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Voting Rights Advocates Face Uphill Battle By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – In the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s 5-4 ruling in Shelby County v. Holder, striking down section 4 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, civil rights organizations and voting rights advocates are preparing to battle against an expected avalanche of new voting laws to wipe out the incredible gains generated by the 1965 Voting Rights Act. The ruling effectively ended voting rights protections under section 5, forcing Congress to update the coverage formula that required nine states and the counties and jurisdictions in six other states to preclear any changes to state and local

Hilary Shelton, D.C. bureau chief of the NAACP voting laws with the Justice Department or a federal court. Writing the majority opinion for the Supreme Court’s decision, Justice Anthony Kennedy acknowledged that “voting discrimination still exists,” but challenged the relevancy of the section 4 coverage

formula originally crafted nearly 50 years ago. However, Congress has extended the law, saying it is still needed. Hours after the Supreme Court decision, state officials in Texas and South Carolina announced that they were moving forward with new voting regulations that civil rights groups say will disproportionately disenfranchise Black, Latino and poor voters. “All the states and jurisdictions that were covered by section 5 utilizing the section 4 formula have now been released,” said Hilary Shelton, Washington, D.C. bureau chief of the NAACP. In a June 2013 study released a few weeks before the Shelby County v. Holder decision, a Brennan Center for Justice Continued on A4

A Shameful Decision on Voting by the Supreme Court

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William H. Gray III, pastor, former United Negro College Fund chief and a member of Congress who was the first Black to chair the House Budget Committee, died July 1 in London at the age of 71. “Bill Gray was a trailblazer, proudly representing his beloved Philadelphia in Congress for over a decade as the first African-American to chair the Budget Committee and to serve as the Majority Whip,” President Obama said July 2 in remarks noting Gray’s death and legislative legacy. “Bill’s extraordinary leadership, on issues from housing to transportation to supporting efforts that ended Apartheid in South Africa, made our communities, our country and our world a more just place.” The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation issued a statement calling Gray a ‘man of integrity”

By Zenitha Prince Special to the AFRO

The lighting of an Olympic-style torch at Howard University on July 11 will launch the 51st National Convention of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, part of a yearlong celebration of the group’s 100-year legacy of Black sisterhood, advocacy and service. Beginning Jan. 1, the group has memorialized its founding with a historic participation in the Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, Calif.; a Delta Torch Tour across 22 cities; a Hollywood gala; Centennial Founders Day Weekend and a reenactment of the Women’s Suffrage March, among other activities. From July 11-17, Washington, D.C., and the surrounding areas will be awash in hues of crimson and cream as thousands of the sorority’s 250,000 initiated members, who represent over 900 chapters in the United States, the Bahamas, Bermuda, Germany, Jamaica, Japan, the Republic of Korea and the U.S. Virgin Islands, join with invited guests and other well-wishers for the centennial festivities. “This is not only a momentous occasion for our organization, but a testament to the power of all women determined to change the world for the better and be a voice for the underprivileged and underserved,” said National President Cynthia M.A. Butler-McIntyre in a statement. “The accomplishments of Delta Sigma Theta over the past 100 years give us many reasons to be thankful and require us to pause to pay tribute to our founders, past Continued on A4

who would surely be missed. “His dedicated leadership benefitted the African diaspora,” said CBCF Chairman Rep. Chaka Fattah (D-Pa.). The statement went on to say that in addition to “serving with distinction as pastor at Bright Hope Baptist Church for 36 years in Philadelphia… Rep. Gray founded Gray Global Advisors following his work at UNCF. His life’s work focused on middle class and under-served Americans.” A. Shuanise Washington, CBCF president and chief executive officer said, “His commitment to educating young people is a cornerstone of our mission and was Bill’s passion.” Former aide William Epstein said Gray passed away suddenly while in London with one of his sons to attend the Wimbledon tennis championships. Gray was elected as a Democrat to Congress in 1978 and served as budget committee chairman and

Our Mother of Africa Chapel

National Shrine Jewel Depicts Powerful History By CeLillianne Green Special to the AFRO Many visitors have difficulty describing the emotion the chapel evokes. Some describe the peace they feel there, others the connection to history. For some, it is the most profound religious experience they can recall. Though the responses vary, each visitor seems to have one thing in

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common: They leave the Our Mother of Africa chapel at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, in Northeast Washington, deeply moved. The experience begins before visitors even enter the chapel, at the threshold, where the Continued on A3

majority whip. Gray resigned the House seat he had held since 1978 to run the United Negro College Fund in 1991. In 1994, President Bill Clinton named him special adviser on Haiti. Gray succeeded his father as pastor of Bright Hope Baptist Church in 1972 and held that position until 2007. Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter ordered flags at all city buildings to fly at half-mast.

Rodents Make Their Summer Appearance On Duty With the D.C. Rat Patrol

By Talib Babb Special to the AFRO On any given night, you can see the gray, furry, fourlegged creatures on the prowl—from Georgetown to Shepherd Park to Capitol Hill to Anacostia. They skulk about dark alleys, lurk near puddles of dirty water, peep from underneath bushes, scratch their way into trash cans to feed on rubbish. “They travel 150 feet for food, so you could see them in your yard, but they could actually live about four or five houses down,” said Gerard Brown, program manager for the D.C. Department of Health’s Rodent Control Division.

“They just need three things— food, water and a place to live and they can find that anywhere.” When the weather warms, rats come out to play.

Rats have been bothersome for centuries. Dating back to the 1300s, rats carried the bubonic plague throughout China, western Asia and Europe, killing

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MLK Middle School in Dakar, Senegal. “My first instagram!” Obama exclaimed in the caption. “So inspired and so impressed by these extraordinary young women. -mo #FLOTUSinAfrica.” For a subsequent photo taken in a classroom of the same school, the first lady said, “You all are role models for my daughters, which is why I brought them here today—so that they could be inspired by you just like I am.” Obama’s participation in Instagram was met by many cheers and a few harangues. “@michelleobama sooo nice that you are on Instagram now,” wrote elemops. “On the other end of the spectrum was shawnysmoonbeam who vented, “enjoy your 100 million dollar vacation on us! you damn freeloader! It would be worth it if you stayed there.” Even more disturbing was a comment from wobblywinner7—he claimed to be 10. “I hate u and ure husband Obama. the USA would be so much of a better place if u Were not the first lady and ure husband was not president. o and one more thing you just got schooled and I am only 10.” The Africa trip also marked the inauguration of the White House Instagram account (@whitehouse.) Its first post was an image of Marine One carrying the Obama family from the White House to Andrews Air Force Base.

Former NBA’er Gilbert Arenas Faces New Legal Troubles

Former NBA player Gilbert Arenas faces new legal problems following his arrest in the early morning hours of June 27 for possessing a truckload of fireworks. According to TMZ, Arenas was stopped by California Highway Patrol Police at approximately 2:30 a.m. for speeding. As police searched Arenas and his vehicle, they discovered about 20 boxes of fireworks. The LAPD’s bomb squad was called in to handle the situation. TMZ reported that Arenas was released without bail Gilbert Arenas

just before 10 a.m. that morning. According to the California-based Shouse Law Group, “most violations of California’s fireworks laws are misdemeanors, subjecting to a maximum $1,000 fine and up to one year in a county jail. However, if you possess large quantities of dangerous fireworks, prosecutors could charge you with a felony, punishable by up to three years in the California state prison and fines as high as $50,000.” Arenas spent last season playing in China with the Shanghai Sharks, but the Orlando Magic still owe him about $62 million on his former contract.

Judge Tosses 3 N.Y. Lawsuits Against Ex-Elmo Actor Kevin Clash

NEW YORK (AP) — Three lawsuits brought by men who said former Elmo puppeteer and Maryland native Kevin Clash sexually abused them when they were underage were tossed out by a judge who said in a decision published Monday that the men waited too long to sue. U.S. District Judge John G. Koeltl said the claims must be barred because they came more than six years after the men reasonably should have realized that the physical and emotional injuries they’re suing over were caused by alleged encounters with Clash. The judge also noted that each man had been over the age of 18 for more than three years before the lawsuits were filed. Kevin Clash Clash was the man behind Elmo, the popular furry red monster, for 28 years. Attorneys for the men promised an appeal while Clash said through his lawyer that he hoped the ruling would help him recover personally and professionally. One other lawsuit is pending in Pennsylvania. Clash resigned from “Sesame Street” in November after college student Cecil Singleton sued him for more than $5 million, accusing Clash of having sex with him when he was 15. At the time, Clash said he was leaving his job because “personal matters have diverted attention away from the important work ‘Sesame Street’ is doing.” Singleton’s lawsuit was among those thrown out Monday. Koeltl also rejected lawsuits brought by Kevin Kiadii, who claimed that Clash initiated contact with him on a gay chat line in 2004 when he was 16, and a third person, a Florida resident, who remained anonymous in his lawsuit as he claimed that Clash befriended him in late 1995 or early 1996 when he was 16 or 17. Sex with a person under age 17 is a felony in New York if the perpetrator is 21 or older. Koeltl said Singleton’s claim expired in 2009, Kiadii’s claim became time-barred at some point between 2008 and 2010 and the case brought anonymously would have expired between 2000 and 2002. Adam D. Horowitz, an attorney for the men who brought the lawsuits, noted that the case was dismissed only on statute of limitations grounds. Michael G. Berger, Clash’s attorney, called the ruling an “important step” for helping Clash to move on. He said Clash was pleased. In the ruling, the judge said that the time in which someone must bring a lawsuit accumulates after the victimization rather than when the individual realizes subsequent psychological harm. Otherwise, he said, plaintiffs could make claims decades later. He also said the plaintiffs cannot retroactively benefit from a change in law in March that extends the statute of limitations to 10 years.

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Jennifer Hudson and Relatives Identify Body of Her Slain N When Truth Overshadows Polished Testimony Washington View

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sport-utility vehicle sought in from a neighbor about a suspiconnection with the murder of cious vehicle. The man noticed Hudson’s mother and brother. the vehicle while walking his The white, 1994 dog. According to the Jeantel’s Chicago Jennifer Hudson other Author Jamesand Baldwin Forget how sheChevrolet looks. Hear the words she speaks. Suburban with Illinois licenseaboutTribune, the boy had been shot relatives positively identified said: “It is not the black testimony speaks volumes the disparity in educational in the backand seat child’s language that is resources. We all are responsiblemultiple for this times criminal slight of the vehicle. The SUV, regisin question, it is not their we should be charged to remedy it, parent or not. tered to Hudson’s murdered language that is despised. It With all the assaults we havebrother, witnessed recentwith weeks wasintowed the is their experience.” on all fronts, African Americans boy’s particularly must rededicate body inside and is being This telling quotation themselves to making educational excellence and academic processed by evidence techniabout the racial divide in achievement a vital priority for the 21st century workforce. cians and workers. The body America is rotating around As a college professor, I havewas taught various laterstudents removedinand taken to theEnglish Cook County the cyberspace circuit educational setting from remedial classesMedical at a forExaminer’s office. in reaction to the crass profit business school to advanced journalism classes at HudsonI and other family criticism being hurled at a traditional university. Across the board, recognize that members arrived at thetest, Medical Rachel Jeantel, the 19-yearmost students have been taught to pass a standardized Examiner’s mid-afterold friend of Florida teen which is more of a political measure than anoffice academic one. noon to identify the body. Adrienne Trayvon Martin whose They are not being taught historic or cultural knowledge, Given the choice between lookWashington shooting death created a communication skills, or even how think at critically. ing to directly the body or AFRO Columnist firestorm of racial discord. For example, in my remedialviewing English itclass with on afilled wall-mounted She spent two grueling college freshmen I suspect with life experiences similar to Photos days, sometimes visibly Jeantel’s, I teach Courtesy basic parts of speech. I spent one afternoon Jennifer Hudson and her mom, Darnell Donerson who distraught, in the Seminole County Circuit Court testifying with a class teaching me the meaning of some of their slang was killed, as well as her brother, Jason. about that awful final telephone conversation with her words, such as “convo” for conversation and “ham down,” for video screen, the family chose childhood friend. telling someone off. plateWho X584859 onFlorida thebesides latter. Zimmerman? According to the themore body like of her 7-year-old However, Jeantel was treated a murderous is onwas trialfound here in Chicago’s Westperforming Side after schools,Tribune, Hudson “Yes, hours defendant than a grieving star nephew witness Monday, during thejust wall-to-wall Surely, poor too. Who shouldsaid, be indicted police received a 7 a.m. him.” of blame in so after his body was found in a television coverage. for their existence? Wecall can pointthat’s the finger

“coulda’ hear Trayvon,” (as in “could hear”), being approach by someone, and Trayvon yelled, “get off, get off,” before the phone disconnected. Her testimony indeed contradicts Zimmerman’s defense. Stupid? Stupid is not admitting, “I done told you, I don’t watch no news,” as Jeantel said. Grief-stricken, not stupid is saying “you have to understand, I’m the last person who spoke to him alive.” Rather, stupid is opening a murder trial with a knockknock joke, as Zimmerman attorney Don West did, and then allowing your daughter to post an Instagram picture of you and her sister smiling and eating ice cream cones with the message: “We beat stupidity celebration cones #zimmerman defense Julian #dadkilledit.” King, Jennnifer Hudson’s nephew. Haitian-born Jeantel, who speaks at least three languages wasAon point when understand I do spokesman forshe thestated: office “I don’t the murders but isyou; being held in understand English,” in Hudson response to badgering andafter told the newspaper that jailWest’s for parole violation transparent line of questioning in which he suggested that because English was not her first language, she had trouble understanding it. Illiterate? At last check, more than 30 percent of District “remainedwere strong for her famibeing convicted of attempted residents functionally illiterate. ly” and was clearly its leader. murder and vehicular hijackI often tell my students, being illiterate does not mean you “She held hands with her fami- ing. Cook County records show are means and write ly,”not theintelligent; spokesman itsaid. “It you cannot that heread pleaded guiltyand to both compute – yet. It means you have not had the opportunities to was obviously a very emotional charges in 1999. He was also be informed or exposed to substantial educational or cultural moment.” convicted in 1998 for possesexperiences yet.son It means you want to change lot The boy –– the of Juliathat if sion of a stolen motoryour vehicle. in life, you have to sister find the resources to acquire thefrom necessary Hudson, Jennifer’s – had He was released prison in been missing since 2006are after serving skills to become as Friday, marketable as you capable ofseven being.years whenmore a relative found for the murder And, adults needJulian’s to help Jeantel andattempted others like her toand grandmother, Darnell achieve their educational quests. car hijacking charges. Donerson, 57, and his uncle, The boy remained missing Jason Hudson, 29, shot to death through long weekend Veteran journalist Adrienne Washingtona writes weekly in for in his grandmother’s home in which police and volunteers the AFRO about relevant issues in the District, Maryland and the 7000 block of South Yale Northern Avenue. Virginia. Send correspondence to her at editor@ afro.com. An Amber Alert – a designation for high-risk missing children – was issued Friday after Julian was discovered missing after the murders. Police arrested William Balfour, the missing boy’s stepfather and estranged husband of Julia, at his girlfriend’s Southside apartment several hours after the murders. Balfour’s mother, Michele, has told reporters that her son had nothing to do with the slayings. Balfour remains a suspect in Jason Hudson

