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Brown v. Board of Education Program. The Rev. K.B. Martin directs a question to the panel during the program sponsored by the Augusta Branch NAACP on Friday, May 17, 2013. The program included presentations from local attorneys, educators, judges and educators and provided an in-depth look at the landmark Supreme Court ruling that marked the end of legalized racial segregation in public schools. Photo by Vincent Hobbs

Triple homicide victims from same family

By Vincent Hobbs Special to UrbanProWeekly Robyn Jones was planning on sharing wedding vows with the love of her life and embarking on the adventure of matrimony over Memorial Day weekend. But the unthinkable happened. Instead of wedding cake and bouquets, laughter and cheer, she must now deal with the heart-breaking loss of both parents and a beloved brother.

The gruesome discovery of three charred bodies in a deserted, wooded area in south Richmond County came on Tuesday after a janitor at Deer Chase Elementary School called to report a brush fire around noon. When firefighters arrived, they discovered the bodies of two men and one woman.

Media reporting on the discovery of the bodies resulted in a call to the police by Steven Jones to do a wellness check on his parents, whom he had not heard from since Monday. This led police to discover a secondary crime scene at the family home on Pinnacle Place Drive – a home owned by Roosevelt and Edna Jones, both retired

educators. Neighbors stated that the couple and their son Russell had not been seen all day Tuesday.

The Joneses, a well-respected and successful family in the community, is made up of the parents, Roosevelt and Edna, and five siblings – Russell, Randy, Steven, Robyn and Ryan. Before he retired from a career in education, Roosevelt taught biology at Paine College and instructed students at Tutt Middle School until 2008.

Edna spent almost 30 years in the Richmond County school system as an elementary school teacher, with several of those years spent teaching pupils at Jamestown Elementary in Ryan David Jones is charged Hephzibah. with the murder of his Russell, the son whose parents and brother. burned remains were also found, was a local rapper with sources tried to connect considerable verbalizing skills Russell’s rap career to the who had just released a single, crime perpetrated against him “OG” and was working on a and his parents but there is no mixtape of his music. Going evidence that would support by the stage name ‘RuJo Trill’, such accusations. One source Russell had a YouTube video of who knew Russell personally “OG” with almost 6000 views said that “he was a church boy”.

The Joneses had strong affiliat the time of this writing. The young student/rapper was due ations to the religious commuto graduate from Fort Valley nity and Roosevelt and Edna had been members of Augusta State in 2015.

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since its inception over 40 years ago. The Joneses raised their children in the church, and one former church member said, “They were sweet people.

Everybody is really shocked about this tragedy”.

Senior Pastor Roy Myles fondly remembers the family. “They were the best members…if there was any such thing as perfect members, they fit the description. Both were strong prayer warriors”.

“Church members are devastated,” Myles said. “Roosevelt and Edna made sacrifices for their children, putting them through college. They were good Christian folk, morally upright. It’s been devastating for everybody.”

Dr. Ardena S. Johnson, a former co-director of the Youth Department at ADEC, knew the family well. “The Joneses were warm and caring. They had a desire to see young people succeed in life,” she expressed.

“Deacon Roosevelt and Sister Edna were an encouragement to my family.”

Roosevelt and Edna made sure their children attended youth ministry activities at the church.

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tragedy is that a family member, son Ryan David Jones, is being held at the Law Enforcement Center as the prime suspect in the triple murder of his parents and brother, according to police. Originally held as a person of interest, the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office officially charged Ryan with three counts of murder and ‘possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime’ on Thursday afternoon.

Jones is alleged to have shot all three victims at the family residence and then transported their bodies to the woods in south Richmond County for disposal by fire.

According to a police statement, after obtaining search warrants for the residence and reviewing the scene, Violent Crimes investigators determined that multiple murders had occurred within the family residence. Crime Scene investigators, who had processed the original crime scene, viewed photographs of the family located within the residence and found that the bodies discovered earlier in the woods had the same appearances of Roosevelt, Russell, and Edna Jones.

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Mobility won’t go quietly; bus company sues to keep contract

By Frederick Benjamin Sr. UrbanProWeekly Staff Writer AUGUSTA Augusta-Richmond County is being sued again by local attorney Robert Mullins. Mullins was the attorney who sued the county for its minority business initiative in 2006.

This time, Mullins is representing Mobility Transit, the embattled transportation firm to which the city outsourced its bus services in June 2011.

The suit was filed on Monday, May 20 in federal court in Augusta.

Mobility came under fire from some commissioners almost from the start because of its personnel practices and problems with vendors.

Commissioner Bill Lockett was

among those commissioners who had begun to gather documents and anecdotal information from current and past Mobility employees. This information has been read into the public record on numerous occasions. It was an effort to demonstrate that Mobility had been violation of its contract almost from the very beginning.

By February, 2013, the mood of the commission had turned against Mobility. Asserting that it wanted to expand bus services beyond its current level, the commission decided to give Mobility a 90-day notice of termination and moved to rebid the contract. Mobility, however, was not prevented from participating in the new RFP.

