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Volume 122 No. 46

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Freedom Summer 1964:

Remembering Fannie Lou Hamer – Part II

By Marsha Rose Joyner Special to the AFRO

Afro-American Newspapers, I was taught the United States

was my government and I had a right to participate in

It seems that all of my life I have been infected with the participatory democracy bug. In segregated schools and being a daughter of the

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the direction and operation of political systems. So I did, and still do.

Therefore, to protest Senator Douglass from Illinois over a project that had nothing to do with the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP), I drove from Highlands, Air Force Base, N.J. to the Democratic Convention on the boardwalk in Atlantic City. Being nearly nine months pregnant, with a toddler in the stroller, my husband objected to my daring exploit, saying, “Do not even call me if you have this baby down there.” Armed with baby and protest signs, I was off.

Not having a clue what to expect, and with the sudden realization that I would never locate the other Air Force Wives who were also driving from various parts of New Jersey loaded down with children and with protest signs, I arrived on the Boardwalk to immense Continued on A4

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Prince George’s County Celebrates World Elder Awareness Day Offers Improved Awareness of Senior Citizen Exploitation

By Courtney Jacobs AFRO Staff Writer The Prince George’s County Department of Family Services, along with the office of State’s Attorney Angela Alsobrooks, recognized World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD) on June 15 at the Community Hope AME Church at Iverson Mall.

Launched 15 years ago by the International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse and the World Health Organization at the United Nations, WEAAD’s primary goal is to provide an opportunity for communities around the world to promote a better understanding of

abuse and neglect of older persons by raising awareness of the social, economic, and demographic processes affecting elder abuse.

Elders in the United States lose an estimated $2.6 billion or more annually from financial abuse and exploitation.

“It is important to raise awareness of the ramifications of elder abuse and to provide ways in which elderly and vulnerable adults can protect themselves,” acting Manager for the Department of Family Services, Aging Services Division Karen Sylvester said in a news release.

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MD Primary Delivers Wins, Losses and Surprises

By Roberto Alejandro Special to the AFRO Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown prevailed in the 2014 Democratic primary race for the governor’s seat, defeating principal rivals Attorney General Doug Gansler and Delegate Heather Mizeur by wide margins. Sen. Brian Frosh, in something of an upset, won the Democratic primary for Attorney General over Delegates Jon Cardin and Aisha Braveboy.

Brown took the Democratic nomination for governor with 50.6 percent of the vote at press time, and will face the winner Larry Hogan, the Republican primary winner in November.

Gansler and Mizeur split the remaining votes securing 24.3 percent and 22.1 percent respectively.

Frosh, who was polling behind Cardin leading up to the primary, secured the Democratic nomination for Attorney General with 48.3 percent of the vote. A Washington Post poll released June 11 had the race up for grabs showing a full 30 percent of likely voters had yet to make up their mind about any of the three candidates (Frosh, Cardin, and Braveboy) running

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Samuel Shields died while detained in the Prince George’s County Jail.

Photo courtesy of NBC 4 Washington

Florida Reignites Voter Suppression

D.C. Woman Presses for Answers After Husband Mysteriously Dies in Jail

Seventh in a series detailing states’ effort to keep citizens from voting.

The root of modern-day voter suppression is buried in Florida, and it grew and blossomed during the 2000 presidential elections.

“Florida is the state where awareness of how serious flaws in elections administration could result in voters being disenfranchised developed,” said Marcia Johnson-Blanco, coordinator,

By Zenitha Prince Senior AFRO Correspondent

By Zenitha Prince AFRO Senior Correspondent

Voting Rights Project, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. The critical role of 88 percent of the eligible Florida in deciding the voters removed were Africanpresidential contest American. between Republican candidate George W. registrations, deceased Bush and Democrat Al Gore, voters, and people believed and the narrow margin by to be ex-felons – the state is which the outcome was distinguished by its permanent decided shined a globalfelon disenfranchisement sized spotlight on the state, policy. However, thousands revealing several election of eligible voters’ names irregularities. Before the were scrubbed in the process, elections, state officials and 88 percent of the voters decided to purge the voter list of duplicate Continued on A4

Officials are investigating the death of a 49-year-old man at Prince George’s County Jail in Upper Marlboro, Md., even as his wife is demanding answers.

“I just want the truth of why my husband is dead,” Regina Shields, a Northeast Washington, D.C. resident, told NBC 4 Washington.

Metro Transit Police said they got into an altercation with Samuel Shields over a $2 fare at Addison Road Metro station on June 17. They pepper sprayed him and took him into custody.

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Malia Obama’s Summer Job Draws Critics in the Blogosphere

While most teens prepare to spend the summer working at a summer camp or flipping burgers, Malia Obama has been spotted working on a Hollywood set in a summer job that would be a dream post for most teenagers.

The oldest daughter of President Obama has been working as a production assistant on the Los Angeles set of “Extant”, an up-coming CBS sci-fi series that is being produced by Steven Malia Obama Spielberg and stars Halle Berry as an astronaut who returns home pregnant after a year in space according to News Leader.

The Wrap reported that the first daughter has been doing typical work of an intern and has not received any special treatments. “She helped with computer shop alignments and the director also let her slate a take,” one source told The Wrap.

TMZ said, “We’re told Malia spent most of her day going on runs for coffee and drinks for most of the cast.”

She is a rising junior at Sidwell Friends, an exclusive D.C. prep school, and will turn 16 on Independence Day. President Obama mentioned earlier in a New Yorker article published in January that his oldest daughter had a passion for filmmaking.

News of the summer position has stirred criticism, especially on the blogosphere, where commentators say the 16 year-old teenager was benefitting from her father’s clout and not her abilities.

“I don’t think that this young lady should have this position” one commenter on The Wrap said, noting that as a mother and business owner, she would not provide that kind of advantage for her child. “Parents with means have made it too easy for their kids. Thus, we have a population of spoiled little rich kids who feel entitled to have and do whatever they want.”

Michelle Obama has not responded to comments about her daughter’s day on the TV set.

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This 1990 file photo shows accused rapist Yusef Salaam, second right, being escorted by police in New York in 1990. found guilty as teenagers in 1990 in the attack on a white woman — an investment banker — who had gone for a run in the park.

They served six to 13 years in prison before their convictions were thrown out in 2002 because of evidence that someone else, acting alone, committed the crime. The five sued police and prosecutors for $250 million.

Civil rights activist the Rev. Al Sharpton said in a statement that the tentative settlement signifies “a monumental victory” for the men and their families.

Photo: This 1990 file photo provided by Sundance Selects shows accused rapist Yusef Salaam, second right, being escorted by police in New York in 1990.

Martin Luther King Jr., Wife Honored With Medal

The Associated Press—Congressional leaders commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act on June 24 by posthumously bestowing the Congressional Gold Medal upon Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife, Coretta Scott King, for their efforts in passing the landmark legislation.

‘Central Park Five’ Get $40 Million Settlement

The Associated Press—With New York awash in murder and drugs, the 1989 rape and beating of a Central Park jogger by what was said to be a gang of “wilding” teens was seen as evidence of a city sliding into lawlessness. A quartercentury later, it stands instead as a $40 million symbol of failure by the justice system.

The city has agreed to a settlement for that amount with the five men who were falsely convicted in the attack, all but closing the books on one of the most lurid cases in New York history.

Official confirmation of the deal came June 20 when City Comptroller Scott Stringer said his office had received settlement papers with a figure “in the ballpark” of the $40 million that had been widely reported in the media.

The settlement still needs final approval from the comptroller and a federal judge. Lawyers for the plaintiffs declined to comment.

The five black and Hispanic defendants were

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Martin Luther King Jr. and wife, Coretta Scott King.

The Kings’ children, Martin Luther King III, Dexter Scott King and Bernice A. King, accepted the honor in the Capitol Rotunda as several hundred looked on. The civil rights leader was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1968. His wife died in 2006.

“The Civil Rights Act transformed our country,” House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California said. “It made America more American.”

President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act into law on July 2, 1964. It helped end legal discrimination based on race, sex, color, religion and national origin, and many consider it the most significant law to come out of the civil rights movement.

Among those joining Pelosi in praising the Civil Rights Act and the people who made it happen were Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada and House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio.

Throughout the lawmakers’ remarks were calls for a return to the bipartisanship that made laws like the Civil Rights Act possible.

Remembering the civil rights activists who marched, protested and faced brutality and violence is vital, the lawmakers said. But they added that it was important to remember the lawmakers who made passage possible.

The Congressional Gold Medal will be held in the newest Smithsonian museum, the National Museum of African American History and Culture, which is expected to open next year.

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HBCU Choir and Orchestra Celebrate 50th Anniversary of Civil Rights Act

By LaTrina Antoine AFRO Staff Writer The 105 Voices of History HBCU National Concert Choir and Orchestra paid a special tribute to the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The event was held June 22 at the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in Northwest D.C. Guest artist Ben Tankard, the “Godfather of Gospel Jazz,” was the evening’s host.

The pioneering efforts of Ernest Green, one of the Little Rock Nine; BJ Penn, former assistant secretary of the Navy; and Kent Amos, founder of Community Public Charter Schools in Northwest D.C. were honored in the performance. Lincoln University in Pennsylvania was also honored. “I think what [young people] should take away is the history, but also that it’s important in today’s

“First of all, I think that students need to be wellrounded, and while I come from an engineering background and my company is an aerospace company, I think it takes a wellrounded individual to actually be a successful employee.”

– Gloria Pualani

ensemble.

The event was made possible through the efforts of Partners Achieving Success CDC in Capitol Heights, Md., and the event’s sponsors including hbcuchoirs-105voh.com Aetna, Delta, and Northrop Grumman.

During the reception, political issues,” Green told the AFRO. “Voter registration is still important. They’re trying to Aetna gave the ensemble a $30,000 check.

Northrop Grumman along with the Loudon take away many of the other rights activity that County Chapter of Girlfriends Inc., and we fought for in the last 50, 60 years. All of Partners Achieving Success CDC gave three this is important.” $5,000 scholarships, one $1,500 scholarship, The Heritage Salute Via Our Voices and one $1,000 scholarship to selected concert featured 50 students from the 105 students in the ensemble. Lincoln University HBCUs throughout the country. The ensemble performed spiritual, gospel, Jazz, and Motown songs such as “Just Walk With Thee” and “We Shall Overcome,” lifting their voices for leadership, development, health, and economic empowerment.