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What was Jeantel’s horrific crime? Let’s see: She is many directions. The fault does not lie solely with Jeantel, “dark,” “ugly,” “sassy,” “fat,” and “stupid,” if the downright clearly a product of her socioeconomic environment. dirty remarks are to be believed. They shouldn’t. Blacks The second-degree murder trial of George Zimmerman, and whites alike unnecessarily denigrated Jeantel, saying a Neighborhood Watch volunteer, who claims self-defense her language was grammatically incorrect; she mumbled in the February 2011 shooting death of Martin, now unintelligible sentences; she showed a disrespectful attitude; provides a cauldron of commentaries on a host of social No wonder Obama’s is and Dallas players By Alan she King she rolled her eyes and sighed heavily; was just too big issues andCowboys inequities from the criminal justice systemcampaign with trying to distance him from the Tony Romo and Terrell Owens, AFRO Staff Writer and black and “combative” to be trustworthy. unrepresentative jury selection, togroup, race relations and racial saying, “Barack Obama among the names submitted to Worst of all: Jeantel admitted to having literacy difficulties epithets, to cultural differences and manipulative images. Never Organized media with ACORN.” election officials. Presidential candidate John and an inability to read cursiveMcCain’s writing inattack a letter. At 19, she Jeantel’s consistent statements were that Martin told herrun he Hurd said those workers, who But Obama’s ties to ACORN on ACORN – is still in high school. was being followed, yes, by a “creepy ass cracker,” and she long and deep. He taught classes were doing those things without Associated Community ACORN’s knowledge or permis- for ACORN. They even endorsed Organization for Reform Now – him for President. sion, were fired. confirms the success of the But now ACORN is in trouble. “The evidence that has surorganization, the head of the Reporter: There are at least faced so far shows they faked group says. Continued from A1 11 investigations across the “This is testimony to the work forms to get paid for work they country involving thousands of didn’t do, not to stuff ballot we’ve done and success we’ve potentially fraudulent ACORN boxes.” ACORN, she said, is the had,” Maude Hurd, president of marble floor is inlaid with she said. “It is difficult to during the Memphis garbage the other sculpture to come forms. victim of fraud, not the perpetraACORN, said in an interview an abstract image of the find words to capture it. It worker’s strike and the to him. The face-to-face Announcer: Massive voter tor of it. with the AFRO. 17th century slave ship the is evocative…You can’t go song “We Shall Overcome.” placement of these sculptures fraud. And the Obama campaign Hurd said the only things “When this attack started, we Henrietta Marie. The inlay through casually. You to can The sculpture culminates evokesarewhat the Shrine’s bogus the charges thempaid moreitthan $800,000 an had just announced that we had shows lines configured to be laughing and talking when in a free and united Black guide book describes as the selves. And factcheck. org ACORN front for get out the vote registered 1.3 million new votrepresent enslaved Africans you get to the threshold, then family—the chapel’s sculpture plan to agrees. efforts. ers,” she said. father, “That’smother, just to say lying in the hold the ship. everythingbanks gets quiet. People son, and daughter, standing create a “sacred“Neither conversation” Pressuring It concluded, to issue risky that someone’s running scared “You don’t step over that are very respectful there. There tall and of looking forward. among the ACORN norsculptures. its employees have loans. Nationwide voter fraud. because ACORN’s success.” beenGray found guilty images of, or even Barack Obama. Bad [and judgment. whoemotionally is running for lightly,” said Saundra Lamb, is a kneeling place an] TheMcCain, sculpture marble of casting fraudulent Blind risky for president on the Republican tick- charged of Northwest Washington, a altar. ambition. There is aToo small prayer compels visitors to touch the Biblicalwith, disciples Matthew, votes.” America. et, lashed out at ACORN in the lawyer who also serves as a written, in case you want to people—gently hold their Mark, Luke and John were The problem about final debate against Barack lector at the Shrine. “All of have something to say. There hands, rub their feet, feel the installed in the came chapel in pribecause of the way Since McCain’s comments, Obama, contending group “is marily a sudden, that brings you to are small [benches] where progression of theirthejourney. 2003. With textured hair, full ACORN operates. Rather than ACORN’s 87 offices have been on the verge of maybe perpetratthe reverence of the place… people justwith sit and takeand it in.” As touch the frauds images, lips on andvolunteers, noses, theit images rely pays peobombarded threats ing visitors one of the greatest in Immediately, for me, it just She said each visit leaves they are visibly moved. It were added to the walls ple, many of them poor or unemracist mail. voter history in this country, evoked a solemnity and also herThe more to her is not unusual to the seefabric people leadingtotosign “Our of ployed, upMother new voters. dayconnected after the presidential maybe destroying of an appreciation for heritage. andthose Her The idea was toAfrica help both debate, vandals broke into the democracy.” what would have been “You feel Boston stronger. Son.” being registeredDivine and those doing organization’s andYou Seattle Factcheck.org, a non-partisan the registration. “It was a offices and stole computers. Web site, found those claims to needed to overcome feel renewed,” she said. “You Maud explained, “Weand have a After Cleveland representative be “exaggerated,” with “no evithat part of our history. leaveathere feeling that you moving zero tolerance policy for deliberappeared on TV, an e-mail dence of any such democracyFor me, they raised don’t want to waste yourwas life, powerful ate falsification of registration.” sent to the local office saying she destroying fraud.” the bar when they put experience,” said Most news account neglect to “is going to have her life ended.” Hurd believes the McCain that inlay in there.” Clarence Cotton, A worker in Providence, R.I., charges were politically motivat- point out that ACORN is The Our Mother Atlanta, required by lawJr., to of turn in all reg- received a threatening call sayed. of Africa chapel is istration forms.who And was they born also fail ing, “We know you get off work She said, “Because it’s lowlocated on the crypt andthe raised in to note that it was organizaat 9” and uttered racial epithets. and moderate-income people, or lower level of the Washington, but that first A caller to one office left a and people of color, I believe the tion, in many instances, brought the phony message on the answering Basilica. It is one wasregistrations not aware McCain campaign thinks those to the attentionof of the authorities. machine, saying: “Hi, I was just voters are going to vote of several ethnic or chapel The McCain camp apparently calling to let you know that Democratic, which is not necesculturally identifiable until a friend isn’t interested in those fine Barack Obama needs to get sarily true.” chapels in the National took him there points, preferring to air misleadhung. He’s a (expletive deleted) ACORN is no stranger to Shrine. The chapel last year. He ing ads that seek to link Obama nigger, and he’s a piece of controversy. was presented to the looks forward For 38 years, the non-partisan to ACORN, thereby undercutting (expletive deleted). You guys are National Shrine as a to sharing the his political fraudulent, and you need to go to photosupport. organization has fought for social Courtesy gift from the National Saundraand experience McCain: I’m John McCain hell. All the niggers on oak trees. economic justice low- Lincoln, one Lamb and her sonfor Adrian with his young Black Catholic and I approve They’re gonna get all hung honthis message. and moderate-income of many loved ones she has taken to the chapel, son. He said he Congress under the eys, they’re going to get assassiAnnouncer: Who is Barack Americans. With 400,000 memoutside the church. Obama? A manwishes with “amore political nated, they’re gonna get killed.” leadership of the ber families organized into more Another message said, “You baptism performed at warp than 1,200 neighborhood chapBlacks knew African American liberal idiots. Dumb (expletive speed.” Vast ambition. After colters in 110 cities nationwide, about the chapel. Bishops of the United States, wipe away tears as they stand deleted). Welfare bums. You lege, he moved to Chicago. ACORN has over the years seen Lamb, 62, said she was according to information before the sculpture. guys just (expletive deleted) Became a community organizer. its share of criticism while advospeechless the first time she from the Shrine guidebook. Directly across from come to our country, consume There, Obama met Madeleine cating for affordable housing, visited, a few weeks after the The chapel was dedicated on this sculpture is another every natural resource there is, Talbot, part of the Chicago living wages, healthcare for the chapel of opened. Since then, August 30, 1997. Ed Dwight bronze, entitled and make a lot of babies. That’s branch ACORN. He was so underserved— and while organshe has taken her to The chapel features “Our Mother of Africa and all you guys do. And then suck impressive that many he wasofasked izing voter registration drives. friends lovedstaff. ones to artwork by Black artists, Her Divine which up the welfare and expect everytrain theand ACORN But none hasSon,” been as withering experience including an ebony wood depicts the Black What did it. ACORN in Chicago one else to pay for your hospital and baseless as this Madonna one. bills for your kids. I jus’ say let engage She in? saidBullying visitorsbanks. to the figure of Christ on the cross andWith child. Madonna is the The presidential election your kids die. That’s the best Intimidation less than twoelevated, weeks away, Shrine, whotactics. come Disruption from that is visible as visitors gracefully holding move. Just let your children die. of business. ACORN forced ACORN’s detractors allege the around the world, are approach. The figure of her son, whose bare foot Forget about paying for hospital banks to issue risky home loans. organization has engaged in masChrist was carved by Juvenal invites visitors to rub it. With impressed by the chapel’s bills for them. I’m not gonna do The same types of loans that sive voter registration fraud after imagery and meaning. Kaliki, of Tanzania, in the his hand extended, the son it. You guys are lowlifes. And I caused the financial crisis we’re the reported discovery of bogus “It is absolutely powerful,” 500-year-old tradition of his appears to beckon people at hope you all die.” in today. names, such as Mickey Mouse Entebene tribe, according to Hurd thinks the hate calls will the guidebook. cease soon. One of the focal points “In two weeks, I think these is a 6-foot wide bronze attacks will be over. 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Leader Calls Voter Registration Fraud Charges ‘Bogus’

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HBCUs are Still Highly Valued Institutions By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief NASHVILLE (NNPA) – The presidents of Tennessee State University and American Baptist, both of whom are now heading their alma mater, and the dean at Meharry Medical College, a graduate of Howard University – said they are proof that Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have played and continue to play a unique role in America. The three – Glenda Baskin Glover, president of Tennessee State University; Forrest E. Harris, Sr., president of American Baptist College and Dr. Charles P. Mouton, dean of Meharry’s School of Medicine – shared their experiences June 27 on a panel at the National Newspaper Publishers Association’s annual convention here. “My achievements and accomplishments, I owe to Tennessee State University and I proudly acknowledge what Tennessee State has done for me and my life,” said Glover, who earned her bachelor’s degree in math at TSU before earning her MBA, CPA and Ph.D at other institutions. “There is no greater calling than when God calls you back home.” Forrest Harris did his undergraduate work at Knoxville College in Tennessee before earning a Bachelor of Theology degree from American Baptist College in Nashville and a Master of Divinity and a Doctor of Ministry degree from Vanderbilt University Divinity School, where he continues to teach. “The Historically Black Colleges and Universities are

institutions that represent our heritage and they have sustained us and anchored us in the progress we’ve made in this nation,” Harris said. Mouton, who earned a bachelor’s degree in engineering and his medical degree from Howard University, said: “When you have many of our young people who come to college, both undergraduate and professional schools, they need a place where they can feel at home, where they can expand their minds and develop the scholarly pursuits that we

“The next generation has to be prepared to lead our communities in social transformation.” expect them to engage in and not have to deal with judgments, prejudice and the outside things that affect their ability to learn and be successful.” Mouton said that’s the value of HBCUs. In addition to attending Howard University, Mouton also earned two master’s degrees from Harvard University School of Public Health. Harris said Black colleges, like the Black press, play a unique role in our community. He said American Baptist places an emphasis on Christian social activism and moral leadership. “The next generation has to be prepared to lead our communities in social transformation.”

Voting Rights Advocates

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report stated, “In the most recent legislative session and as of April 29, 2013, 28 restrictive voting bills were introduced in the states that are covered, wholly or in part, by Section 5. Two have already passed, and 17 are still pending as of June 10, 2013. The bills introduced include, for example, a strict photo identification requirement in Virginia, restrictions on early voting and sameday registration in North Carolina, and a South Carolina bill requiring documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote.” Kimberlé Crenshaw, co-founder of the African American Policy Forum, a civil rights think tank that works to advance racial justice in the United States and abroad, said that the Supreme Court’s decision wasn’t about facts, or even about proof of ongoing voter discrimination in the once-covered states. Crenshaw said that the Supreme Court decision was about one thing – ideology. “It’s like building a dam to keep the lowlands from flooding and for 40 years the lowlands don’t flood and then deciding that you don’t need the dam anymore,” said Crenshaw. Voting rights advocates now will also lean heavily on section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, but most admit that many laws will go into effect and lawsuits may not come fast enough.

millions across those territories. In the District, they were once such a problem in Georgetown that they could be seen crawling by the hundreds in and out of the Potomac River in broad daylight, according to experts. Today, they still carry the bubonic plague along with other diseases such as salmonellosis and trichinosis. Experts said springs and summers following mild winters tend to see larger rat populations. Without much sustained blistering cold weather, rats were able to mate and increase their population. In the District, rat complaints are handled by the Department of Health. Complaint calls are received at the 311 call center, where they are categorized by ward. In 2012, the Department of Health received 3,013 complaints about rats; most of the complaints reported rats in alleys or yards. Since Jan. 1, there have been just over 1,200 calls received. The ward with the most calls is Ward 1 with 306 and Ward 5 is the second highest with 230 calls. Ward 5 resident Marcus Jetter, who lives in the 2200 block of 13th Street NE, said the problem has improved in recent years. He credited the D.C. rat patrol with gaining a firm hand on the problem. “At the beginning of the summer it was horrible, we couldn’t even sit out on our backyards,” he said. Jetter, along with his neighbors, organized a petition a few weeks ago for the Department of Health to periodically come through the alley behind their homes to inspect and do any work that is necessary to control—or take steps to markedly reduce—rats in the area. Rodent controllers use two methods to get control rats. One option is the use

“In essence this decision says that ‘discrimination is still real and must still be challenged.’” “In essence this decision says that ‘discrimination is still real and must still be challenged,’ but rather than address the issue on the front end as preclearance allows. [The Supreme Court] says, ‘Let it happen. Let’s allow elections to go forward knowing that discrimination exists,” said Rev. William J. Barber, president of the North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP. Many experts worry whether repairing the damage created by the recent decision is possible. “The Supreme Court has vacated its authority and handed it over to a Congress that has been dysfunctional and unable to take decisive actions on the key moral issues of our time,” said Gihan Perera, executive director of the Florida New Majority, a grassroots civil rights organization. The Department of Justice has also pledged to step up its efforts to protect voters. In a statement shortly after Shelby’s decision was released, the Attorney General Eric Holder said that even though our country has changed for the better since 1965, we still haven’t reached the destination that we seek. “Although today’s decision represents a serious and unnecessary setback, the Justice Department remains committed to moving forward in manner that is consistent with the arc of American history which has always been a story of increasing equality inclusion and access to the franchise.”

And Black colleges should be among the strongest supporters of the Black press, according to TSU President Glover. “HBCUS have a responsibility to support the Black press –it’s just that simple,” said Glover, who assumed her job in January.” One day I was thumbing through the paper and there was an entire 100-day report [sent out by the university] published in the Tennessee Tribune free of charge, “she recalled. “So, I called up when I saw that and said, ‘We want to advertise.’ I guess it took that for me to realize that it cost money to do that.” Each panelist talked about how changes to Parents Plus loans, which were made abruptly and Pell grants had been especially hurtful for HBCUs. “The Parent Plus loans provisions have drastically affected HBCUs in that they have tightened the credit requirements for families,” Glover said. “That has really hurt HBCUs. It has hurt Tennessee State to the tune of $1.5 million in loans.” She said another change that will hurt Black state colleges in Tennessee is a switch in the funding formula that is based on graduation rates rather than enrollment. Despite these and other challenges, the educators said, Black colleges, which represent only 3 percent of colleges but produce almost a quarter of all Black graduates, are vital to America’s future. Mouton said. “The institutions [HBCUs] are strong, the institutions are turning out good products and continue to do their job.”

of bait to lure the furry creatures, then to kill them with rat poison or rat traps. The other option is to use “tracking powder,” a poisonous substance that is sprayed into the boroughs where the rats live. Once the rats come into contact with the tracking powder it is attached to their fur and the moment they lick or groom themselves, they die, Brown said. There are some who are opposed to some of the methods, he said. “Some people want rats killed humanely,” he said. “I have had a few experiences where people didn’t want me to kill a rat a certain way. The problem they had was that the rat suffered. They would rather [that we] use the snap trap so the rat can die quickly.” Officials in the District are also asking residents to do their part. “Working for a Rat Free D.C.” is a campaign the Department of Health has created to try to eliminate rats in the city. “The key for the citizens is sanitation,” said Gabriel Curtis, the supervisory pest controller of the Rodent Control Division. “That means making sure there are lids on the trash cans, making sure the grass is cut and making sure they don’t have a lot of storage

in the backyard so that the rodents cannot be harbored there.” Though rats are a problem, they apparently aren’t as violent as one might think. It has been more than a decade since the Department of Health received a call concerning a rat bite, officials said. Rats are usually not aggressive and they make their moves at night, when people are less likely to be around. But if they feel trapped in a corner or threatened, they may respond defensively, experts said. Rats are also a significant problem in other local jurisdictions. The Baltimore Department of Public Works receives anywhere from 7,500 to 8,500 rat-related complaints each year, officials said. They also receive most of their complaints from 311. The rats are handled through the city’s Rat Rubout program. “Rat Rubout is here to provide the community with assistance, guidance and baiting to deal with rats,” said Kurt Kocher, the spokesman for the Baltimore Department of Public Works. To reduce rat issues, both cities are handing out citations to residents and commercial buildings that exhibit unsanitary conditions, such as grass not being cut and improper trash disposal. And, like the District of Columbia, rat bites are not a significant problem, Kocher said. “We have only had two reports of a rat bite this year,” he said in an email. “One case occurred when a gentleman was working in a warehouse and a rat bit him when he was moving boxes. The second occurred when a woman took her trash out and a rat jumped out of the can and scratched her leg. According to Animal Control, rat bites are very uncommon. Our bite investigator she said she only remembers one or two last year.”

