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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. waves to the crowd in front of the Lincoln Memorial during the historic March on Washington on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 1963. The march for jobs and freedom was one of the largest political rallies in U.S. history. Dr. King delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech during the program, calling for an end to racism. /Courtesy photo

Today’s Activists: Heirs of Civil Rights Movement But Tensions Exist Between the Two Generations

By Barrington M. Salmon WI Staff Writer@bsalmondc In the months following Trayvon Martin’s shooting death at the hands of vigilante George Zimmerman in February 2012, a common question demonstrators asked was if the nationwide marches and fiery protests would

be a moment or a movement.

The 17-year-old’s death in Sanford, Florida, crystallized in a lot of young people’s minds that black and brown people were not living in a post-racial paradise and that, while more hidden, institutional racism, structural inequity and discrimination hadn’t disappeared but

merely assumed a different, less overt role.

Shortly after Trayvon’s death, Los Angeles-based artist, organizer and activist Patrisse Cullors joined with fellow activists Alicia Garza and Opal Tometi to create Black Lives Matter, which moved from a hashtag to a concept embraced by activists in the

U.S. and around the world.

As Garza explained in a recent article, Black Lives Matter was “a call to action for Black people after Trayvon was posthumously placed on trial for his own murder and the killer, George Zimmerman, was not held accountable for the crime he committed. It was a response to the

anti-Black racism that permeates our society and also, unfortunately, our movements.”

“Black Lives Matter,” she continued, “is an ideological and political intervention in a world where black lives are systematically and intentionally targeted

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Marlow has written a book, “Color Me Butterfly,” which is a story about four generations of domestic violence. book is By Barrington M.The Salmon inspired by her own experiences, WI Staff Writer@bsalmondc and those of her grandmother, her mother and her daughter.

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law enforcement. She said they had come together to bring a sense of uniformity in the way domestic violence victims and survivors are treated.

“She's using her own personal story, her own personal pain to push forward,” Davis-Nickens said about Marlow.

Davis-Nickens said anyone who reads Marlow's book will “get it.” She said she “puts the case in such a way, the average person can get it.” She said at the end of the day, the book will help people begin to have a dialogue about domestic violence.

Also present at the event was Nataliethe Williams Mildred Muhammad, exwife of John Allen Muhammad, who was sentenced to six consecutive life terms without parole by a Maryland jury for his role in the Beltway Sniper attacks in 2002. Mildred Muhammad is the founder of After the Trauma, an organization that helps the survivors of domestic violence and their children.

“I lived in fear forpeople six years.

Six don’t see that many walkyears in fear is a long time. It is ing around. not an easy to this comestuff out “These kidsthing see all of,”TV, shelike said.“Love & Hip Hop,” on said andMildred they wantMuhammad those things. Anpeople who want to help other problem is that there area domestic violence victim must so many young people without be careful of how they go into jobs. Where are the jobs? If the victim's life, and understand you’re going to take me “survival through that she may be in this job training, where are mode”. jobs?”

We have to make a differ“Before you get to 'I'm going ence, have to make a change and to kill you,' it started as a verbal that difference will be based on who we choose. A lot of kids are probably going to vote for the younger candidates.”

Taylor said quality education is another priority for a ward with the most children and young people in the city. She declined to say whom she’ll vote for, said there are some candidates who’ve caught her eye and reiterated that the ward’s future depended on a candidate “who’s for the people.” She did complain about the confusion caused by the sheer number of people running for office in the April 28 special election.

“Some candidates have been making the case, but there are so many. They aren’t raising a lot of hell,” Taylor opined. “They are so involved in social media and not getting out on the street. I haven’t seen too much of that.

It’s more confusion. It’s ridiculous. Think they should have a cap. The first six who get in there, good. The next, sorry…”

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threat,” she said.

Among the programs Marlow wants to see implemented are stricter restraining order policies, more rights for victim's families to intervene on behalf of a victim, a domestic violence assessment unit coupled with further training for law enforcement agencies, a Child's Life Protection Act and mandatory counseling for batterers.

“If we are ever going to eradicate domestic violence, we must look at both sides of the coin.

We need to address both the victim and the batterer,” Marlow said.

Marlow would also like to see programs designed to raise awareness among children in public and private schools. She feels children need to be educated about domestic violence.

“We have to stop being passive-aggressive with poor children about domestic violence,” Marlow said.

Marlow has worked to break Barry’s seat: Barry’sinson the cycle of abuse herMarion family, and is confident theSheila policies she Christopher Barry; Bunn, is pushing will start that daughter of afor prominent Ward 8 process.former Barry press secfamily; “I plan take these policies to retary andtoWard 8 Dems Chair Congress and implore them to Natalie Williams; Barry protégé change our laws,” Marlow said. and former Ward 8 School “I will not stop until these poliBoard member Trayon White; cies are passed.”

LaRuby May; former Shadow Tia Carol Jones can be reached Senator Nate Bennett-Fleming; at tiacaroljones@sbcglobal.net political activist and radio host Eugene WI Dewitt Kinlow, Jr; Nicole N. Jones; Ward 8 Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner Anthony Muhammad and Keita Vanterpool.

Each candidate has until Jan. 28 to secure 500 signatures via the petition process.

Bill Lightfoot, a former atlarge councilmember, attorney and ally of Mayor Muriel Bowser, said whoever wins will need to take a novel and very different tack to secure the council seat.

“I think the traditional strategy will not overcome the name of Marion Barry,” he said. “Whoever develops the best strategy needs to pull in 4,000 votes. A smart campaign should be able to identify 4,000 votes. It requires a certain amount of courage to not run the regular type of campaign. Campaigns should L.Y. Marlow start to count (prospective voters) and spend money on identifying these people, not spend money on radio ads, newspapers and posters.”

Lightfoot, 64, said they’ll be

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“It’s one set race. Having said that, the most important strategy for winning is identifying voters by name, place and telephone number. (The candidate) needs to develop a well-run, smart, out-of-the-box campaign. The person who does that wins,” said Lightfoot. “Posters, ads in newspapers, ads on radio won’t help. I think that’s a waste of money. It makes candidates and supporters feel good but will do absolutely nothing to identify the 4,000 voters needed to win the race.”

Lightfoot, who’s been involved in every council race since working in former Ward 8 Council member Wilhelmina Rolark’s first race in 1978, said he’s been keeping an eye on Ward 8.

“I think what you’ve got is Christopher Barry as the front-runner because of his name identification,” said Lightfoot, who served on the council from 1989 to 1997. (Former Shadow Rep.) Michael Brown came in third in the at-large race and second in Ward 8. If past is prologue for the future, then Christopher has the advantage.

Also, with this many people in the race, there’s a great likelihood it will be between those who would or wouldn’t vote for Marion Barry.”

“It will be difficult to separate themselves from the Marion Barry group. It still will be a low turnout because it’s a special election.”

Deanne Matthews, a D.C. resident for almost three decades and Ward 8 resident for four, said the ward needs medical and dental offices; a fitness center with ellipticals, weights and per-

sonal trainers for adults; a CVS; and sit-down restaurants. And residents need jobs.

She, like Lightfoot and others, spoke of the fear Ward 8 residents have as they watch gentrification transform neighborhoods and force out residents with roots in the District.

Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner Jacque Patterson said unemployment, jobs, residents being displaced from Barry Farms, development on the St. Elizabeths Hospital campus and schools are the major issues and topics of conversation.

While the number of candidates running allows for people to have a voice, it can be confusing. After Jan. 28, he said, the field will thin, and those who can get the message out and have a solid infrastructure will be operating from a position of strength. WI

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Black Facts JAN. 15 1908 – Alpha Kappa Alpha Inc., the first Greek-lettered African-American sorority was founded on Howard University’s campus in Washington, D.C. 1929 – Martin Luther King, Jr., the man who was to become America’s greatest civil rights hero, was born on this day in 1929. He first rose to national prominence as the country’s premier civil rights leader when he successfully led the Montgomery bus boycott.

1961 – One of the original super groups – The Supremes – signs with Black record company Motown on this day in 1961. The name was later changed to Diana Ross and the Supremes and the R&B singers rocked to international fame.

1998 – James Farmer receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest award a citizen can receive.

JAN. 16 1901 – Hiram R. Revels, the first African American elected to the United States Senate, dies on this day in Aberdeen, Mississippi.

Revels, a politician, minister and educator was of Black and Cherokee decent.

1941 – The first Army Corps Squadron of Black combat pilots, Tuskegee Airmen, was formed.

1950 – Dancer-producer Debbie Allen is born on this day in Houston, Texas.

1974 – Boxing champion Muhammad Ali named the Associated Press Athelete of the Year.

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1973 – Political analyst, civil rights activist Ben Jealous is born.

1989 – The Temptations, Otis Redding, Stevie Wonder, and Bessie Smith were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

1990 – D.C. Mayor Marion Barry was arrested for drug possession in an FBI sting.

2006 – Theodore McMillian passed away. He was the 1st African American to serve on the Missouri Court of Appeals, and the 1st African American to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit.

JAN. 19 1918 – The founder of Ebony and Jet magazines, John H. Johnson, is born on this day in rural Arkansas City, Arkansas.

Shortly after the death of his father, Johnson’s mother moved the family to Chicago where Johnson attended high school during the day and read self-help books at night laying the intellectual and motivational foundations for the eventual building of his publishing empire. Interestingly, among Johnson’s classmates at Chicago’s DuSable High School were Nate King Cole, Redd Foxx and future businessman William Abernathy.

Johnson died in 2008. His wife Eunice Johnson died a year later.

1961 – The Professional Golfers Association Tour lifted its whites-only clause.

JAN. 20 1900 – Black North Carolina

Congressman George H. White introduced legislation to make lynching any American a federal crime. But opponents allowed the bill to die in committee and thus it never came up for a vote. It is estimated that 105 Blacks were lynched that year.

1947 – Josh Gibson, perhaps the most famous and outstanding athlete to play in the old Negro Baseball, League dies on this day in 1947.

1986 – The first national holiday in honor of civil rights legend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is celebrated.

2001 – Colin Luther Powell is sworn in by President George W. Bush to become the first Black Secretary of State.

2009 – Barack Obama sworn in as the 44th President of the United States in an inaugural ceremony at the U.S. Capitol.

JAN. 21 1963 – Former professional basketball great Hakeem Olajuwon is born in the West African nation of Nigeria.

1971 – Twelve members of the Congressional Black Caucus boycotted President Richard Nixon’s State of the Union Address to protest his refusal to meet with them or address issues of concern to African Americans.

JAN. 17 1927 – Multi-lingual singer, dancer, and actress Eartha Kitt is born in a small plantation town called North, South Carolina. Kitt died in December 2008 at the age of 81.

1942 – Muhammad Ali born this day.

JAN. 18 1856 – Daniel Hale Williams is born in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania. He becomes a pioneering surgeon and is generally credited

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During the Civil Rights Movement, blacks and whites joined together to end racism in America and to change laws so that all citizens would have equal rights under the law. /Courtesy photo

MATTER from Page 1 for demise. It is an affirmation of Black folks’ contributions to this society, our humanity, and our resilience in the face of deadly op-

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Cullors, 31, executive director of Dignity and Power Now, a group that fight for the rights of people in prison, said Michael Brown’s death at the hands of former Ferguson, Missouri, Po-

Young activists have accepted the baton from more seasoned members of the movement. Thousands recently came to the District, frustrated over numerous shootings of black men by police. /Photo by Shevry Lassiter

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wood, shut down the I-10 freeway, and marched to Beverly Hills and Rodeo Drive last year. We’ve used it ever since.”

In Ferguson, protesters held vigils and marches and engaged in other forms of civil disobedience to express their outrage that eyewitnesses said Brown, 18, and, like Trayvon, unarmed, had his hands up when he was shot seven times by Wilson, that his body lay in the street for 4.5 hours and that a Ferguson grand jury eventually cleared Wilson of any wrongdoing.

Cullors said she traveled to Ferguson, and over the course of 104 days of daily protests, he marched with residents, worked with leaders, organizers and residents of Ferguson and St. Louis and helped leaders develop tactics for their movement.

“We are a call to action to end state-sanctioned violence against blacks. It’s significant because it’s a new black power call, saying, stating and declaring that we no longer accept the status quo and that this is a broader fight for black lives.

“Everyone is focused, angry and clear about the justice that they seek. There will be victory.

Even if Wilson (had been) indicted, it’s a larger problem, a problem of St. Louis and the American government.

Closer to home, in the District, Eugene Puryear, Toni Sanders, Salim Adofo and other activists are on the same page as Cullors.

Even as they organized protests in and around the District of Columbia, they were articulat-

ing the view that the protests go well beyond police brutality and harassment in black and brown communities to larger social issues around race, racial profiling, well-paying jobs, wage and salary equity and affordable housing.

Since the non-indictments were handed down in Ferguson and Staten Island a week apart, #DCFerguson, ThinkMOOR and other groups have individually or together shut down I-395, closed down Chinatown and Georgetown, marched to and in front of the White House, the Metropolitan Police Department, U.S. Department of Justice, Union Station and other venues.

Organizers promise to continue until elected officials respond and they help bring about systemic changes to the way black and brown people are treated in this country.

Puryear, 28, who ran for an atlarge council seat last November, said the mass movement triggered by the deaths of Martin, Brown, Eric Garner in Staten Island and dozens of other black and Latino men women and children, is in his eyes, the rekindling of the modern civil rights movement.

“You’re seeing the broader embrace of social issues,” said Puryear, a radio producer who lives in Congress Heights. “We’ve drawn heavily on traditional civil rights organizations to see what was successful since this is the continuation of the same battle.

I’m understanding strategy and tactics leaders used.

“One of the great benefits of

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Everything we did was done with an air of decorum and dignity.”

Woodson, 77, said he’s concerned that some protest organizers would allow thugs

to come and chant, “Kill the police.”

“It’s as if evil has to wear a white face before we get upset about it,” he said. “Let’s address this as a police problem, not a race problem. No one is discussing how many people

are shot and killed by black police. We just try to build a narrative that fits our ideas.

I’m not acting as if racism has disappeared, but it’s not the most important issue we should be dealing with.” WI

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. marched with his wife, Coretta Scott King, and others in Alabama – a state where the oppression of blacks had reached a feverous pitch. /Courtesy photo

MATTER from Page 8 being a young activist is being able to learn from people like Lawrence Guyot, Acklyn Lynch and others and being in a city and around institutions that foster that growth. The genius of the civil rights movement was using the streets, media and culture.

We’re using different tools to achieve the same ends.”

When the Ferguson verdict was handed down, spontaneous demonstrations and protests broke out in more than 37 states and 170 cities. Diverse cross-sections of mainly young protesters called for substantive and widespread changes in the criminal justice system. In the aftermath, disparate groups, local and national – and with very different focuses and agendas – have been meeting and working together searching for solutions to put an end to the war against people of color, the poor and the middle class.

Yet as millennial activists have assumed leadership roles, there’s been friction between them and veteran civil rights organizations.

Some have criticized the Rev. Al Sharpton, who has played a prominent role and who pulled together a huge march in D.C. in December. And others have chafed at what they say is Sharpton and other leaders’ reluctance to give them room at the table.