Mobility wants to keep that rebid from happening. Mullins has made a name for himself by identifying shortcomings in the county’s procurement process. Not surprisingly, the procurement process is at the center of Mobility’s complaint against the county.

Mobility is alleging that there were irregularities in the city’s procurement process as well as in its way of conducting business. The lawsuit alleges that the commissioners broke state open meetings law by deciding behind closed doors to terminate Mobility.

Mobility would like for a judge to set aside the “improper termination of Mobility’s Contract.”

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commissioners seem doubtful that the Mobility claims will hold up in court.

“The Mobility lawsuit is baseless, ludicrous, has no merit,” Commissioner Bill Lockett said. “The information that was disseminated to the media about Mobility was correct.” Augusta is not the only place where Mobility is in trouble, Lockett said.

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Former Gov. Roy Barnes (R) and State Rep. Tyrone Brooks (D-Atlanta) on their way to a federal court in Atlanta where Brooks pleaded “not guilty” to a 30-count indictment. Photo Atlanta Journal Constitution

A day after he pleaded not guilty before a judge, Atlanta State Representative Tyrone Brooks met with the media — through his attorney, former Georgia Governor Roy Barnes.

Barnes who is representing Brooks pro bono told reporters at his Marietta law office that Brooks might have been in need of an accountant, but did not break the law.

Last week, the grand jury in Atlanta handed up a 30-count indictment that alleged Brooks over nearly two decades funnelled almost $1 million in donations to the charities into his personal accounts and used the funds to pay expenses such as home repair, lawn service, credit card bills and entertainment.

Barnes said Brooks was reimbursed for expenses from both organizations instead of drawing a salary.

“What he should have done was set up a salary for his full-time work, a very modest salary, and if he had done that we would not be here today,” he said.

Brooks in fight of his life

By Mathew Charles Cardinale (APN) ATLANTA State Rep. Tyrone Brooks (D-Atlanta), a long-time champion of progressive causes and veteran of the Civil Rights Movement, has been indicted for misuse of charitable funds in connection with the Georgia Association for Black Elected Officials (GABEO), and what is described as a “sister organization” of GABEO, Universal Humanities.

“This is a disappointing day.

Representative Brooks has done much good in his life, both as a state legislator and civil rights leader. But the indictment charges that over many years, Representative Brooks misappropriated nearly $1 million in charitable donations intended to provide literacy training in underserved communities, and from GABEO—the organization for which he has served as president since 1993. Sadly, by diverting these funds to his own use, Representative Brooks deprived those most in need of critical assistance,” the US Attorney’s Office said in a statement.

The indictment charges some thirty counts of mail, wire, and tax fraud.

The mail and wire fraud charges carry a maximum sentence of twenty years in prison and a fine of up to 250,000 dollars. The tax charges carry a maximum sentence of three years and a fine of up to 100,000 dollars.

The sentences imposed may not approach the statutory maximum sentences, the US Attorney’s Office noted, as the court would consider the United States Sentencing Guidelines, if Brooks were to be convicted.

Rep. Brooks, when reached by phone, told Atlanta Progressive News he will be holding a press conference with former Gov. Roy Barnes (D), who is providing legal representation for Brooks, this Thursday afternoon, at Barnes’s law office in Marietta.

GABEO is a statewide organization for Black elected officials that holds numerous conferences across the state each year; hosts regular press conferences; and has participated in dozens, if not hundreds, of advocacy efforts, including, most notably, the annual Moore’s Ford Bridge reenactment.

GABEO was formed in 1970, and Brooks served as President of GABEO since 1993.

Universal Humanities was incorporated in Georgia in 1990 and is a federally tax exempt organization.

According to its website, Brooks serves as President.

Activist Joe Beasley, another veteran of the Civil Rights Movement who serves as Southeast Regional Director of Rainbow PUSH Coalition, is listed as Vice Chair, but tells APN that he had no knowledge ot if.

“Evidently this is something Mr. Brooks has knowledge of. I have no knowledge of the works of Universal Humanities. I never attended a meeting. I have no information that would benefit you or anybody else,” Beasley said.

“I heard of Universal Humanities years ago, I heard Tyrone talk about it. As far as what Universal Humanities is doing or has done, I have no knowledge,” Beasley said.

“This a very serious accusation.

There’s nothing I could add that could be productive to the discussion... it’s very tragic in many ways,” Beasley said.

Brooks began his career in public service at the age of fifteen when he began working as a volunteer with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). He was hired by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on a full-time basis in 1967; and during his nineteen years with the organization, he held five full-time and several volunteer positions, according to the GABEO website.

According to the GABEO website, Brooks has been arrested and jailed

65 times for civil disobedience in the course of protests and demonstrations, and for other civil rights work.

“Members of the public are reminded that the indictment contains only allegations. A defendant is presumed innocent of the charges and it will be the government’s burden to prove a defendant’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt at trial,” US Attorney’s Office also emphasized.

