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Nigerian Girl Describes Kidnap, 276 Still Missing

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Relisha ‘Will Not be Forgotten’ Homelessness Increases Risk

By Zenitha Prince Senior AFRO Correspondent It has been more than two months since 8-year-old

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Baltimore Native, Howard Graduate to Take Office in August 2015

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Paulette Brown takes office in August 2015.

This August, another glass ceiling will be shattered when Paulette Brown begins her term as president-elect of the American Bar Association and becomes the first Black woman to ever ascend to the position.

Brown will serve as president-elect for one year before taking over as president in August 2015.

Brown was raised in northwest Baltimore as the daughter of two working parents, Wilbur and Thelma Brown, who protected her and kept her so focused on her school work

that she said she had never even heard of marijuana until she reached college.

Brown entered Howard University as a freshman with the intention of becoming a social worker, knowing that she wanted to help people. Far from her mind was the possibility of leading the 400,000-member ABA, which sets standards for lawyers and law schools throughout the country.

“It never occurred to me,” said Brown.

Over the course of that first year at Howard, however, she realized law, not social work, was her true vocation. After graduating from Howard, Brown received her law degree from Continued on A3

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Ras Baraka, Son of Famed Poet Amiri Baraka, Fights a Historic Tide in Newark Mayoral Race

Newark superintendent, Cami Anderson, is, like Christie, much maligned here.

SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. – History keeps colliding with the Baraka, calling the situation with Newark First “a money present as Ras Baraka, a Newark city councilperson and city laundering scheme,” complained that most of the group’s school principal, is exactly one week away from finding out if money was given to Jeffries by anonymous donors. “Shavar he will become mayor of Newark, New Jersey’s largest city.

Jeffries has raised more than any person in the race. We’re not In a press conference in front of his campaign headquarters upset that he raised more money. We’re upset that we don’t Tuesday, Baraka accused his opponent, Seton Hall University know where the money is coming from.”

Law School professor Shavar Jeffries, of openly The press conference came hours after Jeffries, being supported by outsiders who are attempting standing in front of Newark City Hall, accused to buy the Newark election. He spent a lot of time Baraka of accepting $4,400 in “pay to play” talking about Newark First, an independent group campaign contributions from companies in no-bid that has poured almost $2 million into Jeffries’ contracts with the city over the past two years. coffers.

Baraka denied the charges in a newspaper interview Newark First, charged Baraka, is aligned with and at the press conference Tuesday, saying that the Education Reform Now, a group out of New York contributions were well within the city’s executive City that pushes for the creation of charter schools. order and that those who donated, according to the A Google search at deadline for Newark First law, can’t do business in the city for a year. resulted in no website. Education Reform Now Amid the charges and counter-charges, and describes itself on its website as “a non-partisan the heckling of the rival campaign at each other’s 501c3 organization (that) is committed to ensuring public events, a name Baraka mentioned set off my RasBaraka.com that all children can access a high-quality public historical Spider-Sense: Adubato. Baraka mentioned education regardless of race, gender, geography, or Ras Baraka is one that the Jeffries campaign was aligned with both socio-economic status.”

Newark First and “the Adubato machine.” week away from Much of this election is based on who is going Steve Adubato is a major power broker in Essex finding out if he to control education in the city. Since 1995, the will become mayor County, the county of which Newark is its political state has controlled the Newark school district, hub. He is also an influential local broadcaster. He’s of Newark, New and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s appointed Jersey.

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each day goes by we grow more concerned, as each day goes by the likelihood of her being safe diminishes,” said Bob Lowery, vice president, Missing Children Division, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, which was called in to help with the search. “It has been frustrating for everyone involved.”

As frustration mounts, so do the questions surrounding Relisha’s disappearance,

Paulette Brown, First Black Woman President-Elect of Powerful American Bar Association

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Relisha Rudd went missing from the Washington, D.C., shelter she had called home for two years. And hopes for finding her alive are fading.

In late March, Chief Cathy Lanier of the Metropolitan Police Department said the search had turned into a “recovery mission,” as law enforcement officials had slim hopes she would be found alive.

“While we have hopes of finding Relisha and bringing her back home, as

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — The girls in the school dorm could hear the sound of gunshots from a nearby town. So when armed men in uniforms burst in and promised to rescue them, at first they were relieved.

“Don’t worry, we’re soldiers,” one 16-year-old girl recalls them saying.

“Nothing is going to happen to you.”

The gunmen commanded the hundreds of students at the Chibok Government Girls Secondary School to gather outside. The men went into a storeroom and removed all the food. Then they set fire to the room.

“They ... started shouting, ‘Allahu Akhbar,’ (God is great),” the 16-year-old student said. “And we knew.”

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nondiscriminatory and meant to ensure uniformity. But the CBC challenged those claims.

“Army officials have responded to criticism of the regulation by saying it applies to all soldiers regardless of race, and that they are meant to protect their safety.

However the use of words like ‘unkempt’ and ‘matted’ when referring to traditional hairstyles worn by women of color are offensive and biased,” the caucus wrote in its April 10 letter.

In an April 29 reply, Secretary Hagel said he took the CBC’s concerns “very seriously.”

Hagel said he had directed military staff to review and “revise any offensive language” in the regulation within 30 days, and to review their hairstyle policies pertaining to African Americans “to ensure standards are fair and respectful of our diverse force, while also meeting our military services’ requirements.”

Members of the CBC praised Chuck Hagel for his response to the Army’s new regulations on natural hair styles.

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On March 31, defense officials released updates to Army Regulation 670-1, a set of grooming and appearance rules. The updates included three new “unauthorized” hairstyles: multiple large braids, headbands other than plain devices, and twists.

The regulations set off an immediate backlash among Black and Hispanic female soldiers, who felt the rule was “racially biased.”

Georgia National Guardswoman Sgt. Jasmine Jacobs, who wears her hair in twists, began a White House petition against the regulation.

“More than 30 percent of females serving in the military are of a race other than White. As of 2011, 36 percent of females in the U.S. stated that they are natural, or refrain from chemically processing their hair,” the petition read. “Females with natural hair take strides to style their natural hair in a professional manner when necessary; however, changes to AR 670-1 offer little to no options for females with natural hair.”

“These new changes are racially biased and the lack of regard for ethnic hair is apparent,” it continued. “This policy needs to be reviewed prior to publishing to allow for neat and maintained T:11” natural hairstyles.”

S:10.5” Army officials responded that the regulation was

An association of African-American leaders recently challenged the White House on one of the requirements of its “My Brother’s Keeper” initiative, a new program aimed at promoting opportunity for young men of color, saying the revised requirement would bar virtually all Black organizations from participating.

The White House initiative is a “collaborative, multidisciplinary approach” to creating a path to success for young Black men through mentorship and community engagement, and is housed under the Justice Department’s Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.

When he first announced the program in February, President Obama said that organizations would need to have an “active presence” in 30 states to obtain a federal grant to support the program, according to Politic365.com. However, in a request for proposal issue in early April, the Justice Department upped that number to 45 states.

In an April 28 letter to the Department of Justice, 100 Black Men of America President Michael Brown claimed that the revised number would bar his organization, the venerable National Urban League, and virtually every other Black association except the NAACP from participation, The Root reported.

In the wake of that letter, Justice officials met with the group, and appeared to resolve the issue.

“A prompt meeting with Department of Justice representatives addressed our concern and provided a path forward that is satisfactory to us,” 100 Black Men of America Chairman Curley M. Dossman said in a statement to The Root. “We also found that our concern was not related to My Brother’s Keeper which is still moving forward.”

Curley did not specify the manner in which the group’s concerns were addressed, or whether the Justice Department would alter the requirement.

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is increasing so rapidly until the American Lung Association refers to it as the “21st Century biggest tobacco challenge.”

It was a picturesque evening on May 3, in Adams Morgan, a community in D.C. known for its popular restaurants and bars.

To compete with the fast moving pace of restaurants and bars opening in other gentrifying neighborhoods, establishments came up with another hitch – hookah bars! Young urban professionals and college-age students came in groups to eat, drink, smoke and have a good time.

“It was so competitive here. The hookah bar saved us,” said Zakaria Ibrahim, 57, spokesperson for Bistro 18 on 18th Street, N.W. With its grand opening four years ago, Ibrahim said the bar began to operate after the smoke-free ban of 2007. It immediately applied to DOH for an exemption and was granted a temporary one. “We are in compliance with the law still waiting for the final determination.”

The District of Columbia passed the Department of Health Functions Clarification Amendment Act or “Smokefree Workplaces Law” in December, 2005. An extension of the law to prohibit smoking tobacco in workplaces and temporarily exempted bar areas of restaurants, taverns, clubs, brew pubs, or nightclubs from the smoking prohibition until January, 2007.

The law also includes a tobacco bar, restaurant, tavern, brew pub, club, or nightclub that generates 10 percent or more of its total annual revenue from the on-site sale of tobacco products, excluding sales from vending machines or an outdoor area of a restaurant, tavern, club, brew pub or nightclub.

A place intending to permit smoking as a tobacco bar is required to apply for an exemption. An exemption lasts for no more than three years and the applicant may be subject to audits to ensure it continues to meet the income from the sale of tobacco products requirement.

According to DOH, currently, 45 establishments have filed applications requesting a “smoking exemption” since legislation was enacted. At this time, only three establishments have been officially exempted for a three-year term.

“We believe that many establishments may continue to operate based on the assertion that their establishment does not sell tobacco byproducts for hookah usage” said Jason R. Brown, chief of the Bureau of Cancer and Chronic Disease, DC Department of Health (DOH).

But these remarks are troubling to some like Angela Bradley, co-founder, Smokefree D.C., the advocacy group behind the passage of the 2007 law banning smoking in bars and restaurants, “Does the DOH concur with the assertion that the hookah establishments aren’t selling tobacco for hookah usage,” asked Bradley. “If yes, what does the city think is being smoked?

What do the establishment owners say is being smoked? And what chemicals are in the smoke? Doesn’t the DOH have an obligation to find out, and protect workers from potential harm? What is the city doing to learn what is being smoked?

If no, what is the DOH going to do to ensure the smoke-free workplace law is being enforced?”

Just a few doors down from Bistro 18, a group of young White males was engaged in conversation, puffing on their cigarettes outside of a restaurant. They admitted going to hookah bars and gave an analysis of tobacco smoking.

“It’s not the same. The nicotine in cigarettes has a different effect on the smoker and others around them. This is not something I read but rather something I know,” said John Brosig, 21, as he puffed away on his cigarette. “Hookah smoking is like chillin’ or socializing. Cigarette smoking is a nicotine thing.”

But scientists disagree. “Any form of smoking is dangerous, and our studies on toxic metals in hookah smoke are taking the first steps toward the necessary animal and human studies that will establish a clearer picture of the relative dangers of hookah and cigarette smoking,” said Dr. Joseph Caruso, who led a study that was presented to the 246th National Meeting and Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS), the world’s largest scientific society.

Studies have shown, for instance, that a typical hour-long hookah smoking session involves 200 puffs, while an average cigarette is 20 puffs which estimates that an hour-long hookah session is equivalent to smoking 5-10 packs of cigarettes.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health concludes on its website, “While many hookah smokers may think this practice is less harmful than smoking cigarettes, hookah smoking has many of the same health risks as cigarette smoking.”

“DOH works closely with our Federal partners and community stakeholders, including the CDC and ALA, to address the public health concerns associated with smoking,” Brown said. “Ultimately, DOH adheres to the District law related to the ban on smoking tobacco in workplaces, and will continue to work with our Federal partners and community stakeholders to promote healthier environments for District’s citizens.”

Ibrahim looks at it quite differently. “People are here from all over the world. Hookah smoking is part of our culture.

Respect our culture,” said Ibrahim.

still being negotiated with a group of trusted advisers, among her possible areas of interest are increasing awareness of the fact that the elderly are often among the groups most subjected to domestic violence, as well

in an official capacity for the ABA she has the opportunity to impact young children who themselves may not see the possibility of a position like ABA president in their future.

“They need to see that somebody up close and

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actually Steve Adubato Jr. Steve Adubato Sr. is a Newark power broker who was instrumental in stopping a man by the name of Amiri Baraka—the leader of the city’s Black power and arts movements and a major, national figure—from building Kawaida Towers, an African-centered cultural center and apartment complex in Newark.

The elder Baraka was stymied by the unions, Adubato Sr.’s machine and the Mafia. Baraka’s political movement put Gibson in office, but as far as Kawaida Towers was concerned, Gibson’s hands were tied, Black elected city officials chose sides, and Baraka’s plans and movement fizzled.

Is history trying to at least rhyme, if not outright repeat itself? It seems so. The surnames remain the same, and maybe not just that.

