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Wel c Dee per ome Con tent to O Man Selling Drugs . Pic b s Activist Rosanell Dies at 97 ture Eaton e Online Indicted in r s Mo v ve. A er In Fatal LOverdose aws uit A ds T t D e iscr r alk. lleg a i m c es Preg Live i t n a i Sho ve O nant tion b ffic ppi y Pri Considered a Queen Mother and a leader in the struggle and movement for freedom, justice and equality, Rosanell Eaton proved a true matriarch to many civil rights leaders — especially when it came to the fight against voter suppression.
Eaton died on Saturday, Dec. 8, in her home in Louisburg, North Carolina. She was 97. “Ms. Rosanell Eaton was the 97-year-old matriarch in our four-year successful court fight against voter suppression, from 2013 to 2016,” Rev. Dr. William Barber, the architect of the Forward Together Moral Monday Movement, and president of the North Carolina NAACP, said in a statement early Sunday. “While alive, she stayed focused on the prize of justice for all,” said Barber, who also serves as pastor of the Greenleaf Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Goldsboro and is president of Repairers of the Breach. “She once told me, ‘They think I’m gonna die before this case is over, but I’m not gonna die. I’m fed up and fired up.’” Social media users joined the millions who mourned Eaton. “May her memory be for a blessing,” wrote Jody Drezner Alperin on her Twitter feed. “May she rest in peace and rise in glory,” Anne Hartley wrote on Twitter. “RIP Queen Warrior,” wrote Olga Melendez on Twitter. Said Veronica Wade, “Thank you for your legacy Mother Eaton. Now take your rest.” In a tribute, The New York Times noted that Eaton was “an obscure civil rights pioneer in her younger years, who became a cause célèbre after President Barack Obama cited her courage in his response to a 2015 article in The New York Times Magazine about growing efforts to dismantle the protections of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. “I was inspired to read about unsung American heroes like Rosanell Eaton in Jim Rutenberg’s ‘A Dream Undone: Inside the 50-year campaign to roll back the Voting Rights Act,’ ” Obama wrote in a letter to the editor. “I am where I am today only because men and women like Rosanell Eaton refused to accept anything less than a full measure of equality.” As noted in the Times tribute, a year after the president’s letter, the Supreme Court, in a 4-4 vote, let stand a federal appeals court judgment upholding the lawsuit spearheaded by Ms. Eaton and other plaintiffs. The ruling struck down a North Carolina statute whose provisions “target AfricanAmericans with almost surgical precision” in what the court called an effort to depress black turnout at the polls. One of seven children born on a farm in North Carolina, Eaton attended segregated schools and used
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(courtesy Say riff Yophoto) u s Urg He Wa ngbloo SOMERS POINT, N.J. (AP) – A New Jersey d in Kill g Any s Not Inm ates one to woman has her wedding ring back, nine years after she segregated bathrooms. However, she always counted as an than “Me40 et CEyears, she was a county poll worker on election accidentally flushed it down her toilet. Oa &special registrar commissioner, helping some advocate for voting rights. days, and Fouregister Paula Stanton was sure the diamond-encrusted gold nder The Times noted that in her first act of defiance, when 4,000 people to to vote. of the National Association for the ring was lost forever after she noticed it wasn’t on her she was 21, she went to the Franklin County Courthouse In 1950, she joined Ram finger while she was cleaning her bathroom nearly a in Louisburg. Three white men confronted her there and Advancement of Colored“ NPeople, and for more than 60 p umb age Ta ke racial discrimination, er A Q against demanded to know what she wanted. years participated in protests decade ago. uiet One fros lace m “I’m here to register to vote,” she said. including the 1963 March on PWashington for Jobs and Luckily, a member of Somers Point’s public works They told her that she could register only if she could Freedom. department remembered Stanton mentioning the ring recite from memory the Preamble to the Constitution of During the civil rights turmoil of the 1960s, she and about three years ago. Bey o the United States. It was a common ruse, disguised as a her family were threatened repeatedly by night riders, $10 nce Giv 0 Last month, Ted Gogol was doing maintenance ,0 00 t es Hist literacy test, to turn away black voters. The valedictorian according to federal court papers. o o Sch rically ools work near a manhole about 400 feet from Stanton’s B la ck the crackle of burning of her high school class, she complied without hesitation. She awoke several times to house. He tells the Press of Atlantic City he saw a shiny “We the People of the United States,” she said, “in crosses outside her home. Farm equipment was damaged object sitting the mud. Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, one night, and bullets were fired into a shed and into the It turned out to be Stanton’s ring, and after boiling insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common farmhouse. One struck just below her bedroom window. defense, promote the general Welfare and secure the “In her 90s, Mother Eaton was arrested and taken to it in peroxide and lemon juice, she is wearing it again. Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do jail. She marched in the streets and testified in the courts,” ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States Barber said. “And, she even told Attorney General Eric of America.” Holder to tell his lawyers not to play with our case but to “Well, little lady,” one of the men conceded. “You did fight.” it.” “God bless [Eaton],” said NNPA President and She registered and cast her ballot that year, 1942, CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., who was a close friend becoming one of the state’s first black voters since of Eaton’s. “The struggle and movement for freedom, Reconstruction. justice and equality continues,” he said. “Matriarch Queen She voted in nearly every election thereafter. For more Mother Leader Rosanell Eaton … rest in peace.”
