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The Informer Salutes Duke Ellington during April, Jazz Appreciation Month

Honoring Dr. King, Fifty Years Later

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HU Students Occupy Campus Building Amid Financial Aid Scandal By Tatyana Hopkins WI Staff Writer

District Joins Tributes Worldwide as Youth Lead the Way By D. Kevin McNeir WI Editor @dkevinmcneir

FIRST OF A TWO-PART SERIES Wednesday, April 4, marked the 50th anniversary of the assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. – a day during which Washingtonians paused to remember, reflect and rededicate their lives to making the District, its sister cities and the nation the Beloved Community that King would hope for, work toward and dream about until his tragic death in Memphis in 1968. From sunrise to sunset, the Great-

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5 Howard University students shut down the Mordecai Wyatt Johnson Administrative Building in Northwest demanding the immediate resignation of President Wayne A.I. Frederickson. The shutdown which began on Friday, March 30. Students said they will end the shutdown when their demands have been met. /Photo by Roy Lewis

NAACP Files Suit to Ensure Accurate Count of Census Data By William J. Ford WI Staff Writer @jabariwill The NAACP filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump, the census Bureau and secretary of commerce to ensure minority populations are accurately counted in the 2020 census. Prince George’s County, its NAACP branch and the branch President Bob Ross joined county resident H. Elizabeth Johnson in filing the suit on March 28 after Prince George’s experienced one of the highest undercounts

in the nation at 2.3 percent in the 2010 census, according to the suit. The figure is based on counties with a population of at least 100,000. NAACP President Derrick Johnson said a governor, several mayors and others also have expressed interest in joining the suit. “This is a national case,” Johnson said. “Prince George’s County is the perfect example to show when you have a high-wealthy county, majority African-American, where the headquarters of

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5 The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Prince George’s County, Maryland, and the NAACP Prince George’s County Branch held a press conference in Northwest on March 28, announcing a lawsuit against the federal government to combat the imminent threat that the 2020 Census will undercount African Americans and other people of color in communities throughout the United States causing inequalities in political representation and deficiencies in federal funding of those communities. /Photo by Shevry Lassiter

Hundreds of Howard University students continue a weeklong protest after an anonymous article revealed six employees had been fired after an internal investigation revealed the misappropriation of financial aid. The protest, led by students known as “HU Resist,” bears witness to students occupying the administraiton building. This comes on the cusp of the 50th anniversary of similar demonstrations made by students in the same building. The group published a list of demand that includes adequate housing for students 21 and younger, an end to “unsubstantiated tuition hikes,” the resignation of the school’s president, Wayne Frederick, and the university’s board of trustees. When the news broke, students decided to sit-in at the administration building Thursday, March 29 and quickly mobilized into a movement spread through social media. “It just allowed us and other students to spark and make this action happen,” said Alexis Mckenney, a student organizer with HU Resist and a senior at the university. She said the protest was about more than financial aid. The list of demands also called for the administration to “actively fight rape culture on campus,” disarm campus police, provide more resources for students who need mental health care, give students op-

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Celebrating 53 Years of Service / Serving More Than 50,000 African American Readers Throughout The Metropolitan Area

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THE ARLINGTON LINKS 44TH MONTE CARLO GALA he Arlington Links put on their annual signature Tfundraiser. They “partied

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with a purpose” to support scholarships, youth programs, and women’s health initiatives. Under the leadership of Carla Johnson (Arlington Link President) and co-chairs Theresa Peterson and Telesa Via, the guests dined, danced and shopped. They played bid whist, bingo, roulette, black jack, and ran an HBCU contest for scholarships.

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Needs of D.C. Vets the Focus at Second Annual Job Fair law enforcement. She said they threat,” she said.

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WICongresswoman Staff Writer had come together bring the programs Marlow Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) spoke to during theasecondAmong annual “DC Hires Vets” job fair on

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of uniformity in the way wants facing to seeveterans implemented Wed., April 4, held at the DC Armorysense in Southeast which addressed the challenges and theirare spousMarlow's 23-yeardomestic violence victims andpartnered stricterwith restraining policies, es.When Hosts L.Y. included: the D.C. Department of Human Resources which both theorder Mayor’s Office of old daughter told father survivors more rights for victim's families Veterans Affairs andher thethe D.C. National Guard. are treated. of her daughter threatened her “She's using her own personal to intervene behalf of aacross vic- the “I am grateful to the city for hosting this important event to connect veterans to job on opportunities life, and the life of their child, story, her own personal pain to tim, a domestic violence assessregion,” Norton said. “We must do all we can for D.C. veterans who continue to serve their country without a vote she knew something had to be push forward,” Davis-Nickens ment unit coupled with further in Congress. The least we can do for them is to ensure they have access to jobs that make maximum use of their done. Out of her frustration said about Marlow. for belaw enforcement training skills. There’s no reason that veterans who desire and are able totraining work should unemployed.” with law and enforcement's handling Davis-Nickens said anyone agencies, a Child's Life ProtecNorton will further address to the employment needs of District residents this summer when she’ll once again of the situation, she decided who reads Marlow's book will tion Act and mandatory counselsponsor her own job fair on Aug. the Washington Convention Center. During her remarks, she applauded the start the Saving Promise cam-1 at “get it.” She said she “puts the ing for batterers. efforts of the city’s veterans-focused job fair.inAssuch part of commitment, Norton annually secures funding paign. case a her way,ongoing the average “If we are ever going to eradifor“Ittheseems District’s National Guard Retention and College Access Program grants for higher to be a vicious cycle person can get it.” She said at thewhich cateprovides domestic violence, we education must to members the D.C. that won't ofturn my National family Guard. end of the day, the book will look at both sides of the coin. loose,” Marlow said. Marlow help people begin to have a dia- We need to address both the vicshared her story with the audi- logue about domestic violence. tim and the batterer,” Marlow ence at the District Heights Also present at the event was said. CriminalViolence records are a substantial burden to thousands of District residents as criminal arrests, charges and conDomestic Symposium Mildred Muhammad, the exMarlow would also like to see victions cause barriers in housing, professional licenses, financial citizenship, public benefits, on May 7may at the District Heights wife of John Allen Muhammad,aid, programs designed to admission raise into the military as well as employment. Municipal Center. The sympo- who was sentenced to six consec- awareness among children in But was help issponsored on the wayby as Law the D.C.parole Mayor’s public office are plans for sium the Students utive in lifeCourt termsandwithout andmaking privatefinal schools. SheD.C. Expungement Day (Friday, April 20, 9 a.m. 3 p.m.) that will be held at the D.C. office of Employment Services Family and Youth Services by a Maryland jury for his role in feels children need to be educat(4058 Minnesota Ave.ofNE). Attendees, advised to bring government-issued IDs and paperwork, will receive free Center of the city District the Beltway Sniper attacks in ed about domestic violence. legal assistance local attorneys. attorneys will help determine whether participants eligible to have Heights and thefrom National Hook- The 2002. Mildred Muhammad is “We have toarestop being pas-their criminal records and will prepare motions for charges be expunged or sealed under the District’s record Up of Black Women. the founder of that Afterare themay Trauma, sive-aggressive with poor chilsealing laws.has Those who adobook, have theiranpaperwork will be instructed on how to obtain criminal record. For Marlow written organization that helps the dren about their domestic violence,” information, call 202-607-2721 the operators of the clinic at expungment@dclawstudent.org. “Color Me Butterfly,” which is aor email survivors of domestic violence Marlow said. story about four generations of and their children. Marlow has worked to break domestic violence. The book is “I lived in fear for six years. Six the cycle of abuse in her family, inspired by her own experiences, years in fear is a long time. It is and is confident the policies she andDelegate those ofDarryl her grandmother, not an thing Marlboro to come out is pushing for of willMaryland’s start thatLegBarnes (D-District 25)easy of Upper will serve as chairman her mother and her daughter. of,” she said.40 percent of the Democratic process.slate in Annapolis. He previislative Black Caucus which represents about She said everyas the timefirst shevice reads Mildred said plan of to take these policies to led ously served chairman and will Muhammad replace Delegate Cheryl “I Glenn Baltimore City who excerpts from her book, she still people who want to help a Congress and implore them to – a the all-Democratic legislative group for the past two years. Glenn will serve as chairwoman emeritus can not believe the words came domestic violence victim must change our laws,” Marlow said. nonvoting position. Another Prince George’s County legislator, Jazz Lewis (D-District 24) of Landover, from her. “Color Me Butterfly” be careful of how they go into “I will not stop until these polibecomes the group’s secretary. Additional new officers include: First Vice Chairwoman Edith Patterson of won the 2007 National “Best the victim's life, and understand cies are passed.” Charles County; Second Vice Chairman Benjamin T. Brooks, Sr. of Baltimore County; Pam E. Queen of Books” Award. thatasshe may be “survival Tia Carol can be Dorchester reached Montgomery County who will serve treasurer; andinShree Sample-Hughes whoJones represents “I was just 16-years-old when mode”. at tiacaroljones@sbcglobal.net andeye Wicomico countiesand andmy will serve as the financial secretary. my first blackened “Before you get to 'I'm going lips bled,” Marlow said. to kill you,' it started as a verbal WI Elaine Davis-Nickens, president of the National Hook-Up The buzz has intensified the National Black Men’s Convention – a five-day event which kicks off on April 18 of Black Women, said thereover is no at the Historic Baptist Church in Northwest. The 10,000 Black Men’s March scheduled for Sat., April 21, will consistency in Shiloh the way domestic serve as aissues follow-up to thewith historic violence are dealt by 1995 Million Man March which directed Black men to continue to organize and take responsibility for their own plight. Issues that will be addressed include: police murders and Black-on-Black killing, fatherhood support, racism and Donald Trump, police abuse, gentrification, self-defense, education and injustice in the judicial court system. Featured speakers include: daughter of Malcolm X, Ilyasah Shabazz; the national president of Black Lawyers for Justice and the convention chairman, Malik Zulu Shabazz; Dr. Cornel West, author-activist from Harvard University; Hashim Nzinga, leader of the New Black Panther Party for Self-Defense; and one of the country’s leading civil rights attorney, Donald M. Temple. “The families of police murder victims will stand alongside 10,000 Black Men or 100,000 people for that matter and will be on Donald Trump’s doorstep on April 21 demanding his immediate resignation or removal from office. The escalating pace of police killings nationwide are international human rights violations and we must seek United Nations assistance and international remedies because the Trump Administration deliberately fails to act on rogue police murderers across this nation,” said Malik Shabazz. For information or to register, visit www.blackmensconvention.org.

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We have to stop being passive-aggressive with poor children about domestic violence. I plan to take these policies to Congress and implore them to change our will not stop until Local Group Pushes to Further laws. LegalizeIMarijuana these policies passed. While 29 states, the District and Puerto Rico have all legalized some form ofare cannabis, many adults may

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still face challenges bringing it home as long as the federal government classifies it as a Schedule One subMarlow stance. To address this and other injustices, the District’s leading cannabis activist group,L.Y. DCMJ, recently Paul Trantham held three days of demonstrations for its “Bring it Home Campaign” which highlighted those groups who often face disproportionately higher legal problems because of marijuana use or possession and include low-income people, veterans and students. Demonstrations took place at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the D.C. Housing Authority, local veteran’s hospitals and online. 4 / May 15 - 21, 2008 The Washington Informer / www.washingtoninformer.com Roy Lewis, Demetrious Kinney, Daniel Kucin, Jr., Mark Mahonny, CIRCULATION Lateef Mangum

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D.C. Teens Push for Gun Control Legislation By Tatyana Hopkins WI Staff Writer The brother of a slain D.C. teen called for legislative action to reduce gun violence in the District. Zion Kelly, 16, addressed hundreds of thousands last month at the March of Our Lives in Northwest. He along with other student activists demanded lawmakers enforce stricter gun laws. Zion’s twin brother, Zaire Kelly, 16, hopes to make change in D.C. Zion’s twin brother Zaire was shot and killed in their Northeast neighborhood in September while walking home from an after-school college counseling program. “We went to the same school and shared the same friends. We even shared the same room,” Zion said. Zaire, a senior at Thurgood Marshall Academy, was the team captain of the track team and member of Marion Barry Youth Leadership Institute’s Youth Government. He wanted to attend Florida A&M University. The night he was killed, Zaire stopped at a convenience store near his home when 19-year-

old Sequan Gillis tried to rob him. Zaire stabbed Gillis with a pocket knife to defend himself, but Gillis then shot Zaire in the head. Both died from their injuries. “Zaire had a personality that would light up a room,” Zion said. “He was a person, a leader, an inspirer, not just another statistic.” Now Zion proposes the Zaire Kelly School Zone Amendment Act, which would create safe passage zones for students to and from school. The amendment will also expand the definition of a student in D.C. to include any person in a public or private day care, elementary school, vocational school, secondary school, college, junior college or university. “This means that every student in Washington, D.C., would carry the protection of my brother’s name, ensuring safety as they travel to and from school in our city,” he said. The current law allows D.C. police to declare emergency zones near public and charter school and in limited areas where students walk to access public transportation. The designation allows police to break up groups of three or more if they have reasonable belief that

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the group intends to commit a violent crime. Zion also proposed expansion of the city’s “Gun Free Zones,” areas that increase the penalty for those caught with illegal firearms. The legislation hasn’t been listed in the D.C. Council’s legislative database, but its Twitter page noted the replace to place it among “possible legislation rememdies to the gun violence that plagues the District.” WI 4 Zion Kelly /WI photo

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1939 – Singer Marian Anderson performs Easter Sunday for 75,000 on the steps of the Lincoln 1856 – Educator and famed African-American Memorial after she is refused permission to sing leader Booker T. Washington is born in Hale’s before an integrated the Daughters of the American Ford, Virginia. Revolution’s Constitutional Hall. 1937 – Colin Powell, retired four-star general in the U.S. Army and the first African-American secre- 2011 – Black engineer Jerry Lawson, inventor of the video game cartridge, dies of complications from tary of state, is born in Harlem, New York City. 1951 – The Municipal Court of Appeals in Washing- diabetes in Mountain View, Calif., at 70. ton, D.C., outlaws segregated restaurants in the city.

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1712 – The New York Slave Revolt of 1712, an uprising in which 23 enslaved Africans killed nine whites and injured another six, begins. 1909 – Black explorer Matthew Henson is among a party of six recognized as the first to reach the North Pole.

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1881 – Spelman College, one of the nation’s historically black colleges and universities, is founded in Atlanta. 1899 – Percy Julian, a pioneering African-American research chemist, is born in Montgomery, Alabama. APRIL 7 1872 – William Monroe Trotter, civil rights leader 1908 – Jane Boldin, the first black woman to serve as a judge in the United States, is born in Poughkeepand editor of The Boston Guardian, is born near Chillicothe, Ohio. He died on his birthday in 1934 sie, New York. 1966 – Emmett Ashford becomes the first black after a fall from the roof of his Boston home. 1915 – Legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday is born umpire in Major League Baseball. 1968 – President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Fair in Philadelphia. 1940 – The Post Office Department issues a stamp Housing Act, which outlawed discrimination in the honoring Booker T. Washington, the nation’s first sale, rental or leasing of housing. WI stamp to commemorate an African-American. 1949 – Actress Juanita Hall begins a run on Broadway as Bloody Mary in the musical “South Pacific,” a role in which she became the first African-American to win a Tony Award for Best Supporting Actress.

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1946 – Bob Johnson, an entrepreneur and media magnate who founded Black Entertainment Television, is born in Hickory, Mississippi. 1974 – Baseball great Hank Aaron hits his 715th career home run, breaking Babe Ruth’s then-record of 714.

1898 – Paul Robeson, singer, actor and civil rights activist, is born in Princeton, New Jersey. 1933 – Publisher and educator Nathan Hare, the first person hired to coordinate a black studies program at the university level in the United States, is born in Slick, Oklahoma.

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An independent autopsy of Stephon Clark, 22, a Black man fatally shot by Sacramento police officers this month, shows he was shot six times in the back, despite holding only a cellphone at the time. What are your thoughts? ANGEL GOMEZ / MT. PLEASANT, SOUTH CAROLINA

Let me say this: all those officers that were involved could all confess, sign confession letters, have the confession recorded and have 500 Black witnesses testify that he did not have a weapon, and those officers will still get off. Mr. Clark was a Black man and they are White.

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We all know what would happen to an ordinary citizen if he or she killed someone with that many shots to the back. Why is this any different? Why? If this isn’t murder, I don’t have any faith in justice anymore.

ERICA HUDSON / ORLANDO, FLORIDA

Even with all the evidence stacked up against these officers, they still will get off. We’ve seen this scene play out so many times that it’s starting to become the norm. I pray that justice is brought to his family.

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I consider myself to be a profound optimist – one who sees the glass half full rather than half empty. I believe in the goodness of humankind. I work to ignore assumed differences based on race, creed, religious affiliation, sexual orientation or economic status. And, as my parents taught me, I live by the Golden Rule, treating others as I would like to be treated. But sometimes I fear that I may be a member of a distinct minority in a world heavily-populated and dominated by a crew of credulous, crestfallen, calculating crusaders, driven by an inexplicable hatred of “the other.” Maybe that would explain why yet another unarmed Black man like Stephon Clark with a cell phone as his only “weapon,” could be cornered by South Sacramento police officers while in his own grandparents’ backyard, then fatally wounded after being shot eight times in a hail of bullets, the majority of which he took in the back. The police say there were searching for a reported robber who had been breaking into cars in the area by smashing the windows. I suppose it was just bad luck that

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the 22-year-old brother must have fit the description of the actual perpetrator because, well . . . it’s a known fact that “all Blacks look like.” The Clark family’s attorney, my longtime friend Benjamin Crump, has refuted the accounts of the police as to what actually happened, citing both the results from an independently-commissioned autopsy initiated by the family and body cam footage that Crump asserts reveals a much different picture from the one shared by law enforcement officials in their description of the events that transpired on the evening of March 18 and led to the death of still another young, Black man. And so while protests continue with citizens calling for the firing of the two policemen involved, in a separate but equally disturbingly similar situation, the Baton Rouge policeman who nearly two years ago fired six shots at Alton Sterling in response to a call in a convenience store parking lot, has been fired by the city’s police department for actions its chief says “contributed to the outcome that resulted in the death of another human being.” But not until the release of surprise footage showed the policeman in question shouting profanities at Sterling, slamming him into a car, twice ordering his colleague [recently suspended for three days] to use his Taser and threatening to shoot Sterling while aiming his weapon at the man’s head. Louisiana officials have long maintained that body cam footage was unavailable that would clear up any discrepancies involving that police-involved shooting. We’ve been told that based on the evidence, neither state or federal officials felt compelled to lodge criminal charges against the two officers. It’s these kinds of numerous and almost “normalized” encounters between Black men and the police, that now make it essential for all Black parents to have “the talk” with their children, especially with their young sons, in order to avoid seeing

the names of our children added to ever-growing list of Blacks shot and killed by “Officer Friendly” – Blacks guilty of little more than committing that one unforgivable crime that still remains on America’s books: “walking while Black.” On August 28, 1963, on the centennial of the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in his now iconic message uttered within the shadows of the Lincoln Memorial, said, “the time has come to make justice a reality for all God’s children,” further saying, “I have a dream my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” Fifty years since his assassination on April 4, 1968, America has yet to embrace or endorse the conditions that would make Dr. King’s dream a reality. Blacks, no matter their age or gender, all face the daily threat of losing their lives simply because they’re Black – second-class citizens in a country that has falsely purported to be a port and safe haven for anyone seeking refuge from storms of injustice, inequity or intolerance. But that’s just the rhetoric carefully administered by this country’s privileged few. And so, I remain on guard, protecting as best I can my now two adult children, one a still-naïve manchild, and my two male grandchildren, a toddler and a teenager, from the possibility – even the inevitability of their premature death at the hands of those sworn to “serve and protect. If you have not had “the talk” with your young offspring, do it now and with the quickness. Chats about the birds and the bees now seem irrelevant. It’s all about keeping our youth alive, providing them with the lens that allows them to see the world that only Black folk must face – one where our lives still do not matter. As for Dr. King’s soul, I imagine, it still does not rest while his dream remains . . . just a dream. WI

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Editor’s Note: The international community continues to celebrate the life and mourn the loss of the “Mother of the Nation,” Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, former wife of Nelson Mandela and an activist in her own right in the struggle against white-minority rule in South Africa, who recently died in a Johannesburg hospital following a lengthy illness at 81. A family spokesperson described her as “one of the greatest icons of the struggle against apartheid who fought valiantly against the apartheid state and sacrificed her life for the freedom of the country.” Married to Nelson Mandela for 38 years, including the 27 years of his imprisonment on an island near Cape Town, the spokesperson added, “she kept the memory of her imprisoned husband alive during his years on Robben Island and helped give the struggle for justice in South Africa one of its most recognizable faces.” A longtime stalwart of the ruling African National Congress political party, she was a member of South Africa’s parliament at the time of her death. The current head of South Africa, President Cyril Ramaphosa, recently referred to her as “an advocate for the dispossessed and the marginalized” and “a voice for the voiceless.” A memorial service and an “official national” funeral have been scheduled for April 11 and 14, respectively.