Amiri Baraka died in January of this year. His legacy is his children.

Newark may be a post-Black Power city in 2014, but red, black and green scraps remain amid the street debris. A large amount of people in the city are poor, and many are undereducated, but they are not stupid. They know who stands for, and against, them.

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the Seton Hall University School of Law, and has been practicing law since 1976. She is a partner in a New Jersey law firm where she specializes in labor law, employment law and commercial litigation.

“When I first started going to court and so forth,” said Brown, “I had the usual experiences. ‘Are you the defendant? Are you the court reporter? Are you the plaintiff? No? Well then, who are you then?’ It never occurred to them that I could be the lawyer.”

Despite her election to the ABA’s top post, she said she still faces such assumptions.

“I’m still asked whether I’m a flight attendant,” she said. “As recently as two weeks ago.”

It is this persisting presumption of Black female inferiority that makes her election to the presidency of the ABA so historically significant.

“Her ascension to the presidency just opens the door for so many AfricanAmerican females to even believe that that is possible,” said Alicia Wilson, the fundraising committee cochair for the Alliance of Black Women Attorneys of

Maryland. “She has broken down barriers and opened up doors and kept them open for a whole host of AfricanAmerican women attorneys.”

After 38 years in a Whitemale dominated profession, Brown has encountered, challenged, and broken through many a glass ceiling, and has left a legacy of often unsung accomplishments. She said her father helped set her success in motion by instilling in Brown the value that there is no such thing as “women’s work.”

“My father always said there were no girl jobs and no boy jobs,” said Brown. “My brother had to wash dishes and clean up just like we did—and my father did too.

He did laundry, he cooked, he did everything. And he went to work every day.”

Brown said she believes that her selection by the ABA leadership as its next president carries with it a great responsibility.

Because the term of ABA president only lasts one year, Brown said she is determined to focus on no more than three goals for which she can produce tangible results within that time frame. While the exact areas of focus are

as the need to improve the access to counsel for those who cannot afford it under the Supreme Court’s decision in Gideon v. Wainwright.

One thing she will certainly do, however, is make sure that wherever she travels

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were not government soldiers at all. They were members of the ruthless Islamic extremist group called Boko Haram. They kidnapped the entire group of girls and drove them away in pickup trucks into the dense forest.

Three weeks later, 276 girls are still missing. At least two have died of snakebite, and about 20 others are ill, according to an intermediary who is in touch with their captors.

Their plight — and the failure of the Nigerian military to find them — has drawn international attention to an escalating Islamic extremist insurrection that has killed more than 1,500 so far this year. Boko Haram, the name means “Western education is sinful,” has claimed responsibility for the mass kidnapping and threatened to sell the girls. The claim was made in a video seen Monday. The British and U.S. governments have expressed concern over the fate of the missing students, and protests have erupted in major Nigerian cities and in New York.

The 16-year-old was among about 50 students who escaped on that fateful day, and she spoke for the first time in a telephone interview with The Associated Press. The AP also interviewed about 30 others, including Nigerian government and Borno state officials, school officials, six relatives of the missing girls, civil society leaders and politicians in northeast Nigeria and soldiers in the war zone.

Many spoke on condition of anonymity, fearing that giving their names would also reveal the girls’ identities and subject them to possible stigmatization in this conservative society.

The Chibok girls school is in the remote and sparsely populated northeast region of Nigeria, a country of 170 million with a growing chasm between a north dominated by Muslims and a south by Christians. Like all schools in Borno state, Chibok, an elite academy of both Muslim and Christian girls, had been closed because of increasingly deadly attacks by Boko Haram. But it had reopened to allow final-year students to take exams.

At about 11 p.m. on April 14, a local government official, Bana Lawal, received a warning via cell phone. He was told that about 200 heavily armed militants in 20 pickup trucks and more than 30 motorcycles were headed toward his town.

Lawal alerted the 15 soldiers guarding Chibok, he said.

Then he roused sleeping residents and told them to flee into the bush and the nearby hills. The soldiers sent an SOS to the nearest barracks, about 30 miles (48 kilometers) away, an hour’s drive on a dirt road.

No help arrived.

When the militants showed up two hours after the warning, the soldiers fought valiantly, Lawal said. Although they were outnumbered and outgunned, they held off the insurgents for an hour and a half, desperately waiting for reinforcements. One was killed. They ran out of ammunition and fled for their lives.

As dawn approached, the extremists headed for the boarding school.

There were too many gunmen to count, said the girl who

escaped. So, even after the students realized the men were Islamic extremists, they obediently sat in the dirt. The men set the school ablaze and herded the girl’s group onto the backs of three pickup trucks.

The trucks drove through three villages, but then the car of fighters following them broke down. That’s when the girl and her friend jumped out.

Others argued, the 16-year-old remembered. But one student said, “We should go! Me, I am coming down. They can shoot me if they want but I don’t know what they are going to do with me otherwise.”

As they jumped, the car behind started up. Its lights came on. The girls did not know if the fighters could see them, so they ran into the bush and hid.

“We ran and ran, so fast,” said the girl, who has always prided herself on running faster than her six brothers. “That is how I saved myself. I had no time to be scared, I was just

Boko Haram, the name means “Western education is sinful,” has claimed responsibility for the mass kidnapping and threatened to sell the girls. running.”

A few other girls clung to low-hanging branches and waited until the vehicles had passed. Then they met up in the bush and made their way back to the road. A man on a bicycle came across them and accompanied them back home.

There, they were met with tears of joy.

“I’m the only girl in my family, so I hold a special place and everyone was so happy,” the girl said. “But that didn’t last long.”

The day after, the Defense Ministry put out a statement quoting the school principal, saying soldiers had rescued all but eight of the girls. When the principal denied it, the ministry retracted its statement.

With confidence in the military eroded, the residents of Chibok pooled their money, bought fuel for motorcycles and headed into the dangerous Sambisa Forest. The forest sprawls over more than 23,000 square miles (59,570 sq. kilometers), nearly eight times the size of Yellowstone National Park in the United States, and is known to shelter extremist hideouts.

Mutah Buba joined the search party hoping to find his two sisters and two nieces. They got directions from villagers along the way who said they had seen the abductors with the girls on a forest path. Finally, an old man herding cattle at a fork in the road warned them that they were close to the camp, but that they and their daughters could be killed if they confronted the militants.

“Education is the key to success. Returning to school has made me happier and will take me to another level.”

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The searchers returned to Chibok and appealed to the few soldiers there to accompany them into the forest. They refused, point blank, Buba said. Parents in Chibok ask why they came within a couple of miles of their daughters, yet the military did not.

“What was strange was that none of the people we spoke to had seen a soldier man in the area, yet the military were saying they were in hot pursuit,” said Buba, a 42-year-old drawn home to Chibok by the tragedy from Maiduguri, the Borno state capital 130 kilometers (80 miles) to the northwest.

The military says it is diligently searching for the girls, with extensive aerial surveillance.

“Every information relayed to security agencies has so far been investigated, including the search of all places suspected as a possible hide-away of the kidnapped girls,” Information Minister Labaran Maku said Friday.

Many soldiers have told the AP they are demoralized, because Boko Haram is more heavily armed and better equipped, while they get little more than a meal a day.

Some of the kidnapped girls have been forced into “marriage” with their Boko Haram abductors, sold for a nominal bride price of $12, according to parents who talked with villagers. Others have been taken across borders to Cameroon and Chad, they said. Their accounts could not be verified, but forced child marriage is common in northern Nigeria, where it is allowed under Islamic law but not the country’s Western-style constitution.

In the meantime, the parents are frantic. Through sobs and jagged gasps for air, the mother of a missing 15-year-old said she had lost confidence in the authorities.

The mother of six wondered what would happen to her daughter’s lofty ambition to become a doctor. She said the girl spent her time caring for the family, and would cook whatever her mother wanted to eat.

“She is my first-born, the best,” said the mother, who broke into a scream followed by wails of sorrow. “What am I to do as a mother?”

Spurred by growing national outrage, President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday set up a committee to work out a rescue strategy, and expressed confidence that the military will find the girls.

The only way to get the girls back is through negotiation, according to an Islamic scholar who has mediated the release of previous hostages. The scholar, who remained anonymous because his position receiving messages from Boko Haram is sensitive, said the militants are willing to free the girls for a ransom, but have not specified how much.

The 16-year-old who escaped keeps thinking of her friends, and wondering why she was able to get away while they are still captive. She is at times afraid and at times angry.

“I am really lucky and I can thank God for that,” she said.

“But God must help all of them ... Their parents are worrying.

Every day, everyone is crying.”

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including whether her homelessness made her more susceptible to danger.

Relisha and her brothers lived with their mother, Shamika Young at a homeless shelter on the grounds of the old D.C. General Hospital.

The second-grader deplored her transitional home, faking illness to avoid returning to the “trap house”— as she called it – relatives told The Washington Post.

But beyond bedbugs, other vermin, heat outages and the lack of a playground, there were more pressing concerns, other residents cited, problems that may have made it easier for Relisha to be taken by Kahlil Tatum, 51, a janitor at the shelter with whom the missing girl was last seen on March 1.

Security was extremely lax at the facility, residents told the Post. The 9:30 p.m. curfew is rarely enforced, broken surveillance cameras remain unfixed, visitors and residents are not always required to show their identification, people smoke marijuana out front with no consequence and staffing is inadequate. And some employees, particularly Tatum, flouted nonfraternization laws— several mothers said the janitor offered money to their young daughters in plain view of staff members.

Relisha’s grandmother Melissa Young even questioned why none of the shelter’s staff noticed Relisha was missing, according to the Post.

Several requests by phone and e-mail were made to Dora Taylor, spokeswoman of the D.C. Department of Human Services, to answer questions regarding safety measures at the D.C. General Hospital shelter and others.

However, Taylor repeatedly failed to send promised responses.

“Did the shelter do a background check on this individual that worked there? That should have prevented him from being there around those vulnerable individuals,” said Natalie Wilson, co-founder, Black and Missing Foundation. “These shelters and government agencies have to take a look at the [security] policies and procedures that are in place.”

According to police, Young said she placed her daughter into Tatum’s temporary custody on Feb. 26. During their time at the shelter, Young often allowed Tatum to take Relisha to sleepovers at his house and on trips to the

movies and the mall, and he showered her with gifts, including a tablet. It was almost three weeks after Tatum took Relisha that she was finally reported missing.

“Why would Relisha’s mother give her child to this man?” Wilson asked, even as she answered, “We believe Relisha has been sold into sex trafficking based on all the information we’ve received.”

Wilson and other victim advocates say people who live in shelters are often targeted by sex predators and other criminals.

“The homeless are a vulnerable population and perpetrators of crimes look for those people…. Predators know where to go,” said Mai Fernandez, executive director, National Center for Victims of Crime.

An estimated 30 percent of shelter youth and 70 percent of street youth are victims of commercial sexual exploitation, according to a study cited in a National Center for Missing & Exploited Children fact sheet. Such children may engage or be coerced into prostitution for “survival sex” to meet daily needs for food, shelter, or drugs.

“They (the homeless) are an easy target,” Wilson – Natalie Wilson said. “These people are stripped of their dignity, and they want the normal, basic necessities that people want.

These predators present them with a situation that seems attractive and hard to resist.”

Tatum was one of those opportunistic predators, Wilson believes.

The day after Relisha was last seen with the custodian, police said he bought a box of black 42-gallon contractor trash bags.

On March 20, Tatum’s wife, Andrea Tatum, was found dead on a motel bed in Oxon Hill, facedown, with a gunshot in the head.

Eleven days later, Tatum’s body was recovered in Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens, where he had been previously spotted in the days after Relisha’s abduction. He was shot dead, the victim of an apparent suicide.

Since Tatum’s death, the trail has grown somewhat cold. Bones recovered in Kenilworth Park May 4 turned out to be animal bones. But, the search will continue, volunteers say.

“We will not stop looking for Relisha until she’s found,” Bowery said. “She will not be forgotten.”

“We believe Relisha has been sold into sex trafficking based on all the information we’ve received.”

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May 17th.

They Also made Brown Happen

By Zenitha Prince Senior AFRO Correspondent

Brown v. Board of Education, the landmark decision changing the course of history on May 17, 1954, provided a new outlook on the prospect of quality education for millions of children. Along with it comes the names of history makers synonymous with the case like Thurgood Marshall and Linda Brown, but the AFRO American Newspaper would add to the list, the “unsung heroes” who worked alongside them, charted the course and fought tirelessly for the victory.

The architect of the NAACP legal defense fund of Brown, educator and lawyer Charles Hamilton Houston persisted until his death just months before the landmark decision.

