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Thousands of people marched in solidarity in Atlanta, Georgia on Monday, Jan. 19 including over 700 members of the AFL-CIO who were in the city for a national conference on civil and human rights. /Photo courtesy DeLane Adams

AFL-CIO: Mass Incarceration Not the Answer Thousands Meet in Atlanta; Say Black Lives Matter

By D. Kevin McNeir WI Managing Editor Labor unions, first organized in the 18th century, have long fought for safer working conditions and more equitable income for their members – either through negotiations or strikes.

And several weeks ago during

the annual celebration commemorating the life and contributions of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., a record number of members of the American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organization [AFL-CIO] met in Atlanta, Georgia, the birthplace of King, with a mission – com-

municating to the country and to the world the message that black lives matter.

The conference, with a theme “Dream Big, Love All, Act Now,” attracted over 1,000 members and supporters from the U.S., Canada and other countries.

Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed

greeted unionists and guests on Thursday, Jan. 15 for the opening session: “We Have a Dream: Looking Forward to the Next 50 Years of Civil Rights Activism.”

Others attending the conference included: AFL-CIO Executive Vice President Tefere Gebre; Californians for Safety & Justice Organizing Director

Robert Rooks; Georgia NAACP State Conference President Francys Johnson; The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employee [AFSCME] Assistant to the President Naomi Walker; Community Youth Center of San Francisco Direc-

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National Cherry Blossom Festival “Sing into Spring Competition” The National Cherry Blossom Festival held their “Sing into Spring Competition” at the Atlas Threatre in Washington DC .The event was created to shine a spotlight on outstanding talent in the area. The festival runs from March 20 - April 12, 2015 . For more information go to www.nationalcherryblossomfestival.org

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Diana Mayhew (c) with WINNERS (L-R) Theycallmepiano & Charnita Edwards

Diana Mayhew (National Cherry Blossom Festival President), Sue Porter (Vice Chair), & Kristin Rohr (Chairman) National Cherry Blossom Festival Bd. of Directors)

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The Competition Judges (Seated L-R) Samantha Pollack, Darik Kristofer, Carolyn Malachi (Standing L-R) Brenda Goldsmith, & Dave Dickinson

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Along with Diana Mayhew (L) Jeyhan Tucker, Charnita Edwards, Theycallmepiano, Raheem Devaughn (Co-Host) Del Travar, Jackets Off, Audrey Kate Taylor, Deborah Bond (Co-Host) & The Sopranessence

Sopranessence Jessica Adkins, Adrienne Neal, Bharati Soman, Eriko Tokura Murray, Laura Bass, Nicole Lamm, & Rosemarie Stephens-Booker

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Diana Mayhew (President National Cherry Blossom Festival), “Mickey” Thompson (Publisher Social Sightings-The CoLumn & The MagaZine) & Brenda Goldsmith (Event Judge)

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2/5/2015 – 2/11//2015 PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY Pages 12-13 NATIONAL Pages 14-15 COMMENTARIES Pages 26-27 LIFESTYLE Pages 28-33 SPORTS Mayor Muriel Bowser recently launched the District of Columbia’s 2015 Mayor Marion S. Barry Summer Youth Employment Program [SYEP]. The program will provide six weeks of meaningful employment and work-readiness training to District youth ages 14 to 21. The application is available online at summerjob.dc.gov. /Photo by Roy Lewis

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law enforcement. She said they threat,” she said. had come together to bring a Among the programs Marlow sense of uniformity in the way wants to see implemented are When L.Y. Marlow's 23-year- domestic violence victims and stricter restraining order policies, Visit our updated Web site old daughter told her the father survivors are treated. more rights for victim's families and give us your comments of her daughter threatened her “She's using her own personal to intervene on behalf of a vicfor a chance to win a gift from life, and the life of their child, story, her own personal pain to tim, a domestic violence assessThe Washington Informer she knew something had to be push forward,” Davis-Nickens ment unit coupled with further done. Out of her frustration said about Marlow. training for law enforcement with law enforcement's handling Davis-Nickens said anyone agencies, a Child's Life ProtecEmail comments to: of the situation, she decided to who reads Marlow's book will tion Act and mandatory counselrburke@ start the Saving Promise cam- “get it.” She said she “puts the ing for batterers. paign. case in such a way, the average “If we are ever going to eradiwashingtoninformer.com “It seems to be a vicious cycle person can get it.” She said at the cate domestic violence, we must that won't turn my family 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.

Domestic Violence Symposium Mildred Muhammad, the exMarlow would also like to see on May 7 at the District Heights wife of John Allen Muhammad, programs designed to raise Municipal Center. The sympo- who was sentenced to six consec- awareness among children in sium was sponsored by the utive life terms without parole public and private schools. She Family gathered and Youth Services bySoutheast a Maryland jury for his role in thatfeels to be educatHundreds at the RISE Center in for an awards ceremony paidchildren tribute toneed the ongoing contriCenterof of thelocal city of District the Beltway Sniper media attacksto civil in rights./Photo ed about domestic butions eight pioneers in fields ranging from independent

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Prince George’s County Education Funding Takes Major Hit

By Stacy M. Brown WI Contributing Writer The honeymoon ended quickly.

Just two months after a stunning and decisive victory over Democrat Anthony Brown, Maryland’s Republican Gov. Larry Hogan Jr. took the oath of office on Jan. 21 with his family and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie among the dignitaries in attendance at the State House in Annapolis.

And, just days after swearing-in ceremonies ended with what appeared to be a love fest among the new governor, citizens around the state and even some Democrats, Hogan introduced his $40.3 billion budget, which, on the one hand, will close a $750 million shortfall.

However, on the other hand, it wasn’t enough to keep the love affair going as the governor took the axe to education.

Maryland Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. (D-District 27) said Hogan did allocate more money for Prince George’s County, but not nearly as much as officials had anticipated.

Miller, 72, hopes the state’s 62nd governor reassesses the need for the Purple Line light-rail system proposed to run east-west between New Carrollton and Bethesda in Montgomery County. Nearly $313 million currently sits in the budget, but “pending review and re-evaluation.” “It has plenty of support, and I am hoping he knows that,” he said.

State Sen. Joanne Benson (D-District 24) said Hogan sliced from the proposed budget the $15 million that’s normally contributed in health care operation costs to the county.

“We are getting $30 million toward

the regional hospital [in Largo], but not to have that $15 million will have a negative impact on Prince George’s County,” Benson, 73, said.

She spoke even louder when the discussion turned to cuts in education.

“From what we see we could lose close to $40 million from our school funding,” said the retired educator.

“We are hoping to negotiate with the governor to put that money back in the budget.”

First-time Del. Erek Barron (D-District 24), who continues to review the budget, said he hasn’t pleased with what he’s read so far.

“The education cuts [are] just unacceptable,” Barron, 40, said. “[Hogan] is supposed to be a business guy, and we are supposed to be concerned about our business climate. If you are talking about creating a business climate, the education piece has to be a top priority.”

Prince George’s County Council Chair Mel Franklin (D-Dist. 9) of Upper Marlboro said Hogan’s proposed $40 billion budget proved to be a “mixed bag” for the county.

“It could have been worse. It doesn’t go to one extreme or the other, which is in keeping in line with the governor’s promises,” Franklin said.

Overall, the budget includes $6.1 billion statewide for education, but also includes a 50 percent cut to the Geographical Cost of Education Index, a non-mandated formula that provides extra funding to larger, more urban school districts.

Prince George’s County reportedly received $40 million from the GCEI last year.

“The cuts to education are going to be difficult. These are real jobs and

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real people at stake,” Franklin said.

A $20 million cut is the equivalent of 250 teaching positions, said Raymond Brown, Prince George’s County Public Schools’ chief financial officer.

“We’re not saying we’re cutting 250 positions, but that’s just to give you an idea of the magnitude of the reduction,” Brown said.

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“The proposed FY 2016 budget provides more resources per student in Baltimore City than any other place in our state and delivers Prince George’s County an increase of $35 million in local aid,” the statement read.

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Black Facts FEB. 5 1866 – Congressman Thaddeus Stevens offered an amendment to Freedmen’s Bureau bill authorizing the distribution of public land and confiscated land to freedmen and loyal refugees in forty-acre lots. The measure was defeated in the House by a vote of 126 to 37. A Black delegation, led by Frederick Douglas called on President Johnson and urged ballots for former slaves. Meeting ended in disagreement and controversy after Johnson reiterated his opposition to Black suffrage.

1934 – Henry (Hank) Louis Aaron was born on this day.

1990 – Columbia University graduate and Harvard University law student Barack Obama became the first African American named president of the Harvard Law Review.

FEB. 6 1820 – The first organized emigration of blacks from the U.S. back to Africa occurs. Eighty-six free blacks leave New York Harbor on a ship named the “Mayflower of Liberia.”

The group lands on the West African coast on March 9th and join with exslaves freed by Britain to help form what would eventually become the West African nation of Sierra Leone.

1961 – Jail-in movement started in Rock Hill, S.C., when students refused to pay fines and requested jail sentences. Students Nonviolent Coordinating Committee urged south-wide “Jail, No Bail” campaign.

1993 – Tennis player Arthur Ashe dies. Ashe was the first African American to win at Wimbledon.

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FEB. 7 1871 – Alcorn A&M College (later “University”) opens in Mississippi.

1974 – Grenada achieves independence from Great Britain.

1967 – Comedian, author, recording artist, actor, and talk show host Chris Rock was born in South Carolina. He will become a critically comedian, hosting his self-titled show on HBO. He will also bring to the forefront a boycott of the flag of his birthplace. He will star in and make a few movies of his own.

police open fire on protesting Black students on the campus of South Carolina State University.

1985 – Brenda Renee Pearson an official court reporter for the House of Representatives was the first Black female to record the State of the Union message delivered by the president in the House chambers.

1990 – Andy Rooney, a CBS “60 Minutes” commentator, received a 90-day suspension from work because of racist remarks about African Americans attributed to him by Chris Bull, a New York-based. Bull quoted Rooney as having said during an interview: “I’ve believed all along that most people are born with equal intelligence, but Blacks have watered down their genes because the less intelligent ones are the ones that have the children. They drop out of school early, do drugs, and get pregnant.”

Price is born Mary Violet Leontyne Price in Laurel, Mississippi. She first achieved international fame when she was selected to play “Bess” during the European tour of the George Gershwin Broadway production of “Porgy and Bess.”

1989 – Ron Brown was elected chairman of the Democratic Party becoming the first African American to head one of the two major political parties.

1992 – Renowned author Alex Haley dies. He was also a biographer and scriptwriter. Haley is perhaps best known for the novel “Roots” which became a major television series and for the “Autobiography of Malcolm X.” Haley was born August 11, 1921 in Ithaca, New York.

FEB. 9 1944 – Award winning novelist Alice Walker is born in Eatonton, Georgia. She is known for “telling the Black woman’s story.” Perhaps her most famous novel was “The Color Purple.”

1971 – Baseball Hall of Fame inducts Leroy “Satchel” Paige.

1995 – Dr. Bernard Harris becomes the first African American to walk in space as part of a joint Russian and American mission. However, Harris was far from being the first black person in space. That honor goes to a black Cuban pilot who flew aboard the Soviet Soyuz 38 in 1980. His name was Arnaldo Tamayo-Mendez.

FEB. 11 1971 – Whitney M. Young, Jr. was Executive Director of the National Urban League from 1961 until his tragic, untimely death in 1971. He worked tireless to bring the races together, and joined the tenets of social work, of which he was an outstanding practitioner, to the social activism that brought the Urban League into the forefront of the civil rights arena.

1990 – Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela is released from prison on Robben Island after 27 years. He had been jailed for his militant activities against the then white-ruled South African government and its system of rule known as Apartheid.

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VIEWP INT Farrah Darbouze Washington, D.C. Right now, I think [the military] has around 3,000 people involved in the operations over there, but I think anything more than that could be problematic seeing as they’re still a fairly new group and we’re still learning more about them. I think we need to also find more about how ISIS will affect the other countries and neighboring regions.

Cassandra Kingsberry Washington, D.C. Under the circumstances, I believe we as country have done all we can possibly do. The president has been very overt in showing that we do not negotiate with terrorists. If you give in even just a little, or make concessions, it can end up having bad consequences.

It’s the whole give an inch, and they’ll take it a mile concept. It’s unfortunate for those whose lives have been taken by ISIS, but I think our government and the president have done all that is possible, at this point.

ISLAMIC EXTREMIST GROUP ISIS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF ANOTHER HOSTAGE LAST WEEK WHEN IT BEHEADED JAPANESE JOURNALIST KENJI GOTO. HOW DO YOU FEEL THE UNITED STATES HAS RESPONDED TO ISIS SINCE IT HAS EMERGED ON THE INTERNATIONAL STAGE?

Steve Smith Washington, D.C. I think it’s a difficult decision in deciding what to do with ISIS. It’s a hard problem to solve. ISIS isn’t exactly a state or a country, and I don’t think we should just sit back and watch, but what exactly can we do to deal with them? I wouldn’t want to be the person to make that decision. ISIS is clearly affecting the other countries in the Middle East that have taken the brunt of their [violence], and these countries clearly have to take the lead in doing something to address the problem.

Novella Nesbitt Washington, D.C. I think the government is handling ISIS as well as it can, considering the circumstances.

No one really knows how to deal with them at the moment. I don’t understand why they are so angry, and I think countries everywhere need to work to find this out so that we can all begin to deal with their violence. I think the Obama administration is doing as well as any other administration would do in combating and addressing the ISIS problem.

Dave Gilbert Washington, D.C. I think the United States has a small hand in the ISIS problem.

We left a lot of weapons behind in Libya. And the Iraqi army, that ISIS supposedly defeated, gave up a lot of weapons that we gave them. ISIS is also recruiting a lot of people from European countries, which is also a big problem. I don’t think we’re doing a good enough job in dealing with ISIS, partly because of the military-industrial complex.

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AROUND THE REGION AFLCIO from Page 1 tor Eddy Zheng; and AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler.

Highlights from the conference included: a Martin Luther King Jr., human rights breakfast; a town hall meeting addressing

the needs of working women and working families; a plenary session focusing on ways to strengthen labor and community partnerships; an opportunity to participate in the city’s annual Martin Luther King, Jr. march on Monday, Jan. 19; and a luncheon on Saturday, Jan. 17 whose

theme centered on alternatives to the country’s decades-long trend of increasing the mass incarceration of its citizens.

“The criminal justice system is the human and civil rights issue of our time and if you look at what citizens in California have recently said, my observa-

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serve quality food, medical care and rehabilitative services for drug addiction,” Walker said.

“Organizations like AFSCME have worked tirelessly in the public interest. We, like many of our partners, believe that prisons should not be run by for-profit companies whose sole focus is to build more prisons and to then negotiate with lawmakers to ensure that a steady supply of customers [inmates] is maintained. Private prisons know we’re watching them and that we’re coming after them.”

Johnson emphasized the relationship that exists between organized labor and the NAACP. “The criminal justice system works the way it was intended, defeating and destroying those who are trapped in it both consciously and unconsciously,” Johnson said.

“In recent years we’ve seen an explosion in the number of new felonies that have become the law of the land. That coupled with the fact that felons automatically losing the right to

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tion is clearly confirmed,” Rook said during the Saturday afternoon luncheon.

“The voters in our state last November agreed with the terms of Proposition 47, reducing penalties for drug possession and other nonviolent crimes – it was a decision to do the right thing. In the last 10 years, California built 22 new prisons but just one new university. We’ve finally decided to put our money into other resources – not into the prison industrial complex.

The labor movement was instrumental in getting the word out about this voter-approved initiative – one that took 50,000 cases out of the felony process, allows some with records to change low-level felonies to misdemeanors and enables us to take money previously used for prisons and reinvest those dollars into things that include education, mental health facilities and substance abuse programs.”

Rook closed by saying that the criminal justice system in America continues to exist like a cancer, slowly killing society. Walker agreed.

“Even the incarcerated de-

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AFLCIO from Page 8 vote has had a devastating effect on communities of color, particularly in the South. Georgia cannot afford to put $1 billion in static investment.”

Zheng, who spent 21 years in prison beginning with his 16th birthday, compared life in prison to indentured servitude.