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PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY Speed Camera Proposed on Maryland’s ‘Deadliest Highway’ By William J. Ford WI Staff Writer @jabariwill Mary Jelks of Fort Washington drives the speed limit not only because it’s the law, but also to avoid commuters who don’t obey speed restrictions. But the retired federal worker also dodges streets with speed cameras “because I don’t trust them.” She plans to do that if state lawmakers approve installation of a device at Old Fort Road and Indian Head Highway in Fort Washington. However, they must decide by Monday, April 9 before the General Assembly session in Annapolis comes to an end. The bill was approved in the House last month, but is currently under review in the Senate.

“I personally think there are too many speed cameras in [Prince George’s County],” Jelks said. “Just put a police officer there to do his or her job. Person-to-person communication is good.” Delegate Kris Valderrama (D-District 26) of Fort Washington, who sponsored the legislation, said a speed camera would ease congestion, slow down drivers and decrease crashes. According to the legislation, 58 people died in 47 crashes along “one of the deadliest highways in Maryland” between 2007 and 2017. The worst crash on the highway, also known as Route 210, happened in February 2008 during an illegal street race when a driver veered off the road, killing eight onlookers and injuring several others.

5State lawmakers have until April 9 to decide whether to post a speed camera at an intersection of Route 210 and Old Fort Road near the Potomac Village shopping center in Fort Washington. /Photo by William J. Ford

No fatal crashes have occurred so far this year, but a vehicle struck and killed a 24-year-old woman on March 22 near Route 210 and Kirby Hill and Livingston roads, about one mile south of the MGM National Harbor casino and resort. Construction continues at that intersection on a $116 million interchange to relieve traffic congestion, with work scheduled to end next year. The intersection where that collision took place sits about one mile south of Route 210

Changes in Prince George’s County Schools Await Final Approval By William J. Ford WI Staff Writer @jabariwill Although the Maryland House of Delegates voted unanimously last month in Annapolis to slightly restructure the Prince George’s County Public Schools system, but the changes still await Senate approval with the 90-day session scheduled to end Monday, April 9. The two main items involve the selection of the school board vice chair by elected board members and the creation of an inspector general office. The proposed changes stem from recent controversies such as alleged pay raises for high-ranking school staff and

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grade inflation among high school seniors that some officials, educators and residents have called lack of accountability. Sen. C. Anthony Muse (D-District 26) of Accokeek maintains his position the county should revert to an all-elected school board. As for the inspector general, he said Friday, March 30 it all depends on who would decide on overseeing the school system. According to the legislation, County Council would make the selection. “I’m not sure I have a lot of faith in that,” said Muse, who’s running for Prince George’s County executive. “It seems to be political to make the citizens think we did something, when in fact we did nothing.”

Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller, who represents portions of Prince George’s and Calvert counties, said a hybrid format ensures all students and families receive proper representation and resources. “The beauty of [a hybrid board] is you have people who are elected and have people who look at the county as a whole,” Miller said. “The completely elected school board didn’t work. [Hybrid structure] has its challenges, but it [works] better than just people looking at their own areas.” According to a brief, historical analysis of the legislation, Prince George’s swayed through changes to the school board structure when as a hy-

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and Old Fort Road one near Livingston Square. The same two streets intersect about three miles south near the Potomac Village shopping center. It’s unclear which intersection the camera would monitor for drivers headed southbound toward Charles County. Bertha Anistead of Fort Washington supports the use of cameras, no matter where they’re placed. “One ticket should slow you down,” said Anistead, who received a speed camera ticket in the county more than a month ago. “I think anything will help to slow traffic down. We want people to be safe and drive safely.” However, state law allows speed cameras near a school and highway work zones. No schools are located along Route 210 that stretches 21 miles into Charles County. Meanwhile, Jelks and other opponents of speed cameras say they mainly serve as a revenue generator. A summary of the county speed camera profits shows net revenues of $25.5 million between fiscal years 2013-17. Revenue slightly decreased each year as enforcement increased. A state analysis estimated county revenues would increase by $438,000 if the camera captured 30 violations per day and each $40 fine paid. All money received from the proposed speed camera in Fort Washington would go into a criminal injuries compensation fund.

During a hearing Tuesday in Annapolis before the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee on the bill, Valderrama disputed the revenue claim. According to police data, Prince George’s and state police have issued about 16,000 traffic citations along Route 210 since September. Nearly half of the tickets came from a speed camera in a work zone at Route 210 and Kirby Hill and Livingston roads. “That has surely helped, but drivers still need to change their behavior and value life over speed,” she said. State Sen. C. Anthony Muse (D-District 26) of Accokeek, a member of the committee, had a simple message for those who dismiss speed cameras as a money-making device. “I would make sure that they go see some of the families of victims [and] they wouldn’t see it that way,” he said. Ron Weiss, a community activist who resides in Fort Washington, wanted more than just one speed camera posted along Route 210. According to the state Highway Administration, 241 crashes occurred around Route 210 and Palmer Road between January 2007 and June 2017. That intersection rests one junction south from Route 210 and Old Fort Road near Livingston Square. “It’s not all that we wanted, but it’s a good start,” Weiss said. “I am so relieved and very happy with the representation I have in my area. Hopefully we have the Senate behind it.” WI

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5 Theresa Mitchell Dudley, at podium, president of the Prince George’s County Educators Association, lead a press conference March 8 in front of county’s school administration building in Upper Marlboro to protest school board structure. /File photo by William J. Ford

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According to a March 28 letter from Demetria T. Tobias, an attorney who represents the Prince George’s school board, the board opposes the inspector general position mainly because the school system already has an internal auditor that receives and assess complaints. In addition, the $190,000 would take away funding for other programs and the county would be on the jurisdiction in the state with an inspector general, according to the letter. Delegate Alonzo Washington (D-District 22) of Hyattsville, pushed for the creation of the position, outlining a fourpage list of 15 cases of waste, fraud and abuse in the school system dating back to 1993. If both bills regarding the school board structure and inspector general position are approved, they would go into effect June 1 and July 1, respectively. WI

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the Census Bureau exists and yet they are still undercounted, it shows you the magnitude of the problem.” Brad Berry, general counsel for the NAACP, said during a press conference at the National Press Club in northwest D.C. that the suit is unique because it preemptively seeks action before work on the 2020 census begins. The lawsuit claims the federal government has decreased field tests and other resources and manpower needed for an accurate count. The suit also states the bureau doesn’t have sufficient staffing and also still has an acting director in Ron Jarmin, who’s also named as a defendant in the suit. On Capitol Hill last month, the House approved $2.8 billion for the bureau, an increase of more than double the amount of the Trump administration’s request of $1.1 billion. “Proposing a bill and passing a bill are two different things,” Johnson said. “Once the final bill passes, we would like to evaluate to see if it’s sufficient. We simply need the political will to make sure we have an accurate count for this [upcoming] census.” The bureau plans to use digital technology to conduct the census for the first time, but the suit claims that half of households which earn less than $30,000 annually have access to the internet.

“A largely online census will likely have a devastating impact on communities that have low or little access to reliable broadband internet, many of which are communities of color and low-income households,” according to the suit. “Defendants’ design flaws, coupled with their insufficient funding, planning and staffing deficiencies, have left them unprepared for the challenges that digitization presents.” A spokeswoman for the Suitland-based bureau deferred questions to the Department of Commerce, which oversees the bureau. A department representative for the didn’t respond to emails and a phone message for comment. Meanwhile, Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker III said his jurisdiction has lost about $200 million in federal money because of census undercounts. The Maryland jurisdiction of nearly 900,000 people borders D.C., with African Americans comprising 65 percent of its population. Federal law requires citizens are counted in a decennial census that not only helps redraw political boundaries, but also for counties and states to receive federal money for improvement of schools, roads and other needs. H. Elizabeth Johnson, a county resident since 1974, spoke of how federal dollars paid for opi-

brid with nine members in 2002. In December 2006, the legislature changed to all nine members elected with five from a particular district and four at-large colleagues. Based on a recommendation in 2012 from Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker III, state lawmakers approved to add four appointed members and expand the board to 13. The county executive can currently appoint three members and select both chair and vice chair, while the County Council approves a third member. The proposed legislation allows the executive to continue to appoint the school board chair. Both the chair and vice chair would serve two-year terms. Also, a three-fifths vote,

or eight of the 14 members, would allow them “to take an action that is contrary to an action of the chief executive officer,” according to the legislation. The current figure stands at two-thirds, or seven members. A high school student makes up the 14th person on the board, but she’s chosen by a regional Student Government Association and doesn’t vote on the budget, school closings and personnel matters. Meanwhile, an inspector general would be appointed for a four-year term to assist County Council and the school system with several functions, including: preventing, investigating and reporting instances of fraud, waste and abuse of funds. The $191,000 salary includes a $141,000 base and $49,000 for fringe and retirement benefits.

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MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN THE NEWS

Compiled by Lauren Poteat WI Contributing Writer

SNOW POSSIBLE FOR WEEKEND

Spring has arrived, but weather advisers warn that the region may be in for yet another round of snow this weekend, even as temperatures reached the 60s earlier in the week. “Temperatures bounce all around, and we have several additional chances for precipitation of different varieties: drizzle,

showers, thundershowers and, yes, maybe some more wet snow by the weekend,” the Washington Post’s Capital Gang predicted. Temperatures are expected to take a dip on Saturday, April 7 with a high of 42 and a low of 32, with possible precipitation. Should snow fall, it is hopeful that the flakes will melt by Monday morning to prevent any future school closings and delayed summer vacations.

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5 County residents may see just a little more snow in spring. /Courtesy of mymcmedia.org

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In the wake of last month’s deadly school shooting in St. Mary’s County, Montgomery County’s police chief Tom Manger, recently spoke about school safety and guns. During a March 25 event at the People’s Community Baptist Church in Silver Spring, Manger

discussed ideas proposed by residents to help make schools safer. “The dumbest idea I’ve heard in my 40 years of being a police officer is arming teachers,” Manger said. “More guns do not make us more safe.” Manger opposed adding metal detectors at school entrances because of the message he fears it would send to young people. “We cannot make these schools armed fortresses,” he said. “We can’t put gates up, fences up.” Manger also spoke of the need to handle students with mental health issues who make school threats on social media in a more intricate way.

had plowed into the Richey and Company shoe store at Congressional Plaza. A building inspector was called to check the integrity and viability of the store. The two people who were hurt didn’t suffer life-threatening injuries. Authorities are still investigating the cause of the crash. WI

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Two people were injured Saturday in Rockville when a vehicle crashed into a shoe store. Police responded about 6 p.m. to the scene where a car

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5 The Richey and Company shoe store in Rockville suffered significant damage when a car struck the building. /Courtesy of wtop.com

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BUSINESS NAN Convention to Commemorate MLK’s Death in New York City By Sarafina Wright WI Staff Writer The National Action Network (NAN) will welcome Sens. Kamala Harris, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren along with other elected officials and prominent civil rights leaders at its annual convention as the country marks the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s death. The Rev. Al Sharpton, civil rights activist and NAN founder, unveiled the preliminary schedule for the convention, which will be held at the Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel from April 18-22. The largest convention of its kind in the country will welcome civil rights leaders and allies from around the nation as the civil rights community refocuses its efforts to resisting a hostile presidential administration in the upcoming midterm elections, the organization said. The convention is expected to bring together influential national leaders from the civil rights movement, government, labor, religion, business, media, the Black church and the activist community to reflect on King’s legacy and impact while celebrating today’s civil rights leaders and examining the path forward. Confirmed guest speakers include: former Attorney General Eric Holder, Sens. Cory Booker and Tim Scott, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Reps. Al Green and Sheila Jackson Lee, rapper and activist

Common, journalist Susan Taylor, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy and TV commentators Angela Rye, Symone Sanders and Joy-Ann Reid. Founded in 1991 by Sharpton, NAN is one of the nation’s leading civil rights organizations, with chapters throughout the U.S. “National Action Network, the group I founded, has affiliates or chapters in over 40 cities around the country,” Sharpton said. “NAN works within the spirit and tradition of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to promote a modern civil rights agenda that includes the fight for one standard of justice, decency and equal opportunities for all people regardless of race, religion, nationality or gender.”

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WHAT IS THE STATE OF THE UNION UNDER TRUMP? 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Moderator: Rev. Al Sharpton, President &

Founder, National Action Network Panelists: Jennifer Jones Austin, CEO of FPWA and Author The Honorable Ras Baraka, Mayor, Newark, NJ Lee Saunders, President, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Nicolle Wallace, Host, Deadline White House, MSNBC Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers (AFT)

THE STATE OF AMERICAN JUSTICE IN THE AGE OF TRUMP

12:30 p.m. - 2 p.m. Moderator: Michael A. Hardy, Esq., Executive Vice President & General Counsel, National Action Network Panelists: Benjamin Crump, Principal, Ben Crump Law, PLLC Donna Lieberman, Executive Director, New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU)

HOW DO WE DEAL WITH THE DIGITAL DIVIDE?

2 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Moderator: Lord Q. Dowdell, Chairman, NAN’s New York City Chapter Technology Committee Panelists: Keith Davis, Director, Cisco Academy Support Center Chanelle Hardy, Director of Strategic Outreach and External Partnership, Google Camille Joseph, Regional Vice President, State Government Affairs, Charter Communications Crystal Patterson, Government and Politics Outreach Manager, Facebook Terry Sweeney, Panasonic Antonio Williams, Senior Director of Government and External Affairs, Comcast For more information, go to washingtoninformer.com. WI

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NATIONAL Speculation Grows that Trump Will Fire Mueller By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer The anticipated showdown between President Donald Trump and special counsel Robert Mueller may not happen after all. Instead, there’s growing sentiment on Capitol Hill that the president will pull out his most famous expression to avoid a meeting with Mueller: “You’re fired!” Many believe Trump is preparing to fire the special counsel, after news reports exposed that the president has at least floated the idea of pardoning some of his

friends who have already been indicted in the sweeping probe of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election that saw the Republican former reality-television show host upset Democrat Hillary Clinton. “I think the president’s abrupt recent actions in how he dismissed the Veterans Affairs secretary, the secretary of state [and] other key members of his Cabinet suggest that this is something he’s likely to do,” Sen. Christopher Coons, a Delaware Democrat, told reporters. “Many lawmakers believe that

it would be dreadful if he does,” Coons said. Trump has publicly bristled at the investigation, repeatedly calling it a “witch hunt.” In January, the New York Times reported that Trump tried to have Mueller fired shortly after the special counsel’s appointment last year. The Hill reported that Trump backed off from that demand after White House counsel Don McGahn threatened to quit. Some lawmakers have also asked that Congress pass legislation that would hamper the president’s ability to fire Mueller. Published reports have also suggested that Trump’s now-former attorney John Dowd allegedly told lawyers representing Paul Manafort and Michael Flynn — both Trump allies who are under indictment by Mueller —that the president would consider pardoning the two men if they faced legal trouble. That has led to speculation that Mueller could pursue bribery charges against Trump. CNN’s Chris Cillizza drew a direct parallel between Trump’s situation and disgraced former President Richard Nixon, who ultimately resigned before being impeached. When Nixon ordered the firing

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of Watergate special prosecutor Archibald Cox in 1973, he failed to alter the investigation. Propelled by appointment of a new prosecutor, congressional fortitude and public outrage, the Watergate probe continued, Cillizza said while noting the vast contrast in the political climate since then. “Today, the political atmosphere is different enough that if Trump triggers the firing of Mueller, the fate of the Russia investigation would be thrown in doubt,” he said. Multiple Republican lawmakers have warned Trump against sacking Mueller, including Sen. Jeff Flake, who this week invoked the potential of an impeachment “remedy” if Trump does so. The investigation would remain within the Department of Justice, as Mueller’s is now. But the apparatus intended to ensure independence from the White House — that is, a specially appointed counsel operating with his own team — could be dissolved. “Any Justice Department official who ensured the firing of Mueller, at Trump’s request, would likely be the one deciding how vigorously to continue the Russia probe within the department,” Cillizza said. That official — presumably a new acting attorney general — could also appoint a new special counsel, which is what happened in 1973. Back 45 years ago, a Democratic majority on Capitol Hill led the investigation into Republican Nixon’s cover-up of the burglary at the Watergate building of the Democratic national headquarters. Nixon’s ultimate downfall in 1974 came as Republican leaders such as Arizona Sen. Barry Goldwater pressured him to resign. Republicans control both the House and Senate today, and the party’s leaders haven’t been especially critical of Trump’s attacks on Mueller, even as they recently

said the special counsel should be allowed to proceed. “Don’t create a constitutional crisis. Congress cannot preempt such a firing. Our only constitutional remedy is after the fact, through impeachment. No one wants that outcome. Mr. President, please don’t go there,” Flake tweeted. “With each passing day comes the possibility of additional indictments and, nearer in sight, the fall elections, when Democrats have a chance to win a majority in the U.S. House of Representatives. If that happens, Democrats would have a new ability to investigate the Republican President and challenge his policies,” Cillizza said. Since taking over from FBI Director James Comey last year, Mueller has charged 19 people, including Flynn, the former national security adviser, Manafort, Trump’s former campaign chairman, and 13 Russians for their use of social media during the campaign. Flynn pleaded guilty in December to lying to the FBI about conversations with Russia’s ambassador and is cooperating with Mueller’s investigation. George Papadopoulos, a former campaign foreign policy adviser, has also pleaded guilty to making a false statement to the FBI. He was convicted of lying about his interactions with foreign nationals, including people with ties to the Russian government. If Mueller were no longer on the case, the fate of the Manafort prosecution would fall to the DOJ officials who take over the probe. “It is difficult to predict what Trump would ultimately do about Mueller,” Cillizza said. “But Trump has already signaled he would not shy from a politically unpopular pardon of someone caught up in Mueller’s probe.” WI

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Key Rulings Expected in Cosby Trial By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer Quaaludes may not be a part of the retrial of Bill Cosby. Judge Steven O’Neill indicated on Friday that he may not allow such testimony, which dominated headlines and the previous trial last year. O’Neill has allowed at least five other alleged victims to testify, including model Janice Dickinson, who said Cosby drugged and sexually assaulted her decades ago. Janice-Baker-Kinney, Heidi Thomas, Chelan Lasha and LiseLotte Lublin are the four other primary witnesses who’ve made public accusations against Cosby in the media since the current case made news in late 2014. The judge may also allow the prosecution to call four additional witnesses to support testimony from the so-called prior-bad-acts alleged victims. But, he said the mention of Quaaludes could be [overly] prejudicial because he’s allowing testimony from the additional accusers. Last year, O’Neill allowed just one such individual to testify. “The evidence has changed in this case,” O’Neill said in court Friday. Cosby’s lawyers argued that his deposition testimony from a 2005 civil suit with Andrea Constand should not have been allowed in the first trial and because it had many references to Quaaludes, it caused a media stir. They said the comedian never admitted to plying women with Quaaludes, but the redacted version of

the deposition used at the 2017 trial appeared to show him admitting that he did. Defense lawyers also said testimony about Quaaludes would also be irrelevant because it isn’t alleged that he plied Constand with the drug. Cosby has admitted to giving Constand Benadryl and prosecutors believe that the drug acts similarly to Quaaludes. Cosby, 80, faces three counts of aggravated indecent sexual assault stemming from a 2004 incident at his Elkins Park, Pa., home with Constand, who claims he drugged and digitally penetrated her. While the judge has continually admonished both sides from “trying their case for reporters,” and he’s repeatedly ask that the lawyers temper their comments and stick to law, fireworks continue to erupt in the courthouse. A medium-height but thin in appearance Assistant District Attorney Kristen Feden seemed to suggest that she wanted to take her battle with Defense Attorney Kathleen Bliss outside. Angrily yelling and pointing at Bliss, Feden challenged the older but much more physically put together lawyer as O’Neill simply held his head in hand and some court observers sat stunned while others gasped. Meanwhile, O’Neill is also expected to rule on several other items, including whether to admit testimony from potential defense witness, Marguerite Jackson who worked at Temple University with Constand. If allowed, Jackson is expected to testify that Constand told her of a scheme

to fabricate sexual assault claims against a big-name celebrity. O’Neill excluded Jackson’s testimony in the first trial, but the judge has said repeatedly that those rulings are no longer binding. Attorneys for the comedian also want to admit details of his $3.5 million civil settlement to Constand in 2006. Prosecutors have objected, but have asked that if the judge allows it, they should be able to introduce statements made during the negotiations of that payout. “It paid off, just as she said it would and that’s our theory,” Cosby lawyer Kathleen Bliss said of the settlement and the alleged pre-accusation comment Constand made to Jackson. Jury selection is scheduled for Monday and O’Neill said the trial will begin on April 9. The NNPA Newswire and the Washington Informer website will provide updates as the judge makes his rulings. WI