But Wade Henderson said the new generation is ably carrying on the work of its predecessors.

“The civil rights movement of the ’50s and ’60s as depicted in [the film] ‘Selma,’ highlights one aspect of movement which represented a major push by Dr.

King to bring to forefront the right to get black people the opportunity to vote,” said Henderson, a veteran civil rights activist and president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and The Leadership Conference Education Fund.” The Black Lives Matter movement is equally powerful.

“We’re seeing the most pressing challenges of our time, which is to have equal application of criminal justice laws and respect for the black lives of men and women when in the custody of law enforcement. Eric Garner’s death showed the need for respect, recognition and the importance of black lives. They are using many of the techniques sharpened by their predecessors, but they’re using social media tools. I commend them for that, for focusing public attention on these issues. I salute these leaders for their efforts.”

However, fellow civil rights veteran holds a different view and questions the comparisons.

“We were targeting specific problems for which we had specific remedies – housing, fair accommodations, voting rights – concrete and specific objectives,” said Robert Woodson, community leader and founder and president of the National Center for Neighborhood Enterprise in Northwest of the traditional civil rights movement. “Oprah got criticized for asking what is their goal.”

“We were very concerned about the character of those representing the movement.

Today, they’re not bothered.

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By Stacy M. Brown WI Contributing Writer After his unanimous selection as the next chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, North Carolina Democratic Congressman G.K. Butterfield said he’s grateful to all on the caucus, including outgoing chair Marcia Fudge (D-Ohio).

“I’m moved by the unwavering support the Congressional Black Caucus has shown me throughout the years,” said Butterfield, who will take over as chair later this month.

“Each year they’ve continued to elect me to senior positions within the caucus, solidifying their confidence in me to help steer and now lead the conscience of the Congress as chair. I do not take this endorsement lightly,” he said.

Butterfield, who officials said has a long history of civil rights activism under his belt, previously served eight years in leadership positions within the caucus.

“The new Congress provides a fresh start to address the issues that are important to us all,” said Butterfield, 67.

“Members of the CBC come from every region of the country.

While we each have our own priorities, we speak with a singular, powerful voice in our fight to deliver on the expectations of Americans, which is to have a government that works for us all,” he said.

Butterfield said his roots growing up in Wilson, North Carolina, taught him the values of hard work and responsibility. His father, G. K. Butterfield Sr., a respected dentist and elected official, graduated from Meharry Dental College and pracThe Washington Informer

ticed dentistry for 50 years in the poor and segregated community of East Wilson.

Many of his father’s patients had never received dental services because they were unable to afford care. However, Butterfield did not turn anyone away because of inability to pay. His son said the elder Butterfield considered it his duty to care for the poor and not burden them with expenses they could not afford.

Butterfield said his mother, Addie, loved education.

She taught elementary school for 48 years in some of the poorest communities in North Carolina, and she focused on making sure that all of her students learned to read, a right that had been denied to many blacks in the South.

After graduating from Charles H. Darden High School in Wilson, Butterfield earned a bachelor of arts in political science and sociology from North Carolina Central University, where he helped to organize voter registration drives in Durham.

After the enactment of the Voting Rights Act in 1965, Butterfield organized a student march from the state Capitol in Raleigh to the Wilson County Courthouse to dramatize the importance of voter registration.

At the conclusion of the march, he registered to vote for the first time.

Butterfield also received a juris doctor from the NCCU School of Law, and he served in the United States Army from 1968 to 1970.

After completing law school, Butterfield began a career as a civil rights attorney, and his litigation work helped to preserve the ability

of several African-American communities to elect candidates of their choice to public office, according to his official biography.

Butterfield won election as resident Superior Court judge for the First Judicial Division, and for 12 years he presided over civil and criminal courts in 46 counties throughout North Carolina.

In February 2001, then-Governor Mike Easley appointed Butterfield to the North Carolina Supreme Court.

In 2004, he won election to the House of Representatives, and in 2007 Butterfield snagged an appointment from Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Majority Whip Jim Clyburn to serve as one of eight chief deputy whips whose responsibilities were to assist in the formulation of Democratic policy and to ensure the passage of legislation by maintaining a high level of communication with party members.

“I am happy to pass the chairman’s gavel to my friend and colleague, Rep. Butterfield,” said Fudge, 62. “He has dedicated his life and career to advancing the priorities of the disenfranchised and overlooked, both in his home state of North Carolina as well as here on the Hill.

Rep. Butterfield’s service and leadership, while a member of the CBC, have been critical to a number of key successes for the Caucus. I congratulate him on his election, and I look forward to supporting him in this new capacity as he continues to move our Caucus forward.” WI

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PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY Regional Financial Aid Workshops The school system, in partnership with the University of Maryland Educational Opportunity Center and Prince George’s County Community College, is hosting several regional financial aid workshops in January.

The workshops are for parents and others planning to invest in a college education. Remaining workshop times, dates and locations are: 6:30 p.m., Thursday Jan. 15, Central 6:30 p.m., Tuesday Jan. 20, Forestville 6:30 p.m., Thursday Jan. 22, Laurel To pre-register for the workshops, please visit http://goo. gl/forms/9Ct9MdohDA. In order to complete the financial aid registration, please bring the following documents: W2s, Social Security numbers for both students and parents, 1040 Tax documents, or a last pay stub of 2014.

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nounced during a gathering at High Point High School in Beltsville, Maryland, that the county’s students are among the state’s 870,000 public school students who will get free Microsoft Office 365 software as part of a new state partnership with the technology giant.

Under the partnership that was announced Jan. 8, students will be able to download the Microsoft software at no cost on up to five devices, including desktops, laptops, tablets and cellphones.

“Through this collaboration, young people and adults have access to the tools, skills and certification opportunities they need to train at school and at home for in-demand careers,” Maryland State Superintendent of Schools Lillian M. Lowery said in a statement.

More Immersion Programs With Spanish being the most popular foreign language taught in U.S. schools, Cesar Chavez Elementary School in Hyattsville, Maryland, is among three county schools that have started offering Spanish immersion as part of an expansion of educational options for students during the

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To that end, Marty Abbott, executive director of the American Council on Teaching of Foreign Languages, said the number of school districts that use a foreign-language immersion model rises annually.

principals, students and parents.

“We need to find a way to keep the learning going,” he said.

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By William J. Ford WI Contributing Writer @jabariwill With the new legislative session underway, lawmakers representing Prince George’s County in the House of Delegates have already started to push several priority projects, including the proposed Purple Line light-rail system, a regional medical center adjacent to the Largo Metro Station and securing the FBI headquarters at one of two county sites under consideration.

This year’s local House delegation features eight new members, including Mitchellville attorney Erek Barron (D-District 24), 40; Diana M. Fennell (D-District 47A), 47, of Colmar Manor; and Will Campos (D-District 47B), a former member of the county council. Also representing the county this year in Annapolis will be Del. Tony Knotts (D-District 26), another former member of the council.

“We have a lot of issues to work on, [but] those are the three top priorities,” said Fennell, who has been tapped to serve on the House Ways and Means Committee. Her district includes Bladensburg, Brentwood and Mount Rainer. “We have our work cut out for us.”

Maryland Democrats are wondering about the impact the new Republican governor will have on local projects. Gov.-Elect Larry Hogan pledged during the campaign not to raise taxes. He has said he is not convinced that the Purple Line would be a good idea and has expressed concerns about the cost of the $700 million hospital project. The state is facing a $650 million budget deficit by 2015.

“Everybody is doing this slow dance now, waiting to see what the governor will do,” said a source who asked to remain anonymous. “He is going to hold the purse strings much tighter than Democrats have.”

Local legislators said they have a good case to present to Hogan to demonstrate the benefits of the priority projects – the Purple Line, the medical center and the FBI headquarters, along with education funding – to the state.

Del. Jay Walker (D-District 26), of Fort Washington, who will chair this year’s House dele-

gation from Prince George’s, said priorities for Prince George’s will also be good for the state of Maryland.

“We are not asking for special privileges for Prince George’s,” Walker said. “A quality health care facility for over 800,000 people. That’s not only good for Prince George’s; that’s good for Maryland and the region.

Support for the FBI, which will bring in jobs, is not just good for Prince George’s. That’s good for Maryland. Connecting the two largest jurisdictions by rail is not just good for Prince George’s and Montgomery County. It’s good for Maryland.”

Walker said local legislators are also pushing for continued funding for the Geographic Cost of Education Index, which is critical to the improvement of Prince George’s schools.

“GCEI is big, and that is at the governor’s discretion every year,” he said. “Prince George’s gets more money than any other jurisdiction in the state because it costs more to educate students in an urban environment. Maintaining that is a key priority for us.”

Walker said he has not met with Hogan, though meetings will take place after Hogan is sworn in on Jan. 21.

“On Jan. 23, he will come out with his budget. We’ll see where he is then,” Walker said. “There’s no need to pick a fight where it’s not necessary.”

The House delegation currently has 17 proposed bills listed on its website that focus on less-urgent concerns: a measure calling for a $500 fine for those driving an all-terrain or other recreational vehicle on a highway, the imposition of a nickel bag fee in retail stores and tax credits for individuals who purchase and renovate homes in specific neighborhoods.

Local officials are pushing hard for the $2.4 billion Purple Line light-rail project, which is slated to run inside the Beltway east to west from New Carrollton in Prince George’s to Bethesda in Montgomery County. Both counties would contribute at least $100 million each.

The proposed $700 million regional hospital complex would include a 259-bed hospital, a trauma center, behavioral health

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Del. Jay Walker (D-District 26) chairs the Prince George’s County House Delegation and will lead the effort to ensure that the state supports projects such as the Purple Line light-rail system and a regional hospital in Largo.

services and research facilities. It would replace the aging Prince George’s Hospital Center in Cheverly.

The county is home to two of three locations still under consideration for an FBI headquarters: a site near the Greenbelt Metro Station in Greenbelt

Del. Diana Fennell (D-District 47A), a former mayor of the town of Colmar Manor, is a first-time delegate.

Del. Erek Barron (D-District 24) believes the county’s priority projects will be as good for the state as they will for Prince George’s

and the vacant Landover Mall in Landover. A third site is located in Springfield, Virginia.

Hogan said during a news conference in December in Annapolis that he may slash some projects to address the deficit.

“My hope is that we convince the state to keep its commitments and understand that what moves Prince George’s forward

also moves the state forward,” said Barron, who will serve on the Health and Government Operations Committee. “Prince George’s will be a top driver of economic growth for the state, and investments in infrastructure, healthcare and schools here will yield dividends throughout Maryland.” WI

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As he preaches, Bishop T. D. Jakes strides across the stage while Bishop Alfred Owens, the Rev. Jasmin “Jazz” Sculark and the Rev. John K. Jenkins Sr. watch from the pulpit at the finale of the three-day New Year’s Revival 2015 on Friday, Jan. 9, at Jericho City of Praise in Landover, Maryland. /Photo by Travis Riddick Robert Battle Artistic Director Masazumi Chaya Associate Artistic Director

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It was time for the finale of New Year’s Revival 2015, the three-day praise celebration sponsored each January by Greater Mount Calvary Holy Church of Northeast Washington and First Baptist Church of Glenarden in Prince George’s County. The event was held at Landover’s Jericho City of Praise.

The featured speaker was Bishop T.D. Jakes, the world-renowned orator, entrepreneur and pastor of The Potter’s House in Dallas. Before his sermon on Jan. 9, the event’s host pastors – Bishop Alfred Owens of Greater Mount Calvary and the Rev. John K. Jenkins of FBCG – introduced their wives, Dr. Susie Owens and First Lady Trina Jenkins as well as pastors of churches from as far away as Florida who were in attendance.

Gospel phenom Anthony Brown & group therAPy brought the filled-to-capacity audience to its feet with a musical performance.

“Well, my brothers and sisters, it is time for the Word of Zion!”

Jenkins said, to thunderous applause. “How to introduce a person who is a charismatic leader, a visionary, a provocative thinker, an entrepreneur? … How do you introduce someone who Time magazine called ‘America’s best preacher?’… You say, Bishop T.D. Jakes!”

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Jakes, 58, whose message was titled “Destiny Has Two Hands,” told the audience that he started in the ministry 38 years ago preaching in storefronts, garages and even corn fields in his home state of West Virginia.

“At the age I am now … I have had time to reflect and realize that there is nothing that I did, nothing that I said that caused my life to go the way it went.

There is no secret sauce. I’m sorry. There is no recipe. There is no five step, no three steps, no two steps to anything related to what God is going to do in your life,” he said. “In fact, sometimes God will move past all the steps and jet-propel you into your purpose and you land on a spot, and you don’t even know how you got there! You didn’t even see it coming!” He just brought it to pass because He’s God Almighty Himself!”

The revival, started more than 20 years ago by Bishop Owens, is one of the most anticipated faith events of the year in the D.C. area. FBCG partnered with Mount Calvary when the revival moved to the Showplace Arena in Upper Marlboro several years ago to accommodate the increasing crowds. Today the Wednesday and Thursday services are held at First Baptist’s Upper Marlboro sanctuary. The Friday service takes place in Jericho’s 10,000-seat sanctuary.

Jakes, who has preached at Greater Mount Calvary since

1991, preaches the Friday service each year. He follows that with leadership training the next morning at FBCG. The revival “gets better every year,” the Rev. Jenkins said. “It inspires, motivates, encourages and challenges everyone to start off the year in a posture of being obedient to God and believing in God and trusting God.” Bo Thompkins, 31, and her husband, L.T., 33, came from Richmond, Virginia, for the Friday service.

“Any time you get the privilege of receiving a spiritual message from a pastor like T.D. Jakes, you don’t want to miss that,” she said. “We came up this afternoon, checked into our hotel, took a nap, got dressed and came over early. We’ve seen the traffic, so we wanted to get here early so we could be in a peaceful, stress-free state of mind to receive the message.”

Jasmin “Jazz” Sculark, pastor of Jericho, called the Jan. 9 service “breathtaking.”

“Sitting under Bishop Jakes is like hearing Jeremiah, Moses, Abraham, Elijah – all the great prophets – rolled into one,” she said.

Last year, Sculark, then pastor of Shiloh Baptist Church in York, Pennsylvania, preached on Thursday at FBCG, attended the Friday service at Jericho to hear Bishop Jakes and met him at the Saturday leadership workshop.

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Association for the Study of African American Life and History Angela Alsobrooks is flanked by her parents, James and Patricia Alsobrooks, at her Jan. 5 swearing in at the Upper Marlboro Courthouse. /Photo by Travis Riddick.

Alsobrooks: Funding, Family Violence Top Priorities

By Avis Thomas-Lester WI Editor-at-Large When Prince George’s State’s Attorney Angela D. Alsobrooks took office four years ago, 80 attorneys in her office handled upwards of 40,000 cases per year and her most seasoned prosecutor earned almost $50,000 less than his counterpart in Montgomery County.

