprentice Committee signees, Alienees, Heirs, Successors, Assigns or (Steamfitters Local 602) will accept applications for the 2015 Personal Representatives of Bertha Hall Wade be first year class as follows: made by insertion of a copy of this order in The Afro American Newspaper and the Daily Washington Applications be made in aperson.

There will be a $50.00 Law Reporter,must newspapers having general cirnon-refundable application fee at the time of apculation in the District of Columbia,processing twice a month for three consecutive months, notifying any and perplication which is payable in cash orallmoney order only made sons interested in the above described real property payable to HPRTF. to appear in this court on or before the 28th day of January, 2015, and redeem the real property payApplicants musttogether apply with in person atfrom thethe UA Mechanical Trade ment of $4934.72, the interest School (8509 Ardwick Ardmore Road, Landover, MD 20785) on date the real property tax certificate was purchased; costs; reasonable attorney´s fees; expenses thecourt following dates from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.: incurred in the publication and service of process; and all other amounts accordance with the proviMonday, January 5, in2015 sions of the DC Official Code 47-1361 through 1377 Wednesday, 7, 2015 (2001 ed.), etJanuary seq., or answer the Amended ComFriday, 9, a2015 plaint, January or, thereafter, final judgment will be entered ORfor closing the right of redemption in the real property investing in must the plants is a title in fee simple.

Applicants apply in person at the UAM Steamfitters Local

CAREER CORNER

Union 602 (7552 Accotink Park Road, Springfield, VA 22150) on Magistrate Judgea.m.

J. E.to Beshouri the following dates from 8:00 11:00 a.m.: (Signed in Chambers) Monday, January 12, 2015 Wednesday, January 14, 2015 Friday, January 16, 2015 Requirements for Steamfitter Program: Minimum Age 18 by August 15, 2015 High School Graduate by June 30, 2015 Or GED (we do not accept online diplomas)

Presentation of the Following Documents must be made at Time of Application: 1.Valid driver´s license or state issued Picture Identification ID Card 2.Social Security Card 3.County or State issued Birth Certificate, United States Passport or Naturalization Certificate 4.DD214 (for veterans of military service only) 5.Official Transcript of High School Grades (Must be in a sealed envelope from the school and have raised seal affixed) OR High school seniors must present a letter on school letterhead from a high school official verifying graduation before June 30, 2015 with an Official Transcript of Grades (Sealed and Certified

by School) OR GED Scores and certificate (only GEDs that are American Council of Education accredited will be accepted.

Visit www.acenet.edu for further information).

Upon completion of your application, you will be eligible to take a math and/or aptitude test the same day starting at 12:00 p.m.

Any and all foreign documents must be accompanied by a translation of that document and a letter from your embassy stating its authenticity. If the document is a diploma and/or transcript, the letter must also document the equivalency of said diploma and/or transcript.

Please visit our website for more details at www.steamfitters602.org The Apprentice Committee selects students of any race, color, sex, age, national or ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. The Apprenticeship Committees are actively recruiting applicants including minorities and females.

ADVERTISING ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE INSIDE SALES ADVERTISING ACCOUNT Advertising SalesEXECUTIVE Professional needed for the AFRO-American Newspapers, Washington, D.C. or Baltimore office.

Entry-Level Advertising Sales Rep needed for the AFRO-American Position provides: Newspapers, Baltimore, M.D. • Competitive compensation package • Salary andprovides: commission plan Position benefits after trial period • • Full Competitive compensation package • • Opportunity Salary and commission plan for fast track advancement • Full benefits after trial period • Candidates Opportunity for fast track should be: advancement • Self starters

• Money motivated Candidates • Goal-oriented should possess: • Good typing/data entry skills • Experienced in online/digital sales

• Excellent customer service skills • Confident in ability to build strong territory • Previous telephone sales experience sales experience preferred • • Previous Excellent written and verbal

communication skills

Please email your resume to: Pleasedhocker@afro.com email your resume to: lhowze@afro.com or mail to or mail to AFRO-American Newspapers, Afro-American Newspapers Diane W. Hocker, Director of Human Resources, Diane W. Hocker, 2519 N. Charles Street, Director of Human Resources Baltimore, MD 21218 2519 N. Charles Street Baltimore, MD 21218

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The Afro-American, December 6, 2014 - December 12, 2014

Movie Review: ‘Top Five’

Gabrielle Union and Chris Rock star in the comedy satire “Top Five.”

