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Hundreds Say Goodbye to Brooke

By James Wright Special to the AFRO

The Obama family join hands as they begin the march with the foot soldiers across the Edmund Pettus Bridge.

The nation’s chief diplomat, members of both chambers of Congress and other political figures reflected on the life and work of the late Sen. Edward Brooke. Brooke, the first Black popularly elected U.S. senator, was celebrated on March 9 and 10 with events and memorials taking place at leading landmarks in the District.

The late Sen. Edward Brooke, an African-American Republican who served in the U.S. Senate from 1967-1979 and the first of his race elected as a state attorney general (Massachusetts from 1963-1967), was remembered by family, Continued on A5

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Selma, Ala.: Obama Proves that He is ‘Black Enough’

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Throughout his campaign for the presidency, Barack Obama was dogged by one question: Is he Black enough? The question was repeated so often that after showing up late for an appearance at the 2008 annual convention of the National Association of Black Journalists in Las Vegas, Obama said, “I want to apologize for being late, but you guys keep asking whether I am Black enough.”

After a 33-minute speech Saturday in Selma, Ala. commemorating the Selma to Montgomery March and passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, nobody was asking: Is Barack Obama Black enough?

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By Khari Arnold Howard University News Service

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When Wayne A.I. Frederick entered Howard University as a 16-year-old freshman, he wasn’t viewed as a current student to some of his peers. He weighed 88 pounds, stood at 5 feet, 6 inches, and sometimes when he was introduced to his fellow students, he would be asked, “What do you want to be when you grow up?”

After focusing in studies that eventually earned him three degrees, Frederick years later can tell his early naysayers that he grew up to become the 17th president of Howard

University. On March 6, the honor was officially bestowed upon him.“I think today represents another opportunity for me to make sure that I commit to giving back to Howard,” Frederick said during his inauguration. “I think the future is bright.”

During the ceremony in Cramton Hall, Frederick, 43, told the audience of students, faculty, alumni and university supporters his vision for the university and its future.

Frederick’s inauguration speech focused on fortifying the success of the school’s students and the faculty, referring professors and other instructors as the “backbone” of the university.

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Freedman’s Bank Forum on Black Wealth

By James Wright Special to the AFRO On March 3, Operation HOPE, a financial literacy and activism non-profit, and the Afro-American Historical Society of the National Archives commemorated the Freedman’s Bank.

This financial institution was signed into existence by President Abraham Lincoln, 150 years ago to help freed slaves establish

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“At the end of the day, it’s all about money in America.”

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The coffin containing the remains of the late Massachusetts Sen. Edward William Brooke III is brought inside the Washington National Cathedral, March 10, during a funeral service.

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themselves monetarily.

Operation HOPE’s CEO John Hope Bryant participated in a forum that was held at the National Archives, and was joined by former Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young; the Rev. Dr. Bernice King, daughter of the late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.; journalist Donna Owens; Roland Martin, host of TV One’s Continued on A3

Chuck Brown’s Kids Ensure His Legacy Continues in D.C.

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By Timothy Cox Special to the AFRO The annual Chuck Brown tribute - a Go-Go Music affair, at the Bethesda Blues & Jazz Supper Club in suburban Washington, DC., offered a throw-back feel, from the days when DC

proudly proclaimed itself as the nation’s Chocolate City, and Go-Go music dominated the airwaves.

While DC is no longer the “CC” George Clinton boasted about on his epic 1975 album release titled Chocolate City, the Go-Go music of that era has managed

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to continue to thrive – now being created and enjoyed by a new generation of GoGo enthusiasts. And, those Vanilla Suburbs that Clinton once referenced, well great numbers of those white residents have largely been assimilated into DC’s city Continued on A4

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Erica Morales died shortly after giving birth to three girls and a boy.

An Arizona father was left to raise his four newborns alone after his wife died shortly after delivering the babies.

Erica Morales, 36, of Phoenix gave birth to three girls and a boy, all two months premature, via cesarean section in the late night hours of Jan. 15, according to People magazine.

But the first-time mother began losing a significant amount of blood, and died shortly thereafter, in the early morning hours of Jan. 16.

“I went from having the best day of my life to the next morning experiencing the worst day of my life,” her husband, 29-year-old Carlos Morales, told People. “My four babies came into the world and then my wife died.”

The children, Carlos Jr., Tracey, Paisley, and Erica, were all reportedly healthy.

In the wake of his wife’s death, Morales has been taking baby-caring classes at a local hospital to prepare for fatherhood.

“I’m learning everything from how to give them a bath, CPR, feeding, and how to manage their sleep schedule,” Morales told the magazine. “I need to be prepared.

Everything I do now is for my children.”

Morales said he found a note in his wife’s iPad containing goals for her children to accomplish in life, including attending college, speaking both English and Spanish, and obtaining good jobs.

“I will try my hardest to make sure that happens,” Morales told People.

A family friend has created a GoFundMe account to raise money for Morales and his children.

12-Yr.-Old Black Conservative: Facebook Acct. Froze Due to Support of Obama Critic Giuliani

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C.J. Pearson says his Facebook account was frozen after he posted a video criticizing Obama.

A 12-year-old Black conservative youth from Georgia said he was booted off Facebook after he posted a YouTube video defending former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s questioning of President Obama’s patriotism.

C.J. Pearson, founder and executive director of Young Georgians in Government, gained much notoriety after his video was posted late last month. The video has garnered more than 1.7 million views, his public Facebook account has more than 24,000 likes—a 164 percent increase from the last week of February—and he has appeared on Fox News.

“I just want to applaud Mayor Rudy Giuliani for his comments about President Barack Obama,” Pearson said in the three-minute video. “I definitely do hope that one day other people would get enough guts to speak out against your [Obama’s] downright hatred for this nation.”

Giuliani accused Obama of not loving America due to his allegedly constant criticism of the nation. Pearson echoed

those comments, questioning the president’s approach to dealing with ISIS and other terrorists, and accused the president of stealing from the American people.

Pearson said he believes these comments caused Facebook to freeze his account. However, a Facebook spokesman told the New York Daily News that the move was because of Pearson’s age, since their terms of service require users to be at least 13 years old.

“Due to the fact that approximately 7.5 million kids [under the age of 13] log in to Facebook, I would most definitely have to say the removal of my account was due to partisan politics, rather than actually upholding their actual Terms of Service agreement,” Pearson stated in an e-mail to the Daily News, citing figures from a 2011 Consumer Report. “To me, you either enforce a policy all of the time or not at all.

Freedom of speech is a constitutional right that shouldn’t be hindered by any entity, public or private.”

The seventh-grader told the Examiner that a friend is posting links to his Facebook page on his behalf until he turns 13 in July.

The young politician-in-training has been using his Facebook page to drum up support for legislation he authored that would lower the eligibility age to serve in the Georgia House and Senate. The General Assembly, this term, introduced a resolution commending Pearson for his work.

Carson: Being Gay a Choice, Prison Proves

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Ben Carson’s comments during a CNN interview drew fire after he said he believed that being gay is a choice.

Ben Carson, the world-renowned surgeon and prospective GOP presidential candidate, recently said that being gay is a choice and cited incarceration to back up his theory.

In a Mar. 4 interview, CNN’s Chris Cuomo asked Carson whether being gay is a choice. Carson responded, “absolutely.”

“Because a lot of people who go into prison go into prison straight—and when they come out, they’re gay,” Carson said.

“So, did something happen while they were in there? Ask yourself that question.”

Cuomo questioned Carson’s logic, pointing out that “most gay people never go to prison and you know there’s a whole theory of dominance [in jail].”

Carson then asked Cuomo whether he was denying the validity of his statements.

“I’m not denying that’s true,” Cuomo responded, “but I’m denying that’s a basis of understanding sexuality. A lot of people go into jail a drug addict and come out a criminal.

Does that mean all drug addicts are criminals?”

The argument stemmed from a debate over whether the rights of gay individuals to get married were being denied under the Equal Protection Act. Carson reiterated his positon that marriage equality and race-based discrimination were two totally separate issues. Carson has said he supports domestic partner relationships as long as it “does not require changing the definition of marriage.” He also said he believes that the issue of same-sex marriage should be decided at the state level, rather than by the federal government.

Many in the medical community disagreed with Carson’s statements on homosexuality being a choice.

“Although much research has examined the possible genetic, hormonal, developmental, social and cultural influences on sexual orientation, no findings have emerged that permit scientists to conclude that sexual orientation is determined by any particular factor or factors,” the American Psychological Association stated on its website. “Many think that nature and nurture both play complex roles; most people experience little or no sense of choice about their sexual orientation.”

Carson’s earlier comments regarding homosexuality also drew fire. In a 2013 Fox News interview, he said that legalizing marriage would pave the way for legal bestiality and pedophilia. He later apologized, claiming his comments were taken out of context, according to Politico.

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Parents, Activists Demand Educational Equity

By Shantella Y. Sherman Special to the AFRO

the schools were taken over by the state they had a budgetary surplus. With a $3.2 billion bond passed, however, the state took over the schools and immediately began dismantling advanced placement courses, skilled trades, and artistic, athletic, and elective programs. The result was the loss of key foundational instruction.

“A lot of children do not get the support they need and they go to the next grade ill-prepared. It is a constant failure after that. If you don’t get a solid foundation at the lower grade levels, you will never catch up,” Peebles said.

Others, like Empower D.C. activist Shannon Smith, who has waged a tireless effort to end school closures of Northwest’s Ferebee Hope, said that with the razing of public housing, the neighborhood schools have been shuttered for underenrollment. This has forced children into overpopulated and under-resourced spaces.

“Within Ferebee Hope, there was a Dream Academy and the kids could walk across the street or up the hill to the school. Now the children are spread all over the city,” said Smith, whose granddaughter

When President Lyndon Johnson called on Congress to establish full educational opportunity as a national goal with his 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), he did so to ensure the nation’s young people could thrive as global industry leaders. Designed to safeguard equal access to education, the ESEA established high standards for academic performance, and mandated accountability from teachers, schools, and districts. Fifty years later, with the majority of public schools serving AfricanAmerican and Latino students, the promise of equal access, accountability, and high student achievement have failed miserably.

With the reauthorization of the ESEA looming, The Journey for Justice Alliance held a panel discussion, ESEA Reauthorization and the Broken Promise of School Privatization, to examine the impact mass closures, overcrowded classrooms, and the loss of community control over schools, have had on African-American and Latino students.

Parents from around the nation shared educational horror stories, including one kindergarten class with more than one hundred students being Concerned Americans from across the managed by a nation converged on the National Press single teacher Building to discuss ESEA. and teacher’s aide. Others, who had already filed Title VI Civil now has to cross a highway at Rights complaints against rush hour to get to and from their children’s school boards, school. “If you are going to demanded a national platform close schools, at least match to address equity. Almost all what you took away. Send asked, “Who is accountable them somewhere equal to or to us?” even better than where they Yolanda Peebles, parent were,” Smith said. of a Detroit Public Schools Jitu Brown, National student, said that before Director for Journey for

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Justice Alliance said that African Americans should demand public schools institute the same model as the University of Chicago Lab School (UCLS), which both Mayor Rahm Emmanuel and President Obama’s children attended. “UCLS said that there cannot be more than twenty-three children in any one class, but we are constantly hearing horror stories of schools with a hundred students in one class. There is a mandate of not having an overreliance on standardized tests, but [lawmakers] create policies that have our children schooled in test factories,” Brown said.

the known curriculum and the learned curriculum in schools so why not explore an assessment model that looks at all of the standards covered in a school and generate a test covering the learner’s mastery of the school’s curriculum and then compare states to states?” Friday asked. “Stop pretending standardized tests pushed by for-profit companies are really measuring something.”

Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, in a speech at Southeast’s Seaton Elementary School earlier this year, said without sweeping changes to the ESEA the nation’s public schools were poised to “turn back the clock

“A lot of children do not get the support they need and they go to the next grade ill-prepared.”

– Yolanda Peebles

Panelist Rosalind Friday, an educator with the National Education Association (NEA) in Willingboro, New Jersey, said it was important to disabuse educators of the theory that poor kids are not smart kids because they are poor.

“A full picture of a child is integral in order to understand how to help them learn and standardized tests are not equipped to do this. We know there is a discrepancy between

to the days when the high school graduation rate for the nation was stagnating and when high school dropout rates were almost twice as high for African-Americans.”

The Journey for Justice Alliance, along with the Advancement Project and the Alliance for Educational Justice also called for a moratorium on public school closures and the expansion of privately operated charter schools in the ESEA Reauthorization.

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News One Now show; and Barry Wides, deputy comptroller of community affairs for the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, to talk about how Blacks can use the experience of Freedman’s Bank to improve their financial condition.

“At the end of the day,” Martin said “it’s all about money in America.”

Young said Lincoln was pressured

by Black leader Frederick Douglass to help former slaves become commercially viable. “Douglass told Lincoln that in addition to making sure that former slaves have the right to vote, they also needed access to capital,” Young said. “As a result, Blacks got the Freedman’s Bank and then they [federal government] pulled the rug under it.”

Lincoln was assassinated five weeks after signing the Freedman’s bill and his successor, Andrew Johnson, worked to undermine it. At one point, Douglass was asked to run the institution but it failed in 1874 because of lack of support in the Congress and the White House.

During its existence, Freedman’s Bank had over $57 million in deposits and 70,000 depositors in both southern and northern cities.

King said while her father focused on voting rights and equal access to public facilities for Blacks, he didn’t ignore

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the economic plight of Blacks. “The first thing my father had to work on was desegregating the South,” she said. “After that, he began to look at the condition of poor people economically and how unfair the income disparities were. That’s when the trouble began because when you start talking about money, it becomes threatening to some people.”

Young, who worked for Martin Luther King before becoming the first AfricanAmerican elected to the Congress from the Deep South since Reconstruction and the first Black U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, said his late boss was “fine until he started talking about money.”

“When Martin talked about economic justice, he became a serious threat,” Young said. “However, Dr. King was determined to die for the poor.”

Wides said his agency is working to create incentives so banks will want to do business in minority neighborhoods and to make sure the nation’s credit and lending laws are being enforced.

Owens said that Blacks need to do a better job of retirement planning. “If you asked African Americans about retirement, 50-70 percent say that they want to live a life of leisure in their golden years but when it comes to planning for it, few have,” she said.

“That has to change.”

During the one-hour discussion, Young shared a candid moment in his life. He had just completed his service as ambassador and was contemplating running for mayor of Atlanta.

A female member of his church convinced him to hire her as his family’s financial advisor. Young said that the advisor helped him straighten out his family’s financial situation and he noted the irony at that time.

“I was one of the most important Negro leaders in the world and I was banking like an ignorant n----r,” he said to the laughter of the 75 audience members.

Bryant announced that his organization is working to establish 1,000 Operation HOPE inside satellites in financial institutions across the country by 2020. These centers will offer financial literacy courses and some products that are designed to help Black consumers with their credit rating and being eligible for bank loans.

The next time a customer orders Miss Bertha’s breakfast special on a Wednesday at the Florida Avenue Grill, they’ll be purchasing for two. On Feb. 25, The Grill and the Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless launched Meal for Meal Wednesdays, a community service initiative that addresses two needs for people who suffer from housing instability.

“We like to call it a hunger for delicious food and justice,” says Patricia Mullahy Fugere, executive director at the clinic.

While the city is beginning to thrive on economic development following the country’s recession, low-income families remain victim to spending nights in shelters and recreation centers, says Fugere. “There has been a loss of low income housing at the expense of longtime residents; it’s very challenging.”