Fast forward to 2015. Alsobrooks, who was sworn in Jan. 5 for her second term, has equalized salaries and increased staffing in her office by 14 attorneys, leveling out the caseload. As importantly, a 36.8 percent reduction in violent offenses – homicides decreased from 90 in 2010 to 54 last year – has given her time to focus on the crimes that are still rampant – family violence and quality of life crimes that leave people feeling unsafe in their communities.

“In 2014, 40 percent of the homicides in the county were domestic in nature so that gave us a very clear path,” Alsobrooks said in an interview.

“Domestic violence, which is really family violence – crimes like assault and sexual assault – are priorities. We are really passionate about that. I’m very concerned about the impact of this kind of violence on children. We had seven cases last year where children under 3 were killed in family violence – seven cases.”

Though the money picture has improved, her financial woes have not disappeared. Her biggest challenge remains securing enough money to run her operation, the second busiest prosecutor’s office in the state; only Baltimore City has more cases.

She has increased the pay for entry-level attorneys from $48,000 to $52,000, but her seasoned attorneys still make significantly less than their less overworked counterparts in Montgomery County. Her training

budget last year was $17,000 for 75 attorneys. She still needs to upgrade more of the office’s technology.

“Increasing resources for the office was the major priority in the first administration,” she said. “Montgomery has half as many cases and the same number of lawyers. We have increased by a few, from 83 to 97. Baltimore City outpaces us by a large margin.”

When she took office in January 2011, her office received nothing from the governor’s supplemental budget.

“Through the advocacy of Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown, we got an additional $3 million to help us in the crime fight. Baltimore City got $7 million each year. Last year, we received $1.5 million and Baltimore City received $7 million again. Those are the [funding] inequities that we need to address.”

Alsobrooks said her office operates on an annual budget of $16 million.

She said the looming state deficit will impact her office.

“The initial budget that the governor submitted requires a reduction in public safety dollars,” she said. “Reducing what was already inadequate is a challenge.”

She called the employees in her office “committed, consummate professionals” who work enthusiastically despite being underpaid.

“If they were working for money, they would not be here. I have lawyers in District Court who are making $40,000 with $100,000 in student loans. These are people who are committed to what they are doing,” Alsobrooks said.

Alsobrooks said she has been able to successfully make a case that extra dollars result in lower crime numbers.

“We deliver on those resources and we are proud of that,” she said.

Alsobrooks said she believes her office had the most impact on violent crime during her first term – in lower

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The Soccer Stadium SetAside Isn’t it time to go back to the future in the development of the city? As the city’s development goes forward, isn’t it time to give Marion his due? As mayor-elect, Muriel Bowser called Marion Barry an “inspiration” who “changed America.” Bowser said “He left lessons about how to help people in this city for years and years to come.” As mayor, Marion Barry created Black millionaires and a local middle-class through a focused plan to set aside 35 percent of city business for minority firms. As Bowser takes the city’s helm, Barry’s mandatory minority participation has morphed into the current “cer-

ALSOBROOKS from Page 15 occurrences and improved prosecution rates.

“The last number we saw shows us with a 93 percent conviction rate in homicide cases,” she said. “The reason why we continue to see declines is that there is no revolving door. People who are breaking the law are arrested and to go with the arrest rates, we have convictions. This is not a random strategy you have to arrest the right people to get them convicted.”

She pointed to the success of units like strategic investigations – known as the Bad Boys Club – who investigate people suspected in the most heinous cases.

Alsobrooks said her office has a reputation for rigorously investigating allegations of wrong doing on the part of police officers.

She credited Police Chief Mark Magaw for helping her office to maintain a positive relationship with police.

“All the cases we’ve prosecuted have been with his support,” she said. “…When we’ve had to go out and announce an indictment, I go with him

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By William Reed tified business enterprise” systems. A CBE is a business that is headquartered in the District of Columbia and has been certified by the Department of Small and Local Business Development (DSLBD). Businesses with CBE certification receive preferred procurement and contracting opportunities.

Long-time Black residents say Barry’s minority set-aside programs “opened up the door for a lot of people who were locked out of a lot of opportunities.”

Barry benefited a lot of people. Mayor Bowser could bring back “the Barry Rule.” The ball is in the mayor’s court since the D.C. Council approved plans

for a 20,000-seat Major League Soccer stadium to be home for the D.C. United franchise. The deal could get the United team out of the aging RFK Stadium as soon as 2017. The city will fund nearly $140 million for the project. That funding is intended to cover roughly $89 million in land-acquisition costs, plus $46 million in costs to clear the stadium site and prepare the necessary infrastructure. Also included are $4.5 million in community benefits. The deal requires the team’s owners, led by Indonesian media magnate Erick Thohir, to finance and build a stadium on the site. Thorir also holds a controlling stake in the Italian Inter Milan team.

The soccer stadium is outgoing Mayor Vincent Gray’s signature economic development project. Gray says the stadium “will spur important development along the Anacostia River, catalyze economic activity in a neighborhood that sorely needs it and create jobs for District residents.” The new stadium is likely to dramatically increase D.C. United’s value and could provide a path to the team’s profitability.

City officials say the stadium’s benefits include 2,000 new jobs, $2.3 billion in economic activity

and more than $100 million in net revenue.

What will D.C. residents get from the soccer stadium deal?

Back when Barry was making the decisions, there was always a quest to ensure that all segments of D.C. society would benefit from such projects. It’s estimated that the soccer stadium will require $150 million from the D.C. government and $150 million from D.C. United. To do what the government did multiple times before, the minimum CBE/SBE goal at 35 percent of the project equals over $100 million.

Bowser can assure that the city and Erick Thohir’s people work cooperatively to ensure requirements to contract and sub-contract with CBE/SBE companies are met. City residents need to keep an eye on government officials and project managers to assure they identify appropriate opportunities in construction, services, supplies and equipment in building the stadium facility.

The Community Benefits Coordinating Council (CBCC) is an example of a citizens’ coalition that has banded together to ensure that the stadium has a positive impact on their community, their homes and job opportuni-

ties. The CBCC reminds citizens that there were few provisions to ensure local communities benefited from development at Nationals Park and the Navy Yard and the communities did not.

Hopefully, Mayor Bowser will use modern-day processes to update “the Barry Rule” and seek ways to assure legally binding contracts with the city and that the team use minority contractors in proportion to their presence in the marketplace. The deal to build the D.C. soccer stadium should have procurement regulation development/ modification to achieve the 35 percent goal and training of procurement personnel to insure smooth administrative processing of bids and proposals. A monthly progress report will be provided along with a quarterly forecast of opportunities.WI William Reed is publisher of “Who’s Who in Black Corporate America” and available for projects via Busxchng@his. com

at my side. This is what we need to… retain the trust with the public.”

The most recent police killing – the Oct. 23 fatal shooting of Michael Ricardo Minor , 38, by Prince George’s County Sheriff’s Deputy First Class Kendal Wade in Suitland – is under investigation and will be presented to a grand jury when the investigation concludes.

Alsobrooks said every case where use of force is questioned has been submitted to a grand jury for the last eight years. Some people, especially African Americans, are concerned that grand juries are often unwilling to indict police officers in cases involving violence against black men.

She said such is not the case in Prince George’s. Last year, a county grand jury indicted and a jury convicted District Heights Police Sgt. Johnnie Riley for shooting and paralyzing unarmed and handcuffed Calvin Kyle in the back. Riley was sentenced to five years in prison.

“Our grand juries have been very attentive,” she said. “I don’t think the public needs to mistrust them at all.” WI The Washington Informer

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Local Motors to Open Facility at National Harbor Company Proposes Micro-Factory, Sales Facility Local Motors, a technology company that designs, builds and sells 3D print vehicles, announced this week that it wants to build a micro-factory and sales facility at National Harbor in Prince George’s County.

According to a statement released by National Harbor developer Milt Peterson, Local Motors “is known for revolutionizing the industry by combining co-creation, technology and micro-manufacturing to locally build innovative vehicles at unprecedented speeds.”

A statement from Prince George’s County Rushern L. Baker, III’s office said Local Motors has become known for “revolutionizing the industry by combining co-creation, technology and micro-manufacturing to locally build innovative vehicles at unprecedented speeds.”

The company proposes to build a 45,000-square-foot facility to be used for “co-creation, research, technology, education and free community events,” along with a 15,000 square foot showroom and retail store; the plan also calls for construction of a 10,000-square-foot “build floor” where products and vehicles would be assembled.

“I have often said that Prince George’s County is the “economic engine” of the State of Maryland and with [the] announcement that Local Motors has expressed interest in leasing 45,000 square feet of space at National Harbor to debut the first fleet of 3-D printed cars, we have a company that could literally start a trend that will attract more innovative companies to Prince George’s County,” Baker said. “We are very excited about this opportunity.”

The facility would be the first such on the East Coast. It would also be the first of Local Motor’s locations to roll out the first fleet of 3-D printed cars, the statement said.

If the plans move forward, the facility would open later this year. The company would create about 100 jobs.

“Local Motors is changing the way you experience motor vehicles,” said Jay Rogers, Local Motors CEO and co-founder.

Local Motors, which announced plans on Jan. 12 to open a facility in leased space at National Harbor later this year, is inviting customers to reserve the Strati, the 3D-printed model now on its website.

“From design to build to purchase to service, our micro-factories are a central hub for engaging both online and physical communities, advancing technology, and creating a first-ofits-kind experiential retail concept.”

Peterson officials orchestrated the news conference where the announcement was made.

“From the moment we toured the Local Motors facility and met Jay Rogers and his team, we knew that this was exactly the type of visionary, cutting edge, state of the art company that would be a perfect fit for National Harbor,” said Peterson, principal and chairman of the Peterson Companies, which built National Harbor. “We are proud to bring this revolutionary concept to the Washington, D.C. region and look forward to seeing the first 3-D printed cars, trikes and even skateboards cruising the streets of National Harbor.”

Local Motors works on a co-creation model, where internal teams, the virtual community and the local community work on designs, ideas and prototype solutions. The company then works with “a community of partners, suppliers, investors, fabricators, engineers and designers” to build and sell the products.

The result of this co-creation is a Local Motors collection of

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vehicles that includes: The Rally Fighter, a luxury car; The Racer, a high-tech motorcycle; The Cruise, a motorized bicycle, and The Verrado, an electronic drift trike; and the world’s first fleet of 3D-printed car.

Local Motors first debuted its 3D-printed car at the 2015 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS).

“Local Motors at National Harbor will be the first location in the world to print, refine and assemble a fleet of 3D-printed road ready cars with availability as early as late 2015,” the statement said. “This puts Prince George’s County and the state of Maryland at the leading edge of an industry that is anticipated to explode in the coming years.”

Baker thanked Peterson in his statement for bringing the company to the county.

“The Peterson Company has proven once again that they can bring cutting-edge companies and attractions to National Harbor that are helping to change the landscape of this great county,” he said. “This announcement is yet another example that we are getting closer and closer to fulfilling our destiny as a county and I want to thank the Peterson Company for showing the region and nation that Prince George’s County is the place to be.” WI The Washington Informer

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One Million Could Lose Food Stamps

By Stacy M. Brown WI Contributing Writer The economy has continued to improve since the dark days of the economic recession that wreaked havoc on the nation beginning in 2007.

But with good news comes a depressing thought for many who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. An estimated 1 million individuals and families will lose food stamp benefits later this year because of the improving economy.

“While people may be working, they’re working in jobs [in which] wages are not keeping up with inflation,” James Ziliak, director of the Center of Poverty Research at the University of Kentucky, told NBC News.

To help mitigate a potential problem where those in need would still lose SNAP benefits, officials at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities in Northeast, through a new report, have continued to urge Congress to change a federal law that limits how long people can receive food stamps when they’re out of a job.

“The loss of this food assistance,

which averages approximately $150 to $200 per person per month for this group, will likely cause serious hardship among many,” the report’s authors said.

To get ready for the cutoff, states should “prepare heavily affected local communities” for increased demand at food banks and homeless shelters, center officials urged.

In the latest United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) report, 81,600 District households, which include 145,000 residents, receive approximately $19.4 million in annual food stamp benefits.

“It’s a loss that many can’t sustain, and many will go hungry, even if they have a job,” said Fred Sterner, a part-time investment consultant who works in Northeast. “Yes, the economy obviously has gotten better, but it doesn’t mean everyone is well.”

Under the SNAP program, most Washington Informer adults without children can receive food stamps for only three months unless they are working or attending a job training program at least 20 hours a week.

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Amid an improving economy, researchers said, about 1 million Americans could lose food stamp benefits. /Photo courtesy of themintpress.com

mise between lawmakers who wanted what they called a safety net and those who wanted to give beneficiaries an incentive to work.

But during the Great Recession, most states were granted waivers of the three-month cap because unemployment surged.

Now, 42 states, including the District of Columbia, still have full or partial waivers from the cap, according to numbers from the Agriculture Department, which coordinates the federally funded SNAP program.

And, as the economy improves, the three-month limit is expected to kick in again in many states.

“That could cut off benefits for about 1 million adults, nearly all of

whom fall below the poverty line,” said authors of the report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

More than 46 million Americans receive SNAP benefits in an average month, according to USDA figures.

“We know that there continues to be need despite the end of the Great Recession,” Craig Gundersen, a professor of agricultural and consumer economics at the University of Illinois, told NBC News.

The food insecurity rate – or the percentage of American households that had trouble feeding their families at some point during the year – rose sharply in 2008 and has not come down substantially since.

About 14.5 percent of American households experienced food inse-

curity in 2012, and in 2013 Congress approved a bill that included a cut of about $8 billion over 10 years due to a change in how home heating assistance can be used to trigger an increase in SNAP benefits.

The 2013 farm bill also clarified some rules for eligibility and made other changes, such as improving access to healthy food options.

Separately, NBC News reported that most recipients saw their benefits reduced after a recession-era boost in SNAP payments expired.

The benefits of SNAP go far beyond just being able to enjoy three meals a day, Gunderson said.

The professor noted that his research has shown that for children, SNAP benefits either lead to a reduction in obesity or have no impact on obesity.

For adults, he said the results are mixed but have mostly shown no impact.

As the economy improves, the Congressional Budget Office, congress’ spending watchdog, is predicting that food stamp usage will decline.

Others said those declines might be slower and weaker than in past periods of growth because so many low-wage workers continue to deal with stagnant or falling wages and economic growth so far has been so tepid.

“SNAP enrollment will fall when the economy finally improves,” Ziliack said. WI

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Sickle Cell Continues to Ravage Sufferers Young Davon Williams Valiantly Battles Disease

By Avis Thomas-Lester WI Editor-at-Large Davon Williams is 10 years old. He wants to be an National Basketball Association player when he grows up. He likes french fries and pizza and puzzles and SpongeBob SquarePants. He loves spending time with his parents, hanging with his brothers and playing with his baby cousin, Tevin, 2.

Those things are no problem. The difficulty is that he also loves playing with friends and going to school, which he has been unable to do for four years because the sickle cell disease that he was diagnosed with at 1 month old has left him sick so much that most of his time is spent lying in bed. He has spent more time in the hospital than he has at home. Instead of children, the people he knows best are the medical professionals at Children’s National Medical Center.