Deltas

Continued from A1 leadership, and all those who have helped us along our journey.” “One year of celebrating those successes may not be long enough to honor those who came before us,” she added. “It will take a lifetime to truly give them and our founders the honor they deserve.” The biennial conference will convene under the sorority’s theme of the past two years, “Delta Sigma Theta- A Sisterhood Called to Serve: Transforming Lives, Impacting Communities.” The sorors will fête and be fêted at celebratory events such as Deltas on the National Mall, welcome receptions and concerts. However, much of the time will be taken up in tackling some of the serious concerns of the service organization, which in 2003 became the first Greek-letter organization to attain special consultative status as a nongovernmental organization (NGO) for the

United Nations. Members will address issues related to the socioeconomic conditions impacting communities across the globe, especially the African diaspora. They will also discuss the physical and mental health challenges that continue to plague children and adults worldwide. And, the organization will continue its legacy of promoting political awareness and involvement through voter education, advocacy for health care reform and equal educational opportunities among other concerns. During a social action luncheon earlier this year, Congressional Black Caucus Chair Rep. Marcia Fudge, D-Ohio, a past president of the sorority, warned that despite the successes of the past 10 decades, there is much more work to be done, particularly in light of the recent civil rights challenges that threaten the welfare of African Americans and other marginalized communities. “We cannot celebrate before the game is

over,” she said as quoted in the organization’s recent newsletter. “As long as we live, we must do everything we can to make a difference.” Despite claims that the United States is a “post-racial” society, Rep. Fudge added, there are many Blacks in rural and urban communities who are still struggling with overt and covert discrimination. “Although the struggle for civil rights is different, the battle is not over,” Fudge said. “We are no longer being attacked by canines or sprayed with water hoses but, many of the things happening today are just as bad, just under a different name. “…Some of those names are debt/deficit reduction and sequestration that come at the cost of seniors, the education of children, voting rights and affirmative action.” On Jan. 13, 1913, 22 women at Howard University founded the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority during a time of great tribulation for African Americans: the gains of

Reconstruction had been whittled away, sapping away Blacks’ political and economic strength; Jim Crow had begun to cast its dark shadow across the nation; Black men and women were being lynched by the dozens and Black women were still not allowed to vote. Those 22 founders responded by promoting academic excellence as a way out of debilitating ignorance and poverty, meeting the needs of the underprivileged and joining the Women’s Suffrage March in Washington, D.C., in March 1913 among other actions. That’s the kind of pioneering, get-up-andgo spirit that needs to be maintained today, Rep. Fudge said at the same event which honored the sorority’s founders. “It is critical to the success of this nation and the welfare of its people now and during the next 100 years to remain relevant as individuals and as organizations. We must evolve,” the sorority member said. “Let’s be more than we can be.”

July 6, 2013 - July 12, 2013, The Afro-American

HBCU NEWS

Florida A&M Marching Band Cleared to Perform By Zenitha Prince Special to the AFRO

Florida A&M University’s now infamous Marching 100 Band is free to march again Interim President Larry Robinson announced June 27 that the school is lifting a suspension imposed in the wake of the hazing death of drum major Robert Champion, according to Tallahassee, Fla. ABC affiliate WXTL. Champion, 26, was found dead in a bus parked outside an Orlando, Fla., hotel after a football game on Nov. 19, 2011. The drum major’s torso was covered in bruises, which investigators said were inflicted by bandmates who brutally pummeled him with fists, feet, straps and sticks, which contributed to his collapse. The death was ruled a homicide. Thirteen band members were charged in Champion’s death; two have already been sentenced to probation. The band, known for performing at presidential inaugurations and Super Bowls, has been barred from performing since the death. The incident also resulted in the retirement of band director Julian White and

contributed to the resignation of university president James Ammons. The university recently hired Sylvester Young—a FAMU alumnus and former director of the Ohio University marching band—as the Marching 100’s new leader. During the press conference, Robinson also detailed changes the school had made to combat hazing including new academic standards for band members, new procedures for reporting and investigating hazing allegations, a website called StopHazingFAMU.com, campus forums on hazing, a zero-tolerance policy and more. “It has helped us to respond more swiftly and decisively to any allegations of hazing and any university group, emphasizing our board’s policy of zero tolerance towards hazing,” Robinson said, according to the Associated Press. The band has already begun practicing, the president said, and they expect to make their official return when the football season opens in September, according to the AP. “We are looking at the faculty who will be involved in the band under the new structure, the maximum and minimum sizes of musical units needed for standard of excellence we’ve

51 UMES Student Athletes Honored on MEAC Commissioner’s All-Academic Team A myriad of student-athletes from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore have earned a place on the 2013 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Commissioner’s AllAcademic Team. To earn all-academic honors, studentathletes of sophomore academic standing or higher must maintain a cumulative gradepoint average of 3.0 or better through the 2012-13 season. 51 UMES student-athletes were inducted into the team.

“I am excited to highlight the 882 student-athletes who maintained a 3.0 or better grade point average during the 2012-13 academic school year,” MEAC Commissioner Dennis E. Thomas said in a statement. “I would like to commend the administrators, athletic academic support staff and personnel, coaches, institutions, and parents for their contributions to the academic success of these studentathletes.”

Delaware State University Celebrates Name Change Anniversary On July 1, Delaware State University celebrated its 20th anniversary as being a fullfledged university. In 1993, the institution changed its name from Delaware State College to Delaware State University thanks to a legislation signed by former Gov. Thomas R. Carper. The milestone took place in the institution’s 102th year of existence and was primarily attributed to the presidencies of Dr. Jerome Holland (1953-1960), Dr. Luna I. Mishoe (1960-1987) and Dr. Williams B. DeLauder (1987-2003), who guided the institution from its challenging years of the early 1950s to becoming a prominent state university. Now in its 122nd year, DSU is now ranked

13th among Historically Black Colleges and Universities, according to the annual survey by U.S. News and World Report. Currently the University offers 52 bachelor’s degree programs, 25 master’s degree programs and five doctoral degree programs. The University’s research portfolio continues to soar in the areas of optics, neuroscience, chemistry, natural resources programs, agriculture and other disciplines as well. Optics and Neuroscience faculty have attracted more than $25 million in grants in the last three years. Twenty years ago, DSU’s enrollment was 3,301. By the fall 2012, the student population DSU had grown to 4,425. The institution was established in 1891 as the State College for Colored Students; the state legislature changed its name to Delaware State College in 1947.

In this Oct. 8, 2011 file photo, Florida A&M Marching 100 Drum Major Robert Champion performs during a performance at halftime of the game against Howard University. AP Photo

grown accustom to. We are also assessing equipment, uniforms, pre-drill activities and other related processes to determine our readiness,” said Young, according to WXTL. “As soon as the assessment is completed, we will announce when the first public performance is scheduled.” Champion’s parents decried the university’s decision, saying there is no evidence that the anti-hazing measures are working. Pam Champion told the AP that there have been several other hazing incidents at FAMU since her son’s death. “We have to look at what has been done and whether what has been done is effective enough. They don’t know. They’ve been forced to put something in place, but there is no proof that what they have in place ... is effective,” she said. “I’d like to understand the rush to get that band back on the field. What is that real rush? What is your real priority here?”

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The Afro-American, July 6, 2013 - July 12, 2013

HEALTH

HIV Infection Rates Decline Among Black Women By Zenitha Prince Special to the AFRO Following National HIV Testing Day on June 27, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offered some encouraging news: for the first time in a decade, the HIV infection rate among Black women declined. Between 2008 and 2010, the latest available data, the incidence rate among that group fell a healthy 21 percent, the agency said. “It’s probably a little too early to declare victory,” said Donna Hubbard McCree, associate director for Health Equity in the CDC’s Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, told The Root. “But are we evolving as the epidemic evolves? Are we cautiously optimistic? I’d have to say yes.” Health officials attributed the improvement to outreach efforts which targeted those who had not previously been tested. Between 2007 and 2010, free HIV testing was made available at clinics and nontraditional sites in 25 communities with particularly elevated HIV infection rates through the $102.3 million Expanded Testing Initiative. Of the 2.78 million people tested,

30,000 came back positive. “It is beyond refreshing and rewarding to see our campaigns have that sort of impact,” McCree said. “But I think that what we are seeing with Black women and HIV infections, if it holds as we get the 2011 and 2012 data, may also be about what I say is a growing understanding, a fact-based understanding, about risk.” Black women have long borne a disproportionately high HIV infection rate, and while the new CDC data is a ray of light, the situation overall remains gloomy. Black women accounted for 13 percent of all new HIV infections in the United States in 2010 and nearly two-thirds (64 percent) of all new infections among women. They also outpaced the rates of women of other races and ethnicities. The rate of new HIV infections among Black women in 2010 (6,100) was 20 times that of White women and nearly five times that of Hispanic women—and those rates reflected a widening disparity. In the CDC’s previous incidence analysis, the HIV infection rate among Black women was 15 times that of White women and more than three times that of Hispanic women. The disproportionate impact is equally present among Black men, who accounted for almost one-third (31 percent) of all new HIV infections in the United States in 2010, or 14,700. The rate of new infections among Black men was the highest of any group by race and sex — more than six times that of White men. An overwhelming majority (72 percent) of infections among Black men were among those engaging in sex with other men. Together, Black men and women bear the greatest burden of HIV in the United States. Though African Americans comprise approximately 14 percent of the total U.S. population, they accounted for almost half (44 percent) of all new HIV infections in 2010.

COMMUNITY CONNECTION July 4 ‘Motown: The Musical’ at A Capitol Fourth West Lawn of U.S. Capitol, N.E. D.C. 8 p.m. The cast of the Broadway hit “Motown: The Musical” will perform at this event, which offers an evening of patriotic and uplifting music followed by a stunning display of fireworks over the Washington Monument. For more information: kennedy-center.org. July 8 Monday Night Open Mic Variety Show Signature Blue Events, 337 Brightseat Road, Hyattsville, Md. 6:30 p.m. Enjoy comedy, songs, dance, poetry, music, mime storytelling, speakers and more at this open mic event. For more information: 301-385-9238. Safe Summer: I am Beautiful, Collages & Beats Workshop Kentland Community Center, 2411 Pinebrook Ave., Landover, Md. 10 p.m. This workshop

will show young ladies how to build self-esteem and confidence. Also make collages and your own tracks. For more information: 301-386-2278. July 10 Honoring the Ladies of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Bolling Air Force Base Officers Club, 50 Theisen St., S.W. D.C. 7 p.m. The Ernest E. Just Foundation will honor the ladies of Delta Sigma Theta for their service to our national defense. Photo ID is required at entry gate. $60. For more information: honoringdeltats.eventbrite.com. Leaders of the New School: Hip Hop Career Fair & Discussion Panel THEARC Theater, 1901 Mississippi Ave., S.E. D.C. 2:30 p.m. Check out resources, professionals and opportunities for youth and young adults interested in taking their love of hip hop to the next level. Receive information regarding hip hop education, careers and internships. For more information: Thearcdc.org.

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July 6, 2013 - July 12, 2013, The Afro-American

OPINION

Standing Up for Our Voting Rights

Until its June 25 decision in the Shelby County v. Holder voting rights case, the Supreme Court had respected the express constitutional authority granted to the Congress by the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments. It had been clear that voting rights legislation would be upheld against facial attacks as long as the congressional legislation was rationally related to enforcement of the Fifteenth Amendment’s constitutional guarantees. However, in its appalling June 25 assertion of judicial activism, a slim 5-4 Supreme Court majority all but usurped the exclusive power of Congress to legislatively protect our civil rights. Consider these facts. For Americans of color, the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to our Constitution (commonly known at the “Civil War Amendments”) are at the heart of American citizenship, equality and freedom. Each of those amendments concludes by vesting in the Congress of the United States the “power to enforce” these guarantees of citizenship “by appropriate legislation.” The explicit delegation of that power of enforcement to the Congress –and not to the Supreme Court – reflected the 19th century Rep. Elijah failures by the Supreme Court where slavery, citizenship, due process, Cummings equal protection and the suffrage were concerned. Then, and now, the power of voting was the key. It remains the essential guardian of a free, equal and democratic society. Since 1965, Congress and five presidents have acted to create or preserve our nation’s core legislative guarantee that we will “ensure that the right of all citizens to vote, including the right to register to vote and cast meaningful votes, is preserved and protected as guaranteed by the Constitution.” On four occasions prior to Shelby County, the U.S. Supreme Court had upheld the constitutionality of the judgments that we in the Congress have made – including our judgment that the Section 5 “preclearance” requirements of the Voting Rights Act are essential to maintaining equal voting rights for all Americans. As recently as 2006, we in the Congress reaffirmed our judgment that Section 5 remains vital to ensure that minority voters have free and full access to the polls in the jurisdictions affected. In so doing, we considered an extensive factual record – a record that was found to be especially significant by the lower federal courts that have reviewed the Shelby County challenge to Section 5. We held 21 hearings, received the testimony of more than 90 witnesses, and reviewed more than 15,000 pages of supporting materials.

Specifically, Congress found ample evidence of voting discrimination in the jurisdictions covered by Section 5, including intentional discrimination as documented by continued disparities in registration and turnout; low levels of minority elected officials; the number of Section 5 enforcement actions since 1982; the amount of Section 2 litigation; and evidence of racially polarized voting. Our judgments in 2006 have been proven well-founded. During the 2012 presidential campaign, Section 5’s preclearance process led South Carolina officials to reinterpret a photo ID law to reduce its discriminatory effect. It also blocked a stringent Texas photo ID law that would have had a retrogressive effect on minority voters’ access to the ballot. Likewise, recent litigation arising from Texas’ redistricting validates Congress’ concern that intentional racial discrimination in voting continues to pose a credible threat to the rights of minority voters. In short, the Supreme Court in Shelby County was presented with an abundant record justifying the continued application of the Section 5 “preclearance requirements” to Alabama and the other affected jurisdictions – clearly enough to pass muster under the Court’s “rationally related” test. As Justice Ginsburg observed in dissent (joined by Justices Breyer, Sotomayor and Kagan): “The question this case presents is who decides whether, as currently operative, Section 5 remains justifiable, this Court, or a Congress charged with the obligation to enforce the post-Civil War Amendments ‘by appropriate legislation.’” In my view, the “conservative” majority in Shelby County no longer deserves that appellation after engaging in the most egregious act of judicial activism since the Bush v. Gore decision that decided the 2000 presidential election. Acting in the wake of 2011 redistricting plans and 2012 civil rights violations, the Shelby County majority has thrust the issue of equal and universal voting rights back into the forefront of our national legislative debates. The Congress must act, swiftly and effectively, to repair what the Supreme Court has injured, legislating the factual determinations needed to re-energize the Voting Rights Act’s preclearance requirement. The U.S. Department of Justice must closely examine the judicial record in recent voting rights cases to determine which states can and should be required by our federal courts to submit (“opt in”) to preclearance status. Most important of all, Americans who believe in equal voting rights should now be doing all that we can to assure that no citizen is denied the right to register and vote. It is imperative that we correct the Supreme Court’s judicial failure. Our most fundamental civil right is at stake. U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings represents Maryland’s Seventh Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives.

