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Inf adolescence livinab lo m tells the story Franklin who p w es C ra et n al S an ea ai is h ifornia Gov ods and sto ing utherwho l Cooper. Th rly in the other LOS g in several attack, and ANGELES (AP) – A oman rode around pon o n ro C u L al n er ag ri te d California. ealth facility in Pen1982, Cooper esca n es re u rm of America’s founding fathers was a slave owner. He o o in n e h in r f a ia. ninelice ca ave high ex whose supp of th vestieachnecks a ebicycle and slashed the faces Band ofifOoatrnleast ped from three attacker sworn testimony, weapons wer nsylvania b th P p o ro e li p O g ce o ec re e rt ra u ta ss er n se iv ti ffi g (Franklin) took two black student’s as apprentice’s. “He s on thepeople in LoseAngeles d in the e CouWednesday s who were efore movin Jo Duri r Thom M “DNA test ons. nty R arrested once suspicion somwas litical Left White. Heshua Ryensaw eone’ g to could have been H said c ingcould gued that nCg his murder trial, s psaid. forhhimself and achieve ofpoattempted solvblack shoulearn et when thegister he initially as e saw that e the children la ld is te murder, police p r o p im F an te o R ro eb F thoug p st ic m y se u . e er en ifi . ed rt 1 cu ca ed killed husb 9 h ia Ryen, their t ca . to er te d th just like white children if given support and resource’s,” se rs ar C co ly at h te su an m ia ta th d cc d finally en ng said du ke pla One ey in front of said the man laughed after he cut her. named Dia plicating the pro McG to victim ring that neighbor C 10-year-old daughand and wife Dougesansfully ar- ban surehad re-Briones themblack’s he uire saysdown that DNAconcluded na Roper ca the ca secutions’ cl stated Crump. “Franklin justice is ce Lenrey was tracked and taken into elonging to ter Jessica an hristopher w th p d h ev ai e P en se g an eg id m ai n rv en h e g im . m y e ed fo “N s, ce al g rw as apprentices were even more intellectually superior than ,” ot out Capt. a wom- but testing her former ot onlycustody Hughes. Po d was bigger n help d with b to check, h is it proafter in this caca boyfriend ar thanofa htips, lice foundan 11-year-old inal. She turned Areceived nimal Cohundreds dy white ven police clothinstudent’s he had.” se wouldlacow enforcement Dan ouse who was aloothe the eviden the bloodie E n d g ca v tr Randolph said at a news conference. The 19-yeares so en t. o to tr lv l o o th an e y ffi m cr o ed v ce u an io t crim Franklin ce over to e attonodo imes, d gh Nhe it. imal hhomeless, this rushIt ewfelt cost to ed wasn’t ospital, whherssaid. som’shedechad the police,lenWhen - is bold,realized the bleedin oldthsuspect is believed he is trea trauma.to be African Am e st is er at io d e e. n b in is something and correct the “original American lie,” that it ” u in su g t w they ericans, His carefully on e that the C immediately has an attorney. as diagnosed w oo er case known if ifornia “He Dr.Briones panics and a pote Krileast watchingto. Cal were inferior whites. the first votersbecame sti Knine ntially popla rause,victims, other minblacks ac The assailant left at a sh ro H e ss a veterinincluding e ex th is ri p ec zi e o k ng with pohave rities livof ts thwounds, eepingSociety President Abolitionist and we litical sp13-year-old, arian, tewere e 11-pouand h - theCoAmerican is slashing detectives b ec ll ac fo s n tr k cu n the ne ti u d in n s m (5-kilo to the d ontruths are additional victims, edgoing to free the slaves if we uare we hold these fairness looking on pato gesay after said. and justfor A2 equal.” McGuire wvilofficials it regainsgstram) cat to be ic e to be self-evident that all men are created isitedin this community,’’ ren th. “The suspect th instilled fear Crump talked about the UCLA Law student of today Randolph said. at if he sees it again, the bobcat on Fgri day h e’ ll is compared to years ago. “They are very smart, and their e a tiattacked cket for ja. yH A man standing near a bus stop suwas w intellect is beyond where I was when I was in Law School; on Monday, and a woman was cut about a mile (1.6 So I am encouraged for the future when I come to things kilometers) away, police said. They were hospitalized with like this to be able to talk about the American Constitution severe injuries and are expected to survive. and the basis for the Constitution.” Similar attacks happened in the same area of South When asked what advice he would give today’s young Los Angeles on March 20 and in the neighboring cities of Law student’s Crump replied: “You have to use the Law as South Gate and Lynwood on March 27. a weapon, just like Thurgood Marshall did in Brown vs. the Stefany Coboz told KNBC-TV she received a deep Board of Education.” gash under her left ear, and the man turned to look at her Some 400 people gathered in West Los Angeles to after the attack. celebrate the 50th year of the BSLA. One was John Floyd. “He started laughing,’’ she said “He laughed.’’ He was the organizations first president in 1969 and 1970. The assailant rode a black and green mountain bike Floyd now lives in South Africa and made the trip to and wielded an unknown type of “edged weapon,’’ police support the organization he helped get started. said. “Before 1967 there were only four blacks and one L-R Future leader, Ajwang Rading, President and Co-Chair of UCLABlack Law at the UCLA Black Law 50th Latino who graduated in the history of UCLA Law School,“ Anniversary Solidarity Gala huddles with actor Terry Crews, event speaker and Attorney BenjaminCrump, said Floyd. “In 1969 they admitted thirteen of us.” Honoree and Keynote Speaker. The Gala raised over $180,000 to benefit incoming African American UCLA Floyd and his classmates were community people Black Law students. (Tshombe Sampson photo) instantly. The started the Black Law Journal. They formed By Earl