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UPW URBAN PRO WEEKLY MAY 25 - 31, 2017 VOL. 6 NO. 15

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Augusta Library announces Summer Reading Program Richmond County residents of all ages are invited to participate in the Augusta-Richmond County Public Library System’s (ARCPLS) “Build a Better World” 2017 Summer Reading Program. The program began on May 20 and lasts through July 28.

Interested readers can sign up online at http://bit.ly/summerreadingprogram17 and download their reading logs or visit their local ARCPLS branch to sign up and pick up a reading log.

Once participants complete their reading logs, they can return them to their local branch. Children and young adults 18 years and younger will receive special prizes for completing their reading logs, including tickets to a special Augusta Greenjackets game on August 4, 2017, while supplies last.

All participants who turn in a reading log will be entered into a drawing for one of three Kindle Fires.

A variety of exciting free activities are planned for all ages during the Summer Reading Program. The Junior Junior Prom for young adults 11-17 years old will be held on June 2 from 6:30 pm to 8:30 p.m. at the Headquarters Library (823 Telfair Street, Augusta). Tweens and teens (and parents, too!) are invited to put on their best outfits and enjoy a fun night of dancing and other activities at this annual celebration of reading.

To RSVP, call 706-434-2036 or email outreach@arcpls.org. The family-friendly Summer Reading Kickoff will be held on Saturday, June 3, from 11 am to 2 pm at the Appleby Branch Library (2260 Walton Way, Augusta).

Families are invited to come and enjoy hands-on activities with a five senses theme, magic tricks by Magician John Browning, and free snacks provided

by Lanier Meats.

For more information about the Augusta-Richmond County Public Library System, go to www.arcpls.org.

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City blocked from using prison labor for Hyde Park demolition PROPOSAL RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT POLITICS AND PRISONERS’ RIGHTS

by Ken J. Makin Special to UrbanProWeekly AUGUSTA When the Augusta Commission voted down a proposal to use inmate labor for demolition in Hyde Park, it appeared to be the end of a lengthy debate.

As it turns out, it may be the beginning of a series of inquiries – including how commissioners work together, along with questions about prisoners’ pay and rights.

Last Tuesday, commissioners voted down a proposal to remove close to 100 vacant homes in the Hyde Park neighborhood. Commissioners Dennis Williams, Andrew Jefferson, Ben Hasan and Sammie Sias were in favor of the proposal, while Marion Williams and Bill Fennoy abstained. Sean Frantom,

Mary Davis, Wayne Guilfoyle and Grady Smith were opposed.

Dennis Williams, the District 2 Commissioner, questioned whether opposing commissioners voted for the “overall good.”

“If you’re not able to make a decision that’s based upon the good of the entire community, that’s a problem,” Williams said. “You have to be a representative of all people. …Stop putting groups and organizations in front of (your vote).”

The Hyde Park proposal pitted contractors and union workers against inmate labor. Opposition to the proposal included a small group of union workers led by former commissioner Moses Todd.

City officials in favor of using inmate labor saw it as an opportunity to save money, explained City Administrator

Janice Jackson.

“The conversation among (commissioners) was really about the most cost-effective and efficient way to perform the demolition,” Jackson said. “We actually use inmate labor a lot. We contract with the Richmond County Correctional Institute, which houses state prisoners who are near the end of their term.”

Jackson added that the state partially reimburses the city for inmates’ medical insurance and other expenses, and the “trade off” is the use of prison labor.

“They augment our staff and do some basic park maintenance,” she said.

With exception to a few commercial properties, the city has acquired “just about every property” in Hyde Park, according to the city administrator.

In the aftermath of the commission’s decision, it is likely that the city will continue the bidding process for the demolition.

Both Williams and Jackson stated that wages for prison labor are fixed by state law. Prison labor has been the source of protest across the country in recent months.

The Prison Policy Initiative found that the average inmate’s wage is 93 cents an hour — and can go as low as 16 cents — when they’re employed by private companies that use prison labor.

Last September, prisoners launched a nationwide protest and labor strike.

In South Carolina, the focus was on meager wages. In California, the focus was on discrimination, and in Michigan, the focus was on excessive force.

Use of prison labor had origins post Civil-War South

Members of a southern chain gang around 1903.

The proliferation of prison labor camps grew during the Reconstruction era following the Civil War, a time when southern states established large prisons throughout the region that they quickly filled, primarily with black men.

Many of these prisons had very recently been slave plantations, Angola and Mississippi State Penitentiary (known as Parchman Farm) among them.

Other prisons began convict-leasing programs, where, for a leasing fee, the state would lease out the labor of incarcerated workers as hired work crews. Convict leasing was cheaper than slavery, since farm owners and companies did not have to worry at all about the health of their workers.

In this new era of prison industry, the criminal “justice” system, the state determined the size of

the worker pool. Scores of recently freed slaves and their descendants now labored to generate revenue for the state under a Jim Crow regime.

Didn’t the Thirteenth Amendment abolish all forms of slavery and involuntary servitude in this country?

Not quite. In the shining promise of freedom that was the Thirteenth Amendment, a sharp exception was carved out. Section 1 of the Amendment provides: “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.”

Simply put: Incarcerated persons have no constitutional rights in this arena; they can be forced to work as punishment for their crimes.

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Demetrius Shipp Jr. plays Tupac Shakur in the biopic “All Eyez on Me”

By Tre’vell Anderson Tupac is polarizing. To some, the rapper-turned-actor was a mother-loving prophet and poet whose life was cut short. To others, he was a hardcore gangster whose chosen lifestyle, replete with guns, drugs and sexual assault allegations, dictated that death by drive-by shooting at 25 was probable.

But to Demetrius Shipp Jr., who plays Tupac Shakur in the biopic “All Eyez on Me” — due in theaters on June 16, what would’ve been the rapper’s 46th birthday — he was just a product of his environment, complex and complicated like everyone else.

“They’ll judge you by what you do, but they never know what you had to choose from,” Shipp said. “Like [producer] L.T. Hutton says, ‘The objective of this movie is to show you how he ended up in the car that night.’”

“All Eyez on Me,” titled after the last album Tupac released while alive, is set to be one of the summer’s standouts. In the vein of 2015’s “Straight Outta Compton,” which charted the

rise of rap group N.W.A, “Eyez” aims to chronicle the impact the Harlemborn artist had on the music scene.

(Earlier this year he was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.) Alongside Shipp, the film stars Danai Gurira (“The Walking Dead”), Kat Graham (“The Vampire Diaries”) and Jamal Woolard (“Notorious”).

And though the role is Shipp’s first acting gig, some might say it was ordained by the universe. The 28-yearold bears an uncanny resemblance to the performer, something Shipp has been told since high school. “I went to school in Long Beach and all the seniors I used to kick it with called me Pac,” he said, smiling.

Acting had never been a goal for him, but when an open audition for the movie was announced in 2011, it was Shipp’s best friend and cousin who encouraged him to submit a tape online. While working at Dish Network “climbing on top of roofs and installing satellites” to pay the bills, Shipp aspired to be a music producer, like his father.

As the final day to submit auditions approached, Shipp decided to take a shot. After spending the day watching old interviews of Tupac online, he recorded his monologue and uploaded it to Facebook. When his father, who produced Pac’s “Toss It Up,” saw it, he forwarded the video to Hutton, whom he had worked with at Death Row. That got the ball rolling and four years later — after shaving himself bald, getting his nose pierced, seeing production stall to the point of taking the nose ring out, growing his hair back, and taking a series of acting classes — he booked the role.

Shipp’s favorite scenes were with Annie Ilonzeh, who plays Kidada, the daughter of Quincy Jones and actress Peggy Lipton, who was engaged to Tupac at the time of his death. “Because it shows a Pac that you can’t see anywhere else. It’s not on Youtube,” he said. “You can’t see what it was like for him to be romantic with a woman.

That’s a great texture in the movie that people I think will enjoy.”

As for the toughest scene, perhaps predictably that would be the fatal Las Vegas drive-by shooting.

“I wanted it to be over fast,” he said.

“I was like, ‘Dude, how many different angles are we going to shoot this from?’ because it was an emotional thing more than anything.”

While Shipp is very much aware that fans of the rapper have very high expectations of his performance, he says he cares more about the responses of “the people who put this together and knew him and lived with him and walked with him,” he said. “If they are telling me that I’m delivering and capturing the essence of him, that’s what means the most to me. That’s real and you can’t fake that, and they’re not going to.”