The Supreme Court Restricted the Voting Rights Act: What We Must Do The Voting Rights Act has been described as the “crown jewel” of civil rights legislation. Its passage was secured with the courage, grit and blood of activists throughout the south, like Fannie Lou Hamer http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/sayitplain/flhamer. html who endured beating simply for trying to register to vote in Mississippi, Medgar Evers http://www. npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/06/12/190998770/50-years-later-medgar-evers-widow-relives-the-pain who was murdered by a white supremacist, students Goodman, Cheney & Schwerner http://www.history. com/this-day-in-history/slain-civil-rights-workers-found who went missing at the start of Freedom Summer 49 years ago, and black voters in Selma, Alabama, who were beaten on the Edmund Pettus Bridge http://www.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/133semo/133selma.htm. It’s hard to imagine a piece of legislation with a greater pedigree and for which more people have fought and died than the Voting Rights Act. And yet in a 5-4 decision in a case called Shelby County, Alabama v. Holder http://www. supremecourt.gov/opinions/12pdf/12-96_6k47.pdf , the Supreme Court struck down last week a key provision of the Act. Under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, Congress designated particular jurisdictions is the U.S. that must obtain permission from a federal authority (either the Dept. of Justice or a federal court) before they enact voting changes that might have the effect of discriminating against minority voters. The jurisdictions http://www.justice.gov/crt/about/ vot/sec_5/covered.php are largely located in the south, although several boroughs in New York, parts of Alaska and Arizona are included as well. The formula which designates the jurisdictions to be covered is set out in Section 4 of the Act. The Court has declared that Section 4 unconstitutional. This essentially hollows out the foundation of Section 5. The Court’s decision is a shocking usurpation of power from the Congress, which in 2006 held hearings over the course of 9 months, heard from almost 100 witnesses and amassed a 15,000 record. The result of Congress’ searching inquiry was its determination that voting discrimination continued in the jurisdictions identified in Section 4 of the Act. In fact, the record was replete with examples of voting discrimination in those areas. For example, Congress found that the City of Calera in Shelby County, Alabama discriminated in 2008 when they reduced the black population in the sole majority black council district from 70% to 29% African American. Congress learned that in 2003 once blacks won a majority of seats on the Charleston, South Carolina school board, Charleston County proposed switching from single-member district to at-large voting for the council, and failed to inform any of the black members of the school board of the proposed change. In 2001 in Kilmichael, MS, the all-white town council decided to simply cancel the town’s election, once a number of blacks decided to run, and data showed that the jurisdiction had become majority black in population. In each of these cases Section 5 prevented the discriminatory plans from reaching fruition. Today that

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protection has been removed, by a five-member majority on the Court that substituted its judgment for the record painstakingly amassed by Congress. This decision is devastating for minority voters in cities, towns, and counties all over this country. In essence, the voting protections of 48 years have been removed with a stroke of the Court’s pen. Just as an example of how emboldened southern jurisdictions are likely to become, within hours of the decision, the Attorney General of Texas said on twitter ohttp://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/06/ texas-advances-voter-id-law-after-supreme-court-ruling.php that Texas’ then-pending voter i.d. law, which has been called the most onerous in the nation and that is currently in litigation under section 5, will be enforced “immediately.” Officials from other southern jurisdictions followed suit, announcing plans to impose voting practices that would have been outlawed by section 5 of the Act before the Court’s decision. Without section 5, we will have to file costly and time-consuming litigation. Local jurisdictions will be able to go forward with discriminatory voting changes while we wait for court rulings. Now we have to act. The NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund has been fighting voting discrimination for more than 50 years, and we won’t stop now. If you live in the South or in a jurisdiction formerly covered by section 5, tell us about any voting changes happening in your community. The Court struck down section 4 of the Act and in effect removed the power of Section 5, but the rest of the Act still provides protections for minority voters. The Voting Rights Act is not dead. But without section 5, you are our eyes and ears. Go to our website at www. naacpldf.org to “Take Action,” email us at vote@naacpldf.org, or call the Election Protection hotline shared by national civil rights groups at 1-866-OUR-VOTE. Call your representative in Congress and tell them that they must fix the Voting Rights Act. Tell them they must act now to restore protections to minority voters in the south. Organize your plans this summer to join us for the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington on August 24th in Washington, D.C. We need a massive mobilization to show America that we will not go back on voting rights. Contact the National Action Network at http://nationalactionnetwork.net/mow/ for more information. We can win this. But to win, we will need to be in the courts, in the streets, on the airwaves and in the halls of Congress. Starting now. (a version of this article appeared in TheRoot, an online publication of the Washington Post) Sherrilyn A. Ifill is the President & Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF). LDF represented black voters in Shelby County, Alabama in the case decided by the Supreme Court this week. Find us at www.naacpldf.org Twitter Sifill_LDF

The State of Equality and Justice in America

On a Path Toward Re-segregation There are demographic changes occurring in the United States that will change politics and public policy and make this country a Davis A. Bositis more humane and equitable place. In another 20 to 30 years the U.S. will be a majority-minority country and White supremacy will be a discredited idea of the past. But we are not living in that future time. And for African-Americans, more than half of whom live in the southern states, the facts do not speak to a just or equitable society. Black unemployment is twice that of Whites. The average Black income is much less. Black family financial assets are one-twentieth that of Whites. There are large racial disparities in health and access to health care; much higher high school drop-out rates for African-Americans and, of course, much higher incarceration rates. The gains that African-Americans have seen since the Civil Rights Movement were substantially built on Black votes and civic participation. But there are many who would oppose the progress and promise the future holds. This week, the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Shelby County v. Holder opened the door to widespread efforts in the South to diminish minority voting rights. By invalidating Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act, the court has effectively eliminated Section 5 federal oversight. The current U.S. House of Representatives will almost certainly NOT provide a new definition for Section 4 coverage, and so Section 5 is out for the foreseeable future. By next year’s midterm elections, there will likely be photo identification laws operative in all the southern states, and Blacks and Hispanics are much more likely than Whites to lack government-issued photo IDs. The changes will not only involve photo identification laws. There will be a headlong rush to change election laws across Section 5 jurisdictions in order to discourage minority voters. This will involve not only state governments but local ones as well. Section 2 is still in effect, but with no preclearance provisions. What this means is that all sorts of election changes will be put into effect to diminish minority votes--moving and relocating polling places, changing hours and the mechanics of voting--not to mention extralegal intimidation - without federal intervention. Even when these changes are successfully challenged, the minority community’s preferred candidate may still lose, and the Section 2 cases are likely to result in consent decrees where the opposing side

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agrees not to do the same thing (actions to discourage minority voters) again - at least until the next election. The results of elections - even unfair elections - are rarely undone. Following the election of President Obama, some political observers--mostly conservative ones-suggested that the United States was now a post-racial society. At the present time, five years later, in the region of the country where a majority of African- Americans live, the South, there is strong statistical evidence that politics is resegregating with African-Americans once again excluded from power and representation. Black voters and elected officials have less influence now than at any time since the Civil Rights Movement. Less than a handful of the 320 Black state legislators in the South serve in the majority in their legislative chambers. And southern state constitutions invest in the state legislatures’ power over all aspects of government in those states, including local government. Conservative Whites control all of the political power there, and they are adopting policies neglectful of the needs of minorities-- in health care, education, employment--and in some cases downright hostile to the rights of African-Americans , e.g., the assault on voting rights through photo identification laws and other means. Last month, the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies published a report based on a survey of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina (the five Deep South states with the proportionally largest black populations) on attitudes toward Medicaid expansion. Majorities of the populations in all five states, and large majorities of African-Americans in those states, favored expansion. The state legislatures in those five states oppose expansion, and the disproportionally uninsured Black populations of those states will suffer the consequences. Has the United States become a more just and equitable society? Almost 50 years ago, Robert F. Kennedy gave a speech at the 1964 Democratic National Convention where he quoted from one of his brother’s favorite poets “…but I have promises to keep and miles to go before I sleep, and miles to go before I sleep….” David A. Bositis, Ph.D., is a senior research associate for the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies and an expert on voting and Black political participation in America.

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Book Review

‘O Say Can You See’ May Not Mean the Same for Blacks By Ron Taylor AFRO Editor As America celebrates its 237th birthday, it is hard to imagine the nation’s capital in its infancy, much less as a Southern town that, 20 years before the Civil War, could count more free Blacks than slaves among its 20,000 residents. But that’s the setting for A Snow Storm in August, a riveting account of the 1835 race riot in Washington, D.C. and its aftermath. The story centers on the pivotal role of ex-slave Beverly Snow, an ambitious, resourceful restaurateur when race-inspired violence gripped the then-mud caked capital city that was swaddled in immorality and drunkenness. At the time, Whites were insecure about --and threatened by –the swelling ranks of free, Black, residents, many of them ex-slaves, in a town of 20,000 inhabitants in which slave markets still lined the two-mile route connecting the White House and the U.S. Capitol. So when, on a hot August night, drunken slave Arthur Bowen, 18, was found in the bedroom of his owner Anna Thornton just a few blocks away from the White House, wielding an axe, it is easy to understand what fueled D.C.’s first race riot. After all, just four years earlier, Nat Turner had, 180 miles south of Washington in Southampton County, Va., led a rebellion by a band of runaway slaves that resulted in the axe deaths of at least 50 white people before the rebels were rounded up and hanged by local authorities. But that’s not the only reason to pick up Jefferson Morley’s extraordinary narrative of life in Washington during a period that could be labeled “Founding Fathers Behaving Badly.” There

is the account of Francis Scott Key, author of the lines “…land of the free and the home of the brave…,” that, applied to the melody of an English drinking song, made up the “Star Spangled Banner.” Key, President Andrew Jackson’s nominee as Washington’s District Attorney, argued in favor of slavery and defended against an assault charge former congressman and future Tennessee governor and Texas president Sam Houston who pummeled a member of the House of Representatives on a Washington street. Key prosecuted Bowen for attempted murder after the slave fled from the boudoir of Anna Thornton that hot August night, just ahead of a mob that then turned on Beverly Snow, the ex-slave from Lynchburg whose affable nature, culinary skills and good looks were envied by many in Washington, where he had established a thriving restaurant business. But Key also fought the good fight against the mob of drunken immigrants who wanted to lynch Bowen but, turned aside by a contingent of Marines from the Navy Yard, turned their blood lust onto Snow. Key’s approach is in contrast to his reputation as a White supremacist. White supremacist Henry Clay also plays a role in the animus against Blacks. Morley writes: “While the supporters of colonization prided themselves on their humanitarianism toward Negroes, theirs was a benevolence wrapped in a prejudice that Henry Clay voiced as well as any man. Clay especially reviled those Africans in America who had managed to gain their legal freedom. ‘Of all classes of our population, the most vicious is that of the free colored,’ Clay liked to say. ‘Contaminated themselves, they extend their vices to all around them.’ The hatred of Blacks was linked to, but not limited to, their impact on wages and to the belief that Blacks were inferior to Whites. But Beverly Snow believed that the future for Blacks in Washington was bright. “The capital beckoned not as a promised land but as a refuge, a haven where a colored man just might have room enough to prove himself,” Morley writes. It was a vision that he was unable to realize until after escaping a mob and winding up in Toronto, Ontario years later.

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Bowie State University’s commencement exercises Jeff Majors, Freddie Jackson, Jeane May 17 included an Honorary Carne and Maysa Leak collaborated Doctor of Letters degree with Valerie Simpson, backed by the Clarence Knight Orchestra awarded to the music act of Nicholas Ashford and Valerie Simpson. Bowie Freddie Jackson State recently established giving Simpson a kiss and the Ashford and Simpson hug after his Endowed Music Scholarship performance Fund as a platform for aspiring artists. Freddie Jackson, Maysa Leak, Jeff Jacqueline Sales, chair of Majors, Jean Carne, the Bowie State University Valerie Simpson smiling gracefully after and the Clarence Foundation giving remarks at closing the tribute with song Knight the end of the program Orchestra performed in honor of Simpson, who, as surviving member of the duo, accepted the degree recognizing the body of work left by her and her late husband.of in a Andrea “Aunni” Young, AFRO private tribute, held at the Fine Maysa Leak, formerly of reporter, greeting President and Performing Arts Center on the band Icognito Mickey L. Burnim at the private the Bowie State campus. VIP reception for Ms. Simpson Courtesy Photos

Bowie State President Mickey L. Burnim presenting Valerie Simpson with an honorary degree

Mistress of Ceremonies Sheila Stewart, Radio One personality

A packed house enjoyed the musical tribute.

Michelle Lyons, Lonise Bias and Renee’ Allen greeting guests

A toast to Sheila for her 25 plus years in the media business

University Advancement Vice President Michael C. Rogers, UDC Alumni Society President Alton B. Byrd and alumni group executive director Felicia Murphy-Phillips

Proclamation presented to Dr. James Lyon, UDC president (L), and Jerome Shelton, member of Board of Trustees

Donnell Jones, Calvin Rice, Paul Smith, Dr. James Lyons, Jerome Shelton

The 50th anniversary for 1963 graduates Jerome Shelton, UDC Board of Trustees; William A. of D.C. Teacher’s Hutchins, Class ‘63; Myrtle V. Lawson, Class’63; Dr. College, one of the James Lyons, UDC president; Panchita Bello, Class predecessors of the ‘63; Judith Terra, UDC Foundation Board; Particia University of District Cassell McCrimmon, Class ‘63; UDC Alumni Society of Columbia, was President Alton B. Byrd; Gerald celebrated in a Golden Jubilee brunch May B. Boyd Sr, Class ‘63; Donnell 19 at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, Jones, president, Undergraduate Student Government Association D.C. Golden Jubilee Medals were presented to five members of the class in attendance. Graduates of UDC and the three D.C. higher education institutions that were combined to create the current university, along with the school’s staff members are being encouraged to participate in the campaign Longtime friends of UDC: Dr. to fund construction of an addition to the James Stokes, Connie Stokes main campus that is to complement the and President Dr. James Lyons new student union building now under construction. Photos by Jacqui Daughtry-Miller

Sheila Stewart, known throughout the Washington region as Ms. Community, was applauded recently for her contributions as a broadcaster. The tribute, held at the Newton White Mansion Eric Bowman, Glenn Ivey, Marvin Dickerson, Walter Kirkland, Darnell Lee and Edgar Brookins in Prince George’s County, Md., included salutes by Robert and Jackie Griffin II; James Brown’s daughter, Deanna Brown; Maryland legislators Jolene Ivey and Melony Griffith and Prince George’s County State’s Attorney Angela Alsobrooks. Photos by Rob Roberts

Montgomery County Councilmember George Leventhal presents a Proclamation to Sheila Stewart

Sheila Stewart (center) with family and friends

Md. State legislators Jolene Ivey (left) and Melony Griffith presents a citation to Sheila

Jackie and Robert Griffin, II, parents of RGIII

Darryl Barnes, Michelle Lyons, Edgar Brookins, Paulisha Tuggles, Alverta and Darnell Lee

Steve Swann and Anisha Newbill sing a special tribute to Sheila Stewart

Two Delta ladies: Prince George’s County State’s Attorney Angela Alsobrooks and DeGloria Hallman

Sister to Sister Network presents some special gifts to Sheila

Maj. Gen. (Ret) and Mrs. John R. Hawkins, III entering the reception area

The James Brown Tribute Band plays some of the Godfather’s well known hits including “I Feel Good”

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SPORTS

AFRO Sports Desk Faceoff

Will Otto Porter Push the Wizards into the Playoffs Next Season?

