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150th Anniversary of Emancipation Proclamation Marked by Rare Exhibit One-hundred and fifty years ago, on New Year’s Day, 1863, the Emancipation

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Proclamation was issued by President Abraham Lincoln, freeing enslaved people in states that were at war with the Union.

To commemorate the anniversary, the National Archives is offering the public a rare opportunity to view the document. From Dec. 30Photo courtesy of WAMU 88.5 Jan. 1, the proclamation will The Bishop McCullough house in Northwest D.C. shines bright as people across as the world celebrated Christmas. be displayed at the National Archives Rotunda Gallery in Washington D.C. Officials said the document is so delicate that it can only be handled rarely and exposed to light for a few hours each year.

The proclamation was shown to reporters at a news conference on Dec. 22. Officials explained its history and handling since it became a part of the nation’s historical record.

By Teria Rogers The pages have deteriorated with time and Special to the AFRO the ink has faded, though the scrawling print is still visible. The signatures of Lincoln and Jeffrey Collins, fidgeting as only a 3-yearSecretary of State William Seward and the old can three days before Christmas, was Great Seal of the United States are discernible. crying, twisting and turning in line as he and “You get the opportunity to see the his mother, JoAnn Gilchrist, waited to take a document up close and personal,” said picture with Santa Claus.

Reginald Washington, the National Archives They were part of the crowd at the World archivist. “You get a chance to read the Mission Society Church’s Annual Toys for document and decipher what it did and didn’t Needy Kids Give Away Rally at McKinley do…It’s a great thing to have it on display.”

Tech High School Dec. 22. With only three According to the National Archives days until Christmas, more than 400 people website, “issuance of this Proclamation showed up at the event which also featured clarified and strengthened the position of the performances from musicians, singers and Union government, decreased the likelihood dancers. of European support of the Confederacy” and But Santa Claus was man of the hour for led to the enlistment of about 200,000 Blacks, Jeffrey and scores of other children. Once he both formerly enslaved people and freemen, took his throne near the back of the gym, the in the Civil War. little ones scurried to line up, excited to get to Courtesy photo Continued on A3 A bike gets a pre-Christmas try-out.

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With Gambling Expansion in Mid-Atlantic, ‘Atlantic City is Dying’

By David Gutman and Maria-Pia Negro Capital News Service

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COLLEGE PARK When Superstorm Sandy put Atlantic City under water, it dealt another blow to a city already reeling financially from the economic downturn and recent casino expansion throughout the Mid-Atlantic region.

The explosion of newly legalized casinos over the last decade in neighboring states-New York, Pennsylvania and Delaware--has eroded the monopoly that Atlantic City once held on Mid-Atlantic gambling.

Now, after the passage of Question 7, Maryland will soon be home to six full-service casinos, cutting another slice from a regional gambling pie that is not expanding.

“There is $6 billion in gaming for the whole region,” said Bob McDevitt, the president of Unite Here Local 54, the union representing Atlantic City

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Atlantic City boardwalk business reflects erosion from neighboring casinos.

casino workers. “The casino in Queens has had an impact, and Pennsylvania has had a devastating impact. Almost $2 billion has moved to Pennsylvania from Atlantic City in gambling revenue.”

Revenue at Atlantic City casinos peaked in 2006 at $5.2 billion, according to

data from the Center for Gaming Research at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Around the same time, five casinos opened in Pennsylvania, which had just legalized casino gambling, and revenues in Atlantic City began to slip.

As Pennsylvania continued

to open casinos (there are currently 11), Delaware horse tracks morphed into racinos, and slot machine parlors opened in New York City, Atlantic City casino revenues fell off a cliff. From 2006 to 2011, Atlantic City casino revenues fell over 36 percent.

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gone the jobs. From 2006 to 2011, Atlantic City lost 12,220 casino jobs, while Pennsylvania gained 11,850 casino jobs over the same period.

“The damage that’s been done has been done; Maryland won’t have that much of an impact,” McDevitt said. “The real impact has been Delaware.

When they developed the three casinos in Delaware, they gave people the opportunity to not drive the extra hour and a half to Atlantic City from the D.C. and Baltimore areas.”

Tony Rodio, the president of the Tropicana Casino and Resort and head of the Casino Association of New Jersey, said the success of year-round residents in Atlantic City and the surrounding areas correlates with the casinos’ success.

“When the casino industry is not doing as well, there are not as many hours to be worked, not as many jobs to be had and our local suppliers Continued on A6

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NATION & WORLD African American Teen Aces SAT

Cameron Clarke, an African-American teen from Philadelphia, attained a perfect score on this year’s Scholastic Aptitude Test, joining an elite group of 360 Wikimedia U.S. students.

Commons More than 1.66 million pupils took the college preparatory test in the spring of 2011, but Clarke, a Germantown Academy senior, was among the few to score a perfect 2,400. His target college: Princeton University.

It was an achievement that the teenager, in his humility, didn’t want to “brag or boast” about, said his father, Peter Clarke, in an interview with BlackAmericaWeb.com.

“He really didn’t want anyone to know about his score, so he didn’t tell anyone at Germantown Academy about it when he got the result in June,” said the elder Clarke, manager of the The Jamaican Reef Restaurant and Lounge in South Philadelphia’s upscale Penn’s Landing neighborhood.

Clarke’s extraordinary feat began receiving public attention after Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Jenice Armstrong heard about it “through happenstance,” his father said, and published the news in her column.

In an interview with the Inquirer’s Armstrong, the 18-year-old scholar said his perfect score required hard work and perseverance.

This was the second time Clarke took the test—the first time he scored 2,190, which is better than 98.5 percent of all test-takers. However, the high-schooler knew it did not reflect his full potential.

“I put in a lot of work,” Clarke said. “I took a prep class with some of my friends, and I did a lot of practice tests from a book.

“But that only prepares you so much,” he added. “The difference between getting, like, a 2,400 and a couple of points lower is just focus.

“You can screw up or mess up on the smallest of things. And I just feel like on that particular day, I was focused and I got kind of lucky, I guess, that I didn’t make any mistakes.”

But Clarke had also shown extraordinary ability from an early age. His parents, Mary Jones, a Spanish teacher at Father Judge High School, and his father, the restaurant manager, took him for an IQ test at age 4. He scored a 151.

And he distinguished himself during his time at Germantown Academy, which he attended since pre-school. Clarke is first cellist in the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra, is also a member of Germantown Academy’s Math Club, a math tutor, writes for the school newspaper and a member of the school’s cross country team.

This year’s SAT saw the largest class of test-takers in history, according to officials, and also the most diverse. Forty-five percent of test-takers were minority students (up from 44 percent in the class of 2011 and 38 percent in the class of 2008).

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Newark Mayor Corey Booker Eyes Senate Run

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The much-anticipated matchup between New Jersey heavyweights Gov. Chris Christie and Newark Mayor Cory Booker is not to be.

Many political observers have salivated over the possibility of a showdown between Christie and Booker in the 2013 gubernatorial election.

But Booker dashed those hopes Dec. 20 when—perhaps bowing to the political reality of Christie’s overwhelming popularity—he announced his interest in running for a spot on Capitol Hill.

“I will explore the possibility of running for the United State Senate in 2014,” the Stanford, Oxford and Yale graduate announced on his web site.

If he does, he would likely face the popular Sen. Frank Lautenberg in the Democratic primary, and, according to recent polls, he would win.

A Public Policy Polling survey in late November showed that Democrats, by a 59-22 margin, prefer Booker over Lautenberg.

Booker also outpolled Lautenberg among respondents who were asked their preference between Booker and Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno, the likely Republican candidate for the Senate seat. If Lautenberg bows out, Booker would be a strong favorite, with a 48 percent approval rating, over Reps. Rob Andrews and Frank Pallone, two Senate hopefuls. He was preferred by 48 percent of those polled over the two members of the New Jersey delegation to the House of Representatives. In the November survey, Andrew drew a 17 percent approval rating while Pallone drew 13 percent from voters asked who they preferred for the Senate seat.

One reason for the electorate’s support for Booker is their desire for a fresh face in the Senate, according to political observers. While Lautenberg’s constituents overwhelming approve of his performance, many think he is too old for re-election in 2014. The senator, now 88 years old, would be 90 come election time.

The 43-year-old Booker, in comparison, is seen by many as an energetic leader and rising political star, who knows how to get things done.

Since he took the helm of the beleaguered city—whose previous leadership was often steeped in corruption and dysfunction—Booker has performed miracles and jumpstarted the city’s turnaround, according to some.

As the Newark Star-Ledger said in its 2010 mayoral endorsement: “Under Booker, gun violence in Newark has been cut in half. The city payroll has shrunk by 17 percent. New parks have sprouted up across the city. The Housing Authority has been brought back from the dead, and the pace of new construction of affordable housing has picked up.

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Jennifer Hudson and Service Relativeshonors Identify Rep. Body of Her SlainDymally Nephew Recent Memorial Mervyn

sport-utility vehicle sought in from a neighbor about a suspiposted fliers bearing his photoBy Alan King connection with the murder of cious vehicle.

The man noticed graph around city. On of AFRO Staff Writer

By H. Carson Gardner, III Congressional Black speakers was was elected California’s first Black “[Dymally] left anthe impression Hudson’s mother and brother. the vehicle while walking his Sunday, Jennifer Hudson asked Special to the AFRO Caucus (CBC), also Dymally’s state senator. In 1974, he became what it means to be a well-rounded Thespoke white,of1994 Chevrolet dog.

According to the Chicago for the public’s help in finding Jennifer Hudson and other his success. penchant for the state’s first and only African leader,” said former intern Edith Suburban with Illinois license Tribune, the boy had been shot her nephew. In her MySpace relatives positively identified Friends and loved ones of former Rangel and Dymally opening doors American lieutenant governor.

Barley, who worked with Dymally multiple times in the back seat blog, she thanked fans and supRep. Mervyn Dymally came together served together in Following his stint as lieutenant on his efforts She is now of the vehicle. The SUV, regis- of opportunity portersinforAfrica. their prayers and at the U.S. Capitol recently to Congress throughout to those he governor, he was elected to director of government affairs at the tered to Hudson’s murdered offered a $100,000 reward to celebrate his life and remember his Dymally’s tenure, from brother, was towed with the employed and represent California’s 31st District in United anyone Negro College Fund.the boy who returned ground-breaking work representing 1981-1993.

Congress.

Dymally’s boy’s body inside and is being mentored, alive. commitment to public the Sunshine State. He died in Los Dymally has been “I had no idea he was such a service spanned fourinvestigation, decades. After processed by evidence techni- particularly Since the cians and workers. The body – who gained stardom Angeles on Oct. 7 at age 86. affectionately referred women of color. political trailblazer,” said Alvincent leavingHudson the House of Representatives was later removed and taken to appearingtoon At a memorial service Dec. 12 to on Capitol Hill A native Huston, a Howard law school in 1993,after he returned the“American California the Cook County Medical Idol,” and then won an in the Capitol’s Visitors Center as the “godfather of of Trinidad, student of West Indian heritage who State Assembly, where he served for Examiner’s office.

Academy Award for her role in in Washington D.C., Dymally African-American Dymally got attended the Dymally memorial six additional years.