“105 Voices of History is a national platform to train to showcase HBCU student talent (vocal and instrumental) as one voice collectively,” Renata ‘Toni’ Roy, founder and executive director of the national concert choir and orchestra said.

A team of conductors, including James Sexton, assistant director of bands at Tennessee State University; Horace R. Carney Jr., department chair at Alabama A&M University; A. Jan Taylor, director of choral music activities at Prairie View A&M University in Houston; and others led the

also received $1,500 for its choir program.

“First of all, I think that students need to be well-rounded, and while I come from an engineering background and my company is an aerospace company, I think it takes a well-rounded individual to actually be a successful employee,” Gloria Pualani, director of government relations at Northrop Grumman told the AFRO. “I think that being in the arts as well as math and science helps to round those individuals out. My support of this activity and my company’s support of this activity are important in growing our company as well as our country.”

For more information on the HBCU concert choir and orchestra, visit www. hbcuchoirs-105.org.

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was arrested for alleged theft under $100, obstructing and hindering and resisting arrest.

Regina Shields said that behavior does not sound like that of her husband, a Jamaican-born aspiring reggae artist, who went by the stage name, Potcovah.

“I’m very upset about what went on because he didn’t deserve this,” she said. “If he got violent either someone provoked him or whatever.

But he’s not a violent person at all.”

Jail spokeswoman Yolonda Evans, however, confirmed that when Metro police brought Shields to the jail about 12:38 p.m., he was “disorderly” and had to be separated from the other inmates.

“They just keep saying he was talking loud, wouldn’t put

on the uniform, and I don’t know what happened after that,” Regina Shields said in the interview.

According to Evans, while Samuel Shields was being processed for intake he went into “medical distress” though she wouldn’t go into specifics because of the ongoing investigation.

“Our emergency response team and our medical staff began to perform life-saving measures until paramedics arrived and took him to Southern Maryland Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 11:57 p.m.,” the jail spokeswoman said.

The situation was a rare

one for the jail, Evans added.

“Medical emergencies, we have them all the time,” she said. “[But], typically, we may experience an in-custody death once every 12-18 months. The majority of those are deemed suicides.”

Regina Shields acknowledged that her 460-pound spouse had suffered from serious medical conditions, including congestive heart failure, sleep apnea and mental illness.

However, she doubted that those conditions caused her husband’s death.

“I think it was foul play,” she said. “I really do, in my heart.”

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Florida

Continued from A1 removed were African-American.

“A lot of their data was inaccurate,” said political analyst David Bositis, an expert on Black politics. “And it [the purging process] was not carefully done to avoid making mistakes.”

In addition, there was an unusually high number of “overvotes,” or choices of more than one candidate for the same position, especially in predominantly African-American precincts in Duval County. As in Palm Beach County, with its infamous “butterfly ballots,” the Duval County ballots had a confusing layout and misleading instructions.

The bungled election drew much criticism and legal action from the NAACP, who sued Florida’s then-Secretary of State Katherine Harris and other state and local officials, alleging that their actions during the elections violated the Voting Rights Act. In particular, Harris, who was in charge of state election procedures, raised eyebrows due to her position as a Bush state campaign co-chairman, her role in the scrub list and her actions during the recount of votes. The complaint was settled in July 2002 and included an agreement that the exception lists would be re-processed.

The failed 2000 elections was a ripe opportunity for Florida to enact elections reform that would make participation in the American democracy easier, Johnson-Blanco said, but it chose to take another direction. “Unfortunately, what we see since 2000 is this concerted effort by the state to make it harder to vote,” she said. “You look forward to now and the problems [of 2000] still exist.”

Out of the 2000 debacle Election Protection, a coalition of national groups led by the Lawyers’ Committee and the largest voter protection and education effort in the nation, was born.

The necessity of such efforts is still evident in Florida, today, Johnson-Blanco said.

In 2011, Florida’s majority-Republican legislature – following a similar pattern set by other GOP-dominant legislatures and governor’s mansions in the wake of the 2010 midterm elections

– enacted HB 1355, a 158-page omnibus elections bill. Among other things, the bill proscribed the voter registration activities of community groups because its onerous requirements were difficult to comply with, changed ballot length restrictions, and reduced early voting days from 14 to eight.

As a result of the legislation, groups like the League of Women Voters suspended voter registration drives for the first time in decades; and voters were forced to stand in long lines or abandoned voting altogether and had to endure one of the most chaotic elections in the nation in 2012.

While Republican proponents claimed the legislation was meant to combat voter fraud, former GOP leaders and GOP strategists admitted it was meant to hamstring and deter Blacks

It got close, but it wasn’t the impact that they had this election cycle,” he added, referring to Democratic gains in 2012 despite the early voting limitations.

The Lawyers’ Committee and other civil rights groups donned their boxing gloves again. “Luckily, we were able to push back,” Johnson-Blanco said.

The law was challenged and a federal judge nullified most of the provisions related to voter registration organizations.

The Department of Justice – under authority of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act – also waged a successful challenge against the law, arguing that curtailing early voting and other provisions unfairly targeted minorities and deprived them of their rights.

Republican officials seemed undeterred, however, and took another bite at the apple. Crist’s successor, Gov. Rick Scott (R), instigated a major effort to purge up to 180,000 purported non-citizens from the voting rolls. But the lists of names – many Hispanic-sounding – were found to be riddled with error and many citizens found themselves wrongly swept up in the pogrom. The initiative drew an avalanche of legal challenges from the Department of Justice, who called it illegal, and other groups who deemed it discriminatory.

On Sept. 26, Scott announced plans to resume the purge with a greatly reduced list of potential noncitizens for removal, but was again stymied by the courts. The June 2013 Supreme Court ruling in Shelby v. Holder, however, may have loosened the reins on Scott and others intent on pursuing measures that could potentially deprive Americans of their right to vote.

“It’s been surprisingly quiet recently …, we have not been aware of any new legislation being contemplated. But, Florida has a track record of consistently pushing for these restrictive laws,” Johnson-Blanco said. “One can only hope that the pushback from civil rights groups and the legal losses they’ve experienced will deter those efforts and that they will focus on fixing the problems in elections administration.”

Voters were forced to stand in long lines or abandoned voting altogether and had to endure one of the most chaotic elections in the nation in 2012. and other voters that tend to vote Democrat.

Former Republican Party of Florida Chairman Jim Greer and former Gov. Charlie Crist, both ousted from the GOP, told The Palm Beach Post that at strategy meetings beginning in 2009 – after the historic turnouts among African Americans, especially, that netted Barack Obama the White House in 2008 – Republican staffers and consultants began pushing for contractions in early voting. Wayne Bertsch, a local and legislative campaign consultant for Republicans, backed up that claim. “In the races I was involved in in 2008, when we started seeing the increase of turnout and the turnout operations that the Democrats were doing in early voting, it certainly sent a chill down our spines,” Bertsch told the Post.

“In 2008, it didn’t have the impact that we were afraid of.

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In Baltimore City, political newcomer Marilyn Mosby managed to wrest the Democratic nomination for State’s Attorney from incumbent Gregg Bernstein. Mosby was ahead with 54.7 percent of the vote at press time. Another newcomer in Baltimore City, Antonio Hayes, helped upset incumbent Delegate Shawn Tarrant in the 40th legislative district, by taking 18.9 percent of the votes. The other two nominations for the district went to incumbent Delegates Frank Conaway Jr. and Barbara Robinson 16.6 percent and 16 percent respectively.

For purposes of the Maryland House of Delegates, the 44th legislative district, located in Baltimore City, was redistricted into two separate districts, 44a and 44b. The three incumbent delegates from what was previously district 44, ran against

each other for district 44a’s single seat. Delegate Keith Haynes defeated Delegates Keiffer Mitchell Jr. and Melvin Stukes, garnering 43.6 percent of the vote to Mitchell’s 39.4 percent and Stukes’s 17 percent.

In the 45th District, also in Baltimore City, incumbent Sen. Nathaniel McFadden easily defeated challenger Julius Henson for the Democratic nomination to the –Anita Hannon Maryland Senate, winning 80.6 percent to 19.4 percent. Henson was convicted of violating election law in 2012. In February a judge ruled Henson’s candidacy for the senate seat violated the terms of his probation, but later vacated the ruling.

Because this is the first time for a June primary in Maryland, held during a period when many Marylanders go on vacation, some concerns were raised about voter turnout. As of 11:55 p.m. Tuesday night, 566,565 total votes (including early voting) had been cast in the Democratic and Republican primaries for governor according to unofficial return figures on the Maryland

“I do think he’s a visionary and has a solid plan for this state, and he knows how to execute.”

State Board of Elections website. That is on par with the 569,255 votes cast in the 2012 primary, a presidential election year, but well short of the 761,413 votes cast in the 2010 primary.

In Baltimore City, some voters expressed exasperation with the voting process they feel rarely pays dividends for the city and its residents. Thomas Hill, 62, told the AFRO that “I voted simply because I think it’s the civic thing to do.” Hill feels that very little has changed for the better in Baltimore over the course of his 62 years, and that corporate interests dominate the state’s politicians.

Rosa Scruggs, 45, was still undecided as she headed into the polls on E. 25th and Barclay, saying she was voting more because of the symbolic importance of the act. “It isn’t going to change anything,” said Scruggs. “They always say they’re going to do stuff and they never do it anyway.”

Anita Hannon, a federal employee and Prince George’s County resident praised Brown at his watch party in College Park.

“I do think he’s a visionary and has a solid plan for this state, and he knows how to execute,” she said.

AFRO Staff writer LaTrina Antoine contributed to this report.

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crowds. I walked among the picketers, onlookers, the hordes of police and media everywhere; even my own mother, Elizabeth Murphy Oliver from the Afro-American Newspapers was a part of the media frenzy, and I was lost.

The energy of the Freedom Democrats brought national attention to the challenges African-American voters faced in Mississippi.

In an effort to force the Democratic Party to recognize the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party as the legitimate representatives of the Black and White citizens of Mississippi, its members traveled to New Jersey to confront the party head-on.

Led by Joe Rauh, Eleanor Holmes Norton,

Robert “Bob” Moses, and Fannie Lou Hamer, among others, the MFDP presented a compelling argument before the greater party and before the world. Hamer’s testimony before the committee was seen around the world, even though President Johnson tried to block it with a press conference. Although the group did not achieve their overall goal, they did prove to the world that Black people were an organized and active political force. As Hamer and the MFDP attempted to enter the Convention Center the police were corralling everyone. Because I’m Black with a protest sign the police assumed that I was a part of the MFDP. You know, we all look alike.