During seasons like summer and winter, being without shelter is life-threatening; homeless individuals become vulnerable to weather-related injuries such as heat exhaustion, heat stroke, hypothermia and frostbite. In 2014, the clinic’s staff and pool of over 200 volunteer attorneys serviced at least 1,000 individuals who experienced or were at-risk of homelessness by providing easy access to comprehensive legal services.

“Partnering [with The Grill] gives us a chance to share what we do,” says Fugere, who first collaborated with the restaurant on its Third Annual Good Will at the Grill Thanksgiving Community Breakfast in 2014. During the event that occurs on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving, the grill serves up its classic southern style menu to the homeless in the area.

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Imar Hutchins, Patricia Mullahy Fugere, and volunteers enjoy the launch event for Florida Avenue Grill’s latest service initiative.

Last year’s goodwill event served 350 people. By establishing Meal for Meal Wednesdays, The Grill will open its doors to serve the homeless at least four times a year. “We thought it was time to heighten awareness of homelessness, not just one day, but year round,” says Imar Hutchins, owner of The Grill.

On April 8, the first round of 2015 events will launch with Easter Good Will at the Grill. The number of homeless served is based on the number of meals purchased each Wednesday leading up to that day. In the meantime, customers at The Grill will have access to literature about the clinic, with perhaps, “not so fun facts” about the issue of homelessness, says Fugere.

Because advocacy plays a vital role in the clinic’s services, both Fugere and Hutchins hope The Grill’s customers will be moved by not only their hunger for food, but their desire to ensure that every Washingtonian has as an equal right to basic necessities including safe and secure shelter.

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The Afro-American, March 14, 2015 - March 20, 2015

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Review: ‘Truth the Musical’

By Maria Adebola AFRO Staff Writer THEARC Theatre culminated its 2015 Black History Month program in celebration of African Americans who spearheaded historical movements such as civil rights, women’s rights, and other notable milestones with a musical play.

Truth the Musical, a depiction of the life of Sojourner Truth, was featured through a four series performance at THEARC Theatre. The showing began from Feb. 26 through Feb. 28. The musical was written and produced by Keni Fine Productions in collaboration with THEARCS I CAN, Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Washington.

The musical brings a different interpretation to the story of Truth, best known as an African American abolitionist and women’s rights activist in the 1800 era. Though the story succinctly relayed the hurdles and milestones of the phenomenal character, it featured a modern twist up tempo tune; break dancing moves by the performers dressed in saggy pants, baggy shirts and fitted hats.

The play was geared toward the younger generation as it tells the story of a troubled teen named Peter who, like any other young adult living in an urban environment, feels a sense of internal displacement. Peter was in search of the true meaning of his historical background, as he poses the question to the spirit of Truth who visited him, “What do you know about truth?”

Peter encountered the spirit of Truth, who engages him in a conversation about his unruly approach to finding the true meaning of his existence. Unbeknownst to Peter, the stranger who he encountered was Sojourner Truth herself. Truth goes on to question him about why he is so concerned about uncovering the truth about his history and the people that surrounds him.

Peter goes on a rampage about knowing more than she thinks.

With that, Truth leads Peter into a journey to the past which begin with her as a child.

Truth, who was originally named Isabelle Baumfree, introduces Peter to herself as a child sold at auction for $100 by slave owner, John Neely in 1806. As time flies, the audience encounters Truth as a woman who has birthed children and is still working as a slave. The musical plot thickens once Truth continuously croons about her need for freedom. Soon, Truth makes it her mission to escape from slavery with her infant daughter, Sophia.

Photo by Maria Adebola Fast forward to some years Peter, led by the spirit of Truth into the past, learns the true meaning of his history. later, Peter again journeys through the historical scenes where Truth won a landmark case against a slave owner, for illegally purchasing her son, whose name, ironically, was Peter. speaking briefly to Truth, who reminds him she is not gone, but Transfixed by the riveting narration of Truth, played by lives through him and the decisions he makes. Peter reveals that Broadway actress April Nixon, Peter was introduced the he finally knows the truth about his history, and how he will women’s right activist and abolitionist. Truth belts out tunes live with a profound appreciation of those who paved the way on why women should have the same rights as men in several for him. scenes, using her faith and life experiences as a platform. She The musical ensemble ranging from R&B to gospel delivered her now famous speech known as “Ain’t I a woman,” melodies served as the backdrop for pain, redemption, hope, in a powerful musical ensemble that earned a standing ovation and freedom. Peter and the audience learn that because of from the audience.

Truth, and other freedom fighters like her, he is able to obtain When Truth’s death is announced, Peter returns to reality, the privileges available to him.

Warren Shadd-World’s First African-American Piano Maker

By Rachel Kersey Howard University News Service Warren Shadd adorned the walls of his onestory home with several framed artifacts. On one wall hangs photographs of his family – his grandmother, his father, and his mother – all playing musical instruments. Another wall displays a 1969 article from The Washington Daily News about him as a 13-year-old musical prodigy.

Of all the remembrances, however, particularly significant to him is a certificate from the District of Columbia Piano Technicians Guild awarded on May 1, 1967 to James H. Shadd, his father, a professional pianist and piano technician. The certificate hangs as a reminder of the rich musical legacy from which he descends, Shadd said.

Shadd is a third generation musician, second generation piano technician and first generation piano manufacturer, as well as the first AfricanAmerican piano manufacturer in the world. It is what he was destined to do, he explained.

“I am the chosen one,” he said, without a hint of sarcasm. “Not only am I the first AfricanAmerican piano manufacturer, but unfortunately, we don’t make any other musical instruments, even down to things like music stands or drumsticks or guitar strings or accessories. So, I’m kind of like the first and only.”

His company, SHADD Inc., is headquartered in the Bronx, N.Y., he said, but at his home in Maryland, he houses eight of his creations, including the acoustic concert grand piano played on American Idol last season, and the one Grammy Award-winning gospel singer Richard Smallwood use to record his upcoming album.

Smallwood had nothing but praise for Shadd’s pianos. “First of all, for a pianist, it feels and sounds like every piano you’ve ever wanted to play,” he said, “your dream piano in terms of the highs, the lows, the mids, the harmonics. It’s just an incredible piece of work.

“Not only does it have wonderful sound, but it’s beautiful, just a gorgeous piece of furniture. I would play it every day.”

Producing world-class instruments wasn’t always Shadd’s dream. After withdrawing from Howard University when he got a record deal, he toured as a drummer with famous jazz artists like Sarah Vaughn, Jimmy Smith, Joe Williams, Lionel Hampton, and his aunt, Shirley Horn. He also performed in the Broadway hit musical “Ain’t Misbehavin’” with singer Nell Carter and the original cast until Carter, who went on to television fame, decided she wanted to stop the show and tour privately.

“As a musician, you’re out of work immediately,” Shadd said, explaining the unpredictable nature of the industry. “Then you’re trying to catch onto the next [show.]

Each time it becomes arduous, and you still have bills to pay.”

Shadd said he thought long and hard about how to sustain himself without relying on other people. He said he decided to work on pianos, which he learned to do in his parents’ basement when he in high school. “I took the resources that I had and made something happen out of those particular resources, which actually helped me later on when it came to formulating my ideas of what are the best parts in a piano to make it sound great,” he said.

After the death of his father in 1993, Shadd took over his father’s business, Shadd’s Piano Hospital Service. Shadd’s father had been the exclusive piano technician for Howard Theatre, Shadd said. He would go with his father to the theater while he tuned pianos for

musicians such as James Brown, Count Basie, [Duke] Ellington, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, and vocalists Pearl Bailey and Peggy Lee. One day, Shadd was tuning a piano when his client gave him the idea for manufacturing pianos. “Old Mr. Tucker started crying, so I turned around and asked, ‘Mr. Tucker, what’s going on?’”

Shadd said.

“Mr. Tucker said, ‘Shadd? See that piano?’ He points his finger right where the logo was on the piano.

‘That right there should say ‘Shadd’ because you’re the only one.’

“I was like, ‘Okay, shaddpianos.com Mr. Tucker! I got these ideas!’ I had written down some ideas about how to enhance the volume and the sound of acoustic pianos. So I went down and dusted these old pieces of paper that I wrote four or five years previously, and I started really tinkering around with the piano.”

That was the inception of SHADD Inc., he said. Thirteen years later, the company is 60 percent finished with a white acoustic concert grand piano that will go to the Vatican City, he said. “There are certain things that I thought would make my brand super huge immediately,” Shadd said. “[The Vatican] seems untouchable. Unattainable. It’s so way and beyond up there.”

Aside from the Vatican, Shadd, whose pianos have been played by jazz pianist Monty Alexander, singers Gregory Porter and Harry Connick Jr., and a host of other famous jazz musicians, also has aspirations of building a piano for President Barack Obama.

Additionally, the company has

manufactured a hybrid piano with features like speakers on the front of the piano, a bench with surround sound speakers, screens to allow for interactive virtual teaching and learning, and many other innovative accessories. “We tested for over a year with autistic, deaf, and blind children,” Shadd said. “This will be great assistive technology.”

ReeRinn, a partially deaf pianist and teacher, expressed excitement when she was introduced to Shadd’s pianos. Numerous childhood ear infections left Rinn unable to detect high register sounds, and though she received a bachelor’s degree in music, Rinn said she was never able to hear the last 10 notes on the piano until she heard Shadd’s hybrid piano.

“I suddenly found myself nearly in tears when I realized I could hear piano notes I had never heard before,” she said.”This was astonishing to me and an immensely moving experience.”

Shadd recalled her reaction when she first heard the piano. “She started screaming out, ‘I can hear it! I can hear it! I don’t know what this is!’” he said.”That might have been my greatest moment.”

SHADD Inc. is building more models of the interactive hybrid, he said, as well as a keyboard version of it, which he plans to ship to children in impoverished communities and developing countries.

Shadd said that though he has received a great deal of recognition and though his last name does appear in large letters on both sides of his pianos, he says it’s more about paying homage to those who nurtured him to be the businessman he is today. “I have so much respect for my family name,” he said. “I just continued that name, which is my name, with respect. It has a lot to do with paying homage to the blood, sweat and tears of my father. It was playing homage to all of the family, my grandmother, my grandfather . . . all the people that were super engaged in music.”

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boundary lines. Though residential lines have transformed, GoGo music has remained a forever and needed constant among DC’s prideful natives. Welcome to the new Washington, DC. Charles Louis “Chuck” Brown, a Gaston, North Carolinaborn blues guitarist, is considered the “Godfather of Go-Go.” While being influenced by the funk innovations of James Brown, the “Godfather of Soul,” Chuck Brown (no relation to James) was also influenced by the Latin bands that pervaded the DC region during the early 1970s. Chuck utilized his creativity by blending the conga-laden, cowbell-based Latino sounds with his funk-driven, blues-oriented compositions.

Hence, the birth of Go-Go. On the evening of Dec. 27, 2014 a tribute to Chuck Brown was attended by a throng of his fans, who came to hear their heroes’ actual backing band – fronted by a couple of Chuck’s children, lead singer Takesa “KK” Brown and his son Wylie Brown, a singer/rapper. Chuck’s children did a wonderful job, and disappointed no one on this post-Christmas holiday weekend. A turnout of just about 2,000-strong came out to support the band, while keeping Chuck Brown’s name alive in DC’s highly competitive live music market.

The set list consisted of Chuck’s hits such as “Bustin Loose,” from 1978. “Wind Me Up Chuck,” “Chuck Baby,”

“Run Joe” and “Still Crankin” were also popular hits performed by the 10-piece, horn-based band, on this chilly evening.

These days Go-Go is still a viable music form in the DC, Maryland and Virginia (DMV) region, even though its popularity never went global, such as reggae or even hip-hop.

The call-and-response activity which pervades the crowds is a significant stalwart of the Go-Go party scene, is its connection with Gospel music. The continuous flow from one tune to another, to keep the dancers on the floor, is very similar to the Rock’s “Jam Band” scenario, where bands string various songs together, while varying rhythms and melodies creatively emerge from within and throughout one song. That same attitude makes rock-and-roll jam bands very similar to the soulful, funk of Go-Go music. And the continuous pulsating groove-like rhythms are a direct take from the reggae rhythms formulated by Bob Marley and The Wailers in the early 1960s.

During an interview with “KK” Brown, she expressed pride at continuing her father’s legacy in conjunction with her younger brother, Wylie. “I’m really glad you’re writing this article, because Go-Go too often gets a negative rap. It’s really a positive music and it attracts positive people. The beats make folks just want to dance and have fun. It’s a partying kind of music, all about having a good time,” she added.

“Go-Go is DC’s folk music,” said Aaron Jones, a native Washingtonian attending the event. “I can vividly recall riding in my father’s car and listening while he played Chuck’s music on cassette tapes. It was also the music played during our house parties back in the day.”

“About 20 years ago, I told my wife we’d better start trying to catch Chuck’s shows, because one day, he’ll be gone and it’ll be too late. Since then, we’ve made it an annual event to catch his act at various outdoor festivals. You could say we’ve raised our sons on Chuck Brown’s music. They love Go-Go, even though they have their own new style that they gravitate toward. It’s OK though, because they know the foundation, and that’s Chuck Brown and the original Go-Go.” In looking at Go-Go’s future, it appears to be in good shape, considering that Chuck Brown’s grandson, Derrick Brown, is the future face of the music. KK says her 16-year old son, nicknamed “Pac-Man” by Grandpa Chuck, has “got the juice.”

He can sing and rap. “Go-Go’s in good shape now, and for the future too,” she said.

The Chuck Brown Tribute Band will appear at Maryland Live Casino on March 17 and at the Bethesday Blues & Jazz Supper Club on April 10. For more information contact Tom Goldfogle at Full Circle Entertainment, 301-879-9811.)

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Kinlow Wants to Help Ward 8 Thrive

By James Wright Special to the AFRO

Eugene D. Kinlow is one of 15 candidates in the April 28 special election to fill the Ward 8 vacancy on the D.C. Council.

He is involved with persuading Congress to grant the District political representation and preventing a private prison and trash transfer station in Ward 8.

One of the District’s leading progressive activists, he wants to use his decades of experience to make Ward 8 a viable economic engine that will benefit its residents.

Kinlow said that based on his years of advocacy and deep knowledge of the ward, he is the best person for the voters to send to the John A. Wilson Building. “I have lived in Ward 8 since the 1960s,” Kinlow said. “I have the vision, experience, leadership and a plan for the ward. When I was a child, Ward 8 had sit-down restaurants, grocery stores and movie theaters and we don’t have that now and I want to change that.”

Kinlow is the scion of a prominent Ward 8 political family.

His father, Eugene Kinlow, served as an at-large member, as president of the D.C. Board of Education, and on the D.C. Control Board.

The candidate’s wife, Tonya, served on the D.C. Board of Education as an at-large member also.

In the 2002 general election for one of the two at-large council seats, Kinlow, an independent, got 9.14 percent of the vote in a race dominated by D.C. Council incumbents Phil Mendelson (D) and David Catania (R).

Kinlow said that Muriel Bowser, now the District’s mayor, was an active volunteer in the 2002 campaign. “My family and [the mayor’s family] the Bowsers go way back,” he said.

Kinlow has been president of the Bellevue Civic Association and the Ward 8 Democrats, and represented the ward on the

D.C. Democratic State Committee. He was a radio talk show co-host of the “D.C. Politics Hour” on WPFW and worked as the public affairs director at D.C. Vote, a non-profit that seeks to get the District a vote in Congress.

He served 10 years as a member of the University Photo Courtesy of Kinlow Campaign of the District of Columbia Board of Eugene D. Kinlow is a candidate Trustees, is presently for the Ward 8 D.C. Council seat. vice chairperson of Washington East Foundation, and has been a board member of Cultural Tourism DC, a non-profit dedicated to promoting the District’s neighborhoods and landmarks. If elected to the council, Kinlow said he will focus on developing the land adjacent to the Anacostia Metro Station.

