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Thousands of marchers cross the bridge on the the 51st anniversary of the voting rights demonstration that came to be known as "Bloody Sunday," during the re-enactment of the march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala. on March 6.

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Selma on March 6 marked the 51st anniversary of the voting rights demonstration that came to be known as “Bloody Sunday.”

U.S. Rep. John Lewis of Georgia, one of the demonstrators beaten in Selma on March 7, 1965, recalled the beatings in a speech at a Selma church, The Selma Times-Journal reported.

Lewis urged the crowd to keep fighting

for justice and not to be afraid to stir up “good trouble” in the sake of justice.

“They came toward us, beating us with nightsticks, trampling us with horses and releasing their tear gas.

I was hit in the head with a trooper with a nightstick. My legs went from under me. I thought I was going to die I thought I saw death,” Lewis told the crowd at Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church, according to the newspaper.

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“It’s time for all of us to get in trouble. Good trouble. Necessary trouble,” Lewis said.

The Bridge Crossing Jubilee marks the anniversary of Bloody Sunday each year. The event, as it always does, culminated with a march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge.

President Barack Obama and the first family traveled to Selma last year for the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday.

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Crime and Punishment—Southern Style for the Groveland Four

Klan, NAACP and civil rights icon Thurgood Marshall starred in a macabre theater of Jim Crow (in)justice. This is the story of the Groveland Four.

By Zenitha Prince Senior AFRO Correspondents zprince@afro.com A White woman crying rape. That was all it took for four African-American young men, Samuel Shepherd, Walter Irvin, Ernest Thomas and Charles Greenlee to be shanghaied into a legal lynching that changed their lives—and those of their loved ones— forever. The accusation, and what came after during that summer of 1949, turned the citrus town of Groveland, Fla., into center stage, where familiar actors such as the Ku Klux

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The beating of peaceful protesters on the city’s Edmund Pettus Bridge set the stage for the Selma-to-Montgomery march and helped galvanize support for congressional approval of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Lewis said when he was young, some people urged him to accept segregation as a fact of life and not to “stir up trouble.” However, the Georgia congressman said sometimes trouble is necessary in the fight for justice.

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Three of the four ‘Groveland Four’ around 1949.

The news that four Negro young men had allegedly raped a White farm wife and robbed her husband in the early hours of July 16, 1949, was spreading like wildfire through Lake County, Fla., and Sheriff Willis McCall was determined to douse the flames before his job was lost in the conflagration.

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By Chanet Wallace Special to the AFRO A group consisting of alumni, faculty, students and other supporters of Maryland’s HBCUs gathered

on March 2 in front of the capitol in Annapolis to pressure the state to address existing inequalities in the Maryland higher education system.

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Racism and the Effects of Climate Change

By Barrington M. Salmon Special to the AFRO Black leaders in the fight against global climate change issued a call to action to arrest the impact of climate change on their communities. At a recent conference several speakers said Blacks in cities and towns across the country continue to be adversely affected by legislative and other policies that place power plants, brown fields, toxic waste, coal plants, incinerators and other generators of pollution in their communities.

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2nd Freddie Gray Trial Set, Fellow Officer Must Testify

By The Associated Press The second trial for a police officer charged in the death of Freddie Gray is set for next month — a year after the Black man’s neck was broken in a police van — and one of the officer’s colleagues will be forced to testify.

The latest reshuffling of trial dates happened March 8 when Maryland’s highest court ruled that Officer William Porter must testify against his fellow officers while he awaits retrial.

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Activist Jamel Brown says organizers didn’t want to talk specifically about the case. Brown, 25, who knows the Gunn family, told the crowd that Smith’s arrest was “progress” but the community should still push for justice.

“When you put on a badge and you put on a gun, you are sworn to protect and serve your community,” Brown said, adding it doesn’t give “any legal right to harass the black community.”

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A coroner investigator says an up-and-coming rapper has been shot to death outside a popular recording studio in Atlanta.

Fulton County Medical Examiner senior investigator Tami Sedivy-Schorder says 28-year-old Trentavious White, also known as rapper Bankroll Fresh, was found shot outside Street Execs Studio around 11 p.m. on Mar. 4.

Atlanta police say White was pronounced dead at a hospital. Police told local news media they collected (Instagram) more than 50 shell casings 28-year-old Trentavious inside and outside the White, also known as recording studio. rapper Bankroll Fresh.

White was signed to rapper 2 Chainz’s Street Execs record label. White was known for his single “Hot Boy” and “Walked In” featuring Travis Porter, Boochie and Street Money.

Several rappers from T.I. and 2 Chainz sent their condolences for White through social media.

Zoe Saldana Facing Criticism Over Nina Simone Biopic

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Zoe Saldana as Nina Simone on the poster for the upcoming biopic “Nina”.

Special to the AFRO Actress Zoe Saldana recently faced a new round of criticism on social media following the release of a trailer for an upcoming biopic, “Nina,” in which she plays musician and activist Nina Simone.

The casting of Saldana, who is of Dominican and Puerto Rican descent, as Simone has been the source of controversy since the move was announced in 2012. But the recent release of a trailer and marketing materials for the movie, which appear to show Saldana in skin-darkening makeup and a prosthetic nose for the role, triggered a new wave of outrage.

Notably, a Twitter account representing Simone’s estate had harsh words for Saldana after the actress tweeted a Simone quote on March 1.

“Cool story but please take Nina’s name out your mouth.

For the rest of your life,” the tweet stated.

Simone died of breast cancer in 2003.

The singer’s only child, Lisa Simone Kelly, 53, has distanced herself from the movie since its announcement, but told Time magazine on March 3 that she was unaware of the tweet directed at Saldana. Kelly told the magazine that the entire production deserved criticism, not Saldana.

“It’s unfortunate that Zoe Saldana is being attacked so viciously when she is someone who is part of a larger picture,” said Kelly. “It’s clear she brought her best to this project, but unfortunately she’s being attacked when she’s not responsible for any of the writing or the lies.”

The Simone estate’s Twitter account was not the sole source of scorn, however. Widespread social media posts disparaged the movie, the choice to use makeup and prosthetics on Saldana rather than cast an actress of a different appearance, and pointed out the social issues around that choice.

According to The Washington Post, humor writer Luvvie Ajayi said she would follow Kelly’s advice to not see the movie when it premieres April 22.

“Maybe I’m just being a hater but this is a terrible choice, in my opinion. I won’t be supporting this movie. Not just because Zoe’s clearly a bad casting decision, but because Nina Simone’s own daughter is sternly against it for many reasons (and they’re justifiable),” Luvvie wrote. “They can keep this one.”

Robert L. Johnson, founder and chairman of RLJ Entertainment (and also former owner and founder of BET), which will distribute Nina, told Rolling Stone that “Zoe Saldana delivers an exceptional and mesmerizing tribute to Nina Simone.”

“She gave her heart and soul to the role and displayed her extraordinary talent,” Johnson said. “The most important thing is that creativity or quality of performance should never be judged on the basis of color, or ethnicity, or physical likeness.

Quality entertainment should be measured by the sheer force of creativity and the commitment that an actor or actress brings to the performance.”

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power in Lake County by acting as a henchman for the area’s wealthy citrus growers, the powerbrokers of that time.

“The sheriff wasn’t polished, but they growers didn’t need a politician, they needed a bully,” wrote Gary Corsair in his account of the case, Legal Lynching: The Sad Saga of the Groveland Four.

And Blacks—whom McCall saw as little more than animals—were the sheriff’s favorite targets. By all accounts, he took great pleasure in enforcing anti-vagrancy laws against “uppity” and “lazy” Blacks and strong-arming them into working the citrus groves. And he had no problem using violence to teach them their place.

“It was instilled in most of the Black children that when you saw Willis V. McCall, that was a man you didn’t want to tangle with,” recalled John Griffin, who grew up in Groveland in the ‘50s, in Corsair’s book.

McCall was hell-bent on “solving” the case of alleged assault against Norma and Willie Padgett before a lynch mob took his job into their own hands. Having wrangled two Black suspects—22-year-olds Samuel Shepherd and Walter Irvin— into custody and beaten a confession out of one, McCall was determined to find two others.

The news that a Negro boy was being held in the Groveland jail presented a possible answer to his prayers. McCall dispatched a deputy to take the Padgetts to view the detainee.

By that time, Charles Greenlee had spent several hours in jail after being arrested for vagrancy at the Edge Mercantile Co. gas station near the train depot sometime after 3 a.m. A deputy fired questions at him—where he was that night, who he was with and something about a car—questions to which the 16-year-old African American had no answers.

Then the Padgetts were brought in to make an identification.

In a doubt-filled voice, Norma said, “I think that’s one of them.”

Her husband, however, firmly disagreed, saying, “No. Not him.

He wasn’t there.” Authorities decided that was a good enough ID, however, and took Greenlee to the County Jail in Tavares.

There, Greenlee said, was where he first met Shepherd and Irvin, both of whom were housed in a cell, bleeding profusely from their torture at the hands of authorities.

By late evening, Edge Mercantile probably had one of its best business days, as Whites bought out its gun supply. Bands of would-be vigilantes—many of them friends and relatives of Norma Padgett’s family—roved around the country armed to the teeth.

The men were spurred on by Ku Klux Klanmen, carloads of whom roared into Lake County from neighboring counties, intent on avenging White womanhood.

That Saturday night, the Negroes of Groveland sought refuge behind boarded-up window, under beds and behind dressers as 100 armed White men sped through their streets, shooting guns and shouting threats under the indulgent eye of Sheriff McCall.

Tensions grew even tauter on Sunday as exaggerated and untruthful newspaper reports whipped up the Whites of Lake County into an even greater frenzy. By late afternoon, a lynch mob led by Willie Padgett and his father-in-law Coy Tyson stormed the jail in Tavares, demanding Shepherd and Irvin be handed over. McCall allowed them to search the cells, however, Shepherd and Irvin had been whisked away to the state prison in Raiford for safekeeping—though they said they didn’t escape several beatings on the way.

With the armed rabble dispersed, Sheriff McCall turned his attention to getting a confession out of Greenlee. Deputy James Yates led the Black teen down the basement stairway, much like Shepherd and Irvin. Two men were awaiting them in the shadows. Yates handcuffed Greelee’s hands to an overhead pipe while another broke a Coca-Cola bottle underneath his feet.

Then the beatings began.

With each blow of the rubber hoses, Greelee’s body bounced back and forth, and the glass sliced his feet. As he denied knowing Shepherd and Irvin and assaulting Norma Padgett the abuse intensified. Finally, with blood pouring out his nose and ears and other wounds and tears streaming down his face Greenlee broke and confessed to all the accusations thrown at him.

Meanwhile, Klansmen from as far as Miami and Georgia were pouring into Groveland to join the knots of stern-faced locals loitering about the streets. And as quickly as the KKK hordes swept in, Groveland’s Black residents got out, given refuge by concerned citizens, the Red Cross and Black and White churches in Orlando, Clermont and other nearby cities.

McCall also had the governor mobilize the county’s 75 National Guardsmen to maintain order and protect the few Black families left in Groveland, Mascotte, Bay Lake and Stuckey Still. But the

vigilantes, now in the hundreds, easily outnumbered the militia. The governor sent in more National Guardsmen from Tampa, and McCall spread out his manpower to create an impression that the Aug. 13, 1949 peacekeepers were everywhere. The tactic worked and the KKK-led swarms decided to wait until the militia left.

But by Monday, fueled by McCall’s statements to the press—including an outright lie that Samuel Shepherd had just returned from spending three years in a penitentiary for assault—rabble-rousers drove into Groveland, Bay Lake and Stuckey Hill, a small Negro settlement, shooting up windows and lobbing gas bombs into homes and business establishments.

Charlie Mae Shepherd, Sam Shepherd’s mother, and her smaller children hid in the woods while the hate-filled Whites burned down their home. All happened under the approving eye of Sheriff McCall. In fact, he told the media that the night of terror was actually the Negroes’ fault, since God-fearing Whites were simply protecting themselves after hearing stories of gun-toting Blacks planning to march into town.

The NAACP waded into the fray as a spokeswoman called McCall, questioning the treatment of the prisoners and what was being done to protect the area’s Black citizens. And Florida NAACP Executive Secretary Harry T. Moore sent a letter to Gov. Fuller Warren demanding that McCall be held accountable for the unrest.

By that following Saturday, July 23, 1949, things had quieted down, and Sheriff McCall turned his attention toward finding Ernest Thomas, the man Greenlee had identified as being his only contact since he entered Groveland. McCall formed a posse and set out to capture the “fugitive.”