Barbara Johns and Robert R. Moton High School in Farmville, Va. proved school children cared as much about their education as their parents. Charismatic lawyers Spottswood Robinson and Charles E. C. Hayes represented the legal defenses in the desegregation in the Farmville and Washington, D.C. cases respectively. Constance Baker Motley directed the legal campaign that resulted in the admission of James H. Meredith to the University of Mississippi in 1962.

And finally, Ada Sipuel, the woman who did not rest until she was provided the graduate school education she deserved.

These individuals are the unsung history makers of a landmark movement that without doubt influenced education, but beyond that, all facets of fair and equal public accommodations. These names should be remembered; these stories told.

R.R. Moton High School

In the fight for public school desegregation in Virginia, R.R. Moton High School was ground zero. The all-Black school was located in Farmville, a rural tobacco farming community just a few miles from Appomattox, Va., the site of Robert E. Lee’s surrender to Ulysses S. Grant to end the Civil War, according to the Smithsonian website.

In 1951, a group of students led by 11th-grader Barbara Johns led a strike to demand a better school. Moton High was overcrowded and underfunded, with leaky, poorly heated classrooms, and the nearby Farmville High School, a large and well-equipped Whites-only institution, served as a constant reminder of the inequities of segregation.

Spottswood Robinson III and Oliver Hill of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund met with the students and said if enough of their parents would join a lawsuit — an action that could cost those parents their jobs or their bank loans or their farms — the LDF lawyers would file it, according to PBS. org. The parents proved equally stalwart, and one month after the strike began, Robinson filed the lawsuit, Davis v. the School Board of Prince Edward County in the federal court in

Charles Hamilton Houston, “The Man Who Killed Jim Crow”

Charles Hamilton Houston was an African-American lawyer whose brilliant strategy of using the inherent inequality of the “separate but equal” philosophy (from the Supreme Court’s Plessy v. Ferguson decision) as it manifested in public education proved integral to the Brown v. Board victory.

The Washington, D.C. native had a hand in nearly every civil rights case before the Supreme Court from 1930 leading up to Brown v. Board of Education in 1954, according to the NAACP website.

Houston matriculated at Dunbar High School in the District, then at Amherst College, from which he graduated in 1915. For two years, he taught English at Howard University, before leaving to serve in the Army for two years.

The discrimination he saw and experienced in military service influenced Houston’s decision to become an attorney like his father. He enrolled at Harvard Law School, earning his bachelor’s degree in 1922 and his doctoral degree in 1923. While there he became the first African-American to serve as an editor of the Harvard Law Review.

Houston also helped found the National Bar Association, an all-Black organization, in 1925 since the American Bar Association refused to admit African-American attorneys.

As a member of Howard University Law School’s faculty, Houston trained and mentored talented students like Thurgood Marshall and Oliver Hill – the first and second in their class who later argued Brown v. Board of Education – to lead the fight against racial injustice.

Beginning in the 1930s, after leaving Howard, Houston served as the first special counsel to the NAACP, heaving up its civil rights litigation. And he recruited former students like Hill and Marshall, the latter of whom eventually took over as head of the NAACP’s legal team and joined the Supreme Court.

Summing up Houston’s contribution to the struggle against segregation and racism, Marshall later remarked, “We owe it all to Charlie.”

Spottswood Robinson III, Civil Rights Warrior

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Spottswood Robinson III was among the inner circle of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund and a key litigator in its Brown v. Board of Education case.

Born in Richmond, Va., on July 26, 1916, Robinson attended Virginia Union University and then attended Howard University School of Law, graduating first in his class in 1939, according to Brown@50.org. Like Thurgood Marshall and Oliver Hill, his LDF colleagues, Robinson credits Howard University for instilling within him a sense of social responsibility, which he upheld after his graduation.

Robinson was a faculty member of the Howard University School of Law from his graduation in 1939 until 1947, when he joined the NAACP’s legal team.

Taking the cause of social justice to heart, Robinson, law partner Oliver Hill and others crisscrossed Virginia in the late 1940s and ‘50s, attempting to tear down racism, discrimination and injustice case by case. At one time, according to PBS.org, they had legal actions in 75 school districts.

One of those cases was Davis v. the School Board of Prince Edward County, which was initiated when African-American students from Farmville, Va. decided to strike in protest of the abject state of their school.

One month after the strike began, on May 23, 1951, Robinson filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Richmond. It eventually became one of the cases that was combined to form Brown v. Board of Education.

From 1960-1964, Spottswood Robinson was dean of the Howard University School of Law. He also served as a member of the United States Commission on Civil Rights from 1961 to 1963.

In 1964, Robinson became the first African American appointed to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Two years later, he became the first African American appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit when he was appointed by President Lyndon Johnson. On May 7, 1981, Judge Robinson became the first African American to serve as chief judge of the court.

Richmond.

Ninth-grader Dorothy Davis was the first plaintiff listed on the complaint on behalf of 117 Moton students and their parents. Johns was not listed on the complaint as her parents had sent her to Alabama, fearing for her safety.

The federal district court rejected the complaint and upheld segregation in Prince Edward County. The LDF team appealed the decision to the Supreme Court as part of Brown v. Board of Education.

Constance Baker Motley, Courtroom Tactician

Like other female freedom fighters of the Civil Rights Movement who rarely grabbed the headlines, Constance Baker Motley was a behind-the-scenes—though no less integral— member of the Brown v. Board legal team.

Born on Sept. 14, 1921, in New Haven, Conn., Motley was one of nine children born to West Indian emigrants, according to Biography.com.

Her involvement in the civil rights campaign began as a teenager when she was banned from a public beach. In high school, Motley became president of the local NAACP youth council.

Motley enrolled at Fisk University but later transferred to New York University, where she earned her economics degree in 1943. Motley went on to earn her law degree from Columbia Law School.

In 1945, fresh from graduate school, Motley became a law clerk for Thurgood Marshall, then-leader of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, the premier agent in the legal fight against racial injustice. She later joined the group of overworked, underpaid lawyers, and established herself as a force to be reckoned with.

In fact, in 1950, she helped draft the briefs for the Board v. Board of Education complaint.

“Her métier was in the quieter, painstaking preparation and presentation of lawsuits that paved the way to fuller societal participation by blacks,” lauded the New York Times in Motley’s 2005 obituary. “She dressed elegantly, spoke in a low, lilting voice and, in case after case, earned a reputation as the chief courtroom tactician of the civil rights movement.”

Other important victories followed Brown: She represented several student “Freedom Fighters” and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. More notably, she directed the legal campaign that resulted in the admission of James H. Meredith to the University of Mississippi in 1962. Of the 10 cases she argued before the Supreme Court, Motley won nine.

After a two-year stint as a New York state senator, the apex of Motley’s legal career came in 1966, when she became the first Black woman to serve as a federal judge, overseeing many civil rights cases. She served in that capacity until her death in 2005.

Ada L. Sipuel Fisher, Oklahoma pioneer

Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher challenged the lie that was the “separate but equal” doctrine, and in doing so, chipped away at the walls of segregation and opened the doors of opportunity to

other African-American students.

Fisher née Sipuel was born Feb. 8, 1924, and grew up under Jim Crow in Chickasha, Okla., according to the Oklahoma Historical Society’s Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture.

An avid student, Fisher graduated from Langston University with honors on May 21, 1945, with dreams of becoming a lawyer.

There were no Black law schools and state statutes prohibited Negroes from attending White state universities. Instead, Oklahoma paid for Blacks to be sent to out-of-state schools that accepted African-American students.

At the behest of the NAACP’s Legal and Educational Defense Fund, Fisher applied for admission to the University of Oklahoma College of Law on Jan. 14, 1946, with an eye to challenging the state’s segregation laws.

The school rejected her application and Fisher’s attorneys, led by Thurgood Marshall and Oklahoman Amos T. Hall, filed suit on April 6, 1946, alleging that the absence of a comparable law school for African-American students required that Fisher be admitted to the university, according to the Civil Rights Digital Library.

A District court and – after appeal – the state supreme court ruled against Fisher in Sipuel v. Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma. But the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Jan. 12, 1948, that Oklahoma had to provide Fisher with the same opportunities for securing a legal education as it did for other citizens.

State legislators, instead of allowing Fisher to enter the allWhite law school, hastily threw together a makeshift Black law school, Langston University School of Law, for Fisher to attend.

It was produced in five days and situated in the State Capitol’s Senate rooms.

On March 15, 1948, Fisher’s lawyers filed a motion in the Cleveland County District Court contending that while Langston was certainly “separate” it was by no means providing a legal education that was “equal” to that afforded White students at UO’s law school.

As expected, the District and state supreme court rejected the complaint, and Marshall et al announced their intent to take the case back to the U.S. Supreme Court. Faced with certain loss, the attorney general capitulated, and on June 18, 1949, Fisher enrolled at University of Oklahoma College of Law, becoming the first African-American woman to attend an all-White law school in the South.

Fisher was cordoned off from her fellow classmates in the classroom behind a “Colored” sign, in the cafeteria, and in other areas of the school. Still, she graduated in 1951 with a law degree, and her case served as the forerunner to Brown v. Board.

George E.C. Hayes, “Quiet Pioneer”

George E.C. Hayes was the lead attorney in Bolling v.

Sharpe, which was a standout in the quintet of cases that came to be consolidated under Brown v. Board of Education.

Born July 1, 1894, in Richmond, Va., Hayes lived most of his life in Washington, D.C., where he attended public schools, according to The Free Dictionary’s online legal archives. He matriculated at Brown University. He earned his law degree from Howard University School of Law in 1918; then returned in 1924 to teach, even while maintaining a private practice in the District.

Hayes’ involvement in the Civil Rights Movement began in the 1940s when he worked to desegregate D.C. schools while serving on the District of Columbia Board of Education.

Beginning in late 1949, several Black parents from the District’s Anacostia neighborhood petitioned the Board of Education to allow their children to attend the nearly completed John Phillip Sousa Junior High, according to Wikipedia.com.

The school had hundreds of openings, but African-American children were forced to attend overcrowded Black-only schools.

The petition was denied, and the high school opened, admitting only Whites.

On Sept. 11, 1950, Gardner Bishop, Nicholas Stabile and the Consolidated Parents Group—as they called themselves— attempted to get several African-American students (including the case’s plaintiff, Spottswood Bolling) admitted to the school, but were refused entry by the school’s principal.

James Nabrit, a professor of law at Howard University, and Hayes filed suit on behalf of the group in the District Court for the District of Columbia, which dismissed the complaint. The Supreme Court agreed to hear their appeal.

Hayes offered the oral argument in Bolling, which differed from the other Brown cases in two main ways: while the other Brown cases repudiated the “separate-but-equal” doctrine, Bolling challenged the constitutionality of segregation itself.

And it based that challenge, not in the context of the 14th Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause, which applies only to the states, but under the Fifth Amendment’s Due Process Clause.

The two constitutional provisions were not mutually exclusive, wrote Chief Justice Earl Warren in the high court’s opinion.

“This Court has recognized discrimination may be so unjustifiable as to be violative of due process,” he wrote.

Hayes told the AFRO after the verdict, “We never had any doubt about our case, but we were pleasantly surprised by the unanimous decision. We feel it is a tribute to the American system of American jurisprudence.”

Hayes was known by colleagues as being independent and a “quiet pioneer,” according to The Free Dictionary. He was a lifelong Republican—a rare affiliation among civil rights leaders of the time. He later clashed publicly with the younger, more militant leaders of the movement.

From the AFRO Archives ‘Our Civil Rights’ May 14, 1949 Farmville School Rally, May 12, 1951 ‘She Reached Her Goal’ Feb. 11, 1961

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Working to Do Better

Did you know that Black History month is a celebration of African Americans such as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, Malcolm X and how they fought for our civil rights? Of all the articles I read, I have chosen the article called “Self-aware and Working to Do Better” in week 4’s magazine as the most inspiring.

Stephon Jackson is a vice president, director of Associate Analyst Programs who got where he is today by listening to his parents that told him words of encouragement to help him move forward in his life. His father would tell him, “Work harder, work smarter!” His

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Confidence is Key

I chose the magnificent Barbara Palmer as a role model from the AfroAmerican Newspaper. I chose her because she is a great role model for young girls and even older women with her touching story of how she changed from the most shy, self-conscious girl in the school to an independent, beautiful, and confident woman. In the beginning, Barbara was a very shy girl who wasn’t very comfortable with her body image and thought that only what was on the outside counted. But in the end, she realized that all she had to do to fit in was be kind and loving so people would like her. They didn’t care how she looked. Barbara Palmer inspires me because she is confident, compassionate, and helpful.