“He wants to do what other children do, but he knows he can’t,” said Davon’s mother, Shameeka Jones-Williams. “He spends a lot of time in the hospital or sick at home, so he couldn’t stay in school. He sees his brothers doing things and wants to do the same thing, but he knows he can’t.”

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Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, said sickle cell disease is an inherited red blood cell disorder characterized by red blood cells hardening and forming into sickle shapes instead of the normal round shape.

The sickle cells have a short life and can clog blood vessels and get stuck as they circulate through the blood vessels. The disease can cause severe pain and problems such as infection, acute chest syndrome and stroke.

“People with SCD start to have signs of the disease during the first year of life, usually around 5 months of age,” she said. “Symptoms and complications of SCD are different for each person and can range from mild to severe.”

SCD affects millions of people around the world, mostly those with ancestors from sub-Saharan Africa, Spanish-speaking regions of the Western Hemisphere, Saudi Arabia, India and Mediterranean countries, she said.

The disease affects as many as 100,000 Americans.

“Sickle cell disease occurs more often among people from parts of the world where malaria is or was common,” Hulihan said. “It is believed that people who carry the sickle cell trait are less likely to have severe forms of malaria.”

Jones-Williams said she and her husband, Jonas Williams, learned their

Davon Williams suffers from the most severe form of sickle cell disease. /Photo by Shameeka Jones-Williams

youngest son had sickle cell when they were notified by the D.C. Department of Health two weeks after he was born. He was born at Washington Hospital Center, where he received a blood test as part of the newborn health screening procedure.

He first took ill at only 2 months old.

“That was the first time he needed a blood transfusion, or he was going to die,” Jones-Williams said.

He received two to four units of blood each day during the 3.5 weeks he spent at Children’s.

For the first six years of his life, Davon spent fewer than 30 days at home each year.

“Everybody knows me at the hospital,” he said, acknowledging his celebrity at the hospital.

Experts said SCD deaths in black children under age 4 dropped 42 percent from 1999 to 2002. The reduc-

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Davon typically sleeps in his parents’ bed so that they can listen to his breathing and touch his forehead regularly to make sure he doesn’t have a fever, which can be a sign of a potentially deadly blood infection. /Photo by Avis Thomas-Lester

tion coincided with the introduction in 2000 of a vaccine that fights invasive pneumococcal disease. Severe anemia is treated with blood transfusions, and the only cure is bone marrow or stem cell transplantation.

Funding for sickle cell research is a problem. In 2004, the National Institutes of Health provided almost four times more funding per person affected with cystic fibrosis than it did for SCD patients. The total revenue for the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America in fiscal year 2003 was $498,577; that compared with $152 million for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, CDC data show.

The entire family revolves around Davon. He has two older brothers, Tevin, 19, and Jonas, 15. Everyone in the family has the sickle cell trait.

Davon requires blood transfusions every six weeks. He has had dozens of surgeries. He is allergic to a number of

foods. He’s had two strokes. He often stays up for days on end because he’s afraid to go to sleep.

“A lot of the time, he gets sick at night when he’s asleep,” Shameeka Jones-Williams.

His parents are afraid for him at night, too. He sleeps in his parents’ bed with Jones-Williams so she can listen to his breathing and touch him regularly to make sure he doesn’t have a fever. Fever for a child with sickle cell can be deadly, she said.

Davon’s got big brown eyes, a beautiful chocolate face and the optimism of a child who trusts because he’s been cared for well.

He wants an iPad to help him do the homework his tutors bring – and a cure for sickle cell.

“I want there to be a cure so children won’t have to be sick anymore,” he said. “I want it so I won’t be sick anymore.”WI

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Mom’s Cancer Prompts Daughter to Launch Business

By Barrington M. Salmon WI Staff Writer@bsalmondc When Carlene Meeks found out that her mother was diagnosed with cancer, the expected worries and concern kicked in. But her medical background helped her cope with the bad news.

“You know, ah, it’s kinda weird. I wasn’t happy about it, of course, but I went into medical instead of daughter mode. I worked in oncology in the past, and that helped that I was working in there. But it’s not ever easy regardless, especially when you hear it four times – just from my mom.

To date, Meeks said her mother has beaten several bouts of different cancers. And her mom’s grit and resilience have been a source of inspiration for the Northern California native.

From a personal standpoint, Meeks said, she’s blessed because her 72-yearold mother has defied expectations after battling the illness.

“Mom is doing really well after having breast, bone cancer and cancer of the lymph nodes,” said Meeks, 40.

“What’s great about her is that she’s basically shut the doctors down as far as her bone cancer because they made it sound like she didn’t have a chance.

Now it’s down to a dot. She’s in great spirits. She recently visited D.C. and New York. That she is doing so well is definitely because of our faith.

“I don’t think about something like cancer a lot because it wouldn’t help.

It’s like that for her too. She wants it to be like ‘Hey, you have life going on.’ You can’t sit there saying, ‘Woe is me.’ You have to pull positive from the negative. Have to go on living your life.”

While Meeks’ mother’s attitude is an inspiration, she has also served as the inspiration for and impetus of Meeks’ business, Cora Natural Soap.

When her mother began battling cancer, Meeks said, she saw the unpleasant and troubling effects the treatments had on her mother’s skin.

“The inspiration to craft the perfect soap for sensitive skin came from my mother who was undergoing radiation while fighting breast cancer,” Meeks said. “Her skin became rather dry and sensitive due to reactions from her treatment.”

The 2-year-old business is named after Meeks’ maternal grandmother, Cora, with whom she spent a great deal of time as a child.

“I was always with her. When my parents were at work, I’d be there,” Meeks recalled. “I wanted this to be

HEALTH “People have been telling me how more meaningful, especially since she had cancer as well.” much their skin has changed, people Meeks said she’s in business with a with acne, psoriasis and so on,” she cousin, but she’s the face of the na- said. “They say the acne and eczema scent company. She said has depended has cleared up and that they’re using FF289104 Jobword No.:of mouth and social on media to the soaps on their babies. People are drive exposure and sales.

She said she MD Baltimore, experiencing benefits, which is someEngagement City: intends to scale up her attendance at thing I never expected. I just wanted Newspaper Ad - COLOR Media: events, promoting different her soaps to help my mom. and use other methods to increase her “A little girl came up to me and Insertion Date(s): brand. hugged me. She thanked me. It’s satisAs she formulated how to create fying. I’m not going to claim what my and build the business, Meeks said, she and a friend decided to learn something new, and they paid for a private class on how to make soap.

“From there it was easy to make the soap,” she said.

For now, the business is homebased, and Meeks makes all the soaps herself in 664-square-foot, two-bedroom home.

Her ultimate goal, Meeks said, is to donate her soaps to cancer institutes, chemotherapy and radiation centers.

She recently visited the Washington Metropolitan Area, eyeing ways to expand into this market as well as donate her soaps to some, if not all, of the local hospitals.

While sales are important, Meeks said, she wants to donate her soaps to as many people as need them. A little further down the road, Meeks said, she wants to begin focusing on helping people living with diabetes because “a lot of things happen with diabetics’ skin.”

soap can do. It’s just the effects that people claim.”

And what of the future?

“I want to have a storefront, own my own brick-and-mortar store, have people working for me and donate to cancer and radiation centers,” Meeks said. “But more than anything, I want to be the same person I am now. I’m all about ‘the free’ right now, growing the business and focusing on trying to help people. It just takes one.”WI

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Standing Ovation for DC Teachers Returns for 5th Year

By D. Kevin McNeir WI Managing Editor Education stands as one of the greatest gifts a child can receive.

But it takes skilled educators to ensure that the lessons learned are of a high quality. And to honor the top instructors and leaders in D.C, one program returned for the fifth year for a celebration paying tribute to some of the best

teachers and principals in the District of Columbia Public Schools [DCPS]. “D.C. [transforms] good teachers into great teachers and because of the dedication of their educators, DCPS has become the fastest-improving school district in the U.S.,� said Jim Vance, an Emmy Award-winning anchor for NBC News4 who hosted the award ceremony, held at the John

U.S. Senator Al Franken (Minnesota) presented music teacher Para C. Perry with the Excellence in Teaching Award on Monday, Jan. 12 at the annual event, “Standing Ovation for DC Teachers,� held at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Northwest. /Photo by Roy Lewis

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The program, “Standing Ovation for DC Teachers,� took place on Monday, Jan. 12.

Over 1,400 of the District’s most impressive and successful educators, whose work has helped lead to historic student

achievement gains, attended this year’s sold-out event. Community members, business leaders and champions of education joined in to applaud the best and brightest teachers and leaders through the presentation of seven Excellence in Teaching Awards and one Excellence in Leadership Award.

Music selections came from noted vocalist and pianist Josh Groban along with members of the Wilson High School Concert Choir.

One veteran teacher with more than 20 years in DCPS, grew up counting on her teachers for support after losing both of her parents by the age of four. “My students say the music they learn in class makes them feel safe and great. I could never have imagined a moment like this – being honored for doing what I love doing the most – teaching. This is not about me – this about my babies, my students,� said Para C. Perry, Music, Amidon-Bowen Elementary School.

Perry, along with six others, received the Excellence in Teaching Award. Her colleagues included: Craig Duchemin, Autism English Language Arts, Hart Middle School; Daryl L. Forte, Physical Education, Burrville Elementary School; Alecia Haughton-Francis, 4th Grade, Ludlow-Taylor Elementary School; Rachel E.

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EDUCATION OVATION from Page22 Houghton, Kindergarten, Peabody Elementary School; Darlene Morris, Secondary Mathematics, H.D. Woodson Senior High School; and Charisse Robinson, 3rd Grade, Cleveland Elementary School, also chosen as the 2014 DCPS Teacher of the Year.

Forte, a graduate of Burrville Elementary and now a teacher there, said he first became thinking about what it meant to be a role model after securing a summer job in a program sponsored by then-Mayor Marion S. Berry, Jr. “I may be one of the first physical education teachers to receive this award but I know I won’t be the last,” Forte said.

“We are not gym teachers – the gym is where you go to lose weight after eating too much during the holidays. With diabetes and obesity increasing among children, those in my field dedicate themselves to providing our

students with knowledge that they can take home – things like eating healthier or the importance of knowing one’s Body Mass Index,” said Forte, who has taught at Burrville for the past 16 years.

Others honored at the annual event included: Olusegun Adelegan, 6th and 7th Grade Math, Wheatley Education Campus, who received the Rubenstein Award for Highly Effective Teaching and snagged the 2014 DCPS New Teacher of the Year Award; and Janeece Docal, Principal, Powell Elementary School, who garnered the Excellence in Leadership Award and took home the 2014 DCPS Principal of the Year Award.

Kaya Henderson, chancellor of DCPS, said “honoring heroes” summed up the purpose of the evening.

“This is a fundraiser and I’m proud to announce that over $1 million has been raised that will be used for innovation and entrepreneurship in our schools,”

Daryl L. Forte, a physical education instructor at Burrville Elementary School, talked about the significance of his job and his role models, which include his father, after receiving the Excellence in Teaching Award at the District’s annual event honoring educators and leaders on Monday, Jan. 12. /Photo by Roy Lewis

Henderson said.

“But more than that, this is about teachers who are turning classrooms into gardens where children can thrive, learn and

Janeece Docal, Powell Elementary School, celebrated her Principal of the Year Award and rejoiced over the pending birth of her first child at the DC Public Education Fund-sponsored “Standing Ovation for DC Teachers” program at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Northwest. /Photo by Roy Lewis

love. Each honoree has a personal story rooted in optimism, perseverance and possibilities.

The results of their hard work is clear. Student satisfaction is at

an all-time high and student enrollment has increased for the third straight year after years of decline. I have the best job in the world,” she said. WI

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D.C. Teacher Surprised with $25,000 Award

By Dorothy Rowley WI Staff Writer Amid cheers and applause from her students, co-workers and other school officials, second-grade teacher Michelle Johnson got the shock of her life Thursday, Jan. 8, when received a $25,000 cash award from the Milken Family Foundation.

During the morning assembly at Seaton Elementary School in Northwest where Johnson teaches, her emotions got the best of her as she made her way from her seat to accept the prestigious award that’s hailed by Teacher Magazine as the “Oscar of Teaching.”

“I’m shocked. Thank you so much,” said the unsuspecting, tearyeyed Johnson. “I’m very honored. I must thank the talented staff with whom I work. They’re all wonderful.

And [also] to my students, they’re so smart.”

Johnson, who was surrounded by Milken Family Foundation co-founder Mike Milken; Interim D.C. State Superintendent Amy Maisterra; Jacqueline Simms, a thirdgrade teacher at Anne Beers Elementary School in Southeast who won the award in 2013; and others became the first educator in 2015 to be surprised with the honor.

The award, established in 1987, provides public recognition and individual financial rewards of $25,000 to elementary and secondary school teachers, principals and specialists from around the country who exhibit excellence in the educational field.

Early- to mid-career recipients are honored for what they have achieved as well as for the promise of what they will accomplish, and since the District joined the awards program in 2003, there have been 11 recipients.

The 2014-15 term marks Johnson’s first year at Seaton. As many as 40 other educators from across the country will also receive the honor during the current school term.

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Milken, who, along with Maisterra, delivered the news to Johnson, said that during her relatively short time as an educator, Johnson has had a profound impact on her school, her district and her students.

“We’ve read about you for so long, and we really didn’t know which award to give you until we had a first-grader say we needed cash,” Milken said with a laugh.

“But with your dedication to the children, and as we’ve followed your career, we couldn’t be more excited about the fantastic things that happen in this school,” Milken said. “In so many ways this school reflects the greatness of our country. The diversification with many of the children – Latin American ancestry, Asian ancestry, African-American ancestry – we couldn’t be more excited to have you as a representative [of great] educators.”

Maisterra also praised Johnson’s accomplishments.

“We are excited to recognize Michelle Johnson for her role in shaping the future of so many of our students,” Maisterra said. “Michelle cares deeply about education, and she embodies the creative spirit upon which the Milken Family Awards were founded.”

Nearly all of Seaton’s students qualify for free or reduced lunch, and about half are English-language learners. And, although the majority of Johnson’s students have had serious academic deficits, they’ve grown by at least five book levels – with many achieving growth in the double digits.

“By getting children in her classroom excited about learning and thinking for themselves, [Johnson] significantly improved their achievement levels,” Milken added. “Her work captures the spirit of the Milken Educator Awards, which for 28 years have recognized and rewarded outstanding teachers in the same ways we celebrate heroes from other fields.” WI

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It’s Always the Snow

One measure Washingtonians use to gauge the effectiveness of their mayors is how they handle snowstorms. Are enough people and equipment deployed? Is the snow cleared quickly?

Are major arteries and side roads accessible and passable in as quick a manner as humanly possible?

If these and other questions aren’t answered to their satisfaction, then residents can get very angry and disgruntled very quickly.

The Jan .5 snow event, while not massive, seemed to surprise meteorologists, residents and city officials alike. What was predicted to be 1 inch and a minor annoyance ended up being 2 to 4 inches coupled with bitter cold and icy roads, which turned most of the Beltway into a parking lot, stranded drivers all over the city and left parents scrambling to get their children to school.