“I served my time and I now

work to help former inmates transition successfully back into society but the odds are still stacked against us,” he said. “Believe me – slavery is still alive and functioning – U.S. prisons are nothing more than legalized, modern day plantations. The labor movement can do a lot to change policies and procedures that keep the percentages of recidivism at such high and unacceptable rates.” WI

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Those Ballou Senior High School seniors who think they have the writing chops can find out if they’re as good as they think they are if they choose to submit a poem or an essay during Black History Month.

Monday morning, scores of students listened intently to actor and musician Anwan “Big G” Glover, former first lady Cora Masters Barry and members of the Guerrilla Arts who encouraged then to write, follow their dreams and reach for success.

The inaugural poetry and essay competition honors the late D.C. Mayor and Ward 8 Council member Marion S. Barry, and organizers said it will be a part of Black History Month celebrations each year. Students received copies of Barry’s autobiography, “Mayor for Life: The Incredible Story of Marion Barry Jr.,” with instructions from his widow that they should reach Chapter 3, which focuses on civil rights.

“You will each get a book, and you will write an essay from Chapter 3 – the civil rights movement,” Masters Barry said.

“I advise you to read the whole book. If you really want to hear about a life, much like this young man (Glover), but different, you should read the book.”

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for whites and people of color, blacks who were prohibited from trying on clothes or shoes in department stores and the fight for justice, freedom and equality.

One young woman linked the actions and goals of the civil rights movement with the Black Lives Matter movement and efforts primarily by young activists to blunt the rash of police killings in black and Hispanic communities around the country.

Glover, a founding member of the Backyard Band and an actor since 2003, recounted some his experiences as a young man and as an actor.

“I’m in New York Monday, Wednesday and Thursday looking for work,” he said while sitting on a chair onstage. “I’m trying to get on “Gotham.” I’ll keep chasing. If I don’t hear anything

by Tuesday, I’m move on.”

Glover, 41, encouraged the students to jump into this opportunity with both feet.

“This is what you need to get into,” he explained. “I won a writing competition in fourth grade called ‘Songs Jumping in My Mouth.’ I wrote an essay making characters from items in the refrigerator. I stole bikes and rode up to Wisconsin Avenue, got locked in the zoo stealing stuff.

“Today we’re here for a reason. Today is my first day at this new school. This is what we need in our city for our youth.”

Glover said he saw himself in the faces of the young people sitting in front of him.

“I’m just like you. I was shot

12 times. A lot of times, it was just being with the wrong crowd,” he said. “I was hot onstage while performing. I went to a family reunion, and an elderly aunt who has gone now asked me why I was constantly caught up in these things.

“I didn’t want to be caught up in that. I tell my kids just be the best you can be. Just try. You don’t have to have riches.”

City First Bank of D.C. is providing the $1,000 grand prize.

Other sponsors include EverFi, the RLJ Companies, BET and The Washington Informer.

Hunter Gros of EverFi was on hand to introduce a five-hour African-American history course that the students will have available. Members of Guerrilla Arts and the Hurston/Wright Foundation will conduct three workshops where they will help the young people develop their essays and poems. Submissions are due on Feb. 20.

Gabriel “Asheru” Benn, an activist and Peabody Award-winning hip-hop artist, said he looks forward to the workshops.

“Guerilla equals the urgency of bringing arts to the youth,” he said. “We team up with the local arts community. The youth love it; schools and artists love it.

Everybody wins. The magic will come out finding different ways to create.” WI

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Benson Remains Advocate for Justice Maryland state Sen. Joanne Benson (D-District 24) attended a recent PTA meeting at Ardmore Elementary School in Springdale to answer questions about lead being in the school’s water supply.

Ardmore parent Keith Olive of Springdale asked why the state used money to pay for artificial turf fields at several high schools instead of infrastructure needed to protect students.

“I wasn’t in favor of that. Not this cute woman right here,” Benson said Jan. 12 amid several chuckles from parents in the audience.

Benson, 73, has a reputation for not being afraid to speak her mind

with a sprinkle of humor, enthusiasm and passion. Entering her fourth-year in the Senate and 24th as a state legislator in Annapolis, the retired educator continues to evoke youthful exuberance in trying to secure millions of dollars for the county.

Benson, of Landover, became a bit riled up while discussing the proposed $40 billion state budget released last month by Republican Governor Larry Hogan. The budget includes up to $40 million in cuts that would affect the Prince George’s County Public School System.

“Here’s what’s going to happen.

It is going to put the jobs of our teachers in jeopardy. We are not going to be able to afford textbooks and technology to stay ahead of the

game. A number of the programs in our school system will have to be curtailed,” Benson said during an interview Jan. 29. “With this draconian cut, it is going to be a major blow to our schools.”

In a more relaxed frame of mind as a member of the protocol committee, which organizes social events at the General Assembly, Benson’s voice resonates in the hallways when introducing guests visiting the state capitol.

“I appointed her to the protocol committee because she is a great orator. She introduces all the guests.

She has a great voice and a unique way in presenting people,” said Maryland Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. (D-District 27), who has known Benson for 30 years.

Miller, 72, whose district includes

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parts of Prince George’s, Calvert and Charles counties, said Benson’s personality ensures colleagues are listening to whenever she speaks.

“It keeps people on their toes because no one knows when an outburst is coming,” said Miller, of Chesapeake Beach, Calvert County. “[Last week] during a [Prince George’s County] delegation meeting she went off about the budget, but everyone paid attention.”

New colleagues such as Del. Erek Barron (D-District 24) are impressed with how Benson has built an alliance with residents.

Barron, 40, of Mitchellville, attended a Greater 202 Coalition meeting last year where dozens of people attended. Benson hosts the monthly meeting at St. Margaret’s Catholic Church in Capitol Heights for residents to ask questions and discuss topics such as health care, identity theft and housing.

“You are even provided breakfast,” said Barron, a first-time delegate. “Citizens can ask questions to agency heads who are decision-makers. There is nothing like it in the county and even statewide. This shows what kind of leader Senator Benson is.”

Born in Roanoke, Virginia, Benson relocated to Hagerstown, Maryland, while still a youth. Under the tutelage of her father, the Rev. William Claybon, Benson learned how to sing, speak in a public setting and maintain self-esteem.

Benson used those skills to receive a bachelor’s degree in education in 1961 from Bowie State University in Bowie, but called Bowie

State College when she graduated.

In 1972, she obtained a master’s degree in curriculum instruction from Catholic University in Northeast.

Benson worked for 40 years in the Prince George’s school system in several positions that included a teacher, guidance counselor, principal and a staff developer.

She retired in 2002, one year after her husband and Vietnam veteran Eugene Weems passed away. The couple didn’t have any children.

While working in the school system, voters elected Benson as a state delegate in 1991 and remained in that position for 20 years where she served on several committees: constitutional and administrative law; environmental matters; health and government operations; rules and executive nominations; protocol; and law enforcement and state-appointed boards.

Then Benson became elected as a state senator in 2011 where she remains today serving on similar committees.

In the meantime, Benson will continue to speak out on behalf of the county and ensure it receives money and support for major projects such as the Purple Line light-rail system, a new FBI headquarters and upgrades in school construction.

“I’m a Christian and a person of faith. We still believe the county is moving forward,” she said. “I will continue to fight and speak out for Prince George’s County. The one thing I know how to do is pray. I must continue to pray so I can stay out of trouble [in Annapolis].”WI

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Compiled by Dorothy Rowley WI Staff Writer ‘Teacher of the Year’ Nominations Nominations are being accepted for the Prince George’s County Public Schools’ “Teacher of the Year” award.

The Maryland Teacher of the Year program recognizes the work being done by the state’s outstanding teachers.

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Graduation Rate Increases Data released late last month by the Maryland State Department of Education shows a graduation rate of 76.5 percent, which equates to a 2.4 percentage point increase in the overall four-year graduation rate for Prince George’s County Public Schools. The increase marks the highest graduation rate on record for the school district.

In addition, graduation rates rose among almost all student subgroups, with the largest increases made by Hispanic/Latino students, who had a 4.7 percentage point increase, and African-American students, whose rate increased by 2.5 percentage points.

“Improving graduation rates was one of my top priorities when I returned to PGCPS as CEO, said schools chief Kevin Maxwell. “The data shows that our strategic focus on academic excellence, developing a high-performing workforce, and engaging with our families and

communities is working. I commend our students, staff, teachers, and administrators for their hard work in achieving this significant milestone.

Our union partners were with us every step of the way and we are grateful for their collaboration and support in helping us increase our graduation rates.”

Maxwell Praises Community College Plan Dr. Kevin Maxwell, chief executive officer of Prince George’s County Public Schools, has praised President Barack Obama’s plan to provide a free community college education to qualifying students, calling the plan outstanding and invaluable to the job market.

“I think there are a number of job markets that are opening up that are going to be primarily for twoyear degrees instead of four-year degrees,” Maxwell said. “I think it also opens that opportunity for kids to be able to get into some of those certification programs that will allow them to have good, well-paying jobs and prepare our students for the job market as it evolves.”

Maxwell added that the initiative announced last month by the Obama administration will have a significant effect on the local public school system.

“We have a good portion of our school system at this juncture.

About two-thirds of our students are on free and reduced meals and I think that for those kids, the opportunity to go to college is even less probable than for many middle class families that are feeling the economic squeeze right now with stagnant wages,” said Maxwell. “So for the two-thirds of our kids who are on free and reduced meals, this is an opportunity that is more like a gift than anything else because their ability to afford college is greatly diminished.”WI

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By Stacy M. Brown WI Contributing Writer Despite the anticipation of his address to officials and spectators and given that he’s the U.S. trade representative and President Barack Obama’s principal adviser, negotiator and spokesperson on international trade and investment issues, Ambassador Michael Froman made a much-ballyhooed appearance before the Senate Finance Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee on Jan. 28.

But Froman failed to address

the topic that’s long been on everyone’s agenda, the U.S.-African trade relations, specifically the African Growth and Opportunity Act, or AGOA. Instead, Froman allowed others such as Congresswoman Karen Bass (D-Calif.) carry that issue.

“For the last 15 years, the African Growth and Opportunity Act has served as the cornerstone of the U.S.-Africa commercial relationship. With the Act set to expire on September 30, 2015, many in Congress and across the business and civil society sectors have called for a

Rep. Karen Bass (D-California) is urging for the renewal of the U.S.-Africa Trade Agreement. /Photo courtesy of Karen Bass

seamless extension of AGOA,” Bass said in a statement.

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Ambassador Michael Froman didn’t directly address where things stand with the U.S.-Africa Trade Agreement, but remains firm that it needs to be renewed. /Photo courtesy ustr.gov

venes, the time is appropriate for the U.S. to renew its approach to Africa’s promising economic landscape and consider the future of this increasingly important economic relationship,” she said.

Melvin Foote, a pioneer in the field of African Affairs who founded the Constituency for Africa in Northeast nearly a quarter-century ago, said he’s pushed hard for a better understanding of Africa.

He said the trade agreement counts as one of the most important arrangements around the globe. “I think Africa matters, and people are shifting their focus to Africans, and finally the United States government is finally recognizing that Africa matters,” said Foote, 69.

“Giving the history of the United States with slavery and Jim Crow, Africa didn’t matter.

The only thing that mattered was that it was a source of getting slaves,” Foote said.

“Now, we find ourselves in a global economy, and we need oils, minerals. And we need to protect national security.”

Foote said 20 percent of imported oil now comes from Africa and that will increase to about 30 percent over the next decade.

“If something should happen to Saudi Arabia or Bahrain, it will leave the U.S. in a real pickle,” he said. “We will find ourselves scrambling for Africa’s oil, but China, India and Russia want that oil too.”

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newal of AGOA, reportedly stressing that although the deadline for AGOA’s renewal approaches, there’s an urgent need to renew before then, as many companies that import African goods must place their orders several months ahead of time to ensure that their goods can be shipped to stores according to schedule.

Capitol Hill also served as a forum for discussions on AGOA and the future of U.S.-African trade relations as Bass hosted an event titled “AGOA Today and Beyond: The Future of the U.S.-Africa Commercial Relationship.”

Following Froman’s address, in which he spoke fervently of an already good relationship between America and the African continent, Jennifer Safavian, the executive vice president of government affairs at the Retail Industry Leaders Association, stressed the importance of a continued and lasting relationship between the U.S. and Africa.

Safavian and Juanita Duggan, the president and CEO of the American Apparel & Footwear Association, said there’s an opportunity to create tremendous new inroads for generations of American workers, and they called on Congress to take action as soon as possible.

“A robust trade agenda eliminates barriers that separate our members from their customers and from their suppliers,” Duggan said. “When we knock down these barriers, we create jobs, reduce costs, and generate consumer opportunities.” WI

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By Stacy M. Brown WI Contributing Writer A team of young entrepreneurs are offering a different approach to the insurance and health care market place from what they said is a completely different perspective.

Ruken Oral, one of the founders of the shop insurance app, xTeros, said the program not only introduces a new way to shop for health insurance, but it changes the focus from balancing low premiums versus high deductibles, to a focus on knowing overall outof-pocket costs before an individual makes a purchase.

“Brokers and the state and federal exchanges sell insurance as if they were selling a used car.

Plans are sold based on how big a monthly payment you can make,” said Oral, a 24-year-old systems engineer and a self-described beauty nerd who graduated from Rutgers University in New Jersey and lives in Montgomery County, Maryland.

“This approach benefits the insurance industry because xTeros turns the actuarial science around in favor of the consumer, by looking at the consumer’s actual health expenses and then applying those expenses to all available plans. This allows you to see your out-of-pocket costs per plan,” she said.

Also, she said because insurance plans are designed to confuse the consumer, regardless of where you purchase the plan, the xTeros app cuts through the confusion and helps consumers know their options and the impact that each plan will have on their pocket book each month.

The free web app analyzes health plans across all exchanges and eHealth, the largest online insurance broker, to help users and it shows plans based on their actual health expenses, rather than lowest monthly premium.

“Our initial plan was to quietly release individual apps without fanfare, while we focused on delivering a mature suite of tools [later] in 2015,” William Wynn, the CEO of the Bethesda-based company, said in a release.

“Traffic to our Shop Insurance

app has been far beyond what we could have hoped from a stealth launch. It is obvious that the app successfully addresses a real need,” he said, adding that it was his idea to start the company in 2012 to help frustrated consumers.

A serial tech entrepreneur, Wynn said he’s always been passionate about finding a means

of helping others overcome the frustration of shopping for health insurance and managing routine medical costs.

The privately held xTeros continues to build a consumer community around web apps that provide price-transparency and shopping tools to the consumer, Wynn said.

Primarily, the company focuses

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Every day is Ferguson We are all justifiably outraged at the events occurring in Ferguson, Missouri.

Headlines scream almost daily about a new incident of racial violence boiling over in a town that is struggling to overcome its troubled history.

While prominent African-American leaders shout their outrage from microphones and television studios and the rest of us express our sadness and anger in the barber shops, salons and churches, we fail to realize an essential hard truth.

Incidents like Ferguson happen every day in classrooms across America.

Although non-fatal as Ferguson, an academic assault occurs each school day as the needs of students – especially Afri-

By Darrell Allison can-American students – are neglected, ignored or buried at the bottom of another batch of standardized test score results.

Consider the following statistics compiled by the Black Alliance for Educational Options: • 42 percent of black students attend schools that are under-resourced.

• Poorly performing black

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The Black AllAmerican Julius Caesar “J. C.” Watts, Jr. is proving that there is life after Congress and charting a course Black youth can emulate. In contrast to career Black politicians who get elected to Congress and stay there decade after decade, J. C. Watts is proving to be a businessman of significant note.

One of the “most influential Blacks in America,” Watts is an All-American role model. A college football hero, charismatic conservative, and gifted public speaker, J. C. Watts has star power. The epitome of what a young Black can grow up to be. Although he fathered a child at 17, J.C. gained national fame as a successful college football quarterback for the Oklahoma Sooners. He graduated from college in 1981 with a degree in journalism.

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By William Reed J.C. the athlete played professionally in the Canadian Football League until he retired in 1986. Watts served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1995 to 2003 as a Republican, representing Oklahoma’s 4th Congressional District.

A country boy in place of birth and nature, J.C. was born in eastern Oklahoma in Eufaula in McIntosh County. His father is J. C. “Buddy” Watts, Sr., a Baptist minister, cattle trader and the city’s first Black police officer. Buddy Watts was also a member of the City Council.