Barbara Palmer doesn’t care about her personal appearance. This is especially remarkable for her because she is a two-time breast cancer survivor herself, so she is bald. She doesn’t care if people stare or if she doesn’t look the best. She also gets to assist, mentor and inspire other women fighting the horrid disease. She knows that she is a nice, respectful woman no matter how

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father was also a role model to him considering he only had a little education, but had well paying jobs including electrician, mechanic, plumber, and carpenter, and he spoke German fluently.

This helped Stephon Jackson to do what he does today which is helping children and adults to realize what they are capable of doing and to find ways to better themselves. Also, he shares stories of his past with his kids and leads by example. He says to them, “Follow your heart and what you are capable of.”

Stephon Jackson is an inspiring person because he shows respect, responsibility and perseverance. He never gave up on himself and still continues to strive to better himself. The life lesson his story teaches is, “You know in your heart what you are capable of and you know what you can work on to do better.” Stephon Jackson might have a positive impact on people around him because he’s teaching younger children and adults to do their best and set goals for themselves to achieve in their future.

As I get older, I will be struggling to make my way in the world.

My plans for the future are to have a job in the field of creating video games. I plan on attending a certain college to help me follow my dreams of having this career. After I am done college, I want to travel to England, Florida, Canada, Australia or California. To make these

plans happen, I am going to have to do well in school and get good grades and make sure I have enough money to travel by having a decent job.

Stephon Jackson inspires me to reach my own goals in life because he made me realize I can do anything I want as long as I try hard and focus on what I can do instead of the things I can’t do. Stephon Jackson might inspire other students my age because he’s giving them life stories of his childhood and the obstacles he had to overcome to make him a success today. Also, he is teaching children to not give up on their dreams. This encourages others to want to do better for themselves and have a successful life of their own.

she looks so she doesn’t care if other people think differently.

She doesn’t care what other people think of her because at the end of the day, you only need yourself to be happy and she is.

She thinks it is best not to focus on your body image but to instead focus on building meaningful, supportive and positive relationships. I will incorporate this into my life because I am not the most confident myself but after reading her truly touching story, I realized that people don’t care about who has the best clothes. As long as you are confident, you can work whatever you wear! Also, people don’t like you for your appearances. They just want a nice, respectful, friend that they know they can have a fun time with. Confidence is key in life and all you need is happiness.

Barbara Palmer is also very helpful. Every day she assists customers with their challenges and helps them find a solution. She tries to give them the happiness that she has. She also volunteers at local hospitals and mentors with the Big Brothers Big Sisters program. She builds great relationships with everyone in her work and takes volunteering actions personally and professionally. She also helps property managers and landlords effectively manage their properties through Bge.com. She also likes to just smile at people because as she personally knows, it can make a difference in someone’s day or life. “Making a difference is priceless, as it will be the greatest accomplishment you will ever earn,” says Barbara Palmer after explaining the many ways she helps people. I will start being more helpful in my life because in the beginning of her story she explains how it is her mission to help others because people have helped her when she was struggling. I have also received help when I was in need and I too have seen people struggling so I should return the favor. Being helpful is such a wonderful trait to have and it makes you feel so good about yourself knowing you’re making a difference.

Lastly, Barbara Palmer is compassionate. You can tell she shows so much compassion because the title of her profile is, “Excel in Compassion.”

One of my favorite quotes in her article is, “Excel in compassion and help others both personally and professionally.” This shows that she is very confident in this trait and she also knows how lovely a trait it is to live. She also shares how great her family, friends and support system is. She strongly believes that hope and humor go a long way in undergoing breast cancer treatment in Baltimore. She likes to share this with everyone she encounters and that shows a great deal of compassion. I will come up with inspirational mottos to share with my friends and also the strangers I encounter to help and encourage them throughout their life.

Barbara is a great example of what everyone in this world should be like. Have the excellent traits of compassion, confidence, and helpfulness in life to exceed expectation. Based on the amazing article I read I have decided to start volunteering at local soup kitchens, try to visit hospitals often and cheer up the people who are feeling down, and try to help out anyone feeling down or insecure because I was once there, and I know how they feel so I want to help them.

When I am older I would love to be a teen therapist. I want to help others with their problems and hopefully give them the traits Barbara Palmer inspired me to have.

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Expository Writing The person who inspires me is Larry Graham. I chose him because he is able to manage a wide range of responsibilities while still maintaining a sense of quality and self-integrity.

This code of conduct that he learned at an early age allowed him to earn the trust of a multimillion dollar corporation and its customers.

As the director of state government affairs at Verizon, right here in Washington, D.C., Larry Graham is responsible for managing relations and communications between government officials and many Verizon employees. He was chosen for this position because Verizon trusted him to represent the company according to a very high business code of conduct that involves integrity, commitment and satisfaction.

He interacts with customers who accept his promises to hear complaints, fix their problems and resolve any issues.

Larry Graham and his commitment to quality and integrity have proven to be equally helpful outside of work as well. He plays an important role in his church and community. Those around him know that no matter what

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challenges he is faced with; he will always give it his all, do his best and keep his word.

These are very good qualities that everyone should have; whether you are involved with family, teachers or someday; your employer. Just knowing that you can be counted on when someone needs your help, advice or direction is a feeling of great self-integrity.

While at a very young age; Larry Graham was taught that “what you think of yourself is more important than what others think about you!” This statement is an inspiration all by itself. It should be posted on the walls of every school in America. All students, no

matter what grade, should be able to see it every day, ALL day. We students now have more negative influence and inspirations than positive ones. I would be willing to bet that Mr. Graham had it the other way around.

Larry Graham is someone who can be an inspiration to us all. He lives by a code of conduct that includes quality, commitment and integrity.

During his daily routine of managing many employees at Verizon, or even while being active in his community or church, Larry Graham does his best to keep his word and “do the right thing.”

When I read this article about Mr. Graham, I was able to picture myself leading a multimillion dollar company one day.

I know for sure that I will repeat his motto again and again as I strive for excellence in high school and then on to college knowing that the simple things like having respect and selfintegrity can help you just as much as having an education is half the battle.

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Standing Up For Those Who Stand Up for Us

During “Public Service Recognition Week,” observed each year during the first week in May, we come together to honor the women and men who serve our nation at all levels of government.

Almost without exception, they are proud of their service – and so should we be.

Their dedication, talent and tireless efforts have made our government among the finest in the world. They protect us and our way of life, Elijah Cummings educate us and do everything within their power to assure that each of us is treated fairly. Standing up for us every day, it is only reasonable and right that we stand up for them.

I share this observation because, all too often, public servants are not being treated respectfully and fairly by those who make it more difficult for government employees to perform their jobs – while at the same time criticizing these same public servants for delays.

In broad terms, as the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities has observed, the House Republicans’ budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2015 and beyond would cut $3.3 trillion over 10 years (2015-2024) from programs that serve people of limited means – 69 percent of their proposed nondefense budget cuts. This, in a nutshell, is the long-term vision of House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, the Republicans’ 2012 Vice-Presidential nominee who may have his sights on a presidential run in 2016.

It is a perspective with which I strongly disagree. The “Ryan Budget” unfairly blames and burdens those of us who did not create our nation’s fiscal challenges – as well as those in government who, even now, are seeking to protect us and reduce the pain of our current economy.

Consider the Social Security Administration – the federal agency that, as much as any other, directly serves us all. The women and men at Social Security who have dedicated their careers to serving us have undertaken the profound duty of assuring that we receive the retirement benefits for which we have worked all our lives. They seek to determine and help us if we have become too disabled to work, and they stand up for our survivors when tragedy strikes.

We may be less aware that the public servants at SSA also provide essential support to Medicare, SSI, our Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, and the Department of Homeland Security. In meeting all of these responsibilities, they are facing challenges that, increasingly, are becoming more difficult as our population ages, we baby boomers retire, and our economy resists full recovery.

Placing those challenges in every-day context, the Congressional Research Service has concluded that approximately 80 million Americans will file for retirement during the next 20 years, an average of 10,000 of us every day. According to the Social Security Advisory Board, “Challenges such as shifting demographics, growing workloads, changing customer expectations combined with an aging workforce, deteriorating systems infrastructure, and chronic under funding have pushed SSA’s ability to deliver high quality service to the brink.”

Even now, the SSA is struggling. A significant reason, I would submit, is because the Congress has failed to provide the funding to assure the staffing levels and training that the analysts would consider adequate to the growing demands that SSA personnel face. While “budget hawks” decry those relative few Americans who inappropriately obtain Social Security Disability Income, far more Americans, who legitimately deserve this help, have been encountering unacceptable delays.

Under the revitalized leadership of Acting Commissioner Carolyn Colvin, the Social Security Administration is working hard to address these challenges. The federal employees at SSA are professionals. They are determined to perform their duty as well as they can.

To succeed – at SSA and throughout our government as a whole – our public servants need and deserve adequate

funding. In this, I am forced to agree with American Federation of Government Employees President David Cox Sr., when he observes that some in the Congress are failing. “Not content with the $138 billion already taken from this modestly paid [federal] workforce in the form of a three-year pay freeze …,” Mr. Cox has declared, “the 2015 edition of the Ryan Budget would maul the federal workforce with a new ferocity.”

Our Democratic response is based upon reality, as well as fairness. Federal workers did not cause our budgetary imbalance – and they should not be unfairly and irrationally burdened in fashioning the solution. This is why I have joined Virginia Congressman Gerald Connolly and 12 of our House colleagues in proposing a modest, 3 percent pay raise for federal workers in Fiscal Year 2015 [the FAIR Act, H.R. 4306].

This week, and every week, we should stand up for those who have been called to public service. We should stand up for them, even as they stand up for the rest of us every day.

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

Indifference of State Elected Officials to HBI Decision Shifts Attention to Next Election The 2014 legislative session represents a missed opportunity for Maryland officials to address the constitutional violations cited

by Federal District Court Judge Catherine C. Blake in an October 2013 ruling on the Historically Black Institutions Coalition case.

The case was not among Gov. Martin O’Malley’s legislative priorities and discussion in the legislature was limited to the debate surrounding the defeat of separate bills A. Dwight Pettie advanced by Baltimore Sen. Joan Carter-Conway and Prince George’s Del. Aisha Braveboy.

Sen. Conway’s bill would have provided a mechanism for avoiding future instances of the illegal practice of unnecessary program duplication. Legislation proposed by Del. Braveboy would have provided funding support for making the HBIs unique and competitive with other public institutions in the state.

It now appears that the constitutional violations found by Judge Blake are unlikely to be resolved before Gov. O’Malley leaves office in January 2014. That is certain to be a millstone around the governor’s neck as he runs for higher elected office.

Any future effort to address the court’s finding now shifts to the various candidates for governor and attorney general. None of these candidates has, to date, indicated how he or she would respond to the HBI Coalition court ruling.

The three democratic candidates in particular, are currently serving as elected officials and bear some responsibility for the state’s present attitude toward the Blake ruling for the HBIs. Candidate Anthony Brown currently serves as Mr. O’Malley’s lieutenant governor. It would be interesting to know if he agrees with the findings of the court and intends to mediate a meaningful settlement or will he seek to maintain the state’s discriminatory higher education system by appealing the case?

Will he commit to eliminating historic academic program duplication by transferring programs back to the HBIs and creating other new unique and high demand programs at HBIs as suggested by the court? Equally significant, would Mr. Brown revise state policies and practices to preclude program duplication?

The same questions must be asked of the other candidates.

Attorney General Douglas Gansler probably has expressed more concern about the plight of HBIs than any other gubernatorial candidate. During forums on the Mark Stiener radio show, before audiences visiting Annapolis, and most recently, at a Montgomery College appearance with other candidates, Gansler pledged repeatedly to provide increased funding to the Historically Black Institutions. He also released a statement at the outset of the HBI Coalition case saying that as attorney general he is obligated by state law to represent Maryland in litigation, regardless of whether or not he

Fighting for Their Families “I am fighting for my father. He is undocumented.

I am fighting for all of the children who don’t have their mothers and fathers and brothers and sisters.”

That was the speech I heard last Wednesday from Yahir Servin, an 11-year-old who participated in a civil disobedience on Capitol Hill with the Fair Immigration Reform Movement. Yahir was one of seven kids between the ages of 11 and 17 who joined 20 adults in a Benjamin T. jail cell all afternoon to draw Jealous attention to the need for immigration reform. As rain poured down, the protestors sat resolutely in the middle of the street outside Capitol Hill while police handcuffed them one by one.

A few blocks away, the U.S. House of Representatives was in session but immigration reform was not on the agenda. Even though every day of inaction means that more immigrants are evicted and more families broken up, the House has still not taken up the comprehensive reform bill that passed in

the Senate, or offered an alternative of its own. Meanwhile, although President Obama has been an outspoken supporter of reform, deportations have risen significantly over the course of his presidency.