Mayor Muriel Bowser received the heaviest criticism for her administration’s less-than-energetic response and her decision to keep schools open. She said in a news conference that she’s not satisfied with the city’s response or with the amount of traffic that was backed up.

Bowser isn’t the first to be tripped up by winter weather.

Snowstorms have been the bane of other mayors, all of whom received public opprobrium for being out of the city, for lessthan-stellar responses to the storms, or for their decision to keep schools open.

It’s not the end of the world, though. The administration is only days old and is still getting its footing, but it would behoove the mayor to make sure she passes the next snow test with flying colors, or she’ll face public ire.

Zimmerman in the News Again When is enough enough?

Once again, George Zimmerman’s anger issues have landed him in jail. On Friday, Jan. 9, he is alleged to have thrown a wine bottle at his girlfriend and was arrested and charged with aggravated assault. He posted bail early Saturday morning.

Since he shot, killed and was acquitted of shooting unarmed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in 2012, he’s lurched from one pathetic situation to another. So far, he’s escaped jail time for road rage and different confrontations with his ex-wife and several former girlfriends.

Zimmerman, 31, a self-appointed neighborhood watch person, saw Trayvon walking in a Sanford, Florida neighborhood in 2012. Martin, a Miami native who had been staying with his father, was returning from a run to the grocery store and wasn’t far from home when Zimmerman began following him.

In a classic case of racial profiling, Zimmerman, seeing Trayvon, young, black and in a hoodie, assumed that he didn’t belong in the gated community and must be up to no good. No one will ever know the truth of what occurred, but according to Zimmerman, he confronted Trayvon – even though a dispatcher warned him to wait until police arrived. Zimmerman claims there was a struggle and fearing for his life, shot the young man.

The Sanford Police chose not to press charges and it took 44 days of fiery, widespread protests by predominantly-black demonstrators across the U.S. and the world to force the Florida criminal justice apparatus to bring murder charges against Zimmerman. The shooting also tore open long-festering racial wounds and forced the country to confront and debate issues of vigilantism, racial profiling, equitable justice and gun control.

In the wake of Zimmerman’s arrogance and lack of discipline, people wonder if this man will ever be held accountable for his behavior and if he’ll have to hurt or kill someone before he’s brought to heel.

Zimmerman escaped punishment for killing an unarmed child and borrowing a term being used these days, continues to benefit from “criming while white.”

Equal justice? Hardly.

Charters Are Not the Answer

The Honorable Peter C. Groff references a lot of statistics in his article, “The Way Forward for Black Students” [January 8, 2015], about why black families should stop looking at public education the way we used to and fight for more choice in schools.

But I would like to ask him, “How many charter schools are in white communities?” Why does the traditional public school system seem to work for white students?

Black families are always the ones who are tricked into thinking school choice means charter schools, and that charter schools are a better place for their students. From the statistics I’ve seen, charter schools are doing no better at educating our students than traditional public schools. Charter schools are just a way for corporate greed to creep into the education arena.

School choice advocates want to break up teachers’ unions in urban districts, who they believe have too much power, but the teachers’ unions in white suburban districts don’t seem to have the same issues.

The key to black student success is the black parent. Black parents have to make education a priority, and if there is no parent around, the community has to make it a priority.

James W. Battle Washington, DC

No Representation for Ward 8

I am glad our new mayor wants a fresh start [“The Bowser Era Begins,”

by Barrington M. Salmon, January 8, 2015], but what about the residents of Ward 8? Didn’t anyone think that a replacement for Marion Barry should be appointed to represent our ward until the special elections are held in April? Who do we call on if there is a concern or problem we want acted on? Is Marion Barry’s staff still in place until the election? These are just some of the questions I would like to have answered. But I believe the most important question is this: Who is representing our ward when the work on the city council gets started? From now until April, who is looking out for our interests?

I believe the Democratic Party should have appointed someone to be a temporary replacement for the Ward 8 council seat until the special elections are held. Four months is a long time not to have a seat at the table when politics are being played.

Ward 8 should have a voice, just like all of the other wards. Our new mayor should insist someone be appointed to represent Ward 8 until the elections are held, and I believe that would send a powerful message to the residents of Ward 8 and the rest of the city that all parts of the city are important when it’s time to do the business of running the city.

Kenny Langston Washington, DC

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Much Expected of Bowser

As the saying goes, “Unto whom much is given, much is expected.”

With the leadership of those such as the late Marion Barry and former Mayor Vincent Gray now firmly etched in the city’s illustrious history, Mayor Muriel Bowser who won the election last fall by more than 50 percent of the vote, may not be focused on trying to fill either of their shoes; but she is no less, going to be held highly-accountable in her efforts to improve upon the years of groundwork that’s already been successfully laid out for her.

As Mr. Salmon’s article states, [“The Bowser Era Begins” by Barrington M. Salmon, January 8-14, 2015], while Mayor Bowser has voiced her intentions of being a fiscally-sound leader, it will be just as important for her to be as open and accessible to residents as possible.

As a 5th-generation Washingtonian, the new mayor no doubt knows the pulse of the city, and as the quick thinker and debater she has proven to be, DC stands well on its way to becoming a model municipality -- not only for the United States, but as a global example, as well.

My hats off to Bowser for bravely stepping up to the plate, ready to tackle all the hard work and curve balls that will be tossed her way.

However, the residents of D.C. have put a lot of stock in its new leader, and hopefully she will reward them with results that are nothing short of good government practices.

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By Julianne Malveaux

The Education of Dr. King As he labored for social, civil and economic justice, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was extremely concerned both about the educational inequities that were a function of segregation, and about the purpose and quality of education. As early as 1947, as a Morehouse College student, he wrote an article, The Purpose of Education, for the Maroon Tiger, the college newspaper. His article is as relevant today as it

was then.

Today, much of the focus of education is on passing standardized tests; and while educational measurement is important, Dr. King suggests that these measures are insufficient. In his article, he pondered the meaning and purpose of education. He wrote that, “Education must enable a (person) to become more efficient, to achieve with increasing facility the legitimate goals of his life.”

King was critical of the results of specific aspects of educa-

tion when he wrote, “Education must also train one for quick, resolute and effective thinking.

To think, incisively and to think for one’s self is very difficult.

We are prone to let our mental life become invaded by legions of half-truths, prejudices, and propaganda. A great majority of the so-called educated people does not think logically and scientifically. Even the press, the classroom, the platform, and the pulpit in many instances do not give us objective and unbiased truths.”

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True in 1947, but even more so today with 3-minute commentary passing for news, and some classrooms the site of propaganda delivery. Some Southerners still believe that the South won the Civil War, and they fly the confederate flags to honor it, and teach this falsity in their students. A friend who lives in Georgia said nearly half of her junior high school-age daughter’s U.S. history curriculum covered aspects of the Civil War. From that perspective, young King was quite critical of seg-

regationists, their intelligence, and their prejudice. “The late Eugene Talmadge, in my opinion, possessed one of the better minds in Georgia, or even America. Moreover, he wore the Phi Beta Kappa key. By all measuring rods, Mr. Talmadge could think critically and intensively, yet he contends that I am an inferior being. Are these the types of men we call educated?”

King said that intelligence is not enough. He said, “Intelli-

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By Dr. Barbara Reynolds

Coretta Scott King Misrepresented in ‘Selma’ If Coretta Scott King were alive today, she would not recognize herself as she is portrayed in the new movie “Selma,” released nationwide in theatres on January 9.

The beautiful Carmen Ejogo, who plays Coretta Scott King, is a proper representation of the human rights leader. But the filmmaker misconstrued the intimate relationship Mrs. King had with her husband, Dr. Mar-

tin Luther King, Jr., and Coretta was miscast as a woman tormented by fear, when in reality, she was a bold and courageous wife, mother and co-partner in the Civil Rights Movement.

The movie is a powerfully dramatic story of the bloody civil rights struggle in Selma, Alabama, that led to the passage of the Voting Rights Act. Oprah Winfrey, who portrayed a woman, denied the right to vote and whom Nazi-like Alabama troopers beat into the dust, also sup-

ported the project.

It tells how King, played by David Oyelowo, and a charged up movement of blacks and whites, combined protests with legislative muster to change the complexion and character of U.S. politics.

The movie has Oscar buzz and received a Golden Globe Award this week for the track ‘Glory’ written and performed

by Common and John Legend.

Still, I am among those who believe it is wrong for storytell-

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ers to mis-educate and fictionalize our heroes and rob them of their historic truth, especially when they are no longer alive to defend themselves.

Selma shows Mrs. King listening to a tape that suggests her husband was having an affair. It was a dramatic gotcha moment reportedly showing him as a philanderer and Mrs. King in anguish and in submissive tolerance asking him if he loved the “others.”

As Mrs. King’s biographer,

she confided to me that she and Dr. King had a relationship secure in their love and in her trust that her husband was faithful to her and the marriage. “It has been well established that the tape was sent by the FBI in an attempt to destroy our marriage and weaken him to the point he would take his own life.”

In taped interviews Mrs. King described the incident: “On January 5, 1965, I came across a

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By George E. Curry

Is Obama Trying to Kill Black Colleges?

Is Barack Obama, the nation’s first African American president, trying to kill Historically Black Colleges and Universities?

If he’s not, he’s going to have a difficult time convincing HBCU presidents, trustees and alumni.

Surprisingly, Obama has become their worst nightmare.

Neither Obama, the First Lady, the Secretary of Education or the president’s closest advisers attended an HBCU and, con-

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sequently, are tone death in recognizing what is broadly viewed as sound policy can inadvertently harm our nation’s HBCUs. President Obama’s proposal that the federal government pick up the tab for a worthy student’s first two years of community college is a case in point. Without a doubt, a move toward free, universal higher education is an excellent decision.

But if the president had consulted the major organizations representing HBCUs, he would have heard suggestions on how

to tweak his proposal so that it would not needlessly harm Black colleges, which it is certain to do.

The amended Higher Education Act of 1965 defines an HBCU as: “…any historically black college or university that was established prior to 1964, whose principal mission was, and is, the education of black Americans, and that is accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or association determined by the Secretary [of Education] to be a reliable authority as to the quality of The Washington Informer

training offered or is, according to such an agency or association, making reasonable progress toward accreditation.”

HBCUs enroll only 3 percent of college students yet are responsible for nearly 20 percent of all bachelor degrees awarded to African Americans. In some fields, the figures are significantly higher.

President Obama noted, “America thrived in the 20th century in large part because we had the most educated workforce in the world. But other na-

tions have matched or exceeded the secret to our success.” And the U.S. can’t afford to lose the valuable contributions of HBCUs. HBCUs compete directly with community colleges. Both enroll students who may need some additional tutoring or training before they are college ready.

More importantly, students who enroll in community colleges and HBCUs are in dire need of financial assistance. If you make

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By Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson

King and LBJ Stood Together The new highly-acclaimed motion picture ”Selma” suggests that former President Lyndon Baines Johnson was not an ardent supporter of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and that he and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had a less than fragile relationship. Nothing is farther from the truth. Both men worked very hard to create a society in which all people have the right to vote, access to medical care, decent

housing and funding for education.

In my view, history will show that no other American president played as a critical a role in the advancement of civil rights, fair housing and education than President Johnson. In fact, a number of authors have written that only the acts of President Abraham Lincoln equal what President Johnson did for minorities in America.

Most knowledgeable historians agree that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting

Rights Act, which passed one year later, became law because President Johnson passionately supported them. In addition to the two landmark civil rights measures, the nation also witnessed the passage of legislation that introduced Medicaid and Medicare during the Johnson administration.

In fact, federal legislation that prohibited housing discrimination in the sale, rental or financing of housing based on race, national origin or religion was signed into law by President

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Johnson. The federal housing legislation, which became a model for many state legislatures, became law on April 11, 1968, just seven days after the assassination of Dr. King.

In the area of education, President Johnson included in his “War on Poverty” agenda, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. Among other things the legislation provided financial assistance to students from low-income families. Under the law, $1 billion in funding was made available to schools

that serviced minority students.

The measure was described as the “most significant step of this century” to assist all school children.

Dr. King and President Johnson were born and reared in a segregated South. They understood the political realities of the region, and they worked as best they could to change them. Dr. King was present at the White House when the Voting Rights Act was signed into law. He and

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By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr.

CBC Elects a Talented New Chairman Since 1971, the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) has had many strong leaders. As the new 114th Congress of the United States begins, the CBC elected my fellow North Carolina native, Congressman G.K. Butterfield, as its new chairman. I have known the long time freedom fighter and a skillful leader for more than 45 years.

Given the numerous issues and challenges facing Black

America, I predict that the CBC under Butterfield’s leadership, will become reinvigorated. It was surprising to hear G.K. say upon being sworn it: “My leadership of this Caucus will be influenced by my experiences growing up in a segregated South. Jim Clyburn often says that, ‘We are the sum total of our experiences’ and that is so true. My life’s experiences are similar to many of my colleagues. We saw racism at its worst.”

Butterfield is from Wilson, N.C., about 65 miles southwest

of my hometown of Oxford. In the 1960s, I frequently traveled to Wilson to meet with Milton Fitch, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) state field coordinator. Fitch and SCLC state field director Golden Frinks were two of my mentors during that period.

So when G.K. Butterfield says that he is going the lead the CBC in a manner that will be influenced by his experiences growing up in the segregated South, that is assurance that the CBC will be at the vanguard of

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the fight for freedom, justice and equality under Butterfield’s watch.

It will be an interesting tenure.

The CBC has 46 members from 22 states, the District of Columbia and the Virgin Islands, the largest CBC delegation in its 44year history. Will the increased size translate into increased legislative clout? While we can’t definitively answer that question yet, there certainly will be higher expectations of the CBC, even in a Republican-controlled House and Senate.

Butterfield correctly declared that Black America is in a state of emergency.

“For many Black Americans, they are not even close to realizing the American dream,” he explained. “Depending on where they live, an economic depression hangs over their head, and it is burdening their potential and the potential of their children.

Black America is in a state of emergency today as it was at the turn of the century!”

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By Askia Muhammad

John Conyers, my bionic, super-hero Congressman With the theater screens and our television screens awash with super heroes, I thought I would dabble my pen into writing about a character for the genre.

My super hero would not necessarily have to a Black person, but for the sake of simplicity, I’ll make him a Black guy. President Barack Obama has demonstrated that a Black person can be the leader/representative for

the best interests of ALL the people, not just Black folks. But more importantly, the issue of justice for the descendants of the enslaved Africans is at the root of solving all the problems on the planet. So, he’s Black.

My super hero would be a well-made, Black man/woman, and would not need any magical powers. Simple honesty, trustworthiness, along with courage, integrity, street smarts, an abundance of book smarts, and of course staying power, should be enough to overcome most of

the obstacles I picture my hero encountering.

Needless to say, I’ve already got someone picked out as my ideal super hero candidate. And he has already amassed an amazing track record in all the areas that are important to me. He is 25-term Congress member John Conyers of Michigan.

Conyers recently celebrated his 50th anniversary as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives. As far as Congressional seniority goes, among the 435 House members, he is first,

“Numero Uno.” He is The Dean of the House, the longest serving member in Congress, and if he serves another nine years, he will become the longest serving Congress member ever!

