Prince Georges Afro American Newspaper August 30 2014

PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY EDITION

Volume 123 No. 4

AUGUST 30, 2014 - SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

Term Limits Debate Heats Up as November Approaches

By Derek Braxton Special to the AFRO This November, Prince George’s County voters will have the opportunity to decide whether council members and the county executive should be allowed to serve more than two consecutive terms in office. The ballot referendum has stirred a heated debate

amongst residents and community leaders, months in advance of voting day.

The current law restricts elected to two consecutive four years terms. “Many residents are not in favor of the term limit,” said Angela Holmes, president and community developer for Citizens Encouraging Community Revitalization,

“I only support longer terms if it means longer attention spans.”

– Peggy Nicholas

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Lesley McSpadden, mother of Michael Brown, wipes a tear as she stands by his casket at his the funeral.

Mike Brown Funeral: Family, Friends Say Final Goodbye

By Zenitha Prince Senior AFRO Correspondent On Aug. 25, the voices of protest against the killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., were raised, not in anger, but in a joyful noise at the home-going service for the slain teen. Thousands of mourners filled the 2,500-capacity sanctuary of the Friendly Temple Missionary Baptist Church in St. Louis, packed its overflow rooms, and spilled out onto the street. Among the throng were renowned civil rights leaders such as the Rev. Al Sharpton, Martin Luther King III, the Rev. Bernice King, and the Rev. Jesse Jackson; the families of Trayvon Martin and Sean Bell, unarmed Black men who were also the victims of extrajudicial killings; Black celebrities Spike Lee, Diddy and Snoop Lion; and three emissaries from the White House.

Consistent with the Black Church tradition, the funeral

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service was marked by extravagant, emotion-packed worship as congregants raised their hands, stomped their feet, and sang out loud in concert with the choir. But the celebration could not cloud the gravity of the moment and, also consistent with Black Church tradition, calls for justice were just as frequent as cries of praise.

“We should not sit here today and act like we are watching something that is in order,” Rev. Sharpton said in his eulogy.

“In all of our religious and spiritual celebration, let us not lose sight of the fact that this young man should be doing his second week in college.”

The Rev. Charles Ewing, the teenager’s great-uncle, drew parallels between the circumstances of Brown’s shortened life and Scripture. “Michael Brown’s blood is crying from the ground, crying for vengeance, crying for justice,” Ewing said in his remarks. “There is a cry being made from the ground, Continued on A5

Chuck Brown Memorial Park Unveiled

By Shantella Y. Sherman Special to the AFRO Hundreds of fans of legendary musician Chuck Brown braved the rain Aug. 22 to witness the unveiling of the Chuck Brown Memorial Park in Northeast, D.C. Designed by architect Michael Marshall, the park includes a circular plaza,

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at a council meeting. Holmes echoes what many county residents feel is a longer term for unfocused and unrivaled incumbents.

Peggy Nicholas, a retired teacher in the county public schools, believes longer terms do not necessarily mean big improvements. “It takes two years to get programs off the ground in the school system,” stated Nicholas. “I only support longer terms if it means longer attention spans.”

However, there is just as much support for longer terms. “Twelve years service will allow special interests to gain even more influence in our politics,” stated Dr. James Dula, president and CEO of the South County Economic Development Association, (SCEDA).

“That’s a career, and I don’t think that’s what we are meant to do here,” stated

interactive outdoor drums and chimes for children, lawn seating and benches for outdoor concerts, a 3-D mosaic sculpture of Brown, and both discographies and timelines of Brown’s career etched in ceramic tile.

On hand for the unveiling were D.C. Council members, including Marion Barry (D – Continued on A4

Photo by Shantella Sherman Photo courtesy of PGCPS

Chuck Brown Memorial Park architect Michael Marshall Photos by Rob Roberts provided tours of the park during its unveiling, Aug. 22.

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NATION & WORLD New York: Thousands Peacefully Protest Eric Garner’s Chokehold Death

NEW YORK (AP) — Thousands of people expressing grief, anger and hope for a better future marched peacefully through Staten Island on Saturday to protest the chokehold death of an unarmed Black man by a White police officer.

Police reported no arrests after the afternoon rally and march that drew well over 2,500 people to the streets where Eric Garner was taken to the ground on July 17 by a New York Police Department officer using a prohibited martial arts maneuver.

“This is a Birmingham, Alabama, moment!” the Rev. Herbert Daughtry announced to about 100 demonstrators at a nearby Staten Island church before the march. He asked for anyone who had been harassed, humiliated or disrespected by police to stand. Almost everyone did.

The Rev. Al Sharpton told them to remain nonviolent or go home, a warning he repeated hours later.

He also repeated his call for a federal takeover of the criminal probe into the death of the 43-year-old Garner, an

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The Rev. Al Sharpton, second from right, walks with former New York Gov. David Paterson, second from left, and Gwen Carr, right, mother of Eric Garner, as they arrive before a march to protest the death of Eric Garner

asthmatic father of six who was stopped for selling loose cigarettes.

Sharpton and former Gov. David Paterson then escorted Garner’s widow, Esaw, to a makeshift memorial of flowers, signs and candles set up where her husband was wrestled down and handcuffed. The widow urged a peaceful march but also asked participants to “get justice.”

Later, they led the procession that followed a banner: “We Will Not Go Back, March for Justice.”

Sharpton told the crowd most police officers do their jobs but added: “We are here to deal with the rotten apples.”

Sharpton has repeatedly called Garner’s death — and the shooting death of Brown by police in Ferguson, Missouri — a “defining moment” for policing nationwide.

Garner’s death was ruled a homicide. Two NYPD officers have been reassigned during the investigation.

So far, the U.S. Justice Department has signaled it likely will wait for the local probe to conclude before deciding whether to launch a formal civil rights investigation.

ordered Curnell to lie on the ground and put his hands behind his head as he walked through Charleston’s Bridgeview Village apartments. After Curnell complied, Medlin allegedly shot him in the back.

“A vacuum occurs, and rumors, speculation, and inaccurate information fuel a version of the event that can cause anger, distrust, disruption, and misinformation,” Mullen said, according to NewsOne. “It is especially disappointing when this misinformation creates a divide between the police and the community that we are working hard to foster positive relationships.”

An autopsy report officially listed Curnell’s death as a suicide.

Medlin has been with the police force since 2011 and is currently on paid leave pending the completion of the investigation.

Black 19-Yr-Old Allegedly Shot and Killed by S.C. Police Officer—Now Listed as Suicide

The death of a 19-yearold man allegedly shot and killed by a South Carolina police officer has been officially listed as a suicide.

According to the Charleston City Paper, Charleston Police Chief Greg Mullen said Aug. 18 that there is “no evidence” Denzell Curnell that officer Jamal Medlin fired the shot that killed Denzell Curnell on June 20. Mullen said Curnell was armed at the scene of the shooting and that police took a weapon from the scene as evidence.

However, multiple witnesses who live in nearby apartment complexes told the newspaper that Medlin

Black 19-Yr-Old Allegedly Shot and Killed by S.C. Police Officer—Now Listed as Suicide

Angelisa Howard

We need to get ourselves together my people and unite. This has to stop now! I’m a mother of three sons, I need unity with my family and my Black community so we can save our sons and daughters still here. Let’s stand against this. I love us.

Trenel Wooten

No suicide has ever been recorded in history where the deceased shot himself in the back!!!

Pearl Bailey

We must not allow this to continue.

Stan Halbert

It’s pretty easy to determine if a shot came from the front or back. And, usually pretty easy to tell if a bullet wound is self-inflicted.

Even in Loss, Chicago Celebrates Jackie Robinson West Little Leaguers

Debbie Parker

Chicago continues to defy the most racial oppression efforts…A president, a billionaire, a world class Black baseball team…To God be the glory.

Robbie Garrison

Future baseball stars if they choose... but with their demeanor and intelligence they will be successful in every endeavor... good work coaches, you have worked a small miracle, you produced 12 Chicago all-stars. Thank you all.

Lisa Wagner

God is so good. These young men could be involved in the terrible violence on the Chicago streets.

Instead they improved The city’s image. May God bless each of them and their coaches, May God keep them safe from the violence in their home town.

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National Council of Negro Women Address Health Equity, Human Trafficking

By Maria Adebola AFRO Staff Writer The status of health disparities plaguing African Americans and the crisis of human trafficking, especially among young African American girls was the agenda of a town hall conversation at the National Council of Negro Women, Inc.’s 56th National Convention Aug. 21.

that 46.5 million Americans lived in poverty.

But for Blacks, the rate at which they suffer from poverty is the highest, with 27.2 percent compared to other ethnic groups such as Hispanics whose poverty level ranks at 25.6 percent.

Kidd said that people’s social determinants are all shaped by economics and its distribution.

“Social policies, politics, power, and

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Dr. Thelma Daley, 2014 Uncommon Height Award Honorees Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice and Lori Billingsley Dr. David E. Rivers, associate professor and director of public information and community outreach for the Medical University of South Carolina, moderated an indepth discourse among human rights activists and health experts about living in a healthy and prosperous society through eliminating health disparities, particularly for African

resources, and all of those things work together at the global level as well as national level. So there’s something that everyone can do that does affect social determinants of health,” she said.

In addition, the health activities in which we engage, according to Kidd, determines our health status.

“Last year we spent $2.6 trillion on healthcare in this country, and yet we still have some of the worst outcomes in the world as you can see.”

–David Rivers Americans.

Panelists for the town hall included, registered dietitian and certified diabetes educator Jeanete Jordan; U.S. Department of Defense Portfolio Manager, Cmdr. April Kidd; and Malika Saada Saar, special counsel on human rights and director of Human Rights Projects for Girls.

The town hall was one of several events over the four day convention held at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in Oxon Hill, Md. According to Rivers, research has shown that Americans have spent more money on healthcare, but yet, the outcomes are less positive than other countries.

“Last year we spent $2.6 trillion on healthcare in this country, and yet we still have some of the worst outcomes in the world as you can see,” he said.

Poverty is one of the key issues that cause health disparities among different ethnic groups, said Rivers.

In 2013 the U.S. Census Bureau reported

Nutrition expert Jordan said some of the ways African Americans can reduce their risks of contracting diseases like cancer and diabetes is adhering to a healthy diet, physical fitness, as well as regular check-ups.

As a human rights lawyer and advocate focused on eliminating violence and human trafficking of children who are victims of sex, Saar’s dialogue was centered on curtailing and bringing to justice predators that go on sites such as Craigslist to purchase sex from young girls.

Saar said that mainly African American girls who come from the “broken foster system” between the ages of 12 to 14 are usually lured, tricked, enticed, or kidnaped. This type of trafficking Saar coins as modern day slavery, especially in the case that law enforcements finds a girl on the street selling sex, Saar says their response is to lock them up.

“Even though she is not even of the age to consent to sex, let alone commercial sex,” she said. “It’s the girl who gets [handcuffed], almost never the buyer and rarely the trafficker.”

Term Limits

Continued from A1 county council member Mary Lehman who disagrees that term limits should be done away with completely.

Prince George’s County is the only jurisdiction in the area with term limits.

Montgomery County voters rejected imposing term limits in 2000. “With all of the corruption this county has endured with certain county officials being taken away in handcuffs, longer terms is not what should be on the table,” stated Landover resident Jocelyn Bishop.

Voters decided to limit terms in 1992 and 2000, whether it was based on mistrust of the political scene or what many think is

a revolving door of the same faces, many residents, such as Bishop, voted based on the abysmal records of some county officials. “Losing good elected officials is worth it if it keeps bad ones from

overstaying their welcome,” continued Bishop.

Online forums and comment sections also showed opposition toward longer terms for county officials.

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George H. Lambert Jr., GWUL president and CEO along with members of the GWUL Kids and the D.C. Knights Youth Baseball team, celebrated Black Heritage Day at Nationals Stadium.

By Shantella Sherman Special to the AFRO The Greater Washington Urban League (GWUL) partnered with the Washington Nationals Aug. 23 to celebrate the contributions of African Americans to the game of baseball and the community during the fifth annual Black Heritage Day. Several Urban League leaders participated in pregame ceremonies that included the “play ball” announcement from George H. Lambert Jr., GWUL president and CEO. On hand for the event, which was postponed in May due to rain, were members of the Urban League and Washington Nationals Vice President for Government and Municipal Affairs, Gregory McCarthy.

According to McCarthy, Black Heritage Day represents an ongoing opportunity for the Nationals to engage and embrace the AfricanAmerican community.

“Black heritage in baseball is an absolutely essential part of core starting with the Negro Leagues and up until today with our star players. What we want to do is build an appreciation, not just among the African-American community about the ongoing contributions of African Americans to baseball,” McCarthy said. “Working with the Urban League, who have the networks in Prince George’s County and Washington, is something we can do. We have this wonderful event to share, but also we will be working with them on things like workforce development, financial literacy, the My Brother’s Keeper program, and youth

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GWUL Partners with Nationals for Black Heritage Day

programs to begin to have really meaningful attachments between the Black community and our wonderful team, the Washington Nationals.”

Arnold Hall, coach for the D.C. Knights youth baseball team said the inclusion of his club in this year’s Black Heritage Day will help bring exposure to the presence of predominantly African-American youth leagues that have been in the city for decades.

“Black Heritage Day at the Nationals is a great way to let people know that there is baseball in D.C. and that young African-American kids are actively involved in the sport. Our focus is trying to get the kids interested and Black Heritage Day is an ideal opportunity to showcase some of the players,” said Hall, who grew up in the District and played for Chamberlain High School located on Southeast D.C. The school, shuttered in the mid-1980s, is now the site for FriendshipChamberlain Charter School.

“Baseball is a builder of discipline and teamwork ethics among young people, and we want to encourage others to join the sport,” he said.

Lambert, who began his tenure with the GWUL in January 2014, concurred, saying “We are excited about this new partnership which developed from a shared recognition that the Greater Washington Urban League and the Nationals have for the commitment to embrace and celebrate the diversity of the Washington, D.C. community. This is just the beginning and such a natural fit for us, I look forward to working on many more projects together.”

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Social Media Reacts to Grand Jury

By Zenitha Prince Senior AFRO Correspondent The streets of Ferguson, Mo., are somewhat quiet now – a big change from the nights of chaos and sometimes violent protests spawned by the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed Black teen, by a White police officer on Aug. 9. But what happens if the currently-convened grand jury does not bring back an indictment against Darren Wilson, the officer who shot and killed the 18-year-old?

Total mayhem, was the overwhelming opinion on the AFRO’s social networks.

“Lord have mercy on us all,” Facebook user Gershelle

Cunningham predicted in dire tones.

“No justice, NO PEACE!” was the succinct forecast offered by Shayla Brown.

Equally concise was Michelle M. McGuire Duhaney, who said if Wilson

dead folk on both sides, that’s what,” said Dwight Savannah Brown. “We are fed up with this blatant wickedness perpetrated by White police officers against the Black man. Now let them high minded people come

“Lord have mercy on us all.”

–Gershelle Cunningham were allowed to go free there would be, “War, War, War.” Ashley Parker declared,“All hell will [break] loose; the revolution will be televised.”

“You already know there is going to be some more

back with something other than an indictment. What are we suppose[d] to do sit back and keep taking this mess? If [you] can’t win with justice then stir up the greatest injustice allowed by God.” Reflecting sentiments

among the more incensed respondents, Shaneka S. Dennis said, “Burn this mutha down!!!!”

The overriding opinion among the AFRO’s online followers reflect the anger among many in Ferguson and the broader African-American community stemming from a long history of extrajudicial violence against Black men and discrimination within the American justice system.

There was also a good amount of disillusionment, cynicism and mistrust.

Several persons questioned the demographics of the grand jury, composed of three African Americans and nine Whites, though the ratio

reflects the racial breakdown of St. Louis County’s population, which is about 24 percent Black and 68 percent White.

Others felt, despite the global spotlight on Brown’s killing, race relations and the relationship between Blacks and police would remain the same.

“Life goes on” if Wilson is not indicted, predicted Robert E. Pigford II. “U negros [sic] aren’t gonna do anything but march again and sing kumbaya,” was Deante Scott’s assessment.

“Nothing will happen, except cops will continue to kill young Black men,” Jeremy Smith said.

Not all the reactions were angry or jaded, however.

“Everyone please keep in mind, if the state of Missouri does not indict this police officer there is a big chance the feds (DOJ) will find him liable,” Jazma Parker said.

Several others prescribed more positive reactions, should the grand jury decide not to bring charges against Wilson.

“NO!!! RIOTS!!! Money is power,” advised Facebook user Maggie ‘Itsmyturn’ Newton. “Boycott all major business, for as long as it takes, we can shut it down, our voices will be [heard], we demand respect and this is the way to get it.”

Chuck Brown Memorial Park

Continued from A1

Ward 8); members of Brown’s family; The Chuck Brown Band; and Marshall, along with members of his firm Marshall Moya Design. “I feel personally privileged to have designed a memorial, since I grew up in Langdon Park. It brings me great satisfaction to know that the park my firm designed will continue to cultivate positive memories for others for years to come. It’s at this park that we can celebrate the spirit of this community, Chuck Brown, and Washington, D.C.,” Marshall said.

For Marshall, who grew up in the Langdon Park neighborhood just blocks from the memorial, being able to capture the spirit of Brown’s legacy in the design elements of the park were tantamount to preserving his legacy.

“I visited this park with my parents and grandparents as a child on Douglass Street and have a love for Go-Go music that stretched through the 1980s and even my days at Yale University.

The music has always been cutting edge and has a global appeal,” Marshall said. “Still, the music is homegrown and I wanted to capture the essence of it and Brown by incorporating elements of percussion – the sound of the boys on the street beating on buckets – in the playground instruments and the design of the park itself.”

Marshall also said that the design was meant to mimic, in its arced position, the embrace of Brown’s arms and an invitation to be encircled by his music.

Rosetta Hunt, 58, of Baltimore, traveled to the ceremony in the hopes of introducing Brown’s work to her grandsons, Darius, 14 and D’Andre, 10. While the young men are familiar with GoGo as a genre, she wanted to ensure they understood how and who laid its foundation.

“I was always proud of the fact that Chuck Brown used the sounds and feel of Africa in his music. Those percussions and that driving beat are distinctly ours, and over the years I’ve

Photos by Shantella Sherman

A 3-dimensional statue of Chuck Brown, sits at the entrance to the park.

Visitors to the Chuck Brown Memorial Park became wistful while examining the timelines of his life and career.

watched him mix it with jazz and rap, to make it all sound that much better. Chuck was a master and he deserves this park and all of the feel good partying this memorial will create,” Hunt said.

Hunt said she was most impressed with the memorial’s interactive, hands-on feel. “For people who are unfamiliar with Chuck’s legacy, all they have to do is walk the exhibition area to find out and they can see how his career spanned decades and many different kinds of music,” Hunt said.

The unveiling coincided with Brown’s birthday – he would have been 78, and his final music launch, a CD entitled Beautiful Life. A birthday bash at the historic Howard Theatre capped off Friday’s celebrations.

Brown, known as the Godfather of Go-Go, helped create both the sound of Go-Go music and its fusion into other genres including hip-hop, jazz, and blues. The Grammy-award winning musician died in May 2012 of multiple organ failure – his death brought about weeks of public mourning.

The Chuck Brown Memorial Park is located in the Langdon Park area of Northeast at 20th and Franklin Streets.

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D.C. Millennials Strategize for Ferguson

By Christina Sturdivant Special to the AFRO Over 50 millennials in Washington, D.C. – educators, non-profit professionals, government workers, and students – spent Sunday afternoon creating strategies for civic awareness and engagement in communities of color across the nation. The “Moving from Outrage to Engage,” event Aug. 24 at the Northeast Community Library served as both a safe space for candid expression and a workplace to address racial, social, and economic issues, in response to the killing of an unarmed Black teen at the hands of the police in Ferguson, Mo.

officers and those same officers living in the communities they serve. “What’s fascinating to me is that you can be a policeman in D.C. and live in Virginia or Maryland, or be in the fire department and live in North Carolina,” said panelist Lisa Fager Bediako, health and youth advocate and principle at FreeMind Communications in the District. “What you see in these departments is a generational, systematic and familial legacy of people.”

The need for more officers who live within communities, as well as share the same racial backgrounds is vital, the panelists agreed. “It matters to make sure that [Blacks] are in every space,” said panelist Dr. Avis Jones-DeWeever, president and CEO of Incite Unlimited.

“Sometimes when we’re there, we can make a difference where other folks might not.”

From the discussion was also a consensus of recruitment and –David Johns assessing training practices of law enforcement officers to better address racial and cultural sensitivities.

Panelists included Howard Jean, education consultant and youth advocate; Damon Jones, founder of STEAM America; Nicole Lee, Esq., civil and human rights expert; and Spencer Overton, CEO of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies in Northwest D.C. To address the larger issue of state leaders not reflecting the people they serve, the discussion turned to the lack of involvement of minorities in political processes on the local level. A strategy session allowed four groups to delve into discussions of community leadership, mental and psychological health, law enforcement and policing, and education – all topics that may prevent minorities from

“Moments like this allow us to be awakened, but the problems and activities aren’t new.”

“Moments like this allow us to be awakened, but the problems and activities aren’t new,” said panelist David Johns, an education and workforce development expert.

The gathering was hosted by local non-profits BlackandBrownPeopleVote. org, IMPACT, and Capital Cause. Those in attendance RSVP’d by registering to vote or updating their voter registration, and were encouraged to join the Enough is Enough challenge to help others to do the same.

In regards to the killing of Mike Brown by police officer Darren Wilson in the St. Louis suburb, a panel discussion included the topic of racial disparities between law enforcement

Photo by Christina Sturdivant

Washington, D.C. millennials worked in small groups to strategize issues of racial, social, and economic injustices at panel discussion. becoming civically engaged.

Each group prioritized and shared tasks they can act upon immediately regarding their topics. The results will be compiled into a public report and delivered to the United States Department of Justice.

The event was also a fundraiser for Capital Cause’s #Justice4 Fund to support grants

for community organizations and nonprofits that address racial profiling social justice, civil rights and police brutality. “We need to start building this movement,” said Waikinya Clanton, Executive Director of NOBEL Women, “We invest in our appearance, we need to invest in our communities and our children.”

Brown’s Funeral

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“This is about justice. This is about sadness.”

–Rev. Sharpton

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Civil rights leader Rev. Al Sharpton, center, stands with the parents of Michael Brown, Lesley McSpadden, right, and Michael Brown Sr. not just for Michael Brown, but for the Trayvon Martins, for those children at Sandy Hook Elementary School, for the Columbine massacre, for the Black-on-Black crime.”

The Rev. T.D. Jakes, of the Potter’s House in Dallas, Texas, in his prayer also called for righteousness and justice to prevail. “God, we would ask you today that our country would have the kind of justice and liberty and experience that is not defined by zip codes, or circumstances, or salaries, or incomes,” he prayed. “We ask you, o, sovereign God, to bring peace to this nation [but] though we cry for peace we do not want to sacrifice justice in order to attain it.”

In more personal remarks, family members and friends recalled loving memories of “Mike Mike,” as they called him, during the hours-long service.”Michael was a big guy, but he was a kind, gentle soul,” a family friend said.

Members of Brown’s family also remembered that the 18-year-old once said,

“One day, the world will know my name.”

“He did not know that he was offering up a divine prophecy at that time,” one relative said. “He did not know his name would be

remembered, but today we [are] remembering the name of Mike Brown.”

Brown’s name has become a touchstone in discussions of race, police brutality, and the injustice of the American

justice system since the unarmed teen’s death Aug. 9 at the hands of White police officer Darren Wilson sparked

national outrage and unrest on the streets of Ferguson.

But Brown would not want to be remembered “for riots,” said Sharpton, who asked protestors for a day of silence, at the behest of Brown’s family, and for more peaceful demonstrations thereafter.

“If you can’t control yourself, then do it (violently protest) in your name, not in Michael’s name.”

Brown’s funeral “is not about you,” Sharpton also said, addressing protesters.

“This is about justice. This is about sadness. And, America is going to have to come to terms with there’s something wrong that we have money to give military equipment to police forces but we don’t have money for training and money for public education, and money to train our children.”

The Black leader also lashed out at authorities for the lack of transparency in the investigation and for releasing a video that allegedly shows Brown leaving a convenience store that was robbed the day of his death. “How do you think we look when the world sees you can’t produce a police report but you can find a video?” he asked, eliciting applause. He added, “[Police who are wrong] need to be dealt with just like people in our community who are wrong need to be dealt with.”

Turning his criticism to the Black community, Sharpton called out those who call women derogatory names and refer to themselves as “n-ggrs.” “You’ve lost where you’ve come from,” he said. “We have to clean up our community so we can clean up the United States of America.”

THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA HOUSING AUTHORITY SOLICITATION NO.: 0049-2014 Comprehensive Community Needs Assessment The District of Columbia Housing Authority (DCHA) is seeking a qualified professional firm or a Post-Secondary Institution of Higher Education to conduct a Comprehensive Community Needs Assessments of families residing in various public housing and mixed-income developments in the District of Columbia.