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More than 4,000 delegates from 80 countries are expected to converge in Kigali next month for the Transform Africa Summit 2018. The summit will bring together African leaders, private sector players, representatives of development partners that are active the ICT field, among others. Up to 22 Heads of State and Government are expected to attend the gathering due to begin on May 8. The theme for this year’s summit revolves around a continental single digital market. The summit will feature multiple side events covering a wide-range of areas, including digital connectivity, digital trading and trade facilitation, financial platforms, digital identification, and digital content platforms. Jean-Philbert Nsengimana, the special adviser of the Kigali-based Smart Africa secretariat – which spearheads ICT initiatives across the continent – told The New Times the annual summit has grown into an important forum on the continent. So far, 22 countries subscribe to Smart Africa, which also enjoys the backing of several pan-African and international organizations, multilateral companies, academia, among others. Some of the organizations include World Bank, African Union Commission, African Development Bank and the International Telecommunications Union. These actors and the Smart Africa secretariat work together under a broader framework known as Smart Africa Alliance. Highlighting some of the impacts of last year’s summit, Nsengimana said the meeting saw the adoption of the Smart City initiative, which has since picked up. “The Smart City flagship project has since become a movement across the continent. Our member countries have embarked on Smart City initiatives and private sector partners have come on board to invest and provide the technical expertise that is required to drive smart cities,” he said. Nsengimana added: “Our partners have led the work of developing a PPP (public-private partnership) framework for building smart cities that will be unveiled at the upcoming summit.” During last year’s summit, a number of agreements and deals were clinched, including a $50 million investment deal between Rwanda and Sheikh Rakadh Group and Ngali Holdings. At last year’s summit, Smart Africa Alliance entered into an agreement with Microsoft to support member countries in developing relevant policies. Also, Rwanda and Inmarsat, a global mobile satellite communications firm, signed an agreement to launch a series of digital service initiatives across Kigali. Smart Africa Alliance was borne from the first edition of the Transform Africa Summit in 2013 when government leaders committed to fast-track development using IT. The alliance membership has since grown to 22 countries and multiple international development partners, including the World Bank, African Union Commission, African Development Bank and the International Telecommunications Union. WI

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Spring is here! If you have allergies or asthma, pollen and pollution can trigger your symptoms. Allergies can cause many symptoms, such as a runny nose; sneezing; itching; rashes; and swelling of your skin, sinuses, or digestive system. Allergies can also make asthma symptoms worse. Asthma is common among children and teens. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says nearly 14,000 children in the District have asthma, and most are ages 5 to 9. If you or your child has asthma, you likely know that your airways are sensitive. They react to certain things called triggers, which can cause them to become inflamed. They narrow and swell. Common asthma triggers are: • Mold • Things in the air, such as dust and pollen • Colds and flu • Cold weather • Pet hair and dander • Secondhand smoke • Cockroach droppings You may react to just one of these triggers, or find you have many triggers. You can learn to avoid your triggers and gain control over asthma. Your primary care provider (PCP) can help you make

a treatment plan so you can stay well, stay active, and enjoy your life. You can still get outside if you have allergies or asthma Staying active is important for staying healthy. If you or your child has allergies or asthma but enjoys being active outdoors, you can still get outside with good medical care. Talk to your or your child’s PCP to learn the best way to do this. Here are some things to think about: Work with your PCP to come up with a written asthma action plan. This plan can help you stay in control of your or your child’s asthma triggers. Your PCP might prescribe medicine to help. Children ages 10 and older can help make their asthma action plans. It’s important to share your child’s plan with your child’s school, teachers, caregivers, and family members. Most people can manage their symptoms by using their action plans and having routine PCP visits. Take your asthma or allergy medicines on time and the right way. If you have asthma, talk to your PCP about what you should do if your symptoms get severe or you feel like you are having an asthma attack. If you have an inhaler, try it out a few times in front of your PCP. If you take longterm control medicines, take them as your PCP tells you. Check the air quality. Air pollution can make you more sensitive to other triggers. If the air is polluted, you

may find it hard to breathe outside. You can check the air quality at www. doee.dc.gov/air. This will help you know when to take it easy outside. In the spring and summer, mornings are often the best time to be outdoors. Protect against pollen. Pollen and mold are the main problem for many with asthma and allergies: • Close your windows at night to keep pollen and mold from coming in. On days with a lot of pollen and pollution, stay inside with windows closed. • Don’t dry clothes or sheets outside. • After you spend time outdoors, shower and change clothes. This helps get rid of pollen or mold on your clothing, hair, and skin. If you start to see signs of asthma or allergies, limit outdoor time. Go to the gym, walk at the mall, swim in an indoor pool, join a dance class, or move along to a fitness video. AmeriHealth Caritas District of Columbia (DC) members can join a no-cost fitness program and go to a fitness center of their choice. Check out www. fitnesscoach.com to learn more. Get help if you need it Spring and summer can be hard if you have allergies and asthma, but you don’t have to suffer. Tell your PCP if your allergies or asthma are giving you trouble so you can still enjoy the season. If you are an AmeriHealth Caritas

DC member, we can pair you with a Care Coach. Your Care Coach can help you make PCP appointments, fill your medicines, and meet your health goals. If you would like to be paired with a Care Coach, call Member Services at 1-800-408-7511. Asthma and allergies don’t have to hold you back. You can control them with the right medical care. When you learn to notice the warning signs, you can enjoy life on your terms and be the best you can be. 1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “Asthma.” Accessed March 13, 2018. https:// www.cdc.gov/asthma/faqs.htm. 2. National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. “Asthma.” Accessed March 13, 2018. https:// www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health-topics/

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HEALTH Do You Need an Ophthalmologist or an Optometrist?

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Knowing How They Differ Could Save Your Vision By Curtis Bunn, Urban News Service Tears flow from the nearly sightless eyes of Marilyn Rumph. At 49, this hardworking African-American woman is losing her ability to read, drive and watch her children grow up. A

few years ago, she had two working eyes and ambitions for the future. Today, she struggles to see. Just the thought of it makes her cry. Her condition, she believes, could have been prevented. A confluence of circumstanc-

es led the Palm Beach, Florida native to this dark, unfortunate place: she says she was ignored, mistreated and misdiagnosed by the one eye-care specialist that she had trusted. It is a place an increasingly number of African Americans are finding themselves these days. The National Eye Institute says African Americans are more prone to certain eye conditions than other Americans and the

number of low vision cases in the Black community could double by 2030. And, with the surge of African Americans reaching retirement age, Blacks can expect to witness record numbers of eye problems. At stake are billions of dollars of insurance, Medicaid and Medicare payments, which will flow to one group of professionals or the other – optometrists or ophthalmologists. To win some of that money, optometrists are demanding legal changes to allow them to do the work once reserved for medical doctors – without getting the training or supervision of medical doctors. Some optometrists want to perform eye surgeries, prescribe drugs and otherwise take the place of medical doctors. In states like Florida and Kentucky, they’re considering measures that will vastly expand the role of optometrists, without

necessarily telling the public that they are not actual medical doctors. That may save the state and federal government tens of millions of dollars per year since the non-doctors bill at a lower rate than doctors, critics say, but many patients could lose their eyesight in the bargain. Rumph’s case cuts right to the center of the controversy between optometrists and ophthalmologists. While many patients cannot tell the difference and sometimes falsely believe that optometrists are medical doctors. In fact, optometrists do not go to medical school or pass medical doctor state board license exams. Instead, they earn PhDs in eye care, explaining why they can legally call themselves doctors, as any PhD holder can. “The difference between the two professions can confuse

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HEALTH EYES from Page 20 many Americans who don’t have time to learn the difference,” said Sandra Greenberg, the president of the National Consumer League. She added that the system works best when optometrists and ophthalmologists work together to help their patients. Since optometrists are generally cheaper, some insurance plans push people to non-medical doctors first. Rumph said she trusted the expertise of her long-time optometrist, who could not explain her painful eye or blurred vision. He prescribed new eyeglasses, she said. It was not until she got fed up and went to a second optometrist, who recommended she see an ophthalmologist, that she finally saw an actual medical doctor. As an ophthalmologist, he had a wealth of experience of eye disease, which learned as a resident physician in a nearby hospital. He quickly diagnosed her with two detached retinas. By then, it was too late to save her vision. One retina was so severely

damaged that it could not be corrected with surgery. The other was repaired, but Rumph’s vision is far from clear, she said. At issue was the difference between the eye care professionals. An optometrist is a vision professional, not a medical doctor. Once known as an optician, as explained by the College of Optometrists, he is “trained to examine the eyes to detect defects in vision, signs of injury, ocular diseases or abnormality and problems with general health, such as high blood pressure or diabetes. They make a health assessment, offer clinical advice, prescribe spectacles or contact lenses and refer patients to further treatment.” He does not perform surgeries. An ophthalmologist is a medical doctor who is trained to perform eye exams, diagnose and treat disease, prescribe medications and perform eye surgery. They also write prescriptions for eyeglasses and contact lenses. In Rumph’s case, according to her, optometrist Dan Durante, whom she had been a patient since 1992, ignored her concerns and did not refer her to

an ophthalmologist. Instead he increased the strength in her prescription glasses, she said. In severe cases like Rumph’s, quickly seeking out a reputable ophthalmologist can be the difference vision and blindness, or day and endless night. Medical training can be the deciding factor. Even in Rumph’s case, the first optometrist missed her condition entirely and, while, the second optometrist correctly diagnosed a detached retina in one eye, he failed to notice it in her other eye. The ophthalmologist determined that vision in one eye was 90 percent gone. But, he thought, with the careful surgery, he could save the other eye. With his surgical skills, he was able to restore her eyesight in one eye. Even then, she said, her vision is often marred by blurriness. As a result, her husband said, she suffers bouts of depression. But things could have been very different with the proper knowledge. If Rumph had known her trusted optometrist was not actually a medical doctor, she might be seeing out of two eyes today. WI

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Jealous: Maryland Seniors Deserve Better By William J. Ford WI Staff Writer @jabariwill Maryland gubernatorial candidate Ben Jealous’s grandmother, in addition to being an influence in the social work arena to political stalwart Barbara Mikulski, continues to persevere at 101 years old. So a proposal Jealous unveiled Tuesday, April 3 to protect the state’s seniors has a personal connection. “She’s a blessing to me every day,” Jealous said of his grandmother, Mamie Todd. “Her life is a reminder that we are living longer and longer lives and we can flourish when our plate intentionally supports us in our golden years.” The former NAACP president’s plan focuses on three components: financial, medical and social. He would work with legislatures to help prevent seniors statewide from losing their homes to tax sales from unpaid

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water bills. Delegate Mary Washington, a Democrat from Baltimore City, has legislation currently under review by the Senate to prohibit that practice in the city. Her bill received unanimous approval last month in the House. Jealous would double the number of staffers in the Adult Services Division in the state’s Department of Human Resources to combat elder abuse. The plan doesn’t explain how and where money would come from to hire more workers. According to Guidewell Financial Solutions, a nonprofit counseling agency of Baltimore, states the average victim of financial abuse loses about $120,000. As for maintaining healthy living, the plan would provide dedicated funding to expand various senior programs statewide such as delivery of home meals and a farmer’s market nutrition program. The social aspect of the plan pushes for intergenerational spaces such residential developments to include millennials, families and seniors. The proposal also would offer tax incentives for senior residences that incorporate child care services. This helps reduce social isolation and improves mental health, according to the plan. “When you are mixing senior citizen housing and affordable housing and market rate housing, you’re building with a vision with a community that is eco-

nomically integrated, intergenerationally integrated and racially integrated,” he said. “You build a stronger community.” The plan also touches running mate Susan Turnbull, whose mother died at age 74 after complications to cancer surgery. She resided in a nursing home in Ohio, but Turnbull later realized staff weren’t required to test residents for breast or prostate cancer. Turnbull helped push a law in Maryland nearly 25 years ago that ensures all nursing homes screen and treat patients for those ailments. “I didn’t want anyone else to experience what I did after my mother lost her life due to the lack of preventive health care,” she said in a statement. “This plan puts families first by ensuring that we care for seniors’ economic needs, social needs and health needs.” Jealous will face eight opponents in the June primary: Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker III; Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz; state Sen. Richard Madaleno Jr. of Montgomery County; tech entrepreneur Alec Ross; Krish Vignarajah, a former policy director for first lady Michelle Obama; Baltimore attorney Jim Shea; educator Ralph Jaffe of Baltimore County; and James Jones of Baltimore City. The winner will face Republican Gov. Larry Hogan in the November general election. WI

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KING from Page 1 er Washington Area became a whirlwind of marches, tributes, worship services, candlelight vigils and even moments of solitude and heartfelt prayer. Still, this year’s events and those responsible for them do not serve as the first time Americans of all races and religions have assembled for special tributes honoring Dr. King on the date of his death. However, as one of D.C.’s leading businessmen shares, the recent leadership exemplified by our nation’s youth during which they demanded immediate gun reform, would have a distinct impact on the shape and structure of many remembrances of Dr. King’s continuing legacy. Hundreds assembled in Southwest as the sun’s rays yielded to the moonlight – lifting voices and holding hands in solidarity on the grounds of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial. For Harry Johnson, 63, president and CEO for The Memorial Foundation – the builders of the King Memorial – it would add to other powerful, personal memories that have made Johnson, “proud to be a person of color living in America.” “I was 13 when King was killed. I guess I knew since then that I wanted to one day be able to do something that would keep his memory alive – something that would ensure that our children and our children’s children would know who King was and why he remains so important to our nation and to the world,” said Johnson, who has led the Memorial Foundation since its inception 11 years ago, also leading the way in raising the $127 million needed to build the Memorial. “My children are great kids and they understand the meaning of the Memorial and why it had to be built,” he said. “We lay a wreath and hold a candlelight vigil each year. But this year was different. Because of the events that recently happened in Florida, we knew we had to involve more youth this time.” True to that goal, the annual

event included prayer, spoken word and songs led by the Duke Ellington School of Performing Arts. Also sharing his gifts – Bishop Michael V. Kelsey, Sr. and The New Samaritan Baptist Church Ministry. Johnson says youth participation should also be part of our community’s efforts to reflect on the sacrifices and successes of Dr. King. “I think it’s very important for young people who have only read about King, to be able to find ways so that they can better understand and then model his non-violent philosophy and its extension in the Civil Rights Movement,” Johnson adds. “Having our youth take the forefront at this year’s program, we hope, will not only increase their knowledge of the Civil Rights Movement, but also enable them to begin creating a movement of their own. We’re already seeing that happen here in the District and across the U.S.” “Are we better or worse 50 years later? We need only to look at our youth. In 1963, young people left their classrooms in Birmingham and Montgomery and got involved. We’ve come full circle since then. Two weeks ago here in D.C., thousands of young people filled the streets, saying they wanted to see an end to the violence and killing that now dominates the American landscape.” “King’s message and inclusion of youth, which many criticized back then, has crossed lines and been viewed as the only way for us to move forward. Today, young people of all ages are asking why our nation has to be such a violent place. They want to see a new way of living emerge. They’re speaking truth to power. And they are the future for America.” “I think Dr. King would have loved to witness this moment. As for the Black community, we go through ebbs and flows. Years ago, King was our leading voice. Others have since taken up the mantle. I see so much progress since his death, even if just in my own life. I have truly been blessed – like so many other members of the Black community. But we can do much, much more.”

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“King, and other leaders decades ago, put their lives on the line in order to make this country and this world a better place for everyone. America has honored Jefferson, Lincoln and Washington with special statues and places where we can re-

call their outstanding contributions to this nation. We had to also include Dr. King among those leaders in U.S. history.” “I’ll never forget those days of my youth when I first saw Dr. King on television. He was an orator unri-

valed by almost anyone else. But what struck me most was despite being in a sea of violence, he was always calm, he was always one who showed the power of love.” “He will always be . . . our King,” Johnson said. WI

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EDUCATION PAVE Celebrates Funding for City’s School Programs

Bowser Proposed $19.2M, Supported by Council Members By Sarafina Wright WI Staff Writer Parents Amplifying Voices in Education (PAVE) celebrated D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s proposed $19.2 million investment in Out of School Time (OST) programs, including $9.6 million in new funding in sup-

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port of #WeNeed25. Parent leaders and their coalition partners hosted a celebration for the historic proposal March 22 at the John A. Wilson Building in Northwest. PAVE leaders said the mayor’s proposal to add more than $9 million in new funding shows a commitment to responding to

the calls from both students and families who have faced the greatest barriers accessing high-quality enrichment programs. The new dollars will fund the expansion of before-school, after-school and summer school programs in the District for atrisk youth. PAVE parent leaders from

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all eight wards joined coalition partners Education Reform Now DC, DC Alliance of Youth Advocates and OST program providers — including DC SCORES, After-School All-Stars and Global Kids DC — to ask Ward 1 Council member Brianne Nadeau for her continued support in finding the additional funds needed to get to $25 million. An early champion of OST programming, Nadeau co-wrote the bill to establish the Office of Out of School Time Grants and Youth Outcomes, and this year included the $25 million in her budget request to the mayor. “You have many champions [for OST funding], but I’d like to consider myself chief among them,” Nadeau said. After more than 100 parent leaders voted on their issues at the Parent Policy Summit in May, families across the city led an advocacy campaign for increased investment in OST programs for D.C. students. “The mayor’s proposed $19 million is a strong start, but we know that $25 million is necessary to make sure that the students and communities who need it most have access to a diversity of high-quality, affordable

“You have many champions [for OST funding], but I’d like to consider myself chief among them.” BRIANNE NADEAU OST programs, in every ward and community in our city,” PAVE leaders said. Parent leaders were joined in their fight by Ward 7 Council member Vincent Gray, who chair of the council’s education committee, At-Large Council member David Grosso, Deputy Mayor for Education Ahnna Smith and Mila Yochum, executive director of the Office for Out of School Time Grants and Youth Outcomes, who all backed the #WeNeed25 movement. “I came because I am a supporter,” Gray said, “OST programming is hugely important to me, and we have to figure out how to get [the funding] up a little further.” WI

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Nearly 25,000 families have received the results of the 201819 My School DC Lottery. Unlike most school districts across the country, D.C. families can choose to directly enroll their students at their neighborhood school or they can elect to apply to any charter or traditional school outside their boundary. “We are excited to have supported the successful execution of the My School DC lottery in its fifth year, after welcoming the team to the Office of the State Superintendent of Education this summer,” said state Superintendent Hanseul Kang. “Between now and the lottery for the 2019-20 school year, we will focus on the improvement of our schools and the expansion of high-quality options for all of our students.” Throughout the school year, families receive support understanding the lottery and the options available through EdFest, the My School DC hotline, and community office hours. My School DC received 24,996 applications for the 2018-19 school year from families, an increase of

EDUCATION nearly 3,000 applications over last year.

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Twenty female soccer players from eight high schools in the District spent their spring break abroad in Spain through a partnership DCPS created last year with FC Barcelona. As part of the all-expenses-paid trip, the girls — which included Keyanna Kelley, Daijhanna Murphy and Paris Whealton from Eastern High School in Northeast — trained at the team’s facilities and worked with FC Barcelona’s coaches. To be considered for the trip, the students had to compete for a spot during a tryout. During their trip, the girls also competed in two matches against Spanish students, while savoring the opportunity to play soccer in a new environment. FC Barcelona coaches will also visit the United States this summer to run Futbol Net, a sixweek soccer program.

ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

DCPS recently celebrated the first anniversary of its “Empowering Young Women as Leaders” program — a multifaceted initiative that provides additional supports the school system’s young women of color. The initiative, which aims to build community, confidence, and leadership skills, also provides DCPS more resources to address disparities in student satisfaction, graduation rates and nationally-mandated test scores. WI

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THE WASHINGTON INFORMER HISTORY OF THE CITY-WIDE SPELLING BEE The Washington Informer began sponsoring the D.C. Wide Spelling Bee during the 1981-82 school years. The late Dr. Mary E. White, supervising director, D.C. Public Schools Division of Instructional Services, Department of English, sought participation for D.C. Public Schools students in the Scripps National Spelling Bee held annually in Washington, D.C. Many years prior, The Washington Daily News sponsored the local spelling bee. Subsequently, The Washington Star purchased the Daily News, and ceased sponsorship of the spelling bee. For more than 15 years, District of Columbia public, private and parochial school students could not participate in the national competition for lack of a sponsoring newspaper. Dr. White solicited support from the Washington Post, hopeful that the publisher would agree to become the District’s official sponsor. According to Dr. White, Post officials told her that since the daily newspaper was a regional publication; their sponsorship would have to include not only the District of Columbia, but suburban Maryland and Virginia, as well. However, at that time, the Journal newspaper chain had served as the suburban sponsor for several years, resulting in the Post’s refusal to sponsor the bee solely for students enrolled in District schools. Dr. White then appealed to Dr. Calvin W. Rolark, a friend and supporter of the D.C. Public Schools, president and founder of the United Black Fund, Inc. and publisher of The Washington Informer newspaper, to exercise his influence over the Post officials and persuade them to agree to sponsor the spelling bee. However, as publisher of a weekly newspaper, which served more than 25,000 readers in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia, Dr. Rolark volunteered his publication to serve as the sponsor. With that, he brought in his daughter, Denise Rolark, managing editor of The Washington Informer, to assist in coordinating the District’s first spelling bee along with Dr. White and other D.C. Public Schools officials.