The indictment, United States of America v. Tyrone Brooks, Sr., a copy of which was obtained by APN, alleges Brooks misappropriated funds from both organizations.

Universal Humanities Allegations As for Universal Humanities (UH), the indictment charges that Brooks “knowingly and willfully devised and intended to devise a scheme and artifice to defraud and obtain money and property from donors and intended beneficiaries of Universal Humanities, purportedly a charitable organization, by means of materially false and fraudulent pretenses, representations and promises, that is, BROOKS solicited and obtained monetary donations from companies and individuals by falsely representing that the funds would be used by Universal Humanities for charitable purposes, when, in fact, BROOKS diverted donations for his personal use without the donors’ knowledge and consent.”

The indictment states none of the purported members of the Board of Directors knew they were members, and that some had never heard of UH. This is consistent with Mr. Beasley’s statements to APN about his purported role as Vice Chair of UH. Brooks transferred some $780,000 into his personal account, then spent most, if not all, of the money on a variety of personal expenses, the indictment alleges.

In October 2010, Brooks filed a Form

990 for three back years for UH, with the IRS, in an effort to regain the organization’s lapsed tax exempt status.

Brooks claimed total expenses of 8,900 dollars for UH each year. The forms were rejected due to missing pages.

One year later, Brooks filed an amended form that, instead, falsely claimed nearly 200,000 dollars in expenses for UH for the same tax years for printing, publications, charitable donations, commemorative events, fundraising, and conferences, according to the indictment.

GABEO’s Board of Directors, meanwhile was unaware of Brooks’s representations relating to GABEO and its partnership with UH. GABEO Allegations Meanwhile, the indictment makes similar allegations regarding Brooks in relation to GABEO. At the time Brooks became President of GABEO, the organization already had a bank account, but he soon opened a second bank account for GABEO without knowledge or consent of the Board, with his PO Box as the address, and himself as the only signatory on the account, according to the indictment.

He then went on to deposit various GABEO revenue, including membership dues and donations, into the second account, and converted the funds for personal expenditures, according to the indictment.

Members of GABEO’s Board noted the perceived loss of corporate contributions to GABEO after Brooks opened the second account; however, the contributions were, in fact, being made, but without Board knowledge, according to the indictment.

Brooks also took out two bank loans on behalf of GABEO, but without the knowledge or consent of its Board, and then spent much of the funding on personal expenses, according to the indictment.

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Mrs. Bland serves as a member of the SRP Federal Credit Union (Aiken, SC) Board of Directors. She serves on the Richmond/Burke County Workforce Investment Board. She graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering (1984) and has a Masters of Project Management from Keller Graduate School of Management (2009).

Citizens Police Academy grads ready for advisory role

Hattie Sullivan (right), administrative assistant to Sheriff Roundtree, poses with her graduation certficate from the RCSO Citizen’s Police Academy following graduation ceremonies held at The Foundation Club. The program graduated fifteen students who participated in training that included instruction in criminal investigations, burglary task force, narcotics division, traffic enforcement, and firing range.

Photo by Vincent Hobbs The course included a comprehensive and ambitious course syllabus and will cover everything from Professional Standards, Community Policing, Crime Scene & Evidence Processing, and Special Operations to Firing Range and Practical shooting.

In order to participate in a Citizens Police Academy & ride-along program, an applicant must successfully complete a background check, release Augusta-Richmond County & the Sheriff’s Office of any liability claims, successfully complete security and integrity training, be 21 years of age or older, and a legal resident of the United States and the State of Georgia. Priority will be given to citizens of Richmond County.

For additional information or to sign up for a future class, contact Veronica Freeman with the Community Services Division at 706-2610436.

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AUGUSTA On Tuesday, 15 Augustans became the first graduating class of the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office Citizens Police Academy.

The graduates of this inaugural class included Maci Brinson, Marisa Barnes, David Dunagan, Veronica Freeman, L.A. Green, Larry Jones, Natasha McFarley, Ernest Muhammad, Lenzell Ponder, Sammy Sias, R.T. Smith Jr., Hattie Sullivan, Brian Tucker, Daniel Weigle and Adrian Wright.

Twelve of the 15 will serve as the Sheriff’s Citizens Advisory Council. The board will meet once a month and provide community feedback on policy changes.

The graduation ceremony at The Foundation Club on Azalea Drive, marked the conclusion of a 12-week intensive course which aims to provide residents with a better understanding of the structure and methods of the RCSO. The students spent time with each division of the sheriff’s office.

The event was orchestrated by Captain Wendy George, leader of the Sheriff’s Community Services Division. Sheriff Richard Roundtree said that the course, the first of its kind for Richmond County, was especially designed for Richmond County and it would permit the participants to understand what the sheriff’s office does and why.