Hudson and other family movie Dreamgirlstwo – has was eulogized by several former politics.” Congressional his start in service. “To have come from such The the eldest of Dymally’s members arrived at the Medical stayed out of the public eye. colleagues, including House luminaries such as politics in the humble beginnings, to have touched daughters, Lynn, in a closing Rep. Mervyn Dymally Examiner’s office mid-afterThe Chicago Tribune reportDemocratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, Danny Davis (D-IL), California State the lives of so many people, speaks statement at thea parade memorial service, Julian King, Jennnifer Hudson’s nephew. noon to identify the body. ed that of cars moved who spoke of Dymally’s legacy as Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX),Given Maxine Assembly in 1963 after years of to the character of the man.” recalled her childhood. the choice between lookslowly past her family’s home office made the murders but istobeing held in“WeMonday both a national and state legislator Waters (D-CA) and currenting CBC the Los for the Dymally it a priority spent a lot of timepast [in]the directly atworking the bodyasoran educator Ainspokesman morning, told the newspaper that Hudson jail for parole violation aftercampaigns in California. Rep. Charles Rangel chair Emmanuel Clever (D-MO) allit on Angeles area. His political career meet with dignitaries of lesserchildren,” sheand said. viewing a wall-mounted newsasvans, reporters curi(D-NY), Dymally’s former House spoke of the legacy Dymally left for was a series of firsts. In 1962, he was traveled countries, such as Africa, “He even helped me campaign for ous onlookers.

Courtesy Photos Neighbors colleague and a legislator who, BlackDonerson congressional elected the state’s first foreign-born to help solidify U.S. relations with office in California. Of course I stood Jennifer Hudson and her mom, Darnell whorepresentatives. quietly and like him, helped to organize the A common theme among the assemblyman.

Four years later, he them, authorities said. won.” was killed, as well as her brother, Jason. reflected on the “remained strong for her famibeing convicted of attempted video screen, the family chose violence. ly” and was clearly its leader. murder and vehicular hijackplate X584859 was found on the latter. According to the In front of the Hudson’s the body of her 7-year-old “She held hands with her fami- ing. Cook County records show home, men in heavy jackets Chicago’s West Side after Tribune, Hudson said, “Yes, nephew Monday, just hours ly,” the spokesman said. “It that he pleaded guilty to both police received a 7 a.m. call that’s him.” and hooded sweatshirts came to after his body was Continued from A1found in a was obviously a very emotional charges in 1999. He was also kiss the twin white crosses barmoment.” convicted in 1998 for possesing the names of Donerson “The Emancipation brought.” did not free all the slaves, but Obama, it is really amazingand to The boy – the son of Julia sion of a stolen motor vehicle.

Jason.

Proclamation linked the National Archives it did set in motion a course see how far this country has Hudson, Jennifer’s sister – had He was released from prison in “Everybody is sick of going preservation of American Foundation of action would change in 150 years.” been missingChair sinceand Friday, 2006 afterwith serving seven years come through stuff like this,” Artisha constitutional government to President A’Lelia Bundles the course of America,” she The Archives when a relative found Julian’s for the attempted murder and West, a National former resident of the the end of slavery, and has said the significance said.

“What itcharges. did was to public entrance is located grandmother, Darnellof “this car hijacking area told the Tribune.

“We all No wonder Obama’s campaign is document and Dallas Cowboys players

By Alanone King Donerson, that 57, and his uncle, TheAfrican boy remained missing become of our country’s changed the allow Americans to near corner of Seventh havethe to stick together.

All these trying to distance him from the Tony Romo and Terrell Owens, AFRO Staff Writer Jason Hudson, 29, shot to death be through longUnion weekend in most treasured documents,” course of American history” part ofa the army, Street and Constitution young children are dying, and group, saying, “Barack Obama among the names submitted to ineven his grandmother’s home in which police and volunteers the website said. is more pronounced for Black mothers and fathers Avenue, NW. The for what?”

Never Organized with ACORN.” the 7000 block of South Yale election officials.

Presidential candidate John Washington said seeing as the nation approaches to realize that their children Emancipation Proclamation Hurd said those workers, who But Obama’s ties to ACORN run McCain’s attack on ACORN – Avenue. Obama’s second the document was especially would be free and to set the will be on display Dec. 30 long and deep. He taught classes President were doing those things without Associated Community An Amber Alert – a desigsignificant to him as an inauguration. stage for the13th Amendment. from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Dec. ACORN’s knowledge or permis- for ACORN. They even endorsed nation for high-risk missing Organization for Reform Now – African American.

“It’s true that the As we approach this second 31 from 10 a.n. to 1 a.m., and him for President. sion, were fired. confirms the success of the children – was issued Friday “The first time I saw the Emancipation Proclamation inauguration of Barack Jan. 1 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

But now ACORN is in trouble.

“The evidence that has surorganization, the head of the after Julian was discovered are at least Reporter: There faced so far shows they faked document was an exciting and group says. missing after the murders.

11 investigations across the forms to get paid for work they “This time,” is testimony to the thrilling he said.

“I work had Police arrested William country involving thousands of we’ve about done and we’ve heard thesuccess document and didn’t do, not to stuff ballot Balfour, the missing boy’s stepboxes.” ACORN, she said, is the potentially fraudulent ACORN had,”read Maude Hurd, president father and estranged husband had about it, but seeingof forms. victim of fraud, not the perpetraan interviewfor of Julia, at his girlfriend’s itACORN, gave mesaid an in appreciation Announcer: Massive voter tor of it. with the AFRO. Southside apartment several what our ancestors may have fraud. And the Obama campaign hours after the murders.

Hurd said the only things “When this attack started, we endured when enslaved and bogus are the charges thempaid more than $800,000 to an had just announced that we had Balfour’s mother, Freddie AllenMichele, has from 15.6 percent in October to 14.3 percent then to have change when selves. And factcheck. org ACORN front for get out the vote By registered 1.3 that million new vottold reporters that her son had NNPA Washington Correspondent in November. Since June 2009, which marked nearly 4 million slaves in the agrees. efforts. ers,” she said. “That’s just to say nothing to do with the slayings. the official end of the Great Recession, the country were freed with one It concluded, “Neither Pressuring banks to issue risky that someone’s running scared Balfour remains a suspect in Jason Hudson The Black unemployment rate fell to 13.2 rate for Black males has declined from 17.5 ACORN nor its employees have loans.

Nationwide voter fraud. stroke of Lincoln’s pen.” because of ACORN’s success.” percent in November, down from 14.3 percent percent to 14.3 percent, a dip of 3.2 percent. been found guilty of, or even Barack Obama. Bad judgment.

McCain, whosaid is running for Washington the most Blind ambition. Too risky for president on the Republican“istick- charged with, casting fraudulent the previous month. The decrease of 1.1 Black women saw their unemployment common misconception votes.”

America. et, lashed outthe at ACORN the percent was a sharper drop than for Whites rate fall from 13.3 percent in October to 12.3 that it freed slaves.”inThe The problem came about prifinal debate against Barack (6.8 percent, from 7 percent in October) percent in November. While men enjoyed a proclamation clearly states The because Emancipation ProclamationSince on rare of the way McCain’s comments, Obama, contending the group “is marily and Latinos (10 percent, the same as for the drop of 4.2HIGH percent since June 2009, the end SQUARE that slavery was outlawed publicoperates. displayRather on itsthan 150th anniversary.

ACORN ACORN’s 87 offices have been on the verge of maybe perpetratprevious month), according to the monthly of the Great Recession, the rate for Black in the states at war with rely on volunteers, it pays peobombarded with threats and ing one of the greatest frauds in report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. women was virtually unchanged, from 12.7 the Union, the ple, many of them poor or unem- racist mail. voter historyincluding in this country, Overall, unemployment fell by two-tenths percent in November to 12.3 percent over that of the Emancipation about it and contained all the southern states that were ployed, to sign up new voters.

The day after the presidential maybe destroying the fabric of of a percent, to 7.7 percent in November from same period.

Proclamation caused a provisions within it.

There fighting hard to preserve The idea was to help both those debate, vandals broke into the democracy.”

7.9 percent in October.

Despite causing nearly $50 billion dollars clamor around the country, were celebrations about it. being registered and those doing organization’s Boston and Seattle the Factcheck.org, brutal institution. a non-partisan The drop defied predictions of many in damages, the Labor Department said, the registration. offices was and stole computers.

Web site, found those claims both among those who were There a great deal of Washington pointed out thatto NOT ON BREADthe superstorm, Maudabout explained, “We have After a Cleveland representative be “exaggerated,” with evieconomists who believed “Hurricane Sandy didTHE notLIST substantively ecstatic the demise of a excitement.

You can imagine enslaved people in the“no border zero tolerance policy for were deliber- being appeared on TV, and an e-mail dence of any such democracycombined with the shutdown of east coast impact the national employment and slavery and those who enslaved now was states—Maryland, Missouri, ate falsification registration.” sent to the office saying destroying and fraud.” unemployment estimates for November.” dismayed to seeofthe cruel having thelocal opportunity to beshe financial centers and delayed fuel delivery to Kentucky Delaware— Most news account neglect to “is going to have her life ended.” the region, would have a severe impact on job Hurd believes the McCain Although the number of jobs added tradition come to an end. free to do…things that had were not set freed until the A worker in Providence, R.I., charges were politically motivat- point out that ACORN is th growth. roughly matches the 151,000 average for “The Emancipation been withheld from you, how 13 Amendment was passed required by law to turn in all reg- received a threatening call sayed.

RIGHT The unemployment rateLEFT for Black men fell Proclamation’s contents were joyknow that would in 1865.

The“Because 13th Amendment Continued on A10 istration forms. And they also fail much ing, “We you gethave off work She said, it’s lowsent out over the wire all isand themoderate-income document that people, to note that it was the organizaat 9” and uttered racial epithets. the country,” said. effectively ended tion, in many instances,hethat first A caller to one office left a and people of color,slavery.

I believe the around “Newspapers were writing brought the phony registrations message on the answering Washington said issuance McCain campaign thinks those to the attention of authorities. machine, saying: “Hi, I was just voters are going to vote The McCain camp apparently calling to let you know that Democratic, which is not necesisn’t interested in those fine Barack Obama needs to get sarily true.” points, preferring to air misleadhung. He’s a (expletive deleted) ACORN is no stranger to ing ads that seek to link Obama nigger, and he’s a piece of controversy.

For 38 years, the non-partisan to ACORN, thereby undercutting (expletive deleted). You guys are fraudulent, and you need to go to organization has fought for social his political support.

McCain: I’m John McCain hell. All the niggers on oak trees. and economic justice for lowand I approve this message.

They’re gonna get all hung honand moderate-income 1 BANANA eys, they’re going to get assassiAnnouncer: Who is Barack Americans. With 400,000 memObama? A man with “a political nated, they’re gonna get killed.” ber families organized into more Another message said, “You baptism performed at warp than 1,200 neighborhood chapliberal idiots. Dumb (expletive speed.” Vast ambition. After colters in 110 cities nationwide, deleted). Welfare bums. You lege, he moved to Chicago.

ACORN has over the years seen guys just (expletive deleted) its share of criticism while advo- Became a community organizer. come to our country, consume There, Obama met Madeleine cating for affordable housing, every natural resource there is, Talbot, part of the Chicago living wages, healthcare for the and make a lot of babies. That’s branch of ACORN. He was so underserved— and while organall you guys do. And then suck impressive that he was asked to izing voter registration drives. up the welfare and expect everytrain the ACORN staff.

But none has been as withering What did ACORN in Chicago one else to pay for your hospital and baseless as this one. bills for your kids. I jus’ say let engage in? Bullying banks.