SOLICITATION DOCUMENTS will be available at the Issuing Office at 1133 North Capitol Street, NE, Suite 300, Administrative Services/Contracts and Procurement, Washington, DC 20002-7599, between the hours of 9:00am and 4:00pm, Monday through Friday, beginning on Monday, August 25, 2014; and on DCHA web site at www.dchousing.org SEALED PROPOSAL RESPONSES are due to the Issuing Office by 11:00am on Thursday, September 25, 2014.

Contact the Issuing Office, LaShawn Mizzell-McLeod on (202) 535-1212 or by email at lmmcleod@dchousing.org for additional information.

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COMMUNITY CONNECTION Landover, Md.

Donna Edwards to Host 2014 Job Fair U.S. Rep. Donna F. Edwards (D-Md.) will host her third job fair Aug. 28 at the Prince George’s Sports and Learning Complex in Landover, Md. Over 70 employers, from national and local businesses; federal, state and county government; and nonprofit organizations, will be in attendance. Job seekers will also learn about ongoing training and skill enhancement services, and are requested to bring numerous copies of their resume.

Bowie, Md.

National Capital Radio and Television Museum to Host Fall Fundraiser Join the National Capital Radio and Television Museum (NCRTV) for their first annual Fall Fundraiser on Sept. 6 at the Blue Dolphin Restaurant, 1166 Md. Rout 3, Bowie, Md. Enjoy an afternoon of music, dancing, great food, silent auction, wheels of chance, raffles, and more. Tickets cost $55 per person in advance, $500 per table of 10 and $65 per person at the door. For more information, contact Laurie Baty, 301.390.1020 or email info@ncrtv.com.

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Step Afrika! Hosts D.C. Step Xplosion!

The internationally renowned District of Columbia based dance company, Step Afrika! kicks off its 20th Anniversary season with the second annual Step Afrika! Step Xplosion! Step Xplosion! brings the passion, excitement, and energy of stepping to DC Department of Parks and Recreation Centers in each ward throughout the District from Aug. 11 through Sept. 6. Upcoming shows include, Sept. 3 at 7 p.m. located at the RH Terrell Recreation Center; Sept. 4 at 7 p.m. at the Rita Bright Recreation Center and the culminating show on Sept.

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13th annual Page-to-Stage festival, which features dozens of local theater companies presenting readings of new works throughout the Kennedy Center from Aug. 30 to Sept 1. Performances on the stage also include Peruvian singer Corina Bartra, who will perform a concert of Afro-Peruvian jazz music, Sept. 2 at 6 p.m. and The Dixie Power Trio delights audiences across the country with their zany wit and eclectic mix of New Orleans jazz, zydeco, Cajun and original compositions Sept. 3 at 6 p.m.

Landover, Md. New Pastor Installed at Jericho City Dr. Jasmin “Jazz” Sculark will officially be installed as the new pastor to lead the ministry at Jericho City of Praise (JCOP) located at 8501 Jericho City Drive, Landover, Md. Dr. Jazz will serve as one of the youngest women to lead a mega church in the Washington, D.C .Metropolitan area. Services will be held at JCOP beginning Sept. 4 at 7 p.m. nightly and will include guest speakers, Dr. Charles Booth and Pastor John K. Jenkins; with musical guests Tasha Cobbs and Stephen Hurd. Official Day will commence Sunday, Sept. 7 at 9:30 a.m. with Co-Pastor Susie Owens and VaShawn Mitchell. At 7 p.m. Bishop T. D. Jakes will minister and officiate the installation ceremony with musical guest Pastor Jason Nelson.

The Kennedy Center Announces September Millennium Stage Performances Sept. 1, the Millennium Stage offers a performance of selections from Synetic Theater’s The Island of Dr. Moreau as part of the Kennedy Center’s

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August 30, 2014 - September 5, 2014 The Afro-American

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We All Are the Sons and Daughters of Labor For my family (and probably your own), Labor Day is a civil rights holiday especially for those of us who are Americans of Color.

When my kids were young, they would ask me about Labor Day. I would tell them about A. Phillip Randolph of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car porters and their role in bringing about the integration of the U.S. military and the movement for civil rights.

Congressman On Labor Day, I also Elijah Cummings reminded my children that, before their grandparents had a union to stand by them, they were forced to work from sun up to sun down for 15 cents an hour.

In the early 1950s, my parents moved to Baltimore to make a better life for their family. In South Baltimore, my father worked as a unionized laborer at Davison Chemical Company.

Dad’s union card helped us to change our lives for the better.

The union provided our family with the health care plan that kept us healthy and strong. Dad’s union contract helped my parents buy our home (the same home in which my mother lives to this very day). We children were able to study at better schools – the foundation for all that we have become in life.

For my family, and tens of millions of Americans like us, unions were the driving force that transformed our lives.

This is why we understand that the unrelenting attacks upon America’s unions are also attacks directed at us.

The American strategy for success has always been a simple one: work hard, and achieve a better life. For far too many Americans today, however, this opportunity appears to be receding out of reach.

As my friend and colleague, Rep. George Miller [CA-07], former chairman of the Education and Labor Committee, once declared, “. . . the middle class has been squeezed.”

“Corporate profits and executive compensation have skyrocketed,” he has observed to me, time and time again, “but the middle class has seen their wages stagnate, while the costs for basic needs like healthcare, education, food, energy and housing continue to increase.”

This reality has become even more evident during recent years.

Most experts would agree with Rep. Miller that “globalization and misguided government policies” have led to widespread economic insecurity. However, his use of the term, “misguided,” may have been overly diplomatic.

A strong case can be made that the “squeezing” of the middle class Americans of whom he speaks has been intentional.

Corporate America and its political allies have been on the attack in recent years - demanding more work for less pay while raising prices to whatever the market will bear. This squeeze progressed for nearly a decade with the active assistance of the Bush Administration and its congressional allies.

In an economy driven by consumer spending, that squeezing of the American family is what led, eventually, to a credit balloon that burst and the devastating recession from which we still are recovering.

Neither American unions nor the working families the unions represent were the cause of that economic recession.

Rather, America’s workers were the victims of a conscious set of policies that virtually guaranteed serious economic trouble.

On Labor Day, we also should remember our history and recall the long, hard struggles through which working families

“For my family, and tens of millions of Americans like us, unions were the driving force that transformed our lives.” have made progress in this country. The ability of working people to organize through labor unions has always been important because our nation’s unions have set the standard for how all of us must be treated on our jobs.

Working people gained a vote at our workplace through the collective bargaining that complemented and reinforced our political voice at the ballot box. New Deal reformers called this balance of labor power and influence “industrial democracy.”

This is why, in recent years, “industrial democracy” has

been under a sustained attack by corporate interests and their political allies - attacks that continue to this day in both the Congress and the courts.

It is important for us to keep this historical context in mind because, today, our civil rights, as well as our opportunities for economic advancement, are at stake.

The Civil Rights Movement of our own time is not limited to issues of race or gender or freedom of association - although recent events have demonstrated that these civil rights challenges must still be confronted and overcome.

However, the Civil Rights Movement of this century must also address whether working parents can afford to feed and house their children – and provide their children with the health care, education and opportunity that they deserve.

In broader terms, the Civil Rights Movement of our time is about whether America, once again, can become a nation of opportunity for all – or whether hard working Americans will continue to be squeezed past the breaking point.

We all are the sons and daughters of Labor. It is a fundamental truth that should guide us on Labor Day and every day of our lives.

U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings represents Maryland’s 7th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives.

Ferguson—It’s a Revolution!

Chanting slogans, crying in despair, praying in anguish, running and screaming as sirens are blaring, tear gas drops clouding the air, and police yelling, pushing, handcuffing marchers. This is not a riot—but the start of a “Revolution”…and it’s about time.

Shocking, isn’t it, to read someone has the nerve to write such a thought. I, like most people around the world have LC DeVine watched the unrest unfolding in Ferguson, Mo. Most folks in disbelief that such a situation is happening right here in the heartland of the USA. But, for many African-American/Blacks, who aren’t hiding behind the superficial cloak of their soci-economic class, know the pain and reality these people in this town are experiencing, and understand they are sick and tired of their situation as many others around the world in their unrest.

Many other ethnic groups, especially whites, cannot grasp what’s going on, because as the character in an old television program, “Good Times,” put it, “How can you understand where I’m coming from, if you haven’t been where I been to understand?” In these non-black communities they do not see the injustice so they can’t fathom why these African-American/ Blacks will not go home and allow justice to handle the legal aspect of this situation. They do not understand that time after time ‘their legal system’ of justice fails to provide legal justice for others. They do not understand that this ‘warrior cry’ is not just about the death of an unarmed black teenager, but about the

hundreds of deaths, the racial profiling, the years and decades of being dehumanized and being treated with the utmost disrespect from/by the police and other whites.

Many of us understand that the presence of law enforcement in Ferguson is really not there to protect the people, but the property of those stores and shop owners. These people are not fighting, shooting, or harming each other, but as soon as the businesses were touched they arrived in military fashion ready to shoot to kill if necessary over property-not over human lives, especially not theirs.

Unfortunately, those that live in Ferguson will pay for the destruction to those businesses when and if they reopen by way of higher prices, because the shop and store owners will file

“This is not a riot—but the start of a ‘Revolution’…and it’s about time.” insurance claims and ultimately that will be passed on to them in even higher prices for the goods they purchase from those establishments.

A fortunate situation however, can come from all the solidarity, brother and sisterhood, energy, rage and anger once the momentum is over. What I am referring to is the opportunity for changes these people will have in order to create the desired changes they seek if they collectively stay together. They have the power to remove by recall or not to reelect the prosecutor, the sheriff, the mayor, and the city council members that regulate what goes on legally in their community. These revolutionists have the power to form community coalitions, to monitor and protect their individual

neighborhoods and communities. They have the power to change the behavior of the policing that occurs in their community by joining the law enforcement….Yes, becoming the police. But, because of the decades of police mistreatments, brutality, and negative rap in their communities this is a line of work they have avoided. There are very few, if any children in these communities thinking about growing up to become a police officer, but it’s time for us to change that.

In addition, these people in this community have the power to pool their money and resources together and start their own businesses. I’m guessing none of those businesses that were damaged in Ferguson were Black owned. I am sure they would not have done such a thing to their own places of business.

I believe for those that don’t live in communities like Ferguson, and by the way there are thousands of them throughout the USA, should understand that this was about more than a White police officer and a Black teenager, but about the injustice and harassment of White police officers all over the country forced brutality against citizens and the law being stacked against them when they seek justice in the legal system. Far too many times, as many around the world have witnessed, the court system has jurors that live outside these communities, that do not understand the culture and rely on their own prejudices, perceptions and culture differences in their decision making, which often align with the officers of their own ethnicity.

So, I say YES…it’s time for a “revolution,” not by destruction, but by voting out those that do not have our best interest in mind, by policing our own communities to ensure our children are safe, by crowd-funding to create our own businesses, and by instilling moral values , and learning to show love toward all people. I say yes, to a revolution all over this country because it’s time--not in hate, but for the purpose of living together in peace, respect, and love.

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INTERNATIONAL U.S.-Africa Relations: Beyond the Summit

By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The recent conference of African leaders convened by President Obama in the nation’s capital demonstrated that the U.S. is finally recognizing what China, the European Union, India and the rest of the world have known and acknowledged for years: The future of humanity is increasingly African.

A report issued earlier this month by the United Nations, titled, “Generation 2030: Africa,� made that unmistakably clear. “Africa’s population will double in just 35 years to 2.4 billion in 2050, and is projected to eventually hit 4.2 billion by 2100. About half a billion will be added already by 2030.

More than half of the 2.2 billion projected rise in the world’s population between 2015 and 2050 will take place on this continent alone. As a result of changing global population dynamics, and with Asia’s population growth set to slow markedly, Africa will increase its share of the world population to almost 25 per cent by mid-century and 39 per cent by the end of the century, up from just 9 per cent in 1950 and 16 per cent in 2015.�

And as capitalists, U.S. business leaders see dollar signs. “I think they should have called it the US-Africa Business Summit, that’s what they should have called it,� said Bill Fletcher Jr., former president of TransAfrica, the nation’s oldest African American policy organization dedicated to a fair U.S. policy for Africa and the Diaspora. “If they had called it NNAP photo that, they would have been honest.�

U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) shakes the hand of Goodluck Jonathan, the president of Nigeria at a dinner in At the summit, held Aug. 4-6, President Obama announced his honor on Aug. 6 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in N.W. D.C. that the federal government and U.S. companies are investing • Africa has the lowest Internet penetration – 3 percent (the between China and Africa is China knows what it means to $33 billion in Africa – $12 billion in new commitments – as be raped,â€? he said. “Many of the African countries understand part of an overall plan to “take our trade with Africa to the next world average is 14 percent).

Coupled with those enormous needs is the realization that that. China experienced the brutality of the West. The United level.�

Africa has six of the top 10 fastest-growing economies in States is not standing on moral high grounds when it waves it’s There are enormous needs on the continent. According to a the world: Angola, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Chad, Mozambique, finger at China. research brief by the African Development Bank: and Rwanda. Moreover, from 2011-2015, Africa is expected “Don’t get me wrong, I am not excusing a whole series of *40 percent of the population lacks access to safe water; to hold seven of the top 10 spots: Ethiopia, Mozambique, things that the Chinese are doing there. But the bottom line • 60 percent of the population lacks basic sanitation; Tanzania, Congo, Ghana, Zambia and Nigeria. is the U.S. does not stand in a position where it can preach to • Only 30 percent of the rural population in Sub-Saharan With China investing more than twice as much annually in anybody. I don’t think Obama gets that.â€?

Africa has access to all-season roads; Africa as the United States – $200 billion versus $85 billion – Both Fletcher and Foote agree that Obama should not have • Transport costs in Africa are among the highest in the world; the U.S. has some major catching up to do. excluded tyrannical leaders from the summit on Africa while • Only 30 percent of African population has access to “Africa cut a deal around infrastructure – we need inviting other dictators. electricity; railroads, we need highways, we need ports, we need airports “I thought he made a mistake by not inviting [Zimbabwe’s • Africa has the lowest telephone penetration – 14 percent (the and the Chinese have no problem delivering this stuff,â€? said Robert] Mugabe,â€?

Foote said. “I haven’t heard of him world average 52 percent).

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Foote said. “He [Obama] will be seen as the guy who transformed relationships

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The Negro League Legends Hall of Fame (NLLHOF) week kicked off it’s celebration at the NLLHOF Golf Benefit at Enterprise Golf Course which benefits the “Reading About our Communities’ History” (RACH) Educational out-reach program. They hosted a ceremony at the Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum with the Negro League players and family members which included a

presentation of the ‘Spirit Award” 2014 for their exhibit: “ Separate but Unequaled: Black Baseball in the District of Columbia” which includes Legendary writer Sam Lacy’s contribution to the Negro Leagues. Afterwards, a reception was held at the Carolina Kitchen in Hyattsville, Md. where the NLLHOF salute wall is exhibited. The finale for the weekend celebration featured an “Auto Show” followed

by the NLLHOF East/West Vintage baseball game. Thanks to Andre Duffie who was responsible for our 5th year inviting ball players from the east coast; Delaware, Maryland and Virginia wearing the throw back jersey saluting the untold stories of the Negro Leagues.

This year, the Armed Forces families and teachers were thanked for their services the community. Guest speaker Leon Harris, an anchor

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on WJLA ABC 7 TV was surprised to be awarded the “Spirit Award” 2014 for his commitment to serving our communities with Harris’ Heroes. Negro League players Levi “Champie” Drew Indianapolis Clowns, James “Jake” Sanders Kansas City Monarchs, Ed Hudson Philadelphia Stars and Leroy “Shotgun” Sandifer Sandlot Washington Black Sox, who were special guests, played for the “Love of the Game.”

Leon shares the importance of mentoring to our youth with Jordan and the stadium fans

NLLHOF Game Day

NLLHOF Advisory Board member Dr. Renee Bovelle and Golf Benefit Sponsor in memory of her father Elliott I. Bovelle, PhD veteran and social scientist with Dwayne Renal Sims

Gwen Tolbart Fox 5 weather, NLLHOF Ambassador Jordan Best who played baseball for the Riverdale Baptist middle school Spring season 2014, Special Guest Leon Harris ABC7 WJLA TV, and Founder Dwayne Renal Sims

Margot James Copeland, former President, The Links and her children, Michael Copeland, Rev. Kimberly Copeland and Dr. Garrison Copeland

Former Washington skins star one of the special celebrity golfers autographs a football for NLLHOF Founder Sims

James “Jake” Sanders outfielder, Levi “Champie” Drew outfielder, Ed Hudson Detroit Stars catcher and author Dwayne Renal Sims autographs his book release Scurlock “Negro Leagues”

Founder Sims joins James “Jake” Sanders Kansas City Monarchs, golfers Reverend Thomas H. Sims, Jr. (Dwayne’s Father), Melvin Chase, Chris Thomas and Robert Barry during Golf Benefit at Enterprise Golf Course

Descendants of the late Negro League Legend Frank Evans; daughters from the rear; Brenda, Yvonne, Jeanette, Elizabeth and grand daughter Jewel

The Links and The Links Foundation elected Glenda Newell-Harris, M.D., as its 16th national president. The election of Newell-Harris marks the first time a medical doctor will serve at the helm of the organization, and the first time a national president has been elected from the state of California. Links is a premier international service organization with nearly 12,000 members in 280 chapters located in 41 states, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, its legacy of

Dwayne’s daughter and grandchildren, Tamika Channue Sims with sons Jaden and Amari far right pose news anchor Leon Harris ABC7 WJLA-TV

Students Angela Chin and Angela Parker working on their volunteer requirements with Mildred Moore

Negro Leagues James “Jake Sanders, Dawn Moss manager at Carolina Kitchen, Negro Leagues Levi “Champie” Drew with Founder Sims visits the Negro League Legends Hall of Fame Wall at The Carolina Kitchen Bar & Grill

U.S. Rep. Donna Edwards (D-Md.) , practices throwing a few strikes for the Ceremonial “First Pitch”

Founder Dwayne Renal Sims with NLLHOF Ambassador Jordan Best presents Harris with the NLLHOF 2014 SPIRIT AWARD for his commitment to children

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friends providing service that changes lives, established by the original circle of nine friends in Philadelphia, Pa. in 1946, is alive and well.

With more than 2 million service hours recorded in the past three years, members regularly contribute more than 500,000 documented service hours in their respective communities annually. For more information, visit www.linksinc.org.

The 16th President of The Links, Glenda Newell-Harris receives the baton of leadership from the outgoing 15th President of The Links, Margot James Copeland

Vivian Rogers Pickard, President of the General Motors Foundation

The past presidents of The Links

Dr. Freeman Hrabowski and Rev. Dr. Gwendolyn Boyd

Gina Adams and Lavern Chatman Michelle Jones and Dr. Freda Barley Shipman, members of the Arlington County, Va. Chapter

The Emcee: Ida Goodwin Woolfolk

The Occasion

by Pauline Ellison, 6th National President, The Links

Diane S. Hardison, Eastern Area Director, J Laws Nickens and Constance Smith, Western Area Director Glenda Bone Cross, Debbie Bragg, Shirley Ballard Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Ramon Gray, Erman Withers and Henry Thomas

Cynthia Butler- McIntyre, Margot James Copeland and Rev. Dr. Gwendolyn Boyd

The outgoing National President, Margot James Copeland (left), swearing in the new officers

Members of the DC Capital City Links

Dr. Freeman Hrabowski, Margot James Copeland and Mrs. Jacqueline Coleman Hrabowski

Candlelight ceremony…

Photos by Rob Roberts

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TECHNOLOGY Jesse Jackson Will Expand Silicon Valley Initiative to Other Sectors

By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief BIRMINGHAM, Ala. [NNPA] – After he completes his campaign for more diversity in Silicon Valley, Jesse Jackson plans to expand the pressure on technology companies in other regions of the country and then go after other sectors of private industry, including financial services, banking and advertising.

In an interview after speaking at the annual convention of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) here, the Atlanta-based civil rights organization co-founded by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. that gave birth to Jackson’s Operation PUSH and Rainbow PUSH, the civil rights leader was already eyeing other targets.

“As I looked at everybody’s fight for who can make the smallest government, I thought about our being basically a government-created middle class – policemen, firemen, teachers. As you cut down on the civil service jobs, those jobs disappear. Where are the growth industries?

Silicon Valley for starters, the automotive industry next, banking next – the whole private sector. You fish where the fish are.”

Jackson said getting high tech companies to disclose their employment data, EEO-1 forms that large companies must file with the federal government, was a major victory.

“We asked for their EEO-1 reports, but most of the big companies didn’t want to deal with that because they have 2 percent or 3 percent minority employment across the board,” Jackson told the NNPA News Service.

When Jackson first announced his Silicon Valley initiative at his Wall Street Project in New York, it was not known if he would follow through, as he has done in other campaigns in the past, or move on to other issues, which he has also done with equal frequency.

He lamented on the lack of Black board representation at Google or Facebook and said he would challenge the absence of people of color.

“One of the myths is that it’s [technology] is so sophisticated that we can’t do it,” Jackson said. “First of all, 70 percent of all of the jobs in Silicon Valley do not require high tech skills – lawyers, ad agencies, marketing, social services or engineering, though we can do that, too.”

He added, “When you look at Facebook’s board, the only engineer on its board is Mark Zuckerberg, its founder. Don Graham [former publisher of the Washington Post] is not an engineer. [Former White House chief of staff] Erskine Bowles is not an engineer yet he sits on the board. It’s just a tight, White circle.”

In March, Jackson sent a letter to 20 companies, including Apple, Twitter, Facebook, Hewlett Packard, Google, and eBay saying, “Technology is supposed to be about inclusion, but sadly, patterns of exclusion remains the order of the day. When it comes to African Americans on Boards – ZERO. C-suites, ZERO. Minority firms in IPOs and financial transactions, advertising and professional services – ZERO. These ZEROES are contrary to the enlightened values exposed by the industry. Rainbow PUSH is seeking meetings with tech leaders to address these ZEROES head on.”

When Jackson met with companies, most initially resisted disclosing their employment data.

“Those companies all filed a lawsuit in court and won – they won the right not to expose their EEO records,” he said. “Their rationale was that if they tell their numbers, they would be giving up propriety information.”

Before going on attack, Jackson did what he always does when he targets a company – he

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Jesse Jackson at the SCLC 2014 convention in Birmingham, Ala. purchased stock so that he could take his case to shareholders at their annual meeting. Then, one by one, the companies began disclosing employment data.

• eBay (61 percent White; 24 percent Asian; 5 percent Latino; 2 percent Black) • Google (61 percent White; 30 percent Asian; 3 percent Hispanic and 2 percent Black) • Facebook (57 percent White; 34 percent Asian; 4 percent Hispanic and 2 percent Black) Twitter resisted until Jackson used Twitter and ColorofChange.org to launch an on-line petition drive demanding that Twitter reveal its employment data. Ironically, Blacks over index on Twitter (26 percent), according to a Pew Research Center study, followed by Hispanics (19 percent) and Whites (14 percent).

Twitter finally disclosed its data on July 23, showing: 59 percent of its staff in the U.S. is made up of Whites; 29 percent Asian; 3 percent Hispanic and 2 percent Black.

On the day Jackson addressed SCLC, Apple released its employment data showing 54 percent of its jobs were held by Whites, 23 percent by Asian, 11 percent Hispanic and 7 percent Black. Its employment of people of color appears to be highest among high tech companies.

“We have not demanded two-way trade and our government has not volunteered to initiate it,” Jackson said. “By now, the EEOC should be holding hearings. It’s so public that they are violating equal employment standards.”

He continued, “We feel diminished by corporate power. If we could fight the government, surely we can fight a corporation. This is just the first step with Silicon Valley. The next steps are for ad agencies, marketing, NNPA, Black lawyers – the whole range of things we do.”

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ARTS & CULTURE ‘The Calling’ Film Review

Susan Sarandon Stars as Small Town Detective in Adaptation of Cat-and-Mouse Murder Mystery

By Kam Williams Special to the AFRO Hazel Micallef (Susan Sarandon) was thinking about retiring from the Port Dundas police force because of the herniated disc that left her addicted to both booze and

painkillers. But the hobbling detective decided to put those plans on hold the day she stumbled upon the body of an elderly neighbor whose throat had been slit from ear to ear by a deranged intruder.

After all, this was her beloved hometown’s first

homicide in years, and there’s no way she could leave the investigation on the shoulders of the only other two detectives on the force, veteran Ray Green (Gil Bellows) and newcomer Ben Wingate (Topher Grace).