“If you look where the Anacostia station is located, it is a crossroads,” Kinlow said. “It is located a few feet from the Suitland Parkway that goes into Prince George’s County, several yards from I-295 that is part of the I-95 system, and short trip to South Capitol Street and right next to Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue. The station’s location is considered prime and is ripe for commercial, retail, and housing developments.”

Kinlow wants to provide more jobs for young people and make massive investments in housing, particularly workforce

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housing where public employees such as teachers and public safety officers can stay in the city.

Kinlow, who graduated from Ballou Senior High School in 1979 after attending Ward 8 schools throughout his childhood, wants all schools in the ward to be of high quality. “We need to stop sending our children to schools in other parts of the city,” he said.

Kinlow said he can deliver for the ward at the Wilson Building because he knows all of the council members and they

“I have the vision, experience, leadership and a plan for the ward.”

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know he means business. “All of the members of the council know that I’m an honest broker,” he said.

Sandy Allen, who represented the ward on the council from 1997-2005, supports LaRuby May for the council and has had political fights with Kinlow, but she respects him. “He has the right to run [for the council],” she said. “He has been a resident of the ward for a long time.”

Markus Batchelor, an advisory neighborhood commissioner in the ward, said Kinlow is worthy of a look. “His son and I worked on the Mayor’s Youth Leadership Institute together and I also worked with him on projects led by DC Vote,” Batchelor said. “To me, he was always supportive and a source of encouragement.”

Brooke

Continued from A1 friends and members of his fraternity, Alpha Phi Alpha. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, one of the speakers at the funeral service held at the Washington National Cathedral on March 10, said that Brooke was a great American.

“In 1967, when he was escorted on the Senate floor by Sen. Edward Kennedy, he was an advance scout probing the soul of

“For all of his history, Ed Brooke was his own man.”

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our country,” Kerry, a former senator from Massachusetts, said.

“For all of his history, Ed Brooke was his own man.”

Brooke died on Jan. 3 at the age of 95. A District native, he attended Dunbar Senior High School and Howard University, won a Bronze Star in the Army, had a groundbreaking career in politics in Massachusetts, received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President George W. Bush in 2004, and the Congressional Gold Medal in 2009.

In addition to the Brooke family, among the hundreds attending the funeral were Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and former Sens. Robert Dole (R-Kan.), Mo Cowan (D-Mass.), John Warner (R-Va.), and Carol MoseleyBraun (D-Ill.). D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D), who spoke at the funeral, was joined by Rep. Bobby Scott (D-Va.), among others, to represent the House of Representatives.

Former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick (D), D.C. Council member Vincent Orange (D-At Large), and Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker were present at Brooke’s funeral.

Kerry said Brooke’s achievements during his political career were remarkable because Massachusetts was only two percent Black and predominantly Catholic and Democratic.

The secretary said that Brooke’s life has had an impact on the present.

“There is a straight line from Ed Brooke’s election in 1962 to more than 40 years later”, Kerry said referring to the election of Barack Obama as president of the United States.

Norton said Brooke was an anomaly, given that he lived in a racially segregated District that had no representation in Congress and fought in World War II in an all-Black Army unit. Despite those challenges, he emerged as a senator, Norton said.

“I cannot explain the conundrum that is Edward Brooke,” the delegate said.

“I can tell you that he had warmth and talent that made him successful as a public man and a friend.”

Milton Davis, a former president of Alpha, said he got to know Brooke through the fraternity’s history book.

“I would read about the great Alpha men such as Thurgood Marshall, W.E. B. DuBois, and Jesse Owens and none still stood out more dramatically than Edward W. Brooke,” Davis said. “He was my hero.

The history books have yet to give him the credit that he has (D-N.Y.), Chaka Fattah (D-Penn.), David Scott (D-Ga.), earned.”

Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.), and Danny Davis (D-Ill.) could not Edward Brooke IV, the late senator’s son, said that his father attend the ceremony but where there in spirit. was “a truly sweet, tender, and [a] lovely man.” Rear Admiral Howard President A.I. Frederick said the university would Barry C. Black, Senate chaplain, said Brooke “greeted life’s match donations to the Brooke Chair in the Department of challenges with equanimity and excellence.”

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Brooke was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

Alpha’s general president, Marc Tillman, and past general On March 9, Alpha honored Brooke with an Omega Service, presidents Davis, James Ponder, Harry E. Johnson, and Darryl a ceremony reserved for deceased members of the fraternity, R. Matthews spoke about the impact Brooke had on Alpha and at the Andrew Rankin Memorial Chapel on Howard’s campus. on their lives.

Brooke joined Alpha at Howard University’s chapter and “Brooke was a Republican in the [mold] of Abraham became a national undergraduate and east coast leader. The Lincoln,” Ponder said.

Rev. Matthew L. Watley of Reid Temple A.M.E. Church and “He was not just an Alpha man, but a great man,” Johnson said. the Rev. Jonathan Augustine of St. Paul A.M.E. Church of New Orleans led the two-hour service.

According to Erika Laws Van Croft, a Philadelphia native who now lives in the District as a freelance journalist, “His legacy is WHAT MATTERS MOST TO extremely large. He was Barak Obama before there was a Barak Obama, and the memorial service was a dignified [and] very beautiful event.” Van Croft met Brooke “They’ve enabled me to through her late husband William A. Van Croft III who live independently.” knew Brookes through his father Rev. William A. Van The caring experts at Community Hospice Croft Jr., who was Brooke’s are helping with what matters most to pastor a St. Luke’s Episcopal Marjorie at the end of her life – remaining Church in Northwest. at home.

Alpha politicians attending the service included Orange, Regular visits from nurses, aides and a Scott and Rep. Al Green chaplain have meant Marjorie can live alone, (D-Texas). Scott, in his but never feel lonely. remarks, noted that other Alphas in the House such How can we help you? as Reps. Charles Rangel WhatMattersToMe.org (D-N.Y.), Gregory Meeks

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EDUCATION

Blacks Now Finishing High School at Record Levels

By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – After 30 years of little to no progress, Black youth are completing high school at the highest rates in history.

This is the finding in a new issue brief titled, “Young Black America Part One: High School Completion Rates are at their Highest Ever,” published by the Center for Economic Policy Research, a Washingtonbased think-tank. The report examines Census Bureau data for 20 to 24 year-olds, and compares high school completion rates around the country over the past 30 to 40 years.

“All in all, young blacks have experienced significant gains in high school completion rates during the past 13 years,” the report reads. “Given the importance of educational attainment in determining future wages, higher completion rates should, in theory, translate to higher wages.”

In 1975, Black Americans finished high school at a 75 percent rate, compared to 88 percent for Whites and the overall 86 percent rate.

In 2000, Blacks completed high school at a 14 percent lower rate than their White counterparts. However, by

2013, the Black completion rate rose to 86 percent, its highest-ever level, shrinking the Black-White gap to less than 7 percent.

“I’m a young Black woman and I wanted to answer the question of what’s going on with young Blacks in America,” says

Cherrie Bucknor, a Center for Economic Policy Research assistant and author of the paper. “Sometimes there are too many negative portrayals and negative stereotypes on young Blacks, and I like the fact this was something positive to focus on.”

The gender break down also shows a noteworthy trajectory. In addition to slightly outpacing the rate for Black boys (a trend that holds for all girls, across race), the completion rate for Black

girls is 89 percent, only five points lower than the rate for White girls.

While the gains of Black girls were more gradual, Black boys have experienced a rocky road to improvement in helping close the Black-White high school completion gap.

“The completion rate

for black males followed the same trajectory, but 3 to 8 percentage points lower.

Although black males experienced noticeable gains in completion rates during this century (an increase of 18.1 percent since 2000), their gains were not enough to offset the gains of other groups, leaving noticeable gaps in completion rates between black males and other groups,” the report stated.

“In 2013, the completion

rate for black males (83.5 percent) was 5.9 percentage points lower than black females and 8.8 percentage points lower than white males.”

Regional analysis also shows a different trend.

At 10 percent higher than the national rate for Black students, the West has held the most promise for Black students since 1975. But the other regions have caught up in recent years. As of 2013, Black students in both the Northeast and the West have the highest completion rates (88.2 and 88.1 percent, respectively). Further, all of the regions now have comparable rates for Black students, all within three percentage points of one another.

Although the report does not examine or speculate on causes for this breaks in these trends, Bucknor has a few theories.

“One factor that might be in play is increasing the graduation requirements for students in general, which makes the decision to drop out or stay in school a little bit different than before then,” Bucknor explains, adding that test scores for entering freshmen also been improving. “And since 2000, some of the plausible factors that I’ve read about include declining teenage birth rates…[which] makes them more likely to be in school.”

The teenage birth rate is also at a historic low, particularly for Black teens.

According to 2012 data from the National Center for Health Statistics, the maternity rate for Black girls age 15 to 17 has dropped 45 percent since 2000; for 18 and 19-year olds it has dropped 30 percent.

This report is the first part in a series that explores measures of success (or lack thereof) among Black people under 40.

“I feel like there’s a lot of attention on Blacks in general, but I wanted to focus on young Blacks like me,” Bucknor says. “So I’m hoping to look at several issues related to education, jobs, and inequality as a way to answer that question.”

President Obama, First Lady Launch “Let Girls Learn” Initiative

By Jonathan Hunter Special to the AFRO

The Obama administration on March 3 announced plans to help girls across the world receive a secondary education with the Let Girls Learn initiative, a program intended to help nearly 60 million girls from developing countries go to school.

Let Girls Learn began last summer as a United States Agency for International Development effort which drew support from celebrities such as Shonda Rhimes, Josh Duhamel and Jennifer Garner, according to Newsweek. The Obama administration said it would build off those existing programs and create more partnerships with other government organizations.

“62 million girls around the world—half of whom are adolescent—are not in school,” the White House said in a statement. “These girls have diminished economic opportunities and are more vulnerable to HIV/AIDS, early and forced marriage, and other forms of violence.”

In seeking a quality education, girls in countries across the world share a number of issues with their male counterparts.

Challenges include their parents not being able to afford school uniforms, living in war zones or living in a village without adequate resources However, girls face extra hurdles, because in many countries men are expected to be the breadwinners, forcing girls to take a back seat in getting an education. According to the Brookings Institute, in the Central Africa Republic and Afghanistan there are 70 girls in school for every 100 boys. In Chad and Somalia there are 46 girls in school for every 100 boys.

“A good education can lift you from the most humble circumstances into a life you never could have imagined,” first lady Michelle Obama said at a press conference announcing the initiative. “I see myself in these girls. I see our daughters in these girls. I want to use my time and platform as first lady and beyond to make a real impact.”

According to the administration, the new initiative will join with the Peace Corps and work in communities to identify barriers facing adolescent girls from attending schools. With 7,000 volunteers in 60 developing countries, the Peace Corps has already engaged in grassroots efforts side by side with local families.

The Peace Corps will train approximately 650 more volunteers and promote education in 11 countries: Albania, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Georgia, Ghana, Moldova, Mongolia, Mozambique, Togo, and Uganda, according to USA Today.

President Obama said he is proud of what the U.S. does to support girls around the world, but that it could do more.

“I’m proud to say that the U.S. already does a great deal to support girls’ education around the world,” Obama said at the press conference. “But what we do, we tend to do quietly. It doesn’t get a lot of publicity.”

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COMMUNITY CONNECTION Bowie, Md. National College Resources Foundation to Host Black College Expo The National College Resources Foundation (NCRF) will host the 12th Annual Black College Expo (BCE) on March 14 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Bowie State University (Gym), 14000 Jericho Park Road. Tickets are $7 for groups of 15 or more, $8 online and $10 at the door. This event will bring a vast array of education opportunities for high school students and college transfer students, and even career opportunities for college students and graduates. Students will have opportunities to meet one on one with college recruiters, get college application fees waived, and get accepted to a college on the spot! Some colleges will offer scholarships valued up to $180,000. To get accepted and to receive scholarships, 11th, 12th graders and college transfer students must bring their official transcripts and SAT/ACT scores to be reviewed by college admissions recruiters. For more information, visit our website at www.thecollegeexpo.org or call NCRF corporate office at 909-396-0151.

D.C. DCAP Convention

The District of Columbia Association of Parliamentarians (DCAP) will hold its 46th Annual Convention on March 21 from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Washington Navy Yard’s Catering and Conference Center, 6th and M Street S.E., Building 211. The Speakers will include Freddie L. Colston and Michael L. Swift. Tickets cost $50. For more information and to register contact

Margaret Smith Perkins at 301-627-3345.

NAACP, Union Baptist Nutrition and Health Disparities Town Hall The NAACP DC Branch and Union Temple Baptist Church will partner to host a Nutrition Justice and Health Disparities Town Hall Meeting in honor of National Nutrition Month and the 50th Anniversary of Selma. The meeting will be held on March 23 at 7 p.m. at the Union Temple Baptist Church, 1225 W Street, S.E. This meeting will address the food justice issues and health disparities facing east of the river communities. The event will also inform and engage families, faith-based leaders, business leaders, media and policy makers to promote health and combat the diet-related illnesses plaguing our communities. The event is free. To RSVP, visit http://bit.ly/ naacpdchealthtownall.

College Park, Md. First Baptist Seminar on Domestic Violence

The First Baptist Church of College Park will hold its first seminar for the church’s newly established ministry, The Family Institute on March 28.

The seminar will address Domestic Violence with the theme, Broken Silence from Isaiah 32:18. The Domestic Violence seminar will commence with a continental breakfast, followed by a panel discussion, various workshops and a luncheon.

The seminar will begin at 9 a.m. and end at noon. Continental breakfast will begin at 8:45 a.m. and lunch will be served at noon. The panelist will include representatives from my Sister’s Place, Blacks and Missing and others experts. RSVP by emailing Angela Bates at familyinstitute@fbc-cp.org or you can pre-register at www.fbc-cp.org. Space is limited.

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Selma

Continued from A1 President Obama rarely Fred Shuttlesworth, Dr. discussed the issue of race Martin Luther King, Jr., in his first six years in office and so many others, the except in reaction to a major idea of a just America and racial catastrophe such as the a fair America, an inclusive shooting deaths of Trayvon America, and a generous Martin in Florida and Michael America – that idea ultimately Brown in Ferguson, Mo. triumphed.” or the arrest of Harvard President Obama University Professor Henry also acknowledged the Louis Gates, Jr. for breaking contributions of thousands into his own home. whose name will never be On Saturday, however, known to the public yet President Obama seemed played a critical role in comfortable discussing race securing the right to vote. in public, showing he has “As is true across the a deep appreciation for the landscape of American accomplishments of the Civil history, we cannot examine Rights Movement and quoting this moment in isolation. or referencing the Bible, Black spirituals, James Baldwin, Sojourner Truth, Fannie Lou Hamer, Langston Hughes, the Tuskegee Airmen, Jackie Robinson and even his favorite hip-hop artist Jay-Z. While connecting with African Americans, President Obama also underscored the significance of civil rights warriors making America hold true to its creed.

President Obama hugs “As John [Lewis] Rep. John Lewis after his noted, there are introduction. places and moments in America where this nation’s destiny has been decided. Many are The march on Selma was sites of war – Concord and part of a broader campaign Lexington, Appomattox, that spanned generations; the Gettysburg. Others are sites leaders that day part of a long that symbolize the daring line of heroes. We gather here of America’s character – to celebrate them. We gather Independence Hall and here to honor the courage of Seneca Falls, Kitty Hawk ordinary Americans willing and Cape Canaveral,” the to endure billy clubs and president said. the chastening rod; tear gas “Selma is such a place. In and the trampling hoof; men one afternoon 50 years ago, so and women who despite the much of our turbulent history gush of blood and splintered — the stain of slavery and bone would stay true to their anguish of civil war; the yoke North Star and keep marching of segregation and tyranny of towards justice.