With the presidential election Before age five, every room is a classroom. your kids die. That’s the best Intimidation tactics. Disruption less than two weeks away, move. Just let your children die. of business. ACORN forced ACORN’s detractors allege the Fun learning opportunities are everywhere. Simple things like Forget about paying for hospital organization has engaged in mas- banks to issue risky home loans. counting and identifying shapes activate a child’s learning ability, bills for them. I’m not gonna do The same types of loans that sive voter registration fraud after and help them enter school more prepared. That’s why PNC it. You guys are lowlifes. And I caused the financial crisis we’re the reported discovery of bogus founded Grow Up Great and its Spanish-language equivalent Crezca hope you all die.” in today. names, such as Mickey Mouse con Éxito, a 10-year, $100 million program to help prepare young Hurd thinks the hate calls will children for school and life. Pick up a free bilingual Sesame Street™ cease soon.

“Happy, Healthy, Ready for School” kit at a PNC branch. It’s filled “In two weeks, I think these with all kinds of simple, everyday things you can do to help a child attacks will be over. But I think it learn.

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“She held hands with her family. It was obviously a very emotional moment.”

150th Anniversary of Emancipation Proclamation Leader Calls Voter Registration Fraud Charges ‘Bogus’

Photo by Rob Roberts

ACORN Fights Back

Black Unemployment Drops Faster Than for Whites

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Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Pi Omega Chapter, contributed bicycles to Mrs. Santa Michael Bell with donated bikes from Omega Psi Phi

Leon Bailey, Carver High School

Mrs. Santa’s elves, Brenda Loving and Wanda Pearson

LarryThe Celebrity Cab Driver

Faithful supporter Haleem Rahman arriving with toys

Avis Thomas-Lester, AFRO executive editor, Greg Dale, news editor and Mrs. Santa, Diane Hocker.

Malik Mosely, Omega Psi Phi Omega Santa and Mrs. Santa Ms. Maybell, Tony White and Mrs. Santa

Angela Gustus and Sheree Hobbs, state Dept. of Human Resources State Del. Talmadge Branch

Publisher Jake Oliver, center, and the AFRO family

Larry Young’s live broadcast of his WOLB 1010 morning radio show from AFRO headquarters on Charles Street provided the perfect atmosphere for holiday giving at its best. Generous members of the Baltimore community

Tessa Hill-Aston, Baltimore NAACP president and Larry Young, WOLB Radio

started coming around 6 a.m. to put their gifts under Mrs. Santa’s tree so that boys and girls around the city would wake up with joy on Christmas morning. Coats and socks.

Dolls and trucks. Bicycles and wagons. AFRO halls were not only decked, but filled to capacity and AFRO professionals became Mrs. Santa’s elves and gave themselves over to the magic of the moment.

Pat Smith and Larry Young

Photos by Anderson Ward and Avis Thomas-Lester

Toy donor with Mrs. Santa

Michael Middleton, WOLB engineer

Cheryl Cooper and toy recipient

Marvin “Doc” Cheatham and Michael Bell

Rev. Boulware (on bike) with toy recipient

Janice West, Rev. Boulware, Lady D and Mrs. Santa Tony White

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Ideal Academy Students Receive Reward for Creating National Tree Ornaments Students at the Ideal Academy Public Charter School were given VIP tickets to the lighting of the National Christmas Tree as their reward for designing ornaments for the tree.

“It was amazing to be that close to the President and his family,” said Micah Stewart, one of the student ornament designers. “We know that most kids our age will never have that opportunity and we are profoundly grateful for that experience.”

Patricia Smith, local artist and art teacher at Ideal Academy, was selected by the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities to work with students to create 24 ornaments for the Washington D.C. tree.

“The D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities is proud that Ideal Academy Public Charter School will be representing Washington, D.C. in this year’s National Christmas Tree display,”

said Lionell Thomas, executive director of the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities.

But nothing could match the excitement of the students.

“We were honored and thrilled to be a part of something so important and historical,” said Edwin Zelaya, another student who worked on the ornaments. “Who would have ever thought that our small

“We were honored and thrilled to be a part of something so important and historical.”

– Edwin

Zelaya, student

school would be representing D.C.?”

Smith said being selected was special to the students, who attend a small school with funding challenges.

“It was a special distinction and honor for us because we at Ideal Academy believe that the arts play a pivotal role in how we learn about the world and how we express our ideas

Courtesy Photo

Ideal Academy students show off the ornaments they created for the 2012 National Christmas Tree. and dreams,” she said. “We were excited to be a part of the National Christmas Tree display because it provided us with a spectacular canvas

to celebrate the diversity of D.C.’s neighborhoods and the accomplishments of its residents.”

The ornaments’ theme

was love and appreciation for Washington and the amazing attractions and history offered to residents and visitors. Using origami-style designs in the

shape of stars, snowflakes, orbs and hearts, the students showcased the District’s national monuments, people and neighborhoods.

Hey Cabbie II! Showcases Baltimore Cab Driver’s Wisdom

By Ronald A. Taylor Special to the AFRO The best way for a curious stranger to find out about a city is to travel its streets and boulevards, in daylight, on public transportation. Public buses are cheap, but noisy and full of distractions. But a wise and knowing cab driver can do more to tutor a newcomer than any other resource.

Thaddeus Logan, author of Hey Cabbie II!, is the sort of resource that the Baltimore Chamber of Commerce ought to enshrine. A retired detective who spent years on the city’s vice squads, Logan has a finely honed sense of right, wrong, history and urban style.

His latest book, a sequel to Hey Cabbie!, is another odyssey through Baltimore’s streets in which he nails the sights, sounds and even the smells (a segment about the sewage treatment plant is priceless!) of this city in a way that newspapers could only hope to convey.

In 116 pages of vignettes covering 72 cab rides, Hey Cabbie II! charts the psyche of the town, touching on events such as the Preakness and Halloween night and institutions such as Morgan State University in northeast Baltimore and Highland Beach in Annapolis. It even has a very useful map.

But it is clear that Logan knows not only where places are and how to get from here to there, but also how the city ticks.

He has plenty to say about street vice, local political corruption and organized religion, especially the Black church. It is wisdom gathered from his fares and filtered through the prism of a man who has chased miscreants, stared down the barrel of a gun and tracked down criminals.

He knows about the city and its inhabitants because he listens. It doesn’t take much for this Black cabbie to get a 50ish Black woman to share her views of local Black politicians in the ride from Northwest Market to his old neighborhood on West Lafayette Street. The woman had unflattering remarks about both former Mayor Sheila Dixon, who she regretted voting for, and her church, which had charged her over $2,000 for her daughter’s wedding.

There are also several encounters with foreign visitors. In one instance, there was a chat with a woman in her mid-30s who had just emerged from a concert at the Meyerhoff Symphony Concert Hall. The woman, a visitor from Madrid, delivers a monologue in which she compares urban life in Europe and the U.S., wishing aloud that the two cultures would do more to learn from each other about to keep cities livable.

Through another fare, just picked up from Port Covington Terminal where they had returned after an ocean cruise, he learned of the shortcomings of the U.S. health care system. Through his fare, a middle-

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don’t get as much service requests,” Rodio said.

As casino jobs disappeared, the unemployment rate soared. It was 12.9 percent in October, ranking Atlantic City 362 out of the 372 metropolitan areas that the Bureau of Labor and Statistics tracks.

While tax revenue has obviously fallen as the casinos draw in less money, demand for social services has spiked. In the last five years, food stamp recipients in Atlantic County, N.J., (home to Atlantic City) have doubled, according to the New Jersey Department of Human Services.

“People asking for help are usually families that are underemployed. They might work in the casino industry, in the kitchens or housekeeping-type jobs,” said Tom Davidson, director of development at Atlantic City Rescue Mission, a local shelter and food pantry.

Davidson has seen a steady increase of people asking for help—including families in crisis who receive one of 250 emergency food baskets every month.

Over the last six years, families receiving assistance from the Community FoodBank of New Jersey nearly doubled, said Margie Barham, the food bank’s southern Jersey executive director.

The rise in families applying for charitable assistance mirrors the rise of unemployment and underemployment in the state, said Diane Riley, the food bank’s director of advocacy.

“People are not making enough. They have to pay their rent first and then perhaps supplementing their food,” Barham said.

“They get on food stamps, go to food pantries, try to do whatever they can.”

Sandy has just exacerbated the underlying problems.

“No one is coming to the casinos because half our market is underwater,” McDevitt said.

“Half our members haven’t worked since the storm.”

The struggles of workers deepen when the casino business and tourism slows down. The Casino Association of New Jersey calculates that casino resorts support more than 100,000 New Jersey jobs, either directly or indirectly-including construction workers, security guards and vendors. Many residents with jobs tied to the gaming industry end up working only eight months a year, Davidson said.

“A lot of people have learned to deal with it. They will patch two or three jobs together,” Davidson said. He added that these workers often need extra food or clothing to carry them through the rest of the year.

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aged married couple on their way home to Columbia, Md., he learned it might be wise to sign up for health insurance on a cruise. They told him that a couple on the cruise, whose husband suffered a heart attack, had not signed up for the cruise line’s health insurance and were suddenly confronted with huge medical bills.

He also shares his conclusions about the decline of civilization, as seen through the crowd at Pimlico Race Track for the annual Preakness Stakes. He talks about how degenerate the scene is in the track’s infield.

“You name it, it was happening,” Logan writes.

Readers should be cautioned that the language and scenes are graphic, salty and

sometimes x-rated. For someone who grew up, as I did, the son of D.C. cab driver, it was pretty tame but provided fresh insight about the city.

But when future anthropologists comb through the rubble of this civilization, let’s hope a copy of Hey Cabbie II! is still readable.

Thaddeus Logan is a former Baltimore City vice detective turned taxicab owner/operator who has chronicled his 35 years behind the wheel in Hey Cabbie! and Hey Cabbie II!. He will be the subject of a book signing at the Pratt Library main branch Jan. 27. The books are available at his web site, http://www. heycabbie.net. Hey Cabbie! is $11.99. Hey Cabbie II! is $9.99.

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the front.

Once Jeffrey reached the front of the line, he immediately stopped crying and wrapped himself around Santa, giving him the biggest, warmest and longest hug he could muster.

“It’s a commitment to service,” said Alvin Greene, an event volunteer from World Missions Church and a pre-K teacher at E.L. Haynes Public Charter School. “With the economy the way it is, a lot of people lost jobs. It’s good to be able to give gifts to people that might not be able to go out and buy them.”

The event was scheduled to start at 9 a.m. but many parents started lining up much earlier in order to secure a spot. Once inside they registered with volunteers and then waited for gifts to be distributed that afternoon.

Volunteers from World Missions Church of Christ Extension Center, the Army Junior ROTC, St. Alban’s School and other groups were in a back hallway frantically wrapping gifts and organizing them by gender and age groups. The hallway was flooded with gifts of all types and sizes from toy cars and planes to doll babies and bikes.

Around noon, they started calling numbers for families to line up for their toys.

“Numbers 1 through 25,

Photo by Teria Rogers

Jeffrey Collins hugs Santa. line up in front of the elf,” the announcer said.

Carlita Green, a 29-yearold mother of three, was there for the first time and got there at 5 a.m. She was number 83.

“I got my mother-in-law and nephews and a girlfriend and her kids with me.

Everybody came together and everybody’s ready,” she said.

While some parents were attending for the first time, many had participated in past years.

Angela Tucker-Barnes, a bus driver and mother of eight, was attending for the second time and showed up at 8 a.m.

“It’s a long process before the kids get the toys but they give out excellent gifts,” Tucker-Barnes said as she sat

with friends and big bags full of toys.