Soon, the three unearth

Hip Hop Corner The Godfather of Hip Hop

By Jineea Butler NNPA Columnist

Hip Hop has always had a fetish with gangster movies and characters. We often see artists referring to themselves in lyrics or using popular characters as their stage name: Public Enemy, Scarface, and Little Caesar were all popular gangster films of the 1930s. The Notorious B.I.G. lost a court battle for the right to use the name Biggie Smalls, a character in Let’s Do It Again with Sidney Poitier and Bill Cosby. Even French Montana borrowed half of his name from Tony Montana made famous by Al Pacino in Jineea Butler Scarface.

My favorite is the Godfather trilogy. It is a timeless chronicle of a 1940s New York Mafia family, redemption and the struggle to protect their empire from rival families. The current state of Hip Hop could be looked at as having five controlling families; New York City, Miami, Los Angeles, Atlanta, and Chicago.

In The Godfather, Marlon Brando played a violent and vicious hero. One could argue that the description is redundant, but are you familiar with Hip Hop veteran James ‘Bimmy’ Antney? Yes, Love and Hip Hop’s Waka Flacka and Deb Antney’s kin, and a former member of the Supreme Team. His moves are much like that of Don Corleone. In The Godfather II, Robert De Niro won an Oscar for portraying Young Vito Corleone and his rise to power. In a candid conversation with Bimmy, I learned how he earned the right to be called New York’s unofficial Don of Hip Hop. When I asked him why he got so much love and respect from his peers when most are met with hate, he quoted mobster John Gotti: “Everybody is a Gangster till the real Gangster walks in the room.” Oh. Now I am not implying that Antney is involved in a life of crime. I could tell the streets raised him, but the desire to “be street” left the building long ago. Just like Don Corleone, he has been there and done that, but his experiences and wisdom have led him to understand that he must lead responsibly.

Bimmy is woven into the fabric of Hip Hop. He lived and slept on the floor in the early days of Def Jam in the famous Chung King Studio when Slick Rick did ‘Children’s Story,’ when Run DMC did ‘Rock Box,’ when LL Cool J did ‘I’m Bad.’ He witnessed Hip Hop being born in its purest form.

Young Vito Corleone realized that the reigning Don Fanucci was taking advantage of the people of Little Italy and decided that the only way to save them was to give him an offer that he couldn’t refuse. Likewise, Bimmy expressed his deep disdain of how New York artists are treated and not revered as they once were. Bimmy wants everybody to understand one thing: while he may have worked for and popped artists from all over the country like Gucci Mane and 2 Chains, he loves his city and wants to restore New York to greatness.

After a gap of 14 years since their last project together, LL Cool J entrusted him to lead the crusade on the production and arrangement of the highly anticipated album GOAT 2. LL’s statement on Shade 45 VIP Saturdays says it all, “My man Bim, threw me to the wolves, I’m out here with the wolves and we doing what we do.”

When Vito became the Don, he was everybody’s go-to man. He catered to the people of the community and solved problems for the community. He negotiated truces and collaborations with the other five families; he was even the voice of reason when necessary.

His team was comprised of his family and his most trusted allies.

I see Bimmy Antney carrying out the same obligations and undertakings representing the New York music scene. He led me to believe is he the answer to making sure real Hip Hop lives, especially in New York. He said, “Who am I to down play Hip Hop, if I am not going to help. These young artists need to be nurtured and learn how to ask for and accept help.

Maybe then their careers won’t be so short. I know the formula, I’m taking it back to when we first started and all we had was the bull horn. Hip Hop follows the streets and the street game is backwards right now. I care about the mistakes; a mistake could cost us a whole borough. God appointed me to monitor it and care about it and I do.”

The Godfather trilogy is fiction; Bimmy is not. Far from being a member of the Mafia, he writes his own movies and is an example of how life can imitate art. As LL Cool J is wrapping up G2 and eyeing a G3, Bimmy is setting the stage for Hip Hop to accept an offer no one can refuse.

Jineea Butler is a Hip Hop analyst who investigates the trends and behaviors of the community and delivers programming that solves the Hip Hop Dilemma. She can be reached at jineea@gmail.com or Tweet her at @flygirlladyjay

Susan Sarandon stars in The Calling. evidence indicating that the murder might very well be the work of the same serial killer responsible for several other recent slayings elsewhere around Ontario.

Apparently, the creepy lapsed Catholic was practically taunting the authorities by leaving clues online, which is where he preys on each of his vulnerable victims. The question is whether, with the help of a priest (Donald Sutherland), the police will

be able to pinpoint the prime suspect’s locale in time to prevent him from striking again.

That is the intriguing setup of The Calling, a multilayered mystery marking South African Jason Stone’s chilling directorial debut.

Based on the Inger Ash Wolfe best seller of the same name, the film unfolds less like a whodunit than a cat-andmouse caper, given the way the perpetrator’s identity is confirmed about midway

through the movie.

Still, the picture proves compelling, thanks to a powerful performance on the part of Susan Sarandon.

The talented Oscar-winner (for Dead Man Walking) is uncharacteristically unappealing playing a familiar archetype, one of those substance-abusing souls in decline who summons up the strength to solve one last case.

Fair warning: the film is tarnished slightly by periodic displays of grisly crime scenes apt to upset audience members averse to gratuitous gore. Otherwise, the picture earns accolades as a taut thriller about a religious zealot on a ritualistic killing spree.

Bless me father for I have slain!

Very Good (3 stars) Rated R for violence, profanity and disturbing content Running time: 108 minutes Distributor: Sony Pictures

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AFRO Sports Desk Faceoff

SPORTS

Can LeBron’s New Cavs Beat the Spurs in the NBA Finals?

Green: It will be hard for me to argue that Cleveland won’t win the Eastern Conference. The East is so weak in comparison to the Western Conference and I don’t see many challengers for the Cavs, outside of Derrick Rose and the Chicago Bulls. But let me make this clear: there’s no way this newly-built Cavs team can beat the Spurs or any of the top Western competitors in a seven-game series. You don’t just throw three All-Stars together with a new head coach and cast of role players and expect them to be better than elite teams who have been playing together for years. I don’t care how talented your star players are: team chemistry and continuity goes a long way in the playoffs, and that’s something Cleveland will lack all of next season.

By Perry Green and Stephen D. Riley AFRO Sports Writers Now that All-Star forward Kevin Love’s trade to Cleveland is official, the world finally knows exactly what the Cleveland Cavaliers roster will look like.

For a while, fans and media alike weren’t sure if LeBron James would pair up with Andrew Wiggins, a freakish rookie guard with tremendous upside, or Kevin Love, a highlyskilled, savvy and proven veteran power forward. Now we all know the King will play with two All-Stars, Love and Cavs point guard Kyrie Irving, giving him a new “Big Three” that may be even better than his former partners in Miami, AllStars Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh.

Most NBA followers already believe Cleveland is the favorite to win the Eastern Conference and send LeBron to his fifth straight Finals appearance, where he’ll probably once again face the World Champion San Antonio Spurs for the title. The only question that remains is whether his new cast of star players and a change of scenery will be enough to give LeBron his revenge over the Spurs and his third championship ring? Perry Green and Stephen Riley of the AFRO Sports Desk debate this question.

Riley: I think it’s obvious that the Cleveland Cavaliers are not only the new favorites to win the East, but are also the favorites to win the NBA title next season. Look how close LeBron and the Miami Heat came to winning it all last season, and LeBron had to do almost everything by himself. Wade was struggling with injures, Chris Bosh was not great, only okay, and the rest of the veteran cast of Miami looked either too old or not good enough to pull their weight against the deep and talented Spurs. Well, now King James has two young All-Stars who are more than willing to take the load off his back and make it that much easier for him to add another championship to his illustrious career.

Riley: It didn’t take long for LeBron to reach championship status when he joined Wade and Bosh in Miami, so I don’t see why it would take any longer now that he has linked up with Kyrie and K-Love. LeBron is already a champion, so he knows what it takes to become one. He will be there to lead and show his new teammates the way, just as Wade and Pat Riley did for him four years ago. This team is just too talented and too skilled to not win a championship, and I don’t see any team being able to stop them—that includes Western Conference contenders.

LeBron James

Green: If I remember correctly, LeBron didn’t win a championship in his first year with Miami. He got past the weak East, but was embarrassed by the Dallas Mavericks in a 4-2 series loss in the Finals. Why? It was simple: Miami didn’t have the team chemistry that Dallas possessed. The Heat weren’t sure who was supposed to take over games in the clutch—was it going to be Wade or LeBron? They didn’t know, and it hurt them against a motivated Dallas team that was much better playing together at that time. I see the same thing happening again this season with the Cavs. Who will run the offense? Who will take over when it’s time for someone to take over? Will it be King James, K-Love or Kyrie? Until we get that answer, don’t expect Cleveland to see a title anytime soon.

NFL Ref Mike Carey Silently Even in Loss, Chicago Protested ‘Redskins’ Name for Celebrates Jackie Robinson Eight Years West Little Leaguers

By Roberto Alejandro AFRO Staff Writer From 2006 until his retirement last year, Mike Carey, one of the league’s most respected referees, silently protested the use of the derogatory term “redskins” in the Washington football team’s name by requesting that NFL schedulers not assign him to any of the team’s games—a request the NFL honored.

Carey did not specify what precipitated his 2006 decision to end his involvement in Washington’s games, or why he chose that point in his career to make the request.

Carey disclosed his private protest in an interview with The Washington Post just a few weeks before beginning a new career as a rules analyst for NFL coverage on CBS. “The league respectfully honored my request not to Mike Carey officiate Washington,” Carey told the Post.

Carey, whom NFL records confirm did not officiate a regular season Washington game after September 2006, told the Post that he did not want to be in charge of a field on which something disrespectful was happening.

“Human beings take social stances,” Carey said. “And if you’re respectful of all human beings, you have to decide what you’re going to do and why you’re going to do it.”

Carey’s stand may have had at least one immediate impact: on Aug. 22, the Post announced in an editorial that it will no longer use the name “Redskins” in stories about the franchise, and specifically cited Carey’s actions as a reason for the decision.

By Michael Tarm Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago cheered on the hottest sports team in town on Sunday and, for the day at least, it wasn’t a team called the Bears, White Sox, Cubs, Bulls or Blackhawks.

The buzz in the nation’s third-largest city was for a group of 11- and 12-year-old boys from Chicago’s South Fans react to the victory by the Jackie Robinson West Side who took on South team in the Little League World Series baseball game Korea in the Little League World Series championship game.

And it didn’t matter all that much to supporters that the Jackie Robinson West All Stars ended up losing 8-4.

Far from falling quiet with the final out, several hundred supporters who gathered for a TV watch party in a South Side community center gym jumped to their feet, roared and clapped — as if the team had won.

“They showed what heart they have. The city could not be prouder of them,” Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who attended the party, said of the young players who sought to mount a comeback rally in the last inning.

Watch parties were held across Chicago to support the team, which is based on the city’s far South Side, including one on State Street outside the iconic Chicago Theatre.

Neighborhoods from in and around Chicago embraced the Little Leaguers, who defeated a Las Vegas team 7-5 Saturday to become U.S. champions, as their own.

“I have never seen the community come together like this,” said Eldridge Dockery, 44, who lives in the South Side’s Morgan Park neighborhood. “We’re usually behind our walls or gates — but this team brought us out, talking and celebrating together.”

The Jackie Robinson West All Stars, made up of all black players, made their first appearance in 31 years in the Little League World Series. The team’s journey has been an inspiration for many in a part of Chicago that has grappled with poverty and gang violence.

Asked about the good feeling that infused the area as the Little Leaguers went on to the international championship game, Dockery said, “I hope it lasts.”

The sense of unity fostered by the team even applied, in part, to political rivals.

Both Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn and Republican gubernatorial challenger Bruce Rauner showed up at the community center gym to watch the Jackie Robinson West All Stars.

“It’s all about bringing the city together,” Rauner told a reporter.

Rauner sat in a front row, bobbing his head at one point as a green alligator mascot led the crowd in a chant to thumping music. At separate times during breaks in the action, both he and Quinn — who are locked in a tight race — got up and danced.

Emanuel, who is a Democrat, stood with his arms folded at the same event, rocking in apparent nervousness as the game went on. After the loss, he said a celebratory parade would be held anyway on Wednesday for the Little League team.

August 30, 2014 - September 5, 2014, The Afro-American

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Bill T. Jones Interview

Tiny Dancer, Dancing in the Sand

By Kam Williams Special to the AFRO Williams Tass Jones is an accomplished artist, choreographer, dancer, theater director and writer. The world-renowned Renaissance man was born in Bunnell, Florida on Feb. 15, 1952, but raised in upstate New York from an early age.

