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MARCH 14 - MARCH 20, 2019
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‘The doors have always been open’ Ormond Beach’s Historic New Bethel A.M.E. Church celebrates 133 years – and counting. Editor’s note: Volusia County is home to dozens of churches with predominantly Black congregations. Only a limited number can claim to have stood the test of time for 100 years or more. Mass Communication students at Bethune-Cookman University visited some of these churches to find out what makes them special. This is one in a series of stories about the iconic religious institutions. BY JOHN HUGER JR. SPECIAL TO THE DAYTONA TIMES DUANE C. FERNANDEZ SR. / HARDNOTTS PHOTOGRAPHY.COM
The Historic New Bethel A.M.E. Church is located at 116 S. Yonge St., Ormond Beach. It is one of the oldest churches in Volusia County.
The Historic New Bethel A.M.E. Church of Ormond Beach was organized in 1885 by a small group of people who decided among themselves to pool their pennies, nickels, and dimes and purchase a small lot on Yonge Street.
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The membership grew spiritually and numerically. Throughout its life, however, membership has ebbed and flowed. Today, a small congregation of about 50 attend the church on a regular basis to worship and keep the doors open. The Rev. Phyllis Rose Brown is the current pastor.
Severe hurricane damage Brown was appointed in 2016 and arrived a week before Hurricane Matthew, which knocked the church’s 25-foot steeple to the ground and damaged the roof of the 131-year old building. The church’s insurance policy didn’t cover the damage. Brown started a GoFundMe page to raise the $70,000 needed for the repairs. The steeple was replaced in 2017. “When the Black church is strong, the community is strong,” Brown said. “Even though we go See CHURCH, Page 2
Businesses, vendors revved up for ‘Black Bike Week’ BY ANDREAS BUTLER DAYTONA TIMES
The second and final weekend of Bike Week is unofficially known as “Black Bike Week’’ in Daytona Beach. The peak time for bikers to invade the area is slated for Friday and Saturday nights. Mary McLeod Bethune Boulevard, formerly Second Avenue, is the hub of biker activity in Daytona Beach’s Black community. The bikers and vendors along Mary McLeod Bethune Boulevard were ready for action earlier this week. The area on the north end from the intersection of Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard to the railroad tracks is filled with bikes, food vendors, T-shirt, music and jewelry vendors.
Big crowds expected By the Daytona Times Wednesday night deadline, a good number of vendors were already in full effect on Mary McLeod Boulevard with more expected by Friday. Local businesses were looking forward to the weekend. Bike Week alone is said to pump an estimated $75 million into the local economy. This year marks the 78th anniversary of the official Bike Week. It ends on Sunday, March 17. “I am expecting big crowds. They seem to be coming in early. We are expecting more on Saturday, said Patricia Heard, owner of the Second Avenue Plaza. “I keep the vendors in the Plaza down to a minimum to be friendlier to the bikers where they have See BIKE WEEK, Page 5
UNCF president and CEO Dr. Michael L. Lomax outlined a comprehensive legislative agenda for congressional members that he said should help level the playing field for the nation’s HBCUs. MARK MAHONEY/ DREAM IN COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY FOR NNPA
UNCF delivers first ‘State of HBCUs’ address in D.C. BY STACY M. BROWN NNPA NEWSWIRE
Twenty years ago in 1999, the Daytona Times reported on the Daytona Beach Police Department’s heavily-criticized plan to control Black College Reunion by issuing ‘beach passes’ and a horseback patrol, which reminded Black Daytonans of apartheid South Africa. The large number of Black motorcycle enthusiasts attending Bike Week 1999 was also a major story at the time.
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Nana-Ama Brookman, a senior at Virginia Union, said she wouldn’t be on the cusp of graduating with honors and with a degree in mass communications and criminal justice, if it weren’t for the United Negro College Fund (UNCF). When she started college, Brookman worked three jobs as she struggled to pay rising tuition and other costs, fighting to stay awake and keep up with her studies. But after receiving a scholarship from UNCF, Brookman was able to focus more on her education and a little less on the side jobs. And it has paid off as she now sports a 4.0 grade point average.
“That was a game changer,” she said. Brookman was among the attendees at a Capitol Hill luncheon where the UNCF issued its first “State of HBCUs Address.”
Honor roll launched The organization, who for 75 years have championed the cause that ‘A mind is a terrible thing to waste,” also launched its HBCU Congressional Honor Roll. During the event, UNCF president and CEO Dr. Michael L. Lomax outlined a comprehensive legislative agenda for congressional members that he said should help level the playing field for the nation’s HBCUs. A number of lawmakers and a See UNCF, Page 2
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