American-owned newspapers across the country, concluded that the national spelling bee was maintaining an inherently discriminatory policy that prohibited African American newspapers from participating in the National Spelling Bee since there are no African American-owned daily newspapers in the U.S. In urban school districts, where the majority of the student population is African American, students who might otherwise be eligible to participate in the spelling bee would be precluded from doing so if the white-owned daily newspaper elected not to sponsor the local bee. Dr. Rolark called in his legal counsel and wife, Wilhelmina J. Rolark, who threatened Scripps with an injunction that would forbid the national competition to take place in the District of Columbia until the court ruled on the merits of the case alleging discrimination. Scripps complied, and changed its rules to allow weekly newspaper sponsorship in the national competition. That year, the Loudon County Times, a weekly newspaper based in Loudon County, Virginia and the only other weekly newspaper to participate along with the Informer in the national spelling bee that year, produced the national spelling bee winner. Each year, more than 2,000 students enrolled in nearly 200 D.C. schools, including private, parochial, independent, charter and home-schools, participate in The Washington Informer City-Wide Spelling Bee. For the past 35 years, the City-Wide Spelling Bee has been held at the studios of NBC4, where it is taped and later aired for general viewership throughout the Washington metropolitan area.

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Scripps, a diversified multi-media company, established the National Spelling Bee to help students improve their spelling, increase their vocabulary, learn concepts, and develop correct English that will help them all their lives. Spellers experience the satisfaction of learning language not only for the sake of correct spelling but also for the sake of cultural and intellectual literacy. The Washington Informer’s participation in Scripps National Spelling Bee helps to further the goals of Scripps in the District of Columbia and to address the issue of illiteracy, particularly among African American youth. “If we want to improve the quality of life for all Americans,” said the late Dr. Calvin W. Rolark, publisher, “then we must begin by teaching our children to read, which they will not be able to achieve until they can learn to spell.”

The first city-wide spelling bee was held at Backus Junior High School in March, 1982. The winner was a sixth grade student, John Krattenmaker, who attended Mann Elementary School. Unbeknownst to Dr. Rolark, John was not permitted to participate in the Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee held the following May because The Washington Informer was not a daily newspaper, a requirement of the Scripps National Spelling. Dr. Rolark, who was a member of the board of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), a trade organization of nearly 200 African

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DEAL MIDDLE SCHOOL BOASTS DISTRICT’S TOP SPELLERS Simon Kirschenbaum Heads to National Bee in May By Sarafina Wright WI Staff Writer A dynamic duo from Deal Middle School faced off at the Washington Informer’s 36th Annual Spelling Bee where only one claimed the crown to compete at the Scripps National Spelling Bee in May. Thirty contestants competed during the taped competition on Saturday, March 17 for approximately 25 rounds at NBC 4 studios in Northwest. Simon Kirschenbaum, a 7th grader at Deal Middle School in Northwest, spelled the winning word “myocardiograph” with ease, making him the spelling bee champion of the District. Simon’s classmate and friend Joe Finkelstein came in second place. “I feel good; I don’t know how I did this,” Simon said. “I barely studied at all. I studied maybe an hour last night and an hour today.” Simon expressed the belief that he has a gift where he doesn’t have to put too much effort into spelling words correctly. “Ever since at least the second or third grade, I’ve been doing really well in spelling bees; I think I won for the first time when I was in the fourth grade,” he said. “I just sound them [the words] out in my head, think about it and it comes naturally. English is a more complicated language than Spanish- and Latin- based words that are easier to sound out. Simon says he’s already begun increasing his study time in preparation for the national bee scheduled from May 29 – 31 at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Md. “My piece of advice for someone who wants to be a spelling bee champion is learn about spelling conventions, foreign languages like Latin and also focus on things that make you uncomfortable so you can do your very best,” he added. Second-place winner Joe promised that he’ll be back to compete again in the future, adding that he’s still proud of his performance this year. Michelle Buzgon, Simon’s mother, said she couldn’t be more proud of her son’s achievement. “Simon has always had a knack for decoding and remembering words, and a love for reading fiction and non-fiction,” she said. And, as the saying goes, “Mother Knows Best,” which is why Buzgon went on to describe Simon’s study techniques. “He spends every Monday he can at Scrabble club; hecontinually wows me as he comes up with answers for New York Times crossword puzzles; and he is always playing with, manipulating and finding patterns in words. So while there is some luck of the draw involved in any spelling bee,” she said, Spelling Bee continued on Page S-11

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Spelling Bee from Page S-10 “I absolutely am proud that he brought his love of words to the bee yesterday and that it made him a winner.” “I’m feeling really happy about this,” he said. “I’m happy that Simon is the one that got first. It’s really nerve wrecking in the beginning, then it mellows out and then it gets hard again, I’m still in shock.” Simon, because of his victory, walked away with a handful of gifts courtesy of generous sponsors for the event including four round-trip tickets from Southwest Airlines, a check for $1,000 sponsored by Jack H. Olender and Associates, a Giant grocery store gift card and a Washington Informer gift bag. Joe along with both Noah Dooley and Robert Foster who tied for third place, received cash prizes and tickets for an upcoming Washington Nationals game. “I’m a big Nats fan,” Simon said. “I try to go to a game twice a year and I try to watch them on TV as much as I can. This is great!” Denise Rolark Barnes, publisher of the Washington Informer, said she’s pleased to be able to keep the D.C. spelling bee alive and well for yet another year. “I started working with my dad at the Washington Informer when I was 9, writing stories, making deposits in banks and securing advertisements,” she said. “I’m very honored to be here to support the bee and there is a history behind that. We’ve sort of been pioneers in the Black Press for the Scripps National Spelling Bee.”

The Washington Informer began sponsoring the District-wide spelling bee during the 1981-82 school year after the close and sale of The Washington Daily News left the event without a sponsor. Dr. Calvin W. Rolark, Sr., founder of The Washington Informer, eventually received a request for his weekly publication to take over as the sponsor of the bee to which he agreed, quickly enlisting the aid of his daughter, Denise Rolark Barnes, then managing editor. The first city-wide selling bee took place at Backus Junior High School in March 1982. Sixth grader John Krattenmaker, who attended Mann Elementary School in Northwest, won the competition but personal challenges made it impossible for him to compete in the National Spelling Bee – something that Dr. Rolark did not know. The newspaper did not publish on a daily basis which Scripps, at that time, required of its sponsors for the spelling bee. In response, Dr. Rolark, along with his wife and legal counsel, Wilhelmina Rolark, threatened Scripps with an injunction alleging discrimination because of rules that disproportionately affected African-American students. Scripps would soon thereafter revise their rules. Ron Burke, advertising and marketing director for the newspaper, called each of the participants “winners” – further proving his point by giving them all tickets to a future Washington Nationals baseball game courtesy of the organization. Other sponsors included: NBC 4, Washington Informer Charities, Toyota, Safeway Foundation, Alta Gas, Xfinity, Silver Spring Signarama Champion Award Trophies and Goods, Merriam-Webster, Comcast, District of Columbia Public Schools, Jack H. Olender & Associates, Foundation for the Advancement of Music and Education, Giant, Pepco, National Spelling Bee, Southwest Airlines and WGL. “We’re happy to sponsor this spelling bee; we do this every year because we absolutely love working with the children and the community,” Burke said. “Dr. Rolark said you will never make it in this world if you don’t know how to read, and you’ll never know how to read if you don’t know how to spell.” WI 5 From left, Apera Nwora from AltaGas, First Place winner Simon Kirschenbaum, Robert Foster (tied for third), Pronouncer Dave Zahren, Noah Dooley (tied for third), Second place Joe Finklestein, and Tracye Funn from Washington Gas are all smiles after a very competitive spelling bee. /Photo by Roy Lewis 3 NBC 4 Anchors Molette Green and Leon Harris interview winner Simon Kirschenbaum and Runner up Joe Finkelstein in the studio after the bee. The interview will be part of the telecast on NBC 4 on April 8th at noon. /Photo by Roy Lewis

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A celebration of excellence. Tonight, a spotlight shines brightly upon the power of education. Toyota is proud to support the 36th Annual Washington Informer Spelling Bee. We salute the students who innovate, elevate and captivate. Through your hard work and dedication, you’re changing the world one word at a time.

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MEET THE 2016 SPELLERS Photos by Roy Lewis

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#27 Alvyaa Asad Garrison Elementary School 3rd Grade

#29 Alberto Ramirez Garrison Elementary School 4th Grade

#28 Alexander Williams Watkins Elementary School Capitol Hill Cluster 5th Grade

#30 AaViahn Wood Roots PCS 5th Grade

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MEET OUR PRONOUNCER Mr. David Zahren is currently a television instructional specialist with the Prince George’s County Public Schools’ Department of Television Resources and Web Services. This is his 44th year with PGCPS. Over the past thirty plus years, Mr. Zahren has written, produced, and hosted four award-winning science programs that have aired on cable television: “Give Science A Hand,” a hands-on approach to science aimed at elementary school students; “Science Bowl,” an interscholastic science game show; “Under the Microscope,” a series of staff development programs for elementary teachers that also airs nationwide on PBS stations, and a new series, “Anatomy of a Lesson.” Mr. Zahren is a cum laude graduate with a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Pittsburgh and has a master’s degree in school administration and human relations from George Washington University. In 1985, after a teaching career that had spanned fourteen years, including three years as a Peace Corps volunteer in Nairobi, Kenya, Mr. Zahren was selected as Maryland’s Teacher in Space candidate. He was one of 100 teachers chosen from the 40,000 applicants nationwide to vie for a flight aboard the space shuttle Challenger. Mr. Zahren has received a number of awards, including the CINE Golden Eagle, for his work as a science teacher, a television host and producer, and a space educator. He continues to produce and host public television programs with the Department of Television Resources and Web Services in Prince George’s County and is in his 15th year as host for “It’s Academic,” a high school quiz program that airs on WJZ-TV, the CBS affiliate in Baltimore. He has recently retired from Washington’s WJLA-ABC 7/News Channel 8 after working 25 years as a part-time weather forecaster.

MEET OUR JUDGES

3 Starting from the left Judges Bernardine Connelly-Clark, Dr Elizabeth Primas, Emily Hammett, Jason Moore, and Consoler Elizabeth Baird-Thompson. / Photo by Roy Lewis 6 Mary Davis was the challenge judge for the competition, in case there were any parent challenges. / Photo by Roy Lewis

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OPINIONS/EDITORIALS

EDITORIAL

Judicial System’s Legacy of Cash Bonds Must End for the Poor to Realize Justice

Payday lenders used to be considered among the worst of today’s predators, disproportionately preying on Blacks and the poor in the U.S. But in recent years, they’ve been replaced by an even more sinister, long-entrenched system – America’s bail bond industry. And because it operates with the support of the country’s judicial system, the multi-billion-dollar industry, according to reports released by the American Civil Liberties Union, facilitates a system in which those who cannot afford bail must remain in jail until their trial. For the poor, neither of the two choices before them are encouraging: they must either borrow money that they can ill-afford to repay or remain locked up. However, remaining in jail rarely leads to a happy ending as the bulk of current research indicates that those who remain incarcerated are less likely to win their court cases. Meanwhile, those who borrow from bondsmen to buy their freedom find themselves languishing in debt for months – even years – before their able to pay their debt. It is this for-profit system to which we object. Some jurisdictions, including the District and New Jersey, decided to do the right thing and revised their policies in order to eliminate their reliance on bail. But, in other parts of the country, the adherence to the cash bail practice has increased dramatically, particularly over the past two decades. And rather than stay locked up for an indeterminate amount of time, those unable to post bond, the poor, are more likely to plead guilty to offenses that they did not commit, simply so they can get back to their families and, if they’re employed, back to their jobs. Judges admit that the system is flawed but also consider it to be a crucial tool as it tends to be the most reliable assurance that defendants will show up for their day in court. But it still does not allow for a level field for everyone charged with a crime. It still tends to have a negative and punitive impact on low-income defendants. Being poor should not make our citizens criminals. But in far too many courtrooms, that’s exactly the result. WI

#StudentPowerHU It’s been more than a week since students at Howard University took over the Administration Building garnering national attention for their protest over several issues stemming from an investigation alleging misappropriation of financial aid funds. While this moment in time is reminiscent of the student takeover of the Administration Building 50 years ago, it is also implicative of the fact or feeling that little has changed at the university since then. Accordingly, it’s also why both students and the administration, including Howard University President Wayne A.I. Frederick, find themselves in this predictable pickle of a situation. In December 2016, President Frederick was, reportedly, made aware that six Howard University employees who have since been fired, allegedly embezzled approximately $1 million. Students learned about this, not from Frederick, but from an online post from a fellow student one week ago on March 27. That was the spark that ignited a firestorm that threatens to engulf the university. While images portray a party atmosphere within the protest staging area, the protestors have given great attention to detail to create the kind of environment they say they would like to see and deserve campus-wide. Their weeklong stay included an Easter Sunday worship service, the provision of healthy foods donated by supporters, tutoring, a safe and nurturing environment and alternating protest hours to allow students to attend class while the protest continues. Consequently, the students are receiving praise for their organizational skills and their clear and specific articulation of the issues. But of course, they are college students attending one of the naWWW.WASHINGTONINFORMER.COM

TO THE EDITOR Spelling Bee Champ Makes DMV Proud

Make Every Vote Count

I am writing this letter in response to the story titled “Kayden Wilkins Wins with ‘Cambio’” by Ra-Jah S. Kelly. The article, which ran in the March 22 edition, told the story of fifth-grader Kayden Wilkins, who won the Washington Informer Charities Spelling Bee over a number of eighth-grade students. I am so excited to see young African-American males engaged in academics, and grateful to the Washington Informer giving them a platform to participate in competitive academic events. Congratulations to Kayden!

I am writing in response to “Election Protection Activates for 2018 Midterms” by Sarafina Wright, which ran in the March 22 edition. The article reported that national coalitions were gathering lawyers and volunteers to make sure eligible voters could vote. Many people fought to protect this right, and to this day it is being attacked by restrictive policies. I hope this serves as a reminder to everyday citizens to exercise their right to vote in the midterm.

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tion’s most prestigious HBCUs. Their issues have evolved into nine demands, including the firing of Frederick, and they have expressed them to the board of trustees, as well as to the media. It is overwhelmingly clear that young people today are what they preach. They “stay woke” and will not be blinded by what others would prefer them to “stay sleep” about, especially as it relates to acquiring a higher education that for many of them comes at a significant cost, sacrifice and struggle. HBCUs including Howard can no longer rest on their laurels. They cannot ask for more but deliver less. Students like #HUResist are just not having it anymore. They admire and love the university, but HU and others must do more to attain targeted student enrollment numbers and maintain it. WI

Joshua Brown Washington, D.C.

In an editorial in last week’s edition referring to possible changes to the city’s comprehensive plan and the concerns of citizens therein, we inadvertently and incorrectly included a sentence indicating that Council member Anita Bonds had given her support to Mayor Bowser’s proposed amendments of which Bowser describes as “nuisance challenges to development projects” and, if accepted by the council, would presumably remove the possibility of any similar and future challenges lodged by citizens of the District. Bonds has since supplied us with a statement made during a recent council meeting that indicates her position and which in fact does point to her own concerns about the plan and efforts to change its content and/or intent. We apologize for the error and any confusion that our misstatement may have caused our readers.

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OPINIONS/EDITORIALS Guest Columnist

By Franklin M. Malone

Spiritually Speaking: Taking It One Day at a Time According to The Washington Post, police have shot over 212 Blacks nationwide so far this year. Even more riveting are the statistics on Black-on-Black crime that indicate a young Black male between the ages of 18 to 24 is more likely to die from homicide than his White counterparts. Blacks constitute of 14 percent of America’s population, yet 40 percent of those incarcerated. How do we change this paradigm? According to Dr. Amos Wilson, noted author of “Black-On-Black Violence: The Psychodynamics of Black Self-Annihilation in Service of White Domination,” under-

standing the thought processes of the young Black male begins with a look at the phenomenon known as Reactionary Masculinity Syndrome (RMS). There are five major parts to this mindset that contribute to the actions of pants-down-visible-underwear youth: lack of self-love, need for material power, the lack of respect, the lack of the presence of affirming fatherhood, the danger of incarceration increasing violent deaths posed by racial oppression and institutional bias, and racism that is fueled by discrimination. RMS is a Black male’s futile attempt to assert his “manhood” and

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to regain some kind of power and respect by actively or passively rebelling against racial oppression and White male authority but in a way that is harmful to himself, his family and his community yet beneficial to the White male oppressor. The reconnection to greatness of the great kings and queens of Africa, great Black men and women of history like Adam, Solomon, David, Moses, Hannibal, Mandela, Tubman, Bethune, Obama and even Black Jesus must be reclaimed and revisited and retaught. Through the powerful dynamic and courageous leadership of Dr. Martin Luther

King Jr., Marcus Garvey, El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (Malcolm X), Frederick Douglass and so many others, the knowledge of the 11 Black U.S. presidents and understanding of the meaning of the 1492 Papal Doctrine of Discovery, to name a few, is needed for the Black male to understand his contributions, mission, purpose and promise and responsibility for generations to come. The American educational system through institutional bias and racial discrimination and intentional omission of the Black contribution to America has failed Black males

and decimated the truth and by strategic omission and left out the history of the contributions of the African American. Research reveals the Doctrine of Discovery, trans-Atlantic Holocaust, the evidence of the African presence long before Columbus in the Americas just to touch a few key areas are truths that require examination and understanding. The need to reach the Black male is being accomplished soul by soul by the 100 Fathers Inc. using our Proprietary Power Sessions and Fa-

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By Ramona Edelin

MLK Anniversary Reminds Us to Educate

The 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination has special resonance in the nation’s capital, which erupted in rioting that engulfed many neighborhoods as news of his death spread. Over three days, 13 people were killed, hundreds injured and 7,600 arrested. Local businesses were looted and burned, destroying complete neighborhoods in

the process, some of which still suffer from the devastation today. The federal government deployed 13,000 troops from the Army, Marines and National Guard after President Lyndon Johnson saw smoke rising above 14th Street from the White House. Long desolate, bereft of care and investment, and plagued by poverty and crime, many areas struck by this disaster have since been caught up in Washington’s real estate boom. Much of our city’s new prosperity, however,

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has largely bypassed the African-American community that made up most of the population of these areas destroyed by the riots. The ruin left in the riot’s wake brought some change — the 1973 Home Rule Act introduced an elected city government, and civil rights legislation ended federal and District workplace segregation and made job and housing discrimination illegal — but the destruction led to long-term decline. As the population shrank

and the economy struggled, the tax base contracted even as social needs grew. Dr. King perceptively knew that, apart from from his belief in nonviolent protest, education was the key to liberation. In his Morehouse College lecture, he wrote that education has a twofold function: utility and culture. “The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically,” King wrote, but that was insufficient, “intelligence plus character” should be

education’s true goal, King said. Unfortunately, the District let down its children by maintaining a dysfunctional, centralized education system that by the mid1990s had simply lost its way. But change eventually came and created the city we know today, which went from a threequarters-of-a-million-dollar fiscal deficit and a population at a postwar low of a half-million to a $2.5 billion reserve fund and nearly

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By Julianne Malveaux

We Must Never Forget Hattie Carroll

Hattie Carroll (1911-1963) was a 51-year-old restaurant server who was murdered by a White aristocrat, 24-year-old William Devereux Zantzinger (19392009) who struck her with a cane because she took too long to serve him a drink during the Spinsters’ Ball, an event at the old Emerson Hotel in Baltimore. News reports said that she told co-workers that she felt “deathly ill” after the beating. That night, Zantzinger was charged with disorderly conduct. The next morn-

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ing, Carroll suffered a stroke and died. Zantzinger was then charged with murder; later, the crime was reduced to manslaughter, and he received six months in jail (not prison) for killing a woman, the mother of at least nine children, who was more than twice his age and smaller than his 6’1” husky frame. Bob Dylan popularized the murder of Hattie Carroll in a folk song, “The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll.” He didn’t get all the facts right — Hattie Carroll didn’t have 10 children as he crooned, and Zantzinger was never indicted for first-degree murder. Still, the haunting ballad was a poignant reminder that

a rich, powerful White man with a diamond ring on his finger and a cane in his hand got away with killing a Black woman server. More than that, Zantzinger was treated with kid gloves, allowed to “take a break” from his incarceration to make sure his tobacco crop was planted. Young Naomi Wadler, an 11-year-old speaker at the March for Our Lives rally, did not know about Hattie Carroll. Why would she have? The fifth-grader that attends school in Alexandria, Va., was born in 2007, 44 years after Hattie Carroll died in 1963. Her plea to consider the Black women who do not make headlines might well have been extended

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to Hattie Carroll, but Naomi Wadler did not know, and we don’t know enough to juxtapose White privilege with Black women’s invisibility. Without knowing all of the details, Naomi shared that Black women don’t often make headlines. She knows that her contemporaries could be targets of guns, of police brutality, and that their (our) plights are often ignored. Ms. Naomi knows, along with so many of her colleagues, that Black women are worth more than the shrug of shoulders that Mr. Zantzinger offered, when he was confronted with Hattie Carroll’s murder. On April 4, we will be remind-

ed that it is the 50th anniversary of Dr. King’s assassination. We will remember Dr. King through our prisms, considering him as a prophet, an evangelist, a social justice advocate and activist, an educator, an economist, a leader and a martyr. We cannot consider him in any silo, though, and we must consider him in the context of the women who supported him, empowered him and sometimes martyred along with him. Dr. Barbara Reynolds has written about Coretta Scott King and her major contributions to her husband’s work. The King biog-

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OPINIONS/EDITORIALS Guest Columnists

By Austin R. Cooper Jr.