Bill began his dance training at the State University at Binghamton, where he studied classical ballet and modern dance. In 1982, he formed the Bill T. Jones / Arnie Zane Dance Company with his late partner, Arnie Zane.

Today, he continues to serve as the company’s choreographer and artistic director. He is also the executive director of New York Live Arts, a multi-disciplinary performance venue.

Bill is the recipient of many accolades, including the National Medal of Arts, the Kennedy Center Honors, the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award, Tony Awards in the Best Choreography category (for Fela! And Spring Awakening), a MacArthur Genius Grant, the prestigious Order of Arts and Letters from the government of France, and induction into the National Museum of Dance Hall of Fame.

Here, he talks about his career and his surrealistic new memoir, Story/Time.

KW: What a unique idea, turning a series of surrealistic lectures you delivered at Princeton into a memoir?

BTJ: I don’t know why I still have this illusion that I could do something quietly which would just be for a very small group of people. Now that the book is being promoted, there are wider ramifications, and it’s part of a whole other form of expression beyond my just doing pure inquiry for myself. And you’re one of those personalities that comes along with that tsunami of discourse. So, no complaints, I’m just adjusting to that. So, what would you like to do, Kam? KW: I’d like to mix in questions from fans with some of my own. Professor/Filmmaker/ Author Hisani Dubose says: How has the trend towards people relying on technology for entertainment affected the appreciation of creativity in terms of live dance performances?

BTJ: [Laughs] Well, that’s quite a question, Hisani. We’re all wondering about that. There are a couple things we see. Dancers were the last romantics. The Romantic Movement of the 18th and 19th Century had this idea that everything in the world was an expression of Nature.

We in the dance world held onto this idea for a long time that we were Nature itself. There were no tricks involved. When the curtain went up, you saw real people onstage. And we took that as setting us apart from other cultural pursuits. It’s not scored and we don’t need a conductor to bring it to life. No, dance is about a group of people coming together and using their bodies. But now we’re in an electronic, on-demand age where everything can be reproduced, and where life is an even more turned inwards experience. One thing about dance that I’m proud of is the fact that you have to show up in a place and create an instant community for an event that occurs onstage which, depending on the skill of the creators, has great resonance with that community of people. And this may sound suspiciously Christian, but you also all share a communion.

Do we have the same experience with electronics? I think watching live performers onstage is different from standing around the water cooler discussing last night’s episode of Breaking Bad I notice that there is now this feeling among many young people that the most important things are those that are validated by media. Do they go out of their way to attend an event with a smaller group of people who share a specialized interest? I tend to doubt it. And I suspect that might be a consequence of the rise of electronic media.

KW: Do you think electronic media should somehow be restricted or perhaps even eliminated?

BTJ: No, I’m not a reactionary in that regard. I believe that human life is a spiritual activity, and that anything that human beings give themselves to with great enthusiasm can rise to the level of being transcendent. I’m on the side of humanity and its penchant for finding innovative ways to express our dilemma through whatever medium we’re faced with.

KW: Have you had a hard time pushing back against society’s tendency to pigeonhole you and the pressure to categorize your work? What is Black dance?

BTJ: That used to be the most torturous question for me. For years, I used to say that I wanted to be no part of anything that had to have a color. I wanted the same freedom enjoyed by my White colleagues. But now I say that black dance is anything that a person who defines

himself as black chooses to do. That causes a lot of head scratching. Some may ask, “Why do you bother to put “black” in it?” Because there’s another subtext to that.

You can look at my face and see what color I am. Still, it’s important to me to carry that little medal on my shoulder.

As time goes on, it just might be part of the answer to the existential question “Who am I? Where do I come from?

And why am I here?” There’s something specific about it that inflects my life as a Black person.

KW: Editor/Legist Patricia Turnier who is from Canada and loves dance was wondering whether you have any plans to perform there in the near future.

BTJ: We’ve played in Billl T. Jones Toronto quite a few times and hope to go there every time we produce a new work which right now is Story/Time which this book is based on. And we have another work-in-progress called Analogy dealing with a narrative in which the dancers speak. I would love to show both of those productions in Canada.

KW: What did it mean to you to be part of the series of the Toni Morrison lecture series, given that she was the first Black female to win the Nobel Prize for Literature?

BTJ: It was a great honor, as well as an honor to have her in attendance, and I look forward to presenting her a copy of the book. Toni actually also happens to be a friend as well. She lives 15 minutes away from me and my companion and soon-to-be spouse, Bjorn Amelan. We live in a little town in Rockland County called Valley Cottage. Toni’s nearby in a community called Grand View. We see each other socially, and Toni and I shared the stage with Max Roach doing a piece called Degga. Degga, by the way, is a West African word, it’s Yoruba for “understand,” and according to Toni is the root of the phrases “Dig it” and “Can you dig it.”

KW: Was writing this book a cathartic experience for you?

BTJ: On one level it was. The book initially was three lectures in which I attempted to work out some ideas in public. Since I’m a performer, that’s how I’m most comfortable. But, it’s a whole other thing when you’re confronted with just your words on the page unaccompanied by your personality. So, yes, it was cathartic, but it was also nerve-wracking because I’m a professional performer, not a professional writer.

KW: Would you be interested in choreographing a screen version of a Broadway musical that is dear to your heart?

BTJ: Film is a little beyond me right now. [Laughs] I’m still wrestling with staging real space/real time events that are going to appeal to a broad audience. The recent Broadway musicals that have made it to the screen haven’t done very well. That could change, but it’s not the same as during the Golden Age of Broadway. Making a movie could be a great thing, but for some reason they haven’t fared so well lately.

To order a copy of Story/Time: The Life of an Idea, visit: http://www.amazon.com/exec/ obidos/ASIN/0691162700/ref%3dnosim/thslfofire-20

Author’s Corner Title: White Slave Owners Breeding and Selectively Breeding Themselves with Their Black Female Slaves and Girls Author: Gerald S. Nordé, Ph.D., sociologist Release Date: January, 2014 Dr. Norde is the first Black American ever to graduate with a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Delaware and he accomplished being the author of the first ever Ph.D. dissertation submitted to the University of Delaware, 1985. He holds a M.S.Ed., Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, Ill. and a bachelor’s degree in Spanish, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. He is the father of four children and the grandfather of four, His hobbies are fishing, baiting, bridge and pinochle, hand-dancing and writing.

What was the impetus for writing this book?

The little girls born in this country, who never learned how to laugh.

What’s the overall theme?

White, Black, Negro, and Colored Americans in and from the South have the same and identical family heritage and ancestry beginning with the South white slave owners and their two and more sets of children and families with their black female slaves and colored girls in addition to their two and more sets of children and families with their white women and girls.

Gerald S. Nordé

What surprised you about the development of the book?

It was the resistance from Black, Negro, Colored national organization and associations concerning the book’s conclusions.

For what audience is your book written?

This book is a scholarly book, monograph, but I’ve gone to great effort to write the book for a general audience, especially for Black, Negro and Colored Americans.

What one thing do you most want the reader to learn?

That Black, White, Negro and Colored Americans in and from the South, along with the South’s “southern culture” of patriarch and patrilineality, are all descendants of the South white slave owners and none of the slave owners were Africans or descendants of African slaves What one thing do you want the reader to remember?

Science supports the contention that Black, Negro, and White American have the same ancestry and heritage; just their skin colors are different, just their skin colors.

What did you learn during the writing process?

I learned how soothing writing can be to me.

Any advice for aspiring writers?

My advice is for them to know their subject matter.

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ORDER OF PUBLICATION In accordance with D.C. Official Code §47-1375, the object of this proceeding is to secure the foreclosure of the right of redemption in the following real property located in the District of Columbia, and sold by the Mayor of the District of Columbia to the Plaintiff in this action: Square 0358, Lot 0827 and assessed to L & B Construction, Inc., having the property address of 2112 Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20001, located between Florida Avenue to the East, V Street to the South and 10th Street to the West and W Street to the North (hereinafter the ”Property”).

The complaint states, among other things, that the amounts necessary for redemption have not been

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Action Involving Property JOSEPH H. HAIRSTON 1316 Floral Street, NW Washington. DC 20012 PLAINTIFF vs.

L&B CONSTRUCTION, INC Serve Lawrence Smith, Registered Agent 119 Ingraham Street, NW Washington, DC 20011 and 534 5th Street, SE Washington, DC 20003-4207 and AEON FINANCIAL, LLC Serve: CT Corporation System 1015 15th Street, NW Suite 1000 Washington, DC 20005 and DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA , Serve: Mayor Vincent Grey Office of the Secretary 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004 and DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Serve: Irvin B. Nathan, Attorney General Office of Attorney General for the District of Columbia 441 4th Street, NW, Suite 1060N Washington, DC 20001 and All Unknown owners of the property described below, their heirs, devisees, personal representatives, and executors, administrators, grantees, assigns or successors in right, title, interest, and all persons having or claiming to have any interest in said property which is described as follows: Square 0358 LOT 0827 and having the property address of 2112 Vermont Avenue, NW Washington DC 20001, located between Florida Avenue to the East, V Street to the South and 10th Street to the West and W Street to the North Defendants.

ORDER OF PUBLICATION In accordance with D.C. Official Code §47-1375, the object of this proceeding is to secure the foreclosure of the right of redemption in the following real property located in the District of Columbia, and sold by the Mayor of the District of Columbia to the Plaintiff in this action: Square 0358, Lot 0827 and assessed to L & B Construction, Inc., having the property address of 2112 Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20001, located between Florida Avenue to the East, V Street to the South2014 and 10th 14:01:25 EDT Street to the West and W Street to the North (hereinafter the ”Property”).

The complaint states, among other things, that the amounts necessary for redemption have not been paid.

Pursuant to the Chief Judge´s Administration Order Number 02-11, it is this 15th day of July, 2014.

ORDERED by the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, that notice be given by the insertion of a copy of this order in The Afro-American Newspaper, having a general circulation in the District of Columbia, once week TYPESET: Tuea2014 Aug for 19 16:12:34 EDT three (3) successive weeks, notifying all persons interested in the real property Superior Court of in described above to appear this Court by the 12th the District of day of November,2014 and redeem District of Columbia the real property by payment PROBATE DIVISION of $8,426.12, together with Washington, D.C. interest from the date of real 20001-2131 property tax certificate was Administration No. and purchased; court costs 2014NRT14 attorney’s fees, expenses incurredM. in Ditzler the publication and Jane service of process by pubDecedent lication and for OF reasonable NOTICE fees for the title search, all EXISTENCE OFby the other amounts paid REVOCABLE petitioner in accordance with TRUST the provisions of D.C. Code §47-1361 and all outstanding Jane M. Ditzler (name of municipal lien amounts due deceased settlor) whose a n d owas w i n3050 g oMilitary n the address aforementioned real propRoad, NW, Washington, erty, or answer the complaint DC 20015 created a revoor, thereafter, a final judgcable trust on June 23, ment will be entered foreclos1999 , which ing the right ofremained redemptioninin existence on theand date of the real property vesting her death April in the plaintiffon a title in fee18, simple. and Brian E. ditzler, 2014, Clerk ofisthe1255 Court whose address N o y e s DDuane r i v e , B.sDelaney ilver A TRUE TEST COPY: Spring, MD 20901is the 08/22, 08/29, 09/05/14

currently acting trustee, hereinafter the Trustee.

Communications to the trust should be mailed or directed to Brian E. Ditzler, at 1255 Noyes Drive, silver Spring, MD 20901. The Trust is subject to claims of the deceased settlor’s creditors, costs of administration of the settlor’s estate, the expenses of the deceased settlor’s funeral and disposal of remains, and statutory allowances to a surviving spouse and children to the extent the deceased settlor’s residuary probate estate is inadequate to satisfy those claims, costs, expenses, and allowances.

Claims of the deceased settlor ’s creditors are barred as against the Trustee and the trust property unless presented to the Trustee at the address provided herein on or before February 22, 20156 months after the date of the first publication of this notice). An action to contest the validity of this trust must be commenced by the earliest of (1) April 18, 2015 (one year from date of death of the deceased settler) or (2) February 22, 2015(6 months from the date of first publication of this notice) or (3) ninety days after the Trustee sends the person a copy of the trust instrument and a notice informing the person of the trust’s existence, the Trustee’s name and address, and the time allowed for commencing a proceeding.

The Trustee may proceed to distribute the trust property in accordance with the terms of the trust before the expiration of the time within which an action must be commenced

currently acting trustee, hereinafter the Trustee.