Riley: It doesn’t all rest on Porter but if this team can make a few offseason moves (such as re-signing Martell Webster) and is fortunate enough to get a clean bill of health next year, then they could easily make the playoffs. After Wall returned midseason from a knee injury, the team had an above .500 record at one point until a rash of even more injuries to Wall’s teammates caused them to end the season on a six-game losing streak. Washington needs to stay healthy first and foremost. They need Nene, Wall, Webster, Trevor Ariza and Bradley Beal to stay on the court. If they can manage to get some luck in that regard, Porter and maybe even rookie swingman Glen Rice Jr. should be enough to allow them to vie for a postseason position.

Riley: One thing that the Wizards have over a few of those teams which you didn’t mention is point guard play. Wall showed over the last few months of the season that he may have a breakout campaign next year. And while Cleveland’s Kyrie Irving is already an All-Star, the Cavaliers don’t have the depth that Washington has as of right now. Their depth is obviously contingent on Webster re-signing, but if he AP Photo does you’re talking about a Washington Wizards 2013 top NBA draft team that could literally be two pick Otto Porter speaks during a news conference at the players deep at every position Verizon Center. except for power forward. Out of the teams in the East that didn’t make the playoffs last year, the Wizards may have the best combination of youth and veteran leadership on their side. The odds are in their favor.

Green: The Wizards haven’t qualified for the playoffs since 2008, and I don’t see it happening in 2014. The team is slowly stockpiling players on their roster, but every player they pick up is either a glorified role player or an underdeveloped prospect. Right now, if I had to pick a team to make the Eastern Conference playoffs that didn’t make it last year, I would go with the Philadelphia 76ers, who recently reshuffled its roster with a couple of savvy moves in the draft. Philly traded young All-Star point guard Jrue Holiday, but they picked up two rookie prospects with a ton of upside in 7-foot center Nerlens Noel and 6-foot, 6-inch point guard Michael Carter-Williams (MCW). Noel could turn out to be the next Marcus Camby and MCW has the makings of the next Penny Hardaway. Toronto should also be better as Rudy Gay gets more acclimated and the Cleveland Cavs are also on the rise with young star Kyrie Irving. We simply can’t slide Washington into the playoffs so easily when they still lack star power.

Green: Cleveland’s roster, despite the lack of quality depth, looks pretty enticing on paper and they’ve done a nice job rebuilding since LeBron James skipped town. Washington’s roster is filled with solid role players but I just see other teams with better coaches and management and better stars who could trump Washington for a playoff spot. The top five spots are probably already accounted for by Miami, Indiana, Chicago, Brooklyn and the New York Knicks, and I wouldn’t be surprised if Milwaukee made it back, which would leave only two spots available. Is Washington ready for a playoff appearance after being so horrible and at times, even unwatchable, for the past few seasons? I don’t know. But what I do know is that the Wizards didn’t exactly show critics, coaches or even fans that they should be counted on for next summer’s playoff party. If anything, it may take another two to three years before we’ll see them in the postseason.

By Perry Green and Stephen D. Riley Another season brought another lottery selection for the Washington Wizards. After collecting John Wall and Bradley Beal in recent drafts, Washington nabbed Georgetown small forward Otto Porter with the third pick in the NBA Draft June 27, making him the newest member of a growing collection of talented perimeter players. But after finishing 29-53 last season and earning a fifth straight lottery appearance; next season, the time will be for the team to start winning. Porter, a 6-foot, 9-inch “Swiss Army knife,” is expected to translate his all-around game to professional hardwood, and help the Wizards avoid what would be a sixth consecutive losing season next year. But will Porter be enough to push Washington into the playoffs? Perry Green and Stephen D. Riley of the AFRO Sports Desk debate the question.

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ARTS & CULTURE

Hot Comic Dazzles at Madison Square Garden

Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain

up his private life for public scrutiny. Employing the recurring theme, “Don’t judge me, let me explain,” he reflects upon subjects ranging from being happily-divorced (“I cheated. Do I regret it? No!”), to whether he likes dark-skinned girls (Yes), to humping a bean bag while on Ecstasy, to dating advice (“The only thing you don’t want in your house is a female who doesn’t trust you.”). Be forewarned, Kevin curses liberally and gratuitously sprinkles in the N-word occasionally for further dramatic effect. The personal anecdotes he relates are routinely engaging with satisfying payoffs, the only disappointment being that the picture only lasts less than an hour if you subtract all the time devoted to audience reaction shots. Nevertheless, you know a comedian has arrived when his punch lines are periodically punctuated by pyrotechnics on stage. And you know he’s still humble enough to remember where he came from when tears can be seen streaming down his face as he takes bows at Madison Square Garden.

Film Review By Kam Williams Move over Chris Rock, Eddie Murphy, Steve Harvey and Katt Williams, the hottest black comic around right now is Kevin Hart. The diminutive, 5’ 2” funnyman has skyrocketed to the heights of showbiz ladder lately, making myriad memorable performances on both TV and film. This year on TV alone, he’s hosted Saturday Night Live and launched a sitcom spoofing reality shows called Real Husbands of Hollywood. On the big screen, he can currently be caught in the ensemble comedy This Is the End, which comes close on the heels of hits like Think Like a Man and The Five-Year Engagement. Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain is a concert flick featuring the best of his recent concert tour across North America and Europe, with stops at Vancouver, Toronto, Oslo, Copenhagen and Amsterdam and Birmingham, England. But the bulk of the material was captured on camera in front of a standing-room-only crowd at Madison Square Garden, the final stop on the circuit. Kevin’s irreverent brand of observational humor involves opening

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The “World War Z” Interview with Kam Williams

Born in on May 13, 1971, veteran South African actor Fana Mokoena garnered worldwide acclaim for his powerful portrayal of General Augustin Bizimungu opposite RottenTomatoes Oscar-nominees Don Fana Mokoena Cheadle and Sophie Okonedo in Hotel Rwanda. He previously worked with World War Z director Marc Forster on Machine

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Gun Preacher where he played John Garang, leader of the Sudanese People’s Liberation Army. Fana’s other film credits include supporting roles in Safe House, Inside Story, State of Violence and Man on Ground, for which he received an Africa Movie Academy Award. Here, he talks about his latest outing opposite Brad Pitt in World War Z where he reunites with Forster as U.N. Deputy Secretary General Thierry Umutoni. Kam Williams: Hi Fana, thanks for the interview. Fana Mokoena: Thank you. KW: How is Madiba’s [Nelson Mandela] health holding up? FM: I’m seriously worried about him

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FM: That it was a brave stab at the Zombie genre. We haven’t seen one at this scale, and I immediately saw how it was going to work. KW: How was it working with director Marc Forster? FM: He trusted me with the work, and I found that refreshing. It helps you grow. KW: What was it like acting opposite an icon like Brad Pitt? FM: Awesome! Awe-inspiring! Awestriking! It was incredible to watch him work.

KW: How would you describe your character, Thierry Umutoni? FM: As a measured character. Harddriven, but kind and compassionate. No drama. KW: How did you prepare for the role? FM: I first had to read the book to cover my basics. Then I had to understand the world of the zombie, and familiarize myself with what the end of the world means to my character personally. KW: What message do you think people will take away from the film? FM: I hope they take away the overarching message that the end of the world is all our responsibility. See more on afro.com

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FAITH

Thousands gathered for the 2013 International AIM Convention in Baltimore this week, to learn more about ministry through auxiliary departments.

Lady Elect Rita Womack ministers to women gathered to learn the finer points of spreading the gospel as missionaries.

Ethan Batise, 6, receives his admission wristbands to participate in basketball games and the relay races offered for physical strength in addition to the spiritual training.

Traveling from near and far, (left to right) Annissa Obasi, of The Potter’s House in Dallas, and Abrella Rawls, Vanessa Downing, and Dorothy Anne Downing of Huntsville, Alabama’s True Light Church of God in Christ attend the AIM Convention.

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International AIM Chairman, Superintendent Linwood Dillard, introduces the speaker for the first night of the convention.

Some of the youngest members of Mt. Airy C.O.G.I.C. get a taste of Baltimore at the AIM Convention from their hometown of Philadelphia. (front) Andrea Rogers, 9, and Kayla Thomas, (back) Darris Massey, 16, Janae King, 18, and Brandi Thomas, 16.

Thousands descended upon the Baltimore Convention Center for the weeklong Auxiliaries in Ministry Convention, held by the Church of God In Christ denomination to further outreach and ministry work among members. Young and old could be seen in the highest of fashion Monday night as Charm City’s own Pastor Carl A. Pierce Sr., of Carter Memorial Church of God in Christ, gave the opening sermon July 1. The opening night was followed several days of workshops for member youths, those committed to mission work, and participants in the music and Sunday school ministries. Aside from receiving an outpouring of spiritual guidance and education, attendees also used the time to catch up on the latest fashions- and with friends, some of whom are only seen at other Church of God in Christ Conventions around the world. “It’s a good experience because you get to see and hear from people with different backgrounds,” said 16-year-old Darris Massey, also a member of Mt. Airy C.O.G.I.C. The event will close on July 5, at 7p.m., where Presiding Bishop of the Church of God in Christ, Charles E. Blake, Sr., will deliver Members of the Church of God In Christ (COGIC) flooded the Baltimore Convention Center at 1 the closing sermon.

The Rev. William E. McMillan Jr., pastor of Rehoboth Ministries C.O.G.I.C. on Pimlico Road in Baltimore, delivers a sermon on weathering the storms of life.

Darius Willis, 25, of Bethel C.O.G.I.C. in Memphis, Tenn. mans a vending table for “The Whole Truth” a magazine published by the denomination.

West Pratt St. for the International Auxiliaries in Ministry Conference to register on Jul. 1.

Lakeisha Norman, marketing coordinator at Greater St. Mark C.O.G.I.C. in East St. Louis, Ill., takes a moment in between workshops with Mother Ramona Cornish, of Mt. Calvary C.O.G.I.C. in Washington Park, Ill., Greater St. Mark Pastor Mark Ratliff, David Wright, pastor of Brooklyn’s Grace Tabernacle C.O.G.I.C. in New York, Minister Shannon Norman Sr., media coordinator at Greater St. Mark, and Lady Vivian Ratliff.

Clayborn J. Lange, 47, takes time to visit tables of his fellow AIM vendors with nephew David I. Lark, 11.

Millie Hughes, of Magnolia, Del. sells home and car deodorizing rocks. Charles Hughes Jr. of Chicago’s Inspirational Deliverance Center C.O.G.I.C. gets cleaned up before service by Wade Menendez.

With more than five generations rooted in the Church of God in Christ, the Richardson family of Chester, Pa. represents their church, New Light Community C.O.G.I.C.

Jilisha Jonson (left) and Maria Kannard (right), from Atlanta, apply Bovanti Cosmetics to C.O.G.I.C. attendees.

Vice President of the Evangelism Department Clarence Sellers, left, and Bishop Michael Cole, vice president of the Missions Department are joined by the Bishop Carlis L. Moody, president of the International Department of Missions, Evangelist Rita Woman, First lady Rachel Hankerson, with husband, Elijah H. Hankerson III, president of the International Department of Evangelism and Elder Jimmie Glenn.

Hosted by the Baltimore Convention Center, members of the Church of God in Christ from around the world arrive for their weeklong AIM Convention. Photos by Alexis Taylor

Marketta Timmons, 17, of Jones Valley Community C.O.G.I.C. in Tyler, Texas, attends the International AIM Convention with fellow Texans, Chelsea Geter, 18, and Shemeca Scott, 21, of Kilgore, Texas.

From Elizabeth, N.J., Christopher Benson, 32, of Bethlehem Judah C.O.G.I.C. takes a moment with worship leader Marquis J. Cook, 29, of Trinity Temple C.O.G.I.C., located in Mt. Clair, N.J.

Superintendent Destry Bell, vice chairman of the General Council of Pastors and Elders, (left) with brother, Prince E. Bryant Jr., secretary of the organization.

Sid Oliver, music director at Mt. Airy C.O.G.I.C. in Philadelphia, with Saginaw, Mich. resident, Johnny Dukes, of Louis Temple C.O.G.I.C., Pastor Keith Crumpe of Whitlock Memorial C.O.G.I.C. in Detroit, MI, and Pastor James Wells, of Mt. Zion C.O.G.I.C., also in Saginaw.

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Brenda D. Webb, whose address is 3603 Copperville Way, Fort Washington MD 20744, was appointed personal representative of the OCEAN CITY, estate of Lois E. Williams, MARYLAND. Best who died on March 28, 2013 with a Will, and will serve selection of affordable without Court supervision. All rentals. unknown heirs and heirs Full/ partial weeks. Call whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their for FREE brochure. appearance in this proceedOpen daily. ing. Objections to such appointment (or to the proHoliday Real Estate. bate of decedent´s will) shall 1-800-638-2102. Online be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, reservations: N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, www.holidayoc.com D.C. 20001, on or before December 21, 2013. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a LEGAL NOTICES TYPESET: Tue Jun 18 13:44:56 EDT 2013 on copy to the undersigned, or before December 21, 2013, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs Superior Court of or legatees of the decedent the District of who do not receive a copy of District of Columbia this notice by mail within 25 PROBATE DIVISION days of its first publication Washington, D.C. shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, ad20001-2131 dress and relationship. Administration No. Date of Publication: 2013ADM557 June 21, 2013 Joseph Wheeler Bell, Sr. Name of newspaper: Decedent Afro-American NOTICE OF Washington Law Reporter APPOINTMENT, Brenda D. Webb NOTICE TO Personal CREDITORS Representative AND NOTICE TO TRUE TEST COPY UNKNOWN HEIRS TYPESET: Tue Jun 18 REGISTER OF WILLS Dwight H. Bell, whose 6/21, 6/28, 7/5

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2013ADM550 Lillian Dawson Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

Vera Campbell, whose address is 704 Columbia Road NW, Washington DC 20001, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Lillian Dawson, who died on April 24, 2013 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs a n d h e i r s w h o s e whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before December 21, 2013. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before December 21, 2013, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: June 21, 2013 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Vera Campbell Personal Representatives 202-483-1259 TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 6/21, 6/28, 7/5

Superior Court of the District of Columbia Civil Division Case No.13-0004116 IN RE: Louise Leonard Campbell Applicant ORDER OF PUBLICATION CHANGE OF NAME

Louise Leonard Campbell having filed an application for judgment changing Louise Leonard Campbell’s name to Loiuse Amanda Leonard and having applied to the court for an Order of Publication of the notice required by law in such cases; it is by the Court this 18th day of June 2013, hereby ORDERED, that a copy of this Order be published once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks, in The AfroAmerican Newspapers, a newspaper of general circulation of the District of Columbia; and it is further ORDERED, that the publication must began no later than 12 days after the filing of the application; and is further ORDERED, that the FINAL HEARING on this application to change name will be held in Judge-in-Chambers, Room 4220 in the District of Columbia at 500 Indiana Avenue NW Washington DC 20001, on the 18th day of August, 2013 at 3:15 p.m..If any person desires to oppose this application, that person or his or her attorney must be present at the hearing or file written detailed objections five (5) days in advance of the hearing with Judge-inChambers and mail a copy of the applicant or applicant’s counsel; and it is further ORDERED, the applicant 13:50:43 2013 for must sendEDT the application change of name of an adult and notice of final hearing to the applicant’s creditors personally or by registered or certified mail and show proof of service by filing the affidavit/declaration of service. SO ORDERED JUDGE 06/21, 06/28, 07/05/13

IN RE: Amitai Bezalel Bick-Raziel Applicant ORDER OF PUBLICATION CHANGE OF NAME Amitai Bezalel BickRaziel having filed a complaint for judgment changing Amitai Bezalel Bick Raziel’s name to Amitai Bezalel Bick Raziel and having applied to the court for an Order of Publication of the notice required by law in such cases; it is by the Court this 20th day of June 2013. ORDERED, that a copy of this Order be published once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks, in The Afro American Newspaper, a newspaper in general circulation of the District of Columbia; and it is further ORDERED, that publication must begin no later than 12 days after the filing of this application; and it is further ORDERED, that the FINAL HEARING on this application to change name of an adult will be held in Judge-inChambers, Room 4220 in the District of Columbia at 500 Indiana Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20001, on the 8th day of August 2013 at 2:30 p.m. If any person desires to oppose this application, that person or his or her attorney must be present at the hearing or file written detailed objections five (5) business days in advance of the hearing with Judgein-Chambers 18:31:41 EDT and 2013mail a copy to the applicant or applicant’s counsel; and it is further ORDERED, that the applicant must send the application for change of name of adult and notice of final hearing to the applicant’s creditors personally or by registered or certified mail and show proof of service by filing the affidavit/declaration of service JUDGE A TRUE COPY TEST:

TYPESET: Jun 25 06/29, 07/05,Tue 07/12/13 Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2013ADM590 Theresa Dorothy Miller Battle Decedent Kathy BrissetteMinus Esquire Law Office of Kathy Brissette-Minus, LLC 9701 Apollo Drive, Ste 230 Largo, MD 20774 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Robert Leon Battle, whose address is 1136 Barnaby Terrace, SE, Washington, DC 20032, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Theresa Dorothy Miller-Battle, who died on March 15, 2001 with a will, and will serve withCourt 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 Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . 20001, on or before December 28, 2013. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before December 28, 2013, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: June 28, 2013 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Robert Leon Battle Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 06/28, 07/05, 07/12/13

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Decedent Administration No. NOTICE OF 2013ADM580 APPOINTMENT, Superior Court of Earl E. Baker NOTICE TO the District of Decedent CREDITORS District of Columbia AND NOTICE TO PROBATE Legal Advertising RatesDIVISION NOTICE OF UNKNOWN HEIRS Washington, D.C. October 1, 2008 APPOINTMENT, Ora SmithEffective and Gloria Ba20001-2131 NOTICE TO ker, whose addresses Administration No. CREDITORS are 12328 Sandy Point 2013ADM567 AND NOTICE TO Court, Silver Spring, MD DIVISION Teresa Luck Banks PROBATE UNKNOWN HEIRS 20904 and 5020 10th Decedent (Estates) Pauline M. Baker whose Street, NE, Washington, address is 4234 Lane D C 2 0 0 1 7 w e r202-332-0080 e apNOTICE OF Place, N.E. Washington, pointed personal repreAPPOINTMENT, DC 20019,was apsentatives PROBATE of the estate NOTICES NOTICE TO pointed personal repreof Jonas McNair, who CREDITORS sentative of the estate of died on May 10, 2013 AND NOTICE TO Earl E.per Baker who died with a will, and will$serve UNKNOWN HEIRS $180.00 a. 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Standard Probates to the probate of de- without a will, and will$125.00 cedent´s will) shall be serve without Court su- to such appointment or to filed with the Register of pervision. All unknown t h e p r o b a t e o f d e Wills, D.C., CIVIL 515 5thNOTICES heirs and heirs whose cedent´s will shall be filed Street, N.W., 3rd Floor whereabouts are un- with the Register of Wills, a. Name Changes 202-879-1133 80.00515 5th Street, Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . known shall enter their$ D.C., N.W., 3rd Floor Washing20001, on or before a p p e a r a n c e i n t h i s $ 200.00 b. Real Property December 28, 2013. proceeding. Objections ton, D.C. 20001, on or Claims against the de- to such appointment before December 28 cedent shall be pre- shall be filed with the 2013, Claims against the FAMILY sented to the under- COURT Register of Wills, D.C., decedent shall be presigned with a copy to the 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd sented to the under12:37:55 EDT 2013 202-879-1212 Register of Wills or filed Floor Washington, D.C. signed with a copy to the with theDOMESTIC Register of Wills RELATIONS 20001, on or before Register of Wills or filed with a copy to the under- D e c e m b e r 2 8 , 2 0 1 3 with the Register of Wills 202-879-0157 signed, on or before Claims against the de- with a copy to the underDecember 28, 2013, or cedent shall be presigned, on or before be forever barred. Per- sented to the under- December 28, 2013 or be forever barred. Persons a. Absent Defendant sons believed to be heirs signed with a copy to the$ 150.00 or legatees of the de- Register of Wills or filed believed to be heirs or b. 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Baker whose Attorney Street, NE, Washington, NOTICE OF address is 4234 Lane NOTICE OF DC 20017were apAPPOINTMENT, Place, N.E. Washington, APPOINTMENT, pointed personal repreNOTICE TO DC 20019,was apNOTICE TO sentatives of the estate CREDITORS pointed personal repreCREDITORS of Jonas McNair, who AND NOTICE TO sentative of the estate of AND NOTICE TO died on May 10, 2013 UNKNOWN HEIRS Earl E. Baker who died UNKNOWN HEIRS with a will, and will serve Terry M. Banks whose on November 14,2008 Floyd H. Thompson Sr., without Court supervi- address is 1303 without a will, and will whose address is 3099 sion. All unknown heirs Sawbridge Road, Res- serve without Court su- Brinkley Road, T-2 Temple a n d h e i r s w h o s e ton, VA 20194 was ap- pervision. All unknown Hills MD 20748, was apwhereabouts are un- pointed personal repre- heirs and heirs whose pointed personal representaknown shall enter their sentative of the estate of whereabouts are un- tive of the estate of Marie M. a p p e a r a n c e i n t h i s Teresa Luck Banks who known shall enter their Thompson, who died on December 8, 1990 without a proceeding. Objections died on April 5, 2013 a p p e a r a n c e i n t h i s Will. All unknown heirs and to such appointment (or without a will, and will proceeding. Objections heirs whose whereabouts to the probate of deserve without Court su- to such appointment or to are unknown shall enter their cedent´s will) shall be pervision. All unknown t h e p r o b a t e o f d e - appearance in this proceedfiled with the Register of heirs and heirs whose cedent´s will shall be filed ing. 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TYPESET: Tue Jun 18 13:45:42 TYPESET: EDT Tue 2013 Jun 18 13:47:18 EDT 2013 TYPESET: Tue Jun 18 TYPESET: Tue Jun 25 12:35:50 EDT 2013 TYPESET: Tue Jun 18 13:51:13 EDT 2013 LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICES Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2013ADM568 Byron Barrington Hope, Sr. Decedent William A. Bland, Esq 1140 Connecticut Ave., N.E. #1100 Washington, DC 20036 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Byron B. Hope, Jr. and Roxane J. Hope, whose addresses are 4811 51st Avenue, Hyattsville, MD 20781 and 5803 32nd Avenue, Hyattsville, MD 20783, were appointed personal representatives of the estate of Byron Barrington Hope, Sr., who died on March 26, 2013 with a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before December 28, 2013. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before December 28, 2013, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: June 28, 2013 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Byron B. Hope, Jr. Roxane J. Hope Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS

TYPESET: Tue Jun 25 06/29, 07/05, 07/12/13 Superior Court of the District of Columbia Civil Division Case No. 13-0004140 IN RE: Robert Lee Washington, Jr Applicant ORDER OF PUBLICATION CHANGE OF NAME Robert Lee Washington, Jr. having filed a complaint for judgment changing Robert Lee Washington, Jr.´s name to SaRaia Rochelle Washington and having applied to the court for an Order of Publication of the notice required by law in such cases; it is by the Court this 18th day of June 2013. ORDERED, that a copy of this Order be published once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks, in The Afro American Newspaper, a newspaper in general circulation of the District of Columbia; and it is further ORDERED, that publication must begin no later than 12 days after the filing of this application; and it is further ORDERED, that the FINAL HEARING on this application to change name of an adult will be held in Judge-inChambers, Room 4220 in the District of Columbia at 500 Indiana Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20001, on the 5th day of August 2013 at 4:00 p.m. If any person desires to oppose this application, that person or his or her attorney must be present at the hearing or file written detailed objections five (5) business days in advance of the hearing with Judgein-Chambers and mail a copy to the applicant or applicant’s counsel; and it is further ORDERED, that the applicant must send the application for change of name of adult and notice of final hearing to the applicant’s creditors personally or by registered or certified mail and show proof of service by filing the affidavit/declaration of service

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2009ADM295 Frances L. Thomas Decedent James Larry Frazier, Esq. 918 Maryland Ave, NE Washington, DC 20002 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Leroy Harris Thomas, Jr., whose address is 25 16th Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Frances L. Thomas, who died on March 4, 2009 with a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 12/21/13. 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 12/21/13, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: June 21, 2013 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Leroy Harris Thomas, Jr. Personal Representative

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2013ADM560 Jean Webster Martin Decedent Jamison B. Taylor 1218 11th Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20001 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Nicholas A. Martin, whose address is 6609 10th St., Apt C2, Alexandria, V.A. 22307 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Jean Webster Martin, who died on December 16, 2011 with a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . 20001, on or before 12/21/13. 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 12/21/13, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: June 21, 2013 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Nicholas A. Martin Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS REGISTER TYPESET: OF TueWILLS Jun 18 TYPESET: Tue Jul 02 12:39:10 EDT 07/05 2013 06/21, 06/28, 06/21, 06/28, 07/05/13 Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 12:36:14 EDT 2013 20001-2131 Administration No. 2013ADM581 Stacey Miller Decedent Harold Krauthamer Krauthamer & Stahl, Chartered 5530 Wisconsin Ave., Ste 801 Chevy Chase, MD 20815 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS William Robert Miller, whose address is 2456 2 0 t h S t r e e t , N W, Washington, DC 20009, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Stacey Miller, who died on May 4, 2013 without a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 12/21/13. 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 12/21/13, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: June 21, 2013 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter William Robert Miller Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 06/21, 06/28, 07/05/13

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2013ADM529 Katie L. Law aka Katie Law Decedent Wayne A. Tonkins 1200 G Street NW Suite 800 Washington DC 20005 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

Nancy Cain aka Nancy S. Cain, whose address is 1823 Bay Street SE Washington DC 20003, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Katie L. Law aka Katie Law, who died on March 18, 2013 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before December 21, 2013. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before December 21, 2013, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: June 21, 2013 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Nancy Cain aka Nancy S. Cain Personal Representative 202-494-3020 TRUE TEST COPY TYPESET:OFTue Jun 18 REGISTER WILLS 6/21, 6/28, 7/5

Superior Court of the District of Columbia Civil Division Case No.13-0004081 IN RE: Alexander Moore Applicant ORDER OF PUBLICATION CHANGE OF NAME

Alexander Moore having filed an application for judgment changing Alexander Moore’s name to Chloe Aavari Mitchell and having applied to the court for an Order of Publication of the notice required by law in such cases; it is by the Court this 12th day of June 2013, hereby ORDERED, that a copy of this Order be published once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks, in The AfroAmerican Newspapers, a newspaper of general circulation of the District of Columbia; and it is further ORDERED, that the publication must began no later than 12 days after the filing of the application; and is further ORDERED, that the FINAL HEARING on this application to change name will be held in Judge-in-Chambers, Room 4220 in the District of Columbia at 500 Indiana Avenue NW Washington DC 20001, on the 2nd day of August, 2013 at 2:30 p.m..If any person desires to oppose this application, that person or his or her attorney must be present at the hearing or file written detailed objections five (5) days in advance of the hearing with Judge-inChambers and mail a copy of the applicant or applicant’s counsel; and it is further ORDERED, the applicant must send the application for change of name of an adult and notice of final hearing to the applicant’s creditors personally or by registered or certified mail and show proof of service by filing the affidavit/declaration of service; and it is further ORDERED, the applicant must send the application for change of name of an adult and notice of final hearing to the current probation, parole or supervisory release officer personally or by registered or certified mail and show proof of service by filing the affidavit/declaration of service . 13:51:54 EDT 2013 SO ORDERED JUDGE

this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: June 21, 2013 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter William W. Bennett 15:42:12 EDT 2013 Dorothy Mae Sabb Bennett Personal Representatives 202-502-8776 410-446-0128 TRUE TEST COPY TYPESET:OFTue Jun 25 REGISTER WILLS 6/21, 6/28, 7/5

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2013ADM563 David Creech Decedent James E. McCollum, Jr. and McCollum and Associates 7309 Baltimore Avenue, Suite 117 College Park, MD 20740 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Gloria Creech Kirk, whose address is 514 Underwood Street, NW, Washington, D.C.20012, was appointed personal representative of the estate of David Creech, who died on March 24, 2013 with a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . 20001, on or before December 28, 2013. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before December 28, 2013, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice 13:44:05 EDT 2013 by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: June 28, 2013 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Gloria Creech Kirk Personal Representative

TYPESET: Tue Jun 25 12:38:52 TYPESET: EDT Tue 2013 Jun 25 12:39:24 EDT 2013 TYPESET: Tue Jun 25 12:41:12 LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICES Superior Court of the District of 12:38:20 2013 DistrictEDT of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2013ADM510 Elizabeth McCray Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS LaJuan McCray and Ruth Brown, whose addresses are 207 Q Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001 and 12701 Livingston Road, Ft. Washington, MD 20744, were appointed personal representatives of the estate of Elizabeth McCray, who died on April 16, 2005 with a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . 20001, on or before December 28, 2013. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before December 28, 2013, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: June 28, 2013 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter LaJuan McCray Ruth Brown Personal Representative

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2013ADM597 Joanne Elizabeth Johnson Decedent Wesley L. Clarke 1629 K. Street, Ste 300 Washington, DC 20006 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Dia M. Johnson, whose a d d r e s s i s 1 3 11 8 Eddington Drive, Upper Marlboro, MD 20774 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Joanne Elizabeth Johnson, who died on October 22, 2012 without a will, and will serve 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 Deecember 28, 2013. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before Deecember 28, 2013, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: June 28, 2013 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Dia M. Johnson Personal Representative

Superior Court of the District of Columbia Civil Division Case No. 13-0004120 IN RE: Johnathan Tyrell Wallace Applicant ORDER OF PUBLICATION CHANGE OF NAME Johnathan Tyrell Wallace having filed a complaint for judgment changing Johnathan Tyrell Wallace’s name to Diamond Saria Scottand having applied to the court for an Order of Publication of the notice required by law in such cases; it is by the Court this 18th day of June 2013. ORDERED, that a copy of this Order be published once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks, in The Afro American Newspaper, a newspaper in general circulation of the District of Columbia; and it is further ORDERED, that publication must begin no later than 12 days after the filing of this application; and it is further ORDERED, that the FINAL HEARING on this application to change name of an adult will be held in Judge-inChambers, Room 4220 in the District of Columbia at 500 Indiana Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20001, on the 5th day of August 2013 at 3:30 p.m. If any person desires to oppose this application, that person or his or her attorney must be present at the hearing or file written detailed objections five (5) business days in advance of the hearing with Judgein-Chambers and mail a copy to the applicant or applicant’s counsel; and it is further