But what about that long-held conspiracy theory that the rapper faked his own death and is living la vida loca in Cuba?

Shipp doesn’t buy it. “A man like that would never just be able to be silent for this amount of time.”

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A graduation tale Eboneé Edwards’ experience is typical of many in our community.

It underscores strong family ties and also reminds us of the need to protect our historically black colleges and universities.

Claflin University graduate Eboneé Edwards (center) poses for a group photo with (L-R) her aunt Francine Scott, mom Kiki Edwards, aunt Kilauna Ware, godmother Denise Roberson and godsister Brooke Roberson.

Family and friends gathered to celebrate Eboneé’s graduation and birthday.

Photo by Vincent Hobbs

By Vincent Hobbs Eboneé Edwards certainly knows how to work a room. Confident and welcoming, Edwards glides from table to table, greeting family members and friends who have gathered in a dimly-lit meeting space, a venue accentuated with colorful light beams emanating from the DJ booth, to celebrate a double-

event – her birthday and college graduation.

“Hey family!” she calls out to a table of sharply-dressed attendees, beaming a brilliantly warm smile that is most likely a contributing factor to global warming. Hug after hug, Edwards makes sure that no one is left out of her sparkling arrival to the party that celebrates her achievement of graduation from

college.

The delicious aroma of a traditional southern feast wafts across the room, and people line up to dine on baked and fried chicken, macaroni and cheese, dinner rolls, green beans and other delicacies in honor of Edwards. The DJ spins some old school beats and the party gears up for the Electric Slide as old and young began their footwork on the

dance floor.

It was a magical night for the Claflin University newly-degreed alumnus. And no one would ever realize that Edwards was battling the fatigue of a cold the entire night. “I put on my poker face!” she laughed.

UPW spent some time with Edwards to learn more about her graduation story.

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UPW: Where did you attend high school in Augusta? Were you involved in any school activities?

EDWARDS: I attended Augusta Christian Schools until the second semester of my junior year. I was a member of the French club and also a track athlete. I ran the 100-meter, 200-meter, 4x100-meter relay and the 4x400 relay. I was home-schooled during the second semester of my junior and during my entire senior year. I graduated in May of 2013.

UPW: What was a major factor in your decision to attend Claflin University?

Edwards: Claflin was not my first decision, but after visiting the school during a college visit, I saw how some of the instructors had major connections with major news networks such as CNN and that’s how I knew I wanted to go into news.

Dr. Willie L. Frazier, who lives in Augusta and is on Claflin Board of Trustees, was a major influence. He took me under his wing and helped me through my college experience. Dr. Frazier is the most helpful, dependable, awesome man and he looks out for all the Claflin students, especially those from the Augusta area.

Claflin University graduate Eboneé Edwards dances with family members and friends during a combination graduation and birthday party to celebrate her achievement. Photo by Vincent Hobbs

munications, I learned that I did not have to just UPW: How would you describe your college be in the media field with it. I could do a variety life experience? of things, such as work in the school system, the courthouse, hospitals, etc. But when I gave news Edwards: My college life experience was the a chance and started taking the classes, I instantly best experience in my life and I am going to miss fell in love with it, especially since I always need it. I made a lot of friends, lost a lot of friends, to stay updated on what is going on around me. learned a couple of lessons, and ended up in a relationship that I am still in today. The freedom UPW: Did you always want to become a TV of not answering to parents was the best and the news reporter/anchor? independence of making my own choices made my whole college experience amazing.

Edwards: I did not always want to be a news reporter/anchor. I was always into animals and UPW: What was the most difficult thing you wanted pets so I wanted to be a veterinarian faced as a college student? until it was discovered that I was allergic! We Edwards: The most difficult thing I faced as a college student was losing my nana during my second semester as a junior. After her passing, I didn’t feel like going to classes, but my spiritual beliefs, which my nana instilled, pushed me to get back on track and continue.

UPW: Tell us about some of the organizations that you joined while at Claflin.

Edwards: The organizations that I joined while at Claflin were the Young Democrats of America (YDA), Miss SRC South (freshman year), The Sociology Club, and Alpha Kappa Psi Professional Business Fraternity (South Carolina Claflin University graduate Eboneé Edwards State University).