Jim Crow; the death of four “They did as Scripture little girls in Birmingham; instructed: ‘Rejoice in hope, and the dream of a Baptist be patient in tribulation, be preacher – all that history met constant in prayer.’ And in on this bridge.” the days to come, they went He made his comments back again and again. When with the Edmund Pettus the trumpet call sounded for Bridge, where civil rights more to join, the people came marchers were attacked by –- black and white, young Alabama State Troopers on and old, Christian and Jew, “Bloody Sunday,” serving as waving the American flag and a backdrop. singing the same anthems full “It was not a clash of of faith and hope.” armies, but a clash of wills; President Obama admitted what many, if not most a contest to determine the African Americans have true meaning of America,” long accepted as fact – it was Obama said. “And because through their efforts that other of men and women like John Lewis, Joseph Lowery, Hosea groups obtained their rights.

In fact, often ahead of Blacks.

Williams, Amelia Boynton, “Because of what they Diane Nash, Ralph Abernathy, [protesters] did, the doors of C.T. Vivian, Andrew Young,

opportunity swung open not just for black folks, but for every American,” Obama said. “Women marched through those doors. Latinos marched through those doors. Asian Americans, gay Americans, Americans with disabilities – they all came through those doors. Their endeavors gave the entire South the chance to rise again, not by reasserting the past, but by transcending the past.”

The president said in order to be true to those who sacrificed to make America a better place, everyone – Black and White – has an obligation

disenfranchisement efforts – directly.

“With such an effort, we can make sure our criminal justice system serves all and not just some. Together, we can raise the level of mutual trust that policing is built on – the idea that police officers are members of the community they risk their lives to protect, and citizens in Ferguson and New York and Cleveland, they just want the same thing young people here marched for 50 years ago – the protection of the law. Together, we can address unfair sentencing and overcrowded prisons, and the stunted circumstances that rob too many boys of the chance to become men, and rob the nation of too many men who could be good dads, and good workers, and good neighbors.

With effort, we can roll back poverty and the roadblocks to opportunity.

Americans don’t accept a free ride for anybody, nor do we believe in equality of outcomes. But we do expect equal opportunity.”

Official White House Photo by Pete Souza Regarding Republican-led efforts to suppress to address America’s the Black and Latino vote, unfinished business.

Obama said: “Right now, in “First and foremost, we 2015, 50 years after Selma, have to recognize that one there are laws across this day’s commemoration, no country designed to make matter how special, is not it harder for people to vote. enough. If Selma taught As we speak, more of such us anything, it’s that our laws are being proposed. work is never done. The Meanwhile, the Voting Rights American experiment in selfAct, the culmination of so government gives work and much blood, so much sweat purpose to each generation. and tears, the product of so Selma teaches us, as well, much sacrifice in the face of that action requires that we wanton violence, the Voting shed our cynicism. For when Rights Act stands weakened, it comes to the pursuit of its future subject to political justice, we can afford neither rancor.” complacency nor despair.”

But the problem does not He said, “If we want to stop there, Obama said. honor the courage of those “Of course, our democracy who marched that day, then is not the task of Congress all of us are called to possess alone, or the courts alone, or their moral imagination. All even the president alone. If of us will need to feel as they every new voter-suppression did the fierce urgency of now. law was struck down today, we would still have, here in All of us need to recognize America, one of the lowest as they did that change voting rates among free depends on our actions, on peoples. Fifty years ago, our attitudes, the things we teach our children. And if we registering to vote here in make such an effort, no matter Selma and much of the South meant guessing the number of how hard it may sometimes seem, laws can be passed, and jellybeans in a jar, the number of bubbles on a bar of soap. consciences can be stirred, It meant risking your dignity, and consensus can be built.”

Obama addressed two hot- and sometimes, your life.

“What’s our excuse today button issues – the criminal for not voting? How do we so justice system and voter

Bipartisan Resolution Introduced to Honor 50th Anniversary of Civil Rights Marches

By Shantella Y. Sherman Special to the AFRO Amid commemorations of the 50th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday,” a bipartisan resolution celebrating the Selma marches has been introduced in the House of Representatives. Led by U.S. Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio), the resolution calls for the issuance of a postage stamp to commemorate the 1965 civil rights marches from Selma to Montgomery, Ala. Beatty was joined by over 102 of her colleagues as original co-sponsors of the resolution, including Reps.

Bradley Byrne (R-Ala.), Terri Sewell (D-Ala.), and Will Hurd (R-Texas).

“This resolution highlights a pivotal movement in America’s history, the Selma Voting Rights March, that brought together Americans to march from Selma to Montgomery 50 years ago. They marched with a truth – that all Americans share the same rights,” said Beatty. “Out of these efforts we passed the Voting Rights Act, a pivotal law that helped many obtain the right to vote.”

Beatty said discrimination at the voting booths prevented the vast majority of African Americans from registering to vote. The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) led a series of demonstrations and on Feb. 17, protester Jimmy Lee Jackson was fatally shot by an Alabama state trooper.

In response, the march from Selma to Montgomery was scheduled and more than 600 marchers assembled, led

by John Lewis. Just short of the Edmund Pettus Bridge, the protesters found their way blocked by Alabama state troopers, local lawmen, and citizens, wielding clubs, whips, and tear gas.

Ursula Britten-Hughes, then a student at Tougaloo College in Mississippi, said her brother, Charles, was among the SCLC marchers and sustained a head injury from a blow of a baton that day. The stamp commemoration, she said, would go a long way in honoring many nameless, faceless Americans who marched to secure voting rights.

“These marches were the mobilized efforts of everyday Americans, who exercised their Constitutional rights to assemble and protest. I think this stamp should show the multitude of people, like Charles, who took those blows to the head while standing on the back row and singing with all his heart,” Britten-Hughes said.

More than 50 non-violent protesters were hospitalized in the attack.

Undeterred by Bloody Sunday, marchers again set off on March 21 to continue the 54-mile protest from Selma to the steps of the State Capitol in Montgomery. “The Edmund Pettus Bridge was the portal through which America shed its dark past and marched to a brighter future. This bipartisan bill honors the significance of the historic Selma to Montgomery marches, and the Foot Soldiers who forced our nation to live up to its ideals of equality and justice for all Americans,” Sewell said.

casually discard the right for which so many fought? How do we so fully give away our power, our voice, in shaping America’s future? Why are we pointing to somebody else when we could take the time just to go to the polling places? We give away our power. “ Hip-hop artist Jay-Z’s remix of the song, “My President” has the popular line: “Rosa Parks sat so Martin Luther could walk

/ Martin Luther walked so Barack Obama could run / Barack Obama ran so all the children could fly.”

In his speech, Obama had his own line that showed he was in tune with Jay-Z’s lyrics: “We honor those who walked so we could run. We must run so our children soar.”

He added, “And we will not grow weary. For we believe in the power of an awesome God, and we believe in this country’s sacred promise.”

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He said a program is being implemented that will accelerate faculty promotion and career development.

He plans to continue building a culture of academic excellence and rigor, while engaging in scholarship and research for solving contemporary problems — highlighting the recent events in Ferguson, Mo., as an example.

“We must make Howard University the goto institution when external events occur, particularly those related to our mission,” Frederick said. “As president, I commit to working with our faculty and the university community to ensure that we remain actively engaged in public affairs. Where there is a need to speak about justice and inequality, I will lead.”

He also plans to revitalize the manner in which higher education institutions meet the needs of students and the world today, by infusing service into the university culture and increasing the philanthropic efforts of the university community.

Frederick, a native of Trinidad, has exemplified a passion and personal relationship with the university since his arrival in 1988. He earned a bachelor’s degree in zoology, a medical degree, and master’s degree in business administration at Howard.

He’s served as the associate dean in the College of Medicine, division chief in the Department of Surgery, director of the Cancer Center at Howard University Hospital, deputy provost for Health Sciences and provost and chief academic officer before being named interim president in 2013.

“He has obviously devoted his entire life to Howard University,” said former Washington

Mayor Vincent Gray.. “He’s somebody who I had a lot of dealings with as mayor and as a councilmember. I know he is fully prepared and fully equipped to do this job effectively.”

The search committee’s decision to hire Frederick as president last July was unanimous, and came at a time of challenges for the university.

Allegations of poor fiscal

“Where there is a need to speak about justice and inequality, I will lead.”

– Wayne A.I. Frederick mismanagement and political turmoil consumed former president Sidney Ribeau before his abrupt resignation.

“The challenges the university has faced recently are well-known and have been

frequently discussed,” said Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, a Howard graduate and member of the search committee. “He has an interesting plate of challenges, and so all of the talent, ability, and skill that he has is going to be required to guide Howard through these very difficult waters.

“I’m just glad that we have someone of his intellect, character, and talent who has the kind of love for students and love for this university.”

Howard students come from 71 countries and 44 different states. The university recently announced an upcoming freeze in tuition and a tuition rebate incentive that “will allow our students to excel in the classroom and offer their talents to local, national and global communities,” Frederick said.

Reed said with the problems facing the university, it was important that the board make the right choice for president. “I think that Dr. Frederick is showing that we made the right judgment,” he said.

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Selma’s Lesson: The Struggle Continues President Obama marked the 50th anniversary of Selma by celebrating the ordinary heroes who sacrificed so much to make America better. Noting that nearly 100 members of Congress were in the audience, he urged them to return to Washington to strengthen the Voting Rights Act, weakened by the illconsidered decision of five conservative Supreme Court Jesse L. Jackson Justices in Shelby County v.

Sr. Holder. Today, 50 years after Selma, states are moving once more to make voting harder rather than easier.

Reviving the Voting Rights Act is essential, but it is not sufficient. The marchers in Selma were marching not just for the right to vote, but also for jobs and justice. And today, Selma itself reveals how far we have to go.

Much attention was rightly paid to the 103-year-old Amelia Boynton Robinson. In 1965, she was a leader in planning the Selma demonstrations, and her home was the site for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and legislators to gather as they wrote the first draft of the Voting Rights Act. This weekend, 50 years later, she joined President Obama on the Edmund Pettus Bridge, sitting tall in her wheelchair.

Yet, her home – which ought to be a national memorial – now sits boarded up, joining other vacant and foreclosed homes in her neighborhood.

Selma is now 80 percent Black. Dallas County, where it sits, suffers the highest unemployment in the state at 10.2 percent. The official figure doesn’t count the many who have simply given up trying to find a job. Downtown Selma has as many boarded up stores as operating ones.

USA Today quoted David Garrow, the author of Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, who warned against “reducing history to a photo op.” The focus, he argued, “should be on investment and economic development in places like Selma.

The focus should be on what we can do for Selma, not what

Selma can do for us.”

And of course, it is not just Selma. African American unemployment remains at more than twice the level of White unemployment. Only 60 percent of all African American men have a job of any kind, with only one in five African Americans 16-19 employed. We lock up more people – mostly people of color – than any other nation in the world. The Justice Department’s investigation of Ferguson, Mo. showed a destructive racial bias still stains our criminal justice system. Our schools in poor communities – ghettos, barrios and rural areas – still suffer a savage inequality in resources and capacity.

Yes, great progress has been made, and it is important to recognize and remember the courage and costs of those who sacrificed to make America better.

But the commemoration must be a call to action. We should be protesting in Selma, not celebrating. The Civil Rights struggle was in some respect a movement that had three parts. The first was ending legal segregation. The second guaranteeing the right to vote. The third, the one Dr. King knew would be the most difficult, was to guarantee economic justice, equal opportunity and a fair start for all. As Selma shows today, and as the Fergusons across the country demonstrate, that part has yet to be achieved.

President Obama was right. It’s great to see 100 legislators at the demonstration, but we need them to legislate, not demonstrate. We need them to return to Washington and raise the minimum wage. We need a jobs program for young people

in urban America. We need to fulfill the easy rhetoric about education as an answer, by investing the most in those who need it the most – the sons and daughters of the poor and low wage families.

President Obama called out to the young to lead once more: “It is you, the young and fearless at heart, the most diverse and educated generation in our history, who the nation is waiting to follow.” We’ve seen the stirrings in the BlackLivesMatter demonstrations across the country. What Selma reminds us is that to make America better will take much more action to demand what could be, and much less acceptance of what is.

Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. is founder and president of the Chicago-based Rainbow PUSH Coalition. You can keep up with his work at www.rainbowpush.org

Don’t Overlook Contributions of Clarence Mitchell

Looking at our nation and noting where we have come since 1965 gives us reason to celebrate. However, in our celebration we should be mindful that true equality was never achieved, and that instead of moving towards justice we are moving in the other direction.

Just a year ago we celebrated the 50th anniversary of the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, though the Act has been and continues to be under attack from the right wing of this nation as some even ponder its “constitutionality.” And now we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, just two years after the law was gutted by a decision by the Supreme Court that was not founded in law and where the Chief Justice incredulously opined that Blacks in Mississippi had superior voter access than Blacks in Massachusetts.

It is in this vein that we say that there should be a celebration, but there too must be a recognition of the work that must be done to repair the harm done by the Shelby County decision. The ink wasn’t dry on that decision before Southern states such as North Carolina, Texas and Mississippi started to take action to go back to how things were.

Blacks in all the old confederacy are now confronting an array of repressive laws such as unduly restrictive voter identification laws, cut backs on early voting, enhanced purging of voters, burdensome identification issuance or renewal laws, changing of voting sites to make it more difficult for people of color to vote and a facing host of other such discriminatory obstacles. We are hearing dog whistles every day in 2015.

In the wake of last weekend’s celebration in Selma, we hope that the NAACP gets proper recognition for its essential role in the law’s passage. We love and respect those great Americans such as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and President Lyndon Baines Johnson who are deservedly given so much credit, but others, including Republican Senate Leader Everett Dirksen of Illinois and the NAACP’s Clarence Mitchell, had indispensable roles as well. Sadly, the celebration of the 1964 Act largely ignored Mitchell and we hope this year’s celebration does not do the same.

Clarence Mitchell was born into poverty, but rose into prominence as the NAACP’s

William Barber and Gary L. Bledsoe

chief lobbyist and became widely known as the Nation’s 101st Senator. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1980 by President Jimmy Carter and the NAACP’s Spingarn Medal in 1969. Mitchell strategized with Johnson to keep waffling northern Senators on board and utilized his friendships with Republicans and Democrats to help effectively persuade them to come on board.

And as the nation’s chief civil rights lobbyist, he helped to organize and guide a coalition of diverse supporters from NAACP units, other civil rights, church and labor groups to address pressure points as they arose in Congress and to keep pressure on for members of Congress to support the bill. President Johnson was even quoted as saying no person forced his door open more than Clarence Mitchell.

As we celebrate Bloody Sunday and the march from Selma to Montgomery and other vital and important events from 1965, let us remember the heroes and martyrs – Dr. King, Rep. John Lewis (d-Ga.), Hosea Williams of SCLC, Amelia Boynton and Jimmie Lee Jackson. In addition to those great African-Americans we should celebrate the courageous actions of White Americans such as Rev. James Reeb and Viola Liuzzo who gave their lives so that we could have a better country. And let us remember Clarence Mitchell too!

Remembering Clarence Mitchell reminds us of how important an integrated strategy was before and is now. We must go to the streets as LBJ insisted, but the work in the halls of Congress and in the home states or districts of Congresspersons plays an essential and vital role as well. The strategy needed and included the NAACP and Mitchell and Roy Wilkins, SNCC with Lewis, Julian Bond and others and of course the SCLC with King, Hosea Williams, Andrew Young and others. And as we try to fix this law, let us restore it with substance and vitality in honor of all those great people, named and unnamed, who gave so much so that we might have the right to vote.