Courtney Thompson, a northeast D.C. resident and father of three, got there around 9 a.m. and was number 298. He was attending for the second time and patiently waited for his turn in line.

He gratefully shared that “as long as they do this, I’ll be here every year.”

Tiara Howard, mother of 7-year-old Jerimiah and 1 week old Jamari, registered late but was still able to get about five gifts. She had loaded her bag of toys onto her newborn’s stroller.

When her son Jeremiah was asked if he was excited about receiving the gifts, he responded, “Yes.”

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America’s Inaugurations – The AFRO Coverage Calvin Coolidge –1925

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“…like ‘Br’er Fox, lays low, says nothing.”

Ole Timer’s Wife and President Deny Access

hen Vice President Calvin Coolidge stepped into the oval office following the untimely death of Republican President Warren G. Harding in 1923, the Black community’s perpetual hope of improved civil rights became uncertain. While President Harding had been vocal in his support of the need to recognize equal political, educational and economic rights for the colored community; Coolidge was, in contrast, an unknown political personality.

Coolidge’s “silent Cal” reputation, no doubt added to the Black community’s apprehension as it approached the March 4, 1925 Coolidge inauguration.

The AFRO’s coverage of the Black community’s perception of Coolidge is in part reflected by the “Ole Timer”(OT), a feisty self-proclaimed ‘old soldier’ who appears to have had an opinion on virtually everything impacting his community. By 1925, OT had achieved the status of a columnist for the AFRO. His entertaining populist views included the pros and cons held by the Black community about the Coolidge presidency.

The inclusion of Black troops in the Coolidge inaugural parade was a major focus for the Black community. Following their involvement in World War 1, the appearance of Black soldiers in the national celebration surrounding the swearing-in of the country’s president was clearly an important point of pride to America’s Black citizens. Typical of the time, road-blocks were initiated to reduce Black involvement and, as the AFRO reports, Maryland’s Gov. Ritchie elected not to include any Maryland Black troops in the celebration.

The AFRO analysis of the Coolidge inaugural speech contains the ever present optimism that the incoming president might be a ‘champion’ for civil

October 3, 1924 Coolidge Won’t See Old Timer

Wet through from driving in his open Ford car all the way from Washington and too mad to put the curtains up, Old Timer stomped into the AFRO office Monday afternoon.

Ignoring the smiles of the employees and workers, he made his way to the editorial rooms and stopped before the Reporter’s desk, where a small puddle of water dripped from his rain coat.

“Glad to see you, old scout, where have you been,” remarked the Reporter genially. “Have a seat and a smoke.”

“I’m too mad to sit and too durn cussed to smoke,” replied O.T. “Here I been all the way to Washington to see the President, and Slemp wouldn’t even let me get a peek at him!”

“Turned you down, did he?” interrupted the Reporter.

“Nothing different,” scowled the old man. “Said the President could see me jes’ as he got throo talkin’ with some Mexican diligation. Then he axed me what I wanted to see mister Coolidge about. I told him the AFRO wanted to know if he was gwine to say anything fer or against the Koo Klux Klaners.

“He said, ‘Uh, huh,’ and went away and then he cum back again, and said the President was writin’ some speech he is gwine to deliver sommers, and couldn’t see no more visitors. I axed him to put me down fer Tuesday and then Mr. Slemp he up and says the President can’t see me atall untwill after election, and so I comes home.”

“Well, what are you going to do about it?” asked the Reporter.

“Do!” screeched O.T. brandishing his cane excitedly. “Do nothin’. Ef the Presidunt won’t tell me where he stan’s on the koo-koos, ‘tain’t no skin offen my elbow. Jes’ tell yore editor what I said, an ax him pleas don’t send me on no more wild goose chases, ‘case I ain’t a goin’.”

October 31, 1924 O.T. Family Splits On Election

“Where is your wife,” the Reporter asked Old Timer at the La Follette Rally at the Fifth Regiment Armory last Monday night.

“She wouldn’t come,” answered the old fellow sadly. “You see,” he went on, “I’se fer these Progressives and the old woman is fer Coolidge. I done had her won over to my side untwill some of them wimmin politicianers met her at sewin’ circle the other night. When she come back home, she’d hardly speak to me and went to bed in the spare room.

“Yestiddy, when we went up to Rev. Jordon’s church to hear Bishop Johnson and see the new roof and the other fixin’s, I axed her was she comin’ over wid me and she vowed she didn’t want to hear no reds and radicals, and was gwine to vote few Coolidge and the ‘Publicans like her folks allus done. So here I is.”

“Why didn’t you offer her a box of candy,” suggested the Reporter.

“Candy nothin’,” responded O.T. “She is jes as sot on votin’ fer the ‘Publicans as she is goin’ to heaven outen the Baptis’ church.”

“Well, try a fur coat then or a silk dress,” advised the Reporter.

“Gosh, I never thot of that,” yelled O.T. “Well, I’ll be durned. Who’d ever thot a jack leg reporter had idears.”

With that he was gone. People in the same aisle hid to make way for the old man with his cane in one hand and umbrella in the other. He was going home to buy his wife’s vote with the offer of a silk dress or a fur coat and judging from the way one man yelled out and grabbed his foot in his hand, O.T. wasn’t watching which way he was going.

rights—particularly with respect to southern states where Blacks had virtually none of the rights guaranteed by the 14th and 15th Amendments of the Constitution. Disappointment, however, was soon to appear with the uncertainty relating to the failure of “silent Cal” to give any vocal support for the ‘Negro’ cause or his Library of Congress Prints & Photographs LC-USZ62-111385 hesitation to take any positive action President Coolidge making in connection with any appointments his speech of acceptance, or inclusion of Blacks in his 1924 administration.

With the continued existence of a solid congressional southern Democratic political block, the racially intolerant environment (i.e. lynchings) surrounding the post-World War 1 Black community was an ever-present violent threat. In spite of economic improvements, the country in 1925 was nevertheless grappling with the complicated realities flowing from its approval of the Prohibition (18th) Amendment, a quest to reduce federal income tax rates, and tighter restrictions

January 17, 1925 Four Military Units Suggested for Coolidge Inaugural

Washington, D.C., Jan. 16 - As a member of the Advisory Committee of the Republican National Executive Committee, which functioned during the recent presidential campaign, Dr. Emmett J. Scott has suggested to Honorable William M. Butler, chairman of the Republican National Executive Committee, and Honorable W. T. Galliher, chairman of the Inaugural Committee, that invitations be extended to four (4) colored military organizations, of which the colored people of the United States are very proud to be present and take part in the Inaugural Parade on March 4th.

Included in this number are the “Old fifteenth,” of New York, now known as the 369th Infantry; the Eighth Illinois, of Chicago; the First Separate Batallion of the District of Columbia; and Company L, of Massachusetts, the latter two of which were units of the 372nd Regiment of Infantry overseas.

The First Separate Company of Maryland is not included.

Doctor Scott states that he feels quite sure that the Governors of the States of New York, Illinois, and Massachusetts will gladly cooperate in the matter of sending these particular military units to Washington for President Coolidge’s inauguration.

Colonel Arthur Little, commanding officer of the 369th Infantry, the “Old Fifteenth,” of New York, has written a very cordial letter in which he states that he has already formally applied through military channels for official designation to be among those military units of the organization to represent the State of New York at the inauguration.

February 14, 1925 Governors Alone Able to Bring Troops to the Coolidge Inaugural

Washington, D.C. - Governors of the several States alone may bring troops to the Coolidge inaugural March 4th, according to Colonel F. A. Fenning, chairman of the Inaugural Committee.

This statement was the reply to the request of Dr. Emmett J. Scott, to include units of the Maryland, Massachusetts, Chicago and New York National Guards in the parade.

Colonel Fenning suggested that the organization get in touch with the governors of their respective states.

March 7, 1925 PRESIDENT COOLIDGE TAKES OATH NO MENTION OF NEGRO IN THE INAUGURAL Coolidge Confines Address to Law Enforcement, Economy, Americanism

RITCHIE IN PARADE None of Race in Unit Which Represents State of Maryland Washington, D.C. - In his inaugural address today, President Coolidge made no declaration of policy toward the Negro.

Rather his keynote was Americanism. He dwelt largely upon law enforcement, international understandings, greater economy and lower taxes.

Law Obedience He declared that in a republic the first rule for the guidance of the citizens is obedience to law. “Those who want their rights respected under the Constitution and the law,” he said. Ought to set the example themselves of observing the Constitution and the law.”

He said that “we could, with profit, be less sectional and more national in our thought. It would be well if we could replace much that is only a false and ignorant prejudice with a true and enlightened pride of race. But the last election showed that appeals to class and nationality had little effect. We were all found loyal to a common citizenship. The fundamental precept of liberty is toleration. We can not permit any inquisition either within or without the law or apply any religious test to the holding of office. The mind of America must be forever free.”

Here Stands America In an eloquent peroration he declared that “Here stands our country, an example of tranquility at home, a patron of tranquility abroad. Here stands its Government, aware of its

on immigration. Thus there appeared to be little or no appetite to address the Black community’s plight. However, as the country unknowingly made its approach towards the economic cliffs of the Great Depression, hope continuously abounded in the Black community for the recognition and legal protection it so terribly wanted and indeed needed. might but obedient to its conscience. Here it will continue to stand, seeking peace and prosperity, solicitously for the welfare of the wage earner, promoting enterprise, developing waterways and natural resources, attentive to the intuitive counsel of womanhood, encouraging education, desire the advancement of religion, supporting the cause of justice and honor among the nations.

“America seeks no earthly empire built on blood and force.

No ambition, no temptation, lures her to thought of foreign dominions. The legions which she sends forth are armed, not with the sword, but with the cross. The higher state to which she seeks the allegiance of all mankind is not of human, but of divine origin. She cherishes no purpose save to merit the favor of Almighty God.”

Starts Out at Eleven Setting out from the White House shortly after 11 o’clock Wednesday morning. President Coolidge rode down Pennsylvania Avenue with Mrs. Coolidge to the Capitol. He attended the swearing in of Charles Dawes as Vice President at the Senate at noon, repaired to the East front of the Capitol where he took the oath of office.

The presidential party then returned to the White House for luncheon and 2:30 in the afternoon occupied the reviewing stand on the side walk directly opposite the White House where the parade was viewed.

Race in Parade Members of the race were in the units from New York, Pennsylvania and several other states. None were in the Maryland unit, headed by Governor Ritchie.

March 14, 1925 Go to it, Mr. Coolidge

For the past nineteen months, Mr. Calvin Coolidge has been president of the United States, filling out the unexpired term of the late President Warren G. Harding. Today he occupies the White House in his own right.

In his inaugural address Wednesday of last week, he said: In a republic the first rule for the guidance of the citizen is obedience to law. Under a despotism the law may be imposed upon the subject. He has no voice in its making, no influence in its administration, it does not represent him. Under a free government the citizen makes his own laws, chooses his own administrators, which do represent him. Those who want their rights respected under the Constitution and the law ought to set the example themselves of observing the Constitution and the law. While there may be those of high intelligence who violate the law at times, the barbarian and the defective always violate it. Those who disregard the rules of society are not exhibiting a superior intelligence, are not promoting freedom and independence, are not following the path of civilization, but are displaying the traits of ignorance, of servitude, of savagery, and treading the way that leads back to the jungle To whatever else this straightforward and strong language of the new president applies, it certainly refers to the situation in the Southern States, where the 14th and 15th Amendments to the constitution are fragrantly and constantly violated.