From Gainsville, to Shady Grove to Moseley Hall, a little Black settlement in Madison County, the hunters pursued their prey, bringing in tracker dogs when Thomas proved too wily. It wasn’t until just before noon on the Tuesday that the pursuers finally caught up with Thomas near a swamp.

As the dozing man made to rise, he was stopped by a hail of bullets that struck him several times in the head and riddled his torso. The fourth defiler of Norma Padgett had been caught.

Read more about the Groveland Four and the effort to exonerate them in next week’s AFRO.

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proceedings for the other Rice is charged with officers have essentially been manslaughter, misconduct in on hold while the courts office, reckless endangerment determined whether he should and assault. All of the officers be forced to take the stand. have pleaded not guilty.

The trial for Lt. Brian Porter, who checked on Rice, the highest-ranking Gray after he was put in the officer charged in the Gray van, testified at his trial that case, will start April 13 — he didn’t do anything wrong one year and one day after during Gray’s arrest. He told Gray was arrested outside the a jury that it was the van Gilmor Homes in Baltimore’s driver’s responsibility to make Sandtown-Winchester sure Gray was secured in a neighborhood when he ran seat belt. from police.

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The judges did not explain their decision, saying they would issue an opinion later.

Amy Dillard, a law professor at the University of Baltimore, said their ruling makes sense.

“What the prosecution is asking for is that Porter be called and asked the same questions and testify as he did before under oath,” Dillard said. “If the prosecutor goes into areas he has not commented on or testified about, there are motions to be made during those trials.”

The appeals court issued two rulings. The first ruling agreed with Baltimore Circuit Judge Barry Williams’ decision to force Porter to testify against Sgt. Alicia White and Officer Caesar Goodson, all of whom face manslaughter, assault, reckless endangerment and misconduct in office charges.

Goodson, the van driver, faces the most serious charge, second-degree murder.

A second order reversed Williams’ decision that Porter did not have to testify against officers Miller, Nero and Rice.

Miller and Nero face misconduct in office, reckless endangerment and assault charges.

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“Maryland HBCU’s deserve to offer high quality academic programs and services just as those offered at traditional White Institutions such as University of Maryland College Park, Salisbury, Towson, and others. We want equity.”

In 2006 a group of alumni from Maryland’s four HBCUs – Morgan State University, Coppin State University, UMES and Bowie State University – filed a $2 billion lawsuit alleging the HBCUs were negatively impacted by practices permitted among Maryland’s higher education institutions. A major focus of the lawsuit was on the practice of Maryland’s traditional White institutions (TWI’s) initiating select program courses that were already being offered at nearby HBCUs. The duplication of such programs invariably resulted in promoting segregation among the Maryland higher education institutions in violation of the law. The lawsuit also asserted that such duplication unconstitutionally impeded the Black institutions’ ability to academically compete with the TWI’s.

In 2013 Federal District Court Judge Catherine C. Blake ruled in favor of The Coalition for Equity and Excellence in Maryland Higher Education (Coalition), finding that the state of Maryland had violated the law and the constitutional rights of the HBCU’s by promoting segregation through continuously allowing the duplication practice to exist following the elimination of segregation in public education as dictated in the 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education Supreme Court decision. Judge Blake thus ordered the two sides to mediate the ways the negative impact of Maryland’s protracted duplication practices could be addressed and removed.

In May of last year the Coalition offered its solution – which included merging the University of Baltimore into Morgan State University, transferring or eliminating about 80 programs from traditional White institutions and converting University of Maryland University College into a statewide online platform.

Last Nov. Maryland laid out its counter proposal: $10 million for HBCUs and TWIs

to collaborate and initiate summer programs at HBCUs for high school graduates.

This Feb. Blake rejected the merger of University of Baltimore and Morgan State and called the $10 million proposal from the state inadequate and ordered both parties to submit new proposals.

The harsh wind, during this sunny evening at the capital, didn’t stop the crowd from chanting and challenging the inequalities that exist in Maryland HBCU’s. Members from each university disclosed issues within their HBCU’s and personal narratives which reflect existing examples of continuing inequalities.

They also demanded the initiation of an era where such inequalities will no longer exist.

Supporters are remaining hopeful for structural reform of the Maryland higher education policies, practices, and procedures that will result in: 1. the elimination of programs at TWI’s which have duplicated non-core pre-existing HBCU programs; and 2. the creation of new high demand programs at the Maryland HBCU’s in order for each of such institutions to be able to maintain and distinguish their individual academic identity and competitiveness.

“Right now we are out here creating awareness … because HBCU’s have been mistreated. Its’ time we stand in solidarity against these types of systemic ongoing inequalities,” Elijah Vines from Bowie State University said.

Barbara Robinson, chair of the Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland, gave greetings from the Caucus. In an interview the day after the rally, Robinson told the AFRO, “It’s a shame 34 years later we’re talking about inadequacy, here we are again talking about the same thing.” In 1982, the Department of Education, Office of Civil rights began negotiations with the state of Maryland which eventually lead to a statewide desegregation plan.

Robinson was the only member of the Legislative Black Caucus to attend the rally.

While no specific invitation was extended to the Black Caucus or Maryland Governor Hogan to meet with the group represented by the protestors, one of the organizers of the protest said such meetings will be pursued in the near future.

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Climate Change Continued from A1

The almost daylong Sustaining the Future symposium held on Feb. 24 titled “Sustaining the Future: The Impact of Climate Change on the Black Community,” and hosted by Green For All at the Sierra Club in downtown Washington, brought together attendees from a broad spectrum of environmental justice groups and organizations.

“Fifty percent of people of color live within two miles of areas of pollution,” said Beverly Wright, executive director of Dillard University’s Deep South Center for Environmental Justice. “There need to be buffers. We need a special distribution of polluting facilities. The people least responsible are the most affected.”

Wright said those involved in environmental justice have a tough job fighting against corporations, utilities and government officials who are intent on decimating the environment. The professor said race is a predominant indicator that determines the exposure some communities receive to assorted toxins, chemicals and pollutants.

“Climate change is a threat multiplier for the Black community,” said Leslie Fields, director of the Sierra Club’s Environmental and Community Partnership Programs. “Our children have asthma, miss school, fall behind and end up in the school-to-prison pipeline.

African Americans are disproportionately affected by climate change and are demanding action. Air pollution and climate change don’t just greatly impact health, they stifle our ability to grow economically.” According to Fields, the Sierra Club is monitoring the cumulative impacts. Climate change is manifested in illness from exposure to pollutants that drive climate change, physical displacement of

individuals and families in the face of rising sea levels, catastrophic or destructive storms, economic and food insecurity, and malnutrition.

Fields and Wright said the way forward for embattled communities is President Barack Obama’s Clean Power Plan and the range of smart climate change policies the administration has enacted. The plan sets the first ever federal limits on carbon pollution from power plants in an effort to lower the amount of health problem-causing toxins released into the air. The plan has public health and climate benefits worth up to $54 billion a year through 2030.

“This will create opportunity work, transitions, and economic development,” said Fields. “We’re strongly advocating for states to continue on the Clean Power Plan.

They have until 2022 for the final –Beverly Wright compliance period.

States are designing and implementing their plans but southern states have not cooperated so they will be part of the federal level plan for carbon emissions to go down.”

In a later panel discussion, “Black & Green: The Intersection Between Race and Environmental Justice,” moderator Angela Rye, principal and CEO of Impact Strategies, pushed panelists to explain how best to become environmental activists. “We know this is a crisis, we know that if this was in White communities this wouldn’t happen,” she said.

“In toxic waste studies in 1987 and 2007, people of color were most affected. In 20 years, the numbers haven’t changed,” said Quentin Pair, a retired senior attorney with the U.S. DOJ’s Environmental and Natural Resource Division. “Sixty percent are now affected. Race has always been at the heart of environmental justice.

Fifty percent of people of color live within two miles of areas of pollution.”

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Clinton and the Black Vote With the Democratic primary season upon us, political pundits have wondered whether Hillary Clinton will enjoy the same enthusiastic support from the African-American community in her presidential bid that President Barack Obama received. Others have wondered whether she actually deserves the same level of allegiance from African-American voters. Based upon her campaign thus far, there can be no doubt that the answer to both questions is a resounding “Yes.” Hillary Clinton’s focus on racial issues in her presidential campaign began with an April 29th speech at Columbia University in New York City, where she spoke about recent police brutality incidents. Her wide-ranging discussion of the causes of racial unrest and her proposed solutions demonstrate a deep and thoughtful understanding of longstanding racial inequities both in the criminal justice system, and in the broader economic and political arenas throughout America.

Hillary opened by recognizing that while the vast majority of law enforcement officers perform their difficult jobs with respect for those they serve and in compliance with the law, something is seriously wrong in many of the current relationships between police and minority communities. She is absolutely right. Many American cities have had poor police community relations for decades. And with the recent discovery that a white Oklahoma City police officer raped 13 black women, while on duty, over the span of several years, minority perceptions of law enforcement are likely to get worse.

Such perceptions have much basis in fact. During the last two decades, the United States Department of Justice has conducted 67 investigations of civil rights violations by police departments. Of those 67 investigations, 24 departments across the U.S. were found to have serious violations requiring judicial oversight. The Department of Justice has intervened in 16 police departments found to have patterns of excessive or deadly force based on race. Over the last seven years, the Obama administration has intervened in four departments including Ferguson, Missouri, where black teenager Michael Brown was shot and killed by a White officer and Baltimore, Maryland, where a young black man mysteriously died in police custody.

Clinton called for body cameras on every police officer

F. Michael Higginbotham

in the nation as one step for dealing with this problem.

This is an excellent start as bad relations have been exacerbated due to a lack of complete information or conflicting testimony where even implausible police officer versions are accepted as truth. Body cameras are not a cure-all, but they certainly would increase the level and accuracy of information and would likely lead to more indictments and convictions of officers who commit police misconduct. Hopefully, the risk of exposure would also significantly reduce misconduct.

Hillary’s most important observation, though, was that the issues raised by the recent deaths of blacks in the hands of police, concern far more than police practices. She explained that a comprehensive approach is desperately needed to address longstanding problems. She began by focusing on disparities in employment. Unemployment among Blacks nationally is twice as high as that for Whites and, in some cities, like Chicago, nearly half of blacks between 20-24 years old are neither working nor in school. As Clinton said, “There is something wrong when more than one out of every three young black men in Baltimore can’t find a job.”

More recently, in a debate with Bernie Sanders, Clinton enthusiastically embraced President Obama’s agenda, specifically endorsing his policies on health care, education, criminal justice reform, and on the economy. All are policies Hillary knows are popular with the president’s AfricanAmerican constituency. She closed the debate saying that, “Obama does not get the credit he deserves,” and vowing to build on his legacy of achievement.

Hillary Clinton understands not only that Black lives matter, but that justice requires fundamental reform in the courts, on the streets, and in classrooms, offices, and voting booths. No doubt, as the primary season concludes and the general election begins, Clinton must make her case to Black (and all) voters as Obama did eight years ago. With her performance thus far, as evidenced by receiving 80% of the Black vote in the South Carolina primary – a greater percentage than candidate Obama received in 2008, Hillary Clinton continues to present a convincing argument.

F. Michael Higginbotham is the author of “Ghosts of Jim Crow: Ending Racism in Post- Racial America” and the Joseph Curtis Professor of Law at the University of Baltimore School of Law.

Expand Baltimore’s Rec Centers The recreation center is the meeting place for the community, a place to bond, an escape from the outside world. In Baltimore, an escape from the rigors of the city is more than necessary.

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake recently announced a $135 million plan to renovate and create recreation centers, build fitness and wellness centers and upgrade public pools throughout the city. That money will come from the state of Maryland, the city of Baltimore, bond revenue and casinos.

Baltimore is currently asking the General Assembly for $6 million dollars of that money. The current General Assembly session ends April 11.

Some of the recreation centers throughout the city are merely that in name, suffering from inadequate materials and staffing. In many cases, the recreation centers offer little more than activities that can be found in the school system.

As a child, I spent my summer vacations with my aging

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grandmother in the Southview Apartments in Oxon Hill, MD. The escape for the teens of the community from the crimeriddled neighborhood was the small recreation center filled with devoted mentors.

Teenagers were taught tools that would help them later in life, like learning to tie a tie or how to dress for an interview.

It was here that I learned how to play pool, a game that was foreign to me. Visitors were separated by age groups, learning to play the game and eventually being taken to other centers for tournaments.

The idea of having someone invest their time into you filled a void for me and my friends.

As the city of Baltimore continues to improve its dropout and graduation rates, there are still an alarming number of children falling by the wayside. Improving and building recreation centers with dedicated workers is a great step to show at-risk children a better way.

Recreation centers are also a necessity for the elderly.