Hamer addressed the Convention’s

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civil rights, for poor people, for peace, or any of those things you talk about. Senator Humphrey, I’m going to pray to Jesus for you.”

“We didn’t come all the —Hamer way up here to compromise for no more than we’d gotten here,” she added. “We didn’t come all this way for no two seats when all of us is tired and we all want to sit.”

Although the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party rejected compromises from the Democratic Party and were not able to sit on the delegation floor, all was not lost. A clause was adopted in the rules committee of the Democratic National Party that required equality of representation from all state delegations beginning with the 1968 election.

Hamer did not worry about the past nor was she afraid of the future; she was supremely concentrated in the present. She just knew that material things, everything that she could see, touch, hear or taste, was the same and came from the same source, and her relationship with her God was unshakable.

She questioned outside authority, including the President of the United States; questioned what people took for granted, that Blacks could not vote; questioned what people held to be true, such as brutal White supremacy; she broke through the social conditioning of a hopeless life in Mississippi.

Are there enough adjectives to describe her, to give justice to so noble a spirit, to honor her generosity and gratitude? I do not want to make her a saint, for she was very real. She had faults and made mistakes. How do you say she inspired a movement, breathed life into a decaying system, and changed the Democratic Party forever?

Hamer was and is an inspirational figure to many involved in the struggle for civil rights.

She died on March 14, 1977, at the age of 59.

“Victories of the Civil Rights Movement were those of huge numbers of ordinary people doing extraordinary things.” – Charlie Thomas

“…we want to register, to become first-class citizens, and if the Freedom Democratic Party is not seated now, I question America.”

Credentials Committee and told them of the problems she faced while trying to vote.

“All of this is on account we want to register, to become first-class citizens, and if the Freedom Democratic Party is not seated now, I question America,” she said. “Is this America, the land of the free and the home of the brave where we have to sleep with our telephones off the hooks because our lives be threatened daily because we want to live as decent human beings – in America?”

Feeling threatened by the MFDP’s presence at the convention, President Lyndon Johnson tried to keep the attention away from Hamer by calling all television networks with an emergency press conference. However, many television networks publicized Hamer’s speech on news programs throughout the United States.

As a result, the Freedom Democrats received national support. In response to the publicity, Johnson proposed that the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party be given two non-voting seats at the national convention.

Urged by Martin Luther King Jr. and other male Civil Rights leaders to accept the compromise, Hamer turned down the offer.

“Do you mean to tell me that your position is more important than four hundred thousand Black people’s lives,” she asked.

“Senator Humphrey, I know lots of people in Mississippi who have lost their jobs trying to register to vote. I had to leave the plantation where I worked in Sunflower County, Mississippi. Now if you lose this job of Vice-President because you do what is right, because you help the MFDP, everything will be all right. God will take care of you. But if you take [the nomination] this way, why, you will never be able to do any good for

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COMMUNITY CONNECTION Washington Regional Alcohol Program to Offer Free Cab Rides During Independence Day Weekend

Preparing to combat that time of year when, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 44-percent of all U.S. traffic deaths are caused by alcohol-impaired drivers*, free cab rides will be offered to would-be drunk drivers throughout the District of Columbia on Friday, July 4th (Independence Day).

Offered by the nonprofit Washington Regional Alcohol Program (WRAP), the Fourth of July SoberRide program will be in operation beginning at 10:00 pm on July 4 (Independence Day) and continue until 4:00 am the following day as a way to keep local roads safe from impaired drivers during this traditionally high-risk holiday.

During this six hour period, area residents celebrating with alcohol may call the tollfree SoberRide® phone number 1 – 800 – 200 – TAXI and be afforded a no-cost (up to a $ 30 fare), safe way home.

AT&T wireless customers can dial #WRAP for the same service. Local taxicab companies throughout the Washington-metropolitan area provide this no-cost service to local residents age 21 and older who otherwise would have attempted to drive home after drinking.

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Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission Awards Scholarship to Eight Students

The Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission announced June 18 that eight children of Commission employees have been awarded scholarships through the Robert G. Berger Memorial Scholarship Fund. The fund is supported by contributions from the Berger family, employees and retirees of WSSC. The Robert G. Berger Memorial Scholarship Fund serves as an opportunity for WSSC to support higher education. Formerly known as the WSSC Employee Scholarship Fund, it was renamed to honor the memory of Commissioner Robert G. Berger upon his passing in April 2003. Commissioner Berger was appointed to the Commission from Montgomery County in 1993 and served until 2001. A graduate of Brown University and Harvard Law School, he was a tremendous advocate of higher education and played a pivotal role in creating the WSSC Scholarship Fund.

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Gwynn Park High School Alum Completes Basic Training

Air Force Airman 1st Class Matthew C. Simmons graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas.

The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills.

Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force.

Simmons earned distinction as an honor graduate.

He is the son of Stephen Simmons of Windsor Mill and Beverly Simmons-Dickerson of Brandywine, Md. The airman is a 2013 graduate of Gwynn Park High School.

On June 27, The Chuck Brown All-Star Band will host a concert at Blues Alley in N.W. D.C. to commemorate the “Godfather of Gogo’s” indelible legacy. For more information: Bluesalley.com.

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The Afro-American, June 28, 2014 - July 4, 2014

President Obama Acts to Ease Student Loan Debt

By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – From 2003 to 2014, student debt in America skyrocketed from $250 million to $1.2 trillion, surpassing credit card debt. As more students, especially Blacks students, rely on grants and loans to get through college, President Barack Obama has stepped up with a series of executive orders to ease the pain of borrowers in college and after they graduate.

A 2012 study by the Center for American Progress, said that 81 percent of Blacks who earned bachelor’s degrees graduated with debt compared to 64 percent of White students.

According to the CAP report, “African Americans, are graduating with more student debt: 27 percent of black bachelor’s degree recipients had more than $30,500 in debt compared to 16 per¬cent for their White counterparts.”

Fifty-six percent of Blacks aged 18 to 34, saddled with debt, postponed buying a home, because of the ailing economy.

President Obama issued the executive orders the same week the White House released a report that detailed the student debt crisis, state-by-state.

Student loan borrowers in California topped the list, owing more than $100 billion. Borrowers in New York owed more than $73 billion, in Texas more than $71 billion, nearly $62 billion in Florida and about $50 billion in Pennsylvania.

There’s no denying the impact of a college education on the lifetime earnings of a graduate.

“The median annual earnings among recipients of a Bachelor’s degree or higher (age 25 and over) with full-time work was $62,300 in 2013, or $28,300 more than their counterparts with only a high school diploma,” stated the report.

Unemployment rates for young Black college graduates are also significantly lower than the jobless rates for Blacks that only finished high school, 13.1 percent compared 34.7 percent, according to a 2014 report by the Economic Policy Institute, but rising tuition costs continue to imperil the dreams of millions

of young Blacks.

“Over the past three decades, the average tuition at a public four-year college has more than tripled, while a typical family’s income has barely budged. More students than ever are relying on loans to pay for college,” the report explained. “Today, 71 percent of those earning a bachelor’s degree graduate with debt, which averages $29,400. While most students are able to repay their loans, many feel burdened by debt, especially as they seek to start a family, buy a home, launch a business, or save for retirement.”

The report continued: “For too many lowand middle-income families this essential rung on the ladder to opportunity and advancement is slipping out of reach.”

Many Black families are unable to contribute financially to help cover college tuition, making student loan programs even more critical for those students. However, defaulting on student loans can have lasting consequences, including damaged credit

of their earn monthly earnings.

“This executive action is expected to help up to 5 million borrowers who may be struggling with student loans today,” the report said.

President Obama also partnered with the Department of Treasury in an effort to help Pell Grant beneficiaries learn how to claim the American Opportunity Tax Credit, an initiative started in 2009 “which provides up to $2,500 to help pay for each year of college.”

The president is also working with trade groups and businesses to increase awareness about repayment options and improve financial literacy.

Recently, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) has pushed a bill that would have allowed borrowers to refinance their student loans. Earlier this month, the legislation faded in the Senate on a 56-38 vote, largely opposed by Republicans who said that the bill was an election year stunt engineered by the Democrats. The proposal would have saved students about $2,000 over the life of their loans.

President Obama’s executive actions come more than a year after some historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) were forced to turn students away, because of the stricter requirements for the PLUS loan program. Other Black schools furloughed faculty and staff and slashed budgets to stay afloat when enrollment tanked. The rule change disproportionately affected Black families, who suffered heavy losses during the most recent housing crisis and the recession that followed.

The president’s most recent actions may help alleviate some of the pain felt by Black students and HBCUs by the PLUS loan program rule changes.

“At a time when a college degree is so critical to the future of today’s students it has also never been more expensive,” said Cecilia Muñoz, director of the Domestic Policy Council at the White House. “So, making college more affordable is critically important, but with more than a trillion dollars in outstanding student loans, we also have to do more for people who have already borrowed for college to repay their loans.”

Fifty-six percent of Blacks aged 18 to 34, saddled with debt, postponed buying a home, because of the ailing economy. ratings, garnished wages, and can even have a negative impact on future employment prospects, the report said.

Working with the Department of Education, President Obama launched the “Pay As You Earn” program that caps loan payments for students already making payments at 10 percent

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Many cases include financial exploitation of seniors by family members and care givers who drain bank accounts or seek reverse mortgages on homes owned by senior citizens.

“Annually, millions of Americans fall victim to scams and financial exploitation, but according to the National Center on Elder Abuse, women and elders over 65 are most likely to be victimized, many times by people who are close to them and are trusted to take care of them,” Alsobrooks said in a news release. “Elder abuse can occur anywhere…in the home, in nursing facilities or other institutions.

It affects seniors across all socioeconomic groups, cultures and races. We try very hard to educate the community on ways to avoid becoming victims, and we work to prosecute these financial predators.”

The event featured speakers who are experts on problems affecting senior citizens, resource guides and workshops regarding guardianship, the basics of reverse mortgages, available services to help seniors age in place and Social Security and Medicare fraud.

There is even a personal website option that allows internet users a secure way to do business like providing proof they are receiving Social Security benefits, or making changes to their address or direct deposit information.

For more information and services for older adults, call the Aging and Disability Resource Center at 301-265-8450. The Prince George’s County Department of Family Services, Aging and Disabilities Resource Center is a single point of entry for individuals in need of current information about opportunities and services available to seniors in Prince George’s County. The program also connects persons with older family members who live outside the County with local service agencies in their communities.