(L) shares a laugh with mentor Dr. Willie L. UPW: You graduated with a BA degree Frazier (R) during a combination graduation in Mass Communications and minored in and birthday party to celebrate her achieveSociology. What was the appeal for you to ment. Dr. Frazier, who lives in Augusta, is on the Claflin Board of Trustees was a major study Mass Communications? influence in Edward’s college life. He is a Edwards: I really did not know what I wanted retired US Army Colonel and an adjunct proto do for a career. When I looked into mass com- fessor at Claflin. Photo by Vincent Hobbs

discovered this when, as a young child, I went to a neighbor’s house and played with their dog and I ended with an allergic reaction. A trip to the allergist confirmed that I’m allergic to dogs and cats.

UPW: In your opinion, what is the significance of the role that media plays in American society?

Edwards: The media plays a huge role in American society, especially knowing what is going on in today’s world. For example, the media can expose the unethical things that happen in politics and all of the injustice that is happening to the black community. The media has all of the constitutional rights, such as Freedom of the Press, to talk about these issues and make awareness for people to know what is going on around them.

UPW: Do you have a favorite media personality?

Edwards: Yes, Oprah Winfrey because she has paved the way for a lot of women of color to have impactful shows just like her - such as the talk show The Real.

UPW: Several of the women in your family also graduated from HBCU’s – tell us about them.

Edwards: My mom, Kiki Edwards, graduated from Benedict College and she works for the Richmond County School System. My aunt, Kiluana Edwards Ware, graduated from Albany State University and she is a nurse practitioner. Also, my nana Morizella Edwards graduated from Vorhees College and she worked for Title 1 with the Richmond County School System.

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MAKIN’ A DIFFERENCE COMMENTARY by Ken Makin STOP TUNING IN TO “TRUMP TV”

The Donald’s dominance of the news cycle blocks out black issues I

remember the “good old days,” more than a year before the 2016 presidential election.

Back then, the Democrats had Hillary and Bernie as party candidates. The Republicans had a 17-candidate circus.

It was at that particular time that I noticed a disconcerting phenomenon about one of the Republican players — Donald Trump.

Mass media literally played up anything Trump did as if it were relevant.

Here were some of the headlines between the time Trump announced he was running for President in June of 2015 and when he secured the Republican presidential nomination: • Report: Donald Trump campaign paid actors $50 to come to his presidential announcement • White supremacist groups credit surging interest to Donald Trump: ‘He’s certainly creating a movement’ • Fox News, CNN, MSNBC all broadcast Trump’s empty podium instead of Clinton’s big speech

LETTERS Dear UPW Editor, Predictably Republican president Donald Trump’s first major budget proposal maintains the status quo of benefitting the wealthiest Americans, punishing the poor, and stealthily funds the massive influx of both legal and illegal immigrants. According to a May 21, 2017, Chicago Tribune article, titled, ‘Trump to propose big cuts to safety net in new budget this week, “The budget proposal will include massive cuts to Medicaid and call for changes to anti-poverty programs.” Medicaid will be cut by more than $800 billion over 10 years. Also, there will be proposed changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The SNAP is the modern version of food stamps. An

Headlines ranged from surreal to really ridiculous, yet the focus on Trump rightly raised concerns in my mind.

Why? Because we live in an era of extremism. Everything is “all or nothing.” We like our news extreme.

Our sports opinions – extreme.

Politics is one of the most extreme genres of all.

Long before the media understood that it could make money off of this extremism, Trump knew he could ride the wave of media absurdity to the White House. Good news? Bad news? It doesn’t matter. It’s all about moving the needle.

People think angry white folks helped Trump gain the presidency.

They are partially right.

Let’s look at the facts, though.

Angry white folks put their money behind Tea Partiers, which turned the Republican Party into the Teapublican Party. Even with their successful hijacking, though, these affluent bigots needed a charismatic leader with influence.

They found that leader in Trump.

And Trump was fueled by the media.

This brand of news, “fake news,” we’ll call it, continues to dominate the press cycle. It is headline news, even as the Black community continues to deal with issues that threaten our lives and livelihoods.

Economic disparities. Police brutality. Lack of political influence despite figureheads with Black skin.

These dynamics rarely make it to the front page of the news. If they do, they are bound by traditional stereotypes and lack deep thinking.

The Trump media storm is so overwhelming, in fact, that even his administration overshadows the Black agenda.