TYPESET: Tue Jun 18 06/21, 06/28, 07/05/13 JUDGE Superior Court of A TRUE COPY TEST: the District of TYPESET: Tue Jul 02 13:09:08 E District of Columbia Superior Court of 06/29, 07/05, 07/12/13 PROBATE DIVISION the District of Washington, Columbia Superior Court of D.C. EDT 20001-2131 Civil Division 13:47:49 2013 the District of Administration No. Case No.13-0003981 TRUE TEST COPY District of Columbia 2013ADM535 IN RE: TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS PROBATE DIVISION Noel Scott Jr. Abdul Ali REGISTER OF WILLS Washington, D.C. Superior Court of TYPESET: Jun 18 13:58:55 EDT 2013 Decedent Abdurrahman 06/29, 07/05,Tue 07/12/13 20001-2131 the District of Jamison B. Taylor Applicant 06/28, 07/05, 07/12/13 TYPESET: Tue Jul 02 17:20:00 EDT 2013 Administration No. District of Columbia ORDER OF 1218 11th Street NW 2013ADM641 PROBATE DIVISION PUBLICATION Washington DC 20001 Superior Court of Alice V. Downs W a s h i n g t o n , D . C . Attorney CHANGE OF NAME Decedent the District of Superior Court of 20001-2131 Abdul Ali Abdurrahman havNOTICE OF NOTICE OF the District of District of Columbia ing filed an application for Administration No. APPOINTMENT, TRUE TEST COPY APPOINTMENT, District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION judgment changing Abdul Ali 2013ADM21 NOTICE TO REGISTER OF WILLS NOTICE TO PROBATE DIVISION Abdurrahman’s name to Washington, Sarah E. Faxio TYPESET: Tue Jun 18 13:44:26 EDT 2013 CREDITORS CREDITORS Abdul Ali and having applied Washington, D.C. D.C. 20001-2131 Decedent to the court for an Order of 06/28, 07/05, 07/12/13 AND NOTICE TO AND NOTICE TO 20001-2131 Administration No. Publication of the notice reJames B. Miles UNKNOWN HEIRS UNKNOWN HEIRS Administration No. 2013ADM299 quired by law in such cases; it 807 51st Street, N.E. Marijane Scott, whose adTina R. Holmes, whose Superior Court of 2013ADM618 by the Court this 11th day of Rease E. Pugh Washington, D.C. 20019 dress is 9201 W 52nd Street, is address is 325 Jefferson the District of Etta Lucille Thompson June 2013, hereby Indianapolis IN 46234, was Decedent Attorney Columbia St., NW, Washington, DC Decedent appointed personal repre- ORDERED, that a copy of Brett E. Cohen Civil Division NOTICE OF 20011, was appointed John Noble sentative of the estate of this Order be published once 7910 Woodmont Ave Case No.13-0003984 a week for three (3) consecupersonal representative APPOINTMENT, Attorney-at-Law Noel Scott Jr, who died on tive weeks, in The Afro#1430 IN RE: of the estate of Alice V. NOTICE TO 451 Hungerford Drive March 27, 2013 without a MAHSHID Bethesda MD 20814 Downs, who died on Will, and will serve without American Newspapers, a Suite 750 CREDITORS newspaper of general cirGOMAROONI POUR Court supervision. All unDecember 7, 2012 with a Attorney Rockville, MD 20850 AND NOTICE TO culation of the District of known heirs and heirs whose Applicant will, and will serve withNOTICE OF Attorney UNKNOWN HEIRS Columbia; and it is further whereabouts are unknown ORDERED, that the publicaORDER OF out Court supervision. All NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, John N. Faxio, whose ad- shall enter their appearance PUBLICATION unknown heirs and heirs tion must began no later than APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO dress is 4106 Lane in this proceeding. ObjecCHANGE OF NAME 12 days after the filing of the whose whereabouts are NOTICE TO CREDITORS Place, N.E., Washington, tions to such appointment application; and is further Mahshid Gomarooni Pour unknown shall enter their CREDITORS shall be filed with the Regis- ORDERED, that the FINAL AND NOTICE TO D.C. 20019 was aphaving filed an application for appearance in this AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS pointed personal repre- ter of Wills, D.C., 515 5th HEARING on this application judgment changing Mahshid Street, N.W., 3rd Floor UNKNOWN HEIRS Pour’s name to Brett E. Cohen, whose ad- proceeding. Objections sentative of the estate of Washington, D.C. 20001, on to change name will be held Gomarooni Mahshid Misha Gomarooni Gwendolyn Thompson, dress is 7910 Woodmont to such appointment (or n Judge-in-Chambers, Sarah E. Faxio, who died or before December 21, iRoom and having applied to the 4220 in the District of whose address is 4404 Ave. #1430 Bethesda MD to the probate of deon April 16, 1998 with a 2013. Claims against the de- Columbia at 500 Indiana court for an Order of PublicaB o w e n R o a d , S E . 20814, was appointed per- cedent´s will) shall be will, and will serve with- cedent shall be presented to Avenue NW Washington DC tion of the notice required by Washington, DC 20019 sonal representative of the filed with the Register of law in such cases; it is by the out Court supervision. All the undersigned with a copy 20001, on the 30th day of was appointed personal estate of Rease E. Pugh, Wills, D.C., 515 5th Court this 11th day of June the Register of Wills or filed July, 2013 at 3:00 p.m..If any unknown heirs and heirs to 2013, hereby representative of the who died on February 11, Street, N.W., 3rd Floor with the Register of Wills with desires to oppose this whose whereabouts are a copy to the undersigned, on person 2012 with a Will, and will W a s h i n g t o n , D . C . ORDERED, that a copy of estate of Etta Lucille application, that person or his unknown shall enter their or before December 21, or her attorney must be pres- this Order be published once Thompson, who died on serve without Court supervi- 20001, on or before a week for three (3) consecu2013, or be forever barred. ent at the hearing or file writappearance in this April 14, 1995 without a sion. All unknown heirs and January 5, 2014. Claims tive weeks, in The Afroheirs whose whereabouts proceeding. Objections Persons believed to be heirs ten detailed objections five will. All unknown heirs are unknown shall enter their against the decedent American Newspapers, a or legatees of the decedent (5) days in advance of the shall be presented to the to such appointment (or a n d h e i r s w h o s e newspaper of general cirappearance in this proceedwho do not receive a copy of hearing with Judge-into the probate of de- this notice by mail within 25 Chambers and mail a copy of culation of the District of whereabouts are un- ing. Objections to such undersigned with a copy Columbia; and it is further known shall enter their appointment (or to the pro- to the Register of Wills or cedent´s will) shall be days of its first publication the applicant or applicant’s ORDERED, that the publicaappearance in this filed with the Register of shall so inform the Register counsel; and it is further bate of decedent´s will) shall filed with the Register of tion must began no later than of Wills, including name, ad- ORDERED, the applicant proceeding. Objections be filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the Wills, D.C., 515 5th 12 days after the filing of the must send the application for to such appointment Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, undersigned, on or beapplication; and is further Street, N.W., 3rd Floor dress and relationship. change of name of an adult Date of Publication: ORDERED, that the FINAL shall be filed with the N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, fore January 5, 2014, or Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . and notice of final hearing to June 21, 2013 HEARING on this application Register of Wills, D.C., D.C. 20001, on or before be forever barred. Per20001, on or before Name of newspaper: the applicant’s creditors perto change name will be held 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd December 21, 2013. Claims sons believed to be heirs sonally or by registered or 12/21/13. Claims against Afro-American in Judge-in-Chambers, Floor Washington, D.C. against the decedent shall be or legatees of the decertified mail and show proof Room 4220 in the District of the decedent shall be Washington Law cedent who do not reof service by filing the 20001, on or before presented to the underColumbia at 500 Indiana presented to the under- Reporter with a copy to the ceive a copy of this notice Avenue NW Washington DC J a n u a r y 5 t h , 2 0 1 4 . signed Marijane Scott affidavit/declaration of sersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with vice. 20001, on the 31st day of Personal Claims against the de- the Register of Wills with a by mail within 25 days of Register of Wills or filed July, 2013 at 2:30 p.m..If any Representatives SO ORDERED cedent shall be pre- copy to the undersigned, on its first publication shall person desires to oppose this with the Register of Wills 317-299-8715 JUDGE sented to the under- or before December 21, so inform the Register of TYPESET: Tue Jun 18 13:57:46 EDT 2013 application, that person or his 317-291-6634 with a copy to the undersigned with a copy to the 2013, or be forever barred. Wills, including name, 06/21, 06/28, 07/05/13 or her attorney must be presTRUE TEST COPY signed, on or before TYPESET: Tue Jun 18 15:42:36 EDT 2013 Register of Wills or filed Persons believed to be heirs address and relationent at the hearing or file writ12/21/13, or be forever REGISTER OF WILLS ten detailed objections five with the Register of Wills or legatees of the decedent ship. 6/21, 6/28, 7/5 Superior Court of (5) days in advance of the barred. Persons believed with a copy to the under- who do not receive a copy of Date of Publication: the District of hearing with Judge-into be heirs or legatees of signed, on or before this notice by mail within 25 07/05/13 Superior Court of District of Columbia Chambers and mail a copy of the decedent who do not January 5th, 2014, or be days of its first publication Name of newspaper: the District of the applicant or applicant’s PROBATE DIVISION receive a copy of this noforever barred. Persons shall so inform the Register Afro-American Columbia counsel; and it is further Washington, ORDERED, the applicant tice by mail within 25 Civil Division believed to be heirs or of Wills, including name, ad- Washington Law D.C. 20001-2131 must send the application for Reporter Case No.13-0003991 legatees of the decedent dress and relationship. days of its first publicaAdministration No. Date of Publication: change of name of an adult Tina R. Holmes who do not receive a June 21, 2013 tion shall so inform the IN RE: 2013ADM527 and notice of final hearing to Personal Lorenzo Washington copy of this notice by mail Name of newspaper: Dorothy S. Bennett Register of Wills, includthe applicant’s creditors perApplicant Representative within 25 days of its first aka sonally or by registered or ing name, address and Afro-American ORDER OF certified mail and show proof publication shall so in- Washington Law Dorothy Mae Sabb relationship. PUBLICATION of service by filing the TRUE TEST COPY Bennett form the Register of Reporter Date of Publication: affidavit/declaration of serCHANGE OF NAME Decedent Wills, including name, Brett E. Cohen REGISTER OF WILLS June 21, 2013 vice; and it is further Lorenzo Washington having NOTICE OF address and relationPersonal Name of newspaper: ORDERED, the applicant filed an application for judgAPPOINTMENT, Representative 07/05, 07/12, 07/19/13 ship. must send the application for ment changing Lorenzo Afro-American NOTICE TO 301-652-8828 Date of Publication: change of name of an adult shington’s name to Washington Law Re- Wa TRUE TEST COPY CREDITORS and notice of final hearing to Lauren Audrey Washington July 5th, 2013 porter REGISTER OF WILLS the US Department of HomeAND NOTICE TO and having applied to the Name of newspaper: John N. Faxio court for an Order of Publicaland Security - Immigration 6/21, 6/28, 7/5 UNKNOWN HEIRS Afro-American Personal tion of the notice required by William W. Bennett Jr. and and Customs Enforcement Newspaper Agency, Washington Field law in such cases; it is by the Debra P. Bennett, whose adRepresentative Court this 11th day of June Washington Office, 2675 Prosperity Avedresses is 2225 Sudbury Concrete General, Inc. is seeking MBE TRUE TEST COPY nue, Fairfax, Virginia 22031 2013, hereby Law Reporter Road, NW Washington DC REGISTER OF WILLS subcontractors & suppliers who perform personally or certified mail ORDERED, that a copy of 20012 and 28 Allegheny Ave, Gwendolyn Thompson this Order be published TYPESET: Tue Jun 18 18:31:18 EDT 2013 once Towson MD 21204, was ap- and show proof of service be Personal Representative various types of work relating to higha week for three (3) consecumade by filing the affidavit/ pointed personal representa06/21, 06/28, 07/05/13 tive weeks, in The Afrodeclaration of service. tives of the estate of Dorothy way, bridge, & utility construction in the TRUE TEST COPY American Newspapers, a SO ORDERED S. Bennett aka Dorothy Mae Superior Court of REGISTER OF WILLS newspaper of general cirJUDGE Sabb Bennett, who died on Maryland area. Call Mark Miller 301-948culation of the District of April 1, 2013 with a Will, and the District of Columbia; and it is further will serve without Court su4450. EEO 06/21, 06/28, 07/05/13 Columbia 7/5, 7/12, 7/19/13 ORDERED, that the publicapervision. All unknown heirs Civil Division tion must began no later than a n d h e i r s w h o s e Case No.13FSP450 12 days after the filing of the whereabouts are unknown IN RE: shall enter their appearance application; and is further in this proceeding. ObjecORDERED, that the FINAL Louise Leonard tions to such appointment (or HEARING on this application Campbell to the probate of decedent´s to change name will be held Applicant will) shall be filed with the in Judge-in-Chambers, ORDER OF Register of Wills, D.C., 515 Room 4220 in the District of PUBLICATION 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Columbia at 500 Indiana Washington, D.C. 20001, on Avenue NW Washington DC CHANGE OF NAME Louise Leonard Campbell having filed an application for judgment changing Jacob Michael Leonard Campbell’s name to Jacob Michael Leonard and having applied to the court for an Order of Publication of the notice required by law in such cases; it is by the Court this 18th day of June 2013, hereby ORDERED, that all persons concerned show cause, if any there be, on or before the 22nd day of July 2013, why the prayers of said complaint should not be granted; provided that a copy of this Order be published once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks, in The AfroAmerican Newspapers. SO ORDERED JUDGE 06/21, 06/28, 07/05/13

20001, on the 31st day of July, 2013 at 3:00 p.m..If any person desires to oppose this application, that person or his or her attorney must be present at the hearing or file written detailed objections five (5) days in advance of the hearing with Judge-inChambers and mail a copy of the applicant or applicant’s counsel; and it is further ORDERED, the applicant must send the application for change of name of an adult and notice of final hearing to the applicant’s creditors personally or by registered or certified mail and show proof of service by filing the affidavit/declaration of service. SO ORDERED JUDGE 06/21, 06/28, 07/05/13

or before December 21, 2013. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before December 21, 2013, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: June 21, 2013 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter William W. Bennett Dorothy Mae Sabb Bennett Personal Representatives 202-502-8776 410-446-0128 TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 6/21, 6/28, 7/5

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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY (DC Water) REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS STATEMENTS (RFQ) FOR CONTRACT NO. 130080 DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION (DESIGN-BUILD) SERVICES FOR DIVISION D- JOINT BASE ANACOSTIA-BOLLING (JBAB) OVERFLOW AND DIVERSION STRUCTURES (JBAB-ODS) -ANDAGREEMENT DCFA #457-WSA CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR DIVISION I - MAIN PUMPING STATION DIVERSIONS (MPS-D) and DIVISION D- JBAB-ODSDC Water requests the submission of Qualifications Statements for Contract No. 130080 for Design-Build Services for Division D - JBAB Overflow and Diversion Structures. Firms wishing to submit SOQ´s for Contract 130080 should contact Ms. Kimberly Isom by e-mail (kimberly.isom@dcwater.com) to obtain the RFQ document starting on July 1, 2013. Requests must refer to Contract No. 130080. SOQs will be due on August 29, 2013 before 4:00 p.m. local time at DC Water to Ms. Kimberly Isom located on the 2nd floor of the Central Maintenance Facility (CMF) at the Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant, 5000 Overlook Ave SW, Washington, DC 20032. After review of the SOQ´s received, DC Water will shortlist a maximum of three teams in accordance with the evaluation criteria listed in the RFQ. DC Water will then provide a Request for Proposals (RFP) package to the shortlisted firms, who will be invited to submit a proposal. Selection of the Design-Builder will be based upon both technical and price elements in accordance with the selection criteria specified in the RFP. The contract resulting from the RFP will be subject to Fair Share Objectives for Minority and Women Business Enterprises (MBE and WBE). MBE and WBE objectives for professional services are 28 percent and 4 percent, respectively. MBE and WBE objectives for construction services are 32 percent and 6 percent, respectively. The program requirements are fully defined in the U.S. EPA´s Participation by Disadvantaged Business Enterprises in Procurement Under EPA Financial Assistance Agreements - May 25, 2008. DC Water also requests the submission of Qualifications Statements and Technical Proposals (RFQ/P) for the performance of construction management services under Agreement DCFA #457-WSA. The selected firm will provide monitoring and management services for both Div I - MPS-D and Div D - JBAB-ODS. Interested firms should contact Ms. Kimberly Isom directly by e-mail (kimberly.isom@dcwater.com) to obtain the RFQ/P starting July 1, 2013. Requests must refer to DCFA #457-WSA. Submissions are due August 29, 2013 before 4:00 p.m. local time at DC Water to Ms. Kimberly Isom located on the 2nd floor of the Central Maintenance Facility (CMF) at the Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant, 5000 Overlook Ave SW, Washington, DC 20032. The agreement resulting from this RFQ/P will be subject to a Fair Share Objective for Minority and Women Business Enterprises (MBE and WBE) participation of, as a minimum, 28 percent and 4 percent, respectively. The program requirements are fully defined in the EPA´s Participation by Disadvantaged Business Enterprises in Procurement under EPA Financial Assistance Agreements May 25, 2008. A Pre-Submission Meeting will be held at Kellogg Conference Hall at Gallaudet University, 800 Florida Avenue NE, Washington, DC 20002 Ballroom A/B on Tuesday, July 16, 2013, from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm. The first session, from 1:00 PM to approximately 2:00 PM, will cover the Design-Build RFQ associated with Contract No. 130080: Division D JBAB-ODS. The second session, from approximately 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM, will cover the RFQ/P for Construction Management Services associated with Agreement DCFA #457-WSA: Division I MPS-D and Division D JBAB-ODS. Reservations - Space is limited and firms attending are limited to attendance of two (2) persons. To make reservations, contact Ms. Kimberly Isom by email (kimberly.isom@dcwater.com), no later than Wednesday July 10, 2013. Please include your name, firm name, firm address, phone number, and email address. TYPESET: Tue Jul 02 13:06:24 EDT 2013 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY INVITATION TO BID INVITATION NO. 130050 Small Diameter Water Main Replacement 9a The District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority is soliciting bids for Invitation No. 130050: Small Diameter Water Main Replacement 9a The following listing enumerates the major items of work included in the contract: 0 Approximately 5.3 miles of water mains and associated valves and appurtenances. 0 Copper water services 2 inch and smaller in public and private space. 0 Curb stop /curb stop box, meter box and penetration through building wall and connection to first fitting inside the building including installation of a shut-off valve and pressure reducing valve. 0 Permanent pavement restoration, and yard and landscape restoration. The project requires completion within 550 consecutive calendar days. This project is estimated to cost between $10 million and $15 million. DC Water will receive Bids until 2:00 p.m., local standard time on July 31, 2013. This project may be funded in part by the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). A Fair Share Objective for Minority and Women´s Business Enterprises participation in this work of 32% and 6%, respectively, has been established. The program requirements are fully defined in USEPA´s Participation by Disadvantaged Enterprises in Procurement under EPA Financial Assistant Agreements - May 27, 2008. The Davis-Bacon wage determinations shall apply. DC Water Owner Controlled Insurance Program will provide insurance. Bid documents are available at the Department of Procurement, 5000 Overlook Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20032. Sets of Bidding Documents can be procured for a non-refundable $50.00 purchase price each, payable to DC Water. Payment must be in the form of a money order, certified check or a company check. Documents can be shipped to Bidders providing a Federal Express account number.

