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By HILLEL ITALIE in 1958 near What has k per’s guilw e him have t, agreed to cops lied t.” months old Pittsburgh, PenRichard Goodman, ep t a th fe Associated Press all confirm e case goin deral appel and nsylvania. was born , he was ad Y et ed g la p D te er M u an su W ec co ri r. o dC ution and re pteMorrison, urt CooNEW YORK (AP) —ngNobel his chlaureate d and renam hen he was si monies and asive arguments ildhoodToni LAKE FOR iew the ca’ssedecision in 2004 toooper alive - is andgiant x re ed Kevin C allegations based on co , his paren he spof Gov. Newvso EST entmodern a pioneer and reigning literature whose as is recoverin w stay his exo o it o a ts n f h n o ab g ev fl p p m o er ic le h id o juven o y ti . d q en m re si n u p D ca ’s g ce es sc g after bei,nCalif. (AP) – Offic ar N ll il d te ti ie t ta y e ec A o n st o m n ab d ti is if g te s et p fi io at ad u ab st er c en y se n o imaginative power in “Beloved,” “Sula” and other works o in o ev in o rs d ti n le u to g g id o g struck by u t sc h ro , n se co the ethod ence. im k p raisin ence living ad in South cen . In a mental h d nail Co low another a polic g California Governmes early in the al s and storiee in several attack, and to eadramatizing ern Californ 1982, of oper. Threm lth facilitytersthe ro transformed American pursuit u L n C ag te d Calletters o es u rm o o o in n e h p in r iforniaby f a ia. av er w whose supp of the prog in Pennsylv vestiBeach Police eapons wer e high expec escaped fro three attack sworn testimon . of race, has died th e O o an re freedom within the boundaries at age 88. e rt ra m u ta ss O ia er n se iv ti er ffi g y, s b d on e County R e so on the poli s who were cer Thomas efore movin Jo During his meone’s pet tical Left egister he in White. Heshua Ryen said hein the solve “DNA testing shs.o g to could have been H murder that gued Publisher Alfred A. th Knopf trial,Morrison saw when the ca later testified at Cooannounced uld immed it th is p e p F an R ro eb F p ic y se u . er en . rt 1 cu k 9. her compli iately take illed hCenter t darted inially th case and fi yen that they Chiang sa died Monday nightRat Montefiore in Newtors successfu , their 10-yMedical u sb an an ca n front p ti d n al la id n am an ll Kern County high school students and middle ly ce g y d ear-o dw McGuire sa the rosecu ed D ensure just uring the ca to rearneighbor C that DNA York after a brief illness. tions’ claim ys whenareheinvited to ice is graduates, mpaign. “N hristopherld daughter Jessica ifane Doug and Peggy belonging toiana Roper came foprw th ev e school along with their parents se an id rv en im ed s, ce al g ,” b o a ot nly is it Hugheslast can h p law d an 11-yea was big ut testing in t out to chec w mard with blo “Toni Morrison passed away peacefully inal. She tu her former boyfr . Polinight ger thanconference attend Project a FREE one-day r-o proven Next Step; Anim enforcemoen ce ody clothoin is case woel iend who w a house ca rned the ev al Contr Even thoth d surrounded by family and friends,” Morrison’s family saidfound the bloodield t g u es so ld o to tr as lv l id co o o an e and resource fair being held at Bakersfield College a y ffi en m cr ed v ce u an io ce e im d gh it. rs rushed tht. at no cost to len imal hospit es, tr over to the is in a statement through the publisher. “She was an extremely al, wto eb the state.”August au17, police, buttcrim- issubold, he is treadinNgewsom’s decision in African Am on Saturday, from 8:30 a.m. 2:30 m h a. er e it wp.m. they ericans, His carefully on e that Calif as diagnolese thRegistration e Cooper ca is requiredDand devoted mother, grandmother, and aunt who reveled in is now open. o panics and r. rn a K p ia se w ri o voters across tenti ly pTo atching. H st other mino she bit.ly/projectnextstep2019 olaregister e is keepin expects thei Krause, a veterinProject being with her family and friends. The consummate writer rizing visit: e politicalalsp rities liv- C arian, tell g his focuth 11-poKern b ec ac ontinued und High tr k Next Step is a partnership between u in s m who treasured the written word, whether her own, her (5-kilSchool to the wilthe on fairness are on page A ogram) castth d af an te d r District, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated; 2 M to it ju cGuire visit regains stre stice students or others, she read voraciously and was most at ngth. that if Chapter, ed the bIvy Kappa Omega Omega League he sees it Bakersfield o b home when writing.” ca on Friday again,California he’ll issue at State Foundation, Bakersfield College, ticket for j. University, Bakersfield, and Bakersfield City School Few authors rose in such rapid, spectacular style. District. Project Next Step is a collaboration between She was nearly 40 when her first novel, “The Bluest Eye,” leaders from our educational system and community was published. By her early 60s, after just six novels, she organizations to support and prepare the students for had become the first black woman to receive the Nobel