A number of daily newspapers under the influence of the “wet” forces suggest to the President that he should not insist too strongly upon the enforcement of the prohibition amendment (the 18th), unless he means likewise to put the machinery of the government behind the strict enforcement of the 14th and 15th, which guarantee the Negro the right to vote and provide for decrease in congressional representation in case he doesn’t.

These same “wet” newspapers are probably opposed to the enforcement of the 14th and 15th amendments as much as they are to the 18th, which would make the United States dry. In their contention, there, they are not acting from any love of the constitution as the law of the land, or from any desire to see the Negro treated as a citizen.

To the contrary, they are convinced that the President lacks the courage to face the South and declare it must obey the constitution as it affects the right of the Negro to vote and so long as he does, their arguments will weaken any justification for the enforcement of the prohibition amendment.

“Cal the silent” is not of necessity “Cal the weak.” Last Wednesday he took the oath upon his old family Bible to defend the whole constitution and to enforce it, which includes all the amendments. It may prove that Mr. Coolidge is aware of the binding force of his new obligation, that he is fully conscious of his duty to the whole people, and that he will be as quick to enforce one amendment as the other. Certainly at the beginning of his administration, no well-wisher of his should think otherwise.

Mr. Coolidge, you’re the confidence of millions who voted against you as well as the millions who voted for you. You are the pilot of the ship of state for the next four years. Now go ahead and run it.

April 18, 1925 “Silent Cal” Coolidge

To would-be race office holders, President Coolidge is the same “Silent Cal” he was before election.

Men and women who took the stump during the campaign and declared the country would go to the bow-wows unless LaFollette and Davis were defeated have left Washington on the long trail back home convinced that the Coolidge plums are as scarce as those of Harding and Taft.

It’s a pretty bitter dose for the politicians to swallow. They imagined Mr. Coolidge would be more loquacious, that he would establish other records besides the handshaking record.

And so the job seekers are disappointed. They say the President receives them as graciously as ever, and in answer to requests for jobs drawls, “I’ll bear that in mind.” If he would only say “yes” or “no,” politicians would know what to do, but the President, like Br’er Fox, “lays low and says nothing.”

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COMMENTARY

The Maryland of Thurgood Marshall

In a year when volunteers from Maryland played a major role in re-electing America’s first Black President, it is worthwhile recalling the lasting civil rights legacy of our State.

This has been University of Maryland Law School Professor Larry Gibson’s mission for nearly four decades. I know this because he has been my mentor since high school.

Congressman I was Larry Gibson’s law Elijah Cummings clerk in 1975 when Professor Gibson, a skilled civil rights advocate himself, first met Thurgood Marshall late one August night. He and a colleague were seeking an emergency order in the case of former Baltimore City Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Roland N. Patterson.

For a couple of hours, Justice Marshall regaled the young lawyers with his obvious affection for his home town of Baltimore This truth about Baltimore and the man whom many consider Maryland’s greatest gift to America set my teacher and friend off on a journey to discover Justice Marshall’s beginnings.

In his resulting biography, Young Thurgood: The Making of a Supreme Court Justice, which had its public debut at the Pratt Library on Dec. 13, Professor Gibson brought that odyssey to a remarkable conclusion.

Larry Gibson thoroughly and brilliantly illustrates how, during the first three decades of the 20th Century, the creative tension between Maryland’s border state culture and our tradition of advocacy by the largest “Free Black” population outside the Old South called young Thurgood Marshall to the Civil Rights Movement.

Professor Gibson traces Thurgood Marshall’s unrelenting efforts to prepare himself for a life of advocacy – and how the civil rights lawyers of his youth became his role models and colleagues. He reveals how our own Baltimore AFRO American and the Oliver and Mitchell families, in particular, earned special commendation by their dedicated efforts during the struggles for justice, economic opportunity, fair housing and our other civil rights.

In a very real sense, he allows us to view Thurgood Marshall in double exposure because he reveals the Justice through our lense. By recounting his life of our community, he allows us all to see ourselves in this real and often heroic chapter of our history.

I commend Young Thurgood, however, not only to African Americans but to every American of every ethnic background who wishes to better understand our nation’s ongoing struggle for universal civil rights.

We are living in a time when callous efforts at voter suppression continue to plague our civic and political life.

Those attacks, as well as the ongoing struggle for economic opportunity, better education, affordable healthcare and decent housing, reveal a hard but necessary truth.

The Civil Rights Movement in America, far from being over, is just beginning.

This reality, as much as our profound admiration for a giant in America’s legal evolution toward a more just society, is why Young Thurgood should have a honored place on the bookshelves of every home where it can touch our hearts and

minds and those of our children.

For myself, both as an American of Color, and as a lawyer, I can’t help having a special place in my heart for Justice Thurgood Marshall, who once lived on Druid Hill Avenue not far from where I live today.

In 1935, two years after he began his law practice here in Baltimore, the young lawyer took up the cause of Donald Murray in what, ultimately, was a successful legal effort to integrate the University of Maryland School of Law. On Murray’s behalf, Marshall & Charles Hamilton Houston challenged Maryland’s racially exclusionary policy in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City. Circuit Court Judge Eugene O’Dunne agreed, and the Maryland Court of Appeals affirmed in Murray v. Pearson.

As a result, I could attend the University of Maryland School of Law in 1973.

Juan Williams, in his 1990 Washington Post article on Marshall, reported the recollection of another of my mentors, NAACP lawyer Juanita Jackson Mitchell: “The colored people in Baltimore were on fire when Thurgood did that....They were euphoric with victory. . . . We didn’t know about the Constitution. He brought us the Constitution as a document like Moses brought his people the Ten Commandments.”

Thurgood Marshall had embarked on a 18-year journey

which would take him through Chambers v. Florida, Smith v. Allwright, Shelley v. Kraemer and Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka.

It was a journey that, ultimately, would make him Solicitor General of the United States and an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.

In Young Thurgood, Professor Gibson’s exhaustive research tells us the beginnings of that historic effort. As Americans, we need to know this story. We need to know why and how Thurgood Marshall and others helped us to become a better nation.

As we reflect upon Professor Gibson’s answer to those questions, we, ourselves, will be better prepared to continue the Civil Rights Movement of our own time.

We must never forget Juanita Jackson Mitchell’s words: We didn’t know about the Constitution. He brought us the Constitution as a document like Moses brought his people the Ten Commandments.

Moving forward with that legacy remains our challenge today – and for reminding us of this calling, Professor Larry Gibson deserves our commendation and applause.

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

The Real ‘First Black President’ “Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, what they did was William Reed hard. It takes time. It takes more than a single term. It takes more than a single president … and more than a single individual.” – Barack Obama Barack Obama became America’s first Black president in 2009. Nelson Rohihlahia Mandela preceded Obama to the top of his government, being inaugurated as South Africa’s first Black president on May 10, 1994. Both presidents will be remembered in history but the 94-year-old Mandela holds higher “street cred.” He commands a level of respect that grew out of issues that are 40 years ahead of Obama.

Born July 18, 1918 in the Transkei region of South Africa, Mandela was steeped in Black culture. Mandela’s life and works represent a vision and values that demonstrate new levels of achievement and life’s possibilities for Blacks. Mandela’s father was Tembu Tribe Chief Henry Mandela. Nelson was groomed to become the next chief to rule his tribe. He attended the prestigious all-Black Fort Hare College, a key institution in higher education for Black Africans from 1916-1959. Fort Hare created an African elite that was part of many movements and governments of newly independent African countries.

Not to be confused with Obama’s post-racial ideology, Mandela represents real Black power. He is the movement’s uncompromising force and figure. When he realized that non-violence would not suffice, Mandela resorted to guerilla warfare to achieve his means. The U.S. government still considers Mandela and the ANC as terrorists. Mandela still needs to get a special waiver to enter the U.S. The iconic struggle between the apartheid regime of South Africa and those who resisted it has a complex timeline that begins with

the founding of Cape Town in 1652 by the Dutch East India Company as a way station between the Netherlands and the East Indies. As it developed into a settlement, it was populated by the European ancestors of the Afrikaners, who eventually were the White minority comprising less than 20 percent of the population but who had nearly complete control of the nation’s government and economy.

November 1962, the United Nations General Assembly passed Resolution 1761, establishing the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid and imposing economic sanctions on South Africa. Through campus demonstrations,

“The iconic struggle between the apartheid regime of South Africa and those who resisted it has a complex timeline…” corporate boycotts, media and music campaigns, the U.S.based activists helped galvanize efforts against apartheid. The international movement of solidarity with the South African struggle was arguably the biggest social movement the world has seen.

In his lifetime, Mandela went from anti-apartheid activist to prisoner to South Africa’s first Black president from 1994

to 1999. It’s important to note Mandela’s militant activism.

In 1962 he was arrested, convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment. He served 27 years, many of these on Robben Island. Following his Feb. 11, 1990 release, Mandela used reconciliation between Whites and Blacks as the bedrock of the “Rainbow Nation.”

Mandela became the globe’s symbol of resistance to racism.

But, as we enter 2013, an overwhelming majority of South Africans now see him as a figure firmly rooted in the past with limited impact on their future. Democratic South Africa, the “Rainbow Nation” is just 18 years old. Most of the nation’s people were children or not even born when Mandela was released from prison in 1990. A whole generation has been “born free” since racial segregation ended with the country’s first democratic elections in 1994. Almost 60 percent of South Africans are under 35 years old – 29 percent are younger than 15.

With this country’s Blacks’ adoration of Obama, it’s important to point out that both their Black presidencies have left some wanting and illustrate the “fool’s gold” Blacks have about “political empowerment.” In both places, the races remain bitterly divided by economics: White households’ incomes in both countries are six times higher than that of their Black counterparts.

Mandela calls Israel’s structure of political and cultural relationship with Palestinians, an “apartheid system.” Obama baits Palestinians with the possibility of resumption of U.S. aid on condition they “renounce terrorism.”

William Reed is head of the Business Exchange Network and available for speaking/seminar projects through the Bailey Group.org.

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the year, the number of adults working and looking for work, reflected in the

labor participation rate, fell 0.2 points. The Black labor force also contracted

(from 62.4 percent in October to 61.3 percent in November), despite a

dramatic 1.1 percent drop in the unemployment rate to 13.2 percent in November.

Economists often cite the small sample size for the month-to-month fluctuations in the unemployment rate for Blacks.

In comparison, the labor participation rate for Whites was 63.7 percent and the unemployment rate was 6.8 percent roughly half the rate for Blacks.

As President Obama and Speaker of the House John

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Boehner, war over 2 percent of the population, economists recommend actions that could bring peace of mind to the 98 percent this holiday season.

In a statement on the November jobs report, Chad Stone, chief economist at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a non-partisan economic research group wrote: “Policymakers could create a much rosier outlook for jobless workers and the economy generally if they would swiftly negotiate a deal that avoids the ‘fiscal cliff’ and raises the debt limit at the same time.

The deal should include a set of measures, including an extension of federal emergency unemployment insurance (UI) for another year, that help the recovery gain strength while deficitreduction measures phase in.”

Stone added that, “A deal that does not include an extension of federal emergency UI and provide other shorter-term stimulus measures would not just be cruel to jobless workers, it would make the recovery slower than it has to be.”

Stone joins a chorus of economists urging lawmakers to cut a deal that includes extending the unemployment insurance benefits.

Almost 2 million Americans get $1,200 a month in UI benefits. Nearly 1 million African Americans benefit from the program.