Communications to the trust should be mailed or directed to Brian E. Ditzler, at 1255 Noyes Drive, silver Spring, MD 20901. The Trust is subject to claims of the deceased settlor’s creditors, costs of administration of the settlor’s estate, the expenses of the deceased settlor’s funeral and disposal of remains, and statutory allowances to a surviving spouse and children to the extent the deceased settlor’s residuary probate estate is inadequate to satisfy those claims, costs, expenses, and allowances.

Claims of the deceased settlor ’s creditors are barred as against the Trustee and the trust property unless presented to the Trustee at the address provided herein on or before February 22, 20156 months after the date of the first publication of this notice). An action to contest the validity of this trust must be commenced by the earliest of (1) April 18, 2015 (one year from date of death of the deceased settler) or (2) February 22, 2015(6 months from the date of first publication of this notice) or (3) ninety days after the Trustee sends the person a copy of the trust instrument and a notice informing the person of the trust’s existence, the Trustee’s name and address, and the time allowed for commencing a proceeding.

The Trustee may proceed to distribute the trust property in accordance with the terms of the trust before the expiration of the time within which an action must be commenced unless the Trustee knows of a pending judicial proceeding contesting the validity of the trust or the Trustee has received notice from a potential contestant who thereafter commences a judicial proceeding within sixty days after notification.

This Notice must be 15:48:00 EDT 2014within mailed postmarked 15 days of its first publication to each heir and qualified beneficiary of the trust and any other person who would be an interested person within the meaningof D.C. Code, sec. 20-101(d) Date of Publication: August 22, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Brian E. Ditzler Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 8/22, 8/29, 09/04/14

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM860 Willie Neil Epperson Decedent Lynn H. Johnson Johnson & Pavuk 1413 K. Street Suite 1500 Washington, DC 20005 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS William Neil Epperson, Jr., whose address is 12215 Broken Lance Ct., Clinton, MD 20735 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Willie Neil Epperson, who died on July 6, 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 February 29, 2015. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before February 29, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: August 29, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Willie Neil Epperson Jr. Personal Representative

interested in the real property described above to appear Superior Court of in this Court by the 12th the District of day of November,2014 and redeem District of Columbia the real property by payment ofPROBATE $8,426.12, DIVISION together with Washington, D.C. interest from the date of real property tax certificate was 20001-2131 purchased; court costs Administration No.and attorney’s fees, expenses in2014NRT14 curred in the publication and Jane M.ofDitzler service process by pubDecedent lication and for reasonable NOTICE fees for the titleOF search, all other amounts paid EXISTENCE OFby the petitioner in accordance with REVOCABLE the provisions of D.C. Code TRUST §47-1361 and all outstanding Jane M. Ditzler (name of municipal lien amounts due deceased a n d o w settlor) i n g o whose n the address was 3050 Military aforementioned real propRoad, erty, or NW, answerWashington, the complaint DC 20015 created a revoor, thereafter, a final judgment will be entered forecloscable trust on June 23, ing the right ofremained redemptioninin 1999 , which the real property and vesting existence on the date of in thedeath plaintiffon a title in fee18, simher April ple. and Brian E. ditzler, 2014, Clerk of the Court whose address isDelaney 1255 Duane B. N o y e sA TRUE D r i v eTEST , s iCOPY: lver Spring,08/22, MD 08/29, 20901is the 09/05/14

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TYPESET: Aug 12 15:16:26 EDT08/29/14 2014 08/15, 08/22, 08/29, 09/05,Tue 09/12/14 Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014DM782 Melvin Lewis Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Corey Lewis, whose address is 7524 Belgravia Lane, Hyattsville, MD 20785 was appointed personal representatives of the estate of Melvin Lewis, who died on October 6, 2013 without a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before February 15, 2015. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before February 15, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: August 15, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Melvin Lewis Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 08/15, 08/22, 08/29/14

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM813 Rodney Ellis Gardner Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Diane Wallace, whose address is 901 S. Orme St. Arlington,VA, 22204 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Rodeney Ellis Gardner, who died on June 5, 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 February 15, 2015. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before February 15, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: August 15, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Diane Wallace Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 08/15, 08/22, 08/29/14

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 February 15, 2015. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before February 15, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: August 15, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Arthur T. Nowell 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. 2014ADM807 David Lockhart Sr. Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Marva D. Lockhart, whose address is 510 L a m o n t S t r e e t N W, Washington, DC 20010 was appointed personal representative of the estate of David Lockhart Sr., who died on September 28, 2012 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 February 15, 2015. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before February 15, 2015,

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM811 David B. Marshall. Jr. AKA David Barhydt Marshall Jr. Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Ann Herndon Marshall, whose address is 202 Roberston Ave. Charlottesville, VA 22903, was appointed personal representative of the estate of David B. Marshall Jr. AKA David Barhydt Jr., who died on June 17, 2014 witha will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this 15:14:49 EDTObjections 2014 proceeding. 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 February 15, 2015. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before February 15,2015 or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: August 15, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Ann Herndon Marshall Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 08/15, 08/22, 08/29/14

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM820 Crawford V. Harris Decedent Jamison B. Taylor 1218 11th St NW Washington, DC 20001 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Lori Belinda Harris, whose address is 14611 Mirabella Vista Circle, Tampa, FL, 33626 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Crawford V. Harris, who died EDT on January 15:14:32 2014 28, 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 February 15, 2015. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before February 15, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: August 15, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Lori Belinda Harris Personal Representative

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM804 Gilbert William Bush Decedent James J. Fitzgibbons, Esq 13321 New Hampshire Ave.#110 Silver Spring, MD 20904 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Benjamin Bush, whose address is 5820 Eads Street, NE, Washington, DC 20019 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Gilbert William Bush, who died on November 29, 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 February 15, 2015. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before February 15, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: August 15, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Benjamin Bush Personal Representative

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM492 Gertrude Butler Decedent Stephenson F. Harvey, Jr. Harvey Law Group, PLLC 1629 K St. NW, Washington, DC 20006 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Phyllis R. Freeman, whose address is 1238 Faraday Place NE, Washington, DC 20017 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Gertrude Butler, who died on December 12, 2012 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 February 22, 2015. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before February 22, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: August 22, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Phyllis R. Freeman Personal Representative

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM859 Estate of Geraldine Y. Griffith Deceased NOTICE OF STANDARD PROBATE Notice is hereby given that a petition has been filed in this Court by Keith G. Tolar for standard probate, including the appointment of one or more personal representative. Unless a complaint or an objection in accordance with Superior Court Probate Division Rule 407 is filed in this Court within 30 days from the date of first publication of this notice, the Court may take the action hereinafter set forth.

0 Admit to probate the copy of will dated June 1, 1984 exhibited with the petition upon proof satisfactory to the Court of due execution by affidavit of witnesses or otherwise 0 Ordered any interested person to show cause why the provisions of the lost or destroyed will dated June 1, 1984 should not be admitted to probate as expressed in the petition Register of Wills Clerk of the Probate Division Date of First Publication August 22, 2014 Names of Newspapers: Washington Law Reporter Washington AFRO-AMERICAN Bernice Harleston 1003 K Street, NW 3rd FL Washington, DC 20001 Signature of Petitioners/Attorney

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM719 TRUE TEST COPY Evelyn DeBoeck REGISTER OF WILLS Decedent TYPESET: Wed Aug 20 10:15:03 EDT 2014 Norman Schneider TRUE TEST COPY 08/15, 08/22, 08/29/14 TRUE TEST COPY Kamerow Law Firm, REGISTER OF WILLS REGISTER OF WILLS 5001 Seminary RD, TYPESET: Tue Aug 19 15:48:53 EDT 2014 Superior Court of TYPESET: Tue Aug 19 16:25:33 Suite 210EDT 2014 08/22, 08/29, 09/04/14 08/15, 08/22, 08/29/14 the District of Alexandria, VA 22311 District of Columbia Attorney PROBATE DIVISION Superior Court of SUPERIOR COURT OF NOTICE OF Washington, D.C. the District of THE DISTRICT OF APPOINTMENT, 20001-2131 District of Columbia COLUMBIA NOTICE TO Administration No. PROBATE DIVISION PROBATE DIVISION CREDITORS 2014ADM807 Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. AND NOTICE TO David Lockhart Sr. 20001-2131 20001-2131 UNKNOWN HEIRS Decedent Administration No. Administration No. April Land, whose adNOTICE OF 2014ADM828 2014ADM868 dress is 816 Hermosa Dr APPOINTMENT, Christopher Ruffin Estate of NE,Albuquerque New NOTICE TO Decedent Edmonia L. Lovett Mexico, 87110 was apCREDITORS David F. Hall, Esq AKA pointed personal repreAND NOTICE TO 10 G Street, NE, Suite Edmonia Louise Lovett sentative of the estate of UNKNOWN HEIRS 710 Deceased Evelyn DeBoeck, who M a r v a D . L o c k h a r t , Washington, DC 20002 NOTICE OF died on June 16, 2014 whose address is 510 Attorney STANDARD with a will, and will serve L a m o n t S t r e e t N W, NOTICE OF PROBATE without Court superviWashington DC 20010 APPOINTMENT, Notice is hereby given sion. All unknown heirs was appointed personal NOTICE TO that a petition has been a n d h e i r s w h o s e representative of the CREDITORS filed in this Court by Eric whereabouts are unestate of David Lockhart AND NOTICE TO Abdullah for standard known shall enter their Sr., who died on SeptemUNKNOWN HEIRS probate, including the ber 28, 2012 without a Inthia Bowman-Ruffin, appointment of one or a p p e a r a n c e i n t h i s will, and EDT will serve 15:14:12 2014with- whose address is 1357 more personal repre- proceeding. Objections out Court supervision. All Nicholson Street, NW, sentative. Unless a com- to such appointment (or unknown heirs and heirs Apt 1, Washington, DC plaint or an objection in to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be whose whereabouts are 20011 wasappointed accordance with Superunknown shall enter their personal representative ior Court Probate Di- filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th appearance in this o f t h e e s t a t e o f vision Rule 407 is filed in proceeding. Objections Christopher Ruffin, who this Court within 30 days Street, N.W., 3rd Floor to such appointment died on October 22, 2013 from the date of first pub- W a s h i n g t o n , D . C . shall be filed with the without a will, and will lication of this notice, the 20001, on or before Register of Wills, D.C., serve with Court supervi- Court may take the ac- March 1, 2015. Claims 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd sion. All unknown heirs tion hereinafter set forth. against the decedent Floor Washington, D.C. a n d h e i r s w h o s e In the absence of a will or shall be presented to the 20001, on or before Feb- whereabouts are un- proof satisfactory to the undersigned with a copy ruary 22, 2015. Claims known shall enter their Court of due execution, to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of against the decedent a p p e a r a n c e i n t h i s enter an order determinshall be presented to the proceeding. Objections ing that the decedent Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or beundersigned with a copy to such appointment died intestate fore March 1, 2015, or be to the Register of Wills or shall be filed with the * a p p o i n t a n u n s u filed with the Register of Register of Wills, D.C., pervised personal repre- forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or Wills with a copy to the 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd sentative legatees of the decedent undersigned, on or be- Floor Washington, D.C. Register of Wills who do not receive a fore February 22, 2015, 20001, on or before FebClerk of the copy of this notice by mail or be forever barred. Per- ruary 22, 2015. Claims Probate Division within 25 days of its first sons believed to be heirs against the decedent Date of First Publication publication shall so inor legatees of the de- shall be presented to the August 22, 2014 form the Register of cedent who do not re- undersigned with a copy Names of Newspapers: Wills, including name, ceive a copy of this notice to the Register of Wills or Washington address and relationby mail within 25 days of filed with the Register of Law Reporter ship. its first publication shall Wills with a copy to the Washington Date of Publication: so inform the Register of undersigned, on or be- AFRO-AMERICAN August 29, 2014 Wills, including name, fore February 22, 2015, Karl Chen address and relation- or be forever barred. Per- 9701 Apolo Drive, Suite Name of newspaper: Afro-American ship. sons believed to be heirs 337 Washington Date of Publication: or legatees of the de- Largo, Maryland 20774 Law Reporter August 22, 2014 cedent who do not re- Signature of April Land Name of newspaper: ceive a copy of this notice Petitioners/Attorney Personal Afro-American by mail within 25 days of 08/22, 08/29/14 Representative Washington its first publication shall Law Reporter so inform the Register of TRUE TEST COPY Marva D. Lockhart Wills, including name, REGISTER OF WILLS Personal address and relationRepresentative ship.