Looking at America Through the Rifle Scope of James Earl Ray His last words were to musician Ben Branch who was scheduled to perform that night at an event and standing in the parking lot below: “Ben, make sure you play ‘Take My Hand, Precious Lord’ in the meeting tonight. Sing it real pretty.” On the evening of Thursday, April 4, 1968, at 6:01 p.m., James Earl Ray shot and killed Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., as he stood on the balcony of the

Lorraine Motel in Memphis. The bullet entered through King’s right cheek, breaking his jaw and several vertebrae as it traveled through his spinal cord, severing his jugular vein and major arteries in the process, before lodging in his shoulder. He was rushed to St. Joseph’s Hospital, where he died at 7:05 p.m. In 1968, the Lorraine Motel was owned by African-American businessman Walter Bailey and named after his wife. King’s closest aide, Ralph Abernathy, later told the House Select Commit-

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tee on Assassinations that they had stayed in Room 306 so often it was known as the “King-Abernathy Suite.” After learning that King had been killed, Mrs. Bailey suffered a stroke and died five days later. Visiting the Lorraine Motel is a moving experience. It is emotional. You are immediately drawn back into history 50 years ago as you look up at the balcony and hear the sheer panic and pandemonium immediately after the shot. Peering into Room 306, you

see unmade beds. King had been in bed conducting meetings for much of the day while fighting a cold. You see cigarette butts in an ashtray and his unclosed briefcase with his book “Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story” tucked inside, amidst other files and his personal toiletries. Clearly the room’s occupants were expecting to return. However, the history of the world would change when King opened the door and only one guest would. The boarding house where

Ray was staying is now part of the Memphis National Civil Rights Museum. As I stood in his bathroom from where he fired the fatal shot, I wondered what was going through Ray’s mind as he looked through his rifle scope and saw King leaning over the balcony. Did he see: • A son, brother, husband and father? • An ordained priest of the church? • Someone who had skipped

water, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.” A slave was given no human recognition. Slavery and its American successors spun an enormous racial wealth gap. Blacks should want remedy. The average wealth for White families is seven times higher than average wealth for Black families. Median White wealth (wealth for the family) is twelve times higher than median Black wealth. One in four

Black households have zero or negative net worth, compared to less than one in 10 White families without wealth. Blacks have not been allowed to accrue wealth crucially important to economic health. Wealth their families acquired centuries ago still exists as legacy portfolios and allows those families to transfer income earned in the past to meet spending demands into the future. Inheritance

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By William Reed

Blacks Continue to Suffer in Silence

By any measurement, Blacks hold the short end of the stick of America’s bounty. When it comes to life and living in America, Blacks earn less than Whites, have a smaller amount of money in the bank and live fewer days. African Americans have been shortchanged in America’s wealth

and opportunity to gain and maintain it. Blacks have little semblance of the wealth of Whites. White households own nearly eight times as much wealth as Blacks. Studies show that if current trends continue, it will take 228 years for the average Black family to reach the same level of wealth White families have today. So, when will we get paid too? Black or White, nobody dares to talk about slavery.

Askia-At-Large

America’s slave economy made it rich. Race-based social dominance and centuries-long crime against humanity furthered racial inequality every generation of Blacks that arrived in this country. Institutional practices of racism continue across the nation; yet Blacks remain mute, instead of collective agitation toward “redress” of this debt, and just “dream” that racism will go away, or like MLK delude “justice rolling down like

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By Askia Muhammad

Howard Students Show Long-Awaited ‘Change’ is Coming

Since I was a teenager, I’ve listened to and yearned for the expression of those soulful songs “A Change Is Gonna Come” and “People Get Ready.” And now, I can see that promised revolution on the horizon. In the past few months we saw the “#MeToo” women’s movement form and grow national wings. Then the high school students from Parkland, Florida, did something extraordinary. They organized

a vibrant national/worldwide movement in just two weeks, without being overtly co-opted by the “adults” (White men). At the same time, teachers in two of the poorest states, Oklahoma and Kentucky, have “cast down their buckets” and are struggling with the old fogies in political power in their states to win improvements for their students in the classrooms. Unified. En masse. Now comes the Howard University student uprising, and this new revolution has come full circle, back to the Black Lives Matter, root of

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the struggle. What’s different now is that the participants, the stakeholders have a special leverage, if they will utilize it, and their youth portends victory, as they grow into the age of power and assertion, and their opponents are aging out of the game. Black people are the key to any successful uprising in this country. When White folks wake up and realize that while their government is digging itself into a financial ditch from which escape is all but impossible as it tries to over-equip the military with every killing device imaginable, at the same

time it is underfunding education, no one has stopped to think: “who will operate these fancy killing machines?” Poor White folks may come to realize they have more in common with suffering Black folks than they have with wealthy and corrupt members of their own race, who are in now in charge of everything, and who are driving this country toward the abyss. The idea that opioid-addicted, high-school-graduates with sixth- and seventh-grade reading comprehension that are coming out of this country’s schools today can operate

the high-tech gadgets, is like watching the employees in dirty uniforms who can’t even count change at a fast-food franchise, operating a $75,000 french-fry machine. Americans are losing the global war of intelligence. Not at Howard University, however, where a cadre of 350 students — sometimes chanting “Umgowah-Black Power” and other slogans — continued their sixth day occupying the Mordecai Wyatt Johnson Administration Building at Howard University as I composed

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LIFESTYLE Ex-Cop Frank Riley III Jubilant over New Home: Arena Stage Stars alongside other Talented Thespians in August Wilson’s ‘Two Trains Running’ By D. Kevin McNeir WI Editor @dkevinmcneir Richmond native Frank Riley III has admittedly worn several hats during his life: single father of two sons, professional wrestler,

television actor and policeman. What’s more, he serves as an encouraging example of what can happen when we prepare ourselves for that fortuitous moment when doors swing open and the opportunity to realize our dreams

emerges within our grasp. So, with the longtime support of his supervisors and colleagues, the recently-retired member of the Alexandria Police Department will soon take his place on the Arena Stage in Southwest in a masterful drama, “Two Trains Running,” set during America’s turbulent civil rights era and written by the award-winning Black playwright August Wilson. Riley, who returns to Arena Stage after his debut in the Lorraine Hansberry classic, “A Raisin in the Sun,” takes on the role of Hambone under the direction of Juliette Carrillo. “Two Trains Running,” a co-production with Seattle Repertory Theatre, runs through April 29. “As the Black Lives Matter movement has brought the concerns of the African-American community into the center of the public eye in recent times, this 1992 play (set in 1969) has become startling current,” Car-

5(L to R) Frank Riley III (Hambone) and Carlton Byrd (Sterling) in August Wilson’s Two Trains Running, running March 30-April 29, 2018 at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater. Photo by C. Stanley Photography.

rillo said. “Wilson’s genius every day poetry illuminates the emergence of personal dignity and self-worth during one of the most turbulent eras in our country’s history.” Riley, who retired from the Alexandria police force in June 2017, recalls often feeling like he had two full-time jobs – and very few moments to lose his focus. “We worked 12-hour shifts as police officers, so I’d get off and then go right to rehearsals,” he said.

“Doing film work wasn’t too bad but the theater is a lot more intensive. I had to exercise great discipline. And many times, instead of enjoying an evening with my friends, or doing something fun with my sons, I had to memorize my lines, get into character – I had to make sure I was ready. I had to be willing to sacrifice fun time,” said Riley, who at 260 pounds and well over six feet tall, has long been considered an imposing figure.

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August Wilson’s Prolific Works Forever Relevant, Empowering Magnum Opus, ‘The Pittsburgh Cycle,’ Ranks Among Best in U.S. By D. Kevin McNeir WI Editor @dkevinmcneir Born Frederick August Kittel, Jr. in Pittsburgh in 1945, the fourth of seven children, August Wilson grew up in the impoverished Bedford Avenue area of the city. The family moved after his mother remarried but at 16 he dropped out of school, working low-wage jobs as he followed his passion for the written word by frequently visiting the Carnegie Library. He decided to try his lot as a writer after becoming familiar with the works of Langston Hughes and Ralph Ellison. Following his father’s death in 1965, he assumed the name August Wilson as a means of honoring his mother. Wilson’s best known plays are Fences (1985) (which won a Pulitzer Prize and a Tony Award), The Piano Lesson (1990) (a Pulitzer Prize and the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award), Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and Joe Turner’s Come and Gone. In early interviews, he said “the four Bs” served as his greatest influences: blues music, the Argentine writer and poet Jorge Luis Borges, the playwright Amiri Baraka and the painter Romare Bearden. In addition, he added

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writers Ed Bullins and James Baldwin to the list.

THE PITTSBURGH CYCLE

Wilson’s Pittsburgh Cycle, also often referred to as his Century Cycle, consists of 10 plays, all but one set in Pittsburgh’s Hill District (the other set in Chicago), an African-American neighborhood that takes on a mythic literary significance like Thomas Hardy’s Wessex or William Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha County. Each play, set in a different decade, provides a snapshot of the Black experience in the 20th century. Wilson says he wanted to “raise consciousness through theater” while also hoping to echo “the poetry in the everyday language of black America.” The ‘Cycle,’ which begins in the 1900s and continues throughout the 20th century with settings in consecutive decades through the 1990s include: “Gem of the Ocean,” “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone,” “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” “The Piano Lesson,” “Seven Guitars,” “Fences,” “Two Trains Running,” “Jitney,” “King Hedley II” and “Radio Golf.” WI

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DJ Kool Gets His Just Due By Nico Hobson Special to The Informer Washington, D.C., has a number of musical icons that have represented the city in its illustrious history: Marvin Gaye, Duke Ellington, Billy Stewart, Roberta Flack and Chuck Brown, to name a few. DJ Kool is a name that should be, if not already, recognized as such. An ambassador for our city worldwide, he has represented two music genres — hip-hop and our own homegrown go-go — everywhere he has performed. With platinum and gold records to boot, DJ Kool has been a beacon to the city that has been sullied by gridlocked politics. On March 23, the legendary performer, born John W. Bowman, celebrated his 60th birthday at Bliss Nightclub in Northeast with family, friends and business associates that recognized his talent and what he’s done not only for the music industry but what he has done for them personally. Kool, who got his name on the basketball court, graduated from Eastern High School in 1976 and got his first gig with Ashton Reeves’ mobile DJ company Sound Service the following year. But he got his interest to play from watching another D.C. icon in his own regard, Arthur “Maniac” McCloud at The Room

on New York Avenue in Northwest. It was Maniac that groomed and harness Kool’s skills. “He already had it in him — I just helped him bring out of himself and he did the rest,” said Maniac, who would play at The Room six days a week with Kool by his side, learning how to seamlessly blend two different records to sound like one song. Kool would then go downtown to Douglas Records to get those same records he saw Maniac working with and practice at home until had it down. “Then once I got it sounding as close to Maniac as possible, I would add my little salt and pepper to it, to give it my own flavor,” he said. He got his first club gig at the Paragon 2 after being referred by Keith Jefferson. But it wasn’t until Maniac left The Room in 1982 and suggested Kool as a replacement the legend really began to grow. “He was the only one that [could] handle that crowd,” Maniac recalled. Kool did just that until The Room finally closed in 1986. It was in 1990 that Kool dropped the classic album “Music Ain’t Loud Enuff,” which spawned several hits: “I Can Make You Dance”, “Reggae Dance”, “What the Hell You Come In Here For” and the title track. The album put him and D.C. on the national radar for the first time for

LIFESTYLE something other than go-go music. But it was his 1996 megahit “Let Me Clear My Throat” that made him an international superstar. Kool was able to tour three straight years off that single and still is getting calls to perform it to this day. Thanks to Butchie Farrell and Dora Hunter, who put together his 60th birthday celebration, Kool got the love and recognition that was deserved. What has become the norm instead of the exception, local promoters tend not to use our own homegrown talent for big events in the area, relying instead on DJs from outside of the area or younger DJ without even half the resume of Kool’s. But on this night, his peers along with industry giants were there to show him that he was appreciated. The party was hosted by Micheline Bowman, and featured presenters Bo Sampson, owner of Bodacious One Entertainment, Foreigner “Eardrum” Suite of Tables of Distinction Record Pool, Tom Goldfogle of Full Circle Entertainment, Becky Marcus of Liaison Records and comedian Kevin Anthony. Even Mayor Muriel Bowser sent D.C. Secretary Lauren Vaughn to thank Kool for his service and representation of the city.

But it was one special moment that stood out from all of the others, as Maniac McCloud read Kool a poem he had written to say how proud he is of him and that Kool had taken the torch and become even better than himself — a monumental statement considering that Maniac was widely regarded as the city’s premier DJ of the ‘70s and ‘80s. Afterwards Kool was presented a cake with all of his colleagues surrounding him, including the great James Funk, who seemingly came out of nowhere as he’s apt to doing, being the showman that he is. The moment capped the night, but not Kool’s career. He says he has a lot more left, and as the official DJ for the the Washington Fusion, the newly formed global mixed-gender basketball team, he’s still breaking boundaries and setting the bar higher for his contemporaries. Let’s all take a moment and “clear our throats” for a true D.C. icon, the legendary DJ Kool! Washington Informer contributing writer Nico “The GoGo-Ologist” Hobson is co-host of “The GoWin Radio Show,” which broadcasts live from The Shops at Iverson 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. EST Tuesdays and Thursdays on GoGoRadio LIVE and WINDCRadio. WI

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LIFESTYLE Poet Laureate Gets Second Term By Sarafina Wright WI Staff Writer Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden appointed Tracy K. Smith to serve a second term as the nation’s 22nd Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry for 20182019.

During her second year, Smith plans to expand her outreach efforts to rural communities and unveil a new anthology to be published in the fall. “I am thrilled that Tracy K. Smith has accepted my invitation to continue sharing her poetry with the nation,” Hayden said.

“Her exchanges with Americans in small towns and rural communities are inspiring an appreciation of poetry and history — and remind us that poetry has value for all of our lives.” During her first term, Smith, a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and professor at Princeton University,

gave readings and led discussions as part of a pilot project in rural communities in New Mexico, South Carolina and Kentucky. Smith’s goal is to pursue more engagement in small towns across America, and her reappointment will allow for long-term planning for the expanded rural outreach project, Hayden said. The laureate will return to Washington on April 19 to report on her outreach efforts and focus for the second term, with an event titled “Staying Human: Poetry in the Age of Technology.” “Poetry invites us to listen to other voices, to make space for other perspectives, and to care about the lives of others who may not look, sound or think like ourselves,” Smith said. “My project as poet laureate has brought me into contact with rural communities in the South and Southwest, and not only do we recognize and have many things to say to each other, but talking about poems together allows us to access and share our feelings and bear witness to the experiences that shape our lives. I’m excited to pursue this project further over the next year.” The April event will feature Smith reading poems and participating in a discussion with Ron Charles, editor of The Washington Post’s Book World and host of the Library’s “Life of a Poet” series. It will take place at 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 19 in the Coolidge Auditorium on the ground floor of the library’s Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First Street SE in D.C. The event

is free, but tickets are required. The event will also be livestreamed on the Library’s Facebook page at facebook.com/libraryofcongress and its YouTube site at youtube.com/LibraryOfCongress. As part of her second term, Smith has edited an anthology called “American Journal: Fifty Poems for Our Time.” The anthology will be published in September 2018 by Graywolf Press in association with the Library of Congress and will be incorporated into Smith’s visits to rural communities. “American Journal” takes its title from a poem by Robert Hayden, the first African American appointed as the U.S. poet laureate. Poems selected for the anthology over 50 different outlooks on America, including stories of loss, experiences of immigrants, outcries of injustice and poems that evoke history and celebrate America’s diversity. Poets in “American Journal” include past Poets Laureate Natasha Trethewey and Charles Wright, as well as award-winning poets Mark Doty, Ross Gay, Terrance Hayes, Laura Kasischke, Mary Szybist. As Smith says in the introduction to the anthology, “’American Journal: Fifty Poems for Our Time’ is an offering for people who love poems the way I do. It is also an offering for those who love them in different ways and those who don’t yet know what their relationship with poetry will be.” WI

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D.C. Natives Bring Black Broadway Back Home By Shevry Lassiter WI Contributing Writer On Saturday, March 31, the stage play “What a Man Won’t Do” premiered at the historic Lincoln Theater in Northwest. Written and produced by Washington natives Vernon Williams III and Lovail Long, cast members included home grown thespians whose performances brought outbursts of applause and talk-back from the audience. The opening act, a comedy team featuring the Party Crashers, prepared the audience for an evening of laughter and entertainment. Surprisingly, the play never developed into yet another production based on the typical man-bashing story line. Even during intermission, audience members expressed their excitement, anxious to see what would happen next. The play centers on an unhappy wife, Karla Jones (played

by Y’anna Crawley), who feels ignored by husband Marc (Anwan “Big G” Glover), despite her efforts to cater to his every need. He receives advice from his friends Raheem and Jeff (Raheem Davaughn and Frank “Scooby” Marshall) to do almost the opposite of what she asks. Jeff, married to Jasmine (Grace Amazin), faces similar issues. Chad (Cross Thompson), an actor with six-pack abs and bulging triceps and biceps who has appeared in several notable plays, television dramas, and films, enters the scene as a landscaper. He’s met the wife at a club the night before and is hired by the husband. But instead of doing yard work, he ends up getting involved with Y’anna. Karla’s mother-in-law, Mama Rita (Lisa Renee Marshall), is an example of today’s perceptive matriarchs and quickly recognizes the chemistry and burning fire between the two cheaters. Slowly, she helps her son realize the

5Vernon Williams III (left) and Lovail Long along with cast members greet the audience after a successful performance of What a Man Won’t Do at the Lincoln Theater on Saturday, March 31. /Photo by Shevry Lassiter

truth. After a few twists and turns, door slams, and tears, Marc, with the help of Felicia (Takesa “KK” Donelson) handles the situation gangster style. Marc and Karla rekindle their relationship and live happily ever after. According to the playbill,

Williams, a mentee of esteemed playwright David E. Talbert, is making his mark in the industry as a playwright, producer and director. He attributes his success to God’s grace and favor upon his life. Long, an entrepreneur, playwright and producer, partnered

with Williams in 2017 and the team has several projects scheduled to debut later this year including “The Giz: The Go-Go Musical” and “Annie.” He stars in a Facebook Live broadcast, “The Odd Couple DC.” See cast interviews at www. washingtoninformer.com. WI

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LIFESTYLE Md. Painter Ready for Close-Up after Michelle Obama Portrait By Brenda C. Siler WI Staff Writer Amy Sherald has been very busy for the past two months. The Smithsonian Portrait Gallery has enjoyed record attendance in the wake of the unveiling of portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama, and people want to know more about Sher-

ald, the Baltimore-based painter who painted the portrait of the former first lady. During a recent on-campus conversation with Phillips Collection Director Dorothy Kosinski at the University of Maryland’s David C. Driskell Center in College Park, Sherald spoke of her doubts, false starts and health challenges

Sherald said did not see a future in the arts, as a child, when she thought she would follow her father into dentistry. But the arts grabbed her while in college. It took a long time for her mother to understand her career choice, she said. “She was not having it until about two years ago,” the artist told the audience. “Then she

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walked into the National Portrait Gallery and said, ‘Oh, you’re kind of a big deal.’” The Georgia native started out as a pre-med major at Clark Atlanta University, changing her major in her junior year and earning a Bachelor of Arts in painting. She became an apprentice to Arturo Lindsay, professor emeritus and former chairman of the art department at Spelman College, and later earned her master’s degree in painting from the Maryland Institute of Art between residencies in Panama and China. Sherald began to find her approach to painting about six years after graduate school when she started to paint in grayscale, which has become her signature palette for skin tones. “I was going through a process of finding myself, what my artistic DNA was going to be,” she said. “I looked at what my contemporaries were making and tried to figure out how I could be an original voice in the conversation.” Against the gray skin tones, Sherald drapes her subjects in bold colors. Her subjects are African Americans just being who they are, sometimes wearing outlandish clothes or accessories, while doing something unexpected. The painting, “Rabbit in the Hat,” is of a man in a yellow stripe suit holding a hat with a rabbit in it. It is one of Sherald’s favorite paintings. “I’m an artist who paints and the colors are there,” Sherald

said. The “realness” that Sherald shows through her portraits is why she felt Mrs. Obama chose her. “Amy creates compelling stories with her works, depicting everyday African Americans that are somehow transformed through intriguing props and clothing,” Kosinski said. “The figures are, at once, relatable, people we know, but also iconic, even heroic.” Her ascent to the top very nearly didn’t happen, however. At 39 years old, Sherald was training for a triathlon when she was diagnosed with a failing heart. As she was asymptomatic, Sherald was surprised to learn that her heart was functioning at only 18 percent. A heart transplant was necessary. The health issues made her fearless about her painting. “I was already comfortable with risk, so in my mind, I had nothing to lose,” she said. She came back from the heart transplant, bigger and badder. Sherald always saw herself as a late bloomer. At 44, she continues to share a positive view of African Americans through her paintings. “Her stories are sparking conversations about diversity in arts and culture, conversations that are long overdue,” Kosinski said. “Now is the time that museums and other cultural institutions must be the platforms for these important discussions. Amy’s work is catalyzing that conversation.” WI

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LIFESTYLE Pa. Governor Supports Meek Mill’s Release By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer

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Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf has joined Democratic lawmakers in the Keystone State in petitioning for the release of rap superstar Meek Mill. The governor acknowledged the necessity of criminal justice reform. “Our criminal justice system is in need of repair,” Wolf said. “That’s why my administration has made efforts to invest in programs that divert individuals from the system, improve public system, and promote fairness.” Earlier, Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner said he wouldn’t oppose the release of the rapper, whose real name is Robert Rihmeek Williams. The hip-hop star was twice arrested last year for popping wheelies on a dirt bike in Manhattan and for getting into a fight at St. Louis International Airport. He was sentenced to up to four years in state prison because those arrests violated his probation from a 2008 gun and drug case. But the case has moved beyond the Pennsylvania courtroom, as celebrities such as Julius

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Irving, Jay-Z, T.I., and Rick Ross have expressed outrage over the sentence. At a concert in Dallas, Jay-Z expressed his frustration over Mill’s sentence. “I gotta say something about a young man named Meek Mill. He caught a charge, he was about 19, he’s 30 now, he’s been on probation for 11 years,” Jay Z said. “[Bleeping] 11 years. Now, he’s got to do two to four years because he got arrested being on a bike popping a ... wheelie.” Fellow rap star T.I. also weighed in: “When you realize Meek got more jail time for riding a dirt bike than a cop would for shooting an unarmed African American...” In Philadelphia, rallies have been held with thousands attending, while city buses have been adorned with huge advertisements demanding Mill’s release. “I support D.A. Larry Krasner’s position in the case of [Meek Mill],” Wolf said. In response to Wolf ’s comments, Mill’s attorney Joe Tacopina said in a statement, “We are grateful for the Governor’s support of Meek Mill and this is further indication that Meek should not spend

another minute in jail.” Mill’s legal team reportedly wrote to Judge Genece Brinkley, who sentenced the rapper to four years in prison last fall but have not received a response. Brinkley reportedly is under investigation as court documents uncovered in January suggest the judge’s personal bias against the rapper. “Never in my career have I ever seen a governor and District Attorney publicly state that a defendant should be granted bail, yet Meek Mill remains wrongfully imprisoned,” Tacopina said in his statement. Tacopina told CNN that he plans to appeal the sentence, accusing Brinkley, who has overseen Mill’s case for years, of being “enamored” with the rapper and taking “a personal interest in the case.” “[Meek’s] frustrated, really frustrated and knows he’s being treated different than anyone else,” Tacopina said. “If his name was John Smith, he wouldn’t be in jail and he certainly wouldn’t be on probation. “He’s been on probation for nearly 10 years. Nobody goes on probation for 10 years,” Tacopina said, criticizing Brinkley for extending Mill’s initial five-year probation sentence following various violations. Brinkley’s office did not respond to a request for comment. Pennsylvania state Rep. Jordan Harris (D), chairman of the Pennsylvania Legislative Black Caucus, said he supported Wolf’s statement that he would support Krasner and not oppose Mill’s release. “I strongly support Governor Wolf for his support of District Attorney Larry Krasner’s position on not opposing the release of Meek Mill,” Harris said. “However, I am also in support of freeing all the other ‘Robert Williamses’ who are dealt an unfair hand from our criminal justice system. Williams is not a danger to himself, or society, and should be released. “Cases like Williams’, and so many others like him, are the reason why I have been a strong advocate of reforming our criminal justice system,” Harris said. “This is why I worked with Governor Wolf to pass Act 5 of 2016 and to ban the box on all state-level jobs. This is also why I am working with the legislature to pass a clean slate bill into law so others like Williams do not fall victim to a broken criminal justice system.” WI

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Mumia Abu-Jamal to Get Important Hearing By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer A status report conference is scheduled this week for Mumia Abu-Jamal, who is serving a life sentence for the 1982 murder of a Philadelphia police officer, the Philadelphia Tribune reported. Abu-Jamal, an activist, former member of the Black Panther Party and former president of the Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists, was convicted of shooting Officer Daniel Faulkner during a traffic stop. The upcoming hearing focuses on possible bias and conflict by Justice Ronald Castille, a former district attorney who later became a judge on Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court. Abu-Jamal’s lawyers have argued that Castille showed bias toward Abu-Jamal because of his early affiliation with the Black Panther Party at the age of 15. As a prosecutor, Castille prevailed in getting the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to uphold Abu-Jamal’s conviction and death sentence in 1989 and preventing the U.S. Supreme Court from considering his case. Then as a justice, Castille participated in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s deliberations, agreed with the arguments he had made as district attorney, and denied numerous new legal challenges made in Abu-Jamal’s appeals from 1998 to 2012. Common Pleas Court Judge Leon Tucker previously ordered the Philadelphia district attorney’s office to produce testimony regarding a missing memorandum written by Castille, the Tribune reported. Abu-Jamal, born in Philadelphia on April 24, 1954, as Wesley Cook, took the name Mumia (“Prince”) in high school while taking a class on African cultures, according to his biography. In 1971, he added Abu-Jamal (“father of Jamal”) after the birth of his first son, Jamal.

He has been married three times. Abu-Jamal’s first encounter with police came at age 14, when he was beaten by a White Philadelphia police officer for disrupting a “George Wallace for President” rally in 1968. He dropped out of high school and joined the Philadelphia chapter of the Black Panther Party. Later, he was appointed as the Panther’s “Lieutenant of Information,” putting him in charge of the organization’s media relations and placing him on the FBI’s radar for surveillance. He eventually earned his graduate equivalency high school degree and briefly attended Goddard College in Vermont. In 1975 Abu-Jamal began working for a series of radio stations, using his commentary on issues of the day to advocate for social change. With his popularity soaring, Abu-Jamal was elected president of the Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists. On Dec. 9, 1981, Faulkner was shot and killed during a routine traffic stop involving Jamal’s brother, William Cook. During the scuffle between Faulkner and Cook, Abu-Jamal also was shot and taken to Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. He was treated and then arrested and charged with first-degree murder. In June 1982, Abu-Jamal, despite conflicting testimony from key witnesses, was found guilty and sentenced to death. Prosecutors later dropped their pursuit of the death penalty in the case. Rachel Wolkenstein, an attorney and advocate for Abu-Jamal, said if he prevails this week in court, the Pennsylvania state court appeal denials will be vacated and his appeal rights restored. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court found bias in Castille from a 2016 case, ruling that Castille had violated the rights of defendant Terry Williams, according to the Tribune. Castille was district attorney when he signed off on Williams’ death sen-

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tence, and approximately 30 years later he was on the court that voted unanimously for his death sentence to be reinstated after a judge tossed it out. “The case Williams vs. Pennsylvania says that if a judge has previously been a prosecutor in a case with personal involvement in a significant political prosecutorial decision, that he should have recused himself from sitting as a justice,” Wolkenstein said. “In Mumia’s case we tried to get Justice Castille to recuse himself several times and he refused to do that.” The case is currently being reviewed by the office of District Attorney Larry Krasner. “My only update is that our office is still reviewing the files,” Ben Waxman, the district attorney’s spokesperson, said in an e-mailed statement to the Tribune. “We have not reached the conclusion of our search yet and that will be reflected at the update provided at the status hearing. Given this is a pending case, I don’t have any additional comment at this time.” A full court hearing will be held April 30. WI

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Reality TV’s Derek J Sheds Light on Being Gay in New Doc By Timothy Ray Special to The Informer Derek J is fierce. Not just because the award-winning celebrity hairstylist, television star and entrepreneur wears flashy, flamboyant styles with stilettos. But now, the Toledo, Ohio, native is ferociously taking on the biggest role of his career: filmmaking. The reality TV star, best known for Bravo’s hit shows “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” and “Fashion Queens,” recently released “Gay Like Me,” a new documentary about Black gay men. The film tells the story of five openly gay men who look straight or fit into society’s definition of “masculinity.” Derek J, 36, explores this hunky male image of gayness, 3 Derek J /Courtesy photo

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one rarely shown in mainstream media and in contrast of his own. Washington Informer: Why did you want to produce a film only focused on “masculine” men? Derek J: I have masculine friends that say they never see themselves on TV. So I said, hey, if you have a problem with it, let’s do something about it. For this to be my first project, I really wanted to make an impact. I made sure that the men were good-looking and well-spoken. I wanted a woman or a gay man to look at them and say this is someone I would date. Or for a straight man to say, ‘this could be my homeboy.’ I went back to my high school in Ohio and I noticed there were a lot of feminine gay Black men. What I realized is they are acting out what they visually see of gay men on television. I wanted the film’s message to say ‘hey, there are other types of gay men out here.’ The film is a learning tool for everyone. WI: Some people would say you perpetuate and exploit the stereotype of Black gay man in mainstream media. Do you agree? SU_Press DJ: InAssoAD_SAU_2015_Layout the opening mono-1

logue of “Gay Like Me,” I say I am guilty of it. Derek J is a costume. He’s a character. We all have a gimmick to take us to the next level. The heels are mine. In entertainment, being gay on television is still new. Black women are not mentally evolved enough to see a gay Black man that she can be physically attracted to. WI: Have you received criticism for focusing on the stories of just “masculine” men? DJ: Not yet [laughs]. But I really think the content of the stories are so well-rounded people will look past that. Regardless of the look of it you could see yourself in one of these stories. The stories of these men helped me understand them, but my story is different. I am considered a feminine gay man. I’ve never been gay-bashed. My mom knew that I was gay. We just didn’t talk about it. Through making the film, Derek J said he’s learned masculinity is subjective and open to interpretation and discussion. He plans to add a sequel to the film that explores how parents cope and react to learning their child is gay. For screening dates and locations, 8/20/15 11:24 AM Page 1 go to gaylikemeproject.com. WI

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ARIES One thing you could have difficulty with this week is someone telling you what to do. Either someone is putting pressure on you or you’re putting pressure on yourself, and this might be hard to tolerate. However, this is something you’ll need to get usede. You now have a chance to showcase your skills and prove yourself to the world, and the coming days can be a part of this process. You may realize that if you’re to reap rewards, getting on with key tasks rather than resisting them is the way ahead. Lucky Numbers: 24, 31, 47

“The Heavens Might Crack: The Death and Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.”

TAURUS You may feel a push to grab a golden opportunity. The one thing that might hold you back is that it could involve a lot of hard work. Another side of you could find all this difficult to take on board, so don’t be surprised if you feel that this may be too much and that it might be easier not to bother. However, this could just be voices from the past encouraging you to stay in your comfort zone. You could be willing to go that extra mile to secure your future. Lucky Numbers: 7, 9, 20

by Jason Sokol c.2018, Basic Books $32 ($42 Canada) 344 pages

The Heavens Might Crack By Terri Schlichenmeyer WI Contributing Writer One minute. That’s all it can take to change history. Sixty seconds, as long as an average TV commercial or two, a few blinks of your eyes and nothing is ever the same. And things can keep changing, as you’ll see in the new book “The Heavens Might Crack” by Jason Sokol. The evening of April 4, 1968 was ordinary, just like many others on the road. Andrew Young hadn’t kept Martin Luther King Jr. satisfactorily apprised of a legal situation in Memphis, and was on the receiving end of a pillow fight. Later, “Young and [Pastor] James Orange shadowboxed in the parking lot” of Lorraine Hotel and, while preparing for the next event, King wondered if he might want a jacket for the cooling air. And then, a “firecracker” sound, and King was quiet… By most accounts, King was prepared for his death. He’d discussed it with friends and family, and they knew that loving him would mean losing him; it had been this way for years but, says Sokol, “the early months of 1968 felt different.” White people largely feared and hated King. The FBI told him to “take his own life.” And yet, King hadn’t once backed down in his ideals. Shock rolled through the nation following that spring evening. Some wept, and some questioned the need to go on. Others looted, burned, stood against the police in nearly every major city in the country. Many white Americans rejoiced, while Black militancy increased. Gun control, which the Senate had discussed just hours before King’s death, became a political hot-button. And in the days that followed his assassination, it was feared that King’s legacy would be forgotten. Instead, it became sullied: says Sokol, “…the historical King — a courageous dissident who unsettled the powerful — would be replaced by a mythical one.” Because it has been 50 years since Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, it can be assumed that many Americans today are too young to remember it. “The Heavens Might Crack” serves as a good fill-in for them (and for the not-then-born), as well as a look back for those who can recall with great detail. But beware — it’s a painful read, not because of how it’s written but because of what’s told. Author Jason Sokol picks the scab off old wounds that may’ve once seemed healed as he puts current events into reverse-perspective: readers might be surprised to see that some issues have softened with age, while others are as sharp today as they were then — and that includes shocking examples of racism, inequality, and violence. He doesn’t stop there, though: Sokol shows how King’s birthday became a reluctant holiday, and how his legacy leaves us with a “duty” to “make clear the substance of his actual teachings.” This is a history book, to be sure, but it also feels quite meditative, making it the perfect read for those who remember and those who can’t. “The Heavens Might Crack” is highly recommended. You’ll be grabbed by it in the first minute. WI WWW.WASHINGTONINFORMER.COM

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5 Washington Wizards guard Bradley Beal drives against Charlotte Hornets forward Michael Kidd-Gilchrist during the Wizards’ 107-93 win at Capital One Arena in Northwest on March 31. /Photo by John E. De Freitas 3 Washington Wizards forward Kelly Oubre Jr. readies to attack the basket while Charlotte Hornets forward Nicolas Batum looks on during the Wizards’ 107-93 win at Capital One Arena in Northwest on March 31. /Photo by John E. De Freitas

CCU Trounces Howard in Women’s Lacrosse 6 Howard University midfielder Jillian Jones drives past Coastal Carolina University midfielder Megan Busch during CCU’s 20-2 win at Howard Greene Stadium in Northwest on March 31. /Photo by John E. De Freitas

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3 Howard University midfielder Natia Warren drives past Coastal Carolina University midfielder Sophie Crowther during CCU’s 20-2 win at Howard University Greene Stadium in Northwest on March 31. /Photo by John E. De Freitas 6 Howard University midfielder Natia Warren is defended by Coastal Carolina University midfielder Megan Busch during CCU’s 20-2 win at Howard Greene Stadium in Northwest on March 31. /Photo by John E. De Freitas

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RELIGION HOWARD from Page 1 portunities to weigh in on the administration’s decision-making process and resources to perform outreach in the surrounding Shaw-Ledroit Park area. “This is something that is decadeslong that’s brewing up in Howard University culture and our demands speak to that,” Mckenney said. “It’s about a systemic issue at Howard University, and students need more power.” HU Resist, founded in February 2017 when Education Secretary Betsy DeVos visited the campus following her controversial confirmation, is made up of more than 30 students, though the organization eschews ranking its leaders in order to ensure equality.

In March 1968, students demanded the university establish a department of Afro-American history and culture, the appointment of a Black university president and courses that allowed them to reach out into the community around Howard’s campus. Students seized the administration building for four days until their demands were successfully met. “When people did this 50 years ago, talking about the same issues we care about today, they slept on this floor for days,” HU Resist organizer Rozalyn Wingate told fellow demonstrators. “If we don’t get the numbers, [the administration] will keep stealing our money, taking our housing and laughing at us.” Members of the 1968 pro-

test have commended the students. “We were here because there was no Black history or Black culture in the curriculum,” said Anise Jenkins, a local statehood activist and Howard alum who participated in the 1968 takeover of the administration building. “These kids could have gone anywhere, but they chose Howard. Howard is the mecca of Black education, and it has to be run right.” The administration also said they support the students. “Howard University students have a legendary history of exercising their civic rights,” said Howard University spokesperson Crystal Brown in a statement. “We support this wholeheartedly.” In 1989, students shut the

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Steps to Forgiveness, Pt. 2

with Lyndia Grant This week, in part two of my forgiveness column, the next thing you must do is make a new agreement with yourself to always stay connected to Spirit even when it seems to be the most difficult thing to do. When you do, perfect harmony will become the order of the day. Those things you came to earth to achieve will be revealed to you. Spirit is the best guide, for it is the voice of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ who is speaking directly to you by way of your Spirit. You will be highly successful as you travel along the path Spirit leads you. Turn your disappointments, pains and hurts over to God, and allow Spirit to flow through you. In Wayne Dyer’s second principle of forgiveness, he shares that your new agreement with reality in which you will blend your earthly personality you have chosen for this world, that is, how you chose to display yourself to the world, with your spiritual God-connected self.

Next, you will notice how you will begin to move your thinking to a higher level of energy, of love and light. Be careful never to lower your frequency. That is, don’t allow others to talk against what the Lord has led you to do. Never allow someone in your life to gossip about others to and with you, and definitely never allow someone in your life to cause you not to believe you’re capable of doing this thing that you have been led by Spirit to do. How can someone else know what you are destined to do? They can’t. Let me give you a personal example. When I finally decided to start my own radio show on Radio One seven years ago, there were plenty of naysayers! Even family members today will admit being skeptical of me having to pay for a show every week, especially when it appeared I could hardly take care of myself. June 8 will mark my show’s seventh year, and my advertisers have come forth, thus allowing me to pay my show off for the entire year. Now, all I have to do is continue to listen to Spirit as he guides me as to who should be my next guest. It is all downhill now, as I don’t have to work very hard at all. When you “Reconnect to Spirit,” the same thing will happen for you. If the course you have

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chosen was not shown to you by the Holy Spirit, you will find yourself trying to find ways to make this work. However, when you do follow your Spirit guide, you will have to make moves, but you certainly will be guided correctly, and your journey will not be difficult. Wherever you go, others will experience the glow of your God consciousness, and disharmony and disorder and all manner of problems simply will not flourish in your presence. Become an instrument of peace, never allowing those lower frequencies to bring you down. Walk away from them, and wish them love and light! You can see how this second principle will forbid you from being angry at those who have mistreated you or attempting to get back at someone who has harmed you. All you will need to do, is to forgive them and forget about it. Show them love and wish only the best for them. You then will be following a positive, biblical principle: love! “And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.” — Mark 11:25 WI

building down for five days as they demanded improvements to the school’s financial aid programs and campus buildings and the resignation of Lee Atwater, the Republican national chairman, from the university’s board of trustees. Their demands were met. Since, students have held various demonstrations on campus, including in 2016 where more than 100 students gathered to protest the university’s handling of two allegations of rape on the campus by a student employee. “If it’s not financial aid, it’s housing, if it’s not housing, it’s Title IX,” Samaria Colbert, a sophomore at the university. “There’s always something.” Colbert said $60,000 in loans have been taken out between her and her mother, yet her on-campus dorm went months without hot water or

air conditioning. Juan Demetrixx, a Howard senior and HU Resist member, said the group wants to build a “Black university” that and reflects the moral and social priorities of the students. “In 1968 [Howard University Student Association] President QT Jackson told Howard University that it was time for us to build a Black university, and people said, ‘how?’” Demetrixx said. “Fifty years later, we’re still trying to figure out exactly what a Black university is and how we go about realizing it.” Though members of the board called many of the student’s concerns “inaccurate,” they said they were willing to negotiate with the students. Sunday, they agreed to meet one demand, the extension of the housing deposit. WI

WILSON from Page 30 “Learning your lines is a lot like learning a dance routine – even complicated choreography,” he said. “It just gets instilled in your body. After a while it becomes part of the muscle memory.” As for other members of the cast, Riley points to Eugene Lee (Memphis Lee) and David Emerson Toney (Holloway) as the kinds of actors he seeks to emulate. “I love watching those two. They are the epitome of how actors should carry themselves and how they should work. They’re just amazing to watch. For one, they bring so much energy to their characters.” Riley, who resides in Alexandria, got back into acting a few years ago, being cast in roles for community and professional theatre companies in the area. He attributes his success to a highly-encouraging team of police officers, as well as “two great acting coaches” (Mike Baker. Jr. and Katie Kalliacky), both of whom motivated him to pursue his career. “People are often surprised when they hear that I was once a police officer,” he notes. “But the irony is that I always wanted to be the guy on TV who was playing the cop. I didn’t want to actually be one.” “I remember seeing ‘The Wiz’ when I was in the eighth grade. Stephanie Mills was Dorothy. She was amazing. That’s when I knew, after seeing that Broadway

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show, that I wanted to become an actor. I was simply in awe.” “I love being an actor and being on stage is where I am most comfortable. It gives me this rush of adrenaline and it’s very satisfying. I feel like I’m able to make people happy. To heal people. To help them forget, at least for a few hours, the challenges, the struggles and the problems they may be facing. Maybe it’s their health, or money issues – even a broken relationship.” “When the curtain goes up and ‘Hambone’ takes his mark, I want the audience to believe that I am this amazing character that August Wilson envisioned. Every time that curtain rises, the first thing that comes to my mind is ‘it’s show time.” “It can’t get much better,” Riley adds. For more information or tickets, visit www.arenastage.org. WI

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es a morning prayer on Facebook Live weekdays at 6:15 a.m. to connect with the community. It started with about 30 to 40 participants, but has since grown to connect individuals, young and old, across the country and the world. The church staff estimates nearly 1,300 people are members at New Bethel. More than 60 percent are younger than 40, largely made up of students at nearby Howard University and young professionals in the 18-35 age range. Recently, 30 young people joined the church after service.

The young adults are involved and leading the church’s community service projects, such as providing food and feminine products for people in need. They also partner with local nonprofit organizations and schools during the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. Tevera Stith is the leader of New Bethel’s God’s Zone Ministry, known as G-Zone, which focuses on youth education. The age groups range from young members in grade school to 18-year-olds. Stith, who came to the church after visiting others in the Shaw neighborhood and in Maryland, said the two things that sold her on New Bethel were the hospitality of the congregation and the biblical preaching and teaching of the pastor. She also likes that when she goes to Bible study, there is a mixture of young and old present. “What I love is the intergenerational look of our Bible study,” she said. Rev. Dexter Nutall, the senior pastor at New Bethel, grew up in the church and seen its movement of young adult ministry engagement and it how it works. He mentioned that his effort wasn’t necessarily to target millennials. “I just believe that the Gospel is relevant and when you present it in a way and live your life in a way that is consistent,” he said. “And prioritizes the things that the Gospel prioritizes and Christ prioritizes. Then it’s a natural result that people are drawn to it.” Nutall referenced their core values using the verses from the Book of Acts which are posted in the church lobby. Social media is used a tool that allows access to a cross-section of people for little to no cost. “My question hasn’t been how [to] get to millennials, my question has been, how do I present a whole full Gospel?” he said. WI

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Anti-Racism Rally in D.C. Fetes MLK By Jacqueline Fuller WI Religion Writer A coalition of more than 20 faith-based organizations from across the country gathered in D.C. at the National Mall on Wednesday, April 4 to answer the call to heal the effects of racism. The “Unite to End Racism” rally, organized by the National Council of Churches of Christ USA (NCC), was held on the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Organizers scheduled to have the rally on this date to launch a multi-year effort and a call to action to engage churches to revitalize Dr. King’s work towards ending racism. “When religious leaders fail to serve the cause of racial equity they lose credibility,” said John Dorhauer, co-chair of the rally’s task force for the event and general minister and president of the United Church of Christ. “As Christians, the gospel calls us to love all God’s beautiful children without regard for race. In a day when too many actions are being taken in the name of national pride that are emboldening white supremacists and working to reverse everything Dr. King stood for, our footMt. Zion Baptist Church Reverend John W. Davis Pastor 5101 14th Street, NW Washington, DC 20011 Phone: 202-726-2220 Fax: 202-726-9089 Service and Times Sunday Worship Service - 8:00 a.m. & 11:00 a.m. Children’s Church - 11:00 a.m. (1st & 3rd Sundays) Communion - 10 a.m. 4th Sunday Sunday School - 9:15 a.m. (4th Sunday 8:15 a.m.) Prayer Meeting & Bible Study - Wednesday 7:00 p.m. “A Church with a past to remember – and a future to mold”

steps on the streets, our voices in the halls of power, and our collective and relentless drive to end racism move us always closer to a just world for all. The NCC’s 38-member communions include the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME) and the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (AME-Z). The National African American Clergy Network is listed as one of the partners of the rally. In a statement released on the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America website, it lists three main points for the rally: awaken to the truth that racism is evil and hurts us all; confront racism through truth-telling and action to right the wrong; and transform the hearts, minds, and behaviors of people and institutions. The rally also was supported by national Jewish and Muslim organizations that are working on social justice issues, including the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, a social justice organization of the Union for Reform Judaism with nearly 2 million supporters in North America. Dorhauer recommended that faith leaders stand before their communities every week and speak about values, moral char-

acter and justice. They can use the power of their voice from the pulpit to call for an end to White privilege and get involved in their movement to end racism. “It breaks my heart to be fighting the same battles today that I began fighting 40 years ago,” said Jacquelyn Dupont-Walker, director of the Social Action Commission of the African Methodist Episcopal Church and co-chair of the NCC’s Truth and Racial Justice Task Force. “Christians are people who believe in miracles, and I for one believe that together, we can finally end racism. With God’s help, this can be accomplished.” WI Historic St. Mary’s Episcopal Church The Rev. E. Bernard Anderson Priest Foggy Bottom - Founded in 1867 728 23rd Street, NW - Washington, DC 20037 Church office: 202-333-3985 - Fax : 202-338-4958 Service and Times Sundays: 10 a.m. Holy Eucharist with Music and Hymns Wednesdays: 12:10 p.m. - Holy Eucharist www.stmarysfoggybottom.org Email: stmarysoffice@stmarysfoggybottom.org All are welcome to St. Mary’s to Learn, Worship, and Grow.

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John F. Johnson Reverend Dr. 1306 Vermont Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20005 Service and Times Divine Worship, Sunday 10:00 a.m. Communion 1st and 3rd Sunday “Friendliest Church in the City” Website: mountolivetdc.org Email: mtolivedc@gmail.com

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RELIGION The Miracle Center of Faith Missionary Baptist Church Bishop Michael C. Turner, Sr. Senior Pastor 9161 Hampton Overlook Capitol Heights, MD 20743 Phone: 301-350-2200 Fax: 301-499-8724

Service and Times Sunday Worship Times : 7:30 a.m. 7 10:00 a.m. Communion: 1st Sunday Sunday School: 9:00 a.m. Bible Study: Wednesday, 12 Noon Bible Study in homes: Tuesday 7:00 p.m. Website: www.themiraclecenterFMBC.com Email: Miraclecenterfmbs@gmail.com Motto: “We Walk by Faith, Not by Sight”

Pilgrim Baptist Church Rev. Louis B. Jones II Pastor 700 I Street, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20002 (202) 547-8849 Service and Times Worship Sundays: 7:30 & 11:00am 5th Sundays: 9:30am 3rd Sundays: Baptism & Holy Communion Prayer & Praise: Wednesdays @ Noon & 6:30pm www.pilgrimbaptistdc.org

Church of Living Waters

Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church

Rev. Paul Carrette Senior Pastor

Rev. Dr. Michael E. Bell, Sr., Pastor

Rev. Dr. Alton W. Jordan Pastor

Reverend Dr. Calvin L. Matthews Senior Pastor

Harold Andrew Assistant Pastor

2498 Alabama Ave., SE - Washington D.C. 20020 Office: (202) 889-7296 Fax: (202) 889-2198 - www.acamec.org

800 I Street, NE - Washington, DC 20002 202-548-0707 - Fax No. 202-548-0703

4915 Wheeler Road Oxon Hill, MD 20745 301-894-6464

Service and Times Sunday Worship Services: 8:00am and 11:00am Sunday Church School - 9:15am & Sunday Adult Forum Bible Study - 10:30am 2nd & 4th Monday Women’s Bible Study: 6:30pm Tuesday Jr./Sr. Bible Study: 10:00am Tuesday Topical Bible Study: 6:30pm Tuesday New Beginnings Bible Study: 6:30pm Wednesday Pastoral Bible Study: 6:30pm Wednesday Children’s Bible Study: 6:30pm Thursday Men’s Bible Study: 6:30pm Friday before 1st Sunday Praise & Worship Service: 6:30pm Saturday Adult Bible Study: 10:00am “The Amazing, Awesome, Audacious Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church”

Service and Times Sunday Morning Worship: 11:00am Holy Communion: 1st Sunday Sunday School: 9:45am Men’s Monday Bible Study: 7:00pm Wednesday Night Bible Study: 7:00pm Women’s Ministry Bible Study: 3rd Friday -7:00pm Computer Classes: Announced Family and Marital Counseling by appointment

1200 Isle of Patmos Plaza, Northeast Washington, DC 20018 Office: (202) 529-6767 - Fax: (202) 526-1661

Service and Times Sunday Service: 8:30am& 11:00am Bible Study: Wednesday 7:30pm Communion Service: First Sunday www.livingwatersmd.org

Crusader Baptist Church

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Covenant Baptist United Church of Christ

St. Stephen Baptist Church

Third Street Church of God

Dr. Dekontee L. & Dr. Ayele A. Johnson Pastors

Drs. Dennis W. & Christine Y. Wiley Pastors

Bishop Lanier C. Twyman, Sr. Senior Pastor

Rev. Cheryl J. Sanders, Th.D. Senior Pastor

Bishop Alfred A. Owens, Jr.; Senior Bishop & Evangelist Susie C. Owens – Co-Pastor

4001 14th Street, NW Washington, DC 20011 (202) 265-6147 Office 1-800 576-1047 Voicemail/Fax

3845 South Capitol Street Washington, DC 20032 (202) 562-5576 (Office) (202) 562-4219 (Fax)

5757 Temple Hill Road, Temple Hills, MD 20748 Office 301-899-8885 – fax 301-899-2555

1204 Third Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 202-347-5889 office 202-638-1803 fax

610 Rhode Island Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 (202) 529-4547 office • (202) 529-4495 fax

Service and Times Sunday School: 9:30am Sunday Morning Worship Service: 11:00am Communion Service: First Sunday Prayer Service/Bible Study: Tuesday, 6:30pm

Services and Times Sundays: 10:00am Worship Services Bible Study: Wonderful Wednesdays in Worship and the Word Bible Study Wednesdays 12:00 Noon; 6:30pm (dinner @ 5:30pm) Sunday School: 9:00am – Hour of Power

Blessed Word of Life Church

www.blessedwordoflifechurch.org E-mail: church@blessedwordoflifechurch.org

Campbell AME Church Rev. Dr. Henry Y. White 2562 MLK Jr. Ave., SE - Washington, DC 20020 Adm. Office 202-678-2263 Email: Campbell@mycame.org Service and Times Sunday Worship Service: 10:00 am Sunday Church School: 8:45 am Bible Study Wednesday: 12:00 Noon Wednesday: 7:00 pm Thursday: 7: pm “Reaching Up To Reach Out” Mailing Address Campbell AME Church 2502 Stanton Road SE - Washington, DC 20020

Turning Hearts Church Virgil K. Thomas, Sr. Senior Pastor/ Teacher 4275 4th Street, S.E. Washington, DC 20034 Phone: 202-746-0113 Fax: 301-843-2445 Service and Times Sunday School 8 – 9 AM Worship Service 9 – 11 AM Tuesday Night Bible Study 6:30 – 8:00 PM Wednesday Daytime Bible Study 11 AM – 12:30 PM Motto : “A Great Commitment to the Great Commandment” Website: www.turningheartschurchdc.org Email: faithdefender@verizon.net

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“An inclusive ministry where all are welcomed and affirmed.” www.covenantbaptistdc.org

Services and Times Sunday Early Morning Worship: 7:45am Church School: 9:30am Sunday Morning Worship: 10:45am Tuesday: 7:00pm/Kingdom Building Bible Institute Wednesday: Prayer/Praise/Bible Study-7:30 pm Baptism & Communion Service: 4th Sunday – 10:30am “We are one in the Spirit” www.ssbc5757.org E-mail: ssbc5757@verizon.net

Services and Times Sunday School: 9:30am Sunday Worship: 11:00am Sunday Community Worship Service: 8:30 am “Ambassadors for Christ to the Nation’s Capital” www.thirdstreet.org Live Stream Sunday Worship Service begins @ 12:00 noon www.thirdstreet.org

Greater Mt. Calvary Holy Church

Sunday Worship Service: 8 AM and 10:45am Sunday Youth Worship Services: 1st & 4th 10:45am; 804 R.I. Ave., NE 5th 8 AM & 10:45am; Main Church Prayer Services Tuesday – Noon, Wednesday 6am & 6:30pm Calvary Bible Institute: Year-Round Contact Church Communion Every 3rd Sunday The Church in The Hood that will do you Good! www.gmchc.org emailus@gmchc.org

Isle of Patmos Baptist Church

Service and Times Sunday Worship Services: 7:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Holy Communion: 2nd Sunday at 7:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Sunday Church School: 9:20 a.m. Seniors Bible Study: Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m. Noon Day Prayer Service: Tuesdays at Noon Bible Study: Tuesdays at 7 p.m. Motto: “A Ministry of Reconciliation Where Everybody is Somebody!” Website: http://isleofpatmosbc.org Church Email: ipbcsecretary@verizon.net

St Marks Baptist Come Worship with us... Dr. Raymond T. Matthews Pastor and First Lady Marcia Matthews St. Mark's Baptist Church 624 Underwood Street, NW Washington, dc 20011 Services and Times Sunday School: 9:00am Worship Service: 10:00am Wed. Noon Day prayer service Thur. Prayer service: 6:45pm Thur. Bible Study: 7:15pm

Twelfth Street Christian Church Reverend Dr. Paul H. Saddler Senior Pastor (Disciples of Christ) 1812 12th Street, NW - Washington, DC 20009 Phone: 202-265-4494 Fax: 202 265 4340 Service and Times Sunday Worship Service: 11:00 am Communion every Sunday: 11:00 am Sunday School: 10:00 am Bible Study Tuesday: 12 Noon Pastor’s Bible Study Tuesday: 6:30 pm Motto: “Discover Something Wonderful” Website: 12thscc.org Email: Twelfthstcc@aol.com

Mount Carmel Baptist Church Joseph N. Evans, Ph.D Senior Pastor 901 Third Street N.W. Washington, DC. 20001 Phone (202) 842-3411 Fax (202) 682-9423 Service and Times Sunday Church School : 9:00am Sunday Morning Worship: 10:10am Bible Study Tuesday: 6: 00pm Prayer Service Tuesday: 7:00pm Holy Communion: 3rd Sunday 10:10am themcbc.org

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RELIGION Shabbath Commandment Church

All Nations Baptist Church

King Emmanuel Baptist Church

Bishop Adrian A. Taylor, Sr. Pastor

Rev. Dr. James Coleman Pastor

Rev. Daryl F. Bell Pastor

7801 Livingston Road Oxon Hill, MD 20745 301-534-5471

2001 North Capitol St, N.E. - Washington, DC 20002 Phone (202) 832-9591

2324 Ontario Road, NW Washington, DC 20009 (202) 232-1730

Service and Times Sabbath School 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Service 11:00 a.m. Praise & Worship Preaching 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Motto: “A Church Keeping It Real for Real.” Website: Shabbathcommandmentchruch.org Email: Praisebetoyhwh@gmail.com

Zion Baptist Church Rev. Keith W. Byrd, Sr. Pastor 4850 Blagdon Ave, NW - Washington D.C 20011 Phone (202) 722-4940 - Fax (202) 291-3773 Service and Times Sunday Worship Service: 10:15AM Sunday School: 9:00am Monday: Noon Bible School Wednesday: Noon & 7PM: Pastor’s Bible Study Ordinance of Baptism 2nd Holy Communion 4th Sunday Mission Zion Baptist Church Shall; Enlist Sinners, Educate Students, Empower the Suffering, Encourage the Saints, and Exalt Our Savior. (Acts 2:41-47) www.zionbaptistchurchdc.org

St. Luke Baptist Church Rev. Aubrey C. Lewis Pastor 1415 Gallatin Street, NW Washington, DC 20011-3851 P: (202) 726-5940 Service and Times Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m. Sunday School: 9:15 a.m. Holy Communion: 11:00 a.m., 3rd Sun. Bible Institute: Wednesday - 1:30 pm Prayer Meeting: Wednesday - 12:00 Noon

Service and Times Sunday Church School – 9:30 AM Sunday Worship Service – 11:00 AM Holy Communion – 1st Sunday at 11:00 AM Prayer – Wednesdays, 6:00 PM Bible Study – Wednesdays, 7:00 PM Christian Education School of Biblical Knowledge Saturdays, 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM, Call for Registration Website: www.allnationsbaptistchurch.com All Nations Baptist Church – A Church of Standards

Israel Baptist Church

Dr. Earl D. Trent Senior Pastor

Rev. Dr. George C. Gilbert Senior Pastor

2409 Ainger Pl.,SE – WDC 20020 (202) 678-0884 – Office • (202) 678-0885 – Fax “Moving Faith Forward” 0% Perfect . . . 100% Forgiven!

623 Florida Ave.. NW - WDC. 20001 Church (202) 667-3409 Study (202) 265-0836 Home Study (301) 464-8211 Fax (202) 483-4009

4504 Gault Place, N.E. Washington, D.C 20019 202-397-7775 – 7184

Service and Times Sunday Worship: 8:00am & 10:45am Baptism/Holy Communion: 3rd Sunday Family Bible Study Tuesdays – 6:30pm Prayer Service: Tuesdays – 8:00pm www.emmanuelbaptistchurchdc.org

“Where Jesus is the King”

Lincoln Park United Methodist Church

Sermon On The Mount Temple Of Joy Apostolic Faith

Rev. Richard B. Black Pastor

Elder Herman L. Simms Pastor

1251 Saratoga Ave., NE Washington, DC 20018 (202) 269-0288

1301 North Carolina Ave. N E Washington, D C 20002 202 543 1318 - lincolnpark@lpumcdc.org www.lpumcdc.org

5606 Marlboro Pike District Heights, MD 20747 301-735-6005

Service and Times Sunday Worship Service: 10:00 A.M. Sunday School: 8:30 A.M. Holy Communion1st Sunday: 10:00 A.M. Prayer Service: Wednesday at 6:30 P.M. Bible Study: Wednesday at 7:00 P.M.

Service and Times Sunday Worship: 10: am Holy Communion: First Sunday 10: am Sunday School: 9: am Bible Study: Wednesday @ 12 noon and 6:30pm Motto: "Faith On The Hill"

Mount Moriah Baptist Church

Eastern Community Baptist Church

Service and Times Sunday Apostolic Worship Services 11:00 A.M and 5:00 P.M Communion and Feet Wash 4th Sunday at 5:00 P.M Prayer/Seeking: Wednesday at 8:00 P.M. Apostolic in Doctrine, Pentecostal in Experience, Holiness in Living, Uncompromised and Unchanged. The Apostolic Faith is still alive –Acts 2:42

New Commandment Baptist Church

Dr. Lucius M. Dalton Senior Pastor

Damion M. Briggs Pastor

Rev. Stephen E. Tucker Senior Pastor

1636 East Capitol Street, NE Washington, DC 20003 Telephone: 202-544-5588 - Fax: 202-544-2964

8213 Manson Street Landover, MD 20785 Tel: (301) 322-9787 Fax: (301) 322-9240

13701 Old Jericho Park Road Bowie, MD. 20720 (301) 262-0560

Service and Times Sunday Worship Services: 7:45 am and 10:45 am Holy Communion: 1st Sundays at 7:45 am & 10:45 am Sunday School: 9:30 am Prayer & Praise Service: Tuesdays at 12 noon & 6:30 pm Bible Study: Tuesdays at 1 pm and 7 pm Youth Bible Study: Fridays at 7 pm

Service and Times Early Morning Message: 7:30 AM Sunday Morning Worship Service: 10:00 AM Sunday Church School: 9:00 AM Holy Communion: 1st Sunday 7:30 AM & 10:00 AM Prayer, Praise and Testimony: Wednesday 7:00 PM Bible Study: Wednesday 7:30 PM

Service and Times Sunday Worship: 11 AM Sunday School: 10 AM Wednesday Mid-Week Worship, Prayer & Bible Study: Wed. 7 PM

Rehoboth Baptist Church

“Real Worship for Real People” Website: www.easterncommunity.org Email: ecc@easterncommunity.org

Salem Baptist Church

Holy Trinity United Baptist Church

Florida Avenue Baptist Church

Reverend Christopher L. Nichols Pastor

Rev. Dr. Morris L Shearin, Sr. Pastor

Web: www.mountmoriahchurch.org Email: mtmoriah@mountmoriahchurch.org

St. Matthews Baptist Church

Service and Times Sunday School: 9:30 am Sunday Worship Service: 11:00 am Baptismal Service: 1st Sunday – 9:30 am Holy Communion: 1st Sunday – 11:00 am Prayer Meeting & Bible Study: Wednesday -7:30 pm

Emmanuel Baptist Church

“A Church Where Love Is Essential and Praise is Intentional”

Service and Times Sunday Worship Services: 10:00 a.m. Sunday Church School: 8:45 – 9:45 a.m. Holy Communion: Every First Sunday Intercessory Prayer: Monday – 7:00-8:00 p.m. Pastor’s Bible Study: Wednesday –7:45 p.m. Midweek Prayer: Wednesday – 7:00 p.m. Noonday Prayer Every Thursday

Matthews Memorial Baptist Church Rev. Joan E. Buchanan Executive Pastor 2616 MLK Ave., SE - Washington, DC 20020 Office 202-889-3709 - Fax 202-678-3304 Service and Times Early Worship Service: 7:30am Worship Service: 11:00am New Member’s Class: 9:45am Holy Communion: 1st Sunday, 11:00am Church School: 9:45am Wednesday 12:00pm Bible Study Prayer, Praise and Bible Study: 7:00pm Saturday Bible Study: 11:00am Baptism 4th Sunday: 11:00am

Service and Times 9:30AM. Sunday Church School 11:00 Am. Sunday Worship Service The Lord’s Supper 1st Sunday Wednesday 7:00pm Prayer & Praise Services 7:30pm. Bible Study Saturday before 4th Sunday Men, Women, Youth Discipleship Ministries 10:30am A Christ Centered Church htubc@comcast.net

Christ Embassy DC

Kelechi Ajieren Coordinator 6839 Eastern Avenue, R1 Takoma Park, MD 20912 (202) 556-7065 Service and Times Sunday Worship Service: 10:00 A.M. Wednesday Bible Study: 7:00 P.M. Friday Evening Service: 7:00 P.M. ; Last Friday “…Giving Your Life a Meaning” www.Christembassydc.org Christ.embassy.dc@hotmail.com

“Empowered to love and Challenged to Lead a Multitude of Souls to Christ”

Peace Baptist Church Rev. Dr. Michael T. Bell 712 18th Street, NE Washington, DC 20002 Phone 202-399-3450/ Fax 202-398-8836 Service and Times Sunday Early Morning Prayer & Bible Study Class 8:00 am Sunday School 9:00 am Sunday Morning Worship Service 10:00 am Wednesday Service 12:00 pm

Pennsylvania Ave. Baptist Church Rev. Dr. Kendrick E. Curry Pastor 3000 Pennsylvania Ave.. S.E Washington, DC 20020 202 581-1500 Service and Times Sunday Church School: 9:30 A.M. Sunday Worship Service: 11:00 A.M. Monday Adult Bible Study: 7:00 P.M. Wednesday Youth & Adult Activities: 6:30 P.M. Prayer Service Bible Study

“The Loving Church of the living lord “ Email Address: admin@pbc712.org

Shiloh Baptist Church

First Rising Mt. Zion Baptist Church

Mt. Horeb Baptist Church

Rev. Dr. Maxwell M. Washington Pastor

Rev. Curtis l. Staley Pastor

Rev. Alonzo Hart Pastor

Rev. Dr. Wallace Charles Smith Pastor

Rev. Oran W. Young Pastor

Rev. Dr. H. B. Sampson, III Pastor

Worshiping Location Knights of Columbus - 1633 Tucker Road Fort Washington, MD 20744 (240) 838-7074

621 Alabama Ave., S.E.- Washington, D.C. 20032 P: (202) 561-1111 - F: (202) 561-1112

917 N St. NW - Washington, DC 20001 (202) 232-4294

9th & P Street, N.W. - W. D.C. 20001 (202) 232-4288

Service and Times Sunday Service: 10 am Sunday School for all ages: 8:30 am 1st Sunday Baptism: 10: am 2nd Sunday Holy Communion:10 am Tuesday: Bible Study: 6:30 pm Prayer Meeting: 7:45 pm

Service and Times Sunday Morning Prayer Service: 8:00 a.m. Sunday Church School: 9:15 a.m. Sunday Morning Worship: 10:40 a.m. Third Sunday Baptismal & Holy Communion:10:30 a.m. Tuesday Church At Study Prayer & Praise: 6:30 p.m.