Heath head of the Los Angeles Black Workers Center (BWC), also the Black Law Center and the corner of Western and It was a real treat to have famed Civil Rights attorney had input on the beautiful evening. Adams as Law students they made a radio announcementBen Crump as the Keynote speaker at the 50th Anniversary Comedian Aida Rodriguez is a big supporter of ”Free Law Help”. The line was down the street with people COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – Columbia officials have of the UCLA Black Law Students Association Solidarity B.S.L.A. and she is the first Latino woman to have a seeking Law help. approved the route of a walking trail to honor the city’s Dinner. The groups mission is to be a component comedy aired on HBO and Showtime in the same month. “We couldn’t maintain, we were college student’s black history. nationally and the recruitment and admissions of Blacks In the past Crump has represented several families trying to get a degree. We finally turned all our clients The Columbia City Council on Monday unanimously into the Law School. BSLA is highly interested in people nationwide including Trayvon Martin who was killed over to Legal Aid- It was simply taking all our time,” added approved a plan to complete the African-American who demonstrated an active desire to contribute to the by a neighborhood watch volunteer in Sanford, Florida. Floyd. Heritage Trail. The 2-mile (3.2 kilometer) trail will Black Community. Floyd and the original B.S.L.A. stood for was right Michael Brown who was killed by police in Ferguson, The theme of the evening was “Champions for Missouri in 2014- Also Stephon Clark who was shot by with America and Give their time to help out those in South commemorate over 30 sites identified as important to the black community, the Columbia Missourian reported. Change” and brought out some big names in Law and Police in Sacramento in 2018. L.A. during the turbulent sixties. Floyd also mentioned The project includes 21 historical markers, some of Entertainment. Actors Courtney B. Vance and Terry Crews Crump, who is currently President of the National which are already in place. were contributors to the evening. Lola Smallwood Cuevas, Continued on page A6 The trail’s first marker memorializes Sharp End, the historic black business district that was demolished in the 1960s during the city’s urban renewal process. The route will pass other famous spots, such as the home of AfricanAmerican composer and pianist J.W. “Blind’’ Boone. Other sites that have been dedicated include the former Stewart Road bridge, where James T. Scott, a black man, was lynched in 1923 after being accused of sexual assaulting the daughter of a University of Missouri professor. In 2016, the university’s Association of Black Graduate and Professional Students raised money for a plaque in Scott’s memory. The route will also pass by Third Street Market, one of the few places in the early 1900s where black residents could buy groceries. Park Services Manager Gabe Huffington said the Sharp End Heritage Committee identified the sites and raised money to cover the cost of the markers. Huffington expects there to be more markers added to the trail. “One of the things we thought we needed to do was take a look backwards and see what we’ve done in the past,’’ said James Whitt, chairman of the Sharp End Heritage Committee. “We thought, ‘We need to recognize some of the mistakes we made in the past and some of the accomplishments and some of the contributions that the Sharp End made historically.’’’ called the trail “a real community project, individuals filed 28,843 housing discrimination making victims of discrimination whole, and a delay in whereWhitt By Charlene Crowell black, white and all elements of our community complaints in 2017,” said Waters. “Under the NNPA Newswire Contributor correction of housing providers’ discriminatory behavior.” have participated.’’ Trump Administration, fair housing Fifty-one years ago, this Speaking on behalf of the Zillow Group, Dr. Skylar protections are under attack…. Olsen, its Director of Economic Research cited additional month, the Fair Housing According to news reports data that underscored racial disparities and problems that Act (the Act) was enacted Secretary Carson proposed continue with access to credit. to ensure that housing taking the words ‘free from discrimination was illegal. “Homeownership is a key tool for building wealth, discrimination’ out of HUD’s and more than half the overall wealth held by American Yet, just days before the mission statement.” annual observance of households is represented by their primary residence,” said “He also reportedly Olsen. “But access to homeownership is not shared equally. Fair Housing Month halted fair housing In 1900, the gap between black and white homeownership began, headline news investigations”, continued rate was 27.6 percentage points. Today it is 30.3 percentage articles reminded the LOS ANGELES (AP) – The former wife of Guns N’ Waters, “and sidelined points.” nation that housing top advisors in discrimination still Further according to Olsen, the Home Mortgage Roses guitarist Slash is selling off exotic and erotic items HUD’s Office of Fair Disclosure Act (HMDA) shows that “black borrowers a from their 14 years of marriage. exists. Julien’s Auctions announced Thursday the collection Housing and Equal denied for conventional home loans 2.5 times more often For example, on from Slash and Perla Hudson’s Beverly Hills estate will be Opportunity. These than white borrowers.” March 19, the Office part of next month’s Music Icons auction. are unprecedented of the Comptroller of Even among renters, Skylar noted racial disparities items feature Slash’s signature look including a attacks on fair in major metro areas like Atlanta, Detroit, Houston blackThe the