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Blacks Have Not Recovered From The Recovery Judging from its June 18-19 meeting, the Federal Reserve is hedging its bets. It says the U.S. economy is on the mend, but more slowly than expected. They’ve reduced their estimate for economic growth and say that it will take a year or more to get to where we were six years ago.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has offered a starker forecast.

Julianne Malveaux Expected growth for the NNPA Columnist United States is about 3 percent, a level considered “normal” and “in recovery.” They projected something right above 2 percent earlier this year. Now, they say the United States economy will grow at about 1.9 percent, below robust recovery, and that it will take until 2018 to get the labor market back on track.

Meanwhile, the stock market seems to signal a healthy recovery, and surveys of human resource professionals found that more employers are offering signing and retention bonuses to get the best employees and to keep them. Obviously, the nearly 10 million people who are unemployed aren’t being offered any kind of bonuses. Most of them just want work.

That’s not to mention the 3.4 million people who have not worked in half a year or more. Bonus? Please.

The economic recovery is as bifurcated as our economic reality has always been. The Occupy folks estimated it in a way that galvanized energy and spoke some truth. Does the top 1 percent of our population get all the benefits of economic growth? Just about. One of the most telling statistics deals with race and recovery. Aggregately, Whites and Asians Americans have fully recovered from economic shortfalls, African Americans have seen their wealth rebound by only 45 percent.

They have lost 55 percent of wealth, bearing a disproportionate burden from this recovery.

When we parse the data by class, we learn that President Obama’s focus on the middle class leaves the poor where

Race to the Bottom

James Clingman NNPA Columnist

If you and your children were sitting at the dinner table, with no food and no prospects for getting any, what would you say to them and what would you do?

Would you tell them they have no food because you cannot get a job? Would you tell them the reason they are hungry is that racism exists?

Would you try to make them understand that their lack of food is the fault of some Asian, White, or Arab boogeyman who wants Black people to starve to death?

What would you say?

Would you swallow your pride and ask a friend, relative, social agency for immediate help? Would you go out and get them some food by any means necessary? Rob? Steal? Borrow?

Would you go to a church and ask for food? What would you do?

That scenario, as farfetched as it may seem, is something we should think about. As the so-called middle class swiftly disappears and as poor people continue to deal with issues like this every day, it would be wise to have a plan in case we find ourselves at the bottom of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs pyramid.

At this point in our nation, despite what we are being told, the economy is not growing and not getting better, especially

they have always been – at the periphery of economic progress. Until the job markets open up at entry level, instead of providing opportunities for the middle class and higher, the recovery will not trickle down. Meanwhile, there are members of Congress who truly believe that the unemployed are jobless because they want to be. These are folks who apparently refuse to read the data about the search for work.

What does economic recovery look like? It looks like vibrancy. It looks like people joyfully working. It looks like people who spend, if not freely, certainly less cautiously. They don’t have to run an algorithm in their brain before they decide that their child can have an ice cream cone. It means being able to put a few pennies aside for college possibilities. It means having a moment to exhale.

For all the talk of Wall Street exuberance and economic recovery, there are millions still waiting to exhale. While we mostly focus on the officially unemployed, the equally pressing concern is about those who are underemployed, working part time when they want to work full time. All of these folks are in the job search mix, and they are too often the people we ignore.

In many ways this is also a “race matters” narrative.

Economic recovery looks great for some, good for others, and absolutely dismal for those at the bottom. The unofficial unemployment rate among African Americans remains at someplace near 25 percent. The Bureau of Labor Statistics won’t measure that, because then they will have to report the economic failure inherent in this so-called economic recovery.

for Black people. It does not matter how “optimistic” Black folks are, as the Urban League Report states, we are in serious trouble in this land of plenty. You cannot pay your grocery bill with optimism; you cannot stay cool or warm with a fuzzy feeling, and you cannot tell your children to be optimistic and make their hunger pangs stop.

The realities of life require pragmatic responses, and our response to being economically weak, fragile, and unstable is ridiculously inappropriate. When Blacks were in second place in this country, as it pertains to population, business ownership, and attention from the politicians, we received a few concessions via a couple of laws that soon morphed into benefits not only for us but for virtually everyone else. We were the “minority du jour” for a few decades, but others have now passed us by.

Now, after being passed by Asians, Asian-Indians, and Hispanics when it comes to business ownership and profitability, we find ourselves in fourth place. Claud Anderson warned us many years ago: “If we didn’t get anything when we were in second place, what do you think we will get in third place?” Now, we are even further behind, so much so that some of us are faced with having to decide how our children will eat.

Let me put it in graphic terms. According to the 2007 economic census, Black business receipts totaled $136 billion; Asian businesses, $506 billion; Asian Indian, businesses $152 billion. The number of Black businesses that had employees was 106,566; Asian businesses, 397,426; Asian-Indian, 109,151. The number of employees in Black businesses was 909,552; Asian businesses, 2,807,771; Asian-Indians, 844,177.

Now compare the above statistical data to the following: There were 1,197,864 Black-owned businesses in 2007;

Anti-Effeminacy in the Black Community Words like sissy and f** can often be heard in the Black community to describe a man who falls outside the comparatively restrictive confounds of Black male masculinity. However, why Black men in particular focus on masculinity more than their other racial counterparts is often misunderstood. Two theories seek to explain the culture of anti-effeminacy in the Black community.

Sexism is something that pervades our country and society.

The average woman makes about 4-7 percent less than her male counterparts, according to the U.S. Department of Labor, when accounting for differences in total hours worked, job position, and total unpaid hours leave taken during the year. In other words the average woman would have to work 7.5 percent more or 168 hours more to earn as much as man. However, sexism can not only be seen in the marketplace when looking at gender but also between masculine vs. less masculine men. Studies show that men with traits perceived to be more masculine are more likely than those possessing feminine traits to receive higher starting salaries and receive promotions at a

Jeremy Bamidele

much higher rate. Furthermore, a study comparing the salary of male to female transsexuals pre- and post-transition shows income falling by approximately one third following transition.

A study by Lee Badgett concluded that gay men earn 11 – 27 percent less than straight men.

These studies while focusing on disparate communities, share a common story – as masculine traits decrease, so does income. Consequently, it is arguable that Black men by promoting restrictive and traditional views of masculinity are trying to serve the best interest of the community by keeping Black male income higher than it would be with a more effeminate male population. This hypothesis is further made credible since Black men earn less than their White male counterparts for the same jobs and positions, giving them further incentive to hoard their wealth. While some hypothesize that intra-gender privilege in the Black community results from the desire to attain higher incomes, others point to a historical anthropological perspective.

Many scholars argue that anti-effeminate views in the Black male community are rooted in homophobia derived

The Federal Reserve and the IMF are reporting economic projections that trickle down. They say the economic recovery will not happen as quickly as they once projected, and that they have a “wait and see” attitude. The Fed is moving closer to raising interest rates, and are withdrawing from their bond buying program that fostered economic stability.

Their “wait and see” really means pulling back, which may help the overall economy. When will those on the bottom, the least, the last, and the left out, experience recovery? Until those who make public policy are prepared to deal with persistent economic bifurcation, economic recovery looks good for some, dismal as ever for others.

Julianne Malveaux is a Washington, D.C.-based economist and writer. She is president emerita of Bennett College for Women in Greensboro, N.C.

1,549,559 for Asians; and just 308,491 for Asian-Indians.

My point is grounded in these data but also in the economic plight of Black people compared to other groups. Being in fourth place, with a $1.1 trillion annual aggregate income, is unconscionable and outrageously self-defeating.

While you may not be confronted by such a drastic situation as the one noted in the beginning of this article, you are now facing drastic price increases for food, energy, and gasoline.

These are day-to-day necessities. How will you deal with acquiring what you need?

One way is to find an additional revenue stream. There are ways to get more money, that is, if we are willing to make the requisite sacrifices. It takes money to make money, you know.

Another way is to grow some of your own food; if you have a little dirt somewhere, drop some seeds into it, and cut down on your food bill. Bartering goods and services is also a great way to save money; form a bartering circle in your church, for instance.

Finally, start a business and support the businesses we already have. Circulating our dollars among our own businesses is a sure-fire way to be economically empowered; but you already know that, don’t you? If not, just look at the groups in front of us and see what they are doing.

We are at the bottom now. When this nation’s economy collapses it will collapse on us.

Jim Clingman, founder of the Greater Cincinnati African American Chamber of Commerce, is an adjunct professor at the University of Cincinnati. He can be reached through his website, blackonomics.com.

from a historical context wherein Black men were repeatedly raped when kept in captivity. This captivity exists not only in the past, but also in the present, with many Black men being incarcerated and raped in jails. These individual experiences were and are so pervasive as to become shared cultural memories. According to this theory Black men are not naturally anti-effeminacy but instead adopt this trait as a self-protection mechanism against dangers that have that have existed and continue to exist.

In conclusion the narrative of Black anti-effeminacy is not one produced within the Black community, but instead one shaped by the collective Black experience. The hatred aimed at its own members seeks to insure the protection and wellbeing of the community as a whole.

Jeremy Bamidele is a former faculty member at Rancho Santiago Community College in California and currently lives in Philadelphia, Penn. where he is completing graduate school at the University of Pennsylvania. He can be reached at jbami@sas.upenn.edu.

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June 28, 2014 - July 4, 2014, The Afro-American

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Grand Trustee Bennie Brown, Past Matron Iceleen Griffin,

Past Patron

Joseph A. Dingle, Xavier Wiggins, Grand Trustee Delores Graves, Associate Grand Conductress Eunice J. Dingle, Grand Worthy Patron Thomas L. Coleman, Past Matron Sharon Mason

Jurisdictional Scholarship Chairman Kelli J. McCoyBurkett, MWPHGL Grand Lodge Scholarship Chairman Glenn Ruffin, GTGC Grand Chapter Chairman Sheila Smith, and Jurisdictional Vice Chairman Shari L. McCoy

Acacia Lodge No. 25 members present one of their five scholarships. From l-r: Edward Brown, J. Raymond Murray, Scholarship recipient Destiny Robinson and her parents, and Worshipful Master Jonathan Jones

Electa Chapter No. 6 members Worshipful Master Robert Ellis II (Victory Lodge No. 23), Alice Riddick, Worthy Patron Bobby R. Harris, scholarship recipients Meron Hagos and Jiru Ekraim, Worthy Matron Shari L. McCoy, Tracie Quander, and Tonya Fadis

Banneker senior Jide Omekam thanks the Masonic family on behalf of the 2014 scholarship recipients.