Many older residents spend their days holed up in their homes

to stay out of harm’s way. The recreation centers must provide activities and job opportunities for the elderly to stay active.

Centers must offer more than sports and music as activities in order to broaden the outlooks of its people. As the powers that be work to improve recreation centers, special attention should be paid to the city’s most violent areas.

Finding the balance between engaging activities for all ages with mediation and intervention is a must. Leaders of the community and centers must come together to keep the peace and bring its residents together.

The African Proverb “It takes a village to raise a child” has a direct correlation to the recreation centers of Baltimore.

Giving the community a center that they can take pride in goes a long way.

Maliik Obee is an intern in the Baltimore office of the AFRO-American. He is a student at Morgan State University studying journalism.

The Next President and the Military

John R. Hawkins III

The Duties of the most powerful job on Planet Earth, the position of the President of the United States, are clearly defined and codified.

The U.S. Constitution provides a very clear listing of those duties in Article II, Sections 2 and 3.

(1) Is the Commander-inChief of the armed forces of the United States; (2) Has power to obtain information and opinions from heads of the executive

departments; (3) May grant pardons and reprieves for crimes against the United States; (4) Makes treaties with other countries with approval of the Senate; (5) Appoints ambassadors, federal judges and heads of executive departments – all subject to the approval of the Senate; the President also has the power to fill any vacancies that may happen while the Senate is in recess; (6) Must report to the Congress from time to time about the state of the union and recommend whatever measures he thinks are necessary;

(7) May call members of Congress together on extraordinary occasions, as well as adjourn their meetings when they cannot agree on their own about when to do this; (8) Receives foreign ambassadors and other public officials; (9) Is responsible for enforcing the nation’s laws; (10) Issues commissions to all officers of the United States.

The first duty described is that of Commander-In- Chief and the duty of Commander-In-Chief arguably is the most important duty of the President. This responsibility then and now includes “the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual service of the United States” — in other words, the National Guard. Now, the president does not have the power to declare war (that was left for Congress); however, given the fact that the last formal declaration of war was in 1942, presidents of recent, certainly haven’t shied away from exercising their powers as Commander-In-Chief.

Given that the involvements of late of the US military are global in nature it is important for our next President to have a full understanding of global relations and an attitude of inclusion; something akin to an old saying of “…one must geta-long to get-a-long.”

The primary responsibility of the U.S. military mission is to provide a force presence to protect the people of the United States and their concerns without having to engage in combat. Only when the deterrence does not work does the U.S. military look to prosecute and win the Nation’s battles.

If the primary threat to our national security is terrorism that

has its roots in trying to define the United States and its people as unconcerned with the general welfare of the masses that do not make up the economically well-to-do and people who are not “native born” Americans or not of the Anglo-Saxon Christian heritage, then the Commander-In-Chief must be able to personify that we are not of that mindset. Then and only then, can that person effectively carry out his duties inherent to being the Commander-In-Chief which include preserving the peace. By preserving the peace, the lives of those serving in the military are only put at risk as a last resort.

From my foxhole, the person chosen to be Our Commander-In-Chief must be a person who will be trusted by those serving in the military as one who will position our country as one of global inclusion such that terrorists and other potential enemies are hard pressed to make the case that their deadly ways are in the best interest of anyone on this globe. The men and women of the military must feel that their Commander-In-Chief is a level headed person who will unemotionally calculate societal and policy positions in a manner that will best prevent armed conflict.

Maj Gen US Army (ret) John R. Hawkins III, JD, MPA is President and CEO of Hawkins Solutions Intl., a government relations and lobby company. His last military assignment as a “two star” was Dir., Human Resources Directorate for the Army world-wide and prior to that Deputy Chief Public Affairs for the Army, world-wide.

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Why Obama Would Never Refer to the Size of His Hands Recently, Donald Trump has taken to raising his right hand during his rabid Sean Yoes rallies and making his Senior AFRO supporters Contributor do the same to pledge allegiance to the petulant politician. Some argue it conjures images of Adolf Hitler and the, “Seig Heil,” salute at Nazi rallies of the 1930’s and 1940’s.

“He (Trump) is smart enough...to know the images that this invokes,” Abraham Foxman, former national director of the Anti-Defamation League (a group organized to fight anti-Semitism) and Holocaust survivor told the Times of Israel. “Instead of asking his audience to pledge allegiance to the United States of America...he’s asking them to swear allegiance to him,” Foxman added.

Trump has been fixated on his hands lately.

During the last GOP debate at the Fox Theater in Detroit, there was Trump

Instead of asking his audience to pledge allegiance to the United States of America...he’s asking them to swear allegiance to him.”

– Abraham Foxman predictably firing back at Sen. Marco Rubio who had disparaged Trump’s smallish hands, goading the Republican frontrunner on the campaign trail.

“Look at those hands, are they small hands?” Trump said during the debate, holding up his not so burly hands. “And he (Rubio) referred to my hands -- `if they’re small, something else must be small.’ I guarantee you there’s no problem. I guarantee.”

It’s seems clear to me, Trump protests too much.

But, this is what it has come to; this unserious, but dangerous man referring to the size of his penis during a nationally televised debate between candidates for the GOP nomination for president of The United States. Listing his phalanx of previous offenses would more than fill this column. Yet, it is Trump who has led in virtually every national poll for the GOP nomination since the late summer.

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Open Seats Draw Sea of Candidates to Baltimore City Council Race

By Deion Broxton and Akira Kyles Special to the AFRO There are five city council seats where the current holder of the office is not running for re-election. The AFRO gathered all available information about each Democratic candidate, and below we highlight their main issue. In heavily Democratic Baltimore, whoever wins the Democratic primary is virtually guaranteed to win the election in November.

The districts with open seats are District 3, 5, 7, 8 and 12. The Baltimore primary takes place on April 26 with early voting running from April 14-21. Some candidates, even though they are listed as officially running with the Board of Elections, have no web or social media presence.

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Marques Dent

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Ryan Dorsey

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Martinez

8

Russell Neverdon

Ahmed Royalty

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David Maurice Smallwood

Marques Dent Issues: Growing a stronger economy, increasing community resources, and making streets safer for residents. Slogan: “Active, Accountable, Accessible.”

Alicia Jones Issues: Youth development/education, local economic development, public safety, beautification and civic engagement and transparency.

Jermain Jones Issues: Creating jobs, improving education and quality of life, creating more youth programs, providing better care for seniors

Westley West

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and vulnerable adults and transparency in government.

Steven T. Mitchell No web site information.

Richard R. Riha No web site information.

George Vanhook Sr. Issues: Improving the Baltimore City Public School System, promoting increased community engagement,

Alicia Jones

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Leon F. Pinkett III

Jermain Jones

3

Kinji Pierre Scott

Schleifer

DISTRICT 3 Beatrice M. Brown No web site information.

Ryan Dorsey Issues: Bringing the community together and working to improve it on the ground and through legislation.

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Elizabeth Ryan Isaac “Yitzy”

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3

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3

5

George Van Hook Sr.

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5

Sharif J. Small

7

12

Kelly Cross

Kristerfer Burnett

Gary Crum

Ertha Harris

DISTRICT 5 Christopher Ervin Issues: Policing, criminal justice reform, and re-entry and advocate for STEAM program in schools. Slogan: “Elected office should be the progression of advocacy.”

Isaac “Yitzy” Schleifer Issues: Safer neighborhoods, reducing property taxes, ensuring affordable housing, attracting and retaining businesses to provide jobs and making an efficient, effective, and accessible City Hall.

Elizabeth Ryan Martinez Issues: A safer, cleaner,

Kinji Pierre Scott Issues: Reducing guns violence in Baltimore.

Slogan: “Let’s Get It Done” Sharif J. Small Issues: Investing in faith and family resources, building generational family wealth through financial literacy,

MD Legislature Seeks Lead Protections for People Like Freddie Gray

By Deborah Bailey Special to the AFRO At the time of his death in April 2015, Freddie Gray was living off of a “pennies on the dollar” lump sum lead poisoning payment arranged by Access Funding, a financial company that purchases court-ordered settlements meant to be paid out to victims over many years. This month, members of the Maryland General Assembly and the Maryland Attorney General are seeking to make it more difficult for vulnerable victims of lead poisoning and other payees to sell their settlements to “predatory companies” according to Attorney General Brian Frosh.

HB 535/SB 734 sponsored in the House of Delegates

by Michael Busch, Speaker of the House and delegate Samuel Rosenberg, representing Baltimore’s 41st district, would require more protections for persons like Gray and his sisters, who also won structured settlements for their lead poisoning cases.

The Gray family all sold their settlements to a financial company in exchange for a lump sum payment.

The bill would require

that victims who are awarded court-ordered settlements receive independent financial counseling to determine if

According to the Washington Post, Freddie Gray agreed to sell $146,000 of his structured settlement to

Photo by Deborah Bailey

Airborne lead dust from abandoned housing, like this one in Sandtown Windchester, pose dangers to children and adults. a lump-sum settlement is in their best interest.

In testimony submitted on behalf of Structured Settlement Reform legislation before the House Judiciary Committee last week, Rosenberg said “some bad faith actors specifically targeting families in need (have emerged) stripping them of their settlements and, in the case of many lead paint and serious accident cases, their future livelihood.”

Access Funding for close to $18,000. Gray’s two siblings made similar arrangements with Access Funding to sell their settlements – all together totaling $435,000 for all three siblings – for an amount close to $54,000.

According to court documents, Gray’s family allegedly contracted lead poisoning from a West Baltimore property owned

by Stanley Rochkind where they resided with their mother during their early childhood

years. Although Gray’s case was settled out-of-court, Rochkind was fined $90,000 by the Maryland Department of the Environment in 2001 and was required to remove lead paint from 480 of his Baltimore rental units.

“We were lobbying for this bill the moment we heard about it,” said Ruth Ann Norton, executive director of the Green and Healthy Homes Initiative, one of the nation’s leading advocacy organizations for children and families impacted by lead poisoning. “How predatory can you get to prey on poisoned kids and basically steal money from a kid who is lead poisoned,?” said Norton in an interview with the AFRO. “The Attorney General’s Continued on B2

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Reginald “Reggie” Fugett

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Past Seven Days

Derrick Lennon

Jamar Day

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greener and healthier city.

Strong schools and strong neighborhoods.

Derrick Lennon No web site information.

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Kenneth Paul Church

creating safer communities and supporting community based businesses.

Betsy Gardner Issues: Improving education, public safety and economic development.

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Betsy Gardner

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Antonio A. Shawn Z. Asa Tarrant

Dwayne Williams

Christopher Ervin

Marshall Bell

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Rodney Leach

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Jason Pyeron

Rashad Staton

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providing resources to create successful small businesses, and rebuild strong and safe neighborhoods.

District 7 Antonio A. Asa Issues: Treating low income senior citizens fairly by reducing property taxes and water taxes are the reasons senior citizens are forced out of their homes.

Marshall Bell Issues: Expanding job training to areas where people actually live in the community. Increasing community engagement through playgrounds, concerts, sporting events, etc. Having better police oversight, more comprehensive treatment programs and a diverse police force.

Kenneth Paul Church Issues: Wants to restore the city.

Kerry Davidson Issues: Fixing the trash/ littering problem. Ending useless fines and permits.

Training and paying police to think. Allowing inmates to repair homes in Baltimore.

Photo: N/A Sheila Davis No web site information.

Jamar Day Issues: Safer streets, transportation and technology, education, public health and public accountability.

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Leon F. Pinkett III Issues: Develop and implement pre-booking diversion program as an alternative for minor drug arrests. Erase food deserts.

Provide financial incentives for businesses and firms that locate, hire, or expand in underserved areas. Identify and create financial incentives to support the development of small business and entrepreneurs. Create programs to keep youth in school.

Ahmed Royalty Issues: Cleaning up West Baltimore.

Shawn Z. Tarrant Issues: Supports

neighborhood policing and watch groups. Incentivizing officers to live in the city.

More support for small businesses. Developing job training for city residents.

Westley West Issues: economic and community development, infrastructure investment, erasing blight, public safety, youth, millennials and education.

District 8 Benjamin Barnwell Sr. No web site information.

Kristerfer Burnett Issue: Leveraging city resources to encourage investment in neighborhoods.

Increasing funding GED

programs and having a cleaner community.

detaining juveniles who break curfew.

Reginald “Reggie” Fugett Issues: Holding the government accountable.

Creating community advisory boards for public schools in the district. More training and more accessibility to training programs for citizens to jump start careers.

Russell Neverdon Issues: Transparency, Responsiveness, Accountability and Accessibility, ongoing Communication and Engagement with the constituents of the 8th District.