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Bass Elected Chairperson of Congressional Black Caucus By Brandon I. Brooks Managing Editor Los Angeles Sentinel (Kimberlee Buck also contributed to this article.) In 2008, Congresswoman Karen Bass made history after being elected as the first ever African American woman to become Speaker of any state legislature. Since then, Bass has continued to represent the 37th congressional district of California by being an active voice for criminal justice reform, fighting for America’s foster care system, and strengthening the United States ties with Africa. Now Bass will have the opportunity to continue making change in her new role as the chair of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC). Bass’ colleagues from the DNC, CBC as well as local and religious leaders extended their warmest congratulations on her latest feat. “[I am] truly excited to see the energy and determination Karen Bass will bring to her role as chair of the Congressional Black Caucus,” said minority leader of the United States House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi. DNC chair Tom Perez says he “couldn’t be happier to call Congresswoman Karen Bass the next chair” of the CBC. “From fighting for criminal justice reform and child welfare to affordable health care and a stronger economy for all, Karen has devoted her life to serving California families and African American communities across the country,” he said. Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, II referred to Congresswoman Bass a “trailblazer.” “I am delighted that Congresswoman Karen Bass has been elected to lead the Congressional Black Caucus for the 116th Congress. Rep. Bass has been a trailblazer and a true advocate for issues concerning people of color. I am certain that her leadership will continue to move the CBC ahead and I look forward to working with her,” he said. Councilman Marqueece Harris-Dawson told the LA Sentinel: “We are proud to share our leader, Karen Bass, with the rest of the country. I am eager to see the largest Congressional Black Caucus make great strides under her leadership.” LA City Council President Herb Wesson, who is also a longtime friend of Bass, congratulated her in a Twitter post: “Congratulations @RepKarenBass on being elected chair of the @OfficialCBC! It’s been an honor to have you as a friend, colleague and representative. The Congressional Black Caucus is in good hands.” Pastor J. Edgar Boyd who is the senior minister at First AME Church of Los Angeles calls Bass “a true champion.” “Karen Bass has become a true champion for causes which impact the lives of people living within her district, across California and even beyond the borders of the US. True courage is seen in her fight to ensure the rights and opportu
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Congresswoman Karen Bass speaks at Lost Boys and Girls Advocacy Day. (courtesy photo) nities of children, working parents, seniors, veterans, and the LGBT community; while yet promoting measures to ensure civil justice, human safety, and civility at our borders. Her leadership at the helm of the CBC will provide dividends well into the future,” he said. Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas mentioned that he can think of no one better than Karen Bass to lead the CBC. “With 55 members, the Caucus is larger than it has ever been, and well-positioned to advance a progressive agenda. I look forward to hearing more about that agenda when Rep. Bass delivers the keynote speech at this year’s Empowerment Congress, to be held January 19th at Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science,” he said. Senator Holly Mitchell who has worked with Bass in the past described how Bass’ leadership will influence the CBC. “Someone with her experience in terms of managing budgets the size of California and managing budget crises the size of California and to have been a leader of one of the most powerful state legislatures in the country…all of that experience with her national contacts that she will bring to her role as chair will be hugely beneficial to the caucus as a whole. I am excited for her and I am excited for the future of the caucus,” she said. Bass, who is the eighth woman to hold this position, will replace outgoing chair Cedric Richmond. Other members of Congress who were also elected include: Congresswoman Joyce Beatty (D-OH-03), first vice chair; Congresswoman Brenda Lawrence (D-MI-14), second vice chair; Congressman Hank Johnson (D-GA-04), secretary; Congressman A. Donald McEachin (D-VA-04), Whip; and Congressman-elect Steven Horsford (D-NV-04), Parliamentarian. “From her days in the California General Assembly where she became the first African American woman in U.S. history to lead a state legislative body, to her work in