Immediately before the protest, a 16-year-old named Talia Gonzalez told a heartbreaking story about her family’s situation. Her father had returned to Mexico in order to get the necessary documentation to become a citizen. The U.S. officials at the Mexican border told him that he could not return. For the past four years, Talia and her father have only seen each other a handful of times, a mountain of paperwork separating father and daughter.

She is not alone. According to a 2012 report by the Center for American Progress, one out of three U.S. citizen children of immigrants live in mixed-status families, and tens of thousands of parents are deported each year. This has a devastating impact on families, forcing children into foster care or leaving single mothers who struggle to make ends meet.

I stood with the protestors on Wednesday because I believe that immigrants of all colors deserve to be treated with dignity and fairness. This has been a priority for the civil rights community for a very long time. It was a priority for Frederick Douglass when he opposed the Chinese Exclusion Act in the years after the Civil War, arguing in effect that he did not intend to watch the government brutally exploit workers in the Southwest just after ending slavery in the Southeast. It was a priority for civil rights leaders in the 1960’s, who, immediately

personally agrees with the state’s position.

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has since issued an advisory indicating that attorneys general are not obligated to defend laws they believe to be discriminatory. The attorneys general of seven states relied on that advice in declaring that they will not defend their states’ ban on same sex marriage in pending and future litigation. To do otherwise, these chief legal counsels say, would amount to their defending discrimination.

If the mediation process now underway is not successful in negotiating remedies for dismantling Maryland’s segregated system of higher education, Holder’s advisory poses a special test for both Gansler as the sitting legal counsel for the State and those individuals who wish to succeed him. Would he or she follow the example of attorneys general in Kentucky, Virginia, California, Nevada, Oregon, Pennsylvania, and Illinois in refusing to represent their states in cases that would result in discrimination against certain individuals or groups of individuals? Conversely, would he or she defend Maryland’s current system of higher education notwithstanding its discriminatory effects?

The primary election is on June 24. Voters must insist that candidates for governor and attorney general immediately declare their intent to bring the HBI Coalition case to a close or to make clear their intention to defend the existing system of segregation and discrimination.

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after passing the Voting Rights Act and Civil Rights Act, pushed through what historian Taylor Branch has called the “third pillar” of the civil rights revolution – ending the racist Europe-only preference for immigrants in this country.

As Douglass, Ella Baker and Roy Wilkins understood, our communities are strongest when we are willing to stand up for our neighbors’ families with the same passion that we fight for our own.

By going to jail for their cause, Yahir, Talia and the other young protestors took a page from the Birmingham Children’s Crusade of 1963. We all know the iconic images of children locking hands, marching in step and singing “We Shall Overcome” as Bull Connor’s deputies blasted them with fire hoses. Fewer may remember that some of the children’s parents had second thoughts about letting their little ones out in the charged Birmingham streets.

In a speech that week, Dr. King was able to put the situation in perspective, in words that called to mind the actions of Yahir, Talia and the other young activists half a century later.

“Don’t worry about your children,” he said, “They are going to be alright. Don’t hold them back if they want to go to jail, for they are not only doing a job for themselves, but for all of America and for all of mankind.”

Jealous is the former president and CEO of the NAACP. He is currently a Partner at Kapor Capital and a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress.

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he annual “All White” Spring benefit was held April 11 at the Blue Dolphin Seafood Bar and Grill, Crofton, Md. The event raised funds for the Negro League Legends Hall of Fame’s (NLLHOF) Education Outreach Program, “Reading About Our Communities”(RACH) and was also to celebrate the birthday of founder, Dewayne Renal Sims.

Sims believes reading is one of the keys for our youth to become successful in pursuing their dreams. This celebration provided an opportunity for Sims to thank those partners who support this project.

The evening consisted of a variety of performers including Herb Feemster of the memorable duo, “Peaches and Herb” and Ray Apollo Allen, who provided a musical salute to the Motown Sound. Guests dined on an appetizing Author Zane, another supporter cuisine, jamming and rocking the evening of the foundation’s work; her movie “Addicted” is coming this away. year with Kat Graham, Boris The vision of NLLHOF is to be an authority Kodjoe, Tyson Beckford and an educational site for young and old and others on the contribution of the Negro League and the legendary players of that league, while exploring the rich history of American Baseball.

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Dwayne Sims with his sister Kimberly L. Sims-Lee for a big brother pose

Birthday celebrant Dwayne Renal Sims with guests Herb Feemster of “Peaches and Herb” fame with wife Yvonne and Roger “The Dodger” Leonard and wife, Gail

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Entertainer Ray Apollo Allen performed a Salute to the Sounds of Motown with two of the guests who could not stay in their seats during the performance

Ray Apollo Allen and Herb Feemster serenading the guests

Singer and ventriloquist Ernie Fields with “Jr.” entertain the guests until they have tears in their eyes Dwayne Simms with Dr. Renee Bovelle, who has supported of the NLLHOF for the last 3 years

Guests lined up for a delicious meal served at the Blue Dolphin Restaurant

Dennis and Stephanie Green joins the celebrant

Dewayne Sims with Dr. Gloria B. Herndon, a longtime supporter, and guest, Dr. Ndiouga Dieng

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he Century Club of the National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women’s Clubs Inc. held its 61st Annual Founder’s Day and Awards Luncheon on April 13 at the Fort McNair Officers Club in Southwest Washington, D.C. Under the leadership of the club planning committee, guests were treated to an afternoon of fine cuisine, bubbly music by the Janine GilbertCarter Quartet and business networking, capped off with presentations to four honorees: Monica Carroll, Appreciation Award; Dr. Mattie Giles, Professional Achievement Award; the Rev. Larry Owens Jr., Minister of the Year; and Mrs. Gloria Turner, Community Service Award. Theresa Lewis gave the scholarship acknowledgements and Evelyn Haygood provided the invocation; Gwendolyn Childs was the mistress of ceremonies. The Century Club is commended for it continuous and unwavering dedication to fostering entrepreneurship, promoting academic excellence, and exemplifying the highest Standing: Delores Powell and Evelyn McKinley; standards of business and (seated) Linda Washington, Sandra Hunter, professional acumen.

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Julia Marshall welcoming the guests

Members of the Century Club

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And I too can sing …

Rev. and Mrs. Larry Owens Jr. and Gloria Turner

Kara Matthews-Bland, Yolonda McKoy, Clara Epps and Gwendolyn Childs

Velada Waller and Esther Clemons

Guests singing the National Anthem

Music by the Janine Gilbert-Carter Quartet

Theresa Lewis, Gwendolyn Childs, honoree Gloria Turner, honoree Monica Carroll, honoree Dr. Mattie Giles, honoree Larry Owens Jr., Dr. Julia Marshall, Carolyn Kornegay, and Evelyn McKenley

Dr. Mary E. Iney and Bernice Garner

RaJeanna Lewis and Alyse Newhouse

Mistress of Ceremonies Gwendolyn Childs, and Dr. Julia Marshall

Barbara Murphy, Clennie Murphy, Dr. Julia Marshal, Louise Alstork, and Willie Alstork

Founder’s Day Committee Photos by Rob Roberts

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COMMUNITY CONNECTION Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Engage Urban Youth in Outdoor Recreation and STEM Education

conservation efforts. Through “citizen science” activities, Sigma Betas will learn how to follow in the footsteps of conservationist, botanist, and inventor, George Washington Carver. Carver is one of Sigma’s illustrious members, and is recognized for his groundbreaking research on plant biology and early experiments to improve soil conservation. Carver is also the only member of a historically African-American fraternity to be featured on the face of a U.S. coin (The 1951 half dollar).

Sigma Betas will also learn about designing an active lifestyle, and the connection between outdoor recreation and nature through Let’s Move Outside. The effort is part of the First Lady Michelle Obama’s initiative, Let’s Move, designed to get kids and families to get involved in physical activities on public lands. Outdoor activity helps kids maintain a healthy weight, boosts their immunity and bone health and lowers stress.

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Sigma Deputy Director Steve Ballard, back, left, Sigma Beta Club Foundation President and Past International President Arthur Thomas, Sigma Executive Director Darryl Anderson, Sigma Partner Liaison Kevin Davis, and Sigma International Director of Education Jean B. Lamothe. Seated, left, Phi Beta Sigma International President Jonathan A. Mason and FWS Director Dan Ashe.

African-American fraternity Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have joined forces to conserve America’s wildlife in a new way. The two organizations signed an historic memorandum of understanding today in Washington, DC, establishing a partnership that will provide new opportunities for urban youth to experience the natural world and promote interest in conservation and the biological sciences.

The initiative commemorates American scientist, botanist, and inventor, George Washington Carver – a Sigma member who has inspired generations of youth to pursue careers in science.

“Many Americans find it difficult to experience nature in an increasingly urban America.

This has profound implications for the health and well-being of our citizens and the future of our nation,” said U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe. “Sigma – with its rich history of community leadership and deep connection to the legacy of Dr. Carver – is the ideal partner for the Service as we work to create meaningful connections between young people and the great outdoors.”

Sigma Betas, Sigma’s youth auxiliary, will be engaged in hands-on activities with scientists to learn about wildlife, science, and conservation by participating in real scientific studies and

On May 5, District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) kicked off a week of celebrating, honoring and thanking teachers as part of national Teacher Appreciation Week. Beginning on May 5, DCPS Chancellor Kaya Henderson, principals, parents, central office staff, community members and others took to social media with the hash tag #DCPSlove and posted pictures to show their appreciation of teachers. Henderson and her staff stopped by schools throughout the week to surprise and thank teachers across the district.

“Everywhere I go, everyone I talk to hears me say that our teachers are absolutely killing it,” said DCPS Chancellor Kaya Henderson. “This week, I want to make sure that they are especially feeling the #DCPSlove. I hope the whole city can take some time this week to thank a DCPS teacher in honor of Teacher Appreciation Week. Our teachers are changing our students’ lives and they deserve some extra love and gratitude this week from all of us.”

D.C. Area to Kick Off Bike to Work Day 2014

Thousands of area commuters will strap on their helmets and get on their bikes to celebrate this year’s “Bike to Work Day” on May 16.

The event, which is held across D.C., Maryland and Virginia, is designed to highlight exercise and promote bicycling as a fun, healthy and environmentally friendly way to get to work.

For more information: Biketoworkmetrodc.org

‘What Life Has in Store’

Sheena D. Horne Productions, a local production company will present its stage play “What Life Has in Store” on May 23 and 24 at The Lab Theatre in Alexandria, Va. The production, which features a bevy of D.C.-area actors including Comelita Payton, Lorenzo Jones and Tiffany Strothner, explores the life of a married couple whose relationship is distraught because of their different beliefs.

For more information: Eventbrite.com.

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ARTS & CULTURE

Gaga over Gugu!

The “Belle” Interview

By Kam Williams Special to the AFRO

Born in Oxford, England on June 30, 1983, Gugu MbathaRaw trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. Her first professional role was as Celia in an open air production of Shakespeare’s As You Like It. Gugu subsequently landed roles at Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre where she performed the title roles of Cleopatra in Antony and Cleopatra and Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, the latter opposite Andrew “Spider-Man” Garfield.

Her television credits include “MI-5,” “Dr. Who,” “Spooks,” “Marple: Ordeal by Innocence,” “Bonekickers” and “Fallout.” In 2008, she was selected as a ‘Star of Tomorrow’ by the showbiz industry magazine Screen International. A couple of years later, Gugu starred as Samantha Bloom in the NBCTV series, “Undercovers,” for which she was nominated for an NAACP award for in the Best Actress in a Television Series category.

On the big screen, she found her first major feature film work in Larry Crowne, directed by Tom Hanks and co-starring Julia Roberts, followed by Odd Thomas alongside Willem Dafoe. She also recently finished filming Jupiter Ascending with Channing Tatum and Mila Kunis.

Here, Gugu, who divides her time between L.A. and London, talks about playing the title character in Belle, a biopic about Dido Elizabeth Belle (17611804), the orphaned offspring of an African slave and a British ship captain who was raised in England by her father’s rich relations.

KW: I have a lot of questions for you for you from fans.

Children’s book author Irene Smalls asks: What interested you in the film and how did you feel about the idea of playing Dido Belle?

GMR: There were so many wonderful things that drew me to this project. First and foremost, the historical elements, the fact that this character really existed and that the script was inspired by a real painting. That was fascinating to me because, as a biracial girl growing up in England, I’d never really seen any historical characters who looked like me depicted on film before that weren’t being brutalized or playing slaves. It was refreshing to know that there had been a biracial girl in the aristocracy.

KW: What message do you think people will take away from Belle?

GMR: I really hope people will be inspired by the history of it, and the fact that it’s a true story. The message, for me, at its core, really, is “Be who you are!” Don’t worry about society’s conditioning and the labels that are put on you by external forces.

Hold onto your true self. The journey that Dido goes on is about learning to be comfortable in her own skin. I think that’s an inspiring message that we always need to be reminded of in today’s image-obsessed world.

Kam Williams: Hi Gugu, thanks for the interview. I’m honored to have this opportunity.

Gugu Mbatha-Raw: Thank you, Kam. Wikimedia.org

Dido, factually, I felt this was a terrific opportunity to shed light on a period of history that has somewhat been overlooked and certainly has never been seen from this perspective before. A woman of color… in the lead… of a period drama… [Laughs] And she’s not a slave… she’s not being brutalized… She’s being brought up as an heiress in a genteel society, at least one that’s seemingly genteel on the surface. To me, that that was just such an inspiring new perspective.

KW: Larry Greenberg asks: What kind of direction did Amma Asante give you about Dido Belle’s relationship with Lady Elizabeth Murray?

GMR: This is something that Amma was very passionate about. Even though they were only cousins biologically, they were nevertheless very much a sisterhood. I know that Amma herself has a sister she’s very close to, and the intensity of sisterhood was something she very much wanted to explore in the film, not only because the starting point was the painting where they are depicted in such an intimate way with a feeling of affection, but also because of a desire to create a Jane Austen “Sense and Sensibility” dynamic in exploring the depth of that bond. Consider the scene where they have a fierce argument and are saying the most horrible things to each other. I think you can only really explore in that fashion with intimate family.

KW: Thanks again for the time, Gugu, and best of luck with Belle.

GMR: Thank you very much, Kam. Bye!

KW: Editor/Legist Patricia Turnier asks: Did you feel any pressure to do justice to Belle?

GMR: Absolutely! Because I had never played a real person before and since this was an incredibly refreshing tale to me.

Gugu Mbatha- Even though there wasn’t Raw stars in much evidence about the new film Belle.

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AFRO Sports Desk Faceoff

Are Durant’s Days in Oklahoma Dwindling?

By Perry Green and Stephen D. Riley AFRO Sports Desk

It took some time, but the Oklahoma City Thunder finally advanced over the Memphis Grizzlies in a Game 7 grudge match

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to cap a turbulent first-round playoff matchup.

Despite winning the series, Thunder star swingman Kevin Durant was often picked on and poked at by the Oklahoma media. Memorably, he was dubbed “Mr. Unreliable” on the front page of The Oklahoman newspaper after missing a free throw in Game 5 that gave Memphis a temporary series lead at 3-2.

But Durant fired back, averaging 34 points over the next two contests to help his team secure the series win.

But the fracas that was caused over the early week article stirred up enough controversy for several opinions to come forth.

Durant’s current contract ends in the summer of 2016 and the harsh criticism has sparked the question: should Durant pull a “LeBron” when his contract is up and leave town for greener pastures? Perry Green and Stephen D. Riley of the AFRO Sports Desk debate the question.

Green: The possibility of an OKC championship is and will continue to be a strong one as long as Westbrook and Durant are in town. Backed by Serge Ibaka and Reggie Jackson, the Thunder’s talent level exceeds just the Durant and Westbrook combo. The fans are rabid, the team is young and other traditional Western powers like San Antonio and Dallas are fading due to the age of their players. Leaving Oklahoma City would only put Durant in a situation where he’s trying to reassemble what he already has in place.

Sure, fans and local media will get restless if titles aren’t being won—but that’s any town. People can be too critical at times. Durant and Westbrook, even for all their talent and playoff exposure, are both just 25 years old. Their title will come soon enough; it just hasn’t come yet. It just wouldn’t make sense for Durant to jeopardize what is as close to a sure thing as you’ll get right now in the NBA. Riley: That theory only makes sense if everyone stays healthy, and just how many injuries has Westbrook suffered in just the last two years alone? His injury history, combined with a middling market in small-town Oklahoma City might be just enough for Durant to feel compelled to explore his options.

Plastering a “Mr. Unreliable” headline on the city paper was the ultimate slap in the face, regardless of the ensuing apology.

Durant’s done more than enough for the team and the city of Oklahoma and harsh criticism should be scarce.

And when you add that Westbrook’s knees have really been the only “unreliable” thing for the Thunder over the past few

years, how confident should any of us be that Westbrook will remain the athletic marvel he’s been? For a player whose agility dictates his performance heavily, Durant should definitely be factoring in his running mate’s health as a primary decision.

Another Westbrook knee injury/surgery would be devastating for all parties involved. The grass could be greener in a city like, I don’t know, Washington, D.C., maybe? The Wizards backcourt is already one of the league’s best and the city loves Durant like the native son that he is.

Green: The amount of distractions for Durant if he were to sign in D.C. would be unreal. Sometimes going home isn’t always the best choice. Besides, a healthy Westbrook is a better player than Wall. I think Wall may be a more consistent point guard and playmaker than Westbrook, but talent for talent, Westbrook is better. Not to mention, Wall hasn’t exactly been the model for durability—he’s missed his fair share of games due to injuries as well.

I agree that, should Durant exercise his 2016 option, D.C. would and should definitely be a frontrunner. But I’m not so sure that Oklahoma wouldn’t have returned to the Finals by then, making the decision to even exercise his free agency clause a tough decision. Another deep playoff run and obviously a title would help the Thunder’s case in retaining him. I’ve always gotten the sense that Durant is a loyal guy.

Riley: The NBA has always been hard-pressed to keep major stars in minor towns. The city of Norman, Oklahoma is actually quite large but the media market is the exact opposite. I do agree that Durant comes off as a loyal guy, but how much loyalty is embedded in the heart of the franchise? We’re talking about the same ball club that broke hearts after it moved from Seattle and a city where even the world’s best basketball player can get criticized over a missed free throw attempt. Durant doesn’t really owe the Thunder anything. He’s played with passion and heart since his arrival while watching some of his close friends and NBA’s best ball players leave through drama-filled trades and free agency. The Thunder surprised everyone by moving former stars James Harden and Jeff Green without even giving Durant a heads-up. All things considered, it’s the Thunder and now Oklahoma City that haven’t been reliable to Durant, while he’s done nothing but mature his game into MVP status. Regardless of whether or not Oklahoma City wins a title before his contract ends, I think it’s safe to say that Durant is a goner in 2016.

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM22 Henry Lee Jackson Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Benjamin J. Jackson whose address is 1733 L Street, NE Washington, DC 20002, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Henry Lee Jackson, who died on December 21, 2013 without a Will and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before October 25, 2014.

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

Date of Publication: April 25, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Benjamin J. Jackson Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 04/25, 05/02, 05/09/14

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM349 Mabel Theresa Hazelock Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Angela Hazelock Mack and Robert Bruce Hazelock, whose addresses are 1342 Sheridan St. NW, Washington, DC 20011, were appointed personal representatives of the estate of Mabel Theresa Hazelock, who died on July 7, 2013 without a Will and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before October 25, 2014.

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

Date of Publication: April 25, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Angela Hazelock Mack Bruce Hazelock 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. 2014ADM340 Lloyd R. Jennings Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Edith Ann Logan, whose address is 6502 Fairbanks Street, New Carrollton, MD 20784, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Lloyd R. Jennings, who died on January 14, 2014 without a Will and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose where-abouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before October 25, 2014.

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

Date of Publication: April 25, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Edith Ann Logan Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS

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20001, on or before November 9, 2014.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before November 9, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: May 9, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Joseph Harris Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 05/09, 05/16, 05/23

District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM352 Bessie Lee Ebb Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS David Sylvester Ebb, whose address is 4111 Ellis Street Capitol Heights, MD 20743 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Bessie Lee Ebb, who died on August 22, 2003 with a Will and will serve with Court supervision.

All unknown heirs and h e i r s w h o s e 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 October 25, 2014.

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

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Sinclair N. Grey, Jr, whose address 9200 Edwards Way #905, Hyattsville MD 20783 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Eureka C. Grey, who died on October 30, 2013 with a Will and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM338 Evelyn T. Wilson Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Dianne T. Wilson and Warren C. Wilson, whose addresses are 4305 Massachusetts Ave SE Wa s h i n g t o n , D C 20019-5623, were appointed personal representatives of the estate of Evelyn T. Wilson, who died on October 11, 2013 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

20001, on or before October 25, 2014.

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

Date of Publication: April 25, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM377 Cheryl M. Johnson Decedent Darrell S. Parker 1822 11th street, NW Washington, DC 20001 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Derrell R. Johnson & Robyn Goodwine whose addresses are 4931 Fitch Place NE Washington, DC 20019 & 11302 Brigadier Court, Fort Washington, MD 20774 were appointed personal representatives of the estate of Cheryl M. Johnson, who died on April 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 October 25, 2014.

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

Date of Publication: April 25, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM385 Vivian Beville Clinton Decedent Theordore M. Kerrine 2321 Georgia Village Way Silver Spring, MD 20902 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Theodore M. Kerrine, whose address is 2321 Georgia Village Way, Silver Spring MD 20902 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Vivian Beville Clinton, who died on April 1, 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 November 2, 2014.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before November 2, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: May 2, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM376 Joe E. King Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Betty Blackwell and Douglas Worthy, whose addresses are 6026 Lucente Ave Suitland MD 20746 & 126 Randolph Place NW 20001, were appointed personal representatives of the estate of Joe E. King, who died on March 9, 2014 with a Will and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose where-abouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

20001, on or before November 2, 2014.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before November 2, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: May 2, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM196 Lillian M. Allen Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Darrin Lorenzo Allen, whose address is 105 Woodland Rd Indian Head MD 20640 was appointed personal representatives of the estate of Lillian M. Allen who died on January 29, 2014 without a Will and will serve with Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

20001, on or before November 2, 2014.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before November 2, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM367 James L. Burrell, Sr. Decedent W. Alton Lewis 1450 Mercantile Lane, Suite 155 Largo, MD 20744 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS James L. Burrell Jr., whose address is 6402 Wilburn Drive, Capitol Heights, MD 20743, was appointed personal representative of the estate of James L. Burrell, Sr., who died on March 9, 2014 without a Will and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose where-abouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (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 October 25, 2014.

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

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Superior Court TYPESET: May 06 14:14:03 EDT 2014of 04/25, 05/02, 05/09/14 05/02, 05/09,Tue 05/16/14 the District of District of Columbia TYPESET: Tue May 06 14:14:52 EDT 2014 PROBATE DIVISION Superior Court of Washington, D.C. the District of Superior Court of 20001-2131 District of Columbia the District of PROBATE DIVISION Administration No. District of Columbia Washington, D.C. 2014ADM395 PROBATE DIVISION 20001-2131 Hyacinth B Bryant Washington, D.C. Administration No. Decedent 20001-2131 2014ADM420 Bradley A. Thomas Esq Administration No. Nellie J. Martin 1629 K Street, NW Suite 2013ADM1290 Decedent 300 Geneva Tillman Dues Darryl F. White Decedent 302 Mississippi Ave- W a s h i n g t o n , D C 20006-1631 Arthur F. Konopka Esq nue 4530 Wisconsin Ave S i l v e r S p r i n g , M D Attorney NOTICE OF NW #200 20910 Washington, DC 20016 APPOINTMENT, Attorney Attorney NOTICE OF NOTICE TO NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, CREDITORS APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO AND NOTICE TO NOTICE TO CREDITORS UNKNOWN HEIRS CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO Candice Bryant, whose AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS address is 429 G Street UNKNOWN HEIRS Angela McClurkin and Marie M. Wallace, whose Mary Sazon, whose ad- SW Washington, DC address is 539 42nd dresses are 11051 Fawn 20024 was appointed personal representative Street, NE Washington Creek Lane, Orland DC 20019 was appointed Park, IL 60467 were ap- of the estate of Hyacinth personal representative pointed personal repre- B Bryant, who died on of the estate of Geneva sentatives of the estate March 27, 2014 with a Tillman Dues, who died of Nellie J. Martin , who Will and will serve withon July 24, 2012 without died on March 1, 1999 out Court supervision. All a Will and will serve with- without a Will and will unknown heirs and heirs out Court supervision. All serve without Court su- whose where-abouts are unknown heirs and heirs pervision. All unknown unknown shall enter their whose where-abouts are heirs and heirs whose unknown shall enter their whereabouts are un- a p p e a r a n c e i n t h i s appearance in this known shall enter their proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or proceeding. Objections a p p e a r a n c e i n t h i s to such appointment (or proceeding. Objections to the probate of deto the probate of de- to such appointment (or cedent´s will) shall be cedent´s will) shall be to the probate of de- filed with the Register of filed with the Register of cedent´s will) shall be Wills, D.C., 515 5th Wills, D.C., 515 5th filed with the Register of Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wills, D.C., 515 5th Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

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N o v e m b e r 9 , 2 0 1 4 . 20001, on or before Claims against the de- N o v e m b e r 9 , 2 0 1 4 . Claims against the decedent shall be pre- Claims against the de- cedent shall be presented to the under- cedent shall be pre- sented to the undersigned with a copy to the sented to the under- signed with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed signed with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the under- with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before with a copy to the under- signed, on or before November 9, 2014, or be signed, on or before November 2, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons November 9, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a legatees of the decedent copy of this notice by mail who do not receive a who do not receive a within 25 days of its first copy of this notice by mail copy of this notice by mail publication shall so in- within 25 days of its first within 25 days of its first form the Register of publication shall so in- publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, form the Register of address and relation- Wills, including name, Wills, including name, ship. address and relation- address and relationDate of Publication: ship. ship.