Rodney “Faraj” Leach Issues: Neighborhood safety, neighborhood watch groups, allowing residents 18+ to carry guns and tasers if they pass a background check. Implementing gated communities as a way to make property values to go up. Enforcing juvenile curfew,

David Maurice Smallwood Issues: Holding summits and initiatives in an effort to stem gangs and gun violence.

Streamlining the process of how Baltimore sells vacant properties to developers and potential homeowners.

Dwayne “Diamond K” Williams Issues: Reducing the homicide rate, fixing streets and roads. Computer training for seniors. Cleaner and greener neighborhoods. Job training programs. Supporting small businesses. Making activities for the youth available.

violence, finding returning citizens employment.

District 12 Kelly Cross Issues: Rebuilding Baltimore’s economy.

Reconnecting neighborhoods.

Creating world-class transit.

Creating jobs for the youth.

Rashad Staton Issues: Focusing collective works of the community, and revitalizing equity.

Gary Crum Issues: Decreasing food desserts in Baltimore, addressing youth gun

Ertha Harris Issues: Education, health and public safety.

Jason Pyeron Issues: More jobs and lowering the cost of living.

Increasing home ownership.

Robert Stokes Sr. No web site information.

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debate in Detroit. Or if Obama had suggested Sen. John McCain was a loser for being captured during the Vietnam War. What if Obama had suggested Fox News commentator Megyn Kelly’s line of questioning towards him during a debate was connected to problems with her menstrual cycle? Get my drift?

I suspect a huge swath of these intractable Trump supporters -- who the candidate himself says -- “I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose voters,” fancy themselves as, “patriots.” They are the ones who cling most tightly to the Trump campaign mantra, “Make America Great Again.” They are the same people who probably fell in love with Trump initially when he was king of the birthers, proclaiming President Obama was born in Kenya and therefore, “illegitimate,” as President of the United States. Yes,

make America great again...by getting rid of the Mexicans, and Muslims and niggerizing the President of the United States.

These people who claim to love America want to see Donald J. Trump become the 45th President of the United States of America. Think about the colossal hypocrisy it takes for these people who overwhelmingly despise President Obama, who has been beyond ethical reproach as Commander-In-Chief, to embrace perhaps the most slovenly character ever to mount a major campaign for the White House. Just think about that.

But, maybe if a Trump presidency isn’t disturbing enough, perhaps the image of young Black people peacefully protesting or simply attending Trump rallies (which more often seem to resemble Klan rallies) being pushed around, assaulted or forced to leave. “I was called a nigger and a c**t and kicked

out,” Shiya Nwanguma, a University of Louisville student who was shoved hard by several White men at a Trump rally in Kentucky earlier this month, told reporters. One of those men, Matthew Heimbach (who founded a so-called White Student Union at Towson University a few years back), is head of the Traditionalist Worker Party, a White nationalist group.

“They were pushing and shoving at me, cursing at me, yelling at me, called me every name in the book,” Nwanguma added. “They’re disgusting and dangerous.” Just as disgusting and dangerous as the man they pledge allegiance to.

and his sisters tested with blood lead levels exceeding 10 micrograms of lead per deciliter – a dangerously toxic level of lead even before the 2012 CDC ruling.

Effects of lead poisoning include brain damage, memory loss, hearing impairment, student growth, hyperactivity, kidney damage, seizures, coma and death, according to the Baltimore Public Health Department.

The Baltimore City Health Department retains a list of apartments and housing with recent lead violations that have not been repaired. Currently, more than 400 addresses are listed on their site.

The bill is awaiting a report before going to the full House of Delegates for debate. Senate Bill (SB)734 (an identical version of HB 535) is awaiting a report from the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee before being debated on the floor of the state senate. SB 734 is sponsored by Mike V. Miller Jr., President of the State Senate and Senators Janes Raskin(District 20), James Brochin (District 42), Brian Feldman (District 15), Lisa A. Gladen (District 41), Cheryl C. Kagan (District 17), Susan C. Lee (District 16), C. Anthony Muse (District 26), Catherine E. Pugh (District 40), and Victor R. Ramirez(District 47).

Sean Yoes is a senior contributor for the AFRO and host and executive producer of First Edition, which airs Monday through Friday, 5-7 p.m. on WEAA 88.9.

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[Structured Settlement Reform] initiative is a good proposal but my question is ‘Why are we not preventing lead poisoning in the first place?’” said Saul Kerpelman, a nationally recognized attorney based in Baltimore exclusively representing children suffering from lead poisoning. Every single child living in a rental property in inner-city-Baltimore is getting a much higher lead exposure than the children in Flint”, Kerpleman said.

In 2012 The National Center for Disease Control (CDC) reported that there is no safe blood lead level for the human body. Previously, blood lead levels of 5 micrograms per deciliter or lower in children were considered safe. Gray

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“Well we’re movin’ on up, to the East Side, to a deluxe apartment in the sky. Movin’ on up, to the East Side, We finally got a piece of the pie.”-Theme song to the “The Jeffersons.”

Here’s Zoey Washington- Sheff, daughter of Dr. Marie Washington whose professional credits include fashion designer for Marie Claire, Elle Accessories, Shop Etc., Vogue and Essence magazines just to name a few. Among the list of stars, Zoey has dressed for photo shoots are Kerry Washington, Usher and KeKe Palmer. As a fashion editor and illustrator for major fashion magazines her fashion tidbits appear every month in Life and Style Magazine and ellegirl.com. In 2008, Zoey started LITTLEbird, a fashion and life styling company for teens and tweens creating clothes for the fashion minded young girl with a sense of style and fashion.

When retired UPS executive Calvin E. Tyler Jr. attended Morgan State College, in the 1960s he had to drop out during his junior year because he could not afford the tuition.

“And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.”

-Abraham Lincoln

“We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily difference we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee.” -Marian Wright Edelman

The Couser children Stacey, Michael and David went “Uptown Funk” at the 70th birthday party they hosted for their dad Leon Couser at Ruth Chris’ Havana Club. Friends, family and his coworkers from General Motors joined in the birthday celebration. Guests dined on chef carved roasted turkey breast, mashed potatoes, Caesar salad, cake and ice cream. The champagne toast brought cheers and laughter as the toasters provided funny anecdotes about the honoree.

“Sail beyond the horizon; fly higher than you ever thought possible; magnify your existence by helping others; be kind to people and animals of all shapes and sizes; be true to what you value most; shine your light on the world; and be the person you were born to be.”-Blake Beattie

“Pay it forward.” This year Calvin, and his wife Tina, presented Morgan State University President David Wilson with a check for $5 million to support students who need financial assistance because of the generosity of the Tylers who never forgot Morgan.

“Baltimore is a special lady. Baltimore is like your fun aunt who has done some really cool things in her life, but you didn’t realize it until you were older. She is eclectic, slightly preppy, quirky, but then you raid her closet and find an old Chanel or Salvatore Ferragamo bag.”-Zoey Washington In recognition of Women’s History Month, we recognize four Baltimore women who are excelling in their chosen field.

“I second that emotion.” The Daily Record has selected Michelle Brown, Special Assistant to Senator Barbara Mikulski, as one of The Daily Record’s 2016 Maryland’s Top 100 Women.

350 nominees were submitted. Michelle’s professional accomplishments, her commitment to community service and dedication to mentoring and supporting families throughout the Baltimore community has made her a household name. She has represented the Senator in the African American community in a professional manner at funerals, retirements, graduations and community events and always has a smile. She is a person who shies away from the spotlight and this honor only verifies what we have always known about Michelle: She is “simply the best”.

“One is not born a woman, one becomes one.”-Simone de Beauvoir Actor Bresha Webb, daughter of Sharon and Garfield Webb, has landed a starring role opposite Marlon Wayans, of the famous Wayans brothers, in a NBC comedy pilot called “Marlon.”

Wayne Davis and Felecia Jackson are still recovering from the fantastic performance their daughter Lex Scott Davis did in the Toni Braxton biopic “Unbreak My Heart.” Now Lex is scheduled to be cast in the CBS pilot “Training Day”.

HopkinsLocal is a commitment by Johns Hopkins University and Health System to leverage our role as the largest private anchor institution in Baltimore to create lasting economic opportunities in the city. With this initiative, we are expanding our outreach to local businesses and residents, including women and minorities, when we build, hire, and buy.

People are still talking about the delicious food at Paula Johnson’s birthday party prepared by her sister-in-law Angela Broadway. More than 80 guests dined on delicious homemade coddies served hot from the skillet, crab balls, smothered pork chops, fresh greens and everything from soup to nuts. Paula transformed her home into a “Disco Inferno” with flashing lights, and club music that kept the guests dancing “All Night Long” throughout her spacious home. Always the gracious host, Paula asked the guests to RSVP with their drink of choice and yes, she provided it for the guests. That’s how you have an old school party. My goddaughter Tonya (Paula’s daughter) had cold Amstel chilling for me only to be told by Paula that I was drinking Moet for the night. Paula had it chilling for my arrival. Good looking out Tonya. It was great seeing Phyllis Walston, Paula’s mother and our trusted advisor looking great, joining in the fun.

Happy 16th birthday Sydni Lee celebrating in New York with, mom and dad, Stacy and John Lee; Debbie Taylor, Aldonna Wylie, Renee West, Diane Tunstall, Corrogan Vaughn, Anton Sawyer, Michele Emery, Qianna Cooke and the dynamic Priscilla Blackwell. “If it’s your birthday, make some noise.”

“Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.”-Psalm 116:15 Sending condolences to Cathy Wise on the death of her mother Ruth Wise; to Carlita White, Bernice Hardy and Merry Mercer on the death of Wilbur Brown and to Judge Robert Bell on the death of his brother Joseph Bell. The East Baltimore Community Development Corporation is mourning the death of dear friend, and board member, Cynthia Adams. May all our families find comfort in the memories of their loved one.

Join the Friday Night Bunch this Saturday at Maceo’s for live jazz featuring the Phil Butts orchestra from 4 to 8 p.m. with special guest Sheila Dixon.

Valerie and the Friday Night Bunch

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The Kappa Alpha Psi Foundation of Metropolitan Baltimore held its 45th Annual Nite in Kappa Vegas on March 4 at Martin’s West, Woodlawn.

Brandon Wylie, Polemarch of the Baltimore (MD) Alumni Chapter, along with the members, served as hosts in

welcoming the 1,000 guests to a night of camaraderie.

This fundraiser benefits the Kappa Alpha Psi Foundation to award scholarships to college bound students, and to sponsor programs such as the Guide Right/Kappa League, college tours and many other programs that serve communities in the Baltimore Metropolitan area.

Serious gamblers at the table

Herb and Deanna Brown (front) with Marcine and Jimmie Britton

Vallen Emery, Agnerd Greenidge, Michael Pelissier and Brandon Wiley, polemarch

Howard L. Tutman Jr., 24th grand polemarch, Darolyn Milburn, Dr. Sheila Jessup and Reuben Shelton Sr., grand vice polemarch

Chandra and Ellsworth Jackson, Sharon Webb and Lasava Tidwell Dr. Nathan Fletcher, Brandon Wiley, polemarch and Karriem Crawford-Muhammad Carolyn Chissell and Floyd Taliaferro Jr.

Jacqueline Richardson, Sheila Dixon, Jacquelene Massey, Joan Crutchfield and Lachele Ervin Kathy Alexander, Jan Alexander and Mildred Long Harper

Keyra Clark and Alexis Murphy Photos by Dr. A. Lois De Laine

The Kappa Chapter of the Iota Phi Lambda Sorority inducted three well known and treasured community leaders into the Society of Living Makers of Black History on Feb. 14 at the Radisson at Cross Keys in Baltimore, MD. Linda L. Singh, a major general in Maryland was appointed by Gov. Larry Hogan in January 2015, to serve as the 29th Adjutant General of the Maryland National Guard.

Dr. Doris Browning Austin, Nona Diggs,Keynote speaker Rev. Dr. Felicia Y. Thomas and Anne Chester

Major General Singh is responsible for the daily operations of the Maryland Military Department.

Dr. Leslie King-Hammond is Graduate Dean Emerita at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA). She is also the chair of the board of the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of the African American History and Culture and an internationally recognized artist, curator, and scholar.

Gladys B. Ball, 91, a 60-year member of the Iota Phi Lambda Sorority who was honored for her humanitarian accomplishments and dedication to the Kappa Chapter. Employed at the Housing Authority of Baltimore City (HABC) in accounting for 37 years, Mrs. Ball left with plans for the Elsinore Avenue redevelopment which was completed during her 11 year tenure as president of the neighborhood association.