Currency (OCC) fined custom-made bowler hat, a signed top hat and his housing that and Oakland, California adding, “local establishments black leather Citibank $25 million for violations related to mortgage motorcycle jacket with the printed image of must not go and amenities including banks, health institutions and Jimi Hendrix on the back. lending. At issue was Citibank’s “relationship pricing” unanswered.” program that afforded mortgage applicants either a recreational facilities are less prevalent in communities of The auction will feature some of their wedding items S e v e r a l color than white communities.” credit on closing costs or a reduced interest rate. including Perla’s beaded and sequin top hat wedding veil committee members These cost breaks were intended to be offered Debby Goldberg, Vice President of Housing Policy and their wedding cake topper. There’s also a bronze and posed similar concerns and Special Project with the National Fair Housing Alliance leather spanking bench. to customers on the basis of their deposits and offered comments that echoed (NFHA) was also a panelist. and investment balances. According to The auction will take place online and at New York’s those of Waters. Additional issues OCC examination at Citibank, these “Not all neighborhoods were created the same,” Hard Rock Cafe on May 17 and 18. raised during the hearing spoke to a testified Goldberg. “The long history of housing A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Youth ‘relationships” did not include all eligible lack of enforcement, data collection, discrimination and segregation in the U.S. has created Emerging Stronger charity. customers – particularly people of color. gentrification, racial redlining, neighborhoods that are unequal in their access to The regulator’s conclusion was that the restrictive zoning, and disparate impact. opportunities. They are not unequal because of the people bank’s practices led to racial disparities. A panel of housing experts provided substantive who live there. They are unequal because of a series of public The settlement calls for all 24,000 consumers affected testimony that responded to many of these issues, while and private institutionalized practices that orchestrated a to receive $24 million in restitution. Days later on March 28, the federal department also acknowledging how many fair housing goals have not system of American apartheid in our neighborhoods and of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) charged yet been achieved. Cashauna Hill, the Executive Director of the Greater communities, placing us in separate and unequal spaces.” Facebook with violating the Act by enabling its advertisers Goldberg also stated that racial discrimination to discriminate on its social media platform. According to New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center provided included consumers of color with varying incomes. the lawsuit, Facebook enabled advertisers to exclude people additional information on delays encountered with “While many low-income communities, no matter based on their neighborhood – a high tech version of the HUD’s Fair Housing investigations. Although HUD set LONDON (AP) – The long-running British TV soap historical redlining of neighborhoods where people of a standard for these complaints to be investigated within their racial composition, suffer from disinvestment and lack “Coronation Street’’ is welcoming its first black family in of resources, even wealthier, high-earning communities of 100 days, many complaints go well beyond the agency’s color lived. its 59-year history. With 210 million Facebook users in the United States own guidelines. Cases older than 100 days are categorized color have fewer bank branches, grocery stores, healthy The soap opera is set to introduce the Baileys, a environments, and affordable credit than poorer white and Canada alone, the social media mogul took in $8.246 as “aged” in HUD parlance. family with two sons. It will explore themes of racism and “In 2017, HUD had 895 cases that became aged areas.” billion in advertising in just the last financial quarter of homophobia in sport, with a story line featuring one of the Ms. Goldberg also posed a core question that was as sons, a soccer player, coming out as gay during that same year, and it had 941 cases that were 2018. The show has charted the goings-on in the fictional As April’s annual observance of Fair Housing already considered aged at the beginning of the fiscal year,” basic as it was direct. Month began, the Chair of the House Financial Services noted Hill. “During that same time period, Fair Housing “How do we ensure that future generations of all northern England community of Weatherfield since 1960. Committee used that leadership post to bring attention Assistance Program agencies had 3,994 cases that became backgrounds live in neighborhoods rich with opportunity?” It has cast individual black characters but not brought in a to the nagging challenges that deny fair housing for all. aged and 1,393 cases that were already considered aged at said Goldberg. “Fair housing. Fair housing can ultimately black family together before. Iain MacLeod said Saturday he didn’t really In her opening statement at the hearing held April 2, the beginning of the fiscal year.” dismantle the housing discrimination and segregation that knowProducer why it has taken so long, but it “did feel sort of “Practically, what this means for groups like the Fair caused these inequities in the first place.” Chairwoman Maxine Waters set the tone and focus of the overdue we did this and represented modern Manchester Housing Action Center,” continued Hall, “is a delay in public forum. a bit more accurately.’’ “According to the National Fair Housing Alliance,
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