William Barber is state president of the North Carolina NAACP and Gary L. Bledsoe is state president of the Texas NAACP.

Who Pays for Police Officers’ Misbehavior?

Ever since President Bill Clinton apologized for the Tuskegee syphilis “experiment” in 1997, we have heard calls for apologies from the government and individuals for a myriad of transgressions against Black people. I came to the conclusion a long time ago that apologies are highly overrated and mean very little when it comes to initiating substantive change and reciprocity toward the offended class or individual.

We witnessed the latest apology by the mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, to the family of Tamir Rice after the police findings were made public.

The report stated Rice’s death was caused by, “by the failure … to exercise due care to avoid injury.” In other words, the 12-year old boy caused his own death. The mayor apologized not for the killing but for the words used to describe the cause James Clingman of the killing. Rice was shot for holding a toy gun 1.7 seconds after the cops pulled up to his location in a park. No warning, no command to drop the gun, and no attempt to speak to Rice; they shot first – immediately, and now we are asking the questions.

We will hear the usual excuses and legal rationales, but the bottom line is that the taxpayers of Cleveland will pay dearly for this tragedy. That’s right, the taxpayers, not the police officers, which brings me to my point. Yes, you’re right; here comes the economic side of things.

From 1995 to 2001, in Cincinnati, police killed 15 Black men, some of whom were wielding guns and some who were innocent victims of overzealous quick-on-the-trigger officers. In addition to the killings, many Black people were harassed, profiled, illegally stopped and searched, and unjustifiably injured, physically and psychologically, by police officers.

Those incidents, undergirded by economic sanctions imposed against our city and a class action lawsuit, led to several capitulating concessions, which included cash payouts that amounted to more than $16 million, as I recall. Who paid it? The taxpayers, those of us who protested, helped pay the bill for the injuries and injustices that we fought against.

Looking back on those days makes me see how ridiculous it is for us to follow the same pattern to redress injustices such as the killing of Tamir Rice, Eric Garner, and others. Most

taxpayers give little or no thought to where the millions of dollars come from when monetary penalties are imposed and paid out to victims of police violence or mistreatment of citizens.

Maybe if more of us knew the money was coming from our pockets, money that, in many cases, could have been used for street repair, business development, or capital improvements, we would get together and put an end to this madness.

In return for insults, injuries, and injustice we demand apologies and, in some instances, remuneration. We get are empty words replete with condescension, and payouts from our own tax dollars, which have no real effect on the perpetrators of the insults, injuries, and injustices we suffer. The real culprits have nothing to lose; they commit their acts with impunity. They can even say Tamir Rice and John Crawford caused their own deaths by holding a gun in an “open carry” state, a state where other folks carry guns openly and never get shot for doing so.

We watched Rice and Crawford lose their lives in a matter of seconds after the police came on the scene. We saw Eric Garner killed in a matter of minutes for “failing to comply,” while we see others questioning police officers and “refusing” to comply, only to be allowed to either walk away or otherwise have their say as the police back off.

Despite the graphic evidence of disparate treatment, Blacks get weak apologies and insulting rationales as mitigation for our injuries and injustice. If there were a price to pay for police officers who commit these kinds of acts, since most will never be indicted, maybe they would exercise more restraint before they fire their guns. If they were required to have personal malpractice insurance, for instance, not paid by the municipality but by themselves, or if court awards had to be paid from police department budgets, maybe there would be fewer killings.

Injustice can and does lead to violence in return, and it could ultimately be one reason for young people turning to terrorism. While some naively think jobs will stop terrorism, a report, “The Age of the Wolf,” cited an 18-year old boy who stated, “I did not join the Taliban because I was poor; I joined because I was angry.”

There is a lot of anger out there about our broken criminal justice system. I believe economic responses will accelerate the process of repairing it.

Jim Clingman, founder of the Greater Cincinnati African American Chamber of Commerce, is the nation’s most prolific writer on economic empowerment for Black people. He can be reached through his website, blackonomics.com.

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It means millions of dollars more that could be used for programs such as bill credits, low-income assistance and energy efficiency programs through a $33.75 million Customer Investment Fund. It also means continued annual charitable contributions and local community support – exceeding Pepco’s 2013 level of $1.6 million for 10 years following the merger. And it means $168 million to $260 million in economic benefits to the District.

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Black Women and Work as a Civil Right

By Zenitha Prince Senior AFRO Correspondent This is the second in a series of articles about laws that have significantly impacted Black women in America.

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n the history of laws that have significantly impacted the lives of African Americans, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is among the premier league. “[It] was pivotal. It was probably the most game-changing legislation for Blacks in the United States,” said Barbara Arnwine, executive director, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. And Title VII of that law, which barred workplace discrimination on a number of protected categories was particularly beneficial for African-American women, historians and activists agree.

“Title VII has been absolutely radical for Black women,” Arnwine added. “By barring discrimination on the basis of race and gender it cleared the way for AfricanAmerican women to fully participate in the workplace. Before that we didn’t see women employed across all sectors.”

Black women and labor have been closely intertwined since the first 19 African slaves were dumped on the shores of Jamestown, Va., in 1619. Blacks were seen as a source of cheaper, more plentiful labor than indentured servants (usually poor Europeans), and formed the economic backbone of the American South, which specialized in the production of crops such as tobacco and later, cotton.

Even after Emancipation, freed Black women were expected to work—unlike their White counterparts who society put on a pedestal.

According to a working paper by the National Bureau of Economic Research, from 1870 to 1900, the labor force participation rate of Black women was about 40 percent compared to less than 15 percent among White women.

The Freedmen’s Bureau, a federal agency that was supposed to assist former slaves in the South, often acted as an agent in trying to force Black women to work, either by having husbands contract their entire families to

work in the cotton industries or by declaring that unemployed women would be treated as vagrants just like men.

Overall, however, it was almost impossible for former slaves to make any advancements in the post-Civil War economy in the South thanks to restrictive Black codes and systems of involuntary or forced labor, such as peonage, debt bondage and apprenticeship and regressive contractual arrangements such as sharecropping.

The lack of opportunities led millions of slaves to migrate, lured by promises of a better life in the industrial centers of the North. But conditions were deplorable, and Black women had to compete for menial, usually domestic, jobs.

The advent of World War II presented the greatest challenge to White male domination of primary sector jobs and the greatest opportunity for job advancement for Black women up to that point in U.S. history.

“Although scholars have given some attention to the labor-force fortunes of blacks in the war economy, few have considered the impact of the wartime expansion on black women, who constituted 600,000 of the 1,000,000 blacks who entered paid employment during the war years,” wrote Karen Tucker Anderson in the article “Last Hired, First Fired: Black Women Workers During World War II,” which was published in the Journal of American History.

Despite advancements in the workplace, Black women continue to suffer from job inequality.

As more men were mobilized to fight the war abroad, women were recruited to work in wartime industries—building airplanes, making ammunition, working in shipyards, among other duties. For Black women, who had been relegated to the lowestpaying domestic and farm work, war opened job categories and fostered upward mobility, wrote Anderson, citing scholars such as William Chafe, who “contends that the opportunities generated by the war-time economy and the long-term changes they fostered constituted World War II opened up job a ‘second emancipation’ for black women.” opportunities for Black women.

But historian Ruth Milkman in Gender at Work: The In this image, under the direction Dynamics of Job Segregation by Sex During World War II of National Youth Administration contends that while wartime mobilization swept aside the foreman Cecil M. Coles, Juanita traditional sexual division of labor, after the war, women E. Gray learns to operate a lathe “were forced back into traditionally female occupations, or machine at the Washington, D.C., out of the labor market altogether.”

NYA War Production and Training The relegation of women to “pink-collar” jobs and Center. This former domestic discrimination against women in the workplace persisted, and worker is one of hundreds of was particularly injurious to Black women, who were often Negro women trained at this on the lowest economic rung and served as primary or cocenter. primary breadwinners for their households.

Welders Alivia Scott, Hattie Carpenter, and Flossie Burtos await an opportunity to weld their first piece of steel on the ship SS George Washington Carver at Kaiser Shipyards in Richmond, Calif. Ca. 1943.

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A Black woman is seen operating a hand drill at VulteeNashville, where she is working on a “Vengeance” dive bomber in Tennessee, in February 1943.

E.F. Joseph/ National Archives

Photo by Alfred Palmer/Library of Congress

“They needed to have jobs where they were not just relegated to the kitchen,” Arnwine said.

But such discrimination was not robustly addressed until the Civil Rights Act and Section VII was passed.

“With laws on the books it provided an avenue for women to bring claims in court or before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for redress and that opened up more jobs and workplaces for women,” said Lenora Lapidus, director of the Women’s Rights Project at the American Civil Liberties Union.

The first Supreme Court case addressing gender discrimination on the basis of Title VII was Phillips v. Martin Marietta in which the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund represented the plaintiff, Ida Phillips.

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Professional Achievement in Industry Award presented to Michael Sterling, PhD by Lt. Gen. Thomas Bostick

Grammy award winner Eddie Levert performing

The BEYA (Becoming Everything You Are) STEM Conference, an annual mentoring and networking seminar was hosted Feb. 5-7 at the Washington Marriott Wardman Park.

This year’s conference, Exceeding Expectations: Path to the Future, brought more than 8,000 attendees including students, college administrators, and high-level corporate and government professionals together to broaden diversity in this country’s technical and scientific work forces. Stephanie C. Hill, vice president and general manager for Lockheed Martin Information Systems and Global Solutions Civil said part of the conference’s purpose was to strengthen the nation’s global competitiveness. The conference was hosted by U.S. Black Engineer & Information Technology magazine, the Council of Engineering Deans of the Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and Lockheed Martin Corporation.

Professional Achievement Award in Industry presented to Shelvy Marbury (left) by the presenter

2015 Black Engineer of the Year Award presented to Edward Wilburn (center) by the presenters

Most Promising Engineer in Industry Award presented to Jane Odera Greene by presenter, Michael Delcheccolo

Admiral Michelle Howard, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations

Gen. Vincent Brooks, Commanding General, U.S. Pacific Command

Gen. Larry Spencer, Vice Chief of Staff, USAF with ROTC Cadets from Central High School, Prince George’s County, Md.

Dee Taylor-Jolly, Billy Murphy, Dr. Willie Murphy and Tyrone D. Taborn, Chairman/CEO, Career Communications Group Tuskegee Airmen William Fauntroy and Major Anderson

Lt. Col. Hezekiah Barge, Jr., Brig. Gen. Craig Crenshaw, Lt. Gen. Ronald Bailey and Sgt. Ferraro Hasani

Photos by Rob Roberts

On Feb. 24, the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation held its sixth annual Avoice Heritage Celebration at The Hamilton Hotel in downtown Washington. Reps. John Conyers (D-Mich.) and Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) were honored for

Vincent D’ Haiti, Demi Doniel-Akanie, Tony Ftzgerald, Abdulrabeen Adeieke and Monique Wilson, Director of the James E. Richmond Science Center

their years of service along with Toyota as the recipient of the Distinguished Corporation Award.

Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas), a former chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus along with Reps. Bobby Scott (D-Va.), Joyce

Beatty (D-Ohio), Robin Kelly (D-Ill.), Brenda Lawrence (D-Mich.), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas), Yvette Clarke (D-N.Y.) and D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) were among the lawmakers who attended the event.

The recipient of The 2015 Distinguished Pioneer Avoice Heritage Award, Rep. Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.)

Mistress of Ceremonies, Allison Seymore FOX 5 Morning News Anchor Janice Crump and Maurice Crump

Faustine Wabwire, Ambassador Suzan Johnson-Cook, Angelique Walker-Smith and Nikki McDaniel

Reps. Sheila Jackson Lee (D- Texas), The recipient of The 2015 Distinguished Leadership Avoice Heritage Award, John Conyers Jr. (D- Mich.), guest, Melvin L. Watt (D – N.C.) and Rep. Robert C. Scott (D- Va.)

Photos by Rob Roberts

Barbara Williams-Skinner, on behalf of Toyota, received The 2015 CBCF Distinguished Corporation Avoice Heritage Award, James Colon and Kimberly Dumpson

Howard University choir Afro Blue

Elsie L. Scott, Ph.D., former president and CEO of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, the founding director of the Ron W. Walters Leadership Center and A. Shuanise Washington- President and CEO, CBCF

Gen. Dennis L. Via and Mrs. Linda Via with Mrs. Charlene Austin and Gen. Lloyd Austin

Mary Lee Washington, Neighborhood Committee Institute Founder, CDC Support Center, Carmen Jenkins Frazier, Visual Arts Educator, DCPS, Carol Bernard, Educator, DCPS

Dr. Maurice and Pat Butler

Reps. Chaka Fattah (D- Penn.), G.K. Butterield (D – N.C.), Nancy Pelosi (DCalif.) and CBCF President and CEO A. Shuanise Washington

Nancy Pelosi, minority leader of the U.S. House of Representatives

Donald Washington, A. Shuanise Washington Ken Roger and Cora Williams

Priscilla Clarke and Shrita SterlinHernandez

Rep. Chaka Fattah (D-Penn.) board chairman, CBCF

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ARTS & CULTURE

Front “Page” News!

Clarence Page: The ‘Culture Worrier’ Interview

By Kam Williams Special to the AFRO Clarence Page is a nationally-syndicated columnist and member of the Chicago Tribune editorial board. Besides those duties, the Pulitzer Prize-winner makes frequent TV appearances, including on The McLaughlin Group as a regular member of the show’s panel of political pundits.

Clarence makes his home in the Washington, DC area with his wife, Lisa, and their son, Grady. Here, he talks about his life, career and his best-selling collection of essay, Culture Worrier.

Kam Williams: Hi Clarence, how’re you doing?

Clarence Page: I’m good. How are you today, Kam? KW: Great! First, I wanted to ask, how much of a connection do you still have to Chicago? You write for the ‘Tribune,’ but live in D.C. CP: That’s right. I work out of our Washington bureau.

My column is syndicated nationally, anyway. I have more of a Washington perspective than the other Tribune columnists, but I still love the place and try to get back as often as I can. And I occasionally do a locally-oriented blog item which is only printed in the Tribune.

KW: I think of you as the black Mike Royko. How would describe your style?

CP: I think every Chicago columnist considers himself to be a Mike Royko. [Chuckles] His office was next-door to mine at the Tribune Tower for a number of years. I always admired his strong voice… a very ordinary Chicagoan sitting at the bar after work going back-and-forth with his buddies about politics and this or that from a working-class point-of-view. I really appreciated his ability to do that so flawlessly, and in such a strong voice. So, I always tried to cultivate a voice assessing what was good for the average members of the public, and sometimes I succeeded.

[Chuckles]

CP: I’ve been doing the show since about 1988. McLaughlin’s been a remarkable talent scout over the years when you think about how people like Chris Matthews, Lawrence O’Donnell and Jay Carney used to be regulars on the show.

KW: Marie Polo asks: What was the most interesting and the most challenging aspects of being an army journalist back in 1969?

CP: Oh, that’s an interesting question! I will say that the difference was that when you’re an Army journalist, as opposed to a civilian correspondent covering the military, you’re very often either a public relations agent or expected to perform that role, with a few exceptions, such as reporters for Stars and Stripes. I would say that one of the most unexpected benefits of that job was being taught to never try to cover anything up, but rather to get any bad information out right away, so that there would be nothing more to come out later. This was a wonderful lesson to be taught because often the effort to cover up a story becomes a bigger story than the original one.

KW: You suffered from ADD, but it obviously didn’t prevent

“It occurred to me that after doing this for 30 years…that if there was ever an appropriate time for me to publish a collection of columns, this would be it.”