“That’s not a complete dead weight,” said Margaret Simms, director of Urban Institute’s Low-Income Working Families project.

“People will have more money to buy groceries and pay their rent and their utilities all of which feed back into the economy.”

In a post titled, “Resilient Jobs Market Needs More Policy Help,” Adam Hersh, an economist at the Center for American Progress, said that President Obama’s plan will not only help families keep food on the dinner table, but also “strengthen recovery today and economic competitiveness tomorrow. “ Hersh added: “President Barack Obama offers this in his proposal to resolve the fiscal showdown, with $200 billion proposed for a payroll tax cut, expanded infrastructure investment, incentives for business investment, and renewed unemployment insurance, among other policies.”

Hersh said, that if politicians don’t act to jumpstart job growth, at the current 3-month trend, it would take nearly 20 years for our economy to return to “full employment.”

December 29, 2012 - January 4, 2013, The Afro-American

Mark and Janet Hobbs

From left, Anthony L. Jones, Debbie Allen, Gary Gray, Valerie Fraling, Mike Stokes, Freddi Vaughn and Sheilah Davenport

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Freddi Vaughn and Susan Smallwood

Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown greeting Hassan Murphy

Mike Miguel Stokes, A. Rod Womack and Atty. Paul Gardner Karenthia Barber, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and Erica Jenerette

D. J. Kid Capri

From left, Laura Green, George T. Wilson, Harold Hayley, Sonja Sohm and Hassan Murphy

Pat Grier and Fitzhugh Alford

Victor Green and State Sen. Catherine Pugh

From left, Anthony Ilkhan, Don Trunk, Mike Stokes and Wm. Billy Murphy Jr.

John Cain, Kathy Cain and Stephanie Cain, Ronald McDonald House volunteers

Philanthropik, an exclusive holiday reception led by Zac McDaniels, was held Dec. 13 at the Mirage, 401 W. Baltimore St. The event provided the opportunity for many of Baltimore’s Black professionals to donate toys while having a good time together. The legendary DJ KID CAPRI rocked the party. Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown was the honorary host and the Baltimore Ravens’ Ray Rice the special guest host. The toy drive benefits the Ronald McDonald House.

Photos by Anderson Ward

Gary Gray and Brandi Proctor, Fox45

Khandi Leakes and Steve Ayers

Baltimore Ravens RB Ray Rice

Avis Payne, Janet Hobbs and Chez Phillips

Local McDonald’s owner Denitra Bell, white dress, and friends

Owners of EvillaHarold and Helen Edwards

The PGCAC 3d’s performing

Kimberly McCamey and Nicole Ebb

Fran Jackson, Chris Hicks and SharayOsborne

Dancing to the DJ’s grooving sounds

The Delta Sigma Theta Prince George’s County Alumnae Foundation turned Camelot by Martin’s in Upper Marlboro, Md. into “A Winter Wonderland” for its 2012 Holiday Splendor event. A special dance presentation was performed by the Marcellus Dance Group.

Photos by Rob Roberts

Shawon Reed, MarcyCrump, SaritaMurray and Kendra Phipps

DeJuan DHov and Shalanda Moody Marcellus Dance Team performs

Guests at the casino table

Ayanna Nelson, Marcy Crump and Trinity Brown

Bianca Williams, Medeisa Hatton, Tilisha Queen and Meneisa Hatton

The Blessing by Minister Frenchettia C. Payne

George RayIII and Tarsha Fitzgerald

Special Delivery 2012 was hosted, Dec. 13, by Brandi Procter, Carpenter’s House, DeJuan DHov Events, Eden’s Lounge and Evilla Family, George Ray Agency, Hair Couture Salon, Moody Creations, The Echelon Life, The Flywire and TOPKATS. Life Skills Center is shipping over 1000 books to Baltimore for kids in need with more to come! The Carpenter’s House adopted 200 Baltimore City children who are really in need. They are all from single parent households or from Alternative Directions a program that serves children with incarcerated parents.

Joan Brown, Delores McClain, Co-Chair, Holiday Splendor, June James and Tawanda Rooney

Guests going though the buffet line

RobertScott, SeanNelson, GarrySmith, Rashidi Scott and Travis Blackston Photography Will Cunningham, BMofH Photography

Seated - Delores Frazer, Delores McClain and Norma Hatot; Standing - Richard Brown, Charlotte Brown, Monsie Brandon, Elma Brandon and James McClain

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Writers' Reflections 2012

AFRO writers Alexis Taylor and Teria Rogers reflect on the stories that had the most impact on them this year.

There have been several life-changing moments etched into my memory from 2012, but by far one of the most ingrained would be meeting and interviewing Rep. John R. Lewis (D-Ga.). So often the legends and game changers that still walk this Earth are long-forgotten by my generation, only to have the memory of their deeds resurface after death. This is not the case with Lewis, who is still as passionate about advancing the human race as he was when he was knocked unconscious leading marchers in Selma, Ala. across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in 1965. Words can hardly describe the wide array of emotions felt in meeting and interviewing the Alexis Taylor Troy, Ala. sharecropper’s son who would play a huge role in my ability to vote, to receive equal education and job opportunities, or simply to drink from the water fountain of my choosing in a public space. Because of his sacrifice- made in blood- a nation had no choice but to acknowledge the brutality and sheer hate fueling segregation. It was nothing short of an honor to hear him tell his own life story in his own words. Because of his actions, and willingness to exchange his life for my future, I will be forever indebted to Lewis.

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My favorite story that I wrote this year was the “Many Blacks in D.C. Still Worried Despite Steep Drop in Killings” piece.

This was my favorite because as a student in DC Public Schools I remember the years/stories/tales of D.C. being the murder capital. It was very heartwarming to know that, even though some bad crime still exists particularly in Wards 7 & 8, the area is much safer than it ever was when I was younger.

HEALTH

Asthma, Diabetes and Other Conditions Bring Greater Flu Risks If you are one of the millions of Americans with a long-term health condition like asthma, diabetes, stroke, heart or lung disease, this important information about the flu applies to you. When combined with your existing health condition, the flu increases your risk of becoming seriously sick, which could result in an unexpected and expensive trip to the hospital—or even death.

Local health officials and advocates are recognized National Influenza Vaccination Week, Dec. 2-8, 2012. Vaccination clinics are being sponsored by Walgreens and health departments throughout the country. “We are committed to protecting all people by encouraging those who are medically vulnerable to protect themselves,” asserts Ray Michael Bridgewater, President/CEO of the Assembly of Petworth in Washington, D.C. “We have known for years that the flu is a serious disease, especially for people with certain chronic health conditions,” says Dr. Anne Schuchat, assistant surgeon general of the U.S. Public Health Service and CDC’s director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases. Last season, nearly 90 percent of adults hospitalized from flu complications had a long-term health condition; as did about 50 percent of hospitalized children.

Health conditions that put people at greater risk of flu-related complications include asthma (even if controlled by medication), lung disease, endocrine disorders (including type 1 and type 2 diabetes), and heart disease. Other conditions that confer greater risk of serious complications are neurologic conditions (like stroke and other conditions related to the nervous system, brain or spinal cord), blood disorders, kidney disorders, liver disorders or a weakened immune system.

The burden of flu on people with these conditions is demonstrated each flu season.

During the 2010-2011 flu season, the most frequently-occurring underlying conditions of adults hospitalized with flu were cardiovascular disease, metabolic disorders such as diabetes, chronic lung disease and asthma. In a study of 1,400 children hospitalized with laboratory-confirmed influenza, almost half had an underlying condition, and nearly 1 in 5 had asthma or reactive airway disease.

Millions of Americans are impacted by long-term health conditions, although many people don’t know that they have one of these conditions. For example, diabetes impacts an estimated 25.8 million Americans, but 7 million people (27 percent of those who have the disease in the United States) don’t even know they have it. Heart disease affects an estimated 26.8 million Americans, and asthma affects 24.5 million Americans. Ask your doctor whether you have a health condition that makes you more vulnerable to the flu.

The message is clear: people with long-term health conditions should take action to protect themselves against the flu by getting a flu vaccine. Like last season, the 2012-2013 season’s vaccine will protect against the 2009 H1N1 flu strain and two other flu viruses. Flu vaccines have been given for decades. They are safe, and cannot give you the flu.

For more information, visit http://www.flu.gov, http://www.cdc.gov/flu, or call 1-800-CDC-INFO (800-232-4636).

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ARTS & CULTURE

Blacktrospective 2012

Kam’s Annual Assessment of the Best in Black Cinema

By Kam Williams

Best Big Budget Black Films 1. Think Like a Man 2. Sparkle

5. Yelling to the Sky 6. Unconditional 7. We the Party 8. The Intouchables 9. Christmas in Compton 10. A Beautiful Soul

9. Gloria Reuben (Lincoln) 10. Gabrielle Union (Think Like a Man)

Best Director (Feature Film)

The Central Park Five

Best Documentaries

Best Actor (Lead Role)

1. Michael Ealy (Think Like a Man/ Unconditional) 2. Denzel Washington (Safe House/ Flight) 3. Will Smith (Men in Black III) Sparkle 4. Tyler Perry (Good Deeds/Madea’s All images: rottentomatoes.com Witness Protection) 5.

Alassane Sy (Restless City) 3. Good Deeds 6.

Sean Riggs (Changing the Game) 4. Flight 7.

Nate Parker (Red Tails) 5. Won’t Back Down 8.

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andela Van Peebles (We the Party) 6. Men in Black III 9.

Kirk Ponton (Velvet Elvis) 7. Safe House 10.

Omar Sy (The Intouchables) 8. Madea’s Witness Protection 9. Red Tails 10. Red Hook Summer

Best Independent Films 1. Beasts of the Southern Wild 2. Middle of Nowhere 3. Restless City 4. Changing the Game

Beasts of the Southern Wild

Middle of Nowhere

est Actor (Supporting B Role)

1. Dwight Henry (Beasts of the Southern Wild) 2. Kevin Hart (Think Like a Man) 3. David Oyelowo (Middle of Nowhere) 4. Derek Luke (Sparkle) 5. Ice Cube (21 Jump Street) 6. Mike Epps (Sparkle) 7. Don Cheadle (Flight) 8. Keith David (Christmas in Compton) 9. Chris Tucker (Silver Linings Playbook) 10. Cuba Gooding, Jr. (Red Tails)

Best Actress (Lead Role)

1. Quvenzhane Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild) 2. Emayatzy Corinealdi (Middle of Nowhere) 3. Thandie Newton (Good Deeds) 4. Queen Latifah (Joyful Noise) 5. Viola Davis (Won’t Back Down) 6. Zoe Kravitz(Yelling to the Sky) 7. Gabrielle Union (Good Deeds)

Best Director (Independent Film)

The Loving Story

1. Ava DuVernay (Middle of Nowhere) 2. Andrew Dosunmu (Restless City) 3. Rel Dowdell (Changing the Game) 4. Victoria Mahoney (Yelling to the Sky) 5. Mario Van Peebles (We the Party)

8. Jordin Sparks (Sparkle) 9. Halle Berry (Cloud Atlas) 10. Zoe Saldana (The Words)

Best Actress (Supporting Best Director Role) (Documentary) 1. Carmen Ejogo (Sparkle) 2. Naomie Harris (Skyfall) 3. Whitney Houston (Sparkle) 4. Meagan Good (Think Like a Man) 5. Irma P. Hall (Changing the Game) 6. Keke Palmer (Joyful Noise) 7. Amandla Stenberg (The Hunger Games) 8. Jasmine Guy (October Baby)