Grand Master John T. Doles Sr., Dr. Justine Love, Grand Worthy Matron Barbara E. Murray, and Grand Worthy Patron Thomas L. Coleman

Former recipient Ashley Scarboro gave words of encouragement to scholarship recipients.

Keynote speaker WPGC/CBS Radio Community Affairs Director Dr. Justine Love

By Shari L. McCoy Special to the AFRO On June 7 the Jurisdictional Scholarship Awards Program was held at the Prince Hall Center for the Performing Arts, Prince Hall Masonic Temple, 1000 U St., N.W. This annual event is sponsored by the Prince Hall Freemason and Eastern Star Charitable Foundation (PHFESCF), in conjunction with the Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge (MWPHGL), Free and Accepted Masons, Prince Hall Affiliation of the District of Columbia, and the Georgiana Thomas Grand Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, Prince Hall Affiliation of the District of Columbia. This year, over $80,000 was awarded to graduating seniors or continuing college students in the Washington Metropolitan area. The Hon. John T. Doles Sr., most worshipful grand master, congratulated the students on their first step in life toward adulthood, and challenged students to remember the sacrifices of their families to bring them to this day. Barbara E. Murray, grand worthy matron of the Georgiana Thomas Grand Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, further challenged the scholarship recipients to dedicate themselves to the business of advancing their

Grand officers and scholarship recipients

education and pursuing their dreams. This year’s scholarship program, chaired by Vice President of the PHFESCF Kelli J. McCoy-Burkett and her committee, selected approximately 70 deserving students. Former scholarship recipient Ashley Scarboro, gave a charge to the students urging them to work hard, reach for the stars, and do their best. Family and friends of the scholarship recipients, as well as members of the Prince Hall Masonic family attended the event.

Since the inception of Worship Master James Vandross the scholarship program and the Brothers of James H. Hill in 1957, this Masonic organization has Lodge No. 16 with scholarship awarded over $50 million recipients in scholarships.

By Carolyn P. DuBose Special to the AFRO

Grand Master John T. Doles Sr., Vice President Kelli J. McCoy-Burkett and Prince Hall Freemasons and Eastern Star Charitable Foundations Board members and recipients

Justine Love, National Collegiate Public Charter School senior Autumn Stafford and her mother Beverlie Stafford

Courtesy Photos

Bates, Todd Bell, Kendra Brown, the Rev. Dr. Grainger Browning Jr., Judith Burton, Ataveus Cash, Victoria Christopher Murray, Edda Collins Coleman, Adimu Colon, Dr. Alvin Crawley, More than 700 people attended the 35th Anniversary Gala of the Dr. Courtney Davis, Lt. General Robert S. Ferrell, Capt.

Northern Virginia (NOVA) Chapter of the National Hampton Alumni Norma Hatot, Tiffanee Gale, Tamara Lumpkin, and Association Inc. The annual event was held at the Renaissance Arlington Sherry Maragh, M.D., Regina Milteer-Rock, M.D., Col. Capital View Hotel in Crystal City, Va. The crowd turned out in record E. Nickens Sr. Ret.), Louise Nickens, Spencer Overton, numbers to celebrate this milestone. A special feature this year was the Marcia Milton, Pam Perkins, Randy Phillip, Leonard recognition of 35 Hampton University Alumni , with diverse backgrounds, Powell, Welford Roberts, Allison Seymour, Lani P. Shaw from throughout the Metropolitan region. The honorees were: Melanie Esq., Natasha Smith, Rear Admiral Sylvia Trent Adams Ph.D. RN, Patricia F. Ware, Lori Williams, Ronald Williams Esq., Daniel Wilson, Andre Anthony Wells and Siraaj Hansan. The chapter was organized 39 years ago in Arlington, Va. with 14 founding members.

Gen. Wallace Arnold, Patricia Y. Hollingsworth, Alumnus Tommy Walker Nancy S. Smackum, Joshua Thomas, and and wife Suzanne Grammy Award Carolyn P. DuBose were among those who -winning recording attended the Gala. They were recognized at Alumni Army Lt. Gen. Robert and Anthony artist Chrisette the event by Chapter President Kelli D. Boyer.

Monique Ferrell Cheatham, Michele The evening included a star-studded lineup president, featuring a special performance by Grammy NHAA Inc. Thirty-five Hamptonians, from the Metropolitan area, are Award winner Chrisette Michele. Also on the Calvin Nelson Jr., past honored for their accomplishments. program were three president, and guest media personalities and Hampton alumni: Adimu Colon, Allison Seymour, and Todd Bell.

One of the crowd pleasers was the appearance of three Virginia queens, all Hamptonians, wearing their crowns: Miss Hampton 20132014 Shayma Sulaiman, Miss Black Virginia USA 2014 Shayna D. Jamison, Joseph and Miss Virginia USA 2013 Desiree Guests at Nickens Williams. In the 35-year history of dinner welcomes NOVA-NHAA Inc. the Chapter has guests. awarded an incredible $200,000 in scholarships to local students attending Hampton University. The Chapter has also distinguished itself by its service to the community and the university. “Because of the efforts of the Northern Virginia Regina DuBose, Carolyn Chapter of the Joe Briggs DuBose, and Marion Spraggins National Hampton promotes Alumni Association alumni Inc., many students giving. have been exposed to the Hampton experience,” wrote President William R. Harvey in a letter of congratulations.

Michelle Hudgins, vice president, NOVA-NHAA Inc.

Alumni and guests dancing the night away Courtesy Photos

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HEALTH

Washington TV Newswomen Stage Breast Cancer Fund Raiser

By Ashley D. Diggs Special to the AFRO Many familiar faces seen daily and nightly on local Washington D.C. news television stations were dressed in all hues of pink at the D.C. Newsbabes Bash fundraiser for breast cancer. More than a dozen female news anchors, and special guest Dr. Jill Biden hosted a swanky fundraiser to benefit Survivors Offering Support (SOS) June 11 at the Powerhouse

“This is a group of dedicated and competitive women, uniquely working together for an amazing cause.”

— Barry Glassman in the Georgetown area of Washington, D.C. The classy two-hour event united major area anchorwomen in a sea of pink solidarity across the D.C. metropolitan area all in one room, as they raised funds for breast cancer survivors.

The on-air news hosts included Lesli Foster and Andrea Roane of Gannett’s WUSA 9 and Allison Seymour, and Shawn Yancy of FOX 5 News of FOX 5 News.

Dozens of pink spotlights shined along the walls of the three-level venue as specialty cocktails were served, hors d’oeuvres were passed, and sweet treats including cupcakes

by Georgetown Cupcake and gelato by Dolci Gelati. In 2009, a group of friends working in the television news industry

provided the idea to create an event to benefit a widely known cause that has now continued for six years. This year’s sponsors included Spilled Milk Catering, Bethesda Row, Powerhouse, and Glassman Wealth Services.

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Now, that’s newsworthy,” said President Barry Glassman a sponsor who donated a whopping $10,000 to the Newsbabes Bash organization on behalf of Glassman Wealth Services.

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ARTS & CULTURE

Colman Domingo Details His Journey to Success

Versatile Actor Wrote and Stars in ‘Wild with Happy’ Now at Baltimore’s Center Stage

By Jonathan Hunter Special to the AFRO Colman Domingo, 44, playwright and awardwinning actor is eager to talk about his recent success and life as an actor.

Domingo has starred in major motion pictures including Lee Daniels’s The Butler, playing Freddie Fallows, and Lincoln playing Pvt. Harold.

He performed in a theatre production of The Scottsboro Boys and in his own play, Wild with Happy. Now he is

also a key player in Selma, a movie now being filmed in Atlanta about the 1965 voting rights campaign in Selma, Ala. In Selma, Domingo is cast as Rev. Ralph Abernathy, a minister and close associate of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. “I auditioned like any other actor and the director thought I had something to give to the character,” Domingo said.

In the film he works with David Oyelowo, an accomplished actor who is portraying King in the film.

Domingo said, “We have worked together in previous films [such as] Spielberg’s Lincoln and Lee Daniel’s The Butler. He is an actor I trust

a satire about grief and fairy tales,” Domingo said, “deconstructing the Cinderella story through the lens of a gay African-American male.” He

wants to be known as an actor who works in different mediums, including stage and film. He also wants to make his mark as a playwright. “I

and won an OBIE Award for his performance in Passing Strange. He has also been singled out by Audelco, Connecticut

attributed the idea for the play to conversations he had with friends. It focuses on coping with the loss of both parents and coping with the reality of the need to move on with life.

In 2006, Domingo lost both of his parents. “I had to balance living and grieving and grow in a precarious way,” he said.

He told the AFRO he

learned everything by doing.

My career has been my own creation. It’s always been about a craftsman mentality.”

He was nominated for a best actor Tony Award for his performance in The Scottsboro Boys, won a Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transsexual alliance GLAAD Award as author of A Boy and His Soul

CriticsCircle and Bay Area Theater Critics Circle for his work as an actor, playwright and director.

He said he believes the key to a successful acting career is just sticking with the process.

“I think it takes tenacity, dedication, hard work, and faith. I think you have to be true to who you are.”

Think Like a Man Too Review

Las Vegas Serves as Backdrop for Battleof-the-Sexes Sequel

By Kam Williams Special to the AFRO

The surprise hit Think Like a Man was #1 at the boxoffice over its opening weekend back in April of 2012.

Inspired by Steve Harvey’s best-selling, Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man, the original explored some of the serious issues tackled by the popular, relationship advice book by examining the angst of four couples in relationship crisis.

This go round, director Tim Story has abandoned

Kevin Hart is one of the stars of Think Like a Man Too. the source material in favor of a screwball adventure that unfolds more like a blend of The Hangover and Bridesmaids, madcap movies about a bachelor and bachelorette party, respectively. Think Like a Man Too endeavors to increase the ante by featuring both a bachelor and bachelorette party.

Unfortunately, this relatively-tame sequel fails to measure up to either of those side-splitting descents into debauchery, being basically a vehicle for Kevin Hart’s kitchen sink brand of comedy. Here, the motor-mouthed comedian serves as an omniscient narrator who calls the battle-of-the-sexes’ play-by-play.

Director Story deserves credit for reassembling the principal cast members, thereby easily maintaining the ensemble’s continuity and chemistry. The reason for the reunion is that Candace (Regina Hall) and Momma’s Boy Michael (Terrence J), are tying the knot, so they’ve invited his meddling mother (Jenifer Lewis) and all their friends to Las Vegas for the nuptials.