08/29, 09/04, 09/12/14 Date of Publication: TRUE TEST COPY August 22, 2014 REGISTER OF WILLS Name of newspaper: Afro-American 08/22, 08/29, 09/05/14 Washington Law Reporter Inithia Bowman-Ruffin Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 08/22, 08/29, 09/04/14

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order in The Afro-American Newspaper, having a general circulation in the District of Columbia, once a week for three (3) successive weeks, notifying all persons interested in the real property described above to appear in this Court by the 12th day of November, 2014, and redeem the real property by payment of $8,102.77 together with interest from the date of real property tax certificate was purchased; court costs and attorney’s fees, expenses incurred in the publication and service of process by publication and for reasonable fees for the title search, all other amounts paid by the petitioner in accordance with the provisions of D.C. Code §47-1361 and all out-standing municipal lien amounts due and owing on the aforementioned real property, or answer the complaint or, thereafter, a final judgment will be entered foreclosing the right of redemption in the real property and vesting in the plaintiff a title in fee simple.

Clerk of the Court Duane B. Delaney A TRUE TEST COPY: 08/22, 08/29, 09/04/14

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 March 1, 2015. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before March 1, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: August 29, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Janice Osborne Personal Representative

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Foreign No. 2014FEP111 Date of Death May 13, 2013 Maude Esther Patrick Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS Jean Mack whose address is 13809 Heatherstone Drive. Bowie, MD 20720 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Maude E. Patrick, deceased, on March 24, 2014, by the Orphan’s Court or Register of Wills Court for Montgomery County, State of Maryland.

Service of process may be made upon John Arness, LPR, INC., 4725 Wisconsin , Ave, NW Suite 250, Washington, DC 20015 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: 843 Crittenden St., NE, Washington, DC, 20017 Claims against the decedent may be presented to the undersigned and filed with the Register of Wills for the District of Columbia, 515 5th Street, NW, 3rd Floor, Washington, DC 20001 within 6 months from the date of first publication of this notice. Jean Mack Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS Date of first publication: August 15, 2014 Name of newspapers and/or periodical: The Daily Washington Law Reporter The Afro-American

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Action Involving Property JOSEPH H. HAIRSTON 1316 Floral Street, NW Washington. DC 20012 PLAINTIFF vs.

DANIEL W. FIELDS, JR 1505 Erskine Street Takoma Park, MD 20912 and SPECIALTY LENDING GROUP, LLC Serve: Jeffrey Levin Serve: Joel S. Aronson 6301 Ivy Lane, #601 Greenbelt, MD 20770 and WASHINGTON FIRST BANK Serve:Jeffrey Levin Serve: Joel S. Aronson 6301 Ivy Lane #601 Greenbelt, MD 20770 and JEFFREY LEVIN, TRUSTEE, 6301 Ivy Lane,#601 Greenbelt, MD 20770 and JOEL S. ARONSON, TRUSTEE, 6301 Ivy Lane #601 Greenbelt, MD 20770 and DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Serve: Mayor Vincent Grey Office of the Secretary 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20001and DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Serve:Irvin B. Nathan, Attorney General Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia 441 4th Street, NW, Suite 1060N Washington, DC 20001 and All Unknown owners of the property described below, their heirs, devisees, personal representatives, and executors, administrators, grantees, assigns or successors in right, title, interest, and all persons having or claiming to have any interest in said property which is described as follows: Square 3189, Lot 0800 and having the property address of 7100 Blair Road, NW Washington DC 20012, located between Dahlia Street to the South and Piney Branch Road to the WestDefendants.

ORDER OF PUBLICATION In accordance with D.C. Official Code §47-1375, the object of this proceeding is to secure the foreclosure of the right of redemption in the following real property located in the District of Columbia, and sold by the Mayor of the District of Columbia to the Plaintiff in this action: Square 3189, Lot 0800 and assessed to Daniel W. Fields, Jr. having the property address of 7100 Blair Road, NW, Washington, DC 20012, located between Dahila Street to the south and Piney Branch Road to the West (hereinafter the ”Property).

The complaint states, among other things, that the amounts necessary for redemption have not been paid.

Pursuant to the Chief Judge´s Administration Order Number 02-11, it is this 15th day of July, 2014.

ORDERED by the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, that notice given by 16:25:33 EDT be 2014 the insertion of a copy of this

order in The Afro-American Newspaper, a general Superiorhaving Court of circulation in the District of the District Columbia, once a of week for District of Columbia three (3) successive weeks, nPROBATE o t i f y i n g aDIVISION ll persons interested in the real property Washington, D.C. described above to appear in 20001-2131 this Court by the 12th day of Administration No. November, 2014, and redeem2014ADM754 the real property by Walter Jackson payment of $8,102.77 toDecedent gether with interest from the date ofNOTICE real property OF tax certificate was purchased; court APPOINTMENT, costs and attorney’s NOTICE TOfees, expenses incurred in the pubCREDITORS lication and service of procNOTICE TO essAND by publication and for UNKNOWN reasonable feesHEIRS for the title Janice Osborne, whose search, all other amounts paid by is the 8106 petitioner address High-in accordance with the proviland Meadows Drive, sions of D.C. Code §47-1361 Clinton, MD 20735 was and all out-standing municiappointed personal pal lien amounts due reand presentative of the estate owing on the aforementioned ofreal Walter Jackson, who property, or answer the complaint or, thereafter, a fidied on May 11, 2014 nal judgment will be entered without a will, and will foreclosing the right of reserve without Court sudemption in the real property pervision. unknown and vesting All in the plaintiff a heirs heirs whose title in and fee simple. whereabouts are unClerk of the Court Duane B. Delaney known shall enter their a p p e aArTRUE a n c eTEST i n COPY: this 08/22, 08/29, 09/04/14 proceeding.

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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 February 15, 2015. Claims against the decedent TYPESET: Tue Aug 12 15:15:43 EDT 2014 shall be presented to the 15:16:43 2014 LEGALEDT NOTICES LEGAL NOTICES undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Superior Court of Wills with a copy to the the District of undersigned, on or beDistrict of Columbia fore February 15, 2015, PROBATE DIVISION or be forever barred. PerWashington, D.C. sons believed to be heirs 20001-2131 or legatees of the deAdministration No. cedent who do not re2014ADM814 ceive a copy of this notice Helen Salter Nowlin by mail within 25 days of Decedent its first publication shall NOTICE OF so inform the Register of APPOINTMENT, Wills, including name, NOTICE TO address and relationCREDITORS ship.

AND NOTICE TO Date of Publication: UNKNOWN HEIRS J e r o m e E . N o w l i n , August 15, 2014 whose address is 1722 Name of newspaper: Girard St. NE, Washing- Afro-American ton DC 20018 was ap- Washington pointed personal repre- Law Reporter Marva D. Lockhart sentative of the estate of Personal Helen Salter Nowlin, who Representative died on April 21, 2014 without a will, and will serve without Court su- TRUE TEST COPY pervision. All unknown REGISTER OF WILLS heirs and heirs whose TYPESET: Tue Aug 12 whereabouts are un- 08/15, 08/22, 08/29/14 known shall enter their appearance in this Superior Court of proceeding. Objections the District of to such appointment District of Columbia shall be filed with the PROBATE DIVISION Register of Wills, D.C., Washington, D.C. 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd 20001-2131 Floor Washington, D.C. Administration No. 20001, on or before Feb2014ADM821 ruary 15, 2015. Claims against the decedent Bessie Otelia Ridley shall be presented to the Decedent undersigned with a copy NOTICE OF to the Register of Wills or APPOINTMENT, filed with the Register of NOTICE TO Wills with a copy to the CREDITORS undersigned, on or beAND NOTICE TO fore February 15, 2015, UNKNOWN HEIRS or be forever barred. Per- Robert Adron Wright Ridsons believed to be heirs ley, whose address is or legatees of the de- 1326 Talbert Terrace, cedent who do not re- SE, Washington, DC ceive a copy of this notice 20020 was appointed by mail within 25 days of personal representative its first publication shall of the estate of Bessie so inform the Register of Otelia Ridley, who died Wills, including name, address and relation- on April 1, 1990 without a will. All unknown heirs ship. and heirs whose Date of Publication: whereabouts are unAugust 15, 2014 known shall enter their Name of newspaper: appearance in this Afro-American proceeding. Objections Washington to such appointment Law Reporter Jerome E. Nowlin shall be filed with the Personal Register of Wills, D.C., Representative 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before FebTRUE TEST COPY ruary 15, 2015. Claims REGISTER OF WILLS 15:16:03 EDT against EDT the decedent TYPESET: Tue2014 Aug 12 15:15:09 2014 08/15, 08/22, 08/29/14 shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or Superior Court of filed with the Register of the District of Wills with a copy to the District of Columbia undersigned, on or bePROBATE DIVISION fore February 15, 2015, Washington, D.C. or be forever barred. Per20001-2131 sons believed to be heirs Administration No. or legatees of the de2014ADM570 cedent who do not reWayola Harris ceive a copy of this notice Decedent by mail within 25 days of NOTICE OF its first publication shall APPOINTMENT, so inform the Register of NOTICE TO Wills, including name, CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO address and relationUNKNOWN HEIRS ship.

Arthur T. Nowell, whose Date of Publication: address is 7214 Good August 15, 2014 Luck Road, Lanham, MD Name of newspaper: 20706, was appointed Afro-American personal representative Washington of the estate of Wayola Law Reporter Harris, who died on April 26, 2014 with a will and Robert Adron Wright Ridwill serve without Court ley supervision. All unknown Personal heirs and heirs whose Representative where-abouts are unknown shall enter their TRUE TEST COPY appearance in this proceeding. Objections REGISTER OF WILLS

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AUTOMOTIVE CENTRAL 2014 Audi A7 TDI

By Frank S. Washington NNPA Columnist DETROIT – It is still hard to believe looking at the 2014 Audi A7 that it is a hatchback with its fastback roof. Audi does not use the term when talking about the A7 but technically the four-door coupe qualifies. The car had 24.7 cu. ft. of cargo space and that was with the rear seats up. Audi says the A7 is a five-passenger sedan. But that fifth person will have to sit on an extraordinarily uncomfortable hump. The reality is that the car can tote four people in extreme comfort.

What’s new for this model year is that Audi has equipped the A7 with its 3.0-liter turbocharged diesel engine. This variant made 240 horsepower at 3,500 rpms and 428 poundfeet of torque at 1,750 rpms. Mated to an eight-speed automatic transmission, the 2014 Audi TDI could get from a standstill to 60 mph in a brisk 5.5 seconds.

We didn’t try to do that, nor did we try to see if the car could get to its electronically limited top speed of 130 mph. Still, this cast iron engine block with aluminum alloy cylinder heads moved the 4,266-pound Audi A7 TDI with ease.

The car got 24 mpg in the city, 38 mpg on the highway and 29 mpg combine. It is hard to imagine anyone who could afford the $66,900 base price of the 2014 Audi A7 TDI caring much about fuel efficiency. But there are some conscientious types who have a couple of bucks.

No matter the income bracket, just about anybody would love driving the A7 TDI. It had a five-link front suspension and a trapezoidal set up in the rear that had a sport calibration. The car handled the ruts of the urban streets here well. Its electric rack and pinion power steering responded to driver input quickly. It cornered without any body sway; acceleration was assertive without being brutish and the A7 TDI’s ventilated 13.6 inch front brakes and the 13-inch rear brakes brought it to a stop quickly.

Audi’s standout single frame grille dominates the face of the A7 TDI. The company was one of the first and remains one of the best at using LEDs as decorative daytime running lights. The car also had adaptive Xenon headlights.

The A7 prestige package included a four zone climate control system, heated and cooled front seats, cornering lights and blind side assist. Audi’s driver assistance

featured adaptive cruise control, lane assist and corner view camera.

As well as providing outside corner views fore and aft, the system had a rearview camera and it provided a view in front of the car. It would also use sensors and cameras to provide an overhead image of the car. The sport package featured 20-inch 10 parallel spoke wheels.

The car was equipped with Audi MMI® touch and its handwriting recognition features, hard and soft keys, dedicated buttons for commonly-used controls and a touchpad that interprets hand-written inputs. We have yet to figure out how to use this intuitively, but we’ll keep trying.

It can take some time to customize all of the Audi A7 TDI’s equipment for your use.

We particularly liked the Google Map feature that let us see the area the car was in with a three dimension map that showed roof tops including ours and foliage.

Of course, the car had a smart key with push button start and stop. But the gem of its equipment was a 15-speaker, 1,300 watt Bang & Olufsen® Sound system that had aluminum speaker covers in the doors and tweeters that extended from the corners of the dash board with the startup of the car or when the audio system was turned on. In a word, it was bangin.’

Add all of the optional equipment and our 2014 Audi A7 TDI sticker, with freight charges, climbed to $81,395. And the car seemed worth every cent.

Frank S. Washington is editor of AboutThatCar.com