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2013ADM640 Bertrell Knight Ivy Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Ella D. Knight, whose address is 535 Oglethorpe Street, NE, Washington, DC 20011 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Bertrell Knight Ivy, who died on February 21, 2013 without a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before January 5, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before January 5, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: July 5, 2013 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Ella D. Knight Personal Representative

July 6, 2013 - July 12, 2013, The Afro-American

OBITUARIES Diane Jordan, 58

Federal Government Employee

On February 21, 2013, it, she didn’t stop until she the Lord called Diane had done research and pointed Jordan from labor to them in the right direction. reward. God blessed the She took on the role of a late Emily and Silas Jordan nurturing mother providing Sr. with seven children. Out special care over the years for of the seven, the last born her brothers. were a set of twin girls, For the rest and relaxation Diane and Dinah, on June Diane enjoyed reading books 15, 1954, in Washington, written by James Patterson, D.C. Three siblings, Mary Higgins Clark, V.C. Janet, Bessie and Silas Jr. Andrews and others. Her idea preceded Diane in death. of a good time was curling Diane attended D.C. up on the sofa with a cup of public schools and coffee and a good book; or graduated from Cardoza watching a classic black and Senior High in 1972 and white movie on the tube. She immediately entered also enjoyed watching Tyler the work force. Diane Perry movies and plays. Diane was employed by the loved to travel to Delaware, Federal government for Midway and West Virginia to 34 years; she served at play the slots. Diane always DIANE JORDAN the Department of Health, put others above herself. She Education and Welfare until should be remembered for her May 1, 1980, in the Office for Civil Rights, then warm smile and her way of caring for her family transferred to the Department of Education, Office and loved ones. During her illness whenever you for Civil Rights and served until her retirement asked her, “how are you doing?” She would reply, on July 1, 2008. At work, Diane was considered a “I am fine, I’m trusting God.” She continued to be “light in a dark place” and everyone came to her strong and put all her trust in God.” Her faith was constantly for information of all sorts. She ensured admirable and she is greatly missed. TRUE TEST COPY that personal information on employee’s remained She leaves to mourn her passing, two sisters, REGISTER OF WILLS secure. She was a private person and her respect for Dinah Jordan, of Washington, D.C. and Carolyn TYPESET: Tue Jul 02 13:10:17 EDT 2013 07/05, 07/12, 07/19/13 privacy extended to employees she served with the Dunlap (Eddie), of Thomasville, N.C.; one brother, utmost security of trust for employees, coworkers, Jerome Jordan, of Washington, D.C.; a devoted Superior Court of the District of companion for many years, Octavious McCullough and friends. You could rest assured she didn’t tell Columbia (Tee) of Washington, D.C.; four nieces, Denise anyone’s business to anyone else. Civil Division Case No. 13FSP404 (Bill), Janine (Greg), LaRussia, and Trumelle; two As a young child, Diane was baptized at the nephews, Eddie Jr., and Ricky; five great nieces, IN RE: Second Baptist Church in Washington, D.C. and Vera Azemekie Lauren, Summer, Daria, Shansia “Nay,” and her faith in the Lord continued to grow until her Ngezem Tanasia “Tay,” Portia, Veta, Alexis, and Mercades; Applicant departure. She loved the Lord with all her heart. five great nephews, Eric, Dexter, Nasir “Knots,” ORDER OF She enjoyed hours on end listening, and singing Eddie, and Little Ricky; a very special aunt, Hattie PUBLICATION along to her private collection of Gospel music. CHANGE OF NAME Henderson of Washington, D.C.; viewed by the Vera Azemekie Ngezem She had a deep and abiding concern for her fellow family more like sisters are Richardine Bush and having filed a complaint for judgment changing man. If anyone was in need Diane went out of her Rever Thomas; one godson, Canaan Morgan, four Derwin Ikennam way to assist them, if that meant, providing food, loving friends, Cecelia Harris, Zelma Rush, Karen Ngezem´s name to Derwin Ikennam Onumajuru Robinson and the late Jeraldine Thomas; and a host contributing her money and/or sharing information. and having applied to the of other relatives and friends. If someone needed help and she couldn’t provide court for an Order of Pub-

lication of the notice required by law in such cases; and it is by the Court this 7thday of July The DC Water Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant is a secured 2013. facility. Persons intending to pick-up Bidding Documents are to contact the DepartORDERED, that all perment of Procurement at 202 787 2020 for access authorization. sons concerned show cause, if any there be, on For procurement information contact Mr. Carlo Enciso; email carlo.enciso@dcwater. or before the 22nd day of com, (voice 202 787 2029). July 2013, why the prayers of said complaint For technical information contact: DETS-Construction.Bid.Inquiry@dcwater.com should not be granted; TYPESET: Jul 02 13:07:58 EDTTue 2013 TYPESET: Tue Jul 02 17:38:26 EDTTue 2013 providedEDT that 2013 a copy of Jul 02 13:08:31 Fred Allen Brown to many as Uncle Freddy, View DC Water website at www.dcwater.com for current andTYPESET: upcoming solicitations. this order be published once a week for three was born on June 8, 1950 Mr. Brown El, and his good consecutive weeks beSuperior Court of Superior Court of Superior Court of in Washington, D.C., to friend, Michael Fleger called fore said day in the Afrothe District of the District of the District of American. District of Columbia District of Columbia District of Columbia the late Joseph and Edith him, “Coconut Fred.” His PROBATE DIVISION PROBATE DIVISION PROBATE DIVISION JUDGE Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. Nicholas. On Feb. 21, 2013, favorite hobby was playing Washington, D.C. A TRUE COPY TEST: 20001-2131 20001-2131 20001-2131 Administration No. he transitioned from his dominoes, a game in which Administration No. Administration No. 2013ADM603 07/05, 07/12, 07/19/13 2013AMD559 2013ADM611 earthly life to his heavenly no one proved to be a worthy Stephen Gregory Vernon P. Martin Brenda Williams Marshall AKA home.EDT 2013 opponent; he was The Champ! Decedent BUSINESS TYPESET: Tue Jul 02 13:10:46 Decedent Vernon Paul Martin Richard Basile Nathan A. Neal, Esq OPPORTUNITY Fred was educated in Fred loved listening to music Decedent 6305 Ivy Lane, Suite Law Offices of Nathan Jamison B. Taylor 416 the D.C. public school and having social time with A. Neal, PLLC 1218 11th St. NW Greenbelt, MD 20770 The Law Firm of Washington, DC 20001 3108 Cherry Road, NE Attorney system. Fred continued his family and friends. Allen Wilson Washington, DC 20018 Attorney NOTICE OF 202-508-3794 Attorney NOTICE OF his education at Suffield Fred was preceded in APPOINTMENT, NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO We can help in: APPOINTMENT, University and received a death by his parents, Joseph NOTICE TO 0 CREDITORS Real Estate NOTICE TO 0 CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO Personal Injury Bachelor of Science degree. and Edith Nicholas; and three CREDITORS 0 AND NOTICE TO Probate UNKNOWN HEIRS AND NOTICE TO 0 UNKNOWN HEIRS Employment Law Fred was a well-known sisters, Carolyn Reed, Pamela Marcia Lee, whose adUNKNOWN HEIRS 0 NIcholas A.Martin, Landlord/Tenant dress is843 21st Street, Nicola Tiese Marshall, substance abuse counselor Nicholas and Jacquline whose address is 6609 NE, #3, Washington, DC 10th St. Apt C2, Alexan- whose address is 4616 20002, appointed perE-MAIL for the D.C. and Md. areas Thornhill. Fred leaves to dria, VA 22307 appointed 8th Street, NW, Washing- sonal representative of wilsonallen3@aol. personal representative ton, DC 20011, was ap- the estate of Brenda Wilcom for many years. He was cherish his memory, one pointed personal repreof the estate of Vernon P. liams, who died on OctoWEB LISTING Martin AKA Vernon Paul sentative of the estate of ber 25, 2012 without a also a well-known public sister, Rebecca Nicholasallenwilsonlaw.com Martin who died on Au- Stephen Gregory Mar- will, and will serve withspeaker. He was employed Credle; one brother, Aaron gust 16, 2011 with a will, s h a l l , w h o d i e d o n out Court supervision. All Call Allen Wilson and will serve without January 10, 2013 without unknown heirs and heirs with Cornell Abraxas, Nicholas Sr.; two loving a will, and will serve with202-508-3794 DC Court supervision. All unwhose whereabouts are 212-714-0300 NY known heirs and heirs out Court supervision. All unknown shall enter their Community Vision, Second daughters, Michelle Bivens whose whereabouts are unknown heirs and heirs a p p e a r a n c e i n t h i s whose whereabouts are and Lehcar Brown E; five Genesis, and served as the unknown shall enter their unknown shall enter their proceeding. Objections appearance in this to such appointment appearance in this grandchildren, Jessica Bivens, Courtney Bivens, director for the Good Hope Institute. proceeding. Objections proceeding. Objections shall be filed with the to such appointment (or to such appointment Register of Wills, D.C., Kyree Bivens, Karwin Carroll Jr., and Karen Fred had a very strong compassion for helping to the probate of de- shall be filed with the 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Carroll; one great-grandson, Zyion Liles; fiance, cedent´s will) shall be Register of Wills, D.C., Floor Washington, D.C. those suffering from substance abuse. It was so filed with the Register of 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd 20001, on or before Rachel Horton EL; and god-daughter, Crystal Hill; strong that he was motivated to open his own Wills, D.C., 515 5th Floor Washington, D.C. J a n u a r y 0 5 , 2 0 1 4 . Street, N.W., 3rd Floor 20001, on or before Claims against the deprogram named “Reach for Foundation,” but due to two brothers-in-law, Eric Credle and Samuel Reed Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . J a n u a r y 0 5 , 2 0 1 4 . cedent shall be preSr.,; two very close friends, Khadijah Long and 20001, on or before Claims against the de- sented to the underhis sickness he didn’t complete his efforts. J a n u a r y 5 t h , 2 0 1 4 . cedent shall be presigned with a copy to the Brother R. JonesBey. He is also survived by many Fred joined the Moorish Science Temple of Claims against the de- sented to the under- Register of Wills or filed cedent shall be presigned with a copy to the with the Register of Wills nieces, nephews, cousins and a host of friends. He America #71, Washington, D.C. He was known sented to the under- Register of Wills or filed with a copy to the underwas loved by many, but God love him best. signed with a copy to the with the Register of Wills signed, on or before Register of Wills or filed with a copy to the under- January 05, 2014, or be with the Register of Wills signed, on or before forever barred. Persons with a copy to the under- January 05, 2014, or be believed to be heirs or signed, on or before forever barred. Persons legatees of the decedent January 5th, 2014, or be believed to be heirs or who do not receive a forever barred. Persons legatees of the decedent copy of this notice by mail believed to be heirs or who do not receive a within 25 days of its first legatees of the decedent copy of this notice by mail publication shall so inwho do not receive a within 25 days of its first form the Register of copy of this notice by mail publication shall so in- Wills, including name, within 25 days of its first form the Register of address and relationpublication shall so in- Wills, including name, ship. form the Register of address and relation- Date of Publication: Wills, including name, ship. July 05, 2014 address and relation- Date of Publication: Name of newspaper: Obituaries are printed for free by the AFRO-American Newspapers. Send funeral program and ship. July 05, 2013 Afro-American picture to: Date of Publication: Name of newspaper: Washington Law Obituaries July 5th, 2013 Afro-American Reporter Name of newspaper Washington Law The Baltimore Afro-American , 2519 N. 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My Take

I Will Reflect, Not Celebrate

My political consciousness was forged on an anvil not made of iron or steel, but books and music. My parents supplied me with the good stuff that prevented me from achieving bliss because By William Lamar IV ignorance was never an option. Let’s talk records. In 1988, during the golden age of hip-hop, I was given a copy of one of the greatest albums ever recorded – “It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back” by Public Enemy. Chuck D spat fire and introduced me to John Coltrane and Joanne Chesimard while challenging me to think critically about America’s war on poor Black and brown people (artfully camouflaged as the war on drugs) and the prison-military-industrial complex. As July 4th approaches I will listen to “Louder than a Bomb” and reflect on Flavor Flav’s introductory salvo, “Picture us cooling out on the Fourth of July. And if you heard we were celebrating that’s a worldwide lie!”

“Before my political awakening the Fourth was a fun day of barbecue, games, and fellowship with family and friends.”

artistry of Flavor Flav and the venerable Frederick Douglass. Before my political awakening the Fourth was a fun day of barbecue, games, and fellowship with family and friends. Now, I reflect upon this nation’s refusal to live up to the syrupy platitudes about liberty and sacrifice our political leaders will serve us like so many hot dogs. The government and the corporate media celebrate as patriots those who are uncritically supportive of America’s imperial exploits. That is not my heritage. I am Richard Allen’s son, the first Black man to write a political pamphlet challenging America’s white supremacy. I am Ida B. Wells Barnett’s son, the powerful Black woman who refused to let America lynch black bodies without sounding the alarm of outrage. I am Bayard Rustin’s son, the Black man who strategically organized people and resources to challenge the status quo and to demand justice from America. Only July 4, 2013, I will reflect on America as it was and as it is. And I will affirm my allegiance to my ancestors whose fight lives on in me.

his overseer. He also introduced me to Frederick Douglass’s classic oration from July 5, 1852, entitled, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” It’s time to reflect upon those timeless words again. Many folks will bristle at my juxtaposition of the rhetorical

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Let’s talk books. My mother gave me a tattered, discarded Bibb County, Ga., textbook entitled “Eyewitness: The Negro in American History” by William Loren Katz when I was nine or ten. That book became my favorite possession. Its pictures are seared upon my imagination. Especially a photograph of an enslaved man named Peter who had been whipped by