Service and Times First Sunday Worship Service (one service): 10:00 a.m. Second, Third, Fourth, and Fifth Sunday Worship service: 7:45 a.m. and 10:55 a.m. Sunday Church School/Bible Study: 9:30 a.m. Thursday Prayer Service: 6:30 p.m.

602 N Street NW - Washington, D.C. 20001 Office:(202) 289-4480 Fax: (202) 289-4595

2914 Bladensburg Road, NE Wash., DC 20018 Office: (202) 529-3180 - Fax: (202) 529-7738 Service and Times Worship Service: 7:30 a.m. Sunday School: 9:00 a.m. Worship Service: 10:30 a.m. Holy Communion: 4th Sunday 7:30 a.m. & 10:30a.m. Prayer Services:Tuesday 7:30 p.m. Wednesday 12 Noon

Motto: “Where God is First and Where Friendly People Worship”

The Church Where GOD Is Working.... And We Are Working With GOD

Service and Times Sunday Worship Services: 10:00 am Sunday School: 9:00 am Holy Communion 3rd Sunday Morning Prayer / Bible Study: 6:15 pm - 7:20 pm (Tuesday) Theme: “The Kingdom Focused Church” Matthew 6:33 and Mathew 28:18-20, KJV Email: stmatthewsbaptist@msn.com Website: www.stmatthewsbaptist.org

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Email: sbc@shilohbaptist.org Website: shilohbaptist.org

Service and Times Sunday School for All Ages: 8:00 a.m. Sunday Worship Services: 9:30 a.m. Midday Prayer & Bible Study: Wednesday 11:30 a.m. Evening Prayer & Bible Study: Wednesday 7:00 p.m. Laymen's League: Thursday 7:00 p.m. Email: Froffice@firstrising.org Website: www.firstrising.org “Changing Lives On Purpose “

Email:mthoreb@mthoreb.org Website:www.mthoreb.org For further information, please contact me at (202) 529-3180.

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LEGAL NOTICES

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131

Administration Number 2018 ADM 000123

Administration Number 2017 ADM 001151

Administration No. 2018 ADM 000206

Administration No. 2018 ADM 000214

Administration No. 2018 ADM 000174

Estate of Pearl R. Wood

Estate of Richard Carroll Tolbert

Cassandra Adams Decedent

Lorenda Harris-Nelson Decedent

Jacqueline Louise Alston Decedent

NOTICE OF STANDARD PROBATE

Notice is hereby given that a petition has been filed in this Court by Thurie Wood-Kelly and Kisha L. Woolen for standard probate, including the appointment of one or more personal representatives. Unless a responsive pleading in the form of a complaint or an objection in accordance with Superior Court Probate Division Rule 407 is filed in this Court within 30 days from the date of first publication of this notice, the Court may take the action hereinafter set forth.

Notice is hereby given that a petition has been filed in this Court by Aimee D. Griffin and Megan Gormley for standard probate, including the appointment of one or more personal representatives. Unless a responsive pleading in the form of a complaint or an objection in accordance with Superior Court Probate Division Rule 407 is filed in this Court within 30 days from the date of first publication of this notice, the Court may take the action hereinafter set forth.

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

Edward G. Varrone, Esq. 910 17th Street, NW, Suite 800 Washington, DC 20006 Attorney

In the absence of a will or proof satisfactory to the Court of due execution, enter an order determining that the decedent died intestate appoint a supervised personal representative. Date of first publication: 3/22/2018 Thurie Wood-Kelly Kisha L. Woolen 5335 Wisconsin Ave., NW # 700 Washington, DC 20015 Attorney: TRUE TEST COPY Anne Meister Register of Wills

In the absence of a will or proof satisfactory to the Court of due execution, enter an order determining that the decedent died intestate appoint an unsupervised personal representative. Date of first publication: 3/22/2018 Aimee D. Griffin, Esq. 5335 Wisconsin Ave., NW Suite 440 Washington, DC 20015 Attorney: TRUE TEST COPY Anne Meister Register of Wills

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Demetrius Adams and Kevin Adams, whose addresses are, 10200 Prince Plaza, Unit 206, Upper Marlboro, MD 20774 and 3747 First St., SE #102, Washington, DC 20032 were appointed Personal Representatives of the estate of Cassandra Adams who died on December 28, 2017 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 9/22/2018. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 9/22/2018, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship. Date of first publication: 3/22/2018

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Demetrius Adams Kevin Adams Personal Representative

Washington Informer

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Deon D. Harris, whose address is 4267 Brooks Street, NE, Washington, DC 20019 was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Lorenda Harris-Nelson who died on May 6, 2016 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 9/22/2018. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 9/22/2018, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship. Date of first publication: 3/22/2018 Deon D. Harris Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY Anne Meister Register of Wills Washington Informer

Administration No. 2018 ADM 000207

Administration No. 2018 ADM 000240

Marlita Crossland aka Marlita Jane Crossland Decedent

Norman S. Green, aka Norman Shelton Green aka Norman Selton Green Sr. Decedent

Aimee D. Griffin 5335 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Suite 440 Washington, DC 20015 Attorney

Attorney

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Milbert Crossland II, whose address is 1147 46th St., SE, Washington, DC 20019, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Marlita Crossland aka Marlita Jane Crossland who died on January 5, 2018 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 9/22/2018. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 9/22/2018, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship. Date of first publication: 3/22/2018 Milbert Crossland II Personal Representative

Darlene Green Shephard, whose address is 4655 Hayes Street, NE, Washington, DC 20019 was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Norman S. Green, aka Norman Shelton Green aka Norman Selton Green Sr. who died on December 20, 2017 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 9/22/2018. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 9/22/2018, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

Darlene Green Shephard Personal Representative

Anne Meister Register of Wills

Beatrice M. Hokett Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Antoinette B. Washington, whose address is 8341 Brooktree St., Laurel, MD 20724, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Beatrice M. Hokett who died on August 1, 2010 without a Will, and will serve with Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 9/22/2018. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 9/22/2018, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship. Date of first publication: 3/22/2018 Antoinette B. Washington Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY

Augustine E. Alston, Jr. Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131

Administration No. 2018 ADM 000246

Administration No. 2018 ADM 000144

Richard J. Bagent aka Richard Bagent Decedent

Rosie A. Caves aka Rosie Allison Caves Decedent

Gretchyn G. Meinken 616 N. Washington Street Alexandria, VA 22314 Attorney

Matthew F. Shannon 1420 N. Street, NW #102 Washington, DC 20005 Attorney

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

Ann Alloway, whose address is 643 E. Russell Avenue, West Lafayette, OH 43845, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Richard J. Bagent aka Richard Bagent who died on June 30, 2017 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 9/22/2018. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 9/22/2018, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

Veronica C. Greenfield, whose address is 1302 Nicholson Street, Hyattsville, MD 20782, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Rosie A. Caves aka Rosie Allison Caves who died on January 14, 2018 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 9/22/2018. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 9/22/2018, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

Date of first publication: 3/22/2018

Ann Alloway Personal Representative

Veronica C. Greenfield Personal Representative

TRUE TEST COPY

Anne Meister Register of Wills

Washington Informer

TRUE TEST COPY TRUE TEST COPY

Administration No. 2018 ADM 000110

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

Date of first publication: 3/22/2018

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131

Date of first publication: 3/22/2018

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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131

Augustine E. Alston, Jr., whose address is 101 Harriet Drive, Dunbar, WV 25064, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Jacqueline Louise Alston who died on December 6, 2015 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 9/22/2018. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 9/22/2018, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

Anne Meister Register of Wills

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

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LEGAL NOTICES

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131

Administration No. 2017 ADM 001152

Administration No. 2018 ADM 000194

Administration No. 2018 ADM 267

Administration No. 2018 ADM 000228

Lillian Marie Waugh Decedent

John J. Robinson aka John J. Robinson, Jr. Decedent

Jacqueline Sykes Vaughn Decedent

Herbert Horner, Jr. Decedent

Henrietta Keen Slade Decedent

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

Matthew F. Shannon, Esq. 1420 N. Street, NW #102 Washington, DC 20005 Attorney

Barry M. Tapp 14662 Cambridge Circle Laurel, MD 20707 Attorney

Kevin A. Waugh, whose address is 3406 24th Avenue, Temple Hills, Maryland 20748, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Lillian Marie Waugh who died on February 9, 2018 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 9/29/2018. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 9/29/2018, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

Betty A. Greer, whose address is 1910 Wintergreen Ct., District Heights, MD 20747, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of John J. Robinson aka John J. Robinson, Jr. who died on August 11, 2017 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 9/29/2018. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 9/29/2018, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

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Matthew F. Shannon, whose address is 1420 N. Street, NW #102, Washington, DC 20005, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Herbert Horner, Jr. who died on January 16, 2018 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 9/29/2018. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 9/29/2018, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

Florence Ann Elizabeth Smith, whose address is 406 13th St., NE, Washington, DC 20002, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Henrietta Keen Slade who died on October 23, 2013 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 9/29/2018. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 9/29/2018, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

Administration No. 2018 ADM 000251

Date of first publication: 3/29/2018 Kevin A. Waugh Personal Representative

Date of first publication: 3/29/2018

Crystal Jones Kimberly Oluremi Personal Representative

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Administration No. 2018 ADM 000309

Administration No. 2018 ADM 000248

Administration No. 2018 ADM 000286

Administration No. 2018 ADM 000217

Cecelia V. Burreal Decedent

Joseph Bellamy Decedent

Mary Bower Troland Decedent

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William E. Newman, whose address is 1606 U St, SE, Washington, DC 20020, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Cecelia V. Burreal who died on 2/4/2018 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 10/5/2018. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 10/5/2018, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

Kenneth Bellamy, whose address is 6506 Rockland Court, Clifton, VA 20124, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Joseph Bellamy who died on October 1, 2007 without a Will, and will serve with Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 10/5/2018. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 10/5/2018, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

Ellen T. Rigby, whose address is 2106 Berkley Ave. SW, Roanoke, VA 24015, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Mary Bower Troland who died on January 31, 2018 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 10/5/2018. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 10/5/2018, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

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Larry C. Williams, Esquire 7600 Georgia Avenue, NW, Suite 405 Washington, DC 20012 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Richard T. Tardy, whose address is 6501 Cedar Street, Cheverly, MD 20785, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Jeffrey Darnell Webster who died on January 24, 2018 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 10/5/2018. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 10/5/2018, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

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Eric Michael Montgomery, whose address is 1475 Columbia Rd. NW, apt 203, Washington, DC 20009, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Eric Michael Terrell who died on 05/05/2017 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 9/29/2018. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 9/29/2018, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

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Crystal Jones & Kimberly Oluremi, whose addresses are 3404 13th St., SE, #302, Washington, DC 20032 & 5033 Kansa Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20011, was appointed Personal Representatives of the estate of Jacqueline Sykes Vaughn who died on 1/27/2018 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 9/29/2018. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 9/29/2018, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship. Date of first publication: 3/29/2018

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Administration No. 2018 ADM 000296

Administration No. 2017 ADM 001441

Mary Wall Decedent

Weldon B. Smith Decedent

Gretchyn G. Meinken 616 North Washington Street Alexandria, VA 22314 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Day’le Lathon, whose address is 816 Elm Street, PO Box 35274, Fayetteville, NC 28303, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Mary Wall who died on June 24, 2005 without a Will, and will serve with Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 10/5/2018. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 10/5/2018, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Margaret Smith, whose address is 156 Park Terrace Avenue, West Haven, CT 06516, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Weldon B. Smith who died on January 24, 2002 without a Will, and will serve with Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 10/5/2018. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 10/5/2018, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship. Date of first publication: 4/5/2018

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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2018 ADM 276 John B. Anderson Decedent Kisha L. Woolen, Esq. 5335 Wisconsin Avenue, NW #700 Washington, DC 20015 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Keke Anderson, whose address is 4120 48th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20016, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of John B. Anderson who died on December 3, 2017 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 10/5/2018. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 10/5/2018, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship. Date of first publication: 4/5/2018

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in Baltimore’s Emerson Hotel for simply doing her job. It is important to note how incidental the deaths of Black women too often are. We don’t make the headlines, as young Naomi Wadler said. Our stores are too often untold. Yet, if we commemorate the 50th year after Dr. King’s assassination, we must commemorate the women who were slaughtered by racists. Hattie Carroll is one of them. Her tragic story must be woven into our history. WI

“If [the group home] doesn’t get the money to do what they do, what’s going to happen to my Jason?” Johnson said. “It’s about educating people. You can’t do anything without money.” The Latino population in Prince George’s is about 18 percent, but critics argue a proposed citizenship question in the 2020 census will deter legal immigrants from responding and distort the number of people

counted in a jurisdiction. “What’s more frightening about this census count more than in the past, is the rhetoric from the Trump administration,” Baker said after the press conference. “With a growing Latino population in the county, this is a direct assault on those folks participating in the census. If it’s happening here, then it’s happening everywhere.” WI

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we will pay more attention to these Black women like Hattie Carroll, whose stories have been swallowed. Thanks to Dr. King’s granddaughter, Yolanda Renee King, and her colleagues in the March For Our Lives, we will consider nonviolence differently. But mostly thanks to the legacy of Hattie Carroll, we will be forced to consider the many ways that women’s contributions to the women’s movement have been too frequently ignored. Hattie Carroll was caned down

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to meet the needs of the new century. There are now schools specializing in STEM disciplines — science, technology, engineering and math — while others have an emphasis on “expeditionary learning,” teaching students not only what to learn, but how. Some teach world languages, but all aim to eliminate the achievement gap between disadvantaged students and their more advantaged peers — as a result, charters educate a higher share of such students than the city-run system. The road to education reform and scholastic success is long, but student enrollment in public schools has increased now for eight consecutive years, while higher city revenues have enabled more investment in the District’s future: its children. More must be done to realize Dr. King’s vision in the next half century, but with increased innovation and investment, future generations face a far brighter future than their predecessors. WI

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three-quarters of a million residents, many new to the area. Critical to this success was the leadership of several reform-minded mayors and the recommendations made by the city’s Commission on Budget and Fiscal Priorities, chaired by Alice Rivlin, as well as legislation such as the 1995 D.C. School Reform Act. This act allowed public charter schools to open in the District, and they have been critical to the city’s growth. These tuition-free, taxpayer-funded schools of choice proved so popular that today they educate nearly half the District’s public school students, with another 10,000 students on waitlists because there is no space to accommodate them. Operating independently of the traditional school system, these unique public schools design and develop their own educational programs while being held to a high standard for student outcomes and other metrics.

By any measure, charter schools have improved the District’s public education offerings, most strikingly in our city’s underserved subdivisions. On-time high school graduation rates are at a record high, and students’ standardized test scores continue to rise as curricula are enriched and after-school options expanded. Charter students in economically disadvantaged Wards Seven and Eight are more than twice as likely to meet state college and career readiness standards as their peers in city-run schools. One of the many benefits of higher educational attainment citywide has been the transformation of long-neglected neighborhoods, some blighted by high adult functional illiteracy rates, and their revitalization as D.C.’s better-educated workforce attracts more investment and employment. Lately this has included Amazon’s interest in the area as a location for its second headquarters. The District’s public charter school reform has also enabled schools to tailor their programs

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both the ninth and twelfth grades and entered Morehouse College at age 15? • One who had been stabbed by a demented African-American woman while signing copies of “Stride Toward Freedom?” • Someone who had traveled to India to visit Mahatma Gandhi’s birthplace and rededicated himself to the practice of nonviolence? • A man who had been arrested 29 times as well as beaten and spat upon? • One who had shared his dream with the world and been greeted afterwards by President Kennedy in the Oval Office with the words, “I have a dream?” • Someone who, against the counsel of many, called for America to withdraw from Vietnam?

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this. They are in solidarity, and they’ve won a guarantee of immunity from the university, so long as their protest remains peaceful. They’re smart. The protest began March 29, after an anonymous blog post revealed that as much as $1 million had been pilfered from financial aid funds by six workers whose employment also entitled them to free tuition. They were “double-dipping,” while many deserving students were in want. The six were fired, university President Wayne I. Frederick revealed, but that was a full six months after the school’s investigation of the nine years of skullduggery uncovered the wrongdoing. “We have tons of students

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Fortunately, Ray’s sense of accomplishment as he witnessed King slump onto the balcony was short-lived. By firing that shot, he ensured that the dream would live on in ways that neither King nor his assassin could

have imagined. Oddly enough, in his final speech the night before his assassination, King spoke directly to Ray when he said, “And then I got into Memphis. And some began to say the threats or talk about that threats that were out, or what would happen to me from some of our sick White brothers. I am not worried about anything, I’m not fearing any man.” Unfortunately, Ray did not have an open heart to hear King or he would have put his rifle away without firing a shot. So, on the 50th anniversary of his assassination, I am left to wonder if America is finally willing to listen to King on the issues of guns, war, peace, poverty and racial inequality? Or will far too many Americans only see America through the rifle scope of James Earl Ray? WI

America, we need to initiate a robust, and public examination of slavery, as well as hold community-wide conversations that establish more common history of slavery across America. There is little room for any Black ambivalence on the subject. Remember this life’s lesson: if you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything. Black Americans should not forget the history of slavery, those involved, or its consequences. Yet, considerable social and political pressures suppress and restrain our public remembrance and foster our neglect of this fundamental feature of American history and identity. Political empowerment isn’t working, Blacks keep voting for

the same people the without demanding anything and accepting little results. The political alliances and allegiance we’ve had haven’t produced the collective wealth that the $15 trillion reparations/debt will bring descendants of slaves. It’s time we “wake up” and “stay woke” and become broadly conscious of debts we’re owed because of slavery. Blacks must cease their naivety and move to establish formal systems of reparations for the systemic injustices borne by African Americans. Conscious Blacks need to push reparations to the center of discourse by initiating conversations among our family and friends on the issue. Wi

here. We have had solidarity from students from all over the country,” Alexis McKenney, one of the leaders of #HUResist, told me on campus. “We have solidarity from students from American University who have come on campus to support us. We have had different student groups, different fraternities, sororities, student organizations, alumni who have come out to help us.” That’s solidarity. “So, if someone is taking our money — money that is meant for our financial aid — because I am on scholarship, most students are on scholarship; most students are receiving some financial aid,” Howard freshman Imani Bryant told me. “And if someone is taking the money that is

meant for students, that is not OK, especially since some students have to leave every year because they don’t have the money to pay for Howard.” That’s the spirit, and just like the young folks from Parkland, and the women, and the others who are challenging — without fear of reprisal — the corrupt establishment and crooked politicians, their uprisings signal that the time of the evildoers is at hand. There have been uprisings at Howard before — in 1968 and again in 1989 — but in the current atmosphere of general discontent with worthless politicians and the “mis-leadership class” of Black officials, everywhere in this country. I think the future is secure, and the Howard University uprising is evidence of it. WI

• A man only in Memphis to support a strike by African-American sanitation workers protesting segregated and dangerous work conditions? • A prophet who, as he opened his hotel door and stepped onto the balcony to meet our Divine Creator, had received over 400 honorary degrees and awards, including the Nobel Peace Prize? Finally, as Ray squeezed the trigger and ended King’s life, did he see someone though only 39 years old, had the heart of one 60, having lived under the cloud of a violent death for the last 13 years of his life?

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