As an adult, J.C. junior opened

males are three times more likely to be suspended or expelled from school than their white peers.

• Black boys are 2.5 times less likely to be enrolled in gifted and talented programs, even though they have proven they can do the work.

What’s more alarming than these dismal student statistics is the ambivalence or numbness exhibited by us adults. Where’s the outrage? Where’s the “By Any Means Necessary” mentality in this case that we are so quick to show in cases like Ferguson?

Despite these sad statistics, there are pockets of transformational change happening across the U.S. where leaders of color are doing so by any means.

Geoffrey Canada, the former president and CEO of the Harlem Children’s Zone

(now serving as president of its board), created a ground-breaking, block-by-block approach to tackling academic and economic poverty in urban neighborhoods, including a network of Promise Academy Charter Schools.

The Chicago-based Urban Prep Academies, founded in 1992 by Tim King, has boasted a 100 percent acceptance rate to four-year colleges and universities for all of its high school male seniors for four consecutive years.

Dr. Steve Perry, the founder and principal of Capital Preparatory Magnet School in Hartford, Connecticut, has achieved sending 100 percent of the school’s predominantly low-income, minority, first-generation high school graduates to fouryear colleges every year since 2006.

These strong African-American male education leaders are

doing what is necessary to educate our children. However, the means by which they do this is parental school choice. As schools of choice, these leaders have the flexibility, leverage and authority to customize an education program that has the best chance of truly reaching every child.

At the end of the day, who cares about the politics of parental school choice, especially when it is our children who are suffering the most? If we don’t have honest discussions about what school choice means for our children and consider replicating the successful models offered by Canada, King and Perry, it will continue to be just another day in Ferguson in schools across America. WI

a highway construction company and later cited discontent with government regulation of his business as reason to become a candidate for public office. J.C. is well foundered in Republican disposition and way of life. Watts’ family has longtime affiliation with the Democratic Party and his father and uncle Wade Watts were active in the party and continued to strongly oppose the Republican Party, but supported J.C.‘s election to the Oklahoma Corporation Commission in November 1990 for a six-year term. He served as a member of the Commission from 1990 to 1995 and as chairman from 1993 to 1995. J.C. ran for Congress in 1994 and was re-elected to three additional terms.

He was elected chairman of the Republican Conference in 1998.

Nowadays, Watts boasts being “the largest African-American owned lobbying company in Washington, D.C.” Watts is not unlike Black Members of Congress before him – they lobby. He founded the J.C. Watts Companies lobbying and consulting firm after he departed Congress. The John Deere Company hired Watts as lobbyist in

2006 and Watts later invested in a Deere dealership. Watts was asked to find Blacks to become John Deere dealers after a lawsuit showed that not one among 1,400 Deere’s dealers were Black. In the process, J.C. Watts Cos. acquired Mustang Equipment, an independent John Deere dealer with stores in San Antonio and Marble Falls, Texas. J. C. Watts Companies is National Minority Supplier Development Council certified Minority Business Enterprise.

Watts Partners boasts it as “a leader in the corporate and government affairs industry.” Their consulting practice operates at the nexus of business, government, and grassroots advocacy. As chairman J.C. provides strategic focus and program leadership that has built a diverse business organization that includes Deere dealerships; CLS Group, a project management firm with construction and engineering operations; Oak Crest Capital, a private equity firm; and a public affairs consulting company. Mr. Watts’ firm’s work with John Deere has includes a multi-million dollar project in the West African country of Senegal. A

full-fledged capitalist, Watts advises or serves as a corporate director for companies that include John Deere, Wells Fargo, NASCAR, Burlington Northern Santa Fe, Clear Channel Communications, Dillard’s Department Stores, and Terex Corporation.

J.C. proves to Blacks that they can succeed in business.

His book is: What Color is a Conservative? J.C.’s family is a great influence on him. His uncle Wade was active in the Democratic Party and headed Oklahoma’s branch of the NAACP for 16 years. In regard to Black Americans’ voting and loyalty to the Democratic Party, J.C.Watts says: “They haven’t rewarded their loyalty or earned their support.” He says: “Black voters have made their political home in a party with which they may have common cause on racial issues, but not necessarily common values.”WI

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Bahamian Official Calls for Renewed Partnership Deputy Prime Minister Addresses NNPA

By Oswald Brown Special to the Washington Informer NASSAU, The Bahamas – In his remarks at the National Newspaper Publishers Association’s [NNPA] Mid-Winter Conference 2015 on Thursday, January 29, the Hon. Philip Davis, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Works and Urban Development, told the delegates that as journalists and publishers, their role as peacemakers can never be overstated.

“You must do all that you can to continue to be forthright and objective, true tellers, calming troubled waters while providing an accessible resource for young, emerging leaders,” Davis said.

The three-day event, which focused on Empowerment Training for Business Expansion, was held January 28 to 31 at the British Colonial Hilton Hotel, Bay Street.

Davis congratulated them for 75 years as an association and encouraged them to enjoy as much of the island as they could and to let the world hear of their experience here.

The Hon. Obediah Wilchombe, minister of tourism, in his greetings to the newspaper publishers, said as a former member of the media, 19 years as a broadcaster, he understood the work they did and believed in the fine tradition of the media, particularly the print media.

Wilchcombe encouraged the publishers, writers and editors to work together for the greatness of relationships.

He referred to words of Prime Minister Perry Christie, who said in 2002, “The Bahamas has to guard and generate relationships with African Americans to ensure there is a common understanding that the people are the same and have to work together for the greatness of the nations.”

Wilchcombe noted that recent business relationships have helped The Bahamas’ tourism industry to soar and climb to

The Hon. Philip Davis, Bahamas Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Works and Urban Development, addressing the National Newspaper Publishers Association’s Mid-Winter Conference in Nassau, Bahamas, Thursday, Jan. 29. /BIS photo/Raymond A. Bethel

number eight in the world even as its growth continues.

“We will continue to build the relationships because we have to ensure that in this global community you know who your brothers and sisters are. You have to understand that our similarities and our commonalities are our greatest [asset]: if we understand what they are then, our differences might be smaller,” he said.

Wilchcombe expressed pleasure in having the Association in The Bahamas.

“It’s a wonderful occasion to see you here, to see you talking to us and we talking to you about entrepreneurial opportunities because today we have more of our people moving in the right, direction,” he said. “More of our people are leaders of our country, more of our people are business people and doing exceptionally well.”

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He committed to marketing The Bahamas via the Association.

“I want you to know that we have budgets coming up soon and we have to do some more marketing and we’re going to do more marketing with you,” Wilchcombe promised.

“We’re introducing more air lift throughout the United States of America – from the west coast to the east coast – and we want to make sure we get the message out. We want more of our people to see the growth and development of our economy and to see how we’re managing ourselves. To get the message out we need you. In the next two to three months I promise you, we’ll have some business.”

“We’re going to build and we’re going to build together.

We’re going to work and we’re going to work together,” he added. WI

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Celebrating African-American Heritage in Alexandria By: Kelsey Michael, Visit Alexandria Since its founding in 1749, the city of Alexandria has been influenced by the presence of its African-American communities. The stories of triumph in the face of adversity still resonate today.

Originally the segregated library for Alexandria’s black residents, the Alexandria Black History Museum in the Parker Gray neighborhood documents the local and national history and culture of Black America. At the museum’s permanent exhibit, Securing the Blessings of Liberty, learn how local African Americans survived slavery, helped to destroy it and eventually helped shape the city we know today.

In 1939, black attorney Samuel Tucker led one of the civil rights movement’s earliest sit-ins. It was held at the Barrett Branch of the Alexandria Public Library to advocate for desegregation of the public libraries, ultimately making headlines across the country

and influencing public accommodations court cases that followed.

The award-winning film Remember the Titans depicts the consolidation of Alexandria’s three public high schools into T. C. Williams High School in 1971 and the subsequent integration of the school’s football team, which went on to win the state championship that same year. Today many of those Titans are still active in Alexandria, including Mayor William D. Euille.

In the stunning true story told in the major motion picture 12 Years a Slave, free Black man Solomon Northup is kidnapped and sold into slavery, spending an agonizing twelve years in captivity. James Burch, the DC-based slave dealer responsible for selling the real Northup into slavery, would go on to become one of the last owners of one of the largest slave trading companies in the country, Franklin and Armfield in Alexandria, from 1859 to 1861. The company exported over 3,750 slaves to the new cotton and sugar

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plantations of the Deep South. Today the building, owned by the Northern Virginia Urban League, is home to the Freedom House museum.

Nurses, cooks, wood cutters and sailors escaped slavery and fled to Union-controlled Alexandria during the Civil War. When they died, their bodies were laid to rest in the Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery on South Washington Street. Now, 150 years after the first burial, a new memorial commemorates the approximately 1,700 free African Americans interred on the grounds. See artist Mario Chiodo’s sculpture, “The Path of Thorns and Roses,” an allegorical depiction of the struggle for freedom, and view local sculptor Joanna Blake’s bas-reliefs depicting the history of the flight to freedom.

Embark on a musical odyssey of African American people in the 20th century in “Bessie’s Blues” at Alexandria’s acclaimed MetroStage. This 20th anniversary production examines the explosive legacy of the blues through the eyes of Bessie Smith, the “Empress of the Blues,” for an unforgettable tribute showing through March 15, 2015.

Black History Month is also a time to celebrate the African diaspora. At St. George Gallery off King Street in Old Town, discover contemporary art, furnishings, jewelry and antiques designed and handcrafted in Ethiopia.

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Remembering Rosa Parks Friends Share Memories; Memoirs on Display

By D. Kevin McNeir WI Managing Editor Rosa Louise McCauley Parks, referred to as both the “first lady of civil rights” and “the mother of the freedom movement,” who died on Oct. 24, 2005, would have been 102 years old had she still been alive.

But as those who knew her well can attest, and with the recent acquisition of her papers and letters that will soon be on display at the Library of Congress in Southeast, one thing remains certain – her legacy will live on for future generations.

“The Rosa Parks Collection is a very important acquisition for [us] as she inspired people worldwide through her contributions to civil rights and her work with children,” said Helena Zinkham, acting director, Collections & Services, Library of Congress. “Her papers and photographs have an enduring value because they can teach us more about her life and legacy.”

Along with the papers of Parks, the Library has a treasure-trove of writings from other trailblazers who paved the way during the civil rights movement.

“People will be able to study Parks’ writing alongside the records of other leaders and organizations, including A. Philip Randolph, Thurgood Marshall, Bayard Rustin, the NAACP and the National Urban League,” Zinkham said. “Our extensive and heavily used women’s history collections can also deepen the understanding of the context for Rosa Parks’ achievements,” she added.

Manuscripts became available to researchers on Parks’ birthday – Feb. 4. Items from the collection will be on view from Monday, March 2 through Monday, March 30 in three glass display cases on the first level of the Thomas Jefferson Building.

Several other items will be included in the current exhibition, “The Civil Rights Act of 1964: A Long Struggle for Freedom,” from Saturday, March 7 through Saturday, Sept. 12.

In September 2014, the Library of Congress announced that it would be the new home of the Rosa Parks Collection which would be on a 10-year loan from the Howard G. Buffett Foundation. The collection

includes personal correspondence and photographs, letters from presidents, 200 drawings by school children, hundreds of greeting cards and more.

Several weeks ago, on Thursday, Jan. 15, the Library of Congress co-hosted a panel discussion, “Rosa Parks” Beyond the Bus,” that featured Elaine Steele, a longtime associate of Parks and co-founder of the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development. Others joining Steele included: Ella McCall Haygan, who also worked for Parks and serves as the co-director of Pathways to Freedom and Anita Peek, current executive director of the Institute.

Steele said she wanted people to know the real Rosa Parks – her friend and colleague. Several hundred people attended the event.

“Young people were her passion and she had a unique way of relating to and communicating with them,” she said. “She treated youth as if they were people – she believed that they should be respected just as much as any adult. If you walked up to her while she was in conversation with a young person, she would continue to converse with them – you’d have to wait until they were done,” said Steele, who worked with Parks to found the Institute in 1987.

“Young people seemed to gravitate to her. She had such a gentle spirit that they just nestled around her. She taught us that every question, particularly those of a young person, had merit. She never brushed a child away. She took time to engage with them and attempted to respond to all of their queries. Sometimes, when children went on and on with questions, she would eventually say ‘we’ve spoken long enough now, but it’s been very nice talking to you.’

She was always a gracious woman,” Steele said.

History tells us that on Dec. 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, Parks refused to obey bus driver James E. Blake’s order that she give up her seat in the colored section to a white passenger after the white section was filled.

Parks was not the first to resist bus segregation – others had taken similar steps and had been arrested in the city months before Parks.

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The “Mother of the Civil Rights Movement,” Rosa Parks, pictured on the bus where she refused to give up her seat to a white customer. /Courtesy photo

Luis Clavell (left), program specialist, Library of Congress, holds a photograph of Rosa Parks along with other black leaders during a panel discussion, “Rosa Parks: Beyond the Bus,” held on Thursday, Jan. 15 in the Coolidge Auditorium of the Library’s Thomas Jefferson Building in Southeast. Joining him to share memories of the civil rights icon were Elaine Steele, Anita Peek and Ella McCall Haygan, each of whom worked for many years with Parks. /Photo

by Roy Lewis Elaine Steele, co-founder along with Rosa Parks, of the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development, reflects on how she and the civil rights icon began to work together to support youth, homeless families, former gang members and others in need during a panel discussion sponsored by the Library of Congress in Southeast on Thursday, Jan. 15. /Photo by Roy Lewis

However, NAACP organizers felt that Parks, already a member and leader of the organization, would be the best candidate for advancing a court challenge following her arrest for civil disobedience in violating Alabama’s laws. Although widely honored for her act, Parks suffered greatly because she, as a public citizen, had grown “tired of giving in.”

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and eventually moved to Detroit both for safety reasons and to live out her life in privacy.

“When Rosa made the decision not to give up her seat, she said it wasn’t because she was physically exhausted,” Steele said. “She told me and many others that she was tired of injustice – she was tired of being pushed around. During the discussion today, most people knew about her arrest. What they wanted to know was what she was really

like. I told them that she had an unwavering commitment to justice and equality.”

“She thought that we were all created equal and we should all be respected because of our individual contributions to society.

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Shakur Supporters Fight for Her Exoneration

By Barrington M. Salmon WI Staff Writer@bsalmondc

When President Barack Obama announced his intention to normalize relations with longtime nemesis Cuba, it wasn’t long before questions began to swirl about the fate of Assata Shakur.

Shakur, 67, the aunt and godmother of Tupac Shakur, has been a fugitive since 1979 and was spirited to Cuba where she has lived in exile since 1984. She’s sought by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for her alleged involvement in the shooting death of a New Jersey state trooper in 1973. In May 2013, the FBI placed a $10 million bounty on her head and added Shakur to their Terrorist Most Wanted List.

Convicted of murder in 1977 after five trials, Shakur – a member of the Black Panther Party

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Supporters of Assata Shakur say evidence shows she is innocent of murder. /Photo courtesy ipowerrichmond.com

Christie, the FBI and acting state Attorney General John Hoffman.

“We’ve explained to the U.S. government in the past that there are some people living in Cuba to whom Cuba has legitimately granted political asylum,” said Vidal, citing the absence of an extradition treaty between the U.S. and Cuba.

Nkechi Taifa, a local attorney and longtime activist, said blacks who embrace the concepts of fairness and equality shouldn’t shy away from speaking up and advocating on Shakur’s behalf

ASSATA Page 20 and activist from in her 20s – was given a life sentence but and escaped while waiting for the appeal process to take its course.

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By D. Kevin McNeir WI Managing Editor History buffs may enjoy a funand fact-filled motor-coach and walking tour sponsored by The Washington Informer to Annapolis, Maryland – a city where blacks have made major contribution for more than 350 years.

The fifth annual Washington Informer African American Heritage Tour, with the theme “Our Annapolis Roots to Freedom,” departs from THEARC in Southeast Saturday, Feb. 14 at 8 a.m.

Annapolis, and other communities along the Chesapeake Bay, has a number of fascinating sites and structures that illustrate the preponderance and resilience of the black experience – from the heinous days of the “invisible institution” to the tumultuous Civil War and the later civil rights movement.