Gladys B. Ball Congratulating honoree Major General Linda Singh are Blanche A. Williams, Anne Chester, chairperson, Dr. Doris Browning Austin and Nona Diggs, first vice president

Rose Hamm, Rev. Shirley Whitaker, Su Wood and Evelyn Faulk

Recognizing honoree Dr. Leslie King-Hammond are Anne Chester, Sandra D. Ray, Dr. Doris Browning Austin and Nona Diggs

Sandra Ray, Joyce Tunstall Dixon, Agnes T. Ray and Patricia Tunstall Dr. Jenora Fuller Parker sings "The Lord’s Prayer"

Raj Singh and Major General Linda Singh, Adjutant General

Sandora Cathcart, Yvette Belt and Dorcell Graham Julelah Parker sings the Negro Spiritual, "I Want Jesus to Walk with Me"

Proud Grandmother Dera Hutcheson with Joliette and Noah Parker

Photos by Dr. A. Lois De Laine

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Ta-Nehisi Coates: A View from the Literary Top

(Photo by Justin Knight, Howard University)

Ta-Nehisi Coates speaks to more than a thousand Howard University, students, staff, faculty and alumni during the 149th annual convocation speech.

By Leanna Commins Howard University News Service The man who has taken the literary and journalism worlds by storm, authored a New York Times best-seller and is the recipient of a more than half million dollar fellowship in recognition of his literary achievements, was sitting down and doing the one thing that really makes him uncomfortable — talking to the media.

“One of the unfortunate things about the past year is that I’ve spent it answering other people’s questions,” said Ta-Nehisi Coates, winner of the National Book Award, national correspondent for The Atlantic magazine and recipient of the prestigious MacArthur Award.

“You just get uncomfortable with it after a while. You want to go back to asking questions yourself.”

Coates said he is also uncomfortable with being called upon to answer questions about the

Baltimore Poets Get On Deck

By Ross Cooper Special to the AFRO Baltimore, Maryland.

When I tell people I live close to the city, I get a number of responses. Of course there’s a “The Wire” reference, but there is also curiosity and indifference.

Baltimore is known as Bodymore, Murderland for a reason, and with the recent civil unrest surrounding the death of Freddie Gray (Courtesy photo) in police custody, fear is another common response.

Archie the Messenger is one of the many poets keeping As someone who lives the Baltimore poetry scene thriving. in Pikesville, which is about five minutes from the city, Baltimore being the northern most southern city gives it an interesting feel in which the hustle and bustle of the big city is present but so are the small town sensibilities and bits of down home southern hospitality.

Baltimore. It’s crab cakes and Old Bay. It’s Chicken boxes and Half and Halfs. It’s Ray and the Ravens, Cal and the Orioles. It’s “Hairspray” and ‘Hon’.

As with most major cities Baltimore has a prominent arts community. As a participant in the city’s poetry scene, it’s the one I know best. While those in the know understand that the Mecca of poetry would be the Nuyorican Poets Café in Harlem, NY, the road to get there goes through Charm city.

What makes the Baltimore poetry scene both amazing and tough is the audience is just as important as the artist. In other cities I’ve visited raucous applause is guaranteed, while in Baltimore I’ve found that the reception matches what’s being presented. This isn’t to say the audience is rude or boos like say, at the Apollo, but more that the response is in line with what was performed. A tepid performance will justly be met with a tepid response. That is one of the biggest things that creates great artists here; Baltimore poets can count on an honest crowd reaction to their work.

Baltimore has spawned some of the most notable poets of our generation. There’s the great Talaam Acey, who is considered by most the greatest poet of this generation. There’s Lamar Hill, poet, slam champion, playwright, and author. In addition, there’s Archie the Messenger, 13 of Nazareth, Rebecca Dupas, Love the Poet, Slangston Hughes. All cut their teeth and honed their craft within Baltimore. The center of the poetry scene at one point was at The Five Seasons on Guilford Ave., but that’s now closed. Today, up and coming poets are likely to be found at places like ‘Be Free Fridays’ at the Eubie Blake Center, ‘Acoustic Thursdays’ at Peace and a Cup of Joe or the Bolton Hill Open Mic Series on Park Avenue.

Currently there is a new crop of artists and various shows to take in throughout Baltimore each with their own unique flare and flavor. Some weekly, some bi-weekly, and some monthly.

Whether the theme is black pride, a live band, or a bring-your-A-game-to-the-mic, there is something to be enjoyed, learned, and, most importantly, inspired by. Each show sports its own distinct audience.

As a performer, the poetry scene in Baltimore is a microcosm of Baltimore living; not too big, not too small, some moving and shaking combined with a certain amount of familiarity and open arms for those willing to embrace something new and exciting. ‘On Deck’ is a term used by hosts to let performers know that they’re next up as most hosts don’t follow the names on the list as they appear. Here’s to hoping I can see you at a show in the future so consider yourself on deck.

African-American community, emphasizing he isn’t the “spokesperson” for African Americans.

“Who that is truly interested in African Americans and African-American history and African-American culture would want to go to just one person?” he asked. “At my base, I’m a writer and a journalist, and I go and try to find things out and then I write them down.

“There is nothing spooky happening in my bones. There is nothing mystical happening. I don’t have answers other people lack.”

Coates had just delivered the keynote address at the University’s 149th Charter Day Convocation in which he praised the university for its contributions to his success and to the nation.

“There is no geographic quadrant, no place on the globe, nowhere in this world, that I’ve felt is more beautiful than Howard University,” Coates told more than 1,000 of the university’s students, alumni, faculty, staff and others gathered Friday in Cramton Auditorium.

“I knew that when I was here that I was not just experiencing a present beauty of an institution. I was experiencing the beauty of a heritage, going way, way back. That put a pressure on me, a kind of responsibility. Beauty is not free.”

Coates, who did not graduate from the university, majored in history and studied at Howard from 1993 to 1999.

During his interview, Coates said he also feels uncomfortable with some of the accolades he receives.

“I’m always uncomfortable with the term ‘intellectual’ or anything like that,” he said. “I got into writing to be a student, and to me, the best part of it was declaring what you wanted to know and following your own path. And I get very nervous about dictating paths to people.”

Still, Coates has some advice for aspiring writers, including getting rid of the notion of “writer’s block.”

“An essential task in writing is to put something on the page, no matter how horrible it is,” he said. “It’s just pushing one word in front of the other, and then getting up the next morning and editing those words and reediting and editing until you get something that is hopefully good.”

He also suggested aspiring writers listen to hip-hop, a genre he frequently mentioned in most recent book, “Between the World and Me,” as one of his inspirations.

“When I was young, I wanted to be a rapper, and I was terrible at it,” he said. “But the idea that your sentences and the way you write should be musical, it should have some sort of rhythm to it, I think I write out of that tradition.”

Coates said rappers and MCs are able to summon emotion with so few words, citing Kendrick Lamar’s song “Art of Peer Pressure.”

“I was just blown away,” he said. “Even though we’re different generationally, the way he describes his relationship with his peers was so familiar. Writers who are not listening to hiphop are losing. They’re missing something.”

So what is Coates listening to right now? Besides the usual suspects for a self-proclaimed old-school hip-hop fan, including Jay-Z, Outkast, Nas and Wu-Tang Clan, Coates said he’s a huge fan of Rihanna’s new album, “ANTi.” “I’m not playing nothing but that Rihanna album,” he said. “It’s incredible, because I think so often [artists] have this commercial path and to see her just completely flip it, I love when artists do that.”

Coates encouraged aspiring writers to avoid writing for popularity or impact, but rather, write for themselves.

“There are plenty of good books that are not popular and have no impact,” he said. “There is plenty of great journalism that is not popular and has no impact. You start judging yourself by those standards and you’re playing someone else’s game. You’re not even in control then.”

Film Review

Playboy Finally Meets His Match in Battle-of-the-Sexes Comedy

By Kam Williams Special to the AFRO

In “The Perfect Match” confirmed bachelor Charlie Mack (Terrence J) is always up-front with women about his dating philosophy, simply, “I don’t do relationships.” The shameless playboy’s almost 30, and his womanizing ways have become an embarrassment to his family and friends. They feel it’s high time for him to mature, especially after he brought his latest conquest (Chantel Jeffries) along on a blind date set up by his sister, Sherry (Paula Patton).

Besides, his BFFs, (Courtesy photo) Ricky (Donald Faison) and Cassie Ventura and Terrence J star in ‘The Perfect Match’ Victor (Robert Christopher Riley) have both already settled down. The former is married and doing his best to impregnate his desperate for a baby wife, Pressie (Daschia Polanco). And the latter is engaged to Ginger (Lauren London) who’s worried that Charlie’s going to ruin her impending wedding by “bringing one of those floozies” to the reception.

Meanwhile, therapist Sherry is willing to see her brother as a client, if that would help him figure out why he’s such a pathetic case of arrested development, at least when it comes to romance. Otherwise, Charlie’s actually rather well-adjusted. He’s a well-paid executive at Premier Edge, a leading L.A. PR firm where he’s proven to be quite adept at attracting lucrative new accounts to the company.

The plot thickens one evening when he’s out having drinks with the guys and they challenge him to remain faithful to the same woman for the next month..Charlie takes the dare, and settles on Eva (Cassie Ventura), a gorgeous stranger he just met at a coffee shop, as the object of his affection.

However, he still gets involved with the express understanding that theirs will be a “no strings, no expectations” relationship. She agrees, despite the fact that she’s only used to being in committed ones. So, they’re both ostensibly operating in uncharted waters.

Will this libidinous liaison turn into love, now that Charlie has grudgingly agreed to give what would ordinarily be a one-night stand a chance to blossom? That is the burning question at the center of “The Perfect Match,” an intriguing romantic romp directed by Billie Woodruff (“Addicted”).

Fair warning: this character-driven escapade is certainly not for the prudish, as it contains frontal nudity and some fairly frank dialogue. That being said, it’s also funny, engaging, unpredictable and visually-captivating, courtesy of a constant parade of eye candy across the screen.

Overall, this delightful ensemble dramedy is reminiscent of a couple of other great urban classics, “Love Jones” (1997) and “The Best Man” (1999). That’s good company.

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20001-2131 Superior Court of Administration No. the District of 2016ADM173 District of Columbia Gertrude Lomax TYPESET: Wed Mar 02 14:19:56 PROBATE DIVISION Decedent Washington, D.C. NOTICE OF Legal Advertising20001-2131 Rates APPOINTMENT, Superior Court of Administration No. NOTICE TO Effective October 1, 2008 the District of 2016ADM175 CREDITORS District of Columbia Clarence Earl Bunch AND NOTICE TO PROBATE DIVISION Decedent UNKNOWN HEIRS Washington, D.C. NOTICE OF PROBATE Ronald Rorie, whose ad- DIVISION 20001-2131 APPOINTMENT, dress is 2131 Young (Estates) Administration No. NOTICE TO Street, SE, #201, 2003ADM1220 CREDITORS Washington, DC 202-332-0080 20020 Ruth N Beverly AND NOTICE TO was, appointed personal Decedent UNKNOWN HEIRS PROBATE representative of the NOTICES estate of Gertrude Lo- George Clifton Bunch, Cecilia Jones 7910 Woodmont Ave whose address is 7581 max, who died on OctoSuite 1350 Cross Gate Ln, Alexan- $180.00 a. Order Nisi $ 60a per insertion per 3 weeks ber 15, 2015 without dria VA, 22315, was ap- Bethesda, MD 20814 will,publication and will serve $withb. Small Estates (single 60 per insertion Attorney pointed personal repreout Court supervision. All NOTICE OF c. Notice to Creditorsunknown heirs and heirs sentative of the estate of APPOINTMENT, Clarence Earl Bunch, whose where-abouts are per 1. Domestic $ 60 insertion $180.00NOTICE per 3 weeks TO who died on September unknown shall enter their 24,insertion 2015 without a will, $180.00CREDITORS 2. Foreign per 3 weeks a p p e a r a n c e i n $t h60 i s per AND NOTICE TO and will serve without proceeding. Objections d. Escheated Estates $ 60 per insertion $360.00 per 6 weeks UNKNOWN HEIRS to such appointment Court supervision. All unCecilia Jones and Sonja e. Standard Probates shall be filed with the known heirs and heirs $125.00 Cheatham, whose adwhose whereabouts are Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd unknown shall enter their d r e s s e s a r e 7 9 1 0 Woodmont Ave. #1350 appearance in this CIVIL Floor Washington, D.C.NOTICES proceeding. Objections Bethesda, MD 20814; 20001, on or before a. Name Changes 202-879-1133 $ 80.00 September 4, 2016. to such appointment 1300 Woodsorrel Ct. Upper Marlboro, 20772 Claims against the de- shall be filed with the $ 200.00 b. Real Property cedent shall be pre- Register of Wills, D.C., were appointed personal sented to the under- 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd representatives of the Floor Washington, D.C. estate of Ruth N Beverly, signed with a copy to the COURT FAMILY who died on March 11, Register of Wills or filed 20001, on or before with the Register 202-879-1212 of Wills September 4, 2016. 2001 with a will, and will with a copy to the under- Claims against the de- serve with Court supervicedent shall be pre- sion. All unknown heirs signed, DOMESTIC on or before RELATIONS September 4, 2016, or be sented to the under- a n d h e i r s w h o s e 17:11:17 EST 2016 202-879-0157 forever barred. Persons signed with a copy to the whereabouts are unbelieved to be heirs or Register of Wills or filed known shall enter their legatees of the decedent with the Register of Wills a p p e a r a n c e i n t h i s proceeding. Objections a. Absent Defendant who do not receive a with a copy to the under- $ 150.00 to such appointment (or copy of this notice by mail signed, on or before $ 150.00 b. Absolute Divorce within 25 days of its first September 4, 2016, or be to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be c. Custody Divorce publication shall so in- forever barred. Persons $150.00 believed to be heirs or filed with the Register of form the Register of Wills, including name, legatees of the decedent Wills, D.C., 515 5th not receive a Street, N.W., 3rd Floor and relation- who To place your ad, address call 1-800-237-6892, ext. ofdo 262, Public Notices W a $50.00 s h i n g t o& n , up D.C. copy this notice by mail ship.