KW: You always do a great job. Tell me a little about why you decided to publish a collection of essays?

CP: It occurred to me that after doing this for 30 years, from the Reagan Era to the Age of Obama, that if there was ever an appropriate time for me to publish a collection of columns, this would be it. So, I went back and reread my pieces, and I began to notice the strong trend toward social commentary interwoven with politics played in most of them, and the phrase “Culture Worrier” just jumped out at me.

KW: How do you enjoy appearing on the McLaughlin Group with John, Eleanor Clift, Mort Zuckerman and Pat Buchanan?

you from having a very successful career as a journalist. How did you overcome this difficulty or turn it into a strength?

CP: I didn’t know I had ADD, because it hadn’t been invented back then. For what it’s worth, like a lot of others with ADD, I’ve been able to succeed simply by trying harder.

KW: When I watched ‘Life Itself,’ the documentary about Roger Ebert, I learned that winning a Pulitzer Prize was a very big deal to him. What did winning a Pulitzer mean to you?

CP: One thing about winning a Pulitzer, it means you know what the first three words of your obituary will be: Pulitzer Prize-winner. [Chuckles] After winning the Pulitzer, I couldn’t help but notice how people suddenly looked at me with a newfound respect, and would say, “He’s an expert.” On the negative side, I developed a terrible case of writer’s block for awhile, because I felt like readers would expect every one of my columns to be prize worthy. I spoke to a number of other Pulitzer winners who had the same problem, a creative block that had them hesitating. How do you get past the writer’s block? Nothing concentrates the mind like a firm deadline, and

Book Review

Black Male Frames: African-Americans in a Century of Hollywood Cinema, 1903-2003

By Kam Williams Special to the AFRO “‘Black Male Frames’ charts the development and shifting popularity of two stereotypes of black male masculinity in popular American film: the shaman and the scoundrel… [The book] identifies the origins of these roles in an America where black men were forced either to defer or to defy their white masters.

These figures recur in the stories America tells about its black men, from the fictional Jim Crow… to W.E.B. Du Bois. [The author] argues that these two extremes persist today in modern Hollywood, where actors… must cope with and work around such limited options… These men are rewarded for their portrayal of the stereotypes most needed to put America’s ongoing racial anxieties at ease.”

– Excerpted from the Bookjacket In the antebellum era, when minstrel shows took the U.S. by storm as the country’s first popular form of entertainment, African-American males were portrayed by white men in blackface as being either servile or surly. Those polar opposite stereotypes, which served a critical function during slavery, remained the only type of roles available to actual black actors from the dawn of the film industry all the way

into the 21st Century.

That is the contention of Roland Leander Williams, Jr. who teaches English at Temple University. In his groundbreaking book, Black Male Frames: AfricanAmericans in a Century of Hollywood Cinema, 1903-2003, Professor Williams sets out to show how black male movie characters have basically been either submissive or subversive to suit the fluctuating needs of the dominant culture.

He sets about proving his thesis by closely examining the careers of five AfricanAmerican acting icons, starting with Sam Lucas (1839-1916), the first black film star. He was not only the first black to play Uncle Tom onscreen, but he was also the first to portray the deferential character onstage.

Unfolding chronologically, the opus’ entry about Lucas is followed by a chapter devoted to Paul Robeson (1898-1976) entitled “Renaissance Man.” There, we learn that, in sharp contrast to Lucas, Robeson became typecast in a way which strengthened the “impression of blacks as primitives”

gaining popularity in the late Twenties.

That image was reversed a generation later, as personified by Sidney Poitier in his Oscar-winning performance in Lilies of the Field.

Then, in response to the Black Power Movement came the return of the relatively-assertive rebel as played by Denzel Washington, who won his first Academy Award for Glory in 1990.

Meanwhile, waiting in the wings was Morgan Freeman, who languished in the shadows “until the age of multiculturalism arrived, when he took a role (in Driving Miss Daisy) that once again raised the ghost of Uncle Tom.” As far as the future, the author concludes that only time will tell whether Hollywood will finally stop marginalizing black males as either servants or malcontents and welcome them into the movie mainstream by casting them in a full range of roles without regard to skin color. If not, Professor Williams expresses a sincere concern that history might simply continue to repeat itself.

a little voice in the back of my mind reminding me that, “If you don’t write, you don’t eat.”

Listen, we all want to be respected and appreciated, but when you get a big honor like that, people start to look for your work in a new way with higher expectations. Today, the best thing about having won is when I get a nasty comment from some internet troll I can remind myself of the Pulitzer and say, “Well, somebody appreciates me.”

KW: Dave Roth says: As far as I can tell, despite many people’s well intentioned efforts over the last 50 years, America still appears to be a racially-divided and culturally-segregated country, as evidenced by, among many other examples, Ferguson, Missouri, any examination of failing public schools and/or prison populations, and the current gerrymandering case being heard by the Supreme Court. What, in your view, is substantially culturally different in the U.S. today versus say March 3, 1991, Rodney King Day? And what do you believe is the single greatest piece of evidence that progress is being made toward a society that provides equality of opportunity and treatment under the law, regardless of race, ethnicity or gender?

CP: Good question. First of all, I would say that our cultural divides are less racial and more tribal. We’re trying to reduce racial barriers to opportunity while at the same time not creating artificial quotas in regards to race. Today’s tribal politics is more attitudes and values-based than back in the olden days when it was something we strictly associated with ethnicity.

KW: Environmental activist Grace Sinden says: Thank you for your fine work in illuminating important issues. What do you see as the most critical domestic concern that needs to be addressed by our national government?

CP: I would say environmental protection is our most important long-range issue. In the shorter term, as well as the longer term, I’ve always said our biggest challenge is in education, which has become even more challenging because of income inequality and wage stagnation. We haven’t confronted the fact that people who get their income from capital investments have benefited while ordinary workers who rely on salary have not. So, the income gap is getting worse. But Washington is in gridlock, politically, and I’m pessimistic about our making any major improvements over the next couple years.

KW: Sangeetha Subramanian asks: When you think about your legacy how would you like to be remembered?

CP: What a wonderful question! When I posed that question to retiring Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, he looked up as if he were surprised, but he quickly responded, “That he did the best he could with what he had.” It was remarkably humble, but to the point. That’s how I’d like to be remembered, too.

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Charter School’s Black History Month Celebration Highlights Black Culture

By AFRO Staff A student-led Black History Month celebration at a local charter school featured an array of colorful dress, lively music and enthusiastic performers.

Carlos Rosario International Public Charter School, dedicated to providing education, life skills programs, and support services to immigrants hosted the celebration on March 2. It is an annual showcase that has been occurring for decades.

“The Black History Month Celebration, a rich celebration of our students’ heritage, expands learning beyond the classroom,” Allison

Kokkoros, executive director and CEO for the school told the AFRO in an email. “It offers a way for students to understand each other crossculturally, which translates directly to the workplace.

It also builds cultural competencies giving students an important lens for seeing the community around them.”

According to Mandy Toomey, communications coordinator for Carlos Rosario, the student body’s largest population is composed of El Salvadorians and Ethiopians make up the second largest population.

D.C. Councilmember Brianne Nadeau (Ward 1)

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Carlos Rosario students dance the Brazilian Samba. spoke about local historic African Americans, and the new Director of the Mayor’s Office of African Affairs, Mamadou Samba, who is originally from Senegal.

“Culture and history are important no matter where

“The Black History Month Celebration, a rich celebration of our students’ heritage, expands learning beyond the classroom.”

–Allison Kokkoros

you come from,” Samba told the crowd of more than 400 students.

Student emcees for the event included Adenike Adeliyi of Nigeria and Mohammed Mohammed of Tanzania.

Kokkoros gave the welcoming remarks.

Adenike, a fashion designer and seamstress, dressed in clothing of her own design, recited a poem about Africa that was followed by a traditional dance. African American students reenacted Rosa Park’s bus protest in Montgomery, Ala. “These Black History Month events present a great opportunity for our students to share with each other their cultural heritage and traditions and to educate all

Event emcees: Adenike Adeliyi from Nigeria and Mohammed Mohammed from Tanzania on important moments in history,” said Kokkoros.

Students also presented an Ethiopian coffee ceremony, which included a fashion display and traditional dance performance during which one Ethiopian student ran up on stage and wowed the

crowd with his dance moves.

Students also educated the audience with Brazilian samba and Afro-Cuban dance performances. Following a video display of Moroccan culture and Moroccan dance, the School’s men’s choir, comprised of teachers and school leaders, led the crowd in a rendition of “Lift Every Voice and Sing.”

A presentation of flags from 33 different African countries, representing students and staff at the

school, concluded the program.

According to a press release, students Adenike Adeliyi from Nigeria and Mohammed Mohammed from Tanzania emceed the event.

Both are in a beginning level English class.

“I like to help with these events because it’s another chance to improve my English… This school has helped me so much, I want to pay it back,” Mohammed said.

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AFRO Sports Desk Faceoff

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Will the Kentucky Wildcats Finish Undefeated?

By Perry Green and Stephen D. Riley AFRO Sports Writers The Kentucky Wildcats recently completed a 31-0 regular season, as a roster stocked with blue-chip players and the presence of head coach John Calipari at the helm resulted in Kentucky’s best regular season since 1954.

But for Calipari and the Wildcats, the mission is far from complete, as the SEC and NCAA tournaments await in the upcoming weeks. They’ll enter both fields highly favored, but the question remains: will the Kentucky Wildcats finish the season undefeated and claim another NCAA championship?

Perry Green and Stephen D. Riley of the AFRO Sports Desk debate the question.

Riley: Team play is always the deciding factor in postseason runs, but the Kentucky Wildcats possess that, and then some. They’re stocked with NBA-caliber size and talent, and are backed by one of the best coaches in the nation.

With the momentum from an undefeated season, the players

understand how important it is to finish this job. In addition, several Kentucky players have a good chance to elevate their NBA draft stock with a solid college postseason. With so much at stake and with the experience from last year’s title game appearance, it’s Kentucky’s year and they’ll finish the job.

Green: Undefeated seasons add even more weight once the postseason rolls around. Plus, every team in the country is scouting Kentucky, the top-ranked school, more thoroughly than any other opponent. The Wildcats are talented, but that edge can vanish if an opponent has the right game plan in the postseason. I think the pressure will get to the Wildcats, and they will crumble before the championship game. The SEC Tournament will feature several teams familiar with Kentucky, some of whom will play the Wildcats for the third time this season. Familiarity is always an edge that can be used by either school.

Riley: They’ve faced pressure all season and have succeeded 31 times in a row. If there’s anybody to trust with

pressure on their shoulders, it’s the Kentucky Wildcats. The experience they possess from last season’s run to the title game is something that no other school has. The SEC Tournament will have some familiar faces, but the SEC for the most part is on a down year. The only team nationally ranked other than the Wildcats are the Arkansas Razorbacks, and Kentucky beat them by 17 points a week ago.

Green: The Wildcats’ last two SEC games were pretty much blueprints on how to hang with them. They found themselves in a tug-of-war with Georgia on the road for much of the night before pulling out a late win. They sparred with Florida for much of the first half and into the second before a late run gave Kentucky a big lead. Both opponents played aggressive defense, did a good job protecting the ball, and did not stake the Wildcats to big leads until fatigue finally set in.

With a week for schools to prepare and review past games, Kentucky may lose before the NCAA tournament even begins.

I just can’t see them finishing undefeated. All eyes are on the Wildcats to complete an improbable run. The odds are actually against them, and I believe the odds will win out.

Maryland Ends Reg. Season with 7-Game Win Streak, 26-5 Record

Minnie Minoso “The Cuban Comet” When the integration of Major League Baseball is mentioned, most thoughts go to Jackie Robinson. If you want to stretch the thought, Larry Doby may enter the conversation.

Larry was the second African American to enter the MLB and the first in the American League, coming from the Great Lakes team 11 weeks after Jackie made history. Larry went to Cleveland, and since he spent many evenings with my family, I was an Indians fan as well as a Dodgers fan.

Rooting for the Indians was an exercise in futility.

The Senators were known as the team from Washington that was first in peace, first in war but last in the American League, yet they would always find ways to keep Cleveland from the pennant.

It was said of Indians owner Bill Veeck that he would sign a gorilla if it could chase down a fly ball.

Veeck was on a hunt to find a quality player of color before Jackie’s signing. He was advised against it by Sam Lacy, who reminded Veeck that the owner had previously had a giant, a midget and several other oddities play for him, and a player of color may be viewed as another act in Bill

Veeck’s “circus.”

After the color barrier was broken and the Indians’ signing of Doby was in the history books, Veeck continued his quest for a player to help the Indians win a pennant. It was then that he signed Orestes “Minnie” Minoso, the Cuban Comet, in 1949. With this new acquisition, the Indians won the World Series as Minoso patrolled left field and made a substantial contribution.

During this period of my life I was fortunate enough to attend spring training with Sam. Books and homework made the trip, but I still had as much freedom as any kid could want wandering around among the great MLB players.

Usually, these trips were to Florida, where the Dodgers trained, but this time it would be different.

This time we were going to Tucson with the Indians.

Since Jim Crow was still a major force in America, we were housed away from the white players on the team.

Instead, we lived with a family in a home approved

by MLB. My roommates were Sam, Doby and Minosa.

On the train ride to Tucson, I learned to appreciate the charm of Minnie. On this

trip, I thought it was cool to hang out in the club car with Micky Vernon and some of the other players drinking Shirley Temples. It was quite a bit past my bed time when Sam showed up, and he was more than a little steamed at my newfound independence.

Minnie came to my rescue, and saved me from a life sentence by reminding Sam that I was just a kid.

When we took our meals I marveled at the way Minnie mixed everything on his plate together. His only comment was, “It’s all going the same place.”

While in Tucson, I made friends with Billy Norsworthy. In the evenings I would join him and his gang for some mischief.

Amongst his friends was a girl named June, and I was stone-cold in love with June.

For this reason, when it was suggested that we slip over the border to Nogales, Mexico, I was all in. We got busted, and Minnie saved my butt again. He didn’t use these words when he talked to me, but it was similar to, “You don’t tug on Superman’s cape.”

Minnie remained an active MLB player as late as 1976, when at the age of 53 he made a handful of plate appearances for the Chicago White Sox.

THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA HOUSING AUTHORITY SOLICITATION NO.: 0016-2015 Janitorial Services The District of Columbia Housing Authority (DCHA) is seeking to solicit sealed bids from qualified Contractors to furnish the necessary labor, materials, supplies, equipment and supervision to provide janitorial services according to GSA standards.

SOLICITATION DOCUMENTS will be available at the Issuing Office at 1133 North Capitol Street, NE, Suite 300, Administrative Services/Contracts and Procurement, Washington, DC 20002-7599, between the hours of 9:00am and 4:00pm, Monday through Friday, beginning on Monday, March 9, 2015; and on DCHA web site at www.dchousing.org SEALED PROPOSAL RESPONSES are due to the Issuing Office by 11:00am on Thursday, April 9, 2015.

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

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Maryland’s Dez Wells is defended by Nebraska forward Terran Petteway and guard Shavon Shields, right, during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game.

By Perry Green AFRO Sports Editor Senior forward Dez Wells posted a double-double of 18 points with 12 rebounds to lead No. 10 Maryland to a 64-61 win over Big Ten opponent Nebraska in the Terps’ regular season finale on March 8 in Lincoln, Neb. The win gave Maryland a 26-5 overall record, the team’s best season in program history, and sent the Terrapins into the Big Ten tournament on a seven-game winning streak.

Maryland had to work for the win, however. After taking a small lead into halftime, the Terps fell behind by as many as eight points early in the second half. But freshman guard Melo Trimble caught a hot shooting streak and led Maryland back.