Stories of how blacks faced hardship and somehow survived can be found in the monuments, historic homes, churches and museums that proudly stand today.

Highlights of the tour include: the Banneker-Douglass Museum where you can learn about an enclave of black farmers, artisans, mariners, merchants, resistance leaders, inventors, politicians and soldiers who led their communities despite racism; a walking tour that will take you into the African Americans changed the course of history while working, raising their families and battling

slavery; and visiting The Maryland State House – the first and only state house to serve as the nation’s capital where the fledgling U.S. government conducted business from Nov. 1783 to August 1767.

One key stop along the tour will be the City Dock where several statues have been erected that pay tribute to Alex Haley, the author of the seminal novel “Roots.” The story recounts the life of Kunta Kinte – an African slave taken from his home in Gambia who arrived in Annapolis in 1767.

But there’s more. Those on the tour will also visit The Wiley H. Bates Legacy Center and Memorial – part of a $27 million complex dedicated in September 2006 whose mission is to preserve the history of Wiley H. Bates High School, which from 1932 to 1966, offered secondary education opportunities for blacks in Anne Arundel County and served as the only high school for African Americans.

The cultural arts heritage center features historical documents and collections that tell the tale of the black experience.

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ASSATA from Page 21 adding that Shakur’s case must be looked at against the backdrop of COINTELPRO, an FBI-sponsored program created and executed by J. Edgar Hoover.

“They wanted to stop the rise of a Messiah to unify black masses. The FBI was told to be very creative and come up with solutions to destroy you and your families. They sowed distrust, monitored families and spread widespread information of the day,” Taifa said.

Shakur, and members of the Black Liberation Army, got into a shootout with officers on the New Jersey Turnpike in 1973.

State Trooper Werner Foerster died as did one of the revolutionaries. In 1977, a jury convicted Shakur of first degree murder for being an accomplice in Foerster’s killing, among other

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Angela Davis remains on the side of Assata Shakur. /Photo courtesy uspcn.org

charges. She was sentenced to 25 years in prison despite Foerster’s partner’s admission that he lied in a police report when he said Shakur opened fire on Foerster.

Like Michael Brown, forensic evidence showed that Shakur had her arms raised when she was shot.

Shakur’s lawyer Lennox Hinds and Angela Davis appeared on Democracy Now to denounce Shakur’s addition to the FBI list.

Davis referred to the FBI’s actions as politically motivated.

“It seems to me that this act incorporates or reflects the very logic of terrorism,” she said. “I can’t help but think that it’s designed to frighten people who are involved in struggles today.

Forty years ago seems like it was a long time ago. In the beginning of the 21st century, we’re still fighting around the very same issues – police violence, healthcare, education and people in prison.”

Hinds, a professor of criminal justice at Rutgers University in New Jersey, castigated the FBI and New Jersey authorities.

“This is a political act pushed by the state of New Jersey, by some members of Congress from Miami, and with the intent of putting pressure on the Cuban government and to inflame public opinion,” said Hinds, who has represented Shakur since 1973. “There is no way to appeal

someone being put on the terrorists list.”

Noted author and lecturer Dr. Gerald Horne said the Cuban authorities should maintain their posture of not returning Shakur. The Castro government has argued that there are several men who committed acts of terror against the government and its people who the U.S. refuses to return. And as Hinds added, the Cuban government also

maintains that if political exiles in the island nation are allowed to return, they would likely be subjected to racial and political repression.

Horne, author of more than 30 books, said Shakur should remain vigilant.

“We can’t rule out kidnapping. We can’t rule that out at all even though it would complicate US-Cuba relations to detriment of the U.S.,” he said. WI

Nannie Helen Burroughs – Black Activist As one of many black women activists, feminists, educators and religious leaders, she was on the front lines of our country’s battles for women’s equality and elimination of racism. She helped establish the National Association of Colored Women (NACW). She founded the National Training School for Women and Girls in Northeast DC which uniquely provided academic, religious and vocations classes for black girls and young women at a time when education was segregated in the South; she operated it until her death. It was later renamed the Nannie Helen Burroughs School in her honor.

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AME Church’s 2015 Goal: Economic Empowerment

By Hazel Trice Edney Special to the Washington Informer When Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated, his agenda had turned toward economic empowerment for Black people. On April 3, 1968, planning a march on behalf of oppressed sanitation workers, King told preachers at the Mason Temple in Memphis, Tennessee, “It’s all right to talk about long white robes over yonder, in all of its symbolism. But ultimately people want some suits and dresses and shoes to wear down here!”

The next day, Dr. King was assassinated. Nearly 47 years later, as America last month celebrated the King birthday holiday and is now celebrating Black History Month, a group of church leaders appears to be carrying out

this Black economic empowerment goal in earnest. Invited to speak to a recent gathering of pastors and leaders of the African Methodist Episcopal [AME] Church, National Bankers Association President Michael Grant cited the words of human rights champion Paul Robeson. “’We realize that our future lies chiefly in our own hands,’” Grant quoted. “’We know that neither institution nor friends can make a race stand unless it has strength in its own foundation; that races like individuals must stand or fall by their own merit; that to fully succeed they must practice the virtues of self-reliance, self-respect, industry, perseverance, and economy.’”

Grant was keynote speaker during a special session on “Economic Development through the Black Church” during the AME Church’s 2nd District Mid-year

Opening Plenary Session in Raleigh, North Carolina late last year. His speech preceded a panel discussion that also included Marie Johns, former deputy administrator at the Small Business Administration; Ron Busby, president/CEO of the U. S. Black Chambers, Inc. and Rev. Jonathan Weaver, senior pastor of Greater Mt. Nebo AME Church in Bowie, Maryland and several board members.

In his speech, Grant reminded the audience that a legacy of black economic development was at the core of the founding of the A.M.E. Church. He said blacks lost significant ground in business ownership after integration, largely because they were no longer forced to support each other.

“When the doors of integration gave us the long - awaited pass to wine and dine with our

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former oppressors, we enthusiastically abandoned our own in search of an elusive white acceptance. We believed then – and many of us still do – that association would bring on assimilation.”

King, in his final days, called for unity.

“Whenever the slaves get together, something happens in Pharaoh’s court, and he cannot hold the slaves in slavery. When the slaves get together, that’s the beginning of getting out of slavery. Now let us maintain unity,” he said. WI

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Leonsis Has Big Plans for DC-CAP

By Barrington M. Salmon WI Staff Writer@bsalmondc Because of her encounter with the District of Columbia College Access Program [DC-CAP], Tiffany Shaw’s life has moved off into a trajectory she said she could scarcely imagine.

Shaw has been the DC-CAP advisor at her alma mater, Eastern Senior High in the District, for the past five years, earned bachelor’s and master’s degree, owns a home and enjoys helping students prepare for, navigate and matriculate through college.

“In high school, we had to participate in the DC-CAP program to get help with our college needs and our advisor helped with the process,” said Shaw, 29. “My sister and I were first-generation college students and didn’t have a lot of support at home.

I leaned heavily on my DC-CAP advisor and was extremely motivated.”

Shaw’s experience is one that has been replicated thousands of times in DC-CAP’s 15 years and it’s one the board’s new chairman, Ted Leonsis, said he wants to broaden exponentially. He succeeds philanthropist and former Washington Post Publisher Don Graham.

“Certainly what Don, the board and counselors have achieved to date is exemplary,” said Leonsis during a recent interview. “Over the course of a decade, they have developed an inclusive culture of going to college. That was a huge shift and is one we have to reinforce.”

Leonsis, a 58-year-old billionaire businessman, venture capitalist and owner or part-owner of the Washington Capitals, Washington Wizards and Washington Mystics, said he’s proud to be named chairman and excited to assume his new role, adding that the mission going forward is clear.

“The achievements throughout the past 15 years have been significant but many academic and financial barriers remain for today’s students seeking a college education,” said Leonsis, a first-generation college graduate from a Greek immigrant family. “I don’t think DC-CAP has been broad-based enough. They focused on the work.

We can raise more money to get more scholarships and handle the hidden costs such as books and dorm rooms.”

“The lack of a college degree is one of the top five predictors of poverty … the goal is to remove the impediment of ‘I can’t afford to go to college …’ This should be no issue.”

Leonsis said he also wants to continue exposing more students to science, math and technology and hope they’ll embrace a process he describes as the “virtuous cycle.”

“Young people take AP classes and Scholastic Aptitude Tests, go to a good college, study math or science,

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graduate, come back to DC and get one of the great jobs in D.C. They get married, have children and they grow up with an expectation of going to college. They work, pay taxes and the whole community gets lifted,” Leonsis said with a hearty laugh. “I want to step on the accelerator. I want to do more…”

Currently, DC-CAP has helped more than 23,000 students enroll in college, supports more than 7,000 currently in college through its retention division, awarded more than $33 million in scholarships and points to the success of more than 6,500 college graduates who otherwise wouldn’t have had the opportunity to secure a higher education.

DC-CAP President and CEO Argelia Rodriguez said since its founding, the program has been instrumental in helping to more than double the number of DC public and public charter high school students enrolling in college and tripling the number who graduate. Today, through DC-CAP, more than 62 percent of D.C. high school seniors are enrolling in college, which is on par with the national average, and about 44 percent of them are graduating in six years.

“A long-term relationship is very important in the way we operate,” she said. “It’s a family project, a journey we take together. We have multi-generations of families who’ve gone to college and in those cases, we’ve broken the cycle. I think college is still the best guarantee and vehicle to get a job or career. Congress said 80 percent of jobs in the future will require a college degree. A post-secondary education after high school is critical in this economy and society.”WI

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History, Black History It’s ironic that on the eve of Black History Month, parents at the Howard University Middle School of Mathematics and Science (MS2) are up in arms about the firing of three social science teachers. The trio apparently was relieved of its duties by the principal for allegedly teaching more black history than what’s in the curriculum.

There’s more to the story, but the complaints of parents and children bear a closer look. If it’s true, it makes little sense for a black woman to have issue with teachers who are augmenting the scanty, meager gruel that passes for history lessons in the United States. A quick glance at most American history books illustrates the whitewash when it comes to teaching all children, especially African-American children, the truth about black and African history.

So, while MS2 parents, students and those in the larger community have a right to be outraged, the greater outrage is as one parent put it: We should be outraged at that fact that black history still is not an integral part of any public or charter mandatory curriculum in most schools. U.S. history, he said, is a small part of world history, which is a small part of African history. This is the problem. He said people should be writing their mayors, governors, congressional representatives and the president, asking why African history isn’t mandated in all Common Core curricula since that’s their new thing now.

We agree with this parent that we should be demanding that black history/African history be a part of educating every American child.

After all, Africa is the cradle of civilization and birthplace of humanity, which is an indisputable fact.

But instead what we see is the denial of the reality that America was built on the backs of African-Americans and 400 years of slave labor, that the bill is still due, that no real apology or reparations have been forthcoming and that a move is afoot to erase any evidence of racism, discrimination and inequality in history books. School boards in Texas and Arizona have led the assault.

So, if we want to do something meaningful going forward, our focus should be on a coordinated strategy to right this grievous wrong and pressure our elected officials to add substantive parts of African and African-American history to school curricula nationwide.

In Search of Leadership Republicans, prior to the Nov. 4 election, promised that if elected, they’d show they are a party that can lead.

But, as we’ve seen, it’s one thing to just say no for six years and another to demonstrate the leadership America craves.

Following President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address, Republicans declared most of the items on his wish list, such as free community college, Cuba and a capital gains tax increase “dead on arrival.”

And, since they assumed control of both houses of Congress, Republicans have continued – so far without success – to dismantle Obamacare, eviscerate Obama’s executive orders such as the one on immigration and oppose Obama at every turn.

Most damning, though, is the decision by House Speaker John Boehner to invite Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, to speak before Congress, where it’s expected that he’ll sharply criticize Obama’s efforts to negotiate a nuclear deal with Iran. Boehner blindsided and disrespected the White House by not informing officials about the invitation, which Netanyahu, who has a chilly relationship with Obama, accepted. Officials are understandably furious, but Boehner argues that it is within Congress’ right to extend the invitation.

Obama’s defiance in defeat rankles the GOP, and Boehner’s decision, plus a mélange of GOP missteps, illustrates quite clearly the party’s animus and the desire to try to damage and embarrass Obama rather than opt for comity and leadership.

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Celebrate Our Youth

Dorothy Rowley’s article, “Students Awarded Four-Year College Scholarships,” in the January 29th edition of The Washington Informer is such a wonderful story. I mean, this story about our young people is such a refreshing, rejuvenating, and inspiring story to read. With all of the horrible news that’s been circulating about our young people across the country, this article was such a great news story to read.

This article proves that with hard work and the right attitude, good things can happen to those who apply themselves. We have thousands of bright young people who need to be shown a sense of direction and application, and they, too, would have the ability to possibly achieve great things.

I wish those young people nothing but the best of all things they might pursue in their future. Washington Informer, keep giving us this type of news; we need to read stories like this about our young people.

They are our future leaders, and they, too, need to know that all of us celebrate the great things that they do.

Marjorie Manns Washington, DC

Support Bonds Silver Alert

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on its site [“Anita Bonds Wants Facebook Silver Alert,” January 29, 2015,

by Stacy M. Brown]. I have parents who are in their 60s and can only imagine the type of horror that I would feel if one of them were to go missing.

Almost everyone is on Facebook and for that reason it is a natural way to alert so many people about a missing senior, the same way it alerts for missing children. Our seniors deserve so much, but we give them so little. My parents have worked all of their lives, paid their taxes, and done all the things good law abiding citizens do, but one day Alzheimer’s or dementia may start to set in, and the things they have done for years each and every day may become foreign to them. Doings like going to church or to the grocery store, they can become disoriented and get lost.

I am sure there are many of us who have heard the stories of things happening like this or many have even known someone who this may have happened to. I hope Mr. Zuckerberg takes the necessary action to see that the Silver Alerts are placed on Facebook; it is definitely the right thing to do.

Brooker James Washington, DC

The Book of Negroes

Several years ago, I stumbled across The Book of Negroes. It was one of the most engaging reading experiences I’d had in a long time.

I was amazed at the strange expres

sions I received from friends and my book club members when I suggested that they should read the book, as well. Then, I learned that the name of the book, written by Canadian author, Lawrence Hill, was changed to Someone Know My Name, maybe because someone thought the other title was offensive. Who knows?

Still, I was so elated to read in The Washington Informer that BET will present a miniseries this February based upon the book. This is fantastic. I strongly suggest to television watchers to switch from Scandal, How to Commit Murder and Empire for just one week, beginning February 16, and take that moment to sit with your children or grandchildren to learn another chapter of Black History by watching The Book of Negroes. Thanks for informing us about this opportunity.

Gladys Cox Alexandria, VA

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By Kristal High Taylor

Congress Must Support Internet Opportunities for Black Americans We live in a digital age engulfed with smart phones and laptops, connected devices and wearable technology, making us more reliant on technology and the Internet each passing year.

With the broadband, media and information technology sectors adding $900 billion annually to the American economy, you’d think there was more than enough jobs and business opportunities to go around. And

yet, even as this sector produces some of the best prospects for “getting ahead,” the post-recession recovery has by and large missed Black Americans who face a 13:1 wealth deficit compared to their white peers. We own just 1percent of financed start-ups and comprise a dismal 2 percent of Silicon Valley employees.

There is a great imbalance at play here. African Americans are among the most avid consumers of mobile technologies and web-based services. According

to a recent study by the Pew Internet and American Life Project, nearly 75 percent of African American cell phone owners use their devices to access the Internet. Still, too many of us remain offline. While 80 percent of African Americans are Internet users, only 62 percent of us have broadband at home.

Today, broadband (high-speed Internet) can mean the difference between conveniently applying for a job and accessing critical government services, or missing out on opportunities

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and vital benefits. It’s the difference between receiving affordable diagnostic and preventive healthcare online and being unable to access or afford necessary medical treatment. And at a time when half the nation’s children are living in poverty, a high-speed Internet connection can determine whether a child can receive a world-class education through innovative distance learning applications, or whether they’ll be relegated to second-class academic experiences because their school district is

underfunded, under-resourced, and led by teachers who lack the wherewithal to address the needs of children living in challenging situations.