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fulfilling life?

Over a 24-hour period, sequences on the red carpet, in the ghetto, the streets, fancy apartments, busses and bathrooms blend together like a drunken night spiraling out of control. It’s New York. Anything can happen, and it does. The over-the-top scenes peak with a mini-orgy and Allen trying to manhandle two sexy, insatiable ladies. It’s the funniest scene in the movie.

As a director, Rock’s style is either controlled mayhem or he’s letting his cast run amuck. An endless parade of headstrong comedians, movie stars, journalists and celebrities play to the balcony seats. They overpower the thin plotting. And the waytoo-talky script makes the movie feel like a play on wheels. If you get the feeling that this vanity project panders to a shallow, attention-deficit, reality TV-type audience, you’re not alone. But so what? You’ll laugh anyway.

Rock is solid as the comedian in turmoil, and he looks dapper. Dawson is the kind of alluring actress most men wish they could date, and her Chelsea character has an equally come-hither persona. Gabrielle Union’s Erica is a synthesis of all the Housewives of Wherever shows. Shallow, glamorous and add another pinch of shallow for good measure. Saying Kevin Hart is manic as the agent, is redundant. He does frantic better than anybody.

Chilean cinematographer Manuel Alberto Claro was the D.P. on Lars Van Trier’s controversial sex drama Nymphomaniac: Vol. I. Maybe that’s why the bedroom scene

By Dwight Brown NNPA Film Critic Chris Rock recently hosted “Saturday Night Live.” During the show’s normal intro section, he did around 10 minutes of standup. One of the targets of his wicked humor was the new World Trade Center. He said he would never go in it. There were audible gasps, and a bit of controversy followed. Some weren’t amused that he had the audacity to say what people think. That’s the brilliance of Rock, who is a talented social satirist; he’ll say anything. Top Five gives us a glimpse of that comic genius. Just a tad.

Andre Allen (Rock) is a hip New York-based stand-up comedian who has stretched his talents thin. He’s in a plethora of movies; none are particularly good, though they have brought him fame and fortune. His ladyfriend, Erica Long (Gabrielle Union), a gorgeous, sexy brown-skinned woman with a blonde, two-tone weave, has a reality show, and Andre is a frequent guest. An impending filming of their marriage will put their fragile relationship to the test, on coast-to-coast TV. He lives in a fish bowl.

Rock’s script sets up the incessant turmoil of Andre’s life perfectly. You know something deep and meaningful is missing in his existence, yet you don’t feel sorry for the wealthy brotherman. A normal screenwriter/director would add just a couple of more characters to the soup. But not Rock. His script calls for an endless parade of cameos, from his own friends and acquaintances that turn the proceedings into a potpourri of New York Who’s Who and Who Cares.

Fate brings a tall, lovely, head-on-her-shoulders-right journalist into Allen’s life. She’s Chelsea Brown (Rosario Dawson) and she’s writing a profile piece about the comedian.

He’s reluctant at first. His agent (Kevin Hart) twists his arm.

Then almost instantaneously, Allen is smitten. Chelsea is everything Erica is not: genuine, smart and not playing to the cameras. Could she be the one that helps him find a more

Rosario Dawson and Chris Rock was so much fun to watch. Editor Anne McCabe (Maria Full of Grace) has OK timing; the laughs, outrageous moments and funny cameos come at the right times.

There’s a good chance this nugget of urban and urbane humor will find a laugh-starved audience this holiday season.

But if Chris Rock truly wants to give his fans a holiday treat, he will film a new stand-up comedy concert and talk about: Police shootings. Global warming. Oil pipelines. Poll tax.

National healthcare. Immigration. Or, even the new World Trade Center. It’s what he does best.

Visit NNPA Film Critic Dwight Brown at DwightBrownInk. com.