Nebraska continued to challenge, and the game wasn’t won until Wells nailed a clutch one-dribble jump shot to give the Terps a three-point lead with just seconds left in the game.

Nebraska junior guard Shavon Shields missed an attempt to tie the game as Maryland held onto the victory.

Wells was 6-of-7 from the free throw line in scoring his 18 points; Trimble was 9-of-10 from the charity stripe and led the way with 21 points, seven rebounds and four assists. Shields scored a game-high 26 points for Nebraska in the loss.

Maryland takes the No. 2 seed into the Big Ten tournament, and will face the winner of a first-round matchup between No. 7 Indiana and No. 10 Northwestern in a quarterfinal game on March 13.

THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA HOUSING AUTHORITY SOLICITATION NO.: 0017-2015 Landlord and Tenant Legal Cases The District of Columbia Housing Authority (DCHA) is seeking contractor(s) to provide the necessary resources to obtain legal services related to and involved in the prosecution of DCHA’s Landlord/Tenant cases; including, but not limited to, the preparation, filing and litigation of complaints and appeals within the District of Columbia’s judicial system and finalizing cases on behalf of DCHA at the conclusion of litigation.

SOLICITATION DOCUMENTS will be available at the Issuing Office at 1133 North Capitol Street, NE, Suite 300, Administrative Services/Contracts and Procurement, Washington, DC 20002-7599, between the hours of 9:00am and 4:00pm, Monday through Friday, beginning on Monday, March 9, 2015; and on DCHA web site at www.dchousing.org SEALED PROPOSAL RESPONSES are due to the Issuing Office by 11:00am on Thursday, April 9, 2015.

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

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of assembly trainee at the Martin Marietta Corp. after reading a classified ad. Shortly thereafter, she was informed the company was not accepting female applicants with preschool-age children. When she learned men with preschool-age children were being considered, however, Phillips decided to file a complaint.

In January 1971, the Supreme Court ruled in her favor.

“By adding the prohibition against job discrimination based on sex to the 1964 Civil Rights Act Congress intended to prevent employers from refusing ‘to hire an individual based on stereotyped characterizations of the sexes’ Even

Black women in America were long relegated to menial, often domestic labor as portrayed by actresses Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer in The Help.

characterizations of the proper domestic roles of the sexes were not to serve as predicates for restricting employment opportunity,” wrote U.S. Justice Thurgood Marshall in his concurring opinion.

“It began the process of making employers understand that they could not rely on stereotypes about women and the role of women to keep them from entering the job market,” said Sherrilyn Ifill, LDF’s current president and director-counsel.

“People think about us as only fighting race discrimination, but we recognized the importance of seeking equality as a whole,” Ifill added. “The idea of women being able to operate equally in the workplace is as important as any other civil right women can have. Women play a vital role in every aspect of our society and barring women from participating fully in the workplace not only discriminated against women, but also impoverished the workplace from the contributions women could make.”

According to Arnwine, Title VII “spawned a whole generation of laws in the states” addressing issues of workplace discrimination and federal laws such as the Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 and the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009, which extends the time in which workers who learn of a pay disparity can bring a lawsuit against their employers.

Despite the progress ignited by Title VII, workplace discrimination remains.

“Many people believe that sexism in the workplace is a thing of the past, but evidence suggests that is alive and well,” Michael Schmitt, a former expert in workplace discrimination at Purdue University said in a psychological study. “Women get paid less than men, are less likely to be hired or promoted, do more unpaid domestic labor and are highly underrepresented in positions of power.

“A number of psychological investigations suggest that both women and men underestimate the degree of sexism against women. People want to think they live in a fair world in which men and women can do anything they want, regardless of gender,” he added.

Such challenges are especially acute for African-American women, who often walk the double gauntlet of race and sex discrimination in the workplace.

“There have been attempts by women of color to bring cases of intersectional bias but the courts have had a hard time dealing with that,” Lapidus said. “They’ve wanted to deal with cases on the basis of either race discrimination or gender discrimination but not both.”

And stereotypes persist, barring women from jobs such as law enforcement, firefighting and construction.

“There is still a lot of gender stereotypes out there about what kind of work women can do, or the idea that women only work for ‘pin money’ but they are not the primary wage earners, when in reality, in 41 percent of families with children, woman are the primary or co-primary wage earners,” Lapidus said.

There are also persistent issues related to the accommodation of female workers, Arnwine said.

Photos Courtesy DreamWorks Studios “We are still way behind most Western nations

Women of all races are paid at or below minimum wages more than men.

World War II opened up job opportunities for Black women. In this image, Black women welders are seen at the Landers, Frary, and Clark plant in New Britain, Conn., in June 1943.

in providing for women employees, to give them the time off they need to care for loved ones and offering benefits such as child care. Childcare is so expensive that it drives poorer women out of the workplace.”

Lack of accommodation is especially acute for pregnant workers, Lapidus said. The ACLU currently has pending cases, including Young v. UPS, which the Supreme Court is scheduled to review, which challenges the employer’s unwillingness to offer light-duty accommodations to pregnant employees though it offers such accommodations to workers who were injured on the job and who are disabled.

The ACLU has also filed an amicus brief in Home Care Association of America v. Weil.

The case challenges a federal judge’s decision to overturn Department of Labor rule changes in 2013 that would grant basis minimum wage protections to home health care workers, a field dominated by women of color.

The exclusion of domestic workers from the nation’s labor laws was both a legacy of gender stereotypes and of slavery and Jim Crow, Lapidus said.

“Stereotypes that do not value work that’s done in the home is really a legacy of slavery when enslaved African-American women were forced to work in the home and be caretakers. These jobs are just not treated as valuable,” she said.

Sex discrimination continues both at the lower echelons and the higher echelons of the labor market.

A 1995 report by Congress’ Glass Ceiling Commission found that despite an increasing presence in the workplace, women and minorities were barred by impenetrable barriers from entering the executive suite. At that time, the commission noted that only 3 to 5 percent of senior management positions in Fortune 500 companies were filled by women. It also found that women in senior positions often held positons in areas such as human resources or research which are not part of the usual pipeline to executive positions. Furthermore, the findings found disparities in compensation, which is a problem across the labor marketplace and the reason why advocates have been trying to pass the “Pay Fairness Act” in Congress.

“The pay gap continues to be a problem overall but it is particularly harsh for women of color,” the ACLU’s Lapidus said. “White women who work full time earn 78 cents for every dollar earned by a White man, but Black women earn 64 cents for every dollar earned by a White man and Hispanic women earn 56 cents.”

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HBCU Students Help Register Ferguson Voters Several college students from a number of HBCUs in Atlanta arrived in

Ferguson, Mo. on March 8 to register voters in time for the April 7 deadline.

Teamed with the Atlanta chapter of the NAACP, students knocked on doors in and around Ferguson throughout the weekend to canvass voters and disseminate information. Many of the students gave up days of their spring break to participate.

Atlanta University Center students viewed the makeshift memorial on the site where Michael Brown was shot by a Ferguson police officer.

Photos courtesy of the NAACP

Haleigh Hopkins, a Spelman College Freshman from Peoria, Ill, is interviewed by St. Louis media prior to beginning voter registration and canvassing in the Ferguson area.

Thomas Smith of Morehouse College is interviewed by St. Louis media prior to beginning voter registration and canvassing in the Ferguson area.

Atlanta University Center students, from left, Chrishaun Langston, Shoney Frink, Corey Ashmore and Ryan Betts go over map and paperwork before going into Ferguson, Mo., neighborhoods to register voters.

Spelman’s 11th Annual Leadership Conference Empowers Women to Build Success in the Digital Era Spelman College will explore the theme “New School Leaders in the Digital Era” at its 11th Annual Leadership and Women of Color Conference May 13-14, 2015, at the Georgia International Convention Center in Atlanta.

During the intergenerational conference, prominent female leaders across all facets of technology and digital industries will share their experiences and knowledge of success in leadership roles. Attendees and experts will delve into this year’s theme, which will examine how to develop and sustain effective leadership strategies via change, innovation and influence. Experts will also address the importance and effects of technology, why leaders must be digitally-fluent and how to excel in today’s high-speed, globallyconnected environment.

The conference, first convened in 2004 by Jane Smith, Ed.D., C’68, executive director of the Center for Leadership and Civic Engagement at Spelman College, will offer everyone from emerging leaders to veteran visionaries fresh leadership tactics, bold new-age strategies and life-changing skills to achieve in the digital age.

“The digital era has begun, and with that, technology is thoroughly integrated into our everyday lives,” said Dr. Smith. “As a result, discussing technology’s relevance is an important and necessary conversation for today’s leaders because of its impact in multiple areas of professional and personal

development. During the conference, we’ll examine the effects of technology and digital culture as it relates to leadership on a global level; explore what diversity looks like in the digital space; and identify the skill sets and platforms New School Leaders use to cultivate and maintain success.”

Through timely workshops, impactful speaker/learning sessions, a media panel and numerous networking opportunities, attendees will leave feeling equipped to “change, innovate and influence.”

Scheduled events include the annual Game Changers: Digital Vanguard Luncheon and Legacy of Leadership Awards Dinner, which will herald women leaders who have excelled in their profession.

Meanwhile, the interactive session titled, New School Leaders: What Does it Take to Thrive in the Digital Era?, will provide the foundation for the conference by defining and exploring the concept of New School Leaders and the best practices they use to balance and thrive in the digital era. A special Tribute to the Spelman College President will recognize Beverly Daniel Tatum, Ph.D., for the achievements and accomplishments earned during her 13-year tenure at the helm of the College. President Tatum will retire at the end of June 2015. These and other events during the conference will provide attendees with take-away information, real-world advice and leadership testimonies to succeed in their respective careers.

Bethune-Cookman University, EPA Partnership to Create Programs in Environmental Fields

By Maria Adebola AFRO Staff Writer Bethune-Cookman University has launched a partnership with the Environmental Protection Agency under which it will work with the federal organization to address the stagnant participation of minority students in environmental fields.

With the EPA’s assistance, the Florida-based historically Black university will incorporate programs in areas including environmental science education and workforce development, faculty research, seminars or mini courses, outreach programs, technical assistance, and infrastructure.

As part of the agreement, the EPA will help improve the university’s environmental policy and science curriculum. The EPA will also offer internship opportunities to students interested in pursuing careers in environmental science and research, in an effort to attract more minorities interested in environmental fields, the agency said in a statement.

Bethune-Cookman President Dr. Edison O. Jackson, said he hopes the four-year partnership with the EPA will prepare more minority students for careers in the environmental field.

“This is a great accomplishment for B-CU,” Jackson said in a statement. “We will now be able to efficiently compete for relative research grants and take advantage of other great environmental opportunities. Most importantly, we will open up many avenues for our students, faculty and surrounding communities, as well.”

Hampton University Welcomes Fashion Business Writer Teri Agins The Hampton University Scripps Howard School of Journalism & Communications will host fashion business writer, Teri Agins, during the live taping of The Caldwell Café on March 18, 2015 at 6 p.m. in the Scripps Howard TV studio.

Agins is one of the most knowledgeable journalists regarding the business of fashion. She earned her stripes as a respected journalist in the fashion world during her years at the Wall Street Journal. A talented writer, she wrote for the New York Times, Time Magazine, Vogue, The Oprah Magazine and Essence.

Teri Agins Agins will discuss her new book, her career as a fashion business writer and give HU students advice on reaching their potential in the field of communications when she appears as a guest on The Caldwell Café.

Agins recently released her second book, “Hijacking the Runway: How Celebrities Are Stealing the Spotlight from Fashion Designers.” She discusses how celebrities used to simply be “walking billboards” displaying the latest from big name fashion designers, but now are creating their own brands, modeling them and reaping the benefits of sales.

The Caldwell Café is named after Earl Caldwell, a nationally renowned journalist, who is a writer-in-residence with the Scripps Howard School of Journalism and Communications.

His series was designed as a vehicle for Caldwell to expose students to media and journalism professionals.

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AKA Dorothy White Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Sheila C. White, whose address is 615 L. Street, N E , Wa s h i n g t o n , D C 20002 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Dorothy E White, AKA Dorothy White who died on October 11, 2014 with a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

20001, on or before September 6, 2015.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before September 6, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: March 6, 2015 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Sheila C. White Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 03/06, 03/13, 03/20/15

TYPESET: Tue Mar 10 LEGAL NOTICES Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2013ADM1328 Carletha T. Bell AKA Carletha T. Kelly-Bell AKA Carletha K. Bell Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Michael O. Middleton and Lester L. Oates Sr. , whose addresses are 14909 Health Center Drive, Apt 435, Bowie, MD 20716 and 11504 Dundee Drive, Bowie , MD 20721were appointed personal representatives of the estate of Carletha T. Bell AKA Carletha T. Kelly-Bell AKA Carletha K. Bell, who died on August 15, 2003 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

20001, on or before September 13, 2015.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before September 13, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: March 13, 2015 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Micheal O. Middleton Lester L. Oates Sr. Personal Representatives TRUE TEST COPY

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2015ADM158 Martha C. Freeman Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS D e n i s e F. H a w k i n s , whose address is 6615 Wilson Lane , was appointed personal representative of the estate of Martha C. Freeman, who died on January 16, 2015 without a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before August 27, 2015. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before August 27, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: February 27, 2015 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Denise F. Hawkins Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 02/27, 03/06, 03/13/15

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2011ADM644 14:00:41 2015 Audrey S.EDT Douglas Decedent Bradley A. Thomas Esq 4201 Connecticut Ave., NW Suite 400 Washington, DC 20008-1128 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS K e v i n W. D o u g l a s , whose address is 1035 Lake Shore Dr, Mitchellville, MD 20721 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Audrey S. Douglas, who died on April 16, 2009 without a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

20001, on or before September 13, 2015.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before September 13, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: March 13, 2015 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Kevin W. Douglas Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS

TYPESET: Tue Mar 10 03/13, 03/20, 03/27/15

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM658 Linwood Chisholm Decedent Jamison B. Taylor 1218 11th St. NW Washington, DC 20001 Attorney 15:52:54 EST 2015 NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS H a z e l V. C h i s h o l m , whose address is 2604 Monroe St. NE, Washington, DC 20018, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Linwood Chisholm, who died on January 18, 2014 without a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before September 13, 2015.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before September 13, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: March 13, 2015 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Hazel V. Chisholm Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 03/13, 03/20, 03/27/15

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2015ADM200 John Gilliam Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Keith Gilliam, whose address is 1223 Rock Creek Ford Road,NW, Washington, DC 20011 was appointed personal representative of the estate of John Gilliam, who died on May 4, 2000 without a will, and will serve with Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before September 13, 2015.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before September 13, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: March 13, 2015 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Keith Gilliam Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 3/13, 03/20, 03/27/2015 TYPESET: Tue Mar 10 Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION 14:02:46 EDT 2015 Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2015ADM215 Tammy Louise WhiteSmiley Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Isaiah Deshaun Smiley, whose address is 312 P e a b o d y S t , N W, Washington, DC 20011, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Tammy Louise White-Smiley, who died on December 26, 2014 without a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before September 13, 2015.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before September 13, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: March 13, 2015 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Iasaih Deshaun Smiley Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 03/13, 03/20, 03/27/115

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Maryland 20785 was apTo place your ad, call 1-800-237-6892, 262, Public Notices $50.00 & up be forever barred. Per- 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd pointed personal repreFloor Washington, D.C. believed to be heirs depending onsons size, Baltimore Legal Notices are $24.84 per inch. sentative of the estate of or legatees of the de- 20001, on or before Au- Gordon Watt Jennings , gust 892 27, 2015. Claims cedent who 1-800 do not (AFRO) re- against the decedent deceased by the Circuit ceive a copy of this notice Court244 for Halifax County, For Proof of Publication, please shall call be 1-800-237-6892, presented to the ext. by mail within 25 days of undersigned with a copy State of Common Wealth its first publication shall to the Register of Wills or of Virginia on January 10, so inform the Register of filed with the Register of 2014, Wills, including name, Wills with a copy to the Service of process may address and relation- undersigned, on or be- be made upon Manuel ship. fore August 27, 2015, or Geraldo , Esquire, 1316 Date of Publication: be forever barred. Per- Pennsylvania Avenue, FebruaryEST 27, 2015 sons believed to be heirs S E , C a p i t o l H i l l , TYPESET: Tue Feb 24 15:52:38 2015 LEGAL NOTICES Name of newspaper: or legatees of the de- Washington, DC 20003 Afro-American cedent who do not re- whose designation as Washington ceive a copy of this notice District of Columbia Superior Court of Law Reporter by mail within 25 days of agent has been filed with the District of Mildred Rogers-Wright its first publication shall the Register of Wills, District of Columbia Personal so inform the Register of D.C. PROBATE DIVISION Representative Wills, including name, The decedent owned the Washington, D.C. address and relation- f o l l o w i n g D i s t r i c t o f 20001-2131 Colombia real property: ship.