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM320 Barbara Elaine Rochon Decedent Gilda M. Zimmett, Krauthamer & Stahl, Chartered 5530 Wisconsin Ave. Suite 801 Chevy Chase, MD 20815 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Jermall Wells, whose addressis 934 French Street, NW Washington Washington DC 20001 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Barabara Elaine Rochon, who died on September 18, 2013 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before November 2, 2014.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before November 2, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: May 2, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Jermall Wells Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 05/02, 05/09, 05/16/14

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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 relationLEGAL NOTICES ship.

Date of Publication: May 9, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Shelby Walker Schuler 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. 2014ADM421 Charles Everett Ross Decedent Darryl F. White 302 Mississippi Avenue Silver Spring, MD 20910 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Iris Ross Williams, whose address is 4040 East Capital Street, NE Washington DC 20019 was appointed personal 14:17:21 EDT 2014 representative of the estate of Charles Everett Ross, who died on August 17, 2013 without a Will and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before November 9, 2014.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before November 9, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: May 9, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Iris Ross Williams Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS

05/09, 05/16,Tue 05/23 TYPESET: May 06 14:16:20 Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2013ADM1284 Veronica Jerome Fullmore Decedent Darryl F. White 302 Mississippi Ave Silver Spring, MD 20910 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Premas D. Liverpool, whose address is 3204 Macallan EDT Parkway, 14:16:59 2014Henrico VA 23231 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Ve r o n i c a J e r o m e Fullmore, who died on May 11, 2013 without a Will and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose where-abouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before November 9, 2014.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before November 9, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: May 9, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Premas D. Liverpool Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 05/09, 05/16, 05/23/14

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presentatives of the estate of Patricia T. Thomas, who died on April 16, 2014 without a Will and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose where-abouts are unknown shall enter their 10:41:22 EDT 2014 TYPESET: May 06 14:19:13 TYPESET: Tue Apr 29 10:42:48 EDTTue 2014 p p e a r aEDT n c e 2014 in this LEGAL NOTICES aproceeding.

LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICES Objections to such appointment (or Superior Court of to the probate of deSUPERIOR COURT OF the District of cedent´s will) shall be THE DISTRICT OF District of Columbia filed with the Register of COLUMBIA PROBATE DIVISION Wills, D.C., 515 5th PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

20001-2131 Administration No. 20001, on or before Administration No. 2014ADM379 November 9, 2014.

2014ADM396 Lunetta Cromer Claims against the deEstate of Decedent cedent shall be preAlice D. Young NOTICE OF sented to the underDeceased APPOINTMENT, signed with a copy to the NOTICE OF NOTICE TO Register of Wills or filed STANDARD CREDITORS with the Register of Wills PROBATE AND NOTICE TO with a copy to the underNotice is hereby given UNKNOWN HEIRS signed, on or before that a petition has been filed in this Court by Nathaniel J. Davis, Jr. November 9, 2014, or be whose address is 4509 S forever barred. Persons Thayer L. Weaver and Robin Lloyd for standard Poplar Street, Tempe AZ believed to be heirs or probate, including the 85282-7316, was ap- legatees of the decedent appointment of one or pointed personal repre- who do not receive a more personal repre- sentative of the estate of copy of this notice by mail sentative. Unless a com- Lunetta Cromer, who within 25 days of its first plaint or an objection in died on March 8, 2014 publication shall so inaccordance with Super- with a Will and will serve form the Register of ior Court Probate Di- without Court supervi- Wills, including name, vision Rule 407 is filed in sion. All unknown heirs address and relationthis Court within 30 days and heirs whose where- ship. from the date of first pub- abouts are unknown Date of Publication: lication of this notice, the shall enter their appear- May 9, 2014 Court may take the ac- ance in this proceeding. Name of newspaper: Afro-American tion hereinafter set forth. O b j e c t i o n s t o s u c h *In the absence of a will appointment (or to the Washington or proof satisfactory to probate of decedent´s Law Reporter the Court of due execu- will) shall be filed with the Patricia T. Thomas tion, enter an order deter- Register of Wills, D.C., Personal mining that the decedent 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Representative died intestate appoint a Floor Washington, D.C. supervised personal rep- 20001, on or before N o v e m b e r 9 , 2 0 1 4 . TRUE TEST COPY resentitive.

Register of Wills Claims against the de- REGISTER OF WILLS Clerk of the cedent shall be pre05/16,Tue 05/23/14 Probate Division sented to the under- 05/09, TYPESET: May 06 signed with a copy to the Date of First Publication Register of Wills or filed May 2, 2014 with the Register of Wills Names of Newspapers: Superior Court of with a copy to the underWashington the District of signed, on or before Law Reporter District of Columbia November 9, 2014, or be Washington PROBATE DIVISION forever barred. Persons AFRO-AMERICAN Washington, D.C. believed to be heirs or Chantal Joseph 20001-2131 legatees of the decedent Signature of Administration No. who do not receive a Petitioners/Attorney 2014ADM417 copy of this notice by mail Robert Amos Bouldon TYPESET: Tue May 06 14:19:55 EDT 2014 within 25 days of its first Jr. 05/02 & 05/09/14 publication shall so in- AKA form the Register of SUPERIOR COURT OF Wills, including name, Robert A. Bouldin Jr Decedent THE DISTRICT OF address and relationNOTICE OF COLUMBIA ship.

APPOINTMENT, PROBATE DIVISION Date of Publication: NOTICE TO Washington, D.C. May 9, 2014 CREDITORS 20001-2131 Name of newspaper: AND NOTICE TO Administration No. Afro-American UNKNOWN HEIRS 2014ADM472 Washington Denise M Armstrong, Estate of Law Reporter whose address is 2116 Claude Akil Nadir Ramblewood Drive, DisDeceased Nathaniel J. Davis Jr. trict Heights MD 20747, NOTICE OF Personal was appointed personal STANDARD Representative representative of the PROBATE estate of Robert Amos Notice is hereby given TRUE TEST COPY Bouldin Jr AKA Robert A that a petition has been REGISTER OF WILLS Bouldon JR , who died on filed in this Court by Doris TYPESET: Tue May 06 14:18:03 March 15,EDT 1982 2014 without a Barnes for standard pro- 05/09, 05/16, 05/23/14 Will All unknown heirs bate, including the and heirs whose 10:38:21 EDTof2014 appointment one or whereabouts are unSuperior Court of more personal repreknown shall enter their the District of sentative. Unless a comappearance in this District of Columbia plaint or an objection in proceeding. Objections PROBATE DIVISION accordance with Superto such appointment (or Washington, D.C. ior Court Probate Dito the probate of de20001-2131 vision Rule 407 is filed in cedent´s will) shall be Administration No. this Court within 30 days filed with the Register of 2014ADM441 from the date of first pubWills, D.C., 515 5th Louis Williams Thurlication of this notice, the Street, N.W., 3rd Floor ston Court may take the acWa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

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0 20001, on or before In the Absence of a will Louis W. Thurston November 9, 2014. or proof satisfactory to Decedent Claims against the deNOTICE OF the Court of due execucedent shall be preAPPOINTMENT, tion, enter an order detersented to the underNOTICE TO mining that the decedent signed with a copy to the CREDITORS died intestate Register of Wills or filed AND NOTICE TO *appoint an unsuwith the Register of Wills UNKNOWN HEIRS pervised personal repreM a r j o r i e T h u r s t o n , with a copy to the undersentative signed, on or before whose address is 815 Register of Wills Clerk of the Probate Di- Marietta Place NW, was November 9, 2014, or be vision appointed personal re- forever barred. Persons presentative of the estate believed to be heirs or Date of First Publication of Louis Williams Thur- legatees of the decedent May 9, 2014 ston AKA Louis W Thur- who do not receive a Names of Newspapers: s t o n , w h o d i e d o n copy of this notice by mail Washington December 27, 2013 with- within 25 days of its first Law Reporter out a will and will serve publication shall so inWashington without Court supervi- form the Register of AFRO-AMERICAN sion. All unknown heirs Wills, including name, Doris Barnes 1629 K Street NW Ste a n d h e i r s w h o s e address and relationwhereabouts are un- ship.

300 known shall enter their Date of Publication: Washington, DC 20006 May 9, 2014 appearance in this Signature of proceeding. Objections Name of newspaper: Petitioners/Attorney to such appointment Afro-American TYPESET: Tue May 06 14:19:36 Washington shall be EDT filed 2014 with the 05/09, 05/16 Register of Wills, D.C., Law Reporter 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Superior Court of Denise M. Armstrong Floor Washington, D.C. the District of Personal 20001, on or before District of Columbia Representative November 9, 2014.

PROBATE DIVISION Claims against the deWashington, D.C. cedent shall be pre- TRUE TEST COPY 20001-2131 sented to the under- REGISTER OF WILLS Administration No. signed with a copy to the TYPESET: Tue May 06 2014ADM408 Register of Wills or filed 05/09, 05/16, 05/23/14 Johnnie O Johnson with the Register of Wills Decedent with a copy to the underSuperior Court of NOTICE OF signed, on or before the District of APPOINTMENT, November 9, 2014, or be District of Columbia NOTICE TO forever barred. Persons PROBATE DIVISION CREDITORS believed to be heirs or Washington, D.C. AND NOTICE TO legatees of the decedent 20001-2131 UNKNOWN HEIRS who do not receive a Administration No. S t e n e M . J o h n s o n , copy of this notice by mail 2014ADM397 whose address is 1277 within 25 days of its first Kaaren W. Turner E m e r s o n S t . , N E publication shall so in- Decedent Washington DC 20017 form the Register of Darrel S. Parker Esq was appointed personal Wills, including name, 1822 11th Street, NW representative of the address and relation- Washington, DC 20001 estate of Johnnie O ship.

Attorney Johnson, who died on Date of Publication: NOTICE OF May 27, 1997 without a May 9, 2014 APPOINTMENT, will and will serve with Name of newspaper: NOTICE TO Court supervision. All un- Afro-American CREDITORS known heirs and heirs Washington AND NOTICE TO whose whereabouts are Law Reporter UNKNOWN HEIRS unknown shall enter their Shelby Walker Schuler, appearance in this Marjorie Thurston whose addressis 5019 proceeding. Objections Personal 9th Street, NW Washingto such appointment Representative ton DC 20011 was apshall be filed with the pointed personal repreRegister of Wills, D.C., TRUE TEST COPY sentative of the estate of 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd REGISTER OF WILLS Kaaren W. Turner, who Floor Washington, D.C. TYPESET: Tue May 06 14:17:41 died on March 8, 2014 EDT 2014 20001, on or before 05/09, 05/16, 05/23/14 with a Will and will serve November 9, 2014. without Court superviClaims against the desion. All unknown heirs Superior Court of cedent shall be preand heirs whose wherethe District of sented to the underabouts are unknown District of Columbia signed with a copy to the shall enter their appearPROBATE DIVISION Register of Wills or filed ance in this proceeding.

Washington, D.C. with the Register of Wills Objections to such 20001-2131 with a copy to the underappointment (or to the Administration No. signed, on or before probate of decedent´s 2014ADM435 November 9, 2014, or be will) shall be filed with the forever barred. Persons Patricia T. Thomas Register of Wills, D.C., believed to be heirs or Decedent 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd NOTICE OF legatees of the decedent Floor Washington, D.C. APPOINTMENT, who do not receive a 20001, on or before NOTICE TO copy of this notice by mail November 9, 2014.

CREDITORS within 25 days of its first Claims against the deAND NOTICE TO publication shall so incedent shall be preUNKNOWN HEIRS form the Register of sented to the underWills, including name, Denise Allen and Sheila signed with a copy to the Foster whose addresses address and relationRegister of Wills or filed are 11483 Scoth Hills Pl. ship. with the Register of Wills Waldorf MD 20602/ 1113 Date of Publication: with a copy to the underWhisting Pine Rd, May 9, 2014 signed, on or before Denton, MD 21629 were Name of newspaper: November 9, 2014, or be appointed personal reAfro-American forever barred. Persons presentatives of the Washington believed to be heirs or estate of Patricia T. Law Reporter legatees of the decedent Thomas, who died on who do not receive a Stene M. Johnson April 16, 2014 without a copy of this notice by mail Personal Will and will serve withwithin 25 days of its first out Court supervision.