The broadband economy provides African Americans a unique opportunity to leapfrog centuries of systemic and institutionalized disadvantage, but only if we’re using the technology and learn how to wield it not just as consumers, but as producers – content creators, entrepreneurs,

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By Charlene Crowell

Financial Freedom Still Eludes Black America As the annual, month-long black history observance begins, now is a timely moment to reflect on the journey that succeeding generations of blacks have trod in the continuing quest for total freedom and equality. From 1863’s Emancipation Proclamation to 1954’s U.S. Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education and 1965’s voting rights legislation, black Americans have vigilantly

fought for freedom.

Celebrations of our milestone moments convey our unique American history. By embracing our history, we teach our youth and remind older ones of significant strides achieved when we had none of the freedoms promised by our nation. Most of these achievements were fought and won when black personal financial resources were rare, limited or nonexistent.

Blacks serving in the United States Colored Troops during

the Civil War fought for the union as well as for themselves and the futures they envisioned for their families. Imagine the pride they must have felt when, for the first time in their lives, they held their own paychecks.

According to the National Archives, beginning in 1864, banks such as South Carolina’s Military Savings Bank and Louisiana’s Free Labor Bank were created for these soldiers. For many, it was the first time they had ever been paid for their work.

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Following the Civil War and regardless of locale, an important goal was to incorporate economic opportunity into the transition from slavery to freedom.

And for a short time, from 1888 to 1934, 134 black banks were established across the country.

As black banks grew, so did the number of black customers and businesses. These were the institutions that sold and serviced loans for mortgages, built schools and churches, and invested in black small businesses.

Unfortunately, the Great Depression of the 1930s decimated banks serving all kinds of customers. Few institutions were able to survive panicked runs by depositors who demanded all of their monies as they closed accounts.

It also began a serious distrust of banks and other lending institutions. For many, money in the mattress or hidden places in the home were thought to be safer

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By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr.

The Legacy of Carter G. Woodson The best way to celebrate Black History Month is to make more Black history. Black History Month is now celebrated around the world. We are grateful for the visionary leadership of noted historian and scholar Carter G. Woodson for being the founder of what was known as Negro History Week in 1926 that 44 years later evolved into Black History Month.

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that this year marks the centennial celebration of Woodson’s founding of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH).

The mission of ASALH is to “promote, research, preserve, interpret and disseminate information about Black life, history and culture to the global community.” Established in 1915, the association has no peer in the preservation of our rich history.

ASALH continues to extend the legacy of Carter G. Woodson by “speaking a fundamental

truth to the world – that Africans and peoples of African descent are makers of history and co-workers in what W. E. B. Du Bois called, The Kingdom of Culture.” Yes, it is clearly of the greatest necessity for all of us to support and spread knowledge about the accomplishments of Woodson, which included his landmark, The Mis-Education of the Negro. Written in 1933, the book is as timely today as it was 82 years ago.

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dismiss the uninterrupted relevance and importance of Black American history, culture and intellectual genius. The “fundamental truth” about the glorious and triumphant history of peoples of African descent needs to be retold and appreciated by all people throughout the world.

We are a proud people. We are an African people. We are the Black family, community, nation and global community. We are a people of the long centuries-long struggle for freedom, justice and equality. Our his-

tory did not begin or end with the tragedy and holocaust of transatlantic slavery. The history of African people begins with God’s creation of humanity. We are the original people. Human civilization had its birth and evolution in the cradle of the heart of Africa.

When I hear people today say that Black Americans have a challenge with science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) academic courses and

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By George E. Curry

How Dick Gregory Got his Hollywood Star Activist and SiriusXM satellite radio host Joe Madison was helping on a campaign to get the Four Tops a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame when he noticed another serious omission from the world-famous tribute to entertainers.

“You go to Hollywood and Gene Autry had five [stars – one in each category]. Big Bird had a star. When we did our campaign to get the Four Tops a star, I said,

‘My God, Dick Gregory doesn’t have a star.’” In 1997, seven years after getting inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Four Tops, – whose 1960s hits included such songs as “Baby I Need Your Loving,” “Ask the Lonely,” “I Can’t Help Myself ” and “It’s the Same Old Song” – finally were awarded a star.

But Madison couldn’t get over the fact that Dick Gregory, the first Black comedian to earn more than $1 million a year yet gave up his career to actively support Dr. Martin Luther King,

Jr.’s Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), hadn’t been recognized with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

“You can walk down there and not see Dick Gregory, but you’ll see Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor and Whoopi Goldberg,” Madison said. “ I don’t know of any entertainer from the era who sacrificed more than Dick Gregory.”

About 10 years ago, he set out to change that.

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“The first time we tried it, we filled out a very complicated application and the committee – the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce – didn’t award him a star,” Madison remembered. “I tried again and they still didn’t accept it. We let some time go by. This time (in 2013), I said, ‘Look, this is ridiculous.’ That’s when I got Sheila Moses, who helped write Dick’s last book, help word the application. E. Faye Williams, president of the National Congress of Black Women, helped and we put the

application together and sent it in. Finally, the committee accepted him in the class of 2015.”

At the age of 85, Gregory joins a class that includes Kool & the Gang, Pharrell Williams, Will Ferrell and Amy Poehler. The induction ceremony was carried live Monday on national and international television.

Before Gregory could receive his honor, $30,000 had to be submitted on his behalf to cover the creation and installation of

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By Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz

Africa Down Under Breadbasket to the World On the 10th Anniversary of the adoption of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program (CAADP), the African Union declared the year 2014 to be the Year of Agriculture and Food Security in Africa.

There is much to celebrate; agricultural production in Africa has increased steadily over the last 30 years: its value has almost tripled showing an increase that clearly exceeds the growth rate for glob-

al agricultural production over the same period, almost identical to that of South America and below but comparable to growth in Asia based on NEPAD statistics.

Beyond the political will such a decision translates, it stems from a large consensus among African policy makers, scientists, private sector, civil society and development partners that Africa can in fact, with an agriculture transformation agenda, unleash its enormous potential to end hunger, create jobs and eradicate

poverty. Over 530 million Africans depend fully or partially on agriculture for their livelihood.

Indeed, Africa’s agricultural opportunities are just tremendous. Not only Africa has the potential to feed itself but also to become a major food supplier for the rest of the world.

Three figures clearly show the immensity of this potential and how important is the room for improvement.

Firstly, it is estimated that Africa has around 600 million of uncultivated arable land, roughly

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60 percent of the global total.

Secondly, agricultural statistics estimate that 80 percent of the cultivated land in Africa is rainfed and not irrigated.

Thirdly, according to recent data the productivity of agriculture in Africa is as low as one third of productivity in other parts of the world.

Therefore, by developing uncultivated arable areas, relying more on irrigation, and substantially enhancing agricultural productivity in a sustainable way, Africa can make a big leap in

fighting hunger, unemployment and poverty. The private sector has an important role to play.

The World Bank estimates that Africa’s market for food could be valued at more than $1,000 billion by 2030, compared to $313 billion today.

Nevertheless, many impediments hamper the achievement of these goals. Particularly the huge infrastructure gap, the adverse effects of climate change, the mismatch between education

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By Askia Muhammad

The Bibi-Boehner Big Adventure So … let me get this straight.

Even before the guffaws had subsided over President Barack Obama slapping his Republican haters around after they mocked him with spontaneous applause when he noted that he had run his last campaign — Obama departed from his prepared text to throw down: “I know because I won both of them” — even before the guffaws had died down in Washington, Speaker of the

House John Boehner and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that “Bibi,” as the Israeli leader is affectionately known, had accepted an invitation to address a joint session of Congress.

What’s the proper protocol here please? It is certainly not proper for one head of state to go into another country without first notifying the head of the country he/she is planning to visit. Boehner notified the White House of the plan 10 minutes before it was announced to the

public.

The Bibi-Boehner Big Adventure gives the Israeli leader an opportunity to speak to this country’s national legislature about a sensitive U.S. foreign policy matter —negotiations among this country and five other world powers (the P5+1, the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council, the U.S., United Kingdom, France, China, and Russia, plus Germany) with Iran, about the future of Iran’s nuclear program.

The reason Bibi’s and Boeh-

ner’s britches are in a bunch is because the president warned Congress that he would veto any new sanctions against Iran because the negotiations, which have been ongoing since 2006, are close to ending with an agreement this summer and more sanctions would kill the deal. Does this mean Bibi will also speak in London, Moscow, Beijing, Paris, and Bonn?

Some “war hawks” in Congress and Netanyahu’s hawkish Likud Party don’t want any agreement. They would like to

sanction Iran back to the days when Shah Reza Pahlavi sat on Iran’s Peacock Throne and favored the United States with everything Washington asked for.

The Israelis would simply like Iran’s nuclear capability (and all its military capability for that matter) destroyed—even though Iran’s demands are legal within the international Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty guidelines and, they insist, are strictly for peaceful purposes. And

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Bowman Wright stars as King in “King Hedley II” at the Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater in Southwest, now through Sunday, March 8. /Photo by Tony Powell

August Wilson’s classic drama, “King Hedley II,” opened this week in Southwest and continues through Sunday, March 8 at the Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater. /Illustration by Douglas Fraser.

Play Addresses Complexities

Facing Black Men Wilson’s ’King Hedley II’ to Premier at Arena Stage

By D. Kevin McNeir WI Managing Editor As Black History Month continues, one of the most compelling works by the late, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright August Wilson, will open in the District this weekend.

And before “King Hedley II” concludes, those who see this snapshot of 1980s Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, may just wonder where the line between fact and fiction should be drawn.

“Because Wilson’s play is based on the lives of a black, urban community and because

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we’re an all-black cast, we are quite familiar with the characters whose lives are brought to the stage – we truly do have a shared history,” said Director Timothy Douglas, who worked with Wilson on the world premiere of “Radio Golf ” and has directed eight plays out of the playwright’s 10-play cycle.

“King Hedley II” runs Friday, Feb. 6 through Sunday, March 8 in the Fichlander Stage at the Arena Stage, Mead Center for American Theater in Southwest.

“August Wilson’s seminal ‘King Hedley II’ provides a searing insight into the com-

plex life and trials of a black American man,” Douglas added. “Through powerful and stirring spoken word – operatic in scope – the triumphant arias from Hedley and his Pittsburgh Hill District crew provide the very ignition that has sent present-day America into the streets to voice its rallying cry ‘Black Lives Matter!’”

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The genius himself, August Wilson – one of America’s most prolific and celebrated playwrights /Courtesy photo

in America,” he said. “What’s needed is compassionate understanding. That’s not to make an excuse for some of the poor decisions made by black men but when you see what the lead character, King, faces, you may be better equipped to address the marginalization that occurs when black men attempt to rebuild their lives after years in prison,” the director said.

Douglas makes his Arena Stage debut with “King Hedley II.” Joining him and bringing years of onstage experience are: E. Faye Butler (Ruby); Andre DeShields (Stool Pigeon); Ken-

Yatta Rogers (Mister); Jessica Frances Dukes (Tonya); Michael Anthony Williams (Elmore); and Bowman Wright (King).

Wright, last seen at Arena Stage as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in “The Mountaintop,” returns in the lead role as an ex-convict, newly-released from prison after seven years, haunted by both his past and the present.

With his face literally scarred, he finds that every effort to turn his life around and to lock away his past only takes him down further roads of frustration.

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Bowman Wright, last seen as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in the Arena Stage’s “Mountaintop,” tackles the lead role of King in “King Hedley II” at the Arena Stage in Southwest, now through Sunday, March 8. /Photo by Tony Powell

HEDLEY from Page 28 “Wilson’s play is more relevant than some of us would like to admit,” said Wright who lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania when he’s not on tour.

“We have a truly talented cast and this is the kind of play that really makes you think,” he said.

“Our primary task is to tell the story. I have long realized the power of words and know that they can actually transform lives for the better. This is a story that deals with the daily struggles of life, with fate and with honor. In many ways it mirrors the kinds of hurdles that blacks, particularly black men, must overcome each and every day. But we can do it – our history shows that we’ve made it time and time again, despite formidable odds,” Wright said.

Wright said it’s fitting that the production occurs during Black History Month.

“Too many of our youth don’t know the stories behind people like Paul Robeson, Frederick Douglass or even August Wilson,” he said. “And a lot of them have very limited attention spans. Still, we as the elders have a job to do. I recently heard a story about how young elephants in Africa were attacking

humans – something completely out of their character. When experts began to examine this phenomenon, they discovered that the older elephants had been killed for their tusks, leaving the younger ones to fend for themselves. In other words, they didn’t have mentors to teach them how to act like elephants.

Our youth need someone to teach them how to be responsible members of the black community,” Wright said.

Wilson, born April 27, 1945 in Pittsburgh, studied black writers like Ralph Ellison and Langston Hughes as a child. As a playwright, his best known works include: “Fences” (1985) which won both a Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award; and “The Piano Lesson” (1990) which also won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

His biggest achievement was his 10-play series entitled “The Pittsburgh Cycle,” which chronicled the ongoing struggles that make up the black experience, decade by decade, in the 20th century. For the series he took home two more Pulitzer Prize Awards.

Wilson died from liver cancer on Oct. 2, 2005 at the age of 60.

In many ways this play mirrors the kinds of hurdles that blacks, particularly black men, must overcome each and every day. But we can do it – our history shows that we’ve made it time and time again, despite formidable odds.”

– Bowman Wright Timothy Douglas directs one of August Wilson’s most provocative plays, “King Hedley II,” at the Arena Stage in Southwest, Feb. 5 through March 8. /Photo courtesy Timothy Douglas

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Spreads Important Message Association Celebrates ‘Go Red’ Day With Annual Campaign

By Stacy M. Brown WI Contributing Writer A website saved her life.

And Julia Allen, the national spokesperson for the American Heart Association’s Go Red for Women campaign, said www.goredforwomen.org can save many more lives if everyone becomes aware of and makes good use of the website.

“If you say nothing else about me or about this cause, please just point everyone to the website,” said Allen, who survived two heart attacks in one day in 2013.

“There’s nothing like a heart attack that makes you change the way you eat and lose a little weight,” said Allen, who is also helping to spread the word about the American Heart Association’s National Wear Red Day, Friday, Feb. 6.

Heart disease is the leading killer of women and is more deadly than all forms of cancer, heart association officials said. Allen said the statistics are even more deadly for African-Americans and other minorities.

African-American women are less likely than white women to be aware that heart disease is the leading cause of death.

Diabetes, smoking, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, physical inactivity, obesity and a family history of heart disease are all greatly prevalent among African-Americans and are major risk factors for heart disease and stroke, heart association

officials said.

What’s more, African-American women have almost two times the risk of stroke as whites and are more likely to die at an earlier age as compared with women of other ethnicities. The unsettling statistics include the fact that cardiovascular diseases kill nearly 50,000 African-American women annually, and, of African-American women ages 20 and older, 49 percent have heart diseases and only one in five African-American women believes she is personally at risk.

Further, just 52 percent of African-American women are aware of the signs and symptoms of a heart attack, and as little as 36 percent of African-American women know that heart disease is their greatest health risk.

In Allen’s case, the married mother of three boys, ages 14, 11 and 7, she said she had always put her family and friends’ needs ahead of her own.

She worked a full-time job, helped each day to get her children off to school and participated in various activities while also preparing regular meals for the family.

Allen said she first felt a heart attack come on while at work.

Then, even as she felt pain in her chest, she went home to make an after-school snack for her boys before finally deciding to drive to the hospital.

“I didn’t want to believe I could

Shown here with her husband and three sons, Julia Allen said, “There’s nothing like a heart attack to make you change the way you eat and lose a little weight.” Heart disease is the number one killer of women and is more deadly than all forms of cancer, according to heart association officials. Allen is helping to spread the word about the American Heart Association’s National Wear Red Day, which takes place on Friday, Feb. 6. Men and women are encouraged to wear red as a symbol of their support of women’s heart health. For more information, visit www. goredforwomen.org. /Photo courtesy American Heart Association

be having a heart attack,” she said.

“But I had at least two that day. And, really, I looked on the Internet and came across the American Heart Association’s website, and I was able to check my symptoms. And I found that I had six of the seven symptoms, and that’s when I knew that I was definitely having a heart attack.”

Allen had also ignored the red flags she said were present, such as being anemic and having a strong family history of heart disease.

Doctors told Allen that an artery in her left ventricle was 80 percent blocked, but because of where the blockage was, it couldn’t be repaired with a stent. Treatment was done by medication, which helped the area repair by building new capillaries.