Just past the point of departure, we find chef Dominic (Michael Ealy) and corporate executive Lauren (Taraji P. Henson) still struggling with whether to put career ahead of romance. Meanwhile, settled-down Kristen (Gabrielle Union) and Jeremy (Jerry Ferrrara) are thinking about having a kid. And Mya (Meagan Good) is having a hard time trusting her beau, Zeke (Romany Malco), given how his ex-girlfriends seem to surface at inopportune moments.

Eventually, all of the above plus Sonya (La La Anthony), Tish (Wendi Mclendon-Covey), Bennett (Gary Owen), Isaac (Adam Brody) and Terrell (David Walton) separate by gender the night before the wedding ceremony.

The plot thickens when the bridesmaids carouse around Sin City in search of stimulation by bulging biceps, and just as best man Cedric and the groomsmen get the bright idea of entering a male stripping contest dressed as the Village People.

It’s not very hard to guess what happens next, or how it will all end after the wedding is almost cancelled. A pleasant, if predictable, diversion peppered with incessant chatter on the part of the irrepressible Kevin Hart.

Good (2 stars) Rated PG-13 for profanity, drug use, crude humor, sexual references and partial nudity Running time: 106 minutes Distributor: Screen Gems

Colman Domingo is a key player in the upcoming movie Selma. and very deeply admire.”

While limited by contract in what he can say during production about Selma, he was more open about Wild with Happy, a play he wrote that opened at the Public Theater in New York City and is now at Center Stage in Baltimore through June 29.

“It’s a dark comedy…

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SPORTS

LeBron Tells Heat He Will Become Free Agent

By Tim Reynolds AP Basketball Writer LeBron James delivered his message loud and clear, without actually saying a word.

He’s willing to leave Miami, if that’s what it will take to win more championships. And what happens next will likely be up to not just the Heat, but Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh as well.

Through his agent, James informed the Heat on Tuesday that he has decided to opt out of the final two years of his contract, a move that means he becomes a free agent on July 1. He will be able to sign with any team, including Miami, and Heat President Pat Riley said he “fully expected” James to take advantage of his early termination option.

“We look forward to sitting down with LeBron and his representatives and talking about our future together,” Riley said.

The Heat have been preparing for this for some time.

James, Wade and Bosh all got six-year contracts when they teamed up in Miami in July 2010, the last time free agency was accompanied by the sort of frenzy that will envelop the league over the next few weeks. But each of those deals came with options to leave either this summer or in 2015, in part to allow both the players and the team to have financial flexibility.

James — who averaged 27.1 points this past season — was owed $42.7 million for the next two seasons, though that seems irrelevant in the sense that he’ll be getting plenty of money from the Heat or someone else for years to come. If he stays with Miami, he could sign a deal that would give the team room to maneuver within the structures of the salary cap and luxury-tax threshold.

So could Wade and Bosh, if they choose to opt out as well — and if both do, Miami would potentially have plenty of cash to spend on roster upgrades. Neither has announced their

LeBron James plans, though both have previously said they want to remain in Miami.

“No news here yet,” Wade said Tuesday.

James stayed silent as well, with agent Rich Paul being the one who informed the Heat of the four-time NBA MVP’s plan.

But last week, while still dealing with the sting of losing the NBA Finals to San Antonio, James expressed how enticing the idea of flexibility is to him.

“Being able to have flexibility as a professional, anyone, that’s what we all would like,” James said last week. “That’s in any sport, for a football player, a baseball player, a basketball player, to have flexibility and be able to control your future or your present. I have a position to be able to do that. ... There’s a lot of times that you’re not in control of your future as a professional.”

He’s in control now. He turns 30 next season. He might just be entering his prime.

‘Again, I Stray’

Before I venture into my topic du jour, I would like to thank Jack Oleander for his get-well wishes.

That being done, I will offer the following as an introduction to a topic dear to my heart. My wife was a teacher for 33 years. After retirement, she ventured into the field of reviewing portfolios of home schoolers. These are children who are schooled at home instead of a class room. They are evaluated twice a year, and that is where Mrs. Lacy comes in. For the past few years she has shared some of the work she has evaluated, and I have become fascinated. So, again I stray from “He Made a Difference” to bring you a few weeks of what I find fascinating.

The following is an authorized piece submitted by 14 year-old Sean Taylor.

James said last week that he, Wade and Bosh owed it to one another to have a conversation before deciding where to play going forward. It is unclear if those discussions have taken place.

And while James opting out was largely expected, the ripple effect of the move was seen all over the sports world.

The NFL, on its Twitter account, posted a photo of James dunking a football over the crossbar at the stadium his beloved Dallas Cowboys call home, light-heartedly asking him if he wanted to pass some time in a training camp while making his decision. And U.S. Soccer, also in a tweet, said it has a new team for him — then attached a photo of men’s national team jersey bearing James’ name and No. 6.

Even hockey got into the act.

“You know, you’d be 6-10 on skates,” someone posted to the Carolina Hurricanes’ Twitter account, in a message to James.

For now, all that seems certain is James sticking to basketball. What team, that’s now up for debate.

He’s been with the Heat four seasons, been to the NBA Finals in each of those years, winning two championships and winning more games than any other team over that span. He seems to have largely recovered from the hit his image took when he left Cleveland for Miami in 2010, often saying he’s much happier now as a person than he was then.

Plus, his life has changed. He married longtime girlfriend Savannah Brinson last year, and the couple is expecting their third child.

“Players have a right to free agency and when they have these opportunities, the right to explore their options,” Riley said. “The last four seasons have been historic and LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh and Erik Spoelstra have led the Miami Heat to one of the most unprecedented runs in the history of the NBA.”

PAYING COLLEGE ATHLETES: I believe there are pros and cons when you start talking about paying college athletes.

One pro is that with money on the line, the players might play harder because they know that money is a reward. Also, with that money, if they were smart, they would be able to buy books that they need for class and other things along those lines. Another pro of paying college athletes is that the athletes could pay off their student loans and it could serve as a thanks because most of the money that the school gets is because of the sporting events.

There are also cons that go along with paying college athletes. For example, some athletes already can’t handle or control themselves off the field so why would you add some problems by giving them money to do whatever they chose to do. By giving the money, you don’t know what they might spend it on. Another con is that with the money they might feel that they have the power to not come to school or not fulfill their commitment to themselves and the school.

I think that college students should be paid, but not so much that they lose their heads. I also feel that college athletes should receive money for the work that they put towards their sport of choice because that might make them stay in school for longer and not go professional sooner than they need to. For instance, in basketball, a lot of kids are starting to leave college too early and they end up finding themselves not filling their potential in the sport because they didn’t take advantage of some of those years that they could have had if they would have stayed in college for a couple of extra years.

I bring this to you uncut and unedited. Well done, Sean.

Despite Injury, University of Kansas Center Embiid Should Still Top the NBA Draft

By Stephen D. Riley Special to AFRO (June 22, 2014) With the NBA Draft (June 26) approaching fast, University of Kansas center Joel Embiid picked the worst time to come up injured, again. Reports surfaced late last week that a physical exam had discoved that Embiid had injured his foot, which needed two screw inserts in surgery June 13. The recovery time is slated to range from four to six months,

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potentially costing him a chance to be healthy at the start the National Basketball Association (NBA) season in late October. And with two enticing prospects-- forwards Jabari Parker and Andrew Wiggins—graded as worthy of top overall selections, Embiid’s value could take a tremendous slide in a top-heavy draft. Once pegged as a near-lock for the first name selected, Embiid’s injury will cast major doubt on him, considering the injury history of past big men who came into the league and floundered with foot injuries. However, the 20-year-old, sevenfooter has already been cleared by doctors to return to basketball and that news alone should be enough for the Cameroon native to hear his name selected first on draft night.

Despite passing the early eye tests, neither Parker nor Wiggins offer what Embiid does in terms of size and defense. The NBA has always been played from a mindset of defense first, just ask the San Antonio Spurs for example. Tim Duncan’s legacy in San Antonio will never have the allure of some of the other greats but his low post scoring and defense anchored an upperechelon team for over a decade. Embiid’s injury history might be comparable to former top pick Greg Oden, but Oden never had Embiid’s build, athletic grace or mobility. Embiid’s late-season back injury was scary enough for some scouts so no doubt his latest foot injury will definitely close the door for him in most teams’ eyes but for an athlete who’s only been playing basketball for a few seasons, the upside, potential and intrigue is definitely there. In-season comparisons slotted Embiid’s name next to David Robinson and Hakeem Olajuwon, both game-changing, franchise centers. Sitting out a season to recover wouldn’t be a time-killer for a 20-year-old.

The fact that the Cleveland Cavaliers have the top pick puts the franchise in a bind. They’re already set at point guard with Kyrie Irving but team injuries have ravaged the team amid increasing impatience from a fan base that is desperate for instant impact. But let’s say Embiid returns healthy, whether it’s this season or the next, pairing him with Irving gives the Cavs the most intriguing up-and-coming point guard-center combination in the league. Both players are less than 23years-old. Of course, the fallout if Embiid doesn’t come back healthy would be disastrous for the franchise. But that’s what the NBA draft is: one big crap shoot.

Cleveland won’t be mocked if they play it safe and select either Parker or Wiggins but as far as the real gamble is concerned, all the gold belongs in Embiid’s back pocket. The moves, the grace and the awareness he showed as a freshmen was at times breathtaking. His numbers (11.2 points, 8.1 rebounds and 2.6 blocks per game) didn’t jump off the page but considering it was his first season playing college basketball and just his fourth year in the sport, after arriving in the U.S. at age 16, the potential was obvious.

Growing up with the heavy habits of a soccer and volleyball player gave Embiid his agility and athleticism, and at the tender age of 20, he’s barely scratched the surface on a basketball career. The foot injury will no doubt be a setback but the time away from the hardwood could be good for Embiid as he learns the nuances of the professional game. There are several cases in NBA draft history where bigs were taken over wings and the selecting teams lived to pay for it. Sam Bowie was taken over Michael Jordan in 1984 while Oden was drafted ahead of Kevin Durant in 2007. And while both instances were colossal mistakes, the Cavs shouldn’t rely on history to alter their thinking. Cleveland needs to win now, no doubt, but the long-term solution for the franchise will definitely be passed on if the Cavaliers decide to let a couple of errors in draft history dictate passing on the most talented center to enter the NBA draft in quite some time.

