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To sign fighttovote.org. ericans, His thRSVP ey re e at fu C ll C o y o al p o if D er Lateefah Simon is a civil rights activist who runs the n ornia voters panics and r. sti Kfilm ap case will follow watching. Doors ose ally podiscussion rausescreening. otherAkonadi acorganization she expecKtsrithe ross the poolitentipanel H , a e isracial minorities la Foundation, a social and justice v ri et zi k er n ee in g p th ar ing his focu ticaopen at 5 p.m. back l - C ontinuHarris in Oakland.livShe believes best equipped to into the e 11-pound (5-kilo ian, tells th s olead ed on is g n fair spectrum are e Athe 2 justice system ness and justice McGuire wvild after it regainsgstram) cat to reforms because she understandspahow isited rength. that if he se works. es it again, the bobcat on Fri day h e’ll issue a ti “As a lifelong activist, I don’t say this lightly,” said cket for ja. Simon. “Her career is proof that you can fight to rectify what’s broken from the inside. Her plans for our country prove that she has a lot of fight left. We need a leader like Kamala in the White House to ensure that we end private LAREDO, Texas (AP) – The U.S. Border Patrol says prisons and give Black and Brown families their lives back.” agents at a checkpoint in Texas found 53 migrants who Simon is also a California State University Trustee and had entered the country illegally hiding in the back of a the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transportation Board sweltering tractor-trailer. Director. The Border Patrol said Friday that the migrants were Billie Mizell, former executive Director of Insight found Tuesday during a search of the truck at a checkPrison Project based in San Quentin, says she’s not point on Interstate 35 north of Laredo. The migrants, surprised by the progressive policies in Harris’ plan. who were from Mexico, Ecuador, Guatemala, El Salvador “Kamala Harris first earned my respect over 15 years and Honduras, and the driver, who is a U.S. citizen, were ago when I was working for people sentenced to death,” arrested and processed. said Mizell. “To the surprise of many of us in the abolition The Border Patrol says the temperature inside the community back then, DA Harris refused to seek a trailer was 105 degrees Fahrenheit (41 degrees Celsius). death verdict, despite enormous political pressure. Before Officials say those on board were evaluated and no one ‘progressive prosecutor’ was a trendy term, Kamala was required medical attention. fighting to be in spaces historically dominated by White On Sept. 11, a U.S. citizen was arrested in Arizomen so that she could be a game-changer.” na after 31 Mexicans who were illegally in the U.S. were Most Democrats have reacted favorably to Harris’ Kamala Harris (Al Drago/Getty Images) found in the tractor-trailer he was driving. criminal justice reform plan. But other critics have been attacking her record as prosecutor and California’s top cop By Tanu Henry since she announced her candidacy for President of the California Black Media United States in January. Several political leaders as well as activists in California prohibit formerly incarcerated people from accessing “Time after time, when progressives urged her to shared their reactions to U.S. presidential candidate and housing, loans, food stamps and other public services embrace criminal justice reforms as a district attorney and U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris’ criminal justice reform plan. “By ending mass incarceration, holding police then the state’s attorney general, Ms. Harris opposed them ST. LOUIS (AP) – A St. Louis newscaster who has It calls for ending mandatory minimum sentences, accountable, and keeping families intact, Kamala would or stayed silent,” wrote been off the air since uttering what he called an unintenlegalizing marijuana, expunging marijuana convictions and fundamentally transform public safety and protect our Lara Bazelon, a law professor, in the New York Times. tional racial slur while talking about Martin Luther King shutting down for-profit prisons, among a number of other children,” said California Superintendent of Public Bazelon is the former director of the Loyola Law School Jr. in January is now out of a job. proposals, that could have a positive impact on African- Instruction Tony Thurmond who oversees the state’s 977 Project for the Innocent in Los Angeles. KTVI-TV general manager Kurt Krueger told the American communities across California. school districts that enroll more than 6 million students. Defending her record, Harris said “I was swimming St. Louis Post-Dispatch that the station and Kevin SteinOther policies in the plan to overhaul the country’s Thurmond says he’s excited by the focus on prevention and against the current, and thankfully the currents have cross parted ways “by mutual agreement.’’ Krueger decriminal justice system include introducing a national rehabilitation in Harris’ plan because one of his own top changed. She made the statement in an interview with the clined to provide any additional information, citing it as standard for police use of force; providing incentives for priorities is keeping kids safe, enrolled in school, and out New York Times just before releasing her plan. “The winds a personnel matter. states to get rid of mandatory minimums; equalizing of prisons. are in our sails. And I’m riding that just like everybody else Steincross does not have listed phone number. sentencing for possession and distribution of crack and Harris announced her plan earlier this month. is - because it’s long overdue.” Steincross was discussing a tribute to the black civcocaine; mandating prisons to offer educational courses, According to her campaign it “replicates and nationalizes” “I know the system from the inside out,” Harris il rights leader on Jan. 17 when he referred to King as vocational training as well as mental health and addiction programs she introduced during her law enforcement continued. . “So trust me when I say we have a problem “Martin Luther coon Jr.’’ He apologized a few hours later, treatment. Harris also wants to end federal laws that career in California. saying he accidentally misspoke. Continued on page A3 The NAACP had urged the station to fire Steincross.