1. Janks Morton (Hoodwinked) 2. Spike Lee (Bad 25) 3. Soul Food Junkies (Byron Hunt) 4. D. Channsin Berry and Bill Duke (Dark Girls) 5. Ice-T (Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap)

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1. Tim Story (Think Like a Man) 2. Salim Akil (Sparkle) 3. Tyler Perry (Good Deeds) 4. Peter Ramsey (Rise of the Guardians) 5. Anthony Hemingway (Red Tails)

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In Memoriam D.C. 2012

Aubrey S. Nash, 62

Bernie McCain, 75

Chuck Brown, 75

Adrian Morris, 23

Janice Brown, 55

Frances L. Powell, 75

Harold Brooks Jr., 91

Mervyn Dymally, 86

Bertha M. Bell, 77

John Payton, 65

Maria H. Cole, 89

Melvin Hoes, 86

Rufus D. Wells III, 71

Elizabeth Gibbs, 106

RoseAnn W. Elliott, 90

Brenda W. Gibbs, 55

Lucille N. Polk, 93

Aubrey W. Carter, 87

Lawrence Guyot, 73

Josephine S. Wade, 94

Alma J. Johnson, 95

Paul E. Smith, 71

Tommie W. Gray, 79

Michael C. Duncan, 54

Donna Summer, 63

Rodney King, 47

Don Cornelius, 75

Mary Smith, 92

King I. James Sr., 73

Lindy F. Baucum, 45

Edward M. Winslow Jr., 72

Patrick C. Onwuachi, 83

Isaac S. Smith Jr., 68

Robert Merritt Jr., 86

Mattie I.J. Darden, 83

Whitney Houston, 48

Donald Payne, 77

Etta James, 73

Hattie D. Hicks, 77

Sherman Hemsley, 74

Clarence S. Wallace, 78

Dennis N. Logan, 87

December 29, 2012 - January 4, 2013, The Afro-American

FAITH

Meet the Pastor Rev. Dr. Alvin C. Hathaway Sr., 61 Union Baptist Church of Baltimore Grew up within the fellowship; associate minister, five years; assistant pastor, three years; senior pastor for 5 years.

How did you hear your call to ministry?

My call to ministry came during my twenties. I was a computer operator for the B & O Railroad Company. I worked the 4 p.m. to 12 a.m. shift at their Camden Yards office. During one evening shift a light appears that seemed to challenge me by asking why I was spending all my time working with machines, when God wanted me to work with His people. From that moment on, I began a career that has evolved into my ministry as it is today.

What was the biggest surprise when you started ministry?

The Rev. Dr. Baxter L. Matthews, the eighth pastor of Union Baptist Church, said to me in 1981, “In ministry always remember the world is your pulpit.” As a product of the African-American religious experience, we have a mandate to operate in a very wide context while staying grounded within our local community.

What aspect are you most proud of?

I’m particularly proud of the people of Union Baptist Church who are very proud, faithful and strategic in their service to the community. I’m able to carry on the rich tradition of providing Head Start services to families of need. I serve as the president/CEO of the Harvey Johnson/Union Baptist Head

Men’s Day at Union Baptist

Start program.

It was begun by the Rev. Vernon N. Dobson, Dorothy P. Mapp and Lavern Stewart over 44 years ago. Since that time, we have served over 7,000 children with early childhood educational enrichment and training. Many have gone on to do wonderful things. In fact the current Rev. Hathaway and his wife, Kathleen Brice director, Gayle Headen, is a product of our program. I am also proud of Union Baptist Church embracing the use of technology. We developed a Cyber Center which has high speed Internet service and over 40 computer terminals. Youth participate in our Cyber Center Club and receive tutoring, mentoring and academic and career advice.

AFRO Sports Desk Faceoff

Should John Wall Return this Season?

Carrying the worst record in the league (3-22 overall at press time) the Washington Wizards shouldn’t be confused as a team in the playoff hunt or even remotely close to a solid ball club at this point. Instead, for the second straight year in the row, the Wizards are among the laughing stocks of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Their home record (2-9) is just as horrible as their road record (1-12) and if you’re looking for a team that can’t score (last in points scored, last in shooting percentage) then yes, that’s the Wizards, too. A majority of the team’s issues have revolved around the fact that their best players--center Nene and guard John Wall--have been on the shelf for much of the season. Nene just returned to action a couple of weeks ago while Wall continues to sit with a knee injury. Wall, 21, is clearly the most talented player on the team and his athleticism and speed is unheralded across the NBA. And while Wall has promised to return this season, with the season already lost the Wizards staff should begin to question should he even bother. Perry Green and Stephen D. Riley of the AFRO Sports Desk tackle the question.

Riley: The Wizards stink and there’s no way they’ll make the playoffs this year unless they go on a serious run. We’re talking 30-1 type of run. Another high lottery pick is obviously in the cards so if I’m Washington I simply let Wall rest, play the NBA lottery and bring back a healthy point guard and next year’s top selection going into the 2013-2014 season.

Green: You can’t let Wall just take off for a year while ticket sales and the fan base dwindles. They’re still fans out there who bought season tickets and you still need to put whatever is left in terms of excitement into the stands at the Verizon Center.

Sitting Wall for the rest of the year would tear the bottom out of another endless campaign. Plus, I’ve seen this show before.

I remember watching this city agonize over former Wizards star Gilbert Arenas when his knee injury kept him off the court for nearly two full seasons. Funny how, just like Wall, Gil was supposed to only miss a small portion of the 2008 season but somehow his recovery and return to the court just kept getting delayed and delayed. Gil missed so much playing time that his actions off the court began to outweigh any contribution he every made in a Wizards uniform. Not to say that’s how Wall’s

expertise in negotiating economic inclusion plans with developers of major projects in Baltimore; The State Center and The Super Block projects to name a few. We will launch a Certificate Program in partnership with University of Baltimore that will teach the skills of urban community economic development to faith and community leaders.

Operating within an urban ministry context with partners who are committed to follow a strategic plan that will change the community in measurable ways is very exciting. I serve as the Chairman of the Community Benefits Committee of Maryland General Hospital.

From that vantage point, I’m able to direct health care services to the community I serve.

Every time I chair a committee meeting, I’m reminded of my first experience at the hospital as a child having my tonsils removed.

How does social media enhance your ministry, or not?

Social Media is a fantastic tool. I regularly post activities, meditations and announcements for my 5,000 Facebook followers. I have a blog: www.alhathaway.

What’s the most exciting thing about your ministry?

The collaboration that is developing among my ministry colleagues: Rev. Dr. S. Todd Yeary, Douglas Memorial Community Church, Rev. Dr. Arnold Howard, Enon Baptist Church, Rev. Dr. Lester A. McCorn, Pennsylvania Avenue Rev. Hathaway with Bishop Dennis Proctor A.M.E. Zion Church, Rev. Dr. Darron McKinney, Macedonia Baptist Church and Rev. Dr. J. L. Carter, The Ark Church. com which is entitled, “Daily Walking, Working and Winning We are affectionately known as “The Doctors.” Through

by God’s Word.” I regularly tweet at twitter@PastorHathaway. that collaboration we have created a non-profit organization: I post on Instagram as URBANMINISTER. Through social Community Churches for Community Development, media I’m able to maintain regular contact with friends, and a Certified Community Development Entity: Trinity associates, family and church members regardless of where Development Enterprises, L.L.C. We sponsor a program in they may be and live. I encourage every ministry member collaboration with The University of Maryland Baltimore to learn the many ways we can communicate and to master called Promise Heights. Through that initiative we are working aspects of the technology. with the schools in our targeted West Baltimore Community: Furman Templeton Academy, The Historic Samuel Coleridge See more on AFRO.com Taylor Elementary School, The Performing Arts School at Booker T. Washington, The Renaissance Academy, The Eutaw Marshburn Middle School, The Mount Royal Middle School and The Youth Opportunity Academy. In collaboration with 19 institutions we have submitted a proposal to create a Health Enterprise Zone within West Baltimore. We have developed an

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situation will turn out, but the sooner he makes his return, the better the chance of avoiding what could potentially be a very dramatic encore.

Riley: It’s way too early in Wall’s career to dare make that comparison with Gilbert. And bringing back Wall from a knee injury just to show face would be one of the craziest moves this team has ever done. A knee injury on a player who’s known primarily for his athleticism and speed rather than his skill could become disastrous should he hurt his leg. What is this team playing for right now? They’re nearly 20 games below .500. The only thing this team is playing for right now is the right to not get fined for not showing up. And at 3-21, you might as well fine them because they haven’t shown up all season.

Sure, we all want Wall to be out there competing with his team, but let’s be real: There is no team at this point, just a bunch of guys running around tossing up shots. I know you’re going to argue that he should be building chemistry with his teammates but there’s a whole offseason and summer program if Wall wants to tune up with some guys who’ll be on next year’s team.

Asking him to rush back just to get a few “practice” time in with his colleagues would be insane. Don’t throw Wall into this mess. Keep him clean and fresh for a new battle next year, because obviously this season’s battle is already lost.

Green: If all Wall has is his athleticism, rather than skilled talent, then maybe he’s not franchise star material, after all. I personally disagree because I think he’s a very skilled player.

But you’re forgetting about Nene and the rest of the holdovers that will be going into next season with the young star. Like you said, Wall still needs to get out there so we can see how he meshes with the players most likely to return next year. Rookie guard Brad Beal has been playing decent without him but how much better would he be with Wall orchestrating the show?

This team doesn’t have the luxury of sitting its attentionattractive players unfortunately. If Wall can walk then he’s playing for me and my team. He was drafted to replace Gil, not turn out just like him. I’m afraid that if you keep him away from the fans for too long, he won’t just be an injured player; he may end up being a disliked player in the eyes of the Wizards fan base, and ultimately replaced, just like his predecessor.

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In Memoriam Baltimore 2012

Joseph Russ, 98

Clarence Mitchell III, 72

Benjamin Whitten, 89

Laura M. Phillips, 92

Marilyn Pickett, 65

Robert L. Carter, 94

Ernest L. Simms, 70

Bernard M. Thompson Sr., 64

Pearl E.B. Leggett, 100

Emanuel Dean Sr., 65

Stephanie L.D. Hunt, 49

Myrtle L.A.A. Roselle, 94

Frank Phillips III, 61

Cecelia D. Washington, 80

Willie B. Peete, 89

Doris E. McKinney, 82

Gwendolyn W. Mickle, 91

Barbara J.B. Martin, 66

Mary E.J. Pryor, 101

Paul E. Smith, 93

Palestine R.W. Anderson, 93

Gwendolyn E.S. Hillen, 91

William F. Leach, 88

James E. Murchison, 87

Ricky Spain, 63

Rudolph J. Redd Sr., 88

Dennis T. Taylor Jr., 68

John D. Paylor, 55

Mildred J. Moody, 61

Janette E. Aska, 60

Willie A. Harry, 81

Mildred Ford-Hyde, 59

Osborne A. Payne, 87

Kenneth Steele, 75

Melvin Moore Jr., 85

Vera W. Hall, 86

Alice G. T. Lynch, 92

Alice L.H. Gilliam, 93

Arrie M. Long, 86

Ty’Onna M. Jackson, 1

Myrtle L.T. Koger, 86

Winifred Craine, 87

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Baltimore Native Returns Home for ‘Harlem Globetrotter Day’

By Alexis Taylor Special to the AFRO Jonte “Too Tall” Hall is a long way from the commodes he used to scrub before he became a professional basketball player with the Harlem Globetrotters.