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Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before December 20, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: June 20, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Carol Rivers Personal Representative

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM561 Anne Theresa Okeefe Decedent Wesley L. Clarke 1629 K. Street Ste 300 Washington, DC 20006 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Allison O’Keefe, whose address is 606 North Carolina Avenue SE Washington DC, 20019 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Anne Theresa Okeefe, who died on April 23, 2014 without a Will and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose where-abouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before Decmenber 20, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before December 20, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: June 20, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Allison O’Keefe Personal Representative

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TYPESET: Tue Jun 17 15:13:25 EDT 2014 INSERTION DATE:_________________ Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Legal Advertising Rates Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Effective October 1, 2008 Administration No. 2014ADM570 Wayola Harris PROBATE DIVISION Decedent NOTICE OF (Estates) APPOINTMENT, TYPESET: Wed Jun 25 09:49:04 EDT 2014 202-332-0080 NOTICE TO CREDITORS PROBATE NOTICES AND NOTICE TO Superior Court of UNKNOWN HEIRS the District of Arthur T. Nowell , whose a. Order Nisi $ 60 per insertion District of Columbia $180.00 per 3 weeks address is was apPROBATE DIVISION b. Small Estates (singlepointed publication $ 60 per insertion personal repreWashington, D.C. c. Notice to Creditors sentative of the estate of 20001-2131 7214 Good Luck Road , Administration No. $180.00 per 3 weeks 1. Domestic $ 60 per insertion Lanham MD 20706, who 2014ADM569 2. Foreign $ 60 per insertion $180.00 per 3 weeks died on April 26, 2014 a Hilda Short Will, and will serve$(with, d. Escheated Estates 60 perDecedent insertion $360.00 per 6 weeks without) Court superviNOTICE OF e. Standard Probates $125.00 sion. All unknown heirs APPOINTMENT, and heirs whose whereNOTICE TO CREDITORS abouts are unknown CIVIL NOTICES AND NOTICE TO shall enter their appearUNKNOWN HEIRS $ 80.00 ance in this proceeding. a. Name Changes 202-879-1133 Lynette Short SweetObjections to such wine, whose address is$ 200.00 b.

Real Property appointment (or to the 15:41:09 EDT 2014 probate of decedent´s 1317 44th Place SE, will) shall be filed with the Washington, DC 20019 was appointed personal Register of Wills, D.C., COURT FAMILY 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd representative of the 202-879-1212 Floor Washington, D.C. estate of Hilda Short, who died on March 21, 20001,DOMESTIC on or beforeRELATIONS December 20, 2014. 2011 without a will, and Claims against 202-879-0157 the de- will serve without Court cedent shall be pre- supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose sented to the underwhereabouts are una. Absent Defendant signed with a copy to the known shall enter their$ 150.00 Register of Wills or filed a p p e a r a n c e i n t h i s b. Absolute Divorce with the Register of Wills proceeding. Objections$ 150.00 with a copy to the under- to such appointment$150.00 c. Custody Divorce signed, on or before shall be filed with the December 20, 2014, or Register of Wills, D.C., be forever barred. Per- ext.

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TYPESET: Tue Jun 24 15:45:03 EDT 2014 TYPESET: Tue Jun 10 15:52:07 EDT 2014 TYPESET: Tue Jun 24 15:44:20 EDT 2014 TYPESET: Tue Jun 10 LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICES Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM571 Ada Crowder Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Fred Anderson, whose address is 257 Park Ave, East Orange NJ 07017 was appointed copersonal representative of the estate of Ada Crowder, who died on October 29, 2013 without a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose where-abouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before December 27, 2014.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before December 27, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: June 27, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Fred Anderson Co-Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2012ADM646 Lester A. Johnson Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Darryl A. Johnson, whose address is 29712 Finch Ct., Mechanicsville MD 20659, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Lester A. Johnson, who died on June 14, 2012 with a Will and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

20001, on or before December 27, 2014.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before December 27, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: June 27, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Darryl A. Johnson Personal Representative

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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Foreign No. 2014FEP77 Date of Death December 17, 2008 Theodore Wilson Cade Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN PERSONAL R E P R E S E N TAT I V E AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS Virginia L. Cade whose address is 4645 Lacy Avenue, Suitland, MD 20746 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Theodore Wilson Cade, deceased, on June 23, 2009, by the Orphan’s Court for Prince Georges County, State of Maryland.

Service of process may be made upon Amina Brown, 5100 Call Place, SE, Washington, DC 20019 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: 5329 D Street, SE, Washington, DC 20019.

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

Virginia Cade Personal Representative(s) TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS Date of first publication: June 13, 2014 Name of newspapers and/or periodical: The Daily Washington Law Reporter The Afro-American 06/13, 06/20 & 06/27/14

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM547 Marcia Jane Branca Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Vivian Leslie Treen, whose address is 451 Sabre Circle, Fulton, MO 65251 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Marcia Jane Branca, who died on April 24, 2014 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before December 13, 2014 Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before December 13, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: June 13, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Vivian Leslie Treen Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 06/13, 06/20, 06/27/14

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the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM533 Evelean Wooten Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Barbara Wooten, whose address is 2248 Washington Ave, #102 Silver Spring MD 20910was appointed personal representative of the estate of Evelean Wooten, who died on May 15, 2013 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose where-abouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before December 13, 2014.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before December 13, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: June 13, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM532 Lisa P. Phillips-Taylor Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Quardidra S. Taylor, whose address is 1241 Oates St. NE Washington DC 20002 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Lisa P. Phillips-Taylor, who died on December 18, 2006 without a Will, and will serve with Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before December 13, 2014.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before December 13, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: June 13, 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. 2014ADM544 Melvin Boger Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Sharon R. Roberts, whose address is 6810 99th Avenue, Lanham MD 20706 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Melvin Boger, who died on February 7, 2014 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

20001, on or before December 13, 2014.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before December 13, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: June 13, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM557 Rudolph Thomas Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Ophelia K. Thomas, whose address is 3408 Alabama Ave SE, Washington DC 20020 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Rudolph Thomas, who died on June 7th 2013 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 December 13, 2014.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before December 13, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: June 13, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Ophelia K. Thomas Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM539 Rosetta Toatley AKA Rosetta H. Toatley Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Peter Toatley, whose address is 1614 Thomas Road,Ft. Washington, MD 20744 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Rosetta Toatley AKA Rosetta H. Toatley, who died on April 10, 2014 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

20001, on or before

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM538 Frank Randolph Ebb Sr. AKA Frank R. Ebb Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Cynthia Joan Gilbert, whose address is 2015 Wooded Way, Adelphi MD 20783 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Frank Randolph Ebb Sr. AKA Frank R. Ebb, who died on July 2, 2007 with a Will, and will serve with Court supervision. All un15:51:12 EDT and 2014 heirs known 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 December 13, 2014.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before December 13, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: June 13, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Cynthia Joan Gilbert Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM560 Ethel Jones Bynum Decedent Wesley L. Clarke 1629 K Street NW Ste 300 Washington DC 20006 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Thad S. Jones, whose address is 73 Derick Drive, Fishkill NY 12524 was appointed personal representative of the 15:50:55 EDT 2014 estate of Ethel Jones Bynum, who died on April 18, 2014 with a Will and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

20001, on or before December 13, 2014.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before December 13, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: June 13, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter

sons 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.

LEGAL NOTICES Date of Publication: June 13, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Thad S.Jones Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM144 David Seth Alterman Decedent Elaine P. English 4710 41st Street, NW Suite D Washington DC 20016 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Alexander Alterman, whose address is 1712 16th St, NW #505, Washington DC 20009 was appointed personal representative of the 15:50:31 EDT 2014Seth estate of David Alterman, who died on December 5, 2013 with 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 December 13, 2014.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before December 13, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: June 13, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Alexander Alterman Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM541 Pilar Garcia Decedent Tyrrell Mason & Pillote P.C. 6010 Executive Blvd, Suite 900 Rockville, MD 20852 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Gabriel Garcia Montero, whose address is 1002 W. Sterlington Place, 15:50:11 EDT 2014 Apex NC 27502 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Pilar Garcia, who died on April 22, 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 December 13, 2014.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before December 13, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: June 13, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Pilar Garcia Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 06/13, 06/20, 06/27/14

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TYPESET: Tue Jun 10 LEGAL NOTICES Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM176 Frederick Jordan Decedent Monica EDT Shepherd 15:49:54 2014 North Oak Proffesional Park 3034 Mitchellville Road Bowie MD, 20716 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Sarah Hamilton, whose address is 348 Tangerine Trail, Chesapeake, VA 23325 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Frederick Jordan, who died on December 14, 2013 with a Will and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

20001, on or before December 13, 2014.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before December 13, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: June 13, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Sarah Hamilton Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM514 Antoinette CarterWillis Decedent 15:49:34 EDT 2014 Bradley A. Thomas Esq 1629 K Street NW Suite 300 Washington, DC 20006-1631 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Edward Andre Carter, whose address is 2851 Chesterfield Place, Washington DC 20008 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Antoinette Carter-Willis, who died on August 13, 2008 with a Will, and will serve with 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 December 13, 2014.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before December 13, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: June 13, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Antoinette Carter-Willis Personal Representative

Decedent Sunwoo Nam 108 Eldrdi Drive Silver Spring MD 20904 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS 15:49:16 2014 ANDEDT NOTICE TO LEGAL NOTICES UNKNOWN HEIRS Arlene N. Johnson, whose address is 15609 Everglade Lane #103, Bowie MD 20716was appointed personal representative of the estate of Americus H. Hardy AKA Americus Hornsby Hardy, who died on March 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 Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

20001, on or before December 13, 2014.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before December 13, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: June 13, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Arlene N. Johnson Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS

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TYPESET: Tue Jun 24 15:43:53 LEGAL NOTICES Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM599 Gregory R. Hall Sr. Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Gregory R. Hall Jr., whose address is 11355 Wildmeadows Street, Waldorf MD 20601 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Gregory R. Hall Sr., who died on February 21, 2013 withouta 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 December 27, 2014.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before December 27, 2014, 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 15:14:03 EDT 2014name, Wills, including address and relationship.

Date of Publication: June 27, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. Gregory R. Hall Jr. 2014ADM591 Personal Estate of Representative Elizabeth Shepherd Deceased TRUE TEST COPY NOTICE OF REGISTER OF WILLS STANDARD PROBATE 06/27, 07/04,Tue 07/11/14 Notice is hereby given TYPESET: Jun 17 15:12:48 that a petition has been filed in this Court by Elizabeth Coleman for Superior Court of standardEDT probate, includ15:48:52 2014 the District of ing the appoint-ment of District of Columbia one or more personal rePROBATE DIVISION presentative. Unless a Washington, D.C. complaint or an objection 20001-2131 in accordance with Administration No. Superior Court Probate 2014ADM282 Division Rule 407 is filed Anginette E. Hunt in this Court within 30 Decedent days from the date of first NOTICE OF publication of this notice, APPOINTMENT, the Court may take the NOTICE TO action hereinafter set CREDITORS forth.