He is a founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), and his achievements in Congress are legend! He told me once that when he and others came up with the idea of the CBC, he went to Harlem Rep. Adam Clayton Powell Jr., for counsel.

“Why do you want a Black

Caucus?” he said Powell asked him.

“To represent Black people,” was his reply.

“But I represent Black people,” Conyers said Powell told him.

When Congress convened in 1969 the CBC was formed as a “Democratic Select Committee.”

Two years later, the number of Blacks in Congress had swollen to 13, and on the motion of Rep. Charles Rangel, who defeated

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The retired Rev. Carl Dianda of Southeast said he doesn’t believe the allegations made by approximately 30 women against Bill Cosby. /Photo courtesy of ladiesofcharityadw.org

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By Stacy M. Brown WI Contributing Writer The Rev. Carl Dianda remembers well the soft-spoken and intelligent girl named Camille Hanks who attended St. Cyprian Elementary-Middle School in Southeast, Washington D.C., and a makeshift Catholic Church a few miles away in Olney, Maryland.

The just-retired priest said Camille and her three siblings, Guy Jr., Rene and Eric, were nothing short of adorable.

Camille, with her neatly pressed skirts, immaculately kept hair and the brightest of smiles, stood out because she never missed Sunday Mass.

She also took her education very seriously, and her instructors at the Oblate Sisters of St. Francis de Sales helped provide the foundation for a scholastic career that culminated in a doctorate degree.

“The only time she missed Mass was when she married Bill Cosby,” said Dianda, who presided over the couple’s wedding 51 years ago.

Since Cosby’s Dec. 15 exclusive interview with The Washington Informer, much has occurred. Recently, actress and

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D.C. Priest Stands By Bill Cosby Rev. Dianda Performed Comedian’s Marriage Ceremony Cosby Show co-star Phylicia Rashad defended him, and the comedian also returned to the stage for three stand-up acts in Canada. Protesters threatened to interrupt those appearances, but ultimately supporters far outweighed the detractors.

Three new women also joined the long list of those who said Cosby, 77, either drugged or raped them.

For Dianda, however, the allegations ring hollow.

Dianda met Camille when she was in grade school. Later, when she was still a teenager, she met Cosby, who was then about 21 and was an aspiring comic who no one, not even Dianda, thought at first was a serious suitor. “He wasn’t famous at all,” the priest said. “He was doing these comedy bits, but no one knew who he was.”

But Camille was “the most

beautiful girl and the nicest person,” Dianda said. “I baptized her brother and her sister, and she came from a really good family. And, at the time they got married, I don’t think that Bill had any other girlfriends, ever.”

Dianda said it was love at first sight for Cosby.

The comedian would hold her hands and he desperately tried to ingratiate himself in with her parents, traveling from New York, where he lived, to Maryland to attend church and other functions, schmoozing with Camille’s father.

When they married, Camille pushed Cosby to go back to school. She had already earned a degree from the University of Maryland, and she wanted her husband to “have something he could fall back on in case show business didn’t work out,” a friend said.

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Because she possessed a great deal of financial knowledge, Camille handled the family’s finances, and the couple had five children, one of them being their only son, Ennis, who tragically was killed in Los Angeles in 1997.

“She was a rock through that horrible ordeal. They came through it together as a family, and a lot of that had more to do with her than Bill,” Dianda said.

“It was important for Camille to keep her head up. It was their only son, but think about it from Bill’s perspective too. He practically idolized Ennis, and now all of a sudden he was gone. And I think he did more crying on Camille’s shoulders than she him.”

Dianda said he has been recovering from a serious illness that has prevented him from being more involved with the couple since the scandal erupted two

months ago.

He said that while he’s recently spoken with the Cosbys, he hasn’t seen them since he threw a 50th wedding anniversary party in their honor last year at the old church they were married in.

“I will help Camille and Bill in any way that they want me to.

I’m not going to be embarrassed to say anything,” he said. “What I know is what I know, and Bill has never done anything to embarrass anyone.”

In his interview with The Informer, Cosby praised his wife for standing by him. “Love and the strength of womanhood,” he said of Camille, 69. “And, you can reverse that, the strength of womanhood and love.”

Camille followed that with a statement of her own, in which she made it clear that she was standing by her man. Her statement didn’t surprise Dianda.

However, even if the allegations are true, Dianda said, he believes Camille would still stand by her man. “I hope you have a wife as good as that,” he said.WI

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But when one ambitious student faces continued harassment because he goes against the status quo, things really begin to heat up.

“Choir Boy,” now appearing at the Studio Theatre in Northwest, opened to rave reviews earlier this month and runs through Sunday, Feb. 22.

McCraney, 34, said that while he never attended an all-male, historically-black boarding school which serves as the backdrop for the play, he realized that it served as a compelling setting.

“The question on everybody’s lips, what has become of the black male experience in America . . . Over the past three or four years, most of my work is trying to question that, what that is,” he said in a printed statement.”

“The ideal would be to have a school that specifically caters to that, to make men for tomorrow . . . What would that mean? Putting black men together in that space and trying to find themselves and that individual voice and give them, what’s the word . . . to put them in touch with what we historically want them to express for us, it’s an extraordinary feat. Not only do you have to be yourself, to figure out what you want, but you have to look out for the benefit of the community The Washington Informer

and how you are going to serve them,” said Tarell, a resident playwright in Miami and the recipient of the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship – best known for his acclaimed trilogy, “The Brother/ Sister Plays.”

As the play opens, Headmaster Marrow (Marty Austin Lamar) faces the combination of changing times and rising costs in addition to the pressure being placed on the school’s legendary gospel choir – a primary source of much needed revenue.

But he has one more challenge which he must confront – an ambitious, talented student, Pharus Jonathan Young (Jelani Alladin) wants to take his place as the choir’s leader. But Pharus, because of his attraction to other boys, must decide if he will ignore constant gay slurs while he discovers who he is and for what he’s willing to fight.

Young takes to the role like a veteran actor and in the many scenes where he and his classmates break into five-part harmony to perform moving, gospel songs, his strong tenor voice soars above the rest.

Joined by an ensemble that includes Eric Lockley, Keith Antone, Jonathan Burke and Jaysen Wright, the five young, black actors combine their collective skills in a manner that far belies their ages. Most of the actors, including Alladin, are making their Studio Theatre debuts.

McCraney, a gifted wordsmith, provides a host of thought-provoking with which the audience can easily identify, from Harriet

Tubman and Booker T. Washington, to fictionalized, television characters including Columbo.

In one scene, the headmaster becomes annoyed at one of the students and accuses him of “spouting off like Kanye at a press conference.”

Later in the play, as more secrets come to light, Pharus shares the pain he feels from being called a “sissy and faggot.”

He said that he had often been seen as a sweet boy and had worked hard to be considered great, but because people constantly diminished him, who he was and what he did, that despite his best efforts, the best he could do was to be considered good.

Viewers may wonder about the juxtaposition of the boys roughhousing in the shower while at the same time belting out lines from a Negro spiritual but it’s actually the kind of tension that McCraney likes to generate.

Rounding out the cast and creative team: Alan Wade (who plays Mr. Pendleton and brings a few secrets of his own to the table); Kent Gash, director; Darius Smith, music director; Jason Sherwood, set designer; Dawn Chiang, lighting designer; Kathleen Geldard, costume designer; Kenny Neal, sound designer; and Lauren Halvorsen, dramaturg.

From start to finish, this play will have you anticipating what’s next while wondering, “Wo’s the bad guy?” If one exists at all. WI For tickets or more information go to studiotheatre.org. Choir Boy is funded in part by the D.C. Commission on the Arts & Humanities.

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“I am immersed with ‘God Forgave Me,’” he added. “I feel that many people will be able to identify with the lyrics of the song for the simple reason that all of us have made mistakes in our lives.”

Best, a former member of the famous gospel quartet group The Fairfield Four, sang the lead vocal track along with the group’s bass singer, the late Isaac Freeman, for two songs in the hit comedy film “Oh Brother, Where Art Thou,” which was released in 2000. The movie soundtrack won Album of the Year at the Country Music Awards in November 2001.

They are the only black group ever to receive the honor. The group has also been inducted into three halls of fame.

“Working with The Fairfield Four reminded me how much I missed gospel music,” Best said.

“We did a lot of work overseas, especially in Japan. It just felt right. I recorded the new CD because I had something in my heart that I needed to share. I love being back in the business doing what I was born to do. The next thing is to tour – and that’s going to happen very soon.” WI

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In a sense, life has come full circle for the Grammy Award-winning singer. After a successful career spanning over three decades, he decided to step away from music and focus on his church. But, as more friends began to ask him when he would return to the recording studio, Best said, he decided that he wanted to write songs that would encourage others.

“When I left The O’Jays, a lot of people had their own ideas of why I stepped away,” he said.

“But the truth was I felt called to the ministry and had to respond. I wished the group well and even supported Eric Grant Nolan, who took my place. The O’Jays gave me a chance to be a part of history, and I love them for that. But, as for any rumors about my departure, when the devil doesn’t have information, he’ll use his imagination,” said Best, who will soon celebrate his 35th wedding anniversary.

Best recently released his first gospel CD, “Center of My Life,” an 11-song album packed with original gospel ballads and a few songs that bear a style reminiscent of contemporary jazz.

Best said he likes all the songs but says that “Thank You,” “God Forgave Me” and “Our Love Song” are his favorites.

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As a child, Nathan Best remembers accompanying his mother on a gospel song that she recorded, “Walk With Me.” Now after a musical career in the R&B arena that included singing with Mikki Howard, Gerald Levert and The O’Jays, Best, 54, has returned to his roots, releasing a gospel CD and pastoring a church.

“I came up in gospel and feel like I never left it even though I was doing secular music because it was my roots,” said Best, who now lives in Starkville, Mississippi.

“I did all kinds of music: R&B, country, salsa, Brazilian, whatever was called for. I did it and still love all kinds of music. I would call what I do ‘world music.’”

Best, born in Miami, moved to Cincinnati after his parents divorced. His mother, a former recording artist with Chess Records in Chicago, remarried – this time to a minister. Soon, Best found himself playing keyboards for his stepfather’s church.

“I got with my friends, and we formed a group called New Born Light,” he said. “I was a teenager by that time. I was doing gospel music on Sundays and Top 40 songs with the group on other days. We all had the same dream – making it big one day.

I lived and imagined my future on stage every day. Most of the guys I hung out with are all in the music industry today and doing quite well. It’s amazing that we all accomplished our goals.”

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Reparations Study Group The next in a series of Reparations Study Group sessions will be Thursday, January 29, 2015 from 6 pm to 8 pm at the Southeast Public Library, 403 7th Street, Southeast, 20003.

The series features discussion sessions and research on “The Debt America Owes Black Descendants of Slaves.”

The Southeast Library is located on Capitol Hill across from the Eastern Market subway stop.

“If my life were metal, then destiny is my magnet,” Bishop T.D. Jakes, pastor of The Potter’s House in Dallas, told the audience at the final service of New Year’s Revival 2015, which was hosted by Greater Mount Calvary Holy Church of Northeast Washington and First Baptist Church of Glenarden in Upper Marlboro on Friday, Jan. 9, at Jericho City of Praise in Landover, Maryland. /Photo by Travis Riddick

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“He laid hands on me and said, ‘A gate is going to be opened unto you,’ and by that Monday at 11 a.m. I was on the phone talking to Jericho. They had been looking for a pastor and wanted me to come in and talk to them,” said Sculark, who was appointed pastor of Jericho two months later. “I am still speechless.”

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all members of His flock – and draws them to it. The crowd was so enthralled by Jakes’ message that many stood for most of his sermon. At one point, a man dressed in a suit and tie rushed the stage and was yanked out of the sanctuary by security officers.

“The only thing … that has been consistent, from birth to now, is this invisible, nebulous tug – a pull, a drawing, a wooing – something beyond myself,

outside of myself, that would not let me rest in places where I wanted to rest … or indulge in what I wanted to indulge in,” he said. “The one thing that has remained consistent through Mohawks and Jheri curls and bald heads and corn rows … is this pull. It is a destiny pull. You see, destiny has a force through which it pulls you, through which it draws you.” WI

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You are a chip off the old block.

You’re just like your father. Just like your mother. Cut from the same cloth and the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree – which was okay when you were a kid. Back then you wanted to grow up just like them anyhow.

Or not. When you’re the child of a parent with an unusual career – for instance, if you’re “The Undertaker’s Daughter” – like Kate Mayfield you might pick another path.

Kate Mayfield spent most of her young life surrounded by death.

Just after she was born in the late 1950s, her parents moved the family to tiny Jubilee, Kentucky, where Mayfield’s father had decided to open a funeral home. There were two funeral homes there – one for Jubilee’s black residents and one for whites – but he reasoned that there was room for competition.

He didn’t reckon on the town’s Old Guard, which closed ranks among themselves and almost stopped the newcomer in his tracks.

Slowly, though, and with the help of one of the town’s most eccentric and forward-thinking residents, Mayfield’s father was accepted in the small town and his business thrived.

He hired a few locals for help when times were busy and, as was the norm then, he also ran one of the town’s ambulances. The family lived in an apartment above the coffins and embalming room; Mayfield’s mother worked

her way into the town’s social life; the Mayfield children settled into Jubilee’s schools; and, the dead came and went at Mayfield and Son Funeral Home.

But Jubilee was no Mayberry.

Racism was a way of life there and, though Mayfield says the family maid was sometimes her only friend, there was an otherwise strict separation of black and white. As time passed, life in the small-town became a cauldron of gossip and sniping; Mayfield was reprimanded by teachers and taunted by schoolmates for liking a black boy; and The Old Guard continued to plague her father, whose secrets began to affect everyone around him. Mayfield, a teenager by then, knew her family would never leave Jubilee…. but she couldn’t wait to go.

Have you ever gotten a gift that was different – and better – than you expected? That’s what happens when you open “The Undertaker’s Daughter.”

You might think, for example, that the title indicates a tale of living with a funeral director, but you’d only be partially correct. Author Kate Mayfield includes plenty of funny, heartfelt, sad memories of life above death, though she starts her book with a game of bridge and a love letter to small town life, a lifetime ago.

And yet – we see the dark spots, and the love letter soon becomes a Dear John letter.

For that, I buried myself in this book.

While you may (rightly) see comparisons to a couple of popular works of fiction, remember that this book is a memoir - and a good one at that. Look for “The Undertaker’s Daughter” and you’ll be glad to block off your time for it. WI

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ARIES Justice is on your mind again this week. This may be in a cosmic sense, or you may still be speeding along trying to get a ticket. Slow down and relax your brain-energies! The universe knows how to take care of itself and of you. Trust! Soul Affirmation: Distant love is sometimes sweeter. Lucky Numbers: 8, 11, 13

TAURUS No need for rowdiness, wild ones. You can make your point without waving your hands and arms about wildly! Speak your wisdom softly, gently this week, so that others can hear it and benefit. Soul Affirmation: I face each week with a smile and the week smiles back at me. Lucky Numbers: 22, 27, 31

GEMINI Things speed up again this week and you are in a highly creative mood.