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Civil Rights Icon Angela Davis Inducted into National Women’s Hall of Fame
assistance to an estimated 150 Inglewood residents who are impacted by the noise from planes flying into and out of the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). “I am proud to announce that the FAA has awarded a grant for more than $4 million to the City of Inglewood for residential noise mitigation,” said Congresswoman Waters. “This grant will help an estimated 150 Inglewood residents mitigate the impact of airport noise in their homes. While Inglewood has previously received noise mitigation funds, not all residents have benefited, and many residents have been waiting for years for soundproofing for their homes.” The FAA grant will provide additional funding for the City of Inglewood’s Residential Sound Insulation Program. Inglewood residents who wish to find out if they qualify for residential sound insulation can contact Ms. Bettye Griffith, the program’s director, who can be reached by phone at (310) 412-5289. “I have worked for many years to bring relief to all of the individuals and families near LAX who have been living with airport noise every day,” said Congresswoman Waters. “Noise from LAX operations is extremely disruptive for the people who live and work near the airport. This grant will bring relief to these residents who deserve to enjoy peace and quiet in their homes.”
many,” Davis said during her induction speech. “My own consciousness has always been enabled by shared endeavors and collective consciousness,” she said. The National Women’s Hall of Fame was founded in 1969 and is the nation’s oldest membership organization and museum dedicated to honoring and celebrating the achievements of distinguished American women, according to its website. In pursuit of its mission of “Showcasing Great Women…Inspiring All,” the National Women’s Hall of Fame honors the women of the past, relates the history of Continued on page A2
SEATTLE (AP) – A lawsuit by a black employee against a federal law enforcement agency claims her career was impacted after she filed a complaint against a white supervisor with a Nazi-themed tattoo. The Seattle Times reported Sunday that the lawsuit says the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives withdrew Cheryl Bishop’s appointment to its Washington, D.C., headquarters after she filed a complaint about Bradford Devlin, a senior supervisor in the bureau’s Seattle division. Devlin says his Nazi tattoo is a ``war trophy’’ from his undercover work with a white-supremacist motorcycle gang in Ohio in the early 2000s. The tattoo and a series of emails sent from Devlin’s ATF account mocking black people and then-President Barack Obama are key elements in Bishop’s lawsuit filed in 2018. A trial is scheduled to begin Oct. 28.
Emmett Till Inquiry
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) – The federal government is still investigating the brutal slaying of black teenager Emmett Till, whose death in 1955 helped spur the civil rights movement. A Justice Department report issued to Congress about civil rights cold case investigations lists Till’s killing as being among the unit’s active cases. The inquiry was reopened two years after a book indicated a key witness had lied. Till was killed hours after he whistled at a white woman. An all-white jury in Mississippi acquitted two white men of murder charges. Relatives of Till say they’re encouraged that the case remains open but they’re anxious for a resolution. The department has closed its review of six other slayings dating from 1940 through 1973 without filing any charges.
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Davis has authored several books, including “Angela Davis: An Autobiography;” Women, Race, and Class;” “Abolition Democracy;” and “The Meaning of Freedom.” (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Correspondent Civil rights icon Angela Davis has earned induction into the National Women’s Hall of Fame. The activist, educator, and former Black Panther earned the honors because of her dedicated work during the civil rights movement and Davis’ continued fight to secure equal rights and social justice for women. “At each significant turning point in my life, when I was introduced to the world of progressive political activism, anti-racist prison abolition struggles, when I myself was on the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted List and ended up spending two years in jail and on trial, when I became involved in many international solidarity efforts, intersectional feminist movements, I’ve always been one of
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SUGAR LAND, Texas (AP) – A Houston-area school district will spend $284,000 for the reburial of remains believed to be 95 African American prisoners hired out during the notorious Texas convict-leasing period. Trustees of the Fort Bend Independent School District on Monday night awarded the reinterment contract to the Missouri City Funeral Directors. The remains were found last year at a school construction site in Sugar Land. District officials later decided not to build on the property that’s believed to be a burial site for inmates contracted out, but not paid, in the decades after the Civil War. Fort Bend County and school officials in July reached an agreement to establish a permanent resting place for the convict laborers as part of a possible memorial and education center.