All Representative publication shall so inunknown heirs and heirs form the Register of whose where-abouts are TRUE TEST COPY Wills, including name, unknown shall enter their REGISTER OF WILLS address and relationappearance in this ship. proceeding. Objections 05/09, 05/16, 05/23/14 Date of Publication: to such appointment (or May 9, 2014 to the probate of deName of newspaper: cedent´s will) shall be Afro-American filed with the Register of Washington Wills, D.C., 515 5th Law Reporter Street, N.W., 3rd Floor

Dakara Rucker Wright Personal Representative( TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS Date of first publication: May 2, 2014 Name of newspapers and/or periodical: The Daily Washington Law Reporter The Afro-American

TYPESET: Tue Apr 29 05/02, 05/9, 05/16/19 Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM391 Myrtle Nettie Dixon Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Loretta M. Boyd and Carl N. Dixon, whose addresses are 6805 Crafton Lane, Clinton MD 20735 & 5303 Redd Lane Camp Springs, MD 20748 were appointed personal representatives of the estate of Myrtle Nettie Dixon, who died on January 14, 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 November 2, 2014.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before November 2, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so in-

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM394 Delaware Parker Decedent Tina Smith Nelson 601 E. Street, NW Washington, DC 20049 NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Linda Parker, whose address is 220 56th Street, NE, Washington, DC 20019 was appointed personal representatives of the estate of Delaware Parker who died on November 25th, 2013 without a Will and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding.

10:41:42 EDT Objections 2014 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 November 2, 2014.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before November 2, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: May 2, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Linda Parker Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 05/02, 05/09, 05/16/14

TYPESET: Tue Apr 29 Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM151 Delores Stancil Decedent Claude Roxborough Sr. 705 Irvng St. NW Washington, DC 20010 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Rufus Stancil, whose address is 7746 16th st NW Washington DC 20012 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Delores Stancil, who died on May 13, 10:40:45 2014 2013 withEDT 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 November 2, 2014.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before November 2, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: May 2, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Rufus Stancil Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 05/02, 05/09, 05/16/14

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM378 Edmond Ellerbe Decedent Frazer Walton Jr. 1913 D Street NE Washington, DC 20002 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Barbara Ellerbe, whose address is 514-23rd Place, NE Washington 10:41:05 2014 DC 20002EDT was appointed personal representative of the estate of Edmond Ellerbe, who died on January 25, 2006 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 November 2, 2014.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before November 2, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: May 2, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Barabra Ellerbe 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. 2013ADM947 Leonard L. Foster AKA Leonard Lee Foster Decedent Richard J. Tappan 1629 K Street NW Suite 300 Washington, DC 20006 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Alan Lee Foster, whose address EDT is 6602 10:40:02 2014Blair Road NW Washington, DC 20012 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Leonard L. Foster AKA Leonard Lee Foster, who died on March 16, 2011 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 November 2, 2014.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before November 2, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: May 2, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Alan Lee Foster Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 05/02, 05/09, 05/16/14

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 .

LEGALonNOTICES 20001, or before November 9, 2014.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before November 9, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: May 9, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter

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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Foreign No. 2014FEP60 Date of Death June 9, 2012 Michelle Renee Rucker Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN PERSONAL R E P R E S E N TAT I V E AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS Dakara Rucker Wright whose address is 10476 Sternwheel Place, Columbia MD 21044 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Michelle Renee Rucker, deceased, on September 5, 2012, by the Orphans Court for Prince Georges County, State of Maryland.

Service of process may be made upon Cheryl Eaves-Butler 1421 Monroe St. NW Washington, DC 20010-3138 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: 1236 I St. NE Washington DC 20002 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.

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APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Kerry Glenn Holman, whose address is 1221 4th Street SW Washing10:39:42 EDT 2014 ton DC 20024 was apTYPESET: Tue May 06 14:26:41 EDT 2014 LEGAL NOTICES pointed LEGAL NOTICES personal representative of the estate of Mariella Ukina Ama HolSuperior Court of man, who died on March the District of 17, 2014 with a Will and District of Columbia will serve without Court PROBATE DIVISION supervision. All unknown Washington, D.C. heirs and heirs whose 20001-2131 whereabouts are unAdministration No. known shall enter their 2014ADM404 appearance in this Vera S. Robinson proceeding. Objections Decedent to such appointment (or NOTICE OF to the probate of deAPPOINTMENT, cedent´s will) shall be NOTICE TO filed with the Register of CREDITORS Wills, D.C., 515 5th AND NOTICE TO Street, N.W., 3rd Floor UNKNOWN HEIRS Cheryl A. Robinson, W a s h i n g t o n , D . C . whose addressis 4418 20001, on or before 6th Place NE, Washing- N o v e m b e r 9 , 2 0 1 4 . ton DC 20017 was ap- Claims against the depointed personal repre- cedent shall be presentative of the estate of sented to the underVera S. Robinson, who signed with a copy to the died on November 25, Register of Wills or filed 2013 with a Will and will with the Register of Wills serve without Court su- with a copy to the underpervision. All unknown signed, on or before heirs and heirs whose November 9, 2014, or be whereabouts are un- forever barred. Persons known shall enter their believed to be heirs or a p p e a r a n c e i n t h i s legatees of the decedent proceeding. Objections who do not receive a to such appointment (or copy of this notice by mail to the probate of de- within 25 days of its first cedent´s will) shall be publication shall so infiled with the Register of form the Register of Wills, including name, Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor address and relationship.

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20001, on or before Date of Publication: N o v e m b e r 9 , 2 0 1 4 . May 9, 2014 Claims against the de- Name of newspaper: cedent shall be pre- Afro-American sented to the under- Washington signed with a copy to the Law Reporter Register of Wills or filed Kerry Glenn Holman with the Register of Wills Personal with a copy to the underRepresentative signed, on or before November 9, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons TRUE TEST COPY believed to be heirs or REGISTER OF WILLS legatees of the decedent who do not receive a TYPESET: Tue May 06 copy of this notice by mail 05/09, 05/16, 05/23/14 within 25 days of its first Superior Court of publication shall so inthe District of form the Register of District of Columbia Wills, including name, PROBATE DIVISION address and relationWashington, D.C. ship.

20001-2131 Date of Publication: Administration No. May 9, 2014 2014ADM437 Name of newspaper: Helen Gorman Cole Afro-American Decedent Washington Charles M. English Law Reporter Davis Wright Tremaine Cheryl A. Robinson LLP, Suite 800 Personal 1919 Pennsylvania Ave Representative NW Washington, DC 20006 TRUE TEST COPY Attorney REGISTER OF WILLS NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, TYPESET: Tue May 06 14:15:57 EDT 2014 NOTICE TO 05/9, 05/16, 05/23/14 CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO 10:38:38 EDT 2014 Superior Court of UNKNOWN HEIRS the District of John Pope Cole Jr, District of Columbia whose address is 204 PROBATE DIVISION West 19th street, Sea IsWashington, D.C. land, GA 31561 was ap20001-2131 pointed personal repreAdministration No. sentative of the estate of 2014ADM403 Helen Gorman Cole, who Patricia Roberta died on December 20, Walker 2013 without a Will and Decedent will serve without Court Kimberly Fahrenholz, supervision. All unknown Esq heirs and heirs whose 1304 Rhode Island Ave whereabouts are unNW known shall enter their Washington, DC 20005 appearance in this Attorney proceeding. Objections NOTICE OF to such appointment (or APPOINTMENT, to the probate of deNOTICE TO cedent´s will) shall be CREDITORS filed with the Register of AND NOTICE TO Wills, D.C., 515 5th UNKNOWN HEIRS Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Ethel Hawkins, whose W a s h i n g t o n , D . C . address is 102015 Sea 20001, on or before Pine Dr Bowie MD 20721 N o v e m b e r 9 , 2 0 1 4 . was appointed personal Claims against the derepresentative of the cedent shall be preestate of Patricia Ro- sented to the underberta Walker who died on signed with a copy to the February 15, 2014 with- Register of Wills or filed out a Will and will serve with the Register of Wills without Court supervi- with a copy to the undersion. All unknown heirs signed, on or before a n d h e i r s w h o s e November 9, 2014, or be whereabouts are un- forever barred. Persons known shall enter their believed to be heirs or appearance in this legatees of the decedent proceeding. Objections who do not receive a to such appointment copy of this notice by mail shall be filed with the within 25 days of its first Register of Wills, D.C., publication shall so in515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd form the Register of Floor Washington, D.C. Wills, including name, 20001, on or before address and relationN o v e m b e r 9 , 2 0 1 4 . ship.

Claims against the de- Date of Publication: cedent shall be pre- May 9, 2014 sented to the under- Name of newspaper: signed with a copy to the Afro-American Register of Wills or filed Washington with the Register of Wills Law Reporter with a copy to the undersigned, on or before John Pope Cole Jr November 9, 2014, or be Personal forever barred. Persons Representative believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent TRUE TEST COPY who do not receive a REGISTER OF WILLS copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first TYPESET: Tue May 06 publication shall so in- 05/09, 05/16, 05/23/14 form the Register of Wills, including name, Superior Court of address and relationthe District of ship.

District of Columbia Date of Publication: PROBATE DIVISION May 9, 2014 Washington, D.C. Name of newspaper: 20001-2131 Afro-American Administration No. Washington 2014ADM314 Law Reporter Marie L. Williams Ethel Hawkins AKA Personal Marie Louise Williams Representative Decedent William A. Bland Esq 1140 Connecticut Ave. TRUE TEST COPY NW #1100 REGISTER OF WILLS Washington, DC 20036 TYPESET: Tue May 06 14:15:30 Attorney EDT 2014 05/09, 05/16, 05/23/14 NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, Superior Court of NOTICE TO the District of CREDITORS District of Columbia AND NOTICE TO PROBATE DIVISION UNKNOWN HEIRS Washington, D.C. Claressa E. Williams 20001-2131 LLoyd, whose address is Administration No. 2510 Irving Street, NE 2014ADM400 Washington DC 20618 Mariella Ukina Ama was appointed personal Holman representative of the Decedent estate of Marie L. WilWendell C. Robinson, l i a m s , w h o d i e d o n Esq December 24, 2013 with 7600 Georgia Ave. NW a Will and will serve withSuite 203 out Court supervision. All Washington, DC 20012 unknown heirs and heirs Attorney whose where-abouts are NOTICE OF unknown shall enter their APPOINTMENT, appearance in this NOTICE TO proceeding. Objections CREDITORS to such appointment (or AND NOTICE TO to the probate of deUNKNOWN HEIRS cedent´s will) shall be Kerry Glenn Holman, filed with the Register of whose address is 1221 Wills, D.C., 515 5th 4th Street SW Washing- Street, N.W., 3rd Floor ton DC 20024 was ap- W a s h i n g t o n , D . C . pointed personal repre- 20001, on or before sentative of the estate of N o v e m b e r 9 , 2 0 1 4 .

Mariella Ukina Ama Hol- Claims against the deman, who died on March cedent shall be pre17, 2014 with a Will and sented to the underwill serve without Court signed with a copy to the supervision. All unknown Register of Wills or filed

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Place, Washington DC was appointed personal representative of the estate of Clara Lillian Brewer, who died on August 10, 2013 without a will, and will serve without. Court supervision.

All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before November 2, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before November 2, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: May 2, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Danielle Brewer-Craig Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS TYPESET: Tue Apr 29 05/02, 05/09 & 05/16/14

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Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before TYPESET: Tue Apr 29 10:41:59 EDT 2014or be November 2, 2014, LEGAL NOTICES forever LEGAL NOTICES barred.

Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent Superior Court of who do not receive a the District of copy of this notice by mail District of Columbia within 25 days of its first PROBATE DIVISION publication shall so inWashington, D.C. form the Register of 20001-2131 Wills, including name, Administration No. address and relation2014ADM409 ship.

Clara Lillian Brewer Date of Publication: Decedent May 2, 2014 Kenneth H. Rosenau 1304 Rhode Island Ave Name of newspaper: Afro-American NW, Washington DC Washington 20005 Law Reporter Attorney NOTICE OF Loretta M. Boyd APPOINTMENT, Carl N. Dixon NOTICE TO Personal CREDITORS Representative AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS D a n i e l l e B r e w e r - C r a i g , TRUE TEST COPY whose address is 808 48th REGISTER OF WILLS

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