AND NOTICE TO In the absence of a Will or UNKNOWN HEIRS proof satisfactory to the Cheryl L. King, whose Court of due excution, address is 2039 Gales enter an order determin- Street NE Washington ing that the decendent DC 20002 was appointed died intestate personal representatives *appoint an unsuof the estate of Anginette pervised personal repre- E. Hunt, who died on sentative October 13, 2013 without Register of Wills a Will and will serve withClerk of out Court supervision. All the Probate Division unknown heirs and heirs Date of First Publication whose whereabouts are June 20, 2014 unknown shall enter their Names of Newspapers: appearance in this Washington proceeding. Objections Law Reporter to such appointment (or Washington to the probate of deAFRO-AMERICAN cedent´s will) shall be W e n d e l l C . R o b i n - filed with the Register of son7600 Georgia Ave Wills, D.C., 515 5th NW Suite 203 Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, DC 20012 Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

Signature of 20001, on or before Petitioners/Attorney TYPESET: Tue Jun 17 15:13:45 EDT20, 2014 December 2014.

06/20, 06/27 Claims against the decedent shall be preSUPERIOR COURT OF sented to the underTHE DISTRICT OF signed with a copy to the COLUMBIA Register of Wills or filed PROBATE DIVISION with the Register of Wills Washington, D.C. with a copy to the under20001-2131 signed, on or before Administration No. December 20, 2014, or 2014ADM587 be forever barred. PerEstate of sons believed to be heirs Julius C. Ermis, JR or legatees of the deDeceased cedent who do not reNOTICE OF ceive a copy of this notice STANDARD by mail within 25 days of PROBATE its first publication shall Notice is hereby given so inform the Register of that a petition has been Wills, including name, filed in this Court by address and relationSharon Kozak for stan- ship. dard probate, including Date of Publication: the appointment of one June 20, 2014 or more personal repre- Name of newspaper: sentative. Unless a com- Afro-American plaint or an objection in Washington accordance with Super- Law Reporter ior Court Probate Division Rule 407 is filed in Cheryl L. King this Court within 30 days Personal from the date of first pubRepresentative lication of this notice, the Court may take the ac- TRUE TEST COPY tion hereinafter set forth. REGISTER OF WILLS 0 Admit to probate the will dated May 27, 2014 06/20, 06/27, 07/04/14 exhibited with the petition upon proof satisfactory to the Court of due execution by affidavit of witnesses or otherwise

Appoint an unsupervised personal repreTRUE TEST COPY sentative REGISTER OF WILLS Register of Wills TYPESET: Tue Jun 10 15:48:34 EDT Clerk 2014of the 06/13, 06/20, 06/27/14 Probate Division Date of First Publication June 20, 2014 Superior Court of Names of Newspapers: the District of Washington District of Columbia Law Reporter PROBATE DIVISION Washington Washington, D.C. AFRO-AMERICAN 20001-2131 Kenneth H. Rosenau, Administration No. Esq 2014ADM565 1304 Rhode Island Ave Americus H. Hardy NW AKA Washington DC 20005 Americus Hornsby Signature of Hardy Petitioners/Attorney Decedent Sunwoo Nam 06/20, 06/27/14 108 Eldrdi Drive Silver Spring MD 20904 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Arlene N. Johnson, whose address is 15609 Everglade Lane #103, Bowie MD 20716was appointed personal representative of the estate of 0

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died on April 10, 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 toLEGAL such appointment 15:51:30 EDT 2014 (or NOTICES 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 December 13, 2014.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before December 13, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: June 13, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2013ADM564 Mabel Pinkney Decedent Kathy Brissette-Minus, Esquire 9701 Apollo Drive Suite 230 Largo, MD 20774 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Mary E. Anderson, whose address is 5313 Trent Street, clinton MD 20735, was, appointed personal representative of the estate of Mabel Pinkney, who died on February 16, 2013 with 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 December 20, 2014.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before December 20, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: June 20, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter

Sallie B. Williams Personal Representative

Mabel Pinkney Personal Representative

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM603 Mary L. Taylor Decedent Charles A. Queen, Esq 530 Eighth Street SE Washington, DC 20003 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Malcom J. Taylor Jr., whose address is 2404 N. Capitol Street NW Washington DC 20002 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Mary L. Taylor, who died on March 18, 2014 with a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

20001, on or before December 27, 2014.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before December 27, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: June 27, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Malcom J. Taylor Jr. Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM607 Virginia L. Mathis AKA Virginia Lucille Mathis Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Delante A. Mouton, whose address is 117 Lister Lane, Ridgley MD 21660 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Virginia L. Mathis AKA Virginia Lucille Mathis, who died on July 14, 2010 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 December 27, 2014.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before December 27, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: June 27, 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. 2014ADM619 Nokomis Lee Jefferson Decedent Aimee D. Griffin Esq 1353 Sheridan Street NW Washington, DC 20011 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Loretta Dysart, whose address is 206 E Garfield Blvd #102 Chicago IL 60614 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Nokomis Lee Jefferson, who died on January 30, 2014 without a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before December 27, 2014.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before December 27, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: June 27, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter

the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM580 Lawrence F. King Sr. Decedent Lorenzo Randle Esq. 6411 Ivy Lane Suite 202 Greenbelt MD 20770 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS L a w r e n c e K i n g J r. , whose address is 4973 Derry Field Ct Waldorf Ct., Waldorf MD 20602 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Lawrence F. King SR. , who died on May 15, 2014 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose where-abouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before December 27, 2014.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before December 27, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: June 27, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter

Delante A. Mouton Personal Representative

Loretta Dysart Personal Representative

Lawrence King Jr. Personal Representative

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Virginia C. Jevne Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM582 Elizabeth McDuffie AKA Elizabeth J. McDuffie AKA Daisy Fuller Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Maria Jackson, whose address is 1307 Randolph St. NW, Washington, DC 20011 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Elizabeth McDuffie AKA Elizabeth J. McDuffie AKA Daisy Fuller, who died on March 29, 2013 with a Will and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

20001, on or before December 27, 2014.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before December 27, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: June 27, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Maria Jackson Personal Representative

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM165 Adele Sawicki AKA Adele M. Sawicki Decedent Alan B. Frankle Esq 751 Rockville Pike, Suite 7 Rockville, MD 20852 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Barbara Lunney, whose address is 31 Meridian Drive, Safety Harbor FL 34695 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Adele Sawicki AKA Adele M. Sawicki, who died on February 13, 2012 with a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

20001, on or before December 27, 2014.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before December 27, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: June 27, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter

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TYPESET: Tue Jun 24 15:41:32 EDTCOPY 2014 TRUE TEST 06/27, 07/04, TYPESET: Tue Jun 24 15:42:17 EDT 07/11/14 2014 REGISTER OF WILLS 06/27, 07/04, 07/11/14 TRUE TEST TYPESET: Tue Jun 24 15:39:48 EDTCOPY 2014

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM577 Alvin Leotis White Decedent Steve Larson-Jackson 1818 Allison Street NW Washington, DC 20011 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Virginia C. Jevne, whose address is 6138 Banks Place NW Washington, DC 20019 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Alvin Leotis White, who died on May 7, 2014 without a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (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 December 27, 2014.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before December 27, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: June 27, 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. 2014ADM584 Marie W. Washington Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Catherine A. Richardson & Cynthia R. Blackmon, whose addresses are 1200- 34th Place. SE, Washington DC 20019 & 9110-91st Place Lanham MD 20706 , were appointed personal representatives of the estate of Marie W. Washington, who died on March 18, 2014 with a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

20001, on or before December 27, 2014.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before December 27, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: June 27, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Catherine A. Richardson Cynthia R. Blackmon Personal Representative

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM612 Tiffany Bond Decedent Charles Gormly Esq 5101 Wisconsin Ave NW Suite 210 Washington, DC 20016 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Britteny Bond, whose address is 2516 Sheridan Road SE N 106 Washington DC 20020 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Tiffany Bond, who died on October 20, 2013 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (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 December 27, 2014.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before December 27, 2014 or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: June 27, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Britteny Bond Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 06/27, 07/04, 07/11,14

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM587 Julius C. Ermis AKA Julius C. Ermis Jr. Decedent Kenneth H. Rosenau Esq 1304 Rhode Island Ave NW Washington, DC 20005 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Sharon Kozak, whose address is 600 New Hamphsire Avenue Suite 1001, Washington DC 20037 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Julius C. Ermis Jr., who died on June 3, 2014 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

20001, on or before December 27, 2014.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before December 27, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: June 27, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Sharon Kozak Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 06/27, 07/04, 07/11/214

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM542 Emma Reed Wright Decedent Elizabeth Hughes Esq 1100 Connecticut Avenue NW 340 Washington, DC 20036 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Sallie B. Williams, whose address is 7247 South Ryan Seattle, Washington DC 98178 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Emma Reed Wright, who died on April 4, 2014 with a Will and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

20001, on or before December 20, 2014.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before December 20, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: June 20, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter

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WE’RE HARD AT WORK HERE EVERY DAY. Southern Maryland’s dedication to safety, security and pulling together is bringing even more jobs to the area.

Some of us pull nets from the Bay. Some pull food and feed from the ground. And some pull the promise of an entire community behind them.

But we all pull together to build our future—because we’re Marylanders.

Nearly 6 million strong, we’re the muscle and brainpower of a sturdy, hard-working region that’s proudly diverse and proudly united, with communities inspired by the past and excited for the future. And our dedication to hard work, safety and security is bringing even more jobs and economic opportunities to Southern Maryland. Like the ones at Dominion’s Cove Point LNG project.

In fact, during the three-year period when it will be built, Dominion’s Cove Point project will produce thousands of construction jobs. And once in operation, it will create 75 high-paying permanent positions, as well as provide a long-term revenue stream. Calvert County will receive, on average, an additional $40 million a year in the first fi ve years the project is in operation.

So take a look around. Because when you do, you’ll see people taking care of our environment, taking care of our country and taking care of each other. We call it Maryland pride.

@Dom_CovePoint

Photo from left: Joe Stuck and Steve Hickmann, A Journeymen Inside Wiremen, IBEW Local Union 26

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6/23/14 10:10 AM