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SHIRLEY WEBER INTRODUCES “REPARATIONS” BILL
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List of BLACK COMIX SUNDAY – see page 12
ENDORSEMENT & VOTERS GUIDE – see page 9
NLOB ZOO EXCURSION – see page 12
FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR,
Charlotta Spears Bass
GENTRIFICATION IS MORE A CURSE THAN A BLESSING
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California Newspaper Publisher and Activist
According to a March 2019 study by the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC), more than 135,000 Black and Hispanics around the nation were displaced between 2000 and 2012. Gentrification and displacement of long-time residents were most intense from 2000 to 2013 in the nation’s biggest cities, and rare in most other places, according to the study. During those years, gentrification was concentrated in larger cities with vibrant economies but also appeared in smaller cities where it often impacted areas with the most amenities near central business districts.
“Win or Lose, we win by raising the issues.”
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent
From a dowdy provincial city in the 1980s, Philadelphia has become a world-class urban center through gentrification – primarily through landmark architecture that now sets the city center and University City, apart. Photo credit: The Black Voice Foundation Footsteps to Freedom Tour and Collection
“Over 50, and retirees, are moving back from the suburbs where they raised their
Philadelphia, PA, USA – March 6, 2018: Community members, activists and students protest the then proposed $130 million, 30,000-seat stadium on Temple University’s campus in North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo: iStockphoto / NNPA)
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By California Black Media Assemblymember Shirley Weber (D-San Diego), chair of the California Legislative Black Caucus, has introduced, a new bill, AB 3121. It calls for setting up a task force to study and develop reparation proposals for African Americans. “Existing law,” the language of the legislation reads, “requests the Regents of the University of California to assemble a colloquium of scholars to draft a research proposal to analyze the economic benefits of slavery that accrued to owners and the businesses, including insurance companies and their subsidiaries.” AB 3121 requires eight members appointed to the task force. The proposal would empower the group to “identify, compile, and synthesize the relevant corpus of evidentiary documentation of the institution of slavery that existed within the United States and the colonies,” the language goes on. “ The bill would require the Task Force to recommend, among other things, the form of compensation that should be awarded, the instrumentalities through which it should be awarded, and who should be eligible for this compensation.” Other members of the CLBC are co authors of AB 3121, including Senators Steven Bradford (D-Los Angeles) and Holly J. Mitchell (D-Los Angeles); Assemblymembers include Autumn Burke (D-South Bay, Los Angeles), Jim Cooper (D-Sacramento), Mike Gipson (D-Carson), Chris R. Holden (D-Pasadena), Reginald Jones-Sawyer (D-Los Angeles), Sydney Kamlager (D-Los Angeles), and Kevin McCarty (D-Sacramento). The Assembly has not yet assigned the bill to a policy committee for review.
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JULIANNE MALVEAUX KEYNOTES UC SAN DIEGO’S
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60 YEARS AGO:
BLACK HISTORY MONTH SCHOLARSHIP BRUNCH
STUDENTS LAUNCHED
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Malveaux Recounts the History of African Americans & The Vote, 4 UC San Diego Students receive scholarships. By Vayanamu Bawa Contributing Writer
Community members braved the Saturday morning rain to gather in celebration at the 18th Annual UC San Diego Black History Month Scholarship Brunch. The celebration, held at the UC campus, focused on academic excellence. African-American author, economist, social and political commentator Dr. Julianne Malveaux provided the keynote address around the theme of the day, which was African Americans and the vote. Malveaux, who later met with a small group of UC San Diego students for a brief Q&A, spoke on the concept of economic envy and the multiple hurdles that African American
Unidentified sit-in demonstration. Photo: New Journal and Guide Archives Author, economist, social and political commentator Dr. Julianne Malveaux at UC San Diego Sat., February 22, 2020
communities have faced since getting the right to vote. During the Reconstruction Era, she said, Black people began to accumulate wealth, yet white violence and aggression increased in response. She recounted various See BRUNCH page 10
By Dr. Kelton Edmonds NNPA Contributor
The students of the Civil Rights era suddenly possessed a new weapon, the mass sit-in, which would be used around the country in various forms. The sit-ins, combined with the freedom rides, led to black students establishing their unique value and niche to the larger Civil Rights Movement. Black students understood See MOVEMENT page 5