the Next Step in achieving their full potential as future professionals and leaders. “The academic success of literature prize, praised in 1993 by the Swedish academy all students in the KHSD is the ultimate goal of our for her “visionary force” and for delving into “language Superintendent and our Board of Trustees. itself, a language she wants to liberate” from categories of The KHSD is pleased to partner with our local black and white. AKA Sorority while working with our staff members, Morrison helped educate her country and the world our educational partners, and community members about the private lives of the unknown and unwanted. In to support our students as they journey through high her novels, history — black history — was a hidden trove of school. Together, we can do much.” poetry, tragedy and good old gossip, whether in small-town Dr. Brenda Lewis, KHSD Associate Superintendent Ohio in “Sula” or big-city Harlem in “Jazz.” She regarded of Instruction Attendees will have the opportunity to gain resources on A-G completion and college options, race as a social construct, and through language founded homework support and intervention, classroom the better world her characters suffered to attain, weaving etiquette, test-taking strategies, scholarships, how to in everything from African literature and slave folklore to handle peer pressure, and gain leadership skills. The day the Bible and Gabriel Garcia Marquez. will include discussions with inspirational leaders in “Narrative has never been merely entertainment for education and our community. me,” she said in her Nobel lecture. “It is, I believe, one of This year’s keynote speaker is James Burton, a local the principal ways in which we absorb knowledge.” business owner, Project Best Advisory Board member, Winner of the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for “Beloved,” she and a former probation officer. Mr. Burton has a love for was one of the book world’s most regal presences, with her working with our youth and the challenge of making an impact in the direction of their lives. A light breakfast and expanse of graying braids; her dark, discerning eyes; and her lunch will be served. GET Bus passes are also available. warm, theatrical voice, which could lower to a mysterious For additional information, contact Erin Briscoe-Clarke, growl or rise to a humorous falsetto. “That handsome and KHSD Public Information Officer at (661) 827-3171 perceptive lady,” James Baldwin called her. or Erin_Briscoe@KernHigh.org, or Odella Johnson, Her admirers ranged from college students and Coordinator of Project Next Step at (661) 302-3817 or housewives to Barack Obama, who awarded her a Odella_Johnson@att.net. Presidential Medal of Honor; Bill Clinton, whom the author called “our first black president”; and Oprah Winfrey, who helped expand Morrison’s readership. Morrison shared those high opinions, repeatedly labeling one of her novels, “Love,” as “perfect” and rejecting the idea that artistic achievement called for quiet modesty. “Maya Angelou helped me without her knowing it,” Morrison told The Associated Press during a 1998 interview. “When she was writing her first book, ‘I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,’ I was an editor at Random House. She was having such a good time, and she never said, ‘Who me? My little book?’ “I decided that ... winning the (Nobel) prize was COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – A 16-year-old student fabulous,” Morrison added. “Nobody was going to take has been arrested and expelled from a private Catholic that and make it into something else. I felt representational. school in South Carolina after posting racist videos that I felt American. I felt Ohioan. I felt blacker than ever. I felt showed him shooting a box he said represents black FILE In this May 29, 2012 file photo President Barack Obama awards author Toni Morrison with a Medal of more woman than ever. I felt all of that, and put all of that Freedom, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. The Nobel Prize-winning people. together and went out and had a good time.” The videos were made in May, weeks before school author has died. Publisher Alfred A. Knopf says Morrison died Monday, Aug. 5, 2019 at Montefiore Medical Morrison was born Chloe Anthony Wofford in Lorain, Center in New York. She was 88. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File) let out for the summer and the teen also threatened Ohio, a steel town outside of Cleveland. She attended to shoot up the school in Columbia during the break, Howard University, where she spent much of her free time because she dreamed of life spent among black intellectuals. “I thought they wanted to integrate for nefarious Richland County deputies said. But although she went on to teach there, Howard purposes,” she said. “I thought they should demand money in the theater, and met and married a Jamaican architect, The videos appeared to be sent among some students Harold Morrison, whom she divorced in 1964. They had disappointed her. Campus life seemed closer to a finishing in those black schools. That was the problem — the in May, although school officials didn’t bring them to school than to an institution of learning. two children, Harold and Slade. resources, the better equipment, the better teachers, the investigators until July 15, according to a police report Protesters, among them her former student Stokely buildings that were falling apart — not being in some high Even when she was growing up, she believed she was obtained by The State newspaper. smarter than the white kids and took it for granted she was Carmichael, were demanding equality. Morrison wanted school next to some white kids.” In the videos, the teen uses a racial slur and calls wiser. She was an honors student and attended Howard that, too, but wondered what kind. himself “a hater of all black men.” He then shoots a black Continued on page A7 box numerous times that he said represents black people. The teen was charged with making student threats. His name was not released because of his age. Cardinal Newman sent a letter to parents after the newspaper put the story on its website. Diocese of Charleston spokeswoman Maria Aselage said church officials determined the danger to students was minimal since school was out and police were investigating. The letter said the student was expelled and ordered to stay off school property. “The next few days may be challenging for Cardinal Newman School, so I ask your prayers for our students, teachers, staff and administration,” Cardinal Newman Principal, Robert Loia wrote in the note sent out Friday night.
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Marie Ojiambo, who graduated from St. John’s University’s College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences in New York and who specializes in pre-clinical Pharmaceutical Research, is also the founder of the Sickle Strong Initiative—a Kenyan based NGO whose mandate is to raise awareness around sickle cell disease and advocate for better health care opportunities for patients suffering from the disease in Kenya. By Lauren Poteat NNPA Newswire Washington Correspondent It’s been more than 100 years since sickle cell disease was first discovered in America. Today, the rare hereditary blood disorder continues to affect millions of people throughout the world. Sickle cell disease – or SCD – affects approximately 100,000 Americans and occurs among about 1 out of every 365 African-American births, according to medical experts. Nearly 1 in 13 African American babies are born with the sickle cell trait, which medical experts said means that an individual has inherited the sickle cell gene from one of his or her parents. During its annual convention, the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), a trade organization that represents African American-owned newspapers and media companies throughout the U.S., partnered with Pfizer Rare Disease (Pfizer) to host a forum on this rare disease. “I was diagnosed with sickle cell disease at the age of 1,” said Marie Ojiambo, a consultant for Pfizer, during the forum moderated by NNPA President and CEO, Dr.
Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. “And always wanted to be a support system and advocate for research, for other young women, going through the same thing,” Ojiambo said. “Because of this, I always felt like it was important for me to not only introduce myself by my profession, but also as a sickle cell warrior,” said the Kenyan native. “When I competed in the Miss Africa USA pageant back in 2014, I made sure that my pageant platform, represented the same personal goals I had for myself and advocated for, sickle cell disease awareness,” she said. Dr. Chavis emphasized, “The NNPA is grateful to Pfizer for introducing Marie Ojiambo to the Black Press of America. Ms. Ojiambo is an excellent role model for millennials, and in particular for young African and African American women, who are interested in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) fields of study. Marie Ojiambo’s outstanding success as a research scientist is Continued on page A2
While she champions research and viable medications and solutions, Ojiambo also emphasized the importance of being regularly tested.
DOVER, N.H. (AP) – A New Hampshire school district says a teacher will return to full-time teaching about being placed on paid leave after a video surfaced of his students singing a jingle about the Ku Klux Klan. The Portsmouth Herald reports John Carver will resume teaching Aug. 28, when school starts. Dover School District Superintendent William Harbron says Carver completed a “mentoring and learning program” required for him to come back to the classroom. Carver was placed on leave in December after the video went viral. It showed two students singing a jingle set to Jingle Bells that included the refrain “KKK, KKK, let’s kill all the blacks.” Harbron and students said Carver had given an assignment to write a song about a subject in the Reconstruction era that followed the Civil War.