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Class members of the RCSO Citizen’s Police Academy listen to a speech during the graduation ceremony for the students. The program graduated fifteen students who participated in training enforcement, and firing range. Photo by Vincent Hobbs

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION CATHOLIC SCHOOL IS CELEBRATING 100 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION “The Legacy Continues”

Join us for the Centennial Celebration Weekend (May 24th – May 26th 2013)  Alumni Meet, Greet, and Eat/ “Old School Style” with D.J. May 24, 2013 (7:00 – 11:00) IC School located at 811 Telfair St. (BYOB)  Tour of Immaculate Conception School – May 25th (10:00 am – 12:00 noon)  Cruising on the Savannah River – May 25, 2013 at 1:00 pm $7.00 per person. Limited seating.  Centennial Banquet – May 25, 2013 at 7:00 pm (Entertainment Provided) Augusta Marriott Hotel located at 2 10th Street Keynote Speaker: Bishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Tickets: $50.00 each (Tickets must be paid for in advance by May 17th)  Centennial Celebration Mass - May 26, 2013 at 8:00 am Church of the Most Holy Trinity located at 720 Telfair Street  Reception Immediately Following Mass in St. Patrick Hall (Light refreshments will be served) Banquet Tickets are available at Immaculate Conception School. For additional details and ticket information, call (706) 722-9964, (706) 589-6112 or (706) 399-0360.

The Alumni Association is challenging all IC alumns and the local community to contribute $1.00 for each year that the school has been in existence. Contributions are tax deductible and will benefit scholarships. Checks or money orders should be made payable to Immaculate Conception School Centennial Giving Campaign. Payments may be made at the school or mailed to the school at 811 Telfair Street, Augusta, Ga. 30901. Our paypal account is available on the home page at www.mostholytrinity.org. Thanks for your support.

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DR. WHO? Augusta artist Xavier Jones puts the finishing touches on a T-shirt airbrush design at his studio. Jones, who worked on the project for four hours, produced an airbrushed portrait of “Dr. Who”, a popular sci-fi television character. Photo by Vincent Hobbs

Let’s Move Family Fun Day “Lets Move Family Fun Day” will he held on Saturday June 8 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the May Park Community Center.

The event has been inspired by the First Lady Michelle Obama’s initiative.

Stage & Activities Schedule •A.R.T.S.: 11:05 - 11:25 a.m.

•Zumba Demo: 11:30 - 11:45 a.m.

•Augusta Mini Theater: 11:50 - 12:10 p.m.

•Aerobics: 12:15 - 12:30 p.m.

•Dance Extreme: 12:40 - 12:55 •Gloria Hamilton Personal Trainer: 1 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.

•GRU Cheerleaders (with Alley Cat the Mascot): 1:30 - 1:35 p.m.

•Karate Demo: 1:40 p.m. - 1:55 p.m.

Others Events •Black Girls Run Fun Run: 10:30 •Ameri-Group-Hoola Hoop Contest: 12 pm •Real Girl Rock Unity: 12:30- musical chairs •Dads In Action, Father Sun Relay Race :1 p.m.

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will celebrate its 83rd Church Anniversary at 3p.m. on Sunday, May 26, 2013.

The guest speaker will be Dr. Reginald D. Jones of Sharon Baptist Church of Augusta.

Mount Vernon Baptist Church is located at 1930 Olive Road, Augusta, Ga.

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The music starts at 8 p.m. - $6.00 admission (kids under 13 admitted free).

The Candlelight Jazz Concert Series, sponsored by City of Augusta Special Events, Metro Spirit, Dapper & Company, and 96.3 KISS FM, begins in May and continues through Labor Day Weekend. Bring your own seating and picnic for an evening of great music under the stars at the Riverwalk in downtown Augusta. For season calendar access gardencityjazz.com.

Dentists for Della named best new organization AUGUSTA Dentists for Della, a student-operated service organization in the College of Dental Medicine at Georgia Regents University, has received the Horizon Award for being the university’s best new student organization.

The organization began less than two years ago as a service initiative to provide oral hygiene to residents of Georgia War Veterans Nursing Home in Augusta. Each month, 20 to 40 dental students provide basic oral hygiene and denture care to nursing home residents, and the program was recently expanded to include free weekly basic dental treatment.

The Horizon Award is presented to a new student organization that has demonstrated excellence in programming, leadership, and overall organization enthusiasm during its first years. Organizations must be chartered for no more than two academic years to qualify.

“Dentists for Della started as a monthly program that provided only oral hygiene, but it has blossomed into a program where we raise money to provide free dental treatment to the veterans,” said Dr. Katharine Ciarrocca, Faculty Advisor for Dentists for Della and Assistant Professor in the Department of Diagnostic Sciences at GRU. “After the students spent time there, they wanted to do more for the residents, but didn’t want them to have to pay. It’s a program that dental students in all four years can participate in at some level. We’ve recently had some dental hygiene students ask to be involved as well.”

In January, the college started a new weekly rotation where basic dental treatment is provided to the nursing home residents at no cost. During the Spring semester, dental students provided nearly $5,700 worth of free dental treatment.

