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VOL. 52, NO. 50 • SEPTEMBER 28 - OCTOBER 4, 2017
September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month The Little Rock Nine Remembers
CBCF Pushes Message of Hope at Annual Conference
Students Integrated Central High School Sixty Years Ago
By William J. Ford WI Staff Writer @jabariwill The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's 47th Annual Legislative Conference began last week at a time when the topics of racial tension, voting and overall civil rights for people of color continue to spark outrage and national debate. One main reason for the inflamed tensions, say activists, politicians and even celebrities, is President Donald Trump. But the thousands who attended the four-day conference at the Walter E. Convention Center in Northwest exuded faith through this year's theme, "And Still I Rise." Rep. John Lewis (D-Georgia) told a story at a session when he embraced the son and his father, a former member of the Ku Klux Klan, at Lewis' office on Capitol Hill. The father wanted to apology for beating Lewis in 1961 during the Freedom Rides, which sought to protest the segregation of transportation facilities that included bus terminals. After Lewis accepted the former Klansman's apology, all three cried and hugged. "I think we have a capacity to change people," Lewis said to about 100 people at a discussion he led on how to sustain hope during turbulent time. "I believe that. I've seen people change. I have this philosophy: We have to be hopeful. We have to be opti-
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By Sarafina Wright WI Staff Writer
5 Redskins Senior Vice President of Player Personnel Doug Williams links arms with linebacker Will Compton and safety Deshazor Everett (left), and safety Montae Nicholson (right) during the national anthem Sunday night. /Photo courtesy of Abdulla Yousuf
The National Museum of African American History and Culture [NMAAHC] closed out the celebration of its one-year anniversary with surviving members of the Little Rock Nine who courageously integrated a high school 60 years ago despite harassment and threats of violence. The ‘Reflections of the Little Rock Nine’ took place on Tuesday, Sept. 26, one day after the 60th anniversary, where a group of Black teenagers broke
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It’s Official: Muriel Bowser Will Seek a Second Term
D.C. Mayor Says She ‘Will Not Take Voters for Granted’ By D. Kevin McNeir WI Editor Muriel E. Bowser spoke to the citizens of D.C. on Friday, Sept. 22 during the highly-popular radio program The Kojo Nnamdi Show and cast all doubts aside saying she will run for a second term for the office of mayor of the District of Columbia. Later that day she spoke with the Washington Informer for an exclusive interview where she assessed her accomplishments garnered during her first term in office and outlined some of the plans she has for the next four
years should voters lean in her favor. If victorious, Bowser, 45, will become only the third two-term mayor in District history, following Marion Barry and Anthony A. Williams, since 1975 when D.C. moved to electing both its mayor and city council members based on the outcome of the popular vote. On her way to victory in 2014, Bowser defeated incumbent Mayor Vincent C. Gray in the Democratic primary and then won the general election against three Independent and two mi-
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5 Mayor Muriel Bowser /Photo courtesy of the Mayor’s Office by Khalid Naji Allah
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