Congress to address both domestic and international issues affecting people of African descent, Congresswoman Bass has demonstrated tried and true leadership,” said Richmond in a statement. “There’s much work to be done next Congress to ensure equality and justice for African Americans and other marginalized communities, and I am confident Congresswoman Bass will continue to provide strong leadership in this regard.” Bass and the newly elected members of the CBC executive committee will take office on the first day of the 116th Congress. In the meantime, the LA Sentinel spoke with Congresswoman Bass to discuss her vision for the CBC as well as the things she hopes to tackle in this position. “Well one of the main things that I hope to accomplish in the two years that I’ll be able to serve in this capacity is to really elevate the accomplishments of individual members of the Congressional Black Caucus,” said Bass. “We have a President who is openly hostile and hateful when it comes to African Americans and immigrants and people of color in general. What he has done behind the scenes in attempting to dismantle 60 to 70 years of gains that we have made in the Civil Rights Movement through various levels of activism through legislative accomplishments. He is quietly dismantling a lot of those accomplishments and I want to see that stopped.” Bass goes on to say the Trump administration is the most corrupt administration she has ever seen in her life and that the CBC will be at the “forefront of that fight” holding them accountable for their actions. Aside from new role in the CBC, Bass will also be the chair of the subcommittee on Africa. “What I really want to do there is begin to change the Continued on page A5
Funeral for ‘Baby Jane Doe’ Found Near CA Highway
CORONA, Calif. (AP) – Dozens of people bearing flowers or stuffed animals attended a funeral for a newborn girl found dead last summer along a Southern California highway. Authorities in Riverside County continue to investigate the death of the baby whose identity remains a mystery. The service on Thursday was organized in part by police officers and firefighters, the Press-Enterprise reported. Jon Castillo, a Corona police chaplain, led the about 70 people in prayer near the tiny, flower-draped casket. “Every person who walks the planet is born in God’s image, and she had inherent value and worth,’’ Castillo said. The girl known as “Baby Jane Doe’’ was discovered on July 27 in a cardboard box near Interstate 15 in Corona, east of Los Angeles. She was wrapped in a t-shirt with stripes and a floral pattern. Monica Montejano was among those who said they felt compelled to show respect for the child. “I would have held her,’’ Montejano told the newspaper. “I would have loved her.’’ Lorena Palacios placed a pair of miniature Christmas trees by the casket. She bought one at a grocery store and the other was purchased by a store employee who wanted to contribute. “It’s December, it’s Christmas. I have three kids. Every kid wants a tree,’’ Palacios said. The coroner has been unable to identify potential family members through DNA. Officials said detectives are asking for the public’s help during the ongoing investigation. Authorities also emphasized that Corona offers several sites – including police stations, fire stations and hospitals – where parents can give up an infant within 72 hours of birth with no questions asked.
Pelosi Foes Seek Term Limits
WASHINGTON (AP) – Democrats who have opposed Nancy Pelosi’s effort to become speaker next year want her to commit to limiting how long lawmakers could serve as House party leaders or committee chairs, people familiar with the discussions said Monday. Should Pelosi, D-Calif., and her foes reach agreement, it could move her toward the support she’ll need when the new House convenes Jan. 3 and votes on its new speaker. So far, she’s encountered a small bloc of Democrats saying they oppose her, in part because they want Pelosi and other long-serving leaders to step aside and give younger lawmakers room to advance. Negotiations were still underway and it was unclear when an agreement might be reached, said several Democrats who spoke on condition of anonymity to describe private conversations. A spokesman for Pelosi, who currently is House minority leader, declined to comment. A term-limit deal could run into opposition by senior Democrats and some members of the Congressional Black Caucus, many of whom are from safe Democratic districts and can accrue years of seniority. The changes would have to be approved by a vote of House Democrats, and then by the full House.