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Law Reporter Register of Wills or filed Ronald Rorie Date of Publication: with the Register of Wills March 4, 2016 TYPESET: Tue Mar 01 17:11:33 EST LEGAL 2016 PersonalNOTICES with a copy to the underRepresentative Name of newspaper: signed, on or before Afro-American September 4, 2016, or be Washington TRUE TEST COPY Superior Court of forever barred. Persons Law Reporter REGISTER OF WILLS the District of George Clifton Bunch believed to be heirs or TYPESET: Tue Mar 01 17:11:48 EST 2016 District of Columbia Personal legatees of the decedent 03/04, 3/11, 3/18/16 PROBATE DIVISION Representative who do not receive a Washington, D.C. copy of this notice by mail 20001-2131 Superior Court of within 25 days of its first TRUE TEST COPY Administration No. the District of publication shall so inREGISTER OF WILLS 2016ADM173 District of Columbia form the Register of Gertrude Lomax TYPESET: Wed Mar 02 14:19:56 EST 2016 PROBATE DIVISION Wills, including name, 03/4, 3/11, 3/18/16 Decedent Washington, D.C. address and relationNOTICE OF 20001-2131 ship.

APPOINTMENT, Administration No. Superior Court of Date of Publication: NOTICE TO 2016ADM175 the District of March 4, 2016 CREDITORS Clarence Earl Bunch District of Columbia Name of newspaper: AND NOTICE TO Decedent PROBATE DIVISION Afro-American UNKNOWN HEIRS NOTICE OF Washington, D.C. Washington Ronald Rorie, whose adAPPOINTMENT, 20001-2131 Law Reporter dress is 2131 Young NOTICE TO Administration No. Cecilia Jones Street, SE, #201, CREDITORS 2003ADM1220 Sonja Cheatham Washington, DC 20020 AND NOTICE TO Ruth N Beverly Personal was, appointed personal UNKNOWN HEIRS Decedent Representative representative of the George Clifton Bunch, Cecilia Jones estate of Gertrude Lo- whose address is 7581 7910 Woodmont Ave TRUE TEST COPY max, who died on Octo- Cross Gate Ln, Alexan- Suite 1350 REGISTER OF WILLS ber 15, 2015 without a dria VA, 22315, was ap- Bethesda, MD 20814 will, and will serve with- pointed personal repre- Attorney 3/4, 3/11, 3/18/16 out Court supervision. All sentative of the estate of NOTICE OF unknown heirs and heirs Clarence Earl Bunch, APPOINTMENT, whose where-abouts are who died on September NOTICE TO unknown shall enter their 24, 2015 without a will, CREDITORS appearance in this and will serve without AND NOTICE TO proceeding. Objections Court supervision. All unUNKNOWN HEIRS to such appointment known heirs and heirs Cecilia Jones and Sonja shall be filed with the whose whereabouts are Cheatham, whose adRegister of Wills, D.C., unknown shall enter their d r e s s e s a r e 7 9 1 0 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd a p p e a r a n c e i n t h i s Woodmont Ave. #1350 Floor Washington, D.C. proceeding. Objections Bethesda, MD 20814; 20001, on or before to such appointment 1300 Woodsorrel Ct. UpSeptember 4, 2016. shall be filed with the per Marlboro, 20772 Claims against the de- Register of Wills, D.C., were appointed personal cedent shall be pre- 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd representatives of the sented to the under- Floor Washington, D.C. estate of Ruth N Beverly, signed with a copy to the 20001, on or before who died on March 11, Register of Wills or filed September 4, 2016. 2001 with a will, and will with the Register of Wills Claims against the de- serve with Court superviwith a copy to the under- cedent shall be pre- sion. All unknown heirs signed, on or before sented to the under- a n d h e i r s w h o s e September 4, 2016, or be signed with a copy to the whereabouts are unforever barred. Persons Register of Wills or filed known shall enter their believed to be heirs or with the Register of Wills a p p e a r a n c e i n t h i s legatees of the decedent with a copy to the under- proceeding. Objections who do not receive a signed, on or before to such appointment (or copy of this notice by mail September 4, 2016, or be to the probate of dewithin 25 days of its first forever barred. Persons cedent´s will) shall be publication shall so in- believed to be heirs or filed with the Register of form the Register of legatees of the decedent Wills, D.C., 515 5th Wills, including name, who do not receive a Street, N.W., 3rd Floor address and relation- copy of this notice by mail W a s h i n g t o n , D . C . ship. within 25 days of its first 20001, on or before Date of Publication: publication shall so in- September 4, 2016.

March 4, 2016 form the Register of Claims against the deName of newspaper: Wills, including name, cedent shall be preAfro-American address and relation- sented to the underWashington ship. signed with a copy to the Law Reporter Date of Publication: Register of Wills or filed Ronald Rorie March 4, 2016 with the Register of Wills Personal Name of newspaper: with a copy to the underRepresentative Afro-American signed, on or before Washington September 4, 2016, or be TRUE TEST COPY Law Reporter forever barred. Persons REGISTER OF WILLS George Clifton Bunch believed to be heirs or Personal legatees of the decedent 03/04, 3/11, 3/18/16 Representative who do not receive a

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2016ADM168 Mary E Young AKA Mary L young Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Constance A Young, whose address is 5358 East Capitol Street, NE, Washington., DC 20019, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Mary E Young AKA Mary L Young, who died on December 30, 2014 without a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (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 September 11, 2016.

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 September 11, 2016, 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: March 11, 2016 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Constance A Young Personal Representative

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2015ADM1325 Claudia Lee Decedent Steven Schiff 10507 Beechknoll Street Rockville, MD 20854 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Steven Schiff, whose address is 10507 Beechknoll Street, Rockville, MD 20854 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Claudia Lee, who died on October 10, 2013 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 (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 September 11, 2016.

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 September 11, 2016, 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: March 11, 2016 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Steven Schiff Personal Representative

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2016ADM169 James A Leslie Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Ivory L. Leslie , whose address is 5612 Street NW, Washington, DC, 20011 was appointed personal representative of the estate of James A Leslie, who died on September 21, 2011 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 September 11, 2016.

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 September 11, 2016, 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: March 11, 2016 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Ivory L Leslie Personal Representative

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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Foreign No. 2016FEP17 Date of Death August 30, 2015 Corinne A Sheaffer AKA Corinne Ann Sheaffer Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS Michael K Sheaffer and Valerie Sheaffer whose addresses are 644 Independence Ave., SE, Washington, DC 20003 were appointed personal representatives of the estate of Corinne A Sheaffer (AKA Corinne Sheaffer) , deceased by the Register of Wills Court for Lancaster County, State of Pennsylvania., on September 14, 2015, Service of process may be made upon Michael K Sheaffer at 644 Independ e n c e Av e . , S E , Washington, DC 20003 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: 638 G Street SE, Washington, DC Square 0877 Lots 0910 &0911 (Garage) Claims against the decedent may be presented to the undersigned and filed with the Register of Wills for the District of Columbia, Building A, 515 5th St., NW., 3rd Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001 within 6 months from the date of first publication of this notice.

Valerie L Sheaffer Michael K Sheaffer Personal Representative(s) TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS Date of first publication: March 11, 2016 Name of newspapers and/or periodical: The Daily Washington Law Reporter The Afro-American

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2016ADM196 Zawdu Bekele Decedent Bruce E Gardner, Esq The Gardner Law Firm, PC 1101 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Suite 600 Washington, DC 20004 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Betelehem Bekele, whose address is 6256 William Edgar Drive., Alexandria, VA, 22310, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Zawdu Bekele, who died on June 24, 2015 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 September 11, 2016.

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 September 11, 2016, 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: March 11, 2016 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Betelehem Bekele Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS

TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 3/11, 3/18, 3/25/16 TYPESET: Tue Mar 08 Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia 12:07:41 ESTDIVISION 2016 PROBATE Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2015ADM000513 Estate of Judy M Butler AKA Judy M Perrine Decedent Bonita Jones-Moon Esq 1100 Connecticut Ave. NW Suite 340 Washington, DC 20036 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Bonita Jones-Moon, Esquire, whose address is 1100 Connecticut Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20036, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Judy Perrine AKA Judy Butler, who died on May 23, 2009 (with, without) a will, and will serve (with, 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 September 11, 2016.

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 September 11, 2016, 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: March 11, 2016 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Bonita Jones-Moon Esq Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 03/11, 3/18, 3/25/16

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2016ADM160 Ida Louise More Decedent Colline Silvera 7731 Belle Point Dr. Greenbelt, MD 20770 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Marshawny Moore, whose address is 216 N Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Ida Louise Moore, who died on January 11, 2016 without a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs andEST heirs2016 whose 16:38:36 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 September 4, 2016.

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 September 4, 2016, 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: March 4, 2016 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Marshawny Moore Personal Representative

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nia 94127 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Anita Ashok Datar, deceased by the Register of Wills for Montgomery County, State of Maryland on December 10, 2015, Service of process may 12:09:50 ESTWed 2016 TYPESET: Mar 09 15:23:29 EST Jeremy 2016 be made upon LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICESD R a c h l i n , E s q . , 11 0 0 Connecticut Ave, NW, Superior Court of Suite 340, Washington, the District of DC 20036 whose desDistrict of Columbia ignation as District of Columbia agent has PROBATE DIVISION been filed with the RegisWashington, D.C. ter of Wills, D.C. 20001-2131 Claims against the deAdministration No. cedent may be pre2015ADM1226 sented to the underLucy Estelle Austin signed and filed with the Decedent Register of Wills for the NOTICE OF District of Columbia, APPOINTMENT, Building A, 515 5th NOTICE TO Street, NW., 3rd Floor, CREDITORS Washington, DC 20001 AND NOTICE TO within 6 months from the UNKNOWN HEIRS date of first publication of Thelma Evans, whose this notice. address is 7707 Old Chapel Drive, Bowie, MD Sanjeev Datar 20715 was appointed Personal personal representative Representative(s) of the estate of Lucy EsTRUE TEST COPY telle Austin, who died on REGISTER OF WILLS August 9, 2009 with a Date of first publication: will, and will serve with March 11, 2016 Court supervision. All unName of newspapers known heirs and heirs and/or periodical: whose where-abouts are The Daily Washington unknown shall enter their Law Reporter appearance in this The Afro-American proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or TYPESET: Wed Mar 09 3/11, 3/18, 3/26/16 to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Superior Court of Wills, D.C., 515 5th the District of Street, N.W., 3rd Floor District of Columbia Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

PROBATE DIVISION 20001, on or before Washington, D.C. September 11, 2016.

20001-2131 Claims against the deAdministration No. cedent shall be pre2016ADM164 sented to the undersigned with a copy to the Juanita C Roberts Decedent Register of Wills or filed NOTICE OF with the Register of Wills APPOINTMENT, with a copy to the underNOTICE TO signed, on or before CREDITORS September 11, 2016, or AND NOTICE TO be forever barred. PerUNKNOWN HEIRS sons believed to be heirs or legatees of the de- Mark E P Roberts, whose cedent who do not re- address is 215 Whittler ceive a copy of this notice Street, NW, Washington, by mail within 25 days of DC 20012 was appointed its first publication shall personal representative so inform the Register of of the estate of Juanita C Wills, including name, Roberts, who died on address and relation- June 5. 2010 without a will, and will serve withship.

Date of first publication- out Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs March 11, 2016 whose whereabouts are Name of newspaper: unknown shall enter their Afro-American appearance in this Washington proceeding. Objections Law Reporter Thelma Evans to such appointment Personal shall be filed with the Representative Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. TRUE TEST COPY 20001, on or before REGISTER OF WILLS September 11, 2016.

Claims against the de03/11, 03/18, 03/25/16 TYPESET: Mar 09 15:23:04 EST 2016 12:07:20 ESTWed 2016 cedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Superior Court of Register of Wills or filed the District of with the Register of Wills District of Columbia with a copy to the underPROBATE DIVISION signed, on or before Washington, D.C. September 11, 2016, or 20001-2131 be forever barred. PerAdministration No. sons believed to be heirs 2015ADM1324 or legatees of the deMartha J Irish cedent who do not reDecedent ceive a copy of this notice William A Bland, Esq by mail within 25 days of 1140 Connecticut Ave., its first publication shall NW #1100 so inform the Register of Washington, DC 20036 Wills, including name, Attorney address and relationNOTICE OF ship.

APPOINTMENT, Date of Publication: NOTICE TO March 11, 2016 CREDITORS Name of newspaper: AND NOTICE TO Afro-American UNKNOWN HEIRS Washington William A Bland, whose Law Reporter a d d r e s s i s 11 4 0 Mark E P Roberts Connecticut Ave, NW, Personal #1100, Washington, DC Representative 20036, was appointed personal representative TRUE TEST COPY of the estate of Martha J REGISTER OF WILLS Irish, who died on August 22, 2015 without a will, 03/11, 03/18,Wed 03/25/16 TYPESET: Mar 09 and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs Superior Court of whose whereabouts are the District of unknown shall enter their District of Columbia appearance in this PROBATE DIVISION proceeding. Objections Washington, D.C. to such appointment 20001-2131 shall be filed with the Administration No. Register of Wills, D.C., 2016ADM214 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. Michael Ray Hastings Decedent 20001, on or before NOTICE OF September 11, 2016.

APPOINTMENT, Claims against the deNOTICE TO cedent shall be preCREDITORS sented to the underAND NOTICE TO signed with a copy to the UNKNOWN HEIRS Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills J i m m i e E H a s t i n g s , with a copy to the under- whose address is 3416 B Street SE, #201, signed, on or before September 11, 2016 or Washington, DC 20019, be forever barred. Per- was appointed personal sons believed to be heirs representative of the or legatees of the de- estate of Michael Ray cedent who do not re- Hasting , who died on ceive a copy of this notice September 2, 2015 withby mail within 25 days of out a will, and will serve its first publication shall without Court superviso inform the Register of sion. All unknown heirs Wills, including name, a n d h e i r s w h o s e address and relation- whereabouts are unknown shall enter their ship. appearance in this Date of first Publication: proceeding. Objections March 11, 2016 to such appointment Name of newspaper: shall be filed with the Afro-American Register of Wills, D.C., Washington 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Law Reporter William A Bland Floor Washington, D.C. Personal 20001, on or before Representative Sepetember 11, 2016.

Claims against the decedent shall be preTRUE TEST COPY sented to the underREGISTER OF WILLS signed with a copy to the TYPESET: Mar 09 15:22:16 EST 2016 Register of Wills or filed 03/11, 03/18,Wed 03/25/16 with the Register of Wills with a copy to the underSUPERIOR COURT OF signed, on or before September 11, 2016, or THE DISTRICT OF be forever barred. PerCOLUMBIA sons believed to be heirs PROBATE DIVISION or legatees of the deWashington, D.C. cedent who do not re20001-2131 ceive a copy of this notice Foreign No. by mail within 25 days of 2016FEP24 its first publication shall Date of Death so inform the Register of November 20, 2015 Wills, including name, Anita Ashok Datar address and relationDecedent ship.

NOTICE OF Date of Publication: APPOINTMENT March 11, 2016 OF FOREIGN Name of newspaper: PERSONAL Afro-American REPRESENTATIVE Washington Law ReAND porter NOTICE TO Jimmie E Hasting CREDITORS Personal Sanjeez Datar whose adRepresentative dress is 95 Manor Drive, San Francisco, California 94127 was appointed TRUE TEST COPY personal representative REGISTER OF WILLS of the estate of Anita Ashok Datar, deceased 03/11, 03/18 , 3/25/16 by the Register of Wills for Montgomery County, State of Maryland on December 10, 2015, Service of process may be made upon Jeremy D Rachlin, Esq., 1100 Connecticut Ave, NW, Suite 340, Washington, DC 20036 whose designation as District of Columbia agent has

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The Contract Documents may be examined at the Allegany County Department of Public Works, 701 Kelly Road, Suite 300, Cumberland, Maryland and the Plans Room of Dodge Baltimore, Maryland and Altoona Builders Exchange, Altoona, Pennsylvania. Complete Advertisement for Bids and the Bidder’s List are available on the Allegany County website www.gov. allconet.org.

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Each bidder must furnish with his bid an acceptable bid bond or certified check as bid guarantee, in an amount not less than five (5) percent of the bid, payable to the Allegany County Commissioners.

A pre-bid meeting for the purpose of answering or obtaining answers to questions of parties interested in contracting for the work, will be conducted at the Allegany County Office Building, Commissioners Meeting Room #100, 701 Kelly Road, Cumberland, Maryland at 9:30 a.m. on March 17, 2016. Bidder attendance is encouraged but not mandatory. Please direct any project questions to Jim Webber, P.E., Utilities Division, at 301-777-5942, ext. 208.

The right is reserved, as the interests of Allegany County may require, to reject any and all bids, to waive any informalities in bids received, and to TYPESET: Wed any Maritems 09 12:46:19 EST 2016 accept or reject of any bid.

CITY OF BALTIMORE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS OFFICE OF ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCITON NOTICE OF LETTING Sealed Bids or Proposals, in duplicate addressed to the Board of Estimates of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore and marked for Water Contract No. 1345-Repaving Utility Cuts and Sidewalk Restoration at Various Locations will be received at the Office of the Comptroller, Room 204, City Hall, Baltimore, Maryland until 11:00 A.M. on Wednesday, April 6, 2016.

Positively no bids will be received after 11:00 A.M. Bids will be publicly opened by the Board of Estimates in Room 215, City Hall at Noon.

The Contract Documents may be examined, without charge, in Room 6 located on the first floor of the Abel Wolman Municipal Building, 200 N. Holliday Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202 as of Friday, March 11, 2016 and copies may be purchased for a non-refundable cost of $50.00.

Conditions and requirements of the Bid are found in the bid package.

All contractors bidding on this Contract must first be prequalified by the City of Baltimore Contractors Qualification Committee. Interested parties should call 410-396-6883 or contact the Committee at 4 South Frederick Street, 4th Floor, Baltimore, Maryland 21202. If a bid is submitted by a joint venture (”JV”), then in that event, the document that established the JV shall be submitted with the bid for verification purposes. The Prequalification Category required for bidding on this project is A02602Bituminous Concrete Paving or A02601-Portland Cement Concrete Paving Cost Qualification Range for this work shall be $5,000,000.01 to $10,000,000.00 A ”Pre-Bidding Information” session will be conducted at the 3rd Floor Large Conference Room of the Bureau of Water & Wastewater, Abel Wolman Municipal Building on March 17, 2016 at 3:00 P.M. Principal Item of work for this project are: *Prepare as required and repave, utility cuts performed by others, with bituminous concrete or portland cement concrete, milling and resurfacing, and installation of pavement markings, within Baltimore City streets, alleys, and roadways. *Restoration of various size and types of concrete and masonry sidewalks, replacement of concrete curb, combination curb and gutter, and monolithic medians, at various locations in Baltimore City.

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IFB NUMBER: B-1811-16 The Housing Authority of Baltimore City (�HABC�) will issue an Invitation for Bids (�IFB�) for interested and qualified residential general contractors and home builders to submit sealed bids to construct three (3) public housing units, two (2) of the units will be constructed to meet the requirements of the Uniform Federal Accessibility Standards ( �UFAS�).

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A non-mandatory pre-bid meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 22, 2016 at 10:00 a.m., at the Charles L. Benton Building, 417 E. Fayette Street, Room 416, Baltimore, Maryland, 21202.

HABC has established a minimum goal of twenty percent (20%) of the total dollar amount of the proposed contract for Minority Business Enterprise (�MBE�) utilization, applicable to all minority and non-minority businesses proposing to provide the requested services as the prime contractor. No goal has been established for participation of Women-owned businesses (�WBEs�), however, HABC strongly encourages and affirmatively promotes the use of WBEs in all HABC contracts.

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By James Wright Special to the AFRO jwright@afro.com Following the recent rejection of their merger from the Public Service Commission, Exelon Corporation and Pepco Holdings filed an alternative proposal March 7. The two companies said the new plan would prevent the loss of more than $78 million in direct benefits for District ratepayers.

The two companies said they will allow the commission to use the funds as it sees fit. “We are prepared to deliver the benefits of the original merger agreement settlement or to accept all of the terms the commission concludes would place the merger in the public interest,” Exelon President and CEO Continued on D2

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D.C. Council member and Judiciary Chair Kenyan R. McDuffie (D-Ward 5) introduced the NEAR Act.

By Linda Poulson Special to the AFRO

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First lady Michelle Obama poses for photographs with a bicycle at the Girl Up booth at Union Market in Washington, March 8, to celebrate one year of Let Girls Learn and International Women’s Day.

D.C. Child Homeless Center Set to Gray Starts Re-election Open in 2017 Effort for Ward 7 Seat D.C. Council Elections

years old, and also create new job opportunities with an operating budget of nearly Bright Beginnings, $2.5 million. The facility will a nationally accredited be located at 3418 Fourth center providing childhood Street SE, in close proximity education and to a large emotional number of and physical shelters in assistance Ward 8. to destitute The new families, will facility will open a second continue the development tradition of center for providing homeless social children in Courtesy Image services to D.C. in 2017. parents while A drawing of Bright Beginnings second child A development center in Southeast D.C. A groundbreaking working groundbreaking ceremony for the center is scheduled for March 15. on their ceremony is permanent scheduled for housing 11 a.m. March 15, at 3418 with speech, physical, and needs, providing health Fourth Street SE. The event emotional therapy. We give connections for mothers, will include D.C. Mayor their children a chance to and holding family forums Muriel Bowser (D), Ward 8 experience healthy education, that teach participants about Councilmember LaRuby May dental programs, and things the rights they have while (D), and John Wall of the like family style dinners.” being homeless. “We are a Washington Wizards, who has The organization serves community,” Faison said. already donated $400,000 of 162 children whose families The center will also his own money towards the are living in crisis shelters or expand the organization’s creation of the second center. transitional housing. The new current resource center “People often think we center will serve an additional to provide parents with Continued on D2 are a shelter, but we are 100 children, newborn to 5

By Lauren Poteat Special to the AFRO

By James Wright Special to the AFRO jwright@afro.com Former D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray formally announced his bid for re-election as the Ward 7 D.C. Council member on March 5 at the House of Praise Church in Northeast in front of 200 people. Gray said he was ready to go back to work for Ward 7 residents. “The hope and promise of Ward 7 cannot slip away,” Gray said. “Every day I see our accomplishments slowing or stalled. The people we’ve helped here in Ward 7 and across the District deserve better.”

Gray was elected to the D.C. Council in 2004 by defeating D.C. Council member Kevin Chavous in the Democratic Party primary and winning handily in the general election. Gray’s leadership Courtesy Photo skills won the confidence of then D.C. Council Chairman Vincent Gray is a former Linda Cropp (D), who District mayor who is recognized his ability to build seeking re-election to the consensus on issues with his Ward 7 D.C. Council seat. colleagues.

In 2006, he was recruited by political activists and some business leaders to replace Cropp as council chair as she sought the Democratic nomination for mayor that year. Gray won the Democratic primary against Ward 3 D.C. Council member Kathy Patterson (D) and the general election to become the council’s presiding officer.

Gray was sworn in as council chair in January 2007 and supported present Ward 7 Council member Yvette Alexander as his successor in the May 1 special election that year. In 2010, with Alexander’s support, Gray defeated incumbent D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty in the September 14 Democratic mayoral primary and won the general election with no serious

“We need Vince Gray back in the government.”

– Barbara Lang opposition.

In 2012, Gray backed Alexander for re-election and Alexander supported Gray in the April 1, 2014 mayoral Democratic primary against Ward 4 D.C. Council member Muriel Bowser. After Bowser won the primary, Alexander immediately declared her support for her.