An outspoken female in your circle may illuminate a thorny question for you. You’ll be surprised and pleased by what you hear. Soul Affirmation: I look for the good in all that comes to me this week. Lucky Numbers: 25, 31, 36

CANCER One of your most unique gifts is the power to change your mind. You know how to change the way you think, and it gives you great personal magnetism. This week you may be called upon to change the way you think about a person close to you. Do it. Soul Affirmation: Friendships are shock absorbers on the bumpy roads of life. Lucky Numbers: 10, 14, 22 LEO Focus intently on the personal this week. Others may seem scattered or impersonal, but it’s not about you. Keep your thoughts and feelings to yourself until others are more receptive to your good vibrations. Soul Affirmation: I master fear by knowing that all is well. Lucky Numbers: 1, 5, 39

VIRGO A personal decision is made, and you are happy for the person who makes it. This person may be younger than you, but you’ve got a karmic bond between you. Enjoy the excitement of moment, and know that faith is being kept by your very actions. Soul Affirmation: This week I forgive myself for everything that has happened. Lucky Numbers: 3, 4, 10

LIBRA Hidden resentments could surface and you’ll want to be able to gracefully back away from arguments this week. Appreciate the good vibrations and ignore the negative. You’ll be doing the universe’s work! Soul Affirmation: What I’ve been waiting for has been here all along. Lucky Numbers: 15, SCORPIO Charming, simply charming is what you are this week! Use your sparkle to set a few dreams in motion by meeting with those who can help you move forward. Wow! Have you got it going on! Keep your spontaneous side in check this week. Soul Affirmation: I know that enjoyment is a state of mind this week. Lucky Numbers: 9, 42, 51

SAGITTARIUS Think things through before you act. Concentrate on small details. They will make the difference between success and failure in your endeavors this week. Don’t go for the gusto just yet, your ideas need to be massaged a bit more before you present them openly. Call that special someone that has been on your mind. Soul Affirmation: True friendship is a mirror into which I look to see the beauty of my inner self. Lucky Numbers: 2, 17, 41

CAPRICORN Your financial constraints will soon come to an end. Meanwhile, make a game of spending less. See how long you can go without letting lose a dime and you will be in a better position to make decisions about bigger ticket items soon. Start thinking about where you would like to take a short excursion. Soul Affirmation: I paint my world in colors of the rainbow. Lucky Numbers: 12, 19, 32

AQUARIUS For the past two weeks you have been playing it safe. Now you can live on the edge a little. Luck is back with you again. You’ll be aware of love prospects lingering around you. You’ll see that your career is full of bright possibilities. Now is a good time to take a chance. Soul Affirmation: Self-confidence is the key to my success this week. Lucky Numbers: 13, 27, 53

PISCES Flexibility is the word for this week. Don’t insist on being right, even if you think you are. You will gain more this week if you allow others the freedom to have their way rather than insisting that people do things your way. Soul Affirmation: He who doesn’t ask will remain a fool forever. Lucky Numbers: 20, 36, 55

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Gospel Pioneer Dead at 72 Andraé Crouch Paved the Way for Others The nation continues to mourn the death of legendary gospel singer and songwriter Andraé Crouch, 72, who suffered a fatal heart attack on Thursday, Jan. 8. Crouch, co-pastor of the New Christ Memorial Church in San Fernando, California, was a seven-time Grammy Award winner. He rose to fame for bringing gospel into the mainstream; he collaborated on music for secular stars like Michael Jackson and Madonna. Crouch was plagued for years by several health conditions, including cancer, congestive heart failure and diabetes. “Michelle and I were saddened to learn of the passing of music legend Pastor Andraé Crouch,” President Obama said, calling the singer “a leading pioneer of contemporary gospel music.”

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The Washington Chapter of Sophisticates, Inc. The Washington Chapter of Sophisticates, Inc. held their annual Holiday Brunch at the Four Seasons Hotel here in Washington, DC -- The Sophisticates is a social club established in 1965.

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Lori Davis is the President of the group and there are a total of 16 members - Ann Sewell, Jean Johnson, Delores Martin, Helen Hopson, Gwen Mitchell, Dr. Gladys Watkins, Carmen Amos, Dr. Frances Rankins, Nancy Freeman, and Paquita Attaway

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SPORTS Howard University Men Edge Coppin State, 71-69

Venus Williams came from behind to win the WTA Auckland Classic last Friday, Jan. 9 in what some consider to be a prelude to the Australian Open. /Courtesy photo

Howard University guard James Carlton goes up against Coppin State University forward Arnold Fripp in a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference game at Burr Gymnasium on Saturday, Jan.10 Howard defeated Coppin, 71-69./Photo courtesy Yusuf Abdullah

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By D. Kevin McNeir WI Managing Editor Coppin State University guard Van Rolle blocks Howard University guard James Daniel in MEAC basketball action on Saturday, Jan.10, at Howard University Burr gymnasium. Howard defeated Coppin, 71-69./Photo courtesy Yusuf Abdullah.

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Venus Williams entered the tournament as the third seed and had to reach down deep to come from behind after falling down one set. But that she did – winning the Auckland Classic in New Zealand on Friday, Jan. 9 against top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki.

Williams, 34, a finalist in the tournament last year which she lost, was victorious this year, winning 2-6, 6-3, 6-3. Williams yielded the first set to Wozniacki, primarily because of a number of unforced errors. Her opponent seemed to shock Williams with her ability to recover and her accuracy.

Things didn’t look much better for the American in the second set after Wozniacki broke Williams’ serve in the first game. But it wasn’t over yet. Not by a long shot.

Williams finally began to get her first serve in and landed her ground strokes with greater accuracy. She broke Wozniacki’s serve twice on the way to taking the second set.

With the two dead even at one set a piece, Williams capitalized after breaking Wozniacki early in the third set. But her opponent still had some fight left too.

Wozniacki saved three match points but Williams took the trophy after the top seed put the ball in the net on an errant baseline shot. WI

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How many times have you heard the saying, and I’m quoting Joan Collins “Show me a person who has never made a mistake and I’ll show you someone who has never achieved much!”

“Lance Armstrong said it this way, “Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever. That surrender, even the smallest act of giving up, stays with me. So when I feel like quitting, I ask myself, which would I rather live with? “Lance Armstrong simply calls it pain, but for the sake of this column, let me just say it this way ‘the pain of failure is temporary.

When you make plans to obtain the goals and objectives God has given you, obstacles are guaranteed to come your way, just know that quitting is not an option when you expect to win. If achieving goals were easy, everyone would be winners. You can work day and night, doing things your way, and get nowhere. Listen to the voice of the Lord, and follow his lead, as he orders your steps.

Focus on a single desire; it will mow down all opposition. Opportunity often slips in by the back door, and appears to be defeat; many don’t recognize opportunity, because they are so focused on the failure.

Have you heard the true story “Three feet from gold, by Napoleon Hill?” Well, an uncle of R. U. Darby worked for weeks, built

machinery to work the mines, struck gold; they had one of the riches mines in Colorado. Yet, after mining a couple loads, drills kept running, but the gold seemed to have disappeared. They kept drilling, until finally one day they quit. They sold the machinery to a junk man. The junk man contacted a mining engineer who told him about the fault line. The engineer calculated they amazingly, they were only three feet from gold!

Let’s take a look at the men who fished all night long and caught absolutely nothing: Luke 5:4-7 says…4 “ When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into deep water, and let down the nets for a catch.” 5 Simon answered, “Master, we’ve worked hard all night and haven’t caught anything. But because you say so, I will let down the nets.” 6 When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to break. 7 So they signaled their partners in the other boat to come and help them, and they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink.

Though these men were tired, frustrated, disappointed, and weren’t sure what would happen, they said to the Lord “Because you say so, I will let down the nets”..... And look what happened! You too must hear the voice of the Lord, and because he says so, follow that lead!

This separates winners from losers. Robert Schuller once said “Quitters Never win and winners never quit.” Some of you have lost jobs, homes, cars, spouses, loved ones,

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Rogers & Hammerstein wrote in a song my McKinley High School Choir sang so many times, “Walk on through the wind, Walk on through the rain, Tho’ your dreams be tossed and blown. Walk on, walk on with hope in your heart; and you’ll never walk alone. You’ll never walk alone.

In my own life, I’ve walked on through many storms, and kept going forward with hope in my heart. Philippians 4:19 King James Version (KJV) says 19 But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.”WI Lyndia Grant is an author, inspirational and motivational speaker, radio talk show host and columnist; visit her new website at www.lyndiagrant.com and, call 202-518-3192.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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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

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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.

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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

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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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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

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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

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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....

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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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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.

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Holy Communion: 4th Sunday 7:30 a.m. & 10:30a.m.

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Administration No. 2013 ADM 000981

Administration No. 2014 ADM 1316

Administration No. 2014 ADM 1288

Administration No. 2014 ADM 1297

Administration No. 2014 ADM 1236

Bekele W. Beyene

Grace W. Minor

Louise J. Houston aka Louise Jeannie Houston-Uzzell Bernice C. Minor

Lynne D. Roberts

Decedent

Decedent

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS

AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Touissaint Jones, whose address is 4412 E Street, SE,

AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

#4, Washington, DC 20019, was appointed Personal

Dorothy Wood, whose address is 5707 Blaine Street,

Decedent

Decedent

Ronald Dixon

Bradley A. Thomas, Esq.

Bynum & Jenkins

1629 K Street, NW, Suite 300

1010 Cameron Street

Washington, DC 20005-1631

Alexandria, VA 22314

Attorney

Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Ronald Dixon, whose address is Bynum & Jenkins, 1010 Cameron Street, Alexandria, VA 22314, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Bekele W. Beyene, who died on June 3, 2013 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (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 15, 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 15, 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

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Ann P. Rakotomalala, whose address is 5707 29th Avenue, Hyattsville, MD 20782, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Grace W. Minor, who died on September 20, 2014 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their

Decedent Allen Wilson 1629 K Street, NW, Suite 300 Washington, DC 20008 Attorney

Jerry L. Branch, Gloria Branch and Odell Branch, whose addresses are 2407 Darel Dr., #202, Suitland, MD 20746, 6703 Allentown Rd, Temple Hills MD 20748, 108 17th St., NE, Washington, DC 20002, was

Representative of the estate of Bernice C. Minor, who died on March 20, 2012 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance

appointed Personal Representatives of the estate of Louise

in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or

J. Houston aka Louise Jeannie Houston-Uzzell, who died

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

on March 16, 2014 without a Will, and will serve with

appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such

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

Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose

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

whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance

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

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

in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall

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

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

on or before July 8, 2015. Claims against the decedent

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

shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the

on or before July 8, 2015. Claims against the decedent

to the undersigned, on or before July 8, 2015, or be

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

shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the

forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees

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

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

copy to the undersigned, on or before July 8, 2015, or be

by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so

copy to the undersigned, on or before July 8, 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

and relationship.

relationship.

Date of first publication:

Date of first publication:

January 15, 2015

January 8, 2015

Ronald Dixon

Ann P. Rakotomalala

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.

July 8, 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

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

Date of first publication: January 8, 2015

NE, Washington, DC 20019, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Lynne D. Roberts, who died on September 27, 2014 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before July 8, 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 8, 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: January 8, 2015

Date of first publication: January 8, 2015

Touissaint Jones

Dorothy Wood

Personal Representative

Personal Representative

TRUE TEST COPY

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Anne Meister

Anne Meister

Register of Wills

Register of Wills

Washington Informer

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Probate Division

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Probate Division

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Washington, D.C. 20001-2131

Administration No. 2014 ADM 1300

Administration No. 2014 ADM 1060

Foreign No. 2014 FEP 159

Rosetta Henry

Harvey Lee Jones, Sr.

November 2, 2014

Decedent

Date of Death

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Johnell Annette Powell

1353 Sheridan Street, NW

AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

Name of Decedent

Washington, DC 20011

Juanita Suhana, whose address is 738 51st Street,

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN PERSONAL

Personal Representative

Personal Representative

TRUE TEST COPY

TRUE TEST COPY

Anne Meister

Anne Meister

Register of Wills

Register of Wills

Jerry L. Branch Gloria Branch Odell Branch Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY Anne Meister Register of Wills

Washington Informer

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Probate Division

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Washington, D.C. 20001-2131

Administration No. 2014 ADM 1279 Juanita G. Covington

Decedent

Decedent Deborah D. Boddie, Esq. NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Eunita M. Davis, whose address is 15001 N. Jenkins Court, Accokeek, MD 20607, was appointed Personal

1308 Ninth Street, NW, Suite 300 Washington, DC 20001

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS

SE, Washington, DC 20019, was appointed Personal

AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

Representative of the estate of Harvey Lee Jones, Sr.,

who died on November 2, 2014 without a Will, and

Valerie J. Henry Hall, whose address is 8901 Branchview

will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs

Drive, Fort Washington, MD 20744, was appointed

and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter

Personal Representative of the estate of Rosetta Henry,

their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment 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 8, 2015.

appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills,

and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter

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

their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such

Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before July 15, 2015.

undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed

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

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

on or before July 8, 2015. Claims against the decedent

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.

January 8, 2015 Eunita M. Davis Personal Representative

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

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

believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do

copy to the undersigned, on or before July 8, 2015, or be

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

forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees

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

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

including name, address and relationship.

by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so relationship.

Date of first publication: January 15, 2015

Date of first publication: January 8, 2015

Juanita Suhana Personal Representative

Valerie J. Henry Hall

TRUE TEST COPY TRUE TEST COPY Register of Wills

undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed on or before July 15, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons

Personal Representative

Anne Meister

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the

shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the

inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and Date of first publication:

heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their

will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs

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

believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do

serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the

on or before July 8, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons

who died on April 3, 2014 without a Will, and will

who died on November 13, 2104 with a Will, and

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

Anne Meister

Carter McKinley Smith, Jr. Decedent Aimee D. Griffin

Attorney

Representative of the estate of Juanita G. Covington,

Administration No. 2014 ADM 1326

Attorney REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS

James Matthew Powell, Sr. whose

address is 9015 Longbow Road, Fort Washington, ND 20744 was appointed personal representative of

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Shadid Adbul-Latif, whose address is 2921 North #408, Leisure World Blvd., Silver Spring, MD 20904, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of

the estate of Johnell Annette Powell, deceased, by the

Carter McKinley Smith, Jr., who died on August 6, 2010

Orphans Court for Prince Georges County, State of

without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision.

Maryland, on December 5, 2014.

All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are

Service of process may be made upon

Michelle Ingrid Dillon, 4740 Connecticut Ave., NW, Unit 615, Washington, DC 20008 whose designation as District of Columbia agent has been filed with the Register of Wills, D.C.

The decedent owned the following

unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding.

Objections to such appointment 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 8, 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

District of Columbia real property: 1346 L Street, SE,

to the undersigned, on or before July 8, 2015, or be

Washington, DC.

forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees

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

The decedent owned District of Columbia

personal property. Claims against the decedent may be presented to the undersigned and filed with the Register of Wills of the District of Columbia, 515 5th Street, NW, Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001 within 6 months from the date of first publication 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: January 8, 2015

Date of first publication:

Shaidid Adbul-Latif

January 8, 2015

Personal Representative

James Matthew Powell, Sr.