The Dentists for Della program is named in honor of the late Dr. Victor DellaGuistina, a founding faculty member of the College of Dental Medicine and community dentist who was committed to improving access to dental care for Georgia residents. Dentists for Della was created by former dental students Chris DeLeon, Ryan Fulchi, Ross Levine, and William Bennett. Monthly visits to GWVNH began in January 2010.

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Tabernacle Baptist to host Kingdom Living Conference AUGUSTA Tabernacle Baptist Church will host its annual Kingdom Living Conference “Breaking Beyond Boundaries,” May 29- June 1, 2013. The conference is an all-inclusive event for each member of the family. The conference theme “Breaking Beyond Boundaries.” The conference is designed to help families’ triumph over the things that bind them whether spiritually, emotionally or physically. The conference will be held at Tabernacle Baptist Church and registration for the Kingdom Living Conference is open to all.

“Families are important to the strength of our communities and at Tabernacle Baptist Church, we believe in encouraging, edifying and empowering the families,” said Rev. Olivia Dorsey Tate, coordinator of the

Kingdom Living Conference.

The conference will begin with “Youth WILD Worship Service” on Wednesday, May 29 at 7:00 p.m.

“Youth WILD Worship Service” is a service that is run by the youth, for the youth. It is creative, fun and even Wild. Join youth in the Tabernacle Baptist Church – Family Life Center.

On Thursday, May 30, Rev. Dr. E Dewey Smith of The Greater Travelers Rest Baptist Church in Decatur, Ga. at 7:00 p.m. This service will take place in the sanctuary located inside Tabernacle Baptist Church.

The conference will continue through the weekend to include “Family Fun Night” on Friday, May 31 from 6:00 -8:00 p.m. at Adventure Crossing. To join in the excitement of “Family Fun Night” registration is $15

per family member. This rate is only for individuals registered with the Kingdom Living Conference.

The final conference session will be Saturday, June 1 at 9:00 a.m. featuring a group of dynamic speakers including Rev. Dr. Charles E. Goodman, Jr., senior pastor/teacher of Tabernacle Baptist Church, Pastor Tejado and Lady Victoria Hanchell, of Mount Calvary Holy Church in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Minister Patrick Outler of Carpentersville Baptist Church in North Augusta, South Carolina and Pastor Jordan Johnson of Vision Ministries International in Augusta, Ga. Conference registration/check-in will begin at 8:15 a.m. on Saturday, June 1 in the Tabernacle Family Life Center. Join us on each conference

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Obama’s Morehouse Commencement Speech: Welcome to the Brotherhood

By Nicolas B. Aziz Manchester Business School Student In February, I was graced via Twitter with the news that President Barack Obama would be my illustrious alma mater’s commencement speaker this year. And as an alumnus who graduated just one year ago, and had seen the years worth of efforts to bring him to the institution firsthand, I was instantly overcome with excitement at the culmination of this dream finally realized.

As I streamed the ceremony in my University of Manchester room over 4,000 miles away, the pride that I held in my heart was indescribable.

Watching President Obama adorn my alma mater’s colors as he addressed a sea of African-American men and their families was undoubtedly one of the most beautiful occurrences my eyes have ever seen.

He began the speech with several clever remarks, including one that provided comic relief to the thousands in attendance who had been getting drenched by the rain for over three hours.

“I also have to say that you all are going to get wet,” Obama said. “I’d be out there with you if I could, but Secret Service gets nervous.”

His speech then became very candid and personal. His words showed not only a dedication to and appreciation for the African-American community, but also for the unique legacy of Morehouse.

His references to Morehouse

specific characteristics such as Dr. Tobe Johnson’s political science course, Crown Forum credits and the graduation clearance list in Gloster Hall, brought an instant smile to my face. This recognition of the distinctive Morehouse culture shined bright throughout his entire speech.

“Graduates, I am humbled to stand here with all of you as an honorary Morehouse Man,” he said. “And as I do, I’m mindful of an old saying: ‘You can always tell a Morehouse Man, but you can’t tell him much.’”

Obama impeccably and eloquently made the connection between the role Morehouse has played in shaping today’s world and the role it will play

in shaping the future. His numerous references to past president of the college, Dr. Benjamin Elijah Mays, and prominent alumni such as Dr. Martin Luther King, Spike Lee and Maynard Jackson clearly displayed his understanding of the impact the institution has had.

“And over the last 50 years, thanks to the moral force of Dr. [Martin Luther] King...barriers have come tumbling down,” Obama said. “Laws, hearts and minds have been changed to the point where someone who looks just like you can somehow come to serve as President of these United States of America.”

While the president’s empathy towards the African-American

community has sometimes been questioned, this speech explicitly answered any doubters. His abundant use of the words “brothers” and “we” appropriately portrayed his connection to and adoration for the 536 African-American male graduates he was speaking to.

Obama pointed to specific problems that are rampant within the AfricanAmerican community such as poverty, fatherless households and educational deficiencies. He showed the world that he recognizes that these issues plague this demographic in America, and that Morehouse College graduates will play a very pivotal role in solving them.

“There are some things as Morehouse Men that you are obliged to do for those still left behind,” he said. “As Morehouse Men you now wield something even more powerful than your diploma you are about to collect, and that’s the power of your example. “ To my 536 brothers that crossed the stage, congratulations and welcome to the ranks of alumni: I urge you to remember the lessons learned during your years at Morehouse and the charge that our institution, and now President Barack Obama, has given us.

To President Obama: thank you for serving as an everyday example of African-American male potential along with your remarkable commencement speech, and welcome to the most unique brotherhood on the face of this earth.

Charges could cloud legislator’s legacy

By Aaron Gould Sheinin and Shannan McCaffrey The Atlanta Journal-Constitution A day after a federal grand jury indicted him on accusations of stealing from charitable groups, Tyrone Brooks was on the picket line Friday outside an Atlanta Piggly Wiggly.

The longtime state legislator was doing what he’s done for decades: fighting a perceived injustice.

At the Georgia Capitol, the 67-yearold Brooks is among last remaining links to the bygone civil rights era of the 1960s. Brooks was just 15 when he volunteered for Martin Luther King Jr.’s Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and he’s been a warrior for the cause ever since.

But the 30-count federal indictment handed down Thursday paints a different picture.

Prosecutors say Brooks bilked charitable groups, including one he’d set up to do things like combat illiteracy among underprivileged kids, over a 17-year period. Prosecutors say

State Representative Tyrone Brooks: The Atlanta Democrat has long been a thorn in the side of this state’s political establishment.

Brooks funneled nearly $1 million in donations to personal accounts and used them to pay for expenses like home repair, dry cleaning and entertainment. He was charged with wire

fraud, mail fraud and tax fraud.

Brooks plans to address the charges Thursday at Moore’s Ford Bridge in Walton County, the site of an unsolved lynching and one stoked with civil rights symbolism. Brooks has said his work to bring the killers to justice has uncovered evidence that the FBI might have been involved in the 1946 killing of two black couples and that the federal investigation that led to his indictment was retribution.

Brooks told The Atlanta JournalConstitution on Friday that his life had been dedicated to service.

“I have given more than I have ever received,” Brooks said. “And I have done everything to make this a better world for all of us. I have done everything but die. I have done everything but die to make this a better world for all of us.”

But even friends glumly acknowledge Brooks’ many accomplishments could be eclipsed by the federal charges “It’s sad, but unfortunately his reputation will suffer,” said Bob Holmes, a

former Democratic state legislator and political consultant in Atlanta. “Bill Clinton isn’t remembered for balancing the budget, he’s remembered for Monica Lewinsky.”

This isn’t the first time Brooks has faced questions about his finances.

In the late 1980s, Brooks, then a state lawmaker, collected about $56,000 from Georgia Power Co. for work as an economic development consultant. Brooks said he acted as a liaison between the power company and disadvantaged communities. He defended the work, but a watchdog group at the time suggested it was inappropriate. Brooks was the only public official under contract with the utility at the time.

In 1994, he drew heat when he crossed party lines to endorse Republican Guy Millner in the race for governor. The criticism escalated when it was revealed that the Republican Party was paying Brooks’ consulting firm $52,500. Former Sen. Continued on next page

Tyrone Brooks’ legacy from page 14 Benham elected to the state Court of Appeals. Benham, who now sits on the Georgia Supreme Court, became the first African-American elected to statewide office in Georgia since Reconstruction.

“He’s old school. He’s old style,” Kahn said of Brooks. “He knew people everywhere. He would give me all these names of people to talk to and I would be scribbling them on the backs of napkins and then he would call back to check up that I had followed through with every single one of them.”

For the past two decades, Brooks has been the president of the Georgia Association of Black Elected Officials, one of the groups he is accused of defrauding. The other is a private charity, Universal Humanities, which Brooks also runs.

GABEO has in many ways become synonymous with Brooks, who can often be spotted outside the Capitol wearing a GABEO baseball cap over his trademark shock of unruly hair.

In the summertime, GABEO gathers in Savannah. It’s a mandatory pilgrimage for just about any Democrat seeking elected office. Blacks make up about 50 percent of the elector-

“the sweetest and most unassuming guy.”

It’s a sign of the power of Brooks’ legacy that even Republicans’ response to the indictment was measured.

“Anytime a public official is charged with a crime, it’s a very sad day.

It’s especially sad when that public official has rendered extraordinary public service to a great cause, as Representative Brooks has. It’s time now to let the justice system work its course,” House Speaker David Ralston, a Republican from Blue Ridge, said.

In announcing the charges, U.S. Attorney Sally Quillian Yates, appointed by Democratic President Barack Obama, called it “a disappointing day.”

“Representative Brooks has done much good in his life, both as a state legislator and civil rights leader,” Yates said.