Julia Allen, national spokesperson for the American Heart Association’s Go Red for Women campaign, survived two heart attacks in 2013. /Photo courtesy American Heart Association.

Allen, now 46, has made important changes to her lifestyle to reduce her heart attack risk. She’s eating healthier foods and making more time for exercise. Instead of waiting in bleachers while her kids play

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sports, she brings exercise clothes and walks around the track.

“My 14-year-old is my biggest supporter. He makes sure that I exercise and that I keep active,” Allen said.

Thanks to a loving husband, family and supportive friends, Allen said she’s also been able to reduce her stress and regularly makes healthy lifestyle choices.

She became a volunteer with the heart association where she works to raise awareness about heart disease and its effect as the top killer of women.

“I would encourage people to talk to their primary care physician and listen to him or her. Know your family history,” she said. “And, if something seems out of whack, go to the doctor. Don’t ignore it.” WI For more information about Go Red For Women or about heart disease, visit www.goredforwomen.org.

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held last Tuesday, Feb. 3, continuing through Sunday, Feb. 8. Battle serves as only the third director to head the company since its founding by Alvin Ailey in 1958.

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at you. There were moments when I wondered what I was doing. When I felt like I was letting people down, I tried to remember that those who led the revolution had rocks thrown at them too, but they also had the best view.”

Later in the evening, Aliya Rahman, program director at Code for Progress and an honoree, also railed against naysayers. At the helm of the Northwest-based nonprofit, Rahman has been able to train young women and people of color in coding and human centered design and connect them with mentors in their desired career fields.

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think we have a place,” said Rahman.

“We come in numbers and we know that innovation means getting rid of poverty and racism. The skills gap should be called an opportunity gap.

[At Code for Progress], we put our fellows in an intensive five-month computer programming course and their salaries increased by $32,000. Our work is not impossible. We know our communities.”

Local educator Joseph Musyoka said that learning about each award winner’s story inspired him. He expressed a desire for future collaborative opportunities.

“This is the wave of the future,” Musyoka, 47, said. “These positive events bring people together and help change the world. We need to meet like this more often and exchange

ideas to see what works and what doesn’t work. It’s a good chance to give out resources to innovators who need it,” said Musyoka who lives in Silver Spring, Maryland.

While Renee Lewis, a Southeast resident, shared Musyoka’s sentiments, the issue of disunity among residents in her neighborhood weighed heavily on her mind.

“Southeast has been getting a bad reputation and events like this change the narrative,” Lewis, 30, said. “We can do for ourselves and be our own entrepreneurs. There are so many opportunities. I would like for us to be more united and understand what we have,” said Lewis, also owner of Angels Rising Childcare Center in Southeast. WI

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TAURUS Lots of opportunities are swirling around you, and it will require some diligence on your part to make the most of some of them.

You’ll be happy you put in some extra effort this week! Soul Affirmation: I open up to the universe. The universe opens up to me. Lucky Numbers: 22, 36, 49 GEMINI Stay focused on the tasks before you this week and find a way to do your work with love. The pace will pick up soon enough, and the vibrations will be more to your liking. Enjoy a sociable week. Soul Affirmation: I let imagination light up my work. Lucky Numbers: 3, 11, 22

By Selina Alko Illustrated by Sean Qualls and Selina Alko c.2015, Arthur A. Levine Books / Scholastic Press $18.99 / $20.99 Canada | 40 pages

In order to stay out of jail for good, Richard and Mildred had to leave their families and move to another state.

In Washington, D.C. again, the Lovings tried to settle in. Richard got a job. Mildred had three children in “three different shades of milk-chocolate brown.” But the city wasn’t a good place for the Lovings. They missed their families. They weren’t happy.

So nine years after that late-night visit by the police, because times had changed, they hired lawyers to fight for the right to live in their beloved Virginia.

For any adult who’s too young to remember Loving v. Virginia (or any child who wasn’t born then), “The Case for Loving” is a very informative, eye-opening book.

Author Selina Alko says in her notes that, as a Jewish white woman, she finds it “difficult to imagine” that her marriage (to illustrator Sean Qualls, an African American) might have been illegal 50 years ago. Kids might find that notion to be almost “unbelievable,” too, given that they’ve never known a world like one described here.

What parents will want to understand, however, is this: for its 4-to-8-year-old target age group – particularly for those on the younger end – this book could be scary, especially the “taken away and locked up in jail” part. For toddlers, that’s the stuff of nightmares, so be warned.

Still, if you’re prepared to explain and you keep the youngest audience members in mind, this could be a great read-aloud book.

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Your best friend’s Mom never minds if you make too much noise.

She takes you places and gives you snacks, too. She’s a really nice lady.

Your best friend’s Dad shows you how to do things, and he makes you laugh. You like spending time at their house.

But what if there was a rule somewhere that said they couldn’t be a family? In “The Case for Loving” by Selina Alko, illustrated

by Sean Qualls and Selina Alko, there was once such a law, and the reason was black and white.

Falling in love was very easy. Richard Loving and Mildred Jeter did that right after they met, and it didn’t take long for them to decide that they wanted to get married and raise a family.

But there was one problem: Richard was white. Mildred was “colored.” They didn’t think that was any big deal but in Virginia in 1958, it was illegal for them to get married.

Yes, a simple wedding could land them in jail!

So Mildred and Richard went to Washington, D.C. and tied the knot there. Family and friends went to the wedding, and everybody was happy. The Lovings “couldn’t wait” to start their new lives back home.

Not long after they were back in Virginia, though, the police came in the middle of the night and said that the Lovings’ marriage certificate was no good. They put Richard and Mildred behind bars because their marriage was unlawful – and that “was just awful!”

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ARIES Your mind is busy this week with thoughts of new projects and the things you want to get done. Best course of action is to clear up pending and overdue items. You’ll have a clean desk in no time and will feel genuinely content and relaxed for the week. Soul Affirmation: I will actually write a love letter to the universe this week. Lucky Numbers: 14, 35, 38

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CANCER A quiet week will work wonders for you. Make an effort to slow your pace, both physically and mentally this week. Use your imagination to think of quiet ways to entertain yourself. Soul Affirmation: Knowing I can do it is the biggest preparation for getting it done. Lucky Numbers: 3, 9, 20 LEO While you may have much work facing you in the beginning of the week, a steady, patient attitude will help you accomplish a great deal this week. Be good to yourself and take things nice and slow. You’ll finish what you need to. Soul Affirmation: What life has given me is sufficient to any task. Lucky Numbers: 9, 10, 31 VIRGO Map out that exit strategy. When you’ve gotta go, you’ve gotta go, and the time for goodbyes is nigh. No more procrastinating. Wrap up a project that’s been dragging on and declare it done and dusted. You have bigger fish to fry, new vistas to explore! Create a little (or a lot) more breathing room for yourself. Soul Affirmation: The sunlight of my spirit shines in the land beyond the horizon. Lucky Numbers: 6, 16, 40 LIBRA This week is another week when your intuition and insights are remarkable. A lesson you learned in the past may suddenly reveal itself as more this week; you’ll have plenty of food for thought. Soul Affirmation: I paint my world in colors of the rainbow. Lucky Numbers: 1, 25, 50 SCORPIO Someone whose values are different than yours may annoy you this week if you let them. Let your most tolerant mind-set rule, and enjoy being able to listen to others’ points of view. You’ll feel very blessed by the end of the week. Soul Affirmation: Change is my middle name. Lucky Numbers: 12, 42, 54 SAGITTARIUS You learn something this week that makes you very happy. One of your most wonderful gifts is your ability to be delighted with all forms of learning and education. This is a terrific week for personal delight. Soul Affirmation: Trust gives me a deep sense of peace and joy. Lucky Numbers: 27, 33, 45 CAPRICORN Shopping has its appeals this week, and you’ll want to check your bankbook balance before indulging in anything that is whimsical and expensive. Give yourself hours to think about what’s important to you. Control impulses this week. Soul Affirmation: I change the way I look at business this week. Lucky Numbers: 5, 10, 18 AQUARIUS A road trip might be in the offing; grab a friend and go dutch-treat. You’ll enjoy yourself more if you are sharing costs this week.

Mutual generosity in all things will make your week perfect. Soul Affirmation: As chances come around again. I take advantage of them. Lucky Numbers: 4, 11, 32 PISCES This week is likely to make you feel young again. You’ll want to play jokes and tricks on people around you. Make sure they are ready to deal with your playful mood. Enjoy yourself, you fabulous being! Soul Affirmation: Superficiality is often the best route to clarity. Lucky Numbers: 14, 15, 17

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Debbie Tyner, deputy director of the Department of Parks and Recreation, and Ronnie Gathers, director of the Department Parks and Recreation, view one of the exhibits at the black history program “Glancing Back and Looking Forward: 100 Years of African American Culture and History in Prince Georges’s County,� which was held Sunday, Feb. 1, at the Montpelier Arts Center in Laurel, Maryland. /Photo by Sheldon Johnson

A standing-room-only crowd attends the kickoff of Prince George’s County’s black history program, “Glancing Back and Looking Forward: 100 Years of African American Culture and History in Prince Georges’s County,� which was held at the Montpelier Arts Center in Laurel, Maryland, on Sunday, Feb. 1. /Photo by Sheldon Johnson

Greenbelt Mayor Emmett V. Jordan and Emily Rose, the Department of Parks and Recreation’s chief of Sports, Health and Wellness, look on at the presentation at the black history program “Glancing Back and Looking Forward: 100 Years of African American Culture and History in Prince Georges’s County,� which was held at the Montpelier Arts Center in Laurel, Maryland, on Sunday, Feb. 1. /Photo by Sheldon Johnson

Radio talk show host Rock Newman was the keynote speaker at the kickoff of Prince George’s County’s Black History Month. The program,� Glancing Back and Looking Forward: 100 Years of African American Culture and History in Prince Georges’s County,� was held at the Montpelier Arts Center in Laurel, Maryland, on Sunday, Feb. 1. /Photo by Sheldon Johnson

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Howard University’s James Carlton (1) catches a half-court alley-oop for two of his 32 points in Howard’s win against Morgan State. Howard University Bison defeated Morgan State Bears, 64-48, at Burr Gymnasium in Northwest on Saturday, Jan. 31. /Photo by Michael A.M. McCoy

National Basketball Association legend Isaiah Thomas presents checks to the Prince Hall Masonic Scholarship recipients. Howard University Bison defeated Morgan State Bears, 64-48, at Burr Gymnasium in Northwest on Saturday, Jan. 31. /Photo by Michael A.M. McCoy

Morgan State defenders attempt to double-team Howard’s Jared Norsworthy (21).

Howard University Bison defeated Morgan State Bears, 64-48, at Burr Gymnasium in Northwest on Saturday, Jan. 31. /Photo by Michael A.M. McCoy

Morgan State’s Zech Smith (50) attempts to block Howard’s guard (11) but comes up short in his attempt. Howard University Bison defeated Morgan State Bears, 64-48, at Burr Gymnasium in Northwest on Saturday, Jan. 31. /Photo by Michael A.M. McCoy

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Howard Guard James Miller (33) drives the lane for two of his 11 points. Howard University Bison defeated Morgan State Bears, 64-48, at Burr Gymnasium in Northwest on Saturday, Jan. 31. /Photo by Michael A.M. McCoy

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Howard’s Junior Center Victoria Gonzales (22), goes up strongly for two against Morgan State’s senior guard Tracey Carrington and center Lexus Spears at Burr Gymnasium in Northwest Washington, D.C., on Jan. 31. Photo by Kevin Fennell

Howard University’s Victoria Gonzales sinks a jumper over the Morgan State University defense on Saturday, Jan. 31, at Burr Gymnasium on the campus of Howard University in Northwest. Howard fell to Morgan, 77-64. Howard’s record fell to 2-17 while Morgan improved to 6-12. /Photo by Khalid Naji-Allah

Howard University freshman guard Tajzhane Dopson drives past Morgan State freshman guard Braennan Farrar. Morgan State Bears defeated Howard University Bison, 77-64, at Burr Gymnasium in Northwest on Saturday, Jan. 31. /Photo by Kevin Fennell

Howard University sophomore forward Sydni Johnson goes up strongly against the Morgan State Bears. The Morgan State Bears defeated Howard University Bison, 77-64, at Burr Gymnasium in Northwest on Saturday, Jan. 31. /Photo by Kevin Fennell Howard University’s Allese Morrison tries to defend Tracey Carrington’s shot during the second half against Morgan State University on Saturday, Jan. 31, at the Burr Gymnasium on the campus of Howard University in Northwest. Howard fell to Morgan, 77-64. Howard fell to 2-17, and Morgan improved to 6-12. /Photo by Khalid Naji-Allah

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My favorite topic when I’m invited to speak at health fairs is “Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled.” It is a message about how to have a healthy mind, body & spirit. During the month of February, I thought it wise to take a look back in Black History, to discuss one of my favorite topics, health; and in particular, diabetes.

This column explains how and why this disease – which is caused when your body produces higher levels of glucose (sugar) than normal – is so prevalent among Black Americans, based on statistics from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

NIH’s website presents the proposition that African Americans have a ‘thrifty’ genotype that would have been advantageous for hunter-gatherer populations, especially child-bearing women, because it would allow them to fatten more quickly during times of abundance. Fatter individuals carrying the thrifty genes would thus better survive times of food scarcity.

Today, however, most of us really don’t experience food scarcity, we have an abundance; we eat too many carbohydrates and sweets, with little or no exercise.

Statistics shows that diabetes mellitus is one of the most serious health challenges facing the United States.

Among African Americans, 2.8 million have diabetes, and on average.

African Americans are twice as likely to have diabetes as White Americans of similar age. Further NIH reports that approximately 13 percent of all African Americans have diabetes; that African Americans with diabetes are more likely to develop diabetes complications and experience greater disability from the complications than white Americans with diabetes.

Death rates for people with diabetes are 27 percent higher for African

Americans compared with whites A 2012 NIH survey showed that the prevalence of diabetes among those ages 40 to 74 years old was highest among African Americans at 13.2 percent, compared to Whites at 7.6 percent for whites.

Regular exercise is a protective factor against type 2-diabetes, the most common of insulin resistant diabetes, and conversely, lack of physical activity is a risk factor for developing diabetes and is suspected of being a contributing factor to the high rates of diabetes in African Americans.

In the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III, referred to as NHANES, 50 percent of African American men and 67 percent of African American women reported that they participated in little or no leisure time physical activity.

In furthering the causes of this diabetes educational prevention campaign, the first order of business for me was to change my lifestyle.

My mother was buried on December 30, 2000. Following her death (though it took a few months), the first order of business was to begin a regular exercise routine. Walking became my exercise of choice -- two to four miles, three to four days each week.

It has been my dream to take my radio show into syndication, and as that dream becomes a reality my first stop is in Baltimore, Maryland, where Dr. Sherita Hill-Golden heads up the diabetes inpatient care for Johns Hopkins. She will be my first guest on Friday, February 13 on Spirit 1340 – WYCB, on Radio One. Tune in, it could save your life and your family members too!

If you are reading this article, and you’re at risk for Type 2 Dia-

with Lyndia Grant betes, consider making a major lifestyle change, too. It’s very simple: 1-Change your diet, eliminate most of the carbohydrates from your diet; 2-Exercise regularly for the rest of your life, and 3-Get rid of the extra pounds, work toward maintaining your ideal body weight.

Will you begin today? You don’t have to get Diabetes; it can be prevented, let not your heart be troubled because your body is indeed your temple. WI

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Historic St. Mary’s Episcopal Church The Reverend Lyndon Shakespeare Interim Priest Foggy Bottom • Founded in 1867 728 23rd Street, NW • Washington, DC 20037 Church office: 202-333-3985 • Fax : 202-338-4958 Worship Services 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.