TRUE TEST COPY Administration No. an undivided two-thirds Date of Publication: REGISTER OF WILLS 2014ADM1384 interest in 715 LongFebruaryEST 27, 2015 TYPESET: Tue Feb 24 15:52:20 2015 Nathaniel Wright Jr. f e l l o w S t r e e t , N W, Name of newspaper: 02/27, 03/06, 03/13/15 Decedent Washington, DC 20011 Afro-American NOTICE OF Claims against the deWashington Superior Court of APPOINTMENT, cedent may be preLaw Reporter the District of NOTICE TO Persharwner sented to the underDistrict of Columbia CREDITORS Slye-Chappel signed and filed with the PROBATE DIVISION AND NOTICE TO Personal Register of Wills for the Washington, D.C. UNKNOWN HEIRS Representative District of Columbia, 20001-2131 Mildred Rogers-Wright, Building A, 515 5th Administration No. whose address is 4029 Street, NW, 3rd Floor, TRUE TEST COPY 2015ADM136 Meade Street, NE, Washington, DC, 20011 REGISTER OF WILLS Washington, DC 20019 James Maurice Slye Sr. within 6 months from the was appointed personal Decedent date of first publication TYPESET: Feb 24 15:52:02 EST 2015 of 02/27, 03/06,Tue 03/13/15 NOTICE OF representative of the this notice. (Strike APPOINTMENT, estate of Nathaniel preceding sentence if no NOTICE TO Wright, Jr., who died on SUPERIOR COURT OF real estate.)

CREDITORS November 30, 2014 withTHE DISTRICT OF AND NOTICE TO out a will, and will serve Mary E Jennings COLUMBIA UNKNOWN HEIRS without Court superviPersonal PROBATE DIVISION sion. All unknown heirs Persharwner SlyeRepresentative(s) Washington, D.C. a n d h e i r s w h o s e Chappell, whose adTRUE TEST COPY 20001-2131 whereabouts are un- dress is 1452 Howard REGISTER OF WILLS Foreign No. known shall enter their Road SE, Washington, Date of first publication: 2015FEP17 DC 20020, was apappearance in this February 27, 2015 Date of Death proceeding. Objections pointed personal repreName of newspapers April 12, 2007 to such appointment sentative of the estate of and/or periodical: Gordon Watt Jennings shall be filed with the James Maurice Slye Sr., The Daily Washington Decedent Register of Wills, D.C., who died on November Law Reporter NOTICE OF 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd 18, 2014 without a will, The Afro-American APPOINTMENT Floor Washington, D.C. and will serve without OF FOREIGN 20001, on or before Au- Court supervision. All un02/27, 03/06, 03/13/15 PERSONAL gust 27, 2015. Claims known heirs and heirs REPRESENTATIVE against the decedent whose whereabouts are AND shall be presented to the unknown shall enter their NOTICE TO undersigned with a copy a p p e a r a n c e i n t h i s CREDITORS to the Register of Wills or proceeding. Objections Mary E Jennings whose filed with the Register of to such appointment address is 1300 Nalley Wills with a copy to the shall be filed with the Terrace, Hyattsville, undersigned, on or be- Register of Wills, D.C., Maryland 20785 was apfore August 27, 2015, or 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd pointed personal reprebe forever barred. Per- Floor Washington, D.C. sentative of the estate of sons believed to be heirs 20001, on or before AuGordon Watt Jennings , or legatees of the de- gust 27, 2015. Claims deceased by the Circuit cedent who do not re- against the decedent Court for Halifax County, ceive a copy of this notice shall be presented to the State of Common Wealth by mail within 25 days of undersigned with a copy of Virginia on January 10, its first publication shall to the Register of Wills or 2014, so inform the Register of filed with the Register of Service of process may Wills, including name, Wills with a copy to the be made upon Manuel address and relation- undersigned, on or beGeraldo , Esquire, 1316 fore August 27, 2015, or ship.

Pennsylvania Avenue, be forever barred. PerDate of Publication: SE, Capitol Hill, sons believed to be heirs February 27, 2015 Washington, DC 20003 or legatees of the deName of newspaper: whose designation as cedent who do not reAfro-American District of Columbia ceive a copy of this notice Washington agent has been filed with by mail within 25 days of Law Reporter the Register of Wills, Mildred Rogers-Wright its first publication shall D.C. Personal so inform the Register of The decedent owned the Representative Wills, including name, following District of

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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Foreign No. 2015FEP11 Date of Death October 19, 2014 Braxton N Young Sr. Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS Mary L Young whose address is 530 Hart Road Franklintown NC 27525 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Braxton N Yo u n g S r . , b y t h e Franklin County Clerk of Court for Franklin County, State of North Carolina deceased, on November 3, 2014, Service of process may be made upon Glenmont Corp c/o Braxton Young Jr. 3030 30th Street SE #112 Washington DC 20020 whose designation as District of Columbia agent has been filed with the Register of Wills, D.C. Claims against the decedent may be presented to the undersigned and filed with the Register of Wills for the District of Columbia, Building A, 515 5th Street, NW 3rd Floor, Washington, DC 20001 within 6 months from the date of first publication of this notice.

Mary L Young Personal Representative(s) TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS Date of first publication: February 27, 2015 Name of newspapers and/or periodical: The Daily Washington Law Reporter The Afro-American 2/27, 3/06, 3/13/2015

TYPESET: Tue Feb 24 Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2015ADM85 L a S h a w n Te r e s e Childs 5401 Hunt Pl NE Washington, DC 20019 Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Maurice E. Childs, whose address is 4317 57th Avenue, Bladensburg, MD 20710, was appointed personal representative of the estate of LaShawn Terese Childs, who died on December 19, 2014 without a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

20001, on or before August 27, 2015. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before August 27, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: February 27, 2015 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Maurice E. Childs Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2015ADM157 Henrietta V. Parker AKA Henrietta Vivian Parker 221 Missouri Ave. NW Washington, DC 20011 Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Henry E. Parker Jr. , whose address is 221 M i s s o u r i Av e , N W, Washington, DC 20011 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Henrietta V. Parker aka Henrietta Vivian Parker, who died on December 30, 2014 with a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM215 Cloastellie Tilghman AKA Cloastellie M. Tilghman AKA Cloastellie S. Tilghman Decedent Sharon M. GraysonKelsey 3034 Mitchellville RD. Bowie, MD 20716 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Joeseph Francis Tilg15:51:40 EST address 2015 is hman, whose 1002 Donnington Court, Bowie, MD 20721 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Cloastellie Tilghman, AKA Cloastellie M. Tilghman AKA Cloastellie S. Tilghman who died on September 7, 2013 with a will, and will serve with Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

20001, on or before September 6, 2015.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before September 6, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: March 6, 2015 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Joseph Francis Tilghman Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS

TYPESET: Mar 03 03/06, 03/13,Tue 03/20/15 Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2015ADM162 Lester Nathaniel Crockett AKA Lester Nathaniel Crockett Sr. Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, 15:51:09 EST 2015 NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Cheryl Leslie Crockett, whose address is 124 Ing r a h a m S t , N W, Washington, DC 20011 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Lester Nathaniel Crockett AKA Lester Nathaniel Crockett, Sr., who died on October 11, 2014 with a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

20001, on or before Sepetmber 6, 2015.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before September 6, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name,

cedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before September 6, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed be heirs or LEGALtoNOTICES legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: March 6, 2015 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Cheryl Leslie Crockett Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM1186 Eunice Marie Minor Decedent Peggy A. Miller, Esq 5130-7th St. NE Washington, DC 20011 Attorney 16:56:36 EST 2015 NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Diamond McGee, whose address is 4552 Kinmount Road, Lanham, MD 20706 was appointed personal representativ of the estate of Eunice Marie Minor, who died on October 3, 2009 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

20001, on or before September 6 ,2015.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before Septemeber 6, 2015 , or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: March 6, 2015 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Diamond McGee Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2015ADM160 Mary M. Miller Decedent Elise A. Joyner 1730 Rhode Island Ave. NW Washington, DC 20036 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Martha M Robison, whose address is 10607 SW 71st St, Gainesville, FL 32608EST was appointed 16:57:02 2015 personal representative of the estate of Mary M. Miller, who died on August 6, 2014 without a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before September 6, 2015.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before September 6, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: March 6, 2015 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Martha M. Robinson Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 03/06, 03/13, 03/20/15

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0 In the absence of a will or proof satisfactory to the court of due execution, enter an order determining that the decen16:59:00 EST 2015 LEGAL NOTICES dent died intestate 0 Appoint an unsupervised personal representative 0 appont a disinterested member of the DC Bar as personal representative Register of Wills Clerk of the Probate Division Date of First Publication March 6, 2015 Names of Newspapers: Washington Law Reporter Washington AFRO-AMERICAN Joel R. Davidson 611 Pennsylvania Ave SE No 288 Washington, DC 20003 Signature of Petitioners/Attorney TYPESET: Tue Mar 10 03/06, 03/13/2015

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TYPESET: Tue Mar 03 16:58:06 2015 LEGAL NOTICES TYPESET: Tue Mar 03 LEGALEST NOTICES Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2015ADM176 Winston O. James Decedent Tina Smith Nelson 601 E Street NW Washington, DC 20049 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS 16:57:22 EST 2015 Patricia Ward, whose address is 763 Grescham Place, NW, DC 20001 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Winston O. James, who died on September 9, 2014 without a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before Sepetember 6, 2015.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before September 6, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: March 6, 2015 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Patricia Ward Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2015ADM166 Mary Cooper Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Barbara Ann Boyd , whose address 526 Nicholson Street, NE, Washington DC 20011 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Mary Cooper, who died on September 8, 2014 with a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

20001, on or before September 6, 2015.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before September 6, 2015 , or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: March 6, 2015 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Barbara Ann Boyd Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS

TYPESET: Tue Mar 03 03/06, 03/13, TYPESET: Tue Mar 03 16:58:33 EST 03/20/15 2015 03/06, 03/13, 03/20/15 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Foreign No. 2014FEP95 Date of Death September 8, 2009 Susie Weader Colbert Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS Benita Colbert whose ad16:57:40 2015 dress is EST 5529 Cardiff C o u r t , H e n r i c o , VA 23227 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Susie Weader Colbert, deceased by the Circuit Court for Henrico County, State of Virginia., on February 19, 2010, , Service of process may be made upon Christopher Hauser 8 0 0 1 1 4 t h S T, N W, Washington DC 20018 whose designation as District of Columbia agent has been filed with the Register of Wills, D.C. The decedent owned the following District of Colombia real property: 4/5 interest in 1269 Owen Place, NE, Washington, DC 20002 (square 4060 lot 201) Claims against the decedent may be presented to the undersigned and filed with the Register of Wills for the District of Columbia, 500 Indiana Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20001 within 6 months from the date of first publication of this notice. (Strike preceding sentence if no real estate.)

Benita Colbert Personal Representative(s) TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS Date of first publication: March 6, 2015 Name of newspapers and/or periodical: The Daily Washington Law Reporter The Afro-American 03/06, 03/13, 03/20/15

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December 30, 2014 with a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or toLEGAL the probate of de15:53:19 EST 2015 NOTICES cedent´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 August 27, 2015. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before August 27, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: February 27, 2015 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Henry E. Parker Jr Personal Representative

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2015ADM172 Michael A Greene Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Shirley A. Deyo, whose address is 6652 High Valley Lane, Alexandria, VA 22315 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Michael A. Greene, who died on January 14, 2015 without a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before September 6, 2015.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before September 6, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: March 6, 2015 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Shirley A. Deyo Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS

TYPESET: Mar 03 03/06, 03/13,Tue 03/20/15 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2015ADM205 Estate of Harriett Rattler Deceased NOTICE OF STANDARD PROBATE Notice is hereby given that a petition has been filed in this Court by Joel R. Davidson for standard probate, including the appointment of one or more personal representative. Unless a complaint or an objection in accordance with Superior Court Probate Division Rule 407 is filed in this Court within 30 days from the date of first publication of this notice, the Court may take the action hereinafter set forth.

0 In the absence of a will or proof satisfactory to the court of due execution, enter an order determining that the decendent died intestate 0 Appoint an unsupervised personal representative 0 appont a disinterested member of the DC Bar as personal representative

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2015ADM198 Roland F. Rogers Decedent Thomas H. Queen, Esq 7 9 6 1 E a s t e r n Av e , Suite 304 Silver Spring, MD 20910 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS June Layton, whose address is 2859 Sheppert o n Te r r a c e , S i l v e r Spring, MD 20904 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Roland F. Rogers, who died on January 9, 2015 with a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding.

Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before September 13, 2015.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills 16:59:21 EST 2015 with a copy to the undersigned, on or before September 13, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: March 13, 2015 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter June Layton Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS

TYPESET: Tue Mar 10 14:03:30 TYPESET: Tue 2015 Mar 10 17:06:54 TYPESET: Tue2015 Mar 10 17:07:53 LEGAL NOTICES LEGALEDT NOTICES LEGALEDT NOTICES Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2015ADM192 Christine R. Ali Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Daryl K. Roberson, whose address is 2011 Sandlake Drive SW, Atlanta, GA 30331 was ap14:02:01 EDT 2015 pointed personal representative(s) of the estate of Christine R. Ali, who died on January 27, 2015 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 September 13, 2015.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before September 13, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: March 13, 2015 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Daryl K. Roberson Personal Representative

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2015ADM91 Wilbert Bradley Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Alberta B Merriwether , whose address is 2636 10th Street, NE Washington, DC 20018 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Wilbert Bradley , who died on October 18, 2014 without a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

20001, on or before September 13, 2015.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before September 13, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: March 13, 2015 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Alberta B. Merriwether Personal Representative

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2015ADM242 Julia Mae Cooper Harris Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Samaria Harris-Pitts, whose address is 906 James Ridge Road, Bowie, Maryland, 20721 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Julia Mae Cooper Harris, who died on February 3, 2015 with a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose where-abouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

20001, on or before September 13, 2015.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before September 13, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: March 13, 2015 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Samaria Harris-Pitts Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 03/13, 03/20, 03/27/15

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2015ADM216 Dorothy V. Rush Decedent Philip N. Margolius 4201 Connecticut Ave, NW Washington, DC 20008 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Veronica E. Rush, whose address is 1358 Tucke r m a n S t r e e t N W, Washington, DC 20011 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Dorothy V. Rush, who died on January 23, 2015 with a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose where-abouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th 16:59:40 EST 2015 Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

20001, on or before September 13, 2015.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before September 13, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: March 13, 2015 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Veronica E. Rush Personal Representative

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