On Friday, with news of the indictment swirling, Brooks joined protesters outside a Piggly Wiggly on Candler Road in DeKalb County protesting reports of unsafe food handling at the aging store, which serves a predominantly low-income area.

“Of course I’m here,” Brooks said.

“Where else would I be?”

Pentagon ‘rewrites Constitution’ affirming endless war Senate hearing on the Authorization for Use of Military Force confirms congressional war powers rendered ‘null and void’ Lauren McCauley, staff writer Common Dreams The United States is truly engaged in an endless war.

In a hearing before the U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Forces Thursday morning entitled Oversight: The Law of Armed Conflict, the Use of Military Force, and the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force, Pentagon officials argued that the wide-ranging counter-terrorism laws implemented after 9/11 will continue to be the law of the land until “hostilities with alQaeda,” or any individuals potentially associated with the group, come to an end.

During the hearing, lawmakers questioned the panel on the legality of the Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) and weighed further actions. It was the first Senate hearing on the potential rewriting of the AUMF. The rule empowers the president “to use all necessary and appropriate force against those nations, organizations, or persons he determines planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on Sept. 11, 2001, or harbored such organizations or persons, in order to prevent any future acts of international terrorism against the United States by such nations, organizations or persons.”

This widespread directive has enabled the Commander in Chief to oversee everything from the rendition, transfer and indefinite detention of “suspects,” to the authorization of lethal drone strikes.

Further, Pentagon officials argued Thursday that under the AUMF troops could be sent to Syria, Yemen and the Congo without new congressional

authorization.

Testifying before the panel, Michael A. Sheehan, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations, defended the rationale saying that if a terrorist organization outside of al-Qaeda, the Taliban or any other “associated forces” began to threaten the United States, “Then we might have to look at different authorities or extended authority or adjustment of authority to go after that organization.”

Sheehan added that “when hostilities with al-Qaeda end, the AUMF will no longer be in force,” ignoring the verified, self-perpetuating nature of the “global war on terror” in that American militarism has only increased hostilities worldwide.

“This is the most astounding and astoundingly disturbing hearing I have been to since I have been here.

You guys have essentially rewritten the Constitution here today,” said Senator Angus King (I-Maine) at the hearing Thursday.

“I’m just a little old lawyer from Brunswick, Maine, but I don’t see how you can possibly read this to be in comport with the Constitution,” King said. “Under your reading, we’ve granted unbelievable powers to the president and it’s a very dangerous precedent.”

“You guys have invented this term, associated forces, that’s nowhere in this document,” he added. “It’s the justification for everything, and it renders the war powers of Congress null and void.”

Encouraging the lawmakers to retire the AUMF, Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch, explained that there is “no more important distinction than the line between peace and war,” because during peacetime a suspect can only

be detained after full due process.

Whereas in war, governments can kill at will.

He continued: [T]he combination of a declared global war and the newly enhanced capacity to kill individual targets far from any traditional battlefield poses new dangers to basic rights— ones that will only grow as the US role in the Afghan armed conflict winds down. That leaves only alQaeda and similar armed groups but without the elements that traditionally limit use of the war power: the control of territory and a rec-

ognizable battlefield. To paint the problem most starkly, might a government that wants to kill a particular person simply declare “war” on him and shoot him, circumventing the basic due-process rights to which the target would ordinarily be entitled?

Calling the AUMF a “blank check written in advance,” Roth added that although President Obama has formally dropped the Bush administration’s use of the phrase “global war on terror,” he noted that their interpretation of the rule “looks very similar.”

LETTERS

Reader lauds Rev. Dr. Irvin Congratulations to Reverend Dr. Nathaniel Irvin, Sr., pastor emeritus of Old Storm Branch Baptist Church, upon his retirement. Students from the former Jefferson High of Bath claim Rev. Irvin as pastor, even though some of us are members of another church. We formed a special bond with Rev. Irvin when he was our teacher, student council advisor, counselor, or assistant principal at Jefferson High.

Dr. Irvin helped to nurture our development when we were students and has continued to mentor us in adulthood. He knew of the discipline that we still needed after high school so as we matured he kindheartedly counseled us toward Christ like living. He knew of the potential within us so he suggested that we take responsibility for various tasks. This made way for various opportunities for advancement. He knew what could happen if we set goals and worked toward them so he held us

accountable for our actions through the years. He knew that his students needed more than a few years of school time instruction. He knew that we needed a lifetime of this. He was always nearby to stand in the gap.

I believe Dr. Irvin’s actions relating to his students were goal directed. I believe that he always aimed for us to carry on the deeds of service to humankind that he modeled for us.

He often asks his students to stand up.

We must stand up with him in service to our fellow man. Dr. Irvin’s goal for us must be reached.

Jefferson High School alumni love, give appreciation, and thanksgiving to and for Reverend Dr. Nathaniel Irvin, Sr. for the service given to us so that we might serve others in return.

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Eugene Walker of Decatur at the time excoriated Brooks as a “political mercenary” and there were suggestions that Brooks had sold his endorsement, allegations he strenuously denied.