Blessed Word of Life Church Dr. Dekontee L. & Dr. Ayele A. Johnson Pastors 4001 14th Street, NW Washington, DC 20011 (202) 265-6147 Office 1-800 576-1047 Voicemail/Fax Schedule of Services: Sunday School – 9:30 AM Sunday Morning Worship Service – 11:00 AM Communion Service – First Sunday Prayer Service/Bible Study – Tuesday, 6:30 PM www.blessedwordoflifechurch.org e-mail: church@blessedwordoflifechurch.org

Campbell AME Church Reverend Daryl K. Kearney, Pastor 2562 MLK Jr. Ave., S E Washington, DC 20020 Adm. Office 202-678-2263 Email:Campbell@mycame.org Sunday Worship Service 10: 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

Mt. Zion Baptist Church Rev. John W. Davis, Pastor 5101 14th Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20011 202-726-2220/ 202-726-9089 Sunday Worship Service 8:00am and 11:00am Sunday School 9:15am Holy Communion 4th Sunday 10:00am Prayer and Bible Study Wednesday 7;00pm TV Ministry –Channel 6 Wednesday 10:00pm gsccm.administration@verizon.net

Pilgrim Baptist Church

Pilgrim Baptist Church Rev. Louis B. Jones II Pastor

Church of Living Waters

Rev. Paul Carrette Senior Pastor Harold Andrew, Assistant Pastor 4915 Wheeler Road Oxon Hill, MD 20745

700 I Street, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20002 (202) 547-8849

301-894-6464

Worship Sundays @ 7:30 & 11:00 A.M. 5th Sundays @ 9:30 A.M. 3rd Sundays: Baptism & Holy Communion Prayer & Praise: Wednesdays @ Noon & 6:30 P.M.

Schedule of Service Sunday Service: 8:30 AM & 11:00 AM Bible Study: Wednesday 7:30 PM Communion Service: First Sunday www.livingwatersmd.org

www.pilgrimbaptistdc.org

Covenant Baptist United Church of Christ Drs. Dennis W. and Christine Y. Wiley, Pastors 3845 South Capitol Street Washington, DC 20032 (202) 562-5576 (Office) (202) 562-4219 (Fax) SERVICES AND TIMES: SUNDAYS: 10:00 am AM Worship Services BIBLE STUDY: Wonderful Wednesdays in Worship and the Word Bible Study Wednesdays 12:00 Noon; 6:30 PM (dinner @ 5:30 PM) SUNDAY SCHOOL: 9:00 AM – Hour of Power “An inclusive ministry where all are welcomed and affirmed.” www.covenantbaptistdc.org

Twelfth Street Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) 1812 12th Street, NW Washington, DC 20009 Phone: 202-265-4494 Fax: 202 265 4340

St. Stephen Baptist Church Lanier C. Twyman, Sr. Bishop 5757 Temple Hill Road, Temple Hills, MD 20748 Office 301-899-8885 – fax 301-899-2555 Sunday Early Morning Worship - 7:45 a.m.

Church School - 9:30 a.m.

Sunday Morning Worship – 10:45 a.m.

Tuesday – Thursday - Kingdom Building Bible Institute – 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday – Prayer/Praise/Bible Study – 7:30 p.m.

Baptism & Communion Service- 4th Sunday – 10:30am Radio Broadcast WYCB -1340 AM-Sunday -6:00pm T.V. Broadcast - Channel 190 – Sunday -4:00pm/Tuesday 7:00am

“We are one in the Spirit” www.ssbc5757.org e-mail: ssbc5757@verizon.net

Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church

Crusader Baptist Church

Isle of Patmos Baptist Church Reverend Dr. Calvin L. Matthews • Senior Pastor 1200 Isle of Patmos Plaza, Northeast Washington, DC 20018 Office: (202) 529-6767 Fax: (202) 526-1661

Rev. Dr. Alton W. Jordan, Pastor 800 I Street, NE Washington, DC 20002 202-548-0707 Fax No. 202-548-0703

Rev. Dr. Michael E. Bell, Sr., • Pastor 2498 Alabama Ave., SE • Washington D.C. 20020 Office: (202) 889-7296 Fax: (202) 889-2198 • www.acamec.org 2008: The Year of New Beginnings “Expect the Extraordinary” Sunday Worship Services: 8:00a.m. and 11:00a.m.

Sunday Church School - 9:15a.m. & Sunday Adult Forum Bible Study - 10:30a.m.

2nd & 4th Monday Women’s Bible Study - 6:30p.m.

Tuesday Jr./Sr. Bible Study - 10:00a.m.

Tuesday Topical Bible Study - 6:30p.m.

Tuesday New Beginnings Bible Study - 6:30p.m.

Wednesday Pastoral Bible Study - 6:30p.m.

Wednesday Children’s Bible Study - 6:30p.m.

Thursday Men’s Bible Study - 6:30p.m.

Friday before 1st Sunday Praise & Worship Service - 6:30p.m.

Saturday Adult Bible Study - 10:00a.m.

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 E-mail: Crusadersbaptistchurch@verizon.net www.CrusadersBaptistChurch.org

“The Amazing, Awesome, Audacious Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church”

“God is Love”

Third Street Church of God

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

Greater Mt. Calvary Holy Church

Come Worship with us...

Bishop Alfred A. Owens, Jr.; Senior Bishop & Evangelist Susie C. Owens – Co-Pastor 610 Rhode Island Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 (202) 529-4547 office • (202) 529-4495 fax

Rev. Cheryl J. Sanders, Th.D. Senior Pastor 1204 Third Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 202.347.5889 office 202.638.1803 fax

Sunday Worship Service: 8 AM and 10:45 AM Sunday Youth Worship Services: 1st & 4th 10:45 AM; 804 R.I. Ave., NE 5th 8 AM & 10:45 AM; Main Church Prayer Services Tuesday – Noon, Wednesday 6 AM & 6:30 PM 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

Sunday School: 9:30 a.m.

Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m.

Prayer Meeting and Bible Study: Wed. 7:30 p.m.

“Ambassadors for Christ to the Nation’s Capital” www.thirdstreet.org

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

We are proud to provide the trophies for the Washington Informer Spelling Bee

Reverend Dr. Paul H. Saddler Senior Pastor Service and Times Sunday Worship Service 11:00 a.m.

Communion every Sunday 11:00 a.m.

Sunday School 10:00 a.m.

Bible Study Tuesday 12Noon Pastor’s Bible Study Tuesday 6:30 p.m.

Motto; “Discover Something Wonderful.”

Website: 12thscc.org Email: Twelfthstcc@aol.com

Mount Carmel Baptist Church

52 Years of Expert Engraving Services

Joseph N. Evans, Ph.D Senior Pastor 901 Third Street N.W. Washington, DC. 20001 Phone (202) 842-3411 Fax (202) 682-9423 Sunday Church School : 9: 30am Sunday Morning Worship: 10: 45am Bible Study Tuesday: 6: 00pm Prayer Service Tuesday: 7:00pm Holy Communion: 3rd Sunday 10: 45am themcbc.org

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All Nations Baptist Church

Advertise Your Church services here: call Ron Burke at

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

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

Website: www.allnationsbaptistchurch.com All Nations Baptist Church – A Church of Standards

“Where Jesus is the King”

Zion Baptist Church

Israel Baptist Church

Rev. Keith W. Byrd, Sr. Pastor

Rev. Dr. Morris L Shearin, Sr. Pastor

4850 Blagdon Ave, NW • Washington D.C 20011 Phone (202) 722-4940 • Fax (202) 291-3773

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

Sunday Worship Service 10:15AM- Praise and Worship Services 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

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.

Mount Moriah Baptist Church

St. Luke Baptist Church

1415 Gallatin Street, NW Washington, DC 20011-3851 P: (202) 726-5940 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

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

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

or email

Rev. Aubrey C. Lewis Pastor

Rev. Daryl F. Bell Pastor

Rev. Dr. James Coleman Pastor

202-561-4100 rburke@washingtoninformer.com

King Emmanuel Baptist Church

Dr. Lucius M. Dalton, Senior Pastor 1636 East Capitol Street, NE Washington, DC 20003 Telephone: 202-544-5588 Fax: 202-544-2964 Sunday Worship Services: 7:45 am and 10:45 am Holy Communion: 1st Sundays at 7:45 am and 10:45 am Sunday School: 9:30 am Prayer & Praise Service: Tuesdays at 12 noon and 6:30 pm Bible Study: Tuesdays at 1 pm and 7 pm Youth Bible Study: Fridays at 7 pm

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Rehoboth Baptist Church

Rev. Dr. Maxwell M. Washington Pastor Worshiping Location Knights of Columbus - 1633 Tucker Road Fort Washington, MD 20744 (240) 838-7074

Rev. Dr. Clinton W. Austin Pastor 2409 Ainger Pl.,SE – WDC 20020 (202) 678-0884 – Office (202) 678-0885 – Fax “Come Grow With Us and Establish a Blessed Family” Sunday Worship 7:30am & 10:45am Baptism/Holy Communion 3rd Sunday Family Bible Study Tuesdays – 6:30pm Prayer Service Tuesdays – 8:00pm www.emmanuelbaptistchurchdc.org

Sermon On The Mount Temple Of Joy Apostolic Faith

call Ron Burke at

202-561-4100 or email rburke@washingtoninformer.com

Salem Baptist Church

Rev. Dr. George C. Gilbert SR. Pastor

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

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

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

Matthews Memorial Baptist Church

Kelechi Ajieren Coordinator

Early Worship Service 7:30a.m Worship Service 10:45a.m.

New Members Class 9:30a.m.

Holy Communion : 1st Sunday -10:45a.m Church School 9:30a.m.

Prayer, Praise and Bible Study: Wednesday 7p.m Bible Study : Saturday: 11a.m.

Baptism: 4th Sunday – 10:45a.m “Empowered to love and Challenged to Lead a Multitude of Souls to Christ”

Sunday Worship Service 10:00 A.M.

Sunday Apostolic Worship Services 11:00 A.M and 5:00 P.M Communion and Feet Wash 4th Sunday at 5:00 P.M

New Commandment Baptist Church Rev. Stephen E. Tucker Senior Pastor 13701 Old Jericho Park Road Bowie, MD. 20720 (301) 262-0560 Services: Sunday Worship 11 AM Sunday School 10 AM Wednesday Mid-Week Worship, Prayer & Bible Study - Wed. 7 PM “A Church Where Love Is Essential and Praise is Intentional”

Shiloh Baptist Church

Peace Baptist Church

Rev. Dr. Michael T. Bell 712 18th Street, NE Washington, DC 20002 Phone 202-399-3450/ Fax 202-398-8836 Sunday Morning Worship Service 7:15 am & 10:50 am Sunday School 9:30am Sunday Morning Worship Service 10:50am Wednesday Prayer & Testimonies Service 7:30pm Wednesday School of the Bible 8:00pm Wednesday - Midweek Prayer Service 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm “The Loving Church of the living lord “ Email Address pbcexec@verizon.net

First Rising Mt. Zion Baptist Church

Rev. Alonzo Hart Pastor

Rev. Dr. Wallace Charles Smith Pastor

Rev. Reginald M. Green, Sr., Interim Pastor

621 Alabama Avenue, 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) 232-4200

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

The Church Where GOD Is Working....

And We Are Working With GOD

Sunrise Prayer Services - Sunday 7:00 a.m.

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.

Morning Worship: 8:00 a.m Church School : 9:30 a.m.

Morning Worship: 10:55 a.m.

Bible Study, Thursday: 6:30 p.m.

Prayer Meeting,Thursday : 7:30 p.m.

Order of Services 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

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

Email: stmatthewsbaptist@msn.com Website: www.stmatthewsbaptist.org

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

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2616 MLK Ave., SE • Washington, DC 20020 Office 202-889-3709 • Fax 202-678-3304

1864-2014

150 Years of Service

Christ Embassy DC

Elder Herman L. Simms, Pastor

Apostolic in Doctrine, Pentecostal in Experience, Holiness in Living, Uncompromised and Unchanged.

The Apostolic Faith is still alive –Acts 2:42

services here:

Dr. Earl D. Trent Senior Pastor

Dr. C. Matthew Hudson, Jr, Pastor

tel: 202-291-6565

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Holy Trinity United Baptist Church

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

Prayer/Seeking Wednesday at 8:00 P.M.

301 kennedy street, nW Washington, DC 20011

Florida Avenue Baptist Church

6839 Eastern Avenue, R1 Takoma Park, MD 20912 (202) 556-7065

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Emmanuel Baptist Church

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Sunday Worship Services: 7:45am & 11:00am Sunday school For All Ages 9:30am Prayer Services Wednesday 11:30am & 6:45pm Bible Institute Wednesday at Noon & 7:45pm “Changing Lives On Purpose “ Email: Froffice@firstrising.org Website: www.firstrising.org

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

Pennsylvania Ave. Baptist Church Rev. Dr. Kendrick E. Curry Pastor 3000 Pennsylvania Ave.. S.E Washington, DC 20020 202 581-1500 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

Mt. Horeb Baptist Church Rev. Dr. H. B. Sampson, III Pastor 2914 Bladensburg Road, NE Wash., DC 20018 Office: (202) 529-3180 Fax: (202) 529-7738 Order of Services 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 Email:mthoreb@mthoreb.org Website:www.mthoreb.org For further information, please contact me at (202) 529-3180.

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Probate Division

Probate Division

Probate Division

Washington, D.C. 20001-2131

Washington, D.C. 20001-2131

Washington, D.C. 20001-2131

Washington, D.C. 20001-2131

Administration No. 2014 ADM 1091

Administration No. 2015 ADM 28

Administration No. 2015 ADM 23

Administration No. 2015 ADM 27

Addie E. Carey

Robert Becton

AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS James C. Carey and Michealle R. Carey, whose addresses are 11444 Norris Twilley Rd. Mardela Springs, MD 21837; 509 Madison St., NW, Washington, DC 20011, were appointed Personal Representatives of the estate of Addie E. Carey, who died on May 30, 2014 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

202-561-4100

such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will)

Decedent Aaron E. Price, Sr., Esq. 717 D St., NW, #300

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Washington, DC 20004

AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

Attorney Christopher W. Brooks, whose address is 20 William

K1, Greenville, NC 27834, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Robert Becton, who died on December 8, 2013 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose

Walter L. Howard, Jr., whose address is 7449 Seventh

Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose

Street, NW, Washington, DC 20012, was appointed

whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance

Personal Representative of the estate of Walter L. Howard,

in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or

Sr., who died on January 1, 2015 without a Will, and

to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the

July 29, 2015. Claims against the decedent shall be

copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of

A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before

presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register

Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before July

July 29, 2015. Claims against the decedent shall be

of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy

22, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be

presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register

to the undersigned, on or before July 29, 2015, or be

heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive

of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy

a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first

to the undersigned, on or before July 29, 2015, 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:

forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice

Anne Meister

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Probate Division

Probate Division

Washington, D.C. 20001-2131

Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014 ADM 1362 Gladys H. Massey

Deborah D. Boddie, Esq. NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Washington, DC 20001

AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

Attorney

including name, address and relationship.

Date of first publication:

January 29, 2015

January 29, 2015

Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY

Register of Wills

Washington Informer

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Probate Division

Probate Division

Probate Division

Washington, D.C. 20001-2131

Washington, D.C. 20001-2131

Washington, D.C. 20001-2131

Administration No. 2015 ADM 0014

Administration No. 2015 ADM 31

Administration No. 2014 ADM 450

Sunday Solomon Oyeyiga

Jean E. Pearman

Decedent

Elizabeth Slade Childs Decedent

Decedent

AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Reginald Perman, Jr., and Lydia P. Harris, whose

Street, SE, Washington, DC 20032, was appointed

All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are

Personal Representative of the estate of Gregory Lavon

and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter

unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding.

Kendall, who died on July 14, 2014 without a Will, and

their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such

Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the

will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs

in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall

appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills,

Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building

and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter

be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street,

D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor

A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before

N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001,

Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before July 29, 2015.

July 29, 2015. Claims against the decedent shall be

on or before July 29, 2015. Claims against the decedent

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the

presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register

shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the

undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed

of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy

Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with

with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned,

to the undersigned, on or before July 29, 2015, or be

a copy to the undersigned, on or before July 29, 2015,

undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed

on or before July 29, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons

forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees

or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or

with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned,

believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do

of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice

legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this

on or before July 29, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons

not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days

by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so

notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall

believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do

of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills,

inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and

not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days

including name, address and relationship.

relationship.