Even then he stayed focused. The five-foottwo athlete always knew he would be more than a custodian from Baltimore.

Now, 30 years after his childhood began in downtown Baltimore’s McCulloh Homes projects, the star has returned to celebrate not only his own success, but the recent naming of Dec. 29 as “Harlem Globetrotter Day” in his hometown.

“It’s a blessing,” Hall told the AFRO, speaking about how it feels to return to Baltimore. “I was told I would never be a professional basketball player but this has been a dream come true.”

Hall is the shortest man to ever don the red, white, and blue uniform, complete with its’ signature striped red and white shorts. He joined the Globetrotters in 2010 after a short stint with rival team, The Generals, and says he plans to stay as long as possible.

Muggsy Bogues, Earl Boykins, and Too Tall’s uncle, Ernest Hall, who also had a career in professional basketball overseas, all served as icons and role models for the young athlete.

“He was the type of child that always had that dream and never gave up on it.

People would say ‘you’re too short,’ or ‘you’re getting to old’ but he always went to the camps and continued trying out for different teams,” said Melvina N. Christian, mother of the basketball prodigy.

“I brought him a basketball at the age of four.

He would sleep with it and take it everywhere we’d go,” she said.

Hall first began playing basketball on a team at age 6. The jokes and episodes of ridicule soon followed.

“Why are you so short?

Why are you so tiny?,” Hall remembers other children asking, verbal bullying he said did nothing to deter him.

“All my life I had to work on my jump shots. I would stay in the gym extra hours to perfect the tougher shots so I could be successful.”

Hall said his belief in persistence is a main message for youth and others striving for a dream.

“You can do anything you put your mind to but it starts at home and in the classroom.

If you respect your parents and your teachers, the sky is the limit, but you have to be mentally focused and mentally ready for all the challenges.”

Begun in 1926 with only five players, according to

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Jonte “Too Tall” Hall will return to his hometown to play a double-header game with the Harlem Globetrotters at 1st Mariner Arena.

a timeline of events on the official Globetrotters website, the team has become most famous for the hundreds of tricks and turns displayed in each exhibition game

in which the focus these days is not on winning.

The 30-member team has become known for infusing a heightened level of artistry when it comes to ball

handling, comedy and the excitement of the game itself.

Aside from wowing fans on the court, the Harlem Globetrotters also engage in a wealth of community

activities that include special visits and programming for schools and children’s hospitals. The team has also taken a special interest in putting an end to bullying.

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The team will donate 100 free tickets to the Dec. 29 game, which will be a double-header at the 1st Mariner Arena in downtown Baltimore.

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Date of Publication: December 14, 2012 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Mary Jennings Personal Representative 301-341-2226 TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 12/14, 12/21, 12/28

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TYPESET: Dec 18 09:26:53 TYPESET: ESTTue 2012 Dec 18 09:25:21 ESTTue 2012 TYPESET: Tue Dec 11 11:01:05 ESTTue 2012 TYPESET: Dec 18 09:24:57 ESTTue 2012 TYPESET: Dec 18 09:23:56 EST 2012 Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2012ADM1215 Carole K. Melham Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2012ADM1203 Aldrich A. Robinson Decedent Gloria Johnson Esq 1300 Mercantile Lane Suite 139 Largo, MD 20772 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

Kim Neal, whose address is 211 W Tennessee Ave, Crewe VA 23930 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Ann Elizabeth Neal, who died on September 21, 2012 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 June 14, 2013.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before June 14, 2013, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: December 14, 2013 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Kim Neal Personal Representative 202-329-8963 TRUE TEST COPY TYPESET:OFTue Dec 11 REGISTER WILLS 12/14, 12/21, 12/28

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2012ADM1162 January Mason Decedent Darlene C. Jackson 1220 L Street, NW Suite 100 Washington DC 20005 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

Marie N. Mason, whose address is 1800 Palmer Road, #431, Fort Washington Maryland 20744 was appointed personal representative of the estate of January Mason, who died on April 11, 1983 with a Will.

All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before June 14, 2013. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before June 14, 2013, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: December 14, 2012 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Marie N. Mason Personal Representative 301-248-6964 TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER WILLS TYPESET:OFTue Dec 11 12/14, 12/21, 12/28

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2012ADM1163 Leroy Cook Decedent W. Alton Lewis 1450 Mercantile Lane Suite 155 Largo, MD 20774 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

Beatrice Cook, whose address is 1427 Downing Street NE, Washington DC 20015 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Leroy Cook, who died on June 19, 2012 without a Will and will service without Court supervision.

All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before June 14, 2013. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before June 14, 2013, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: December 14, 2012 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Beatrice Cook Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 12/14, 12/21, 12/28

Thomas W. Melham whose address is 1205 Rhode Island Ave. NW Washington DC 20005 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Carole K. Melham, who died on November 22, 2012 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs a n d h e i r s w h o s e whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before June 21, 2013.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before June 21, 2013, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: December 21, 2012 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Thomas W. Melham Personal Representative 202-332-6288 TRUE TEST COPY 10:59:03 EST 2012 REGISTER WILLS TYPESET:OFTue Dec 18 12/21, 12/28, 1/4

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2012ADM1196 Ida Virginia Vaughan Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

Shirley Miller whose address is 78 Herrington Drive, Upper Marlboro MD 20774 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Ida Virginia Vaughan, who died on October 8, 2012 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before June 21, 2013.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before June 21, 2013, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: December 21, 2012 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Shirley Miller Personal Representative 301-336-3639 TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS TYPESET:12/21, Tue12/28, Dec 1/4 18

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District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2012ADM1224 Donald James Frederick aka Donald J. Frederick Decedent David W. Buckley 1828 L Street NW Suite 270 Washington DC 20036 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

Felice Marie Frederick whose address is 5565 Columbia Pike #504, Arlington, Virginia 22204 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Donald James Frederick aka Donald J. Frederick, who died on November 18, 2012 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before June 21, 2013. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before June 21, 2013, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: December 21, 2012 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Felice Marie Frederick Personal Representative 703-785-8356 TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 12/21, 12/28, 1/4

Katherine R. Marshall whose address is 1520 Portal Dr. NW Washington DC 20012-1222 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Aldrich A. Robinson, who died on October 28, 2012 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs a n d h e i r s w h o s e whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before June 21, 2013.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before June 21, 2013, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: December 21, 2012 Name of newspaper: Afro-American WashingtonEST 2012 09:26:25 Law Reporter Katherine R. Marshall Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY TYPESET:OFTue Dec 18 REGISTER WILLS 12/21, 12/28, 1/4

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2012ADM1197 Willie J. Hoosier Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

Deena Cunningham whose address is 18 Gallatin Street, NW Washington DC 20011 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Willie J. Hoosier, who died on March 17, 2012 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before June 21, 2013.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before June 21, 2013, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: December 21, 2012 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter 09:23:01Deena EST Cunningham 2012 Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY TYPESET: TYPESET: Mon Mon Oct Oct 29 29 TYPESET:OF Tue Dec 18 REGISTER WILLS 12/21, 12/28, 1/4

SuperiorCourt Courtof of Superior Superior Court of theDistrict Districtof of the the District of District of Columbia District Districtof ofColumbia Columbia PROBATEDIVISION DIVISION PROBATE PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. Washington, Washington,D.C. D.C. 20001-2131 20001-2131 20001-2131 AdministrationNo. No. Administration Administration No. 2012ADM1214 2012ADM994 2012ADM994 Donald Mixon Melvin MelvinRudolph Rudolph Decedent Johnson Johnson Ferguson Decedent Decedent Evans, Esq 601 Pennsylvania Ave Wesley Wesley L. L.Clarke Clarke Suite 900 1629 1629 KKStreet StreetNW NW South Bldg.

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Name of newspaper: Date Date of ofPublication: Publication: Afro-American October October 19, 19,2012 2012 Washington Name Name of ofnewspaper: newspaper: Law Reporter Afro-American Afro-American Ronald Mixon Washington Washington Gregory Mixon Law LawReporter Reporter Personal Sheriel Sheriel L. L.Sexcius Sexcius Representative Personal Personal 301-203-9436 Representative Representative 202-832-0987 202-257-9730 202-257-9730 TRUE TEST COPY TRUE TRUE TEST TESTCOPY COPY REGISTER OF WILLS REGISTER REGISTEROF OF WILLS WILLS 12/21, 12/28, 1/4 10/19, 10/19,10/26, 10/26,11/2 11/2

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2012ADM1210 Sallie Reid Gaskins Decedent Bradley A. Thomas Esq 4201 Connecticut Ave Suite 400 Washington DC 20008 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

Marilyn L. Bennett and Lisa M . D u r p h y, w h o s e a d dress(es) are 3115 Ellicott Road, Beltsville MD 20705 and 11428 Connecticut Ave, Kensington MD 20895 were appointed personal representative(s) of the estate of Sallie Reid Gaskins, who died on July 1, 2012 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before June 21, 2013.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before June 21, 2013, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: December 21, 2012 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter L. Bennett 09:25:43 Marilyn EST 2012 Lisa M. Durphy Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER WILLS TYPESET:OFTue Dec 18 12/21, 12/28, 1/4

Superior Court of the District of Columbia Civil Division Case No. 12FSP567 IN RE: Omar Delonte’ Finney Applicant ORDER OF PUBLICATION CHANGE OF NAME

Sharita Patrice Harding having filed a complaint for judgment changing Omar Delonte´ name to Omar Delonte’ Finney-Harding and having applied to the court for an Order of Publication of the notice required by law in such cases; it is by the Court this 27th day of November 2012 hereby.

ORDERED, that all persons concerned show cause, if any there be, on or before the 7th day of January 2013, why the prayers of said complaint should not be granted; provided that a copy of this order be published once a week for three consecutive weeks before said day in the AfroAmerican.

JUDGE A TRUE COPY TEST: TYPESET: Mon Dec 24 12/21, 12/28, 1/4

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2012ADM1204 Earl E. Swain Decedent Joseph A. Rafferty Jr. 7945 MacArthure Blvd #208 Cabin John, MD 20818 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, 11:18:45 11:18:45 EDT EDT 2012 NOTICE TO 09:23:28 EST 2012 CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

William Murray Collins, whose address is 3311 Goldsboro Pl., Falls Church, VA 22042 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Earl E. Swain, who died on September 28, 2012 with a Will, and will service without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before June 28, 2013. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before June 28, 2013, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: December 28, 2012 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter William Murray Collins Personal Representative 703-533-3025 TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 12/28, 1/4, 1/11

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Foreign No. 2012FEP121 Date of Death May 28, 2012 Sharon Dukes Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Darryle Brooks whose address is 11011 Abbey Station Lane, Silver MD 20901 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Sharon Dukes, deceased, by the ORPHANS Court for Montgomery County, State of Maryland on November 30, 2012.

Service of process may be made upon Barbar Oliphant, 58 Randolph Place NW Wa s h i n g t o n D C 2 0 0 0 1 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: 2001 12th Street NW, Washington DC 20009.

Claims against the decedent may be presented to the undersigned and filed with the Register of Wills for the District of Columbia, 515 5th S t r e e t N . W. , 3 r d F l o o r Washington, D.C. 20001 within 6 months from the date of first publication of this notice. (Strike preceding sentence if no real estate.)

Darryle Brooks Personal Representative(s) 301-704-5600 TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS Date of first publication: December 21, 2012 Name of newspapers and/or periodical: The Daily Washington Law Reporter The Afro-American 12/21, 12/28, 1/4

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