His personal finances have always been something of a mystery. He appears to have lived on little more than his $17,000 state legislative salary, according to financial disclosures filed with state officials. He said earlier this year, in response to questions from reporters, that he has other income from various business interests that don’t have to be disclosed.

Elected to the state Legislature in 1981, Brooks is perhaps best remembered for his crusade to remove the Confederate battle emblem from the Georgia flag.

“He was critical to that fight,” said Bobby Kahn, chief of staff to former Gov. Roy Barnes when Barnes muscled the change through.

But Kahn said even before the battle over the flag, he knew Brooks as an expert in the art of grassroots politics. Brooks provided Kahn — then a novice political operative — invaluable help getting Robert

ate in Democratic primaries, and GABEO — and Brooks — are seen as a crucial gateway to leaders in that voter-rich community.

“It’s on the checklist of things that you did,” said Rick Dent, a Democratic political strategist who worked on the gubernatorial campaigns of Zell Miller and Mark Taylor.

“He’s one of the guys you have to check in with, otherwise you could have a huge public problem.”

In recent years, Brooks has become known for championing the annual re-enactment of the lynching at Moore’s Ford Bridge in eastern Georgia. Its one of the more notorious unsolved civil rights cases, and Brooks and GABEO sponsor the annual re-creation to keep attention on solving the crime.

Former state Rep. Rob Teilhet, D-Smyrna, who served with Brooks in the House and has attended the event, said he was always struck with Brooks’ demeanor.

“He had a real, extraordinary level of humility and modesty,” Teilhet said. “I knew who he was and had followed his work closely. When you meet somebody with that kind of background, you maybe expect something other than humility and modesty.”

What he found, Teilhet said, was

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This summer enrichment program is a six-week program for the ninth and tenth grade students. Students are placed in their promoted grades and are given classes to help strengthen, grow, and develop their leadership skills. S.E.E.D. is designed to provide enrichment in the following areas, but not limited to team building, peer mediation, test taking skills, résumé building, spiritual awareness, and many other developmental skills. Students attending S.E.E.D. will also be afforded the opportunity to attend the Young Christian CEO Conference during June at no additional cost.

The desire of the Students Eliminating Excuses and Doubt (S.E.E.D.) 2013 staff is to create an academic fun-filled spiritual summer of activities for the youth of the CSRA. Program Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (Monday through Friday) Program Site: Beulah Grove Administrative Building of Opportunity 1434 Poplar Street, Augusta, GA 30901 Receive a week free when you pay in full by May 30, 2013 (Must attend program for six weeks)

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Sealed proposals from Contractors will be received for the Laney High School – Phase I Demolition Project by the County Board of Education of Richmond County at the address below until 3:00 p.m. local time, Thursday, June 6, 2013, at which time the bids will be publicly opened and read. No extension of the bidding period will be made.

A Pre-Bid Conference will be held at 3:00 p.m. local time on Tuesday, May 21, 2013, at Lucy Laney High School, Media Center, 1339 Laney-Walker Blvd., Augusta, Georgia 30901, (706) 823-6900.

Drawings and project manual on this work may be examined at the Department of Maintenance and Facilities, Richmond County Board of Education, 1781 15th Street, Augusta, Georgia 30901.

Bidding documents may be obtained at the Office of the Architect: Woodhurst Architects, 607 15th Street, Augusta, GA 30901, (706) 724-4343. Applications for documents together with a refundable deposit of $50.00 per set should be filed promptly with the architect. Bidding materials will be forwarded (shipping charges collect) as soon as possible. The full amount of deposit for one set will be refunded to each prime contractor who submits a bona fide bid upon return of such set in good condition within ten (10) days after date of opening bids. All other deposits will be refunded with deductions approximating cost of reproduction of documents upon return of same in good condition within ten (10) days after date of opening bid.

Contract, if awarded, will be on a lump sum basis. No bid may be withdrawn for a period of thirty-five (35) days after time has been called on the date of opening.

Bid must be accompanied by a bid bond in an amount not less than 5% of the base bid. Personal checks, certified checks, letters of credit, etc., are not acceptable. The successful bidder will be required to furnish performance and payment bonds in an amount equal to 100% of the contract price.

The Richmond County Board of Education reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive technicalities and informalities.

BID LIST: The Richmond County Board of Education maintains a bid list for many categories that are let for bid each year.

Contact Amy Bauman in the Business Office (706) 826-1298 or at baumaam@rcboe.org if you need additional information concerning the bid list.

To promote local participation, a database of sub-contractors, suppliers, and vendors has been developed by the Program Manager, GMK Associates. Contact Jeanine Usry with GMK Associates at (706) 826 -1127 for location to review and obtain this database.

Bids shall be submitted and addressed to:

Dr. Frank G. Roberson, Superintendent County Board of Education of Richmond County Administrative Office 864 Broad Street Augusta, Georgia 30901 c/o Mr. C. Gene Spires, Controller

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