Date of first publication:

Date of first publication:

July 29, 2015

January 29, 2015

Chariene M. Thompson

Oladapo Adebisi Amusan

Personal Representative

Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY

Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY

20639, were appointed Personal Representatives of the estate of Jean E. Pearman, who died on November

Faith Childs, whose address is 275 West 96th Street,

3, 2014 without a Will, and will serve without Court

Apt.34A, New York, NY 10025-6271, was appointed

supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose

Personal Representative of the estate of Elizabeth Slade

whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance

Childs, who died on December 5, 2012 with a Will, and

Anne Meister Register of Wills

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Register of Wills

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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., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before July 22, 2015. 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 July 22, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or

so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address

legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this

and relationship.

notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address

Date of first publication:

and relationship.

January 29, 2015 Date of first publication: Reginald Pearman, Jr. Lydia P. Harris Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY

January 22, 2015 Faith Childs Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY

TRUE TEST COPY Anne Meister

Attorney

AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision.

Walvette V. Kendall

Washington, DC 20002

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS

will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs

January 29, 2015

918 Maryland Avenue, NE

20001 and 3630 Samanthas Way, Huntington, MD

who died on November 22, 2014 without a Will, and

Date of first publication:

James Larry Frazier, Esq.

addresses are 9118 September Lane, Silver Spring, MD

Solomon Oyeyiga, who died on October 24, 2014

including name, address and relationship.

Personal Representative

Anne Meister

Register of Wills

Personal Representative of the estate of Gladys H. Massey,

of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills,

Walter L. Howard, Jr.

TRUE TEST COPY

Anne Meister

appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Sunday

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the

on or before July 29, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons

Date of first publication:

Butterworth Lane, Upper Marlboro, MD 20774, was

Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before July 29, 2015.

with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned,

of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills,

Street, NW, Washington, DC 20011, was appointed

D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor

undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed

not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days

Chariene M. Thompson, whose address is 400 Peabody

appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills,

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the

Washington Informer

Oladapo Adebisi Amusan, whose address is 1007

their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such

Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before July 29, 2015.

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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS

1308 Ninth Street, NW, Suite 300

Walvette V. Kendall, whose address is 1101 Bellevue

D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor

relationship.

Decedent

AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills,

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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS

their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such

believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do

Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY

and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter

inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and

Christopher W. Brooks Keisha Becton

will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs

by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so

January 29, 2015

Register of Wills

Decedent

December 3, 2014 with a Will, and will serve without

Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building

Register of Wills

Gregory Lavon Kendall

Brooks aka Booker Talafaro Brooks, who died on

decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a

Anne Meister

Attorney

AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

Keisha Becton, whose address is 409 Beasley Dr.,

A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before

TRUE TEST COPY

Washington, DC 20002

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS

to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the

Personal Representative

918 Maryland Avenue, NE

Personal Representative of the estate of Booker T.

20001, on or before July 22, 2015. Claims against the

Michealle R. Carey

James Larry Frazier, Esq.

St. Apt.#2D, Mount Vernon, NY 10552, was appointed

Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building

name, address and relationship.

Decedent

AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or

publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including

Walter L. Howard, Sr.

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C.

James C. Carey

Administration No. 2015 ADM 46

Decedent

whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance

January 22, 2015

rburke@washingtoninformer.com

Booker T. Brooks aka Booker Talafaro Brooks

shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th

Date of first publication:

or email

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call Ron Burke at

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Decedent

services here:

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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

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Probate Division

Washington, D.C. 20001-2131

Washington, D.C. 20001-2131

Administration No. 2014 ADM 1382

Administration No. 2015 ADM 95

Gertrude Patricia Caviness

Bertle Mae Fulton

Decedent

Decedent

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS

AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

Ashley T. Graham, whose address is 6311 North Capitol

Naydine Fulton-Jones, whose address is 4403 13th

Street, NE, Washington, DC 20011, was appointed

Street, NE, Washington, DC 20017, was appointed

Personal Representative of the estate of Gertrude Patricia

Personal Representative of the estate of Bertle Mae

Caviness, who died on July 2, 2010 without a Will, and

Fulton, who died on May 22, 2014 without a Will, and

will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs

will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs

and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter

and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter

their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such

their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such

appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills,

appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills,

D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor

D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor

Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before July 22, 2015.

Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before August 5, 2015.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the

undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed

undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed

with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned,

with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned,

on or before July 22, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons

on or before August 5, 2015, or be forever barred.

believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do

Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent

not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days

who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25

of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills,

days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of

including name, address and relationship.

Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of first publication:

Date of first publication:

January 22, 2015

February 5, 2015

Ashley T. Graham

Naydine Fulton-Jones

Personal Representative

Personal Representative

TRUE TEST COPY

TRUE TEST COPY

Anne Meister

Anne Meister

Register of Wills

Register of Wills

Washington Informer

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

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

Administration No. 2014 ADM 53

Administration No. 2015 ADM 71

Lynwood C. Westray

Mary Beatrice Dozier Younger

Decedent Johnny M. Howard Houston & Howard 1001 Connecticut Ave., Suite 402

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

Washington, DC 20036 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Gloria J. Nuckles, whose address is 807 Arnett Street, #4, Fort Stockton, TX 79735, was appointed Personal

Shirley Baber, whose address is 5147 7th Street, NE Washington, DC 20011, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Mary Beatrice Dozier Younger, who died on December 3, 2014 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall

Representative of the estate of Lynwood C. Westray, who

enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to

died on December 14, 2014 with a Will, and will serve

such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will)

with Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose

shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th

whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance

Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C.

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., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before

20001, on or before August 5, 2015. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register

August 5, 2015. Claims against the decedent shall be

of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before

presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register

August 5, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed

of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy

to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive

to the undersigned, on or before August 5, 2015, or be

a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first

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.

publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of first publication: February 5, 2015

Date of first publication: February 5, 2015 Gloria J. Nuckles Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY Anne Meister

Shirley Baber Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY Anne Meister Register of Wills

Register of Wills

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TAYLOR from Page 26 small business owners, financiers, and facilities-based managers. Those possibilities hang in the balances, however, if Congress doesn’t act quickly to preserve the open Internet, protect the public interest, and ensure continued investment in and innovation from the broadband sector.

For more than 10 years, the Federal Communications Commission has tried and failed to put in place enforceable rules of the road to safeguard our future and opportunities online. Now that the Commission is just days away from releasing its latest attempt at open Internet, or net neutrality, the U.S. Congress is exploring ways to prevent years of further litiga-

CROWELL from Page 26 options than financial institutions.

The National Negro Bankers Association, founded in 1924, tried to provide support for its members.

But, by 1942, only 70 institutions survived.

Fast forward to today, and many consumers of color continue to distrust lending institutions. Despite federal laws, unequal treatment in the financial services sector has worsened age-old distrust and helped contribute to the growing racial wealth gap.

The number of black-owned banks had shrunk to only 25 institutions as of September 2014, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. This still-dwindling number of black financial institutions is especially intriguing when contrasted with findings from a National Newspaper Publishers Association-commissioned Nielsen Company report that projects black purchasing power will reach $1.1 trillion this year.

With all of the growth in purchasing power, how is it then that

CHAVIS from Page 26 disciplines, I ask: Why? We are the originators of math and science. One of the reasons Black History Month is so important is because it forces us to remind ourselves that high achievement and excellent academic performance are vital components of our historical evolution. Being skilled in science and math is not tantamount to “acting White,” whatever that is. Rather, it’s thinking Black in the finest of traditions.

In a real sense Black History Month is Black Achievement

tion and uncertainty.

Draft legislation is on the table, and both houses of Congress recently held hearings to explore, bipartisan rules for the Internet Age that would prohibit blocking, throttling, and paid prioritization (“fast lanes”) online; increase transparency for how Internet service providers manage their networks; apply open Internet rules to wireless and wireline broadband services; and protect consumer choice.

These are all goals supported by President Obama, and while Congress has often been too contentious and partisan during his terms in office, our elected leaders now have a chance to ensure that all Americans, people of color in particular, have a fair shot at living the American Dream through active participation in our emerging

broadband economy.

Dr. Nicol Turner Lee, Vice President and Chief Research and Policy Officer for the Multicultural Media, Telecom and Internet Council, perhaps, said it best: “Today, broadband access, adoption and digital literacy join the suite of civil rights prerequisites to first class citizenship in the digital age. Broadband is essential for living a life of equal opportunity in the 21st Century.”

If we want our communities to prosper and overcome the digital and socio-economic divides that have kept us behind for too long, we must be fully engaged in this new economy.

To do that, we cannot have rules that lock in place the current imbalance where only large ISPs, Silicon Valley titans, and well-resourced startups can

so few black people have wealth comparable to other groups?

One piece of this puzzle is the predatory lending that plagues our communities and has been documented by a series of research reports from the Center for Responsible Lending. From financing major purchases to small-dollar loans, predatory lending siphons off black America’s money and wealth.

Subprime auto loans, now an $870 billion industry, actively seeks consumers with less-than-stellar credit, only to lock them into longterm loans that charge interest rates as high as 400 percent or more and for as long as 96 months.

High-cost, for-profit colleges heavily recruit students of color through misleading marketing practices. More often than not, for-profit students wind up dropping out of school and are left with no education and a lot of high-cost loans. The few who earn degrees quickly learn that their time and student debt investment did not bring respected academic credentials or training that would lead to gainful employment.

When household expenses exceed monies available, borrowing a few hundred on a payday loan will result in fees that cost more than the principal borrowed. With each loan renewal, a difficult and deepening cycle of debt leaves borrowers even more financially challenged than ever.

Only time will tell how long it will take to recover the nearly $1 billion of wealth lost by black and Latino mortgage borrowers due to foreclosures, short sales and devalued properties.

The chains of slavery are long gone, but they have been replaced by shackles of debt that deny our dreams and desired futures.

In 2015, let us learn from our history to take our financial patronage to businesses that offer fair and transparent value for their products. It is time to keep more of our money in our own pockets. WI Charlene Crowell is a communications manager with the Center for Responsible Lending. She can be reached at charlene.crowell@responsiblelending.org.

Month. We must do a better job in defining and controlling the narrative about Black Americas in the past, currently and the future. The so-called “mainstream” media is still full of negative stereotypes and debilitating caricatures when it comes to reporting news, sports or about the cultural arts of people of African descent.

Here are my five recommendations for properly celebrating this 2015 Black History Month:

confront and stop racially motivated police brutality; • Let’s strengthen Blackowned businesses this month not only by buying Black, but also by encouraging the mentorship and development of a new generation of young entrepreneurs.

• Financially support the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), whether to an individual college, or through the National Association For Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO), the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) or the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund. Make a

• #Black Lives Matter: We endorse the national social media campaign to assert the value of all Black American lives and to

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succeed. To prevent any negative fallout from whatever rules the FCC may adopt, Congress must act to protect the open Internet and enhance the possibilities for online opportunity for us all.WI Kristal High Taylor co-founded

and serves as Editor in Chief of Politic365, an online magazine focused on politics and public policy from a multicultural point of view. She’s also the owner of a communications and creative engagement company, Digicon Ventures. She can be reached at Kristal@Politic365.com

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his star as well as maintenance of the Walk of Fame.

A small group of supporters got together to strategize. The first idea was to reach out to some of the biggest names in Hollywood who could write the $30,000 within the blink of the eye, including fellow comedian Bill Cosby and Hugh Hefner, who lifted Gregory to national stardom in 1961 by regularly booking him at Chicago’s Playboy Club. The second idea was to identify 30 people willing to donate $1,000 each.

But Joe Madison had a better idea.

He recalled, “I got with Sherry [his wife and radio producer] and said, ‘Let’s go on the air and make this very simple – 1,000 people with $30. If I don’t have 1,000 listeners who can afford $30, I need to be off the air.’”

Madison didn’t need to get off the

AZIZ from Page 27 outputs and the economy needs, the disconnect between the primary sector and the rest of economy, the low coverage of extension services, and the weak value chain approach.

Overcoming these constraints called for a new holistic approach and a newly designed partnership among all the stakeholders. The Africa 2063 Vision and building on the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program adequately address these challenges.

Never before has the agriculture vision for Africa been clearer, the objectives smarter and the tools handy.

We are really on the eve on an unprecedented transformative shift in

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oh, Israel would like the United States armed forces to do the destroying. “We’ll hold your coat while you fight our enemy for us Uncle Sam.” So, I guess Boehner’s reasoning is: Let’s have Bibi make the case to Congress, why the political course that he figures is in Israel’s best interest is also in the best interest of the U.S. You see that Muslim-socialist, terrorist-sympathizer named Obama in the White House and all his soft-on-terrorism cronies in the State Department are about to give a ticking time bomb to Israel’s mortal enemy.

The White House said that because Israeli elections are coming up in March, Obama will not meet with Netanyahu.

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air – the $30,000 goal of the Dick Gregory Hollywood Star Fund was reached in two weeks.

“What it really speaks to is Dick,” he said. And it’s hard to find anyone who has not been touched by Dick Gregory in some way.

As a teenager growing up in Tuscaloosa, Ala., I remember hearing him speak at First African Baptist Church, the nerve center of our efforts to desegregate my hometown. I was stunned by the way he boldly attacked segregation, keeping us laughing along the way.

He would say, “The last time I was down South I walked into this restaurant and this White waitress came up to me and said, ‘We don’t served colored people here.’ I said, ‘That’s all right. I don’t eat colored people.

Bring me a whole fried chicken.’”

And there was this one: “Segregation is not all bad. Have you ever heard of a collision where the people

in the back of the bus got hurt?”

There was simply no one else like Dick Gregory. And callers into Joe Madison’s radio show shared their special memories.

Madison remembers the call-ins: “One guy, who’s a doctor in New Orleans, said, ‘Dick Gregory spoke at Xavier University. I was a student and I still have the notes from that speech.’ He was in school in the 70s.

“An executive from Caterpillar in Peoria, Ill. said, ’I am the only Black sitting up here on the 7th floor and I wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for Dick Gregory. I know you asked for $30, but I am sending $1,500.”

Most of the contributors were everyday people who donated $30.

“It had to be done,” Madison said of the campaign to honor Gregory. “People say, ‘Who cares about a star on the Walk of Fame? It’s about marking your territory.”WI

Africa’s agriculture, entailing greater participation of women and youth.

Science and technology, and skills development, will be instrumental in supporting that transformation.

As the year of Agriculture ends and my tenure as a Chair of African Union, Mauritania commits to actively work with the global community and regionally to continue to take this agenda forward. Twenty percent of all agriculture production is energy, and we would continue to support regional projects, which can lower cost and make our agriculture more competitive and less dependent on rainfall. Furthermore, to enhance agricultural productivity in Africa, we are working on the development of a fertilizers project that will leverage Mauritania’s abundant phosphate and

gas resources to provide affordable and accessible fertilizer to farmers.

The African Union Summit is a suitable occasion, as African leaders prepare to adopt the post 2015 agenda, to pledge to work with developed countries and emerging economies, and to reaffirm their commitment to Africa’s agriculture agenda. The opportunity is also ripe to materialize their support by fostering investments in Africa, improving global agriculture policy and strengthening global governance in agriculture, while sharing knowledge and developing skills. WI

foreign leaders when their elections are at hand so as not to influence the voters in the other countries.

But the planned speech may turn around and bite Bibi. For one thing, back home, some of Netanyahu’s political opponents have taken to calling him “the Republican Senator from the great State of Israel.”

That line may not be so far from the truth. I was told more than 30 years ago by Louis Martin, close adviser to Presidents John F. Kennedy and Jimmy Carter, Editor of the Chicago Daily Defender, and founder of the Joint Center for Political Studies, that “Israel is the 51st state.”

Martin went on to tell me, long before the movie of the same name was ever made, that the Israeli-American relationship was like “the tail wagging the dog.”

The irony is that Israel, which is not a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, is rumored to have at least 200 nuclear weapons of its own and missiles with which to deliver its bombs.

Iran, on the other hand, is a member of the nuclear convention and, unlike Israel, has been at peace with its neighbors during the last half-century.

There used to be a notion that criticism of U.S. foreign policy “stops at the water’s edge,” that is there is to be no politicking beyond this country’s Atlantic and Pacific shores. Obviously, not in this case.

But then Israel is an unofficial U.S. state, and Netanyahu is clearly a Republican senator from that state. And that state certainly gets more respect than the District of Columbia, whose citizens pay U.S. taxes and get no representation in Congress. WI

Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz is the President of Mauritania and the former chair of the African Union.

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