Many District residents speculate that the years-long Continued on D2

not,” Whitney Faison, Bright Beginnings communications specialist told the AFRO. “We take families already living in crisis shelters and provide their children

S.E. Barbershop Shooting Suspect Arrested

By Briana Thomas Special to the AFRO

The Metropolitan Police said they arrested the third suspect in the Feb. 12 Southeast, D.C. barbershop shooting in which a father and his infant child were injured. Officers arrested Anthony Chambers, 25, on a D.C. Superior Court warrant on Feb. 25. Chambers is being charged with assault with a dangerous weapon, police said.

A father and his 21-month-old child were shot when three men opened fire inside of Wrenn’s Barbershop on 8th Street S.E., according to police reports. The father was struck in his lower body as he held his toddler in his arms who also suffered a gunshot wound, police reported.

Residents in the community are worried that danger is unavoidable. “You could be anywhere at anytime,”Amber Jones told the AFRO “I could be shopping at Target and someone could start shooting.”

In addition, another daytime shooting left a 22-year-old man dead in the 3100 Block of Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue in Southeast D.C. on Feb. 24, police said.

According to police reports, officers responded to a call for a shooting and found Demetrius Christopher Medlay suffering from gunfire wounds. He was taken to a local hospital where he died from his injuries.

Witnesses said they heard multiple gunshots and then saw Medlay collapse near the Hong Kong Delite Carry Out, according to NBC Washington.

Lt. Sean Conboy, a spokesperson for the department, told the AFRO Feb. 28 that no arrests in the shooting have been made. “The case remains under investigation,” he said.

A crime prevention bill aims to shift the scope of dealing with crime in the city from enforcing harsher punishments to addressing crime as a public health crisis. Supporters of the bill said it is an innovative, data driven approach to public safety by not only addressing crime after it occurs, but also working to prevent crime by treating its root causes, such as mental illness, substance abuse and homelessness in a long-term, sustainable way.

The “Neighborhood Engagement Achieves Results Amendment Act of 2016” (NEAR Act), introduced

by D.C. Council member and Judiciary Chair Kenyan R. McDuffie (D-Ward 5) unanimously passed through the council, for a second time, March 1. The bill is currently on its way to the mayor’s office.

“We know that those impacted by mental health disorders, and substance abuse are often in regular

“This comprehensive bill is a step in the right direction.”

- Kenyan R. McDuffie contact with the police due to unmet healthcare and housing needs,” said McDuffie in a statement. “Implementing the NEAR Act means effective and sustainable crime prevention for District residents.”

The NEAR Act established two offices that supporters hope will mitigate crime; the Office of Violence Prevention and Health Equity (OVPHE) and the Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement (ONSE).

The act will attempt to address the intersection of mental health disorders, substance abuse, and crime.

It will also develop a Community Crime Prevention Team Program that will pair mental health clinicians and housing outreach specialists from the Department of Behavioral Health and Human

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Continued from D1 investigation of the 2010 mayoral campaign for illegal activities, started in 2011 and conducted by Ron Machen, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, thwarted Gray’s re-election attempt.

“Vince was not involved with that,” Carrie Thornhill, his campaign chairman, said. “He was never charged with anything. What was done to Vince [by the U.S. Attorney’s Office] was wrong.”

U.S. Attorney Channing D. Phillips said last December that there was no strong evidence that Gray did anything wrong during the investigation and cleared him. Gray said that he has moved on beyond that episode in his life.

During his address, Gray talked about the needs for District statehood, the city’s growing disparities in health and housing, increasing support for pre-natal care programs and developing the Penn Branch neighborhood and jump starting the revitalization effort on the Strand Theater project, a rundown and neglected movie house in Deanwood. He said that his administration did its part to make sure that Walmart would set up in the Skyland Town Center -- which recently pulled out under the Bowser administration -- and East Capitol Gateway projects; both located in Ward 7 and argued that technology companies can function in the ward like they have in other

parts of the District.

“We have tremendous tech opportunities in this city,” he said. “Why can’t we bring startups to Ward 7?”

In addition to Alexander, Gray faces Ward 7 Democratic Club Chairman Ed Potillo and activists John Campbell, Delmar Chesley and Grant Thompson in the June 14 Democratic primary. Candidates need to get at least 250 verifiable signatures to get on the primary ballot.

Petitions are due to the District’s board of elections office by the end of business on March 16.

Ward 7 resident Michelle Jones is a firm supporter of Gray. “I believe in his leadership,” Jones, who lives in the Hillside section of the ward, said. “We need some change in leadership in Ward 7. When he was chairman of the council, there was growth in Ward 7.”

Barbara Lang, the former president and CEO of the District of Columbia Chamber of Commerce, attended the rally even though she doesn’t live in Ward 7. “We need Vince Gray back in the government,” Lang, who owns a consulting firm, said. “He did a terrific job as mayor and while we didn’t always agree, he understood that was democracy and wanted what was best for the city.”

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Chris Crane said in a statement. “We have also offered a third option that aims to balance the alternate terms the commission offered in its Feb. 26 order with the views of some of the settling parties on the issue of rate credits to residential customers.”

Exelon and Pepco’s alternative proposal reallocates a portion of the total customer benefits for a $45.6 million fund – $25.6 million would preserve the original merger settlement’s rate credits for residential customers, particularly low-income residents, to offset rate increases through March 2019 and $20 million would be used by the commission for rate credits for residential and commercial customers, additional low-income customer assistance, or grid modernization.

The companies’ alternative retains many elements of the original settlement agreement supported by the Bowser administration such as an immediate $50 credit on District

household bills, residential customer accounts that are overdue for two years are forgiven, a commitment to solar and wind

“The alternative proposal provides flexibility in determining a path forward for the merger…”

– Chris Crane energy in the District, $5 million in workforce development programs, a promise to hire more than 100 union workers and

provide other jobs in the city, moving part of Exelon corporate headquarters to the District, and $19 million in contributions over 10 years to programs that serve the District’s vulnerable residents.

“The alternative proposal provides flexibility in determining a path forward for the merger, addressing the guidance the commission provided in its order, and the desire to protect District residents, including those in need, from rate increases,” Crane said.

The Exelon-Pepco merger has been approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission as well as the states of Virginia, New Jersey, Maryland, and Delaware. However, in order for the merger to go through, the District’s public service commission must support it.

The companies have asked for a decision by April 7 by the commission on its alternative plan.

D.C. Crime Bill Continued from D1

Services with police officers to identify persons in need and to connect them with comprehensive services.

“One homicide in the District is one too many. We

know that we cannot simply arrest our way out of crime; prevention is the key. This comprehensive bill is a step in the right direction,” McDuffie said. As of March 9, there

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The NEAR Act also requires the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) to provide yearly training on preventing biased-based profiling, community policing, and use of force education and training. Additionally, the MPD is required to collect stop and frisk and use of force data in an effort to promote transparency and improve the relationship between police and the community.

“I believe in evidencebased approaches and will monitor and review the

effectiveness of each of these initiatives to ensure that District residents’ tax dollars are being spent in an efficient and effective manner,” McDuffie said.

The NEAR Act is different from a 2015 anticrime bill presented by D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) that would have enforced harsher penalties on offenders.

A spokesperson from the mayor’s office told the Washington Post, in January, that the NEAR Act does not adequately provide solutions to combat crime.

However, others, hopeful of the bill’s potential, said legislation alone will not reduce crime in the city.

“This is what I believe about any legislative action that we have that they have the potential to be successful and to provide additional resources, which is the intent of the NEAR Act; from security cameras to other measures but it can’t do it alone,” Council member LaRuby May (D-Ward 8) said. “In order for us to have safer communities and public safety, it won’t happen through legislative action, it has to happen with the efforts and action through the MPD, and efforts and action from the people in our community.”

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Fairfax, Va.

Real Food for Kids EXPO Top Chef Contestant and Ripple and Roofers Union Executive Chef Marjorie Meek-Bradley, Washington Post Deputy Food Editor Bonnie S. Benwick and Six O’Clock Scramble’s Aviva Goldfarb will be among the presenters and judges at the fourth annual Real Food For Kids EXPO. Kate Sherwood, executive chef for the Center for Science in the Public Interest, will emcee the event. The event will occur on March 12 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at Robinson Secondary School, 5035 Sideburn Rd. The event is free and open to the public.

For more information, visit realfoodforkids.org.

Springdale, Md.

Omega Fraternity Talent Show Gamma Pi chapter of Omega Psi Pi Fraternity will host an annual Omega Talent Hunt March 12 beginning at 4 p.m. at Charles Flowers High School, 10001 Ardwick Ardmore Rd. Winners get cash prizes and the ultimate winner goes on to the District and the District winners from around the country move on to the final national competition. The event is free and open to the public.

Washington, D.C.

Museum Day Live The National Museum of American Art, 950 Independence Avenue SW, will host an event March 12 that will not only celebrate National Women’s Month, but also highlight the contributions women and girls have made to the arts of Africa and the museum’s collections. The daylong event will feature tours, workshops and a dance ensemble among other activities.

Brandywine, Md. Rep. Clyburn to Speak at Union Bethel AME Church Rep. James E. Clyburn (D-S.C.) will be the guest speaker at Union Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, 6810 Floral Park Road, on March 13 at the 7:45 a.m. worship service.

Clyburn’s visit is spurred by Rev. Harry L. Seawright’s candidacy for Bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church. For more information, call 301-3726036 or 301-455-7183.

Washington, D.C.

American Race Conversation Acclaimed filmmaker Ken Burns and historian and professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., will share The George Washington University’s Lisner Auditorium, 730 21st Street NW., to engage in a candid conversation about race in America on March 14. The American Fault Line: A Conversation on Race and the American Ideal will be moderated by Carlos Watson of OZY and it coincides with the forthcoming PBS films: Burns’s Jackie Robinson (April 11 & 12) and Gates’s Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise (Fall 2016). Doors are scheduled to open at 6 p.m. and the program is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. The event is free but guests must get tickets.

To reserve a ticket for the event, visit gwutickets.com.

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For these pictures and more go to afro.com/slideshows.

The Afro-American, March 12, 2016 - March 18, 2016

Honorees: Harold Doley, III (on behalf of his father, Ambassador Harold E. Doley, Jr.), Fred D. McClure, James Jones, Allegra McCullough, Jennifer S. Carroll, Robert L. Woodson and Raynard Jackson

Black Americans for a Better Future held their fourth annual Black Republican Trailblazer Awards. The awards event included a private VIP reception on Feb. 13 and a luncheon Feb. 14 at the Willard Intercontinental Hotel in northwest D.C. The event recognizes Black Republicans who have made a significant contribution to the Black community, the Republican Party, and America.

Photos by Black Americans for a Better Future

Honoree Fred D. McClure and wife, Harriett, and honoree Jennifer S. Carroll and husband, Nolan

Rep. G.K. Butterfield (D-N.C.), chair, CBC and Muriel Cooper

Marvin Smith, KIPP Foundation; Alexandra Martnez, Harvard Kennedy School and Curvin Leathan, Area Probe LLC

Harold Doley, III and Kenneth McClenton, radio talk show host

R&B artist BriaMarie

Jim Anthony, CEO/ principal, Colliers International

Reg Weaver, former president of the National Education Association

Robert L. Wallace, president and CEO of BithGroup Technologies; Fred D. McClure, honoree and CEO of the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library; Larry N. McKenney, COO of Capitol Radiology; Michael A. Graham, executive vice president, Heart & Soul Media

Photos by Rob Roberts

The Congressional Black Caucus held its seventh annual Avoice Heritage Celebration Feb. 23 at the Willard Intercontinental Hotel in Northwest D.C. The event honors the legacy of Black legislators and the commitment to preserve Black legislative history.

Raynard Jackson, singer Algebra and songwriter/ producer Carvin Haggins

Del. Jill Upson (R-W.Va.)

Eric Small, managing director, Public Finance & Energy Advisors, LLC; Ronnie Underwood, broker, Prime Investment Brokers; Kevin Gray, president, GFS Investments; and Roussan Etienne, Jr., president, The Zoe Network, LLC

Avoice Heritage Award Hororee Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.)

Past and present members of the CBCF with Avoice Heritage honorees

R. Donahue Peebles, chair, Board of Directors, CBCF and George H. Brown

CBCF interns: Bryson Wilson, Kanyinsola Ajay, Zakiya Demins, Lavatge Brooks, Tarah Johnson, Alexa Guy, Tonya Danangmaye, D’Juan Sampson and Aaron Williford

Tony Harrison, George H. Brown, Lafayette Barnes and Jim Winston

Rogers Davis and former Rep. Ronald V. Dellums (D-Calif.)

Harry Wingo

Sylvia Cyrus, ASALH

Norman Ross, MGM Resorts; Ron Busby, U.S. Black Chambers and Cherie Wilson, General Motors

A. Shuanise Washington, president and CEO, CBCF and Barbara Williams-Skinner