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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

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PROBATE DIVISION

Probate Division

Probate Division

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Washington, D.C. 20001-2131

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Foreign No. 2014 FEP 164 November 20, 2011 Date of Death

Dell David Warren, Sr.

Patricia E. Young Decedent

Decedent Johnny M. Howard, Houston & Howard NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Lonnie Stewart Name of Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Administration No. 2014 ADM 1287

Dennis A. Baird, Esq. whose address

is 1323 Fenwick Lane, Silver Spring, MD 20910 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Lonnie

AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Dell David Warren, Jr., whose address is 15410 Jennings Lane, Bowie, MD 20721, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Dell David Warren, Sr.,

1001 Connecticut Ave., NW, Suite 402 Washington, DC 20036

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

Mandan Rd, #201, Greenbelt, MD 20770, were

standard probate, including the appointment of one or

heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such

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

appointed Personal Representatives of the estate of

objection in accordance with Superior Court Probate

with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision.

Division Rule 407 is filed in this Court within 30 days from

All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding.

on or before July 8, 2015. Claims against the decedent

Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of

20001 whose designation as District of Columbia agent

shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the

decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills,

has been filed with the Register of Wills, D.C.

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

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

copy to the undersigned, on or before July 8, 2015, or be

Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before July 8, 2015.

District of Columbia real property: 1840 2nd Street, NW,

forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees

Washington. DC 20001.

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

by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so

Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001 within 6 months from the date of first publication of this notice.

Date of first publication: January 8, 2015 Dennis A. Baird Personal Representative

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

January 8, 2015 Dell David Warren, Jr. Personal Representative

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Probate Division

Probate Division

Washington, D.C. 20001-2131

Washington, D.C. 20001-2131

Mary M. Taylor Decedent

Administration No. 2014 ADM 1286 Michelle D. Washington Decedent Dalton Howard, Esq.

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS

6701 16th Street, NW

AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

Washington, DC 20012 Attorney

Maurice Gordon, Sr., whose address is 616 20th St., NE, Washington, DC 20002, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Mary M. Taylor, who died on October 6, 2014 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Michael J. Washington, whose address is 2400 16th Street, NW, Apt. 627, Washington, DC 20009, was

whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance

appointed Personal Representative of the estate of

in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or

Michelle D. Washington, who died on September 5,

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

2014 without a Will, and will serve without Court

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

supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose

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

not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days including name, address and relationship.

whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance

Lacountis Compton

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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014 ADM 1222 Marquese Davon Meadow

William C. McCaskill 6196 Oxon Hill Road, Suite 360 Oxon Hill, MD 20745 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

Dr., SE, Washington, DC 20020, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Marquese Davon Meadow, who died on August 24, 2014 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the

shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the

undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed

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

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

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

copy to the undersigned, on or before July 8, 2015, or be

on or before July 8, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons

by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so

forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees

believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do

inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and

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

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

relationship.

by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so

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

inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and

including name, address and relationship.

Maurice Gordon, Sr. Personal Representative

January 8, 2015 Michael J. Washington

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relationship.

Personal Representative

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services here:

Benita Dawn Meadow, whose address is 1819 Tobias

Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before July 8, 2015.

January 8, 2015

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Decedent

on or before July 8, 2015. Claims against the decedent

Date of first publication:

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

forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees

Beverly Young-Luby

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

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

January 15, 2015

Anne Meister

to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of

presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register

Date of first publication:

January 8, 2015

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July 8, 2015. Claims against the decedent shall be

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Patricia E. Young, who died on November 20, 2014

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MALVEAUX from Page 26 gence plus character is the goal of true education.”

We must develop and support young people who are educated in the King tradition – young people with character and discernment. We cannot do this work without a consciousness of people who are committed to breaking down educational barriers, closing the achievement gap, improving the quality of schools and access to education.

But while other countries are increasing their commitment to education, the United States is cutting back.

Said King, “The most dan-

REYNOLDS from Page 26 package postmarked from Miami and dated November 2 that felt like it held a tape. I opened it. The package contained a reel of audiotape and a letter, which I also opened.

“The poorly typed letter read, ‘King, we’ve found you out. This is just a sample of the goods we have against you. Your end will come soon.

You are done for; there is only one way out for you. You better take it.

You have 34 days before you will be exposed and publicly defamed.’

“The letter had been sent some 34 days before Martin was to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. There was no question in my mind that the letter was prodding Martin to commit suicide. Under stress, Martin often suffered from depression. In the sick minds of those who sent the letter, I’m sure they thought they were pushing my husband over the edge.

“I had heard rumors that J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI had prepared a suicide letter and a doctored tape to embarrass Martin. ‘This must be it,’ I said to myself. I sat up our reel-to-reel recorder and sat down to listen. Although I have read scores of reports talking

CURRY from Page 26 the first two years of college free to community college students – and not to HBCUs – you don’t have to be a rocket or social scientist to see that Black colleges will come out the losers.

And the bleeding doesn’t stop there.

If and when community college students decide to continue their education, they may be more inclined to transfer to a state-supported public university, where costs are cheaper than those of a private or public HBCU. In many instances, that state-supported university might accept all of the student’s credits

gerous criminal may be the man (person) gifted with reason, but no morals.” How moral is it to consign millions to low wages, refusing, even, to increase the minimum wage. How moral is it to cut food stamps and jobs programs in the name of economic growth, although many are still suffering? The art and science of politics is about compromise, but how do we compromise with people’s lives and well-being?

There ought to be a floor under which no citizen is allowed to fall. Wages, health, career, education, and access to housing should not be bargained over, but automatically given.

Too many of our legislators are educated, but lack morals. It is

shameful to watch them celebrate the shredding of the safety net.

Budget cuts have made education less obtainable than ever.

While many parents hire coaches to help their children write essays and complete their college applications, working class parents don’t have the money to do this kind of hiring.

The American School Counselors says that many states mandate a ratio of between 500 and 750 students per counselor. Even at the lower number, a counselor can spend just an hour per student per semester, hardly enough to get advice about college attendance, the filling out of applications, and other matters.

about the reported scurrilous activities of my husband, there was nothing at all incriminating on the tape. It was of very poor quality and was recorded at some social event. I recognized a staffer Bernard Lee’s voice, but on the entire tape, I didn’t hear Martin’s. ‘“Oh, this is nothing,’ I said to myself.

“Later, we learned what great lengths the FBI had taken to prepare the suicide package. Hoover reasoned that I would confront Martin and then leave him, putting Martin in such a weakened state that he would become ineffectual to the Movement. An impending divorce would also reduce his stature. Despite my refusal to fall for any of the bait, rumors spread through the media claiming we’d had a screaming match and saying I was on the verge of walking out. Once again, nothing could be further from the truth. Martin and I did not have the slightest argument over the tape.’

“That was just one of the many fabricated stories about Martin, our life, and me that I know were fabricated, pure and simple,” Mrs. King told me.

Scenes showing Mrs. King traumatized by the outpouring of death threats to Dr. King and her fami-

ly were also out of character for a woman who often told me, “I gather strength from a crisis.” She told me that rather than being a fearful woman, she had early in life come to terms with terror and the hate that produced it as part of the struggle.

As a teenager growing up in Heiberger, Alabama, the family home was burned down, as was her father’s saw mill. On January 30 1956, she was home in Montgomery with her infant daughter Yolanda when it was firebombed. Upon hearing of the danger, her father came to take her back home, but she refused to leave Martin, which he later conceded would have made it more difficult for him to stand his ground, if she had not been such a courageous soul.

To be fair, DuVernay has invited her critics to “investigate major historical moments themselves.” Unfortunately, only a very few are gifted enough or have the resources to bring the truth to worldwide audiences which is why it is so incumbent on the anointed storytellers not to plunge a dagger in the truth. WI

whereas the Black institution might accept some of them.

Public HBCUs are likely to suffer under this scenario, as well.

If a Black student has attended a community college in Alabama, for example, he or she may be more prone to enroll in the University of Alabama or Auburn than they would if they had initially enrolled in Alabama A&M University or Alabama State. And given the costs, those students might totally bypass Tuskegee University, Talladega College or Stillman College, all private institutions.

Colleges such as Spelman and Morehouse, though harmed, can probably sustain the drop in enrollment. But without any adjustments, it could be the death knell for many

others, including Miles College, Tougaloo, Paine and my alma mater, Knoxville College, which already has a foot in the grave.

With Republicans now in control of the House and Senate, it would have been far wiser for Obama to huddle with Republicans – whose presidents have been strong supporters of HBCUs over the years – to come up with a proposal that both sides could support. Going it alone, especially in this environment, virtually guarantees that the America’s College Promise program will go nowhere.

What should be done?

As one educator told me, it would have been better if Obama had said the federal government would pick

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Some states have no mandate at all. They include (but are not limited to) Florida, Illinois, Kansas, and Kentucky. Unless parents or civic organizations are willing to step up, some students face major barriers to college attendance and career preparation.

President Obama says he wants the U.S. to be a leader in world education. Others could care less about the education of too many students. Those who

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High School Journalist of the Year up the first two years at a two- or four-year college. That would be better for most HBCUs. Because public tax dollars probably would not be designated for private colleges, the private and religious-affiliated institutions would still be in a bind.

As for the Republican majority accustomed to saying “no” to everything when they were out of power, education would be a good thing to say “yes” to. And correcting the blunders made by the White House may even help in reaching out to a broader political base, a goal the GOP claims it wants to achieve.

In the meantime, this new community college proposal, coming on

the heels of the administration dropping the ball on Parent PLUS student loans that caused some HBCUs to lose as much as 20 percent of their student body and a proposed federal rating system that could also disadvantage some HCBUs, has some of Obama’s ardent supporters wondering if this is part of a plan to kill Black colleges. If it’s not, it may have the same sad effect. WI George E. Curry can be reached through his Web site, www.georgecurry. com. You can also follow him at www. twitter.com/currygeorge and George E. Curry Fan Page on Facebook Jan 15 - Jan 21, 2015

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MOTEN from Page 27 President Johnson communicated regularly. Their individual lives impacted the country and each other.

While speaking before a joint session of Congress to propose the Voting Rights Act, President Johnson passionately said, “And we shall overcome.” Dr. King and some of his close aides watched the president on television. One of them, my colleague Congressman John Lewis, said that Dr. King cried when he heard the president use the banner cry of the Civil Rights Movement during his address.

The importance of President Johnson’s work was celebrated at the University of Texas in Aus-

CHAVIS from Page 27 As he made clear, Black lives do matter. All lives matter. Although there has been progress in the United States during the past 50 years towards racial justice, racial injustice and inequality still persist.

Congressman Butterfield noted when he was sworn in: • Twenty-five percent of Black households live below the poverty line, compared to 8 percent for White households; • One out of three Black children lives in poverty; • African Americans are twice as likely as Whites to be unem-

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Powell in 1970, the group changed its name to the CBC. Ironically, John Conyers has never served as CBC Chair.

That speaks to his mild-mannered style. His accomplishments however, are nothing short of spectacular.

After Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination in 1968, Conyers introduced legislation to make Dr. King’s birthday a national holiday. With each new session of Congress, he reintroduced the bill, again and again, gaining more and more co-sponsors each year.

In 1983, President Ronald Reagan signed the bill into law. Ironically when Reagan signed the legislation, Conyers was not at the Rose Garden ceremony because he was not welcome in the Reagan White House. Civil Rights icon Rosa Parks quietly worked in Conyers Detroit office for 25 years.

When she was later presented the Congressional Gold Medal, John Conyers was not even on the dais.

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tin last year at the library named for him by ordinary citizens and

by President Obama who was joined by former presidents Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. I will join Congressional colleagues in a celebration of President Johnson’s monumental achievements later this year in the nation’s capitol.

In a few days, the entire nation will pause to acknowledge the contributions made by Dr. King.

There will be tributes, parades and speeches made to celebrate his remarkable life, which was cut short by a sniper’s bullet.

President Johnson died of a heart attack after deciding not to seek a second term as our nation’s leader. The national debate over the Vietnam War had damaged the soul of this patriot and

defender of civil rights. I do not believe that legislation guaranteeing equal rights to minorities would have passed Congress but for his fortitude, and his belief in the equality of all people.

President Johnson, a former teacher and Dr. King, a Baptist preacher, had tremendous respect for each other, and understood the crucial roles that each played in changing our nation, and its laws. They both assumed vital and necessary roles in making America the democracy that it is today. They are owed a tremendous debt of gratitude by all people. WI

ployed; • African Americans earn $13,000 less per year than their White counterparts; • The unemployment rate of African Americans has consistently been twice as high as for Whites for the past 50 years; and • For every $100 in wealth of a White household, the Black household has only $6.

Congressman Butterfield and his colleagues in the Congressional Black Caucus cannot change America by themselves.

They need and deserve our support. They need our voices and votes to join theirs. We need one another.

America is at another crossroad. Will we revive the U.S.

economy and create a more inclusive democracy where race will not be the determining factor that determines the quality of life? We all have an obligation to help determine the answer to that question. May our leadership be blessed with the courage and determination to make a real and lasting difference; and let’s make sure we join them in striving for that goal. WI

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then, that in 1973 as the revelations of the President’s involvement in the 1972 Watergate Hotel break-in and subsequent cover-up came to light, Conyers—a member of the prestigious Judiciary Committee—introduced the bill to impeach Nixon. In July 1974 the full committee approved the resolution, which was on its way to adoption by the full House when Nixon resigned in August.

In 1987—the 100th anniversary year of the birth of the Right Honorable Marcus Mosiah Garvey—Conyers convened a hearing on a resolution he introduced, calling for a posthumous pardon of the Jamaica-born, Black Nationalist hero who built the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) and African Communities League, the largest Black organization of its kind in U.S. history. The scholars Conyers assembled offered compelling testimony and evidence that Garvey had been framed and unjustly convicted of mail fraud by the U.S. government.

Since 1989, Conyers has introduced in every session of Congress, H.R. 40—as in 40 acres and a mule—a bill to establish a commission to study

the feasibility of reparations for the descendants of America’s enslaved Africans. At a recent celebration of his 50-year-milestone in Congress, I asked him if he had introduced his reparations bill again when the 114th Congress convened. “Absolutely!” was his reply.

In 1987 both the House and the Senate approved legislation fondly called “H.R. 57.” It was authored and pushed through by John Conyers, declaring Jazz to be an authentic indigenous American art form—America’s Classical Music.

Former Chair of the House Judiciary Committee, John Conyers is conspicuously one of the most progressive members of Congress. Whether it’s racial justice, healthcare, economics, the environment, gender issues, he gets it right all the time, like a super hero.

Ironically, in separate interviews at his 50th anniversary celebration, both former NAACP Board Chairman Julian Bond, as well as actor, U.N. human rights activist Danny Glover both told me the same thing about my Congressional Super Hero: He always comes down on the right side of history, they both said. That’s pretty super to me. WI

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