Take Betsy Devos’ commencement speech at Bethune-Cookman University (B-CU). An understanding of the Black agenda in regards to our colleges and universities is an understanding of the need for funding in our schools. That understanding also extends to the importance of

retaining our schools, as these institutions empower students socially and economically.

All of that was lost when B-CU students (rightfully) booed Devos. The conversation went away from what our schools and students need, and went back to a familiar name – Trump.

We can’t afford to lose our focus on our community and on concerns facing the Black community. Too often, we get lost in personalities and lose our sight on policies.

This is why we’re so afraid of folks like Attorney General Jeff Sessions – and with good reason. Sessions recently restored “War on Drugs” policies that trigger mandatory minimum sentences. In other words, the Justice Department wants to get “tough on drugs” again, even though we know that’s only an excuse to throw Black people in jail by the thousands.

These are perilous times for our Continued on next page

Trump’s Budget great for the rich average of 44 million people received SNAP benefits in 2016, down from a peak of 47 million in 2013.”

Moreover, the article says, “This budget continues to reveal President Trump’s true colors: His populist campaign rhetoric was just a Trojan horse to execute long-held, hard-right policies that benefit the ultra-wealthy at the expense of the middle class.” As a matter of fact, a key element of the budget will be tax cuts which are nothing but welfare entitlements for the rich.

As stated in the article, “The tax cuts would particularly benefit the wealthiest Americans, as Trump has proposing cutting the estate tax, capital gains and business tax rates.”

Conversely, when it comes to the

lower class and poor, the administration is not so generous. According to the article, shortly after being sworn in, Trump said, “We want to get our people off welfare and back to work.” In America, ‘our people’ is a code for our N-words. Nevertheless, this particular Republican talking point is misleading because it implies only the unemployed receive welfare, which is not true. Many who receive government assistance are employed, but are eligible for assistance because they are exploited by the rich who own day labor agencies, temporary agencies, retailers, and hospitality businesses that pay low wages. Furthermore, other unscrupulous employers sponsor illegal immigrants who are willing to work quietly for exploitation wages rath-

er than be deported. These exploitative wage schemes enable predominately white upper level supervisors, managers, and executives to line their pockets and live comfortably.

The truth is the budget is a method to redistribute taxpayer dollars to the top one percent. Greedy politicians of both major political parties love the welfare racket and the practice of labor exploitation. They, along with their corporate supporters, are the primary beneficiaries. After all, the economy of the United States has prospered from labor exploitation beginning with indentured servants, then enslaved Africans, and now low wage workers.

Kevin Palmer, Martinez, GA,

TRUMP TV from page 10

t’s time to turn off Trump T V and tune in to a most important reality show – the reality that we need to improve our condition as

a people.

Ken J. Makin is the founder of “Makin’ A Difference,” a media conglomerate that incorporates podcasting/radio, social media and commentary. The podcast is available at soundcloud.com/makinadifference. Updates on the show are available at facebook.com/makinadifferenceshow. Ken can be reached by email at makinadifferenceshow@gmail.com or by text at (803) 270-2331.

St. Alban’s Episcopal Church will be hosting Creative Impressions’ 15th Annual Summer Music Workshop. This two week workshop will take place July 10th – 21st and is open to youth ages 12-­18. It is during this workshop that youth are exposed to various genres of music, are taught music theory and literacy, and are exposed to other art forms to include African dance and drama. Augusta native an international clinician, Mr. Trey McLaughlin, facilitates this workshop.

The cost of the workshop is $150.00 St. Alban’s Episcopal Church is located at 2321 Lumpkin Rd, Augusta, GA 30906.

For more information call at 706-­664-­9022 or e-m ­ ail tolbert.shanita@ gmail.com

Local delegation Legislative Update set for May 30 6:00 PM. Confirmed attendees are State Senator Harold Jones (D - 22), Rep. Sheila Clark - Nelson (D - 125), Rep. Gloria Frazier (D – 126) and Rep Brian Price (D - 127). The session is free and Refreshments will be served.

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community, and to quote one of the more popular songs on the radio today, we need to “stay woke.” Let mass media engage the “fake news” cycle that is all-Trump, all the time.

Truth is, we can’t and shouldn’t expect white-owned media to care about Black issues.

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