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Joyous News for Morehouse College

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Flanked by students, as well as actor Dennis Haysbert (second from right), and Robert Davidson, chairman of the Board of Trustees of Morehouse College, Morehouse President John Silvanus Wilson Jr. announces that President Barack Obama will deliver the college’s 2013 commencement address.

Obama to Deliver Exhibition Features Commencement Speech History of SCLC’s Fight

By Add Seymour Jr. for Social Change Special to the Daily World A jubilant crowd heard Morehouse President John Silvanus Wilson Jr. announce recently that President Barack Obama will be the speaker for the college’s 129th Commencement in May. Wilson surprised the nearly 2,000 guests at the college’s largest scholarship fundraiser, the 25th Annual “A Candle in the Dark” Gala with the news, bringing the students, alumni, faculty and friends to their feet in excitement.

“The president’s life story trumpets an ethic that we try to instill in all Morehouse Men, namely excellence without apology or compromise,” Wilson said. “It’s a good thing to have him here for that reason.”

A White House official noted that Morehouse was chosen because it is one of the nation’s leading historically Black colleges and universities and is among the best and brightest institutions of higher education in the country.

The official also said that Morehouse is known for its high standard for excellence in learning and social Page 2

Special to the Daily World An exhibition featuring materials from the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) archive opens Thursday, Feb. 21 at Emory University's Robert W. Woodruff Library.

An opening celebration on Friday, Feb. 22 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. will feature remarks by SCLC leaders Charles Steele Jr. and Bernard Lafayette (board president); and Dorothy Cotton (SCLC education director 1960-1968).

Titled "And the Struggle Continues: The Southern Christian Leadership Conference's Fight for Social Change," the display documents the Atlanta-based civil rights organization's history, progress and continual work for equal rights. Emory's Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library (MARBL) holds the SCLC archive. The Woodruff library is located at 540 Asbury Circle, Atlanta, GA 30322-2870. The exhibition, which runs through Dec. 1, is in the library's Schatten Gallery and the Jones Room, Page 2

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Coca-Cola’s Ingrid Saunders Jones to retire After 30 years

Special to the Daily World The Coca-Cola Company has announced Senior Vice President of Global Community Connections and Chair of The Coca-Cola Foundation, Ingrid Saunders Jones, will retire after 30 years of distinguished service with the company, effective June 1.

A well-respected global leader, Jones joined The Coca-Cola Company in 1982 and has held roles of increasing responsibility around the company's corporate giving and community outreach. She has served as chair of The Coca-Cola Foundation since 1991.

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Funding for Bicycle Routes Approved by City Leaders

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More options for riding bicycles safely around the city of Atlanta will be available in 2013 as a result of Mayor Kasim Reed and the Atlanta City Council’s support to fund $2.47 million to create new, high-quality bicycle projects.

Twenty-six new projects will enhance safety and efficiency for current cyclists and is part of the city’s plan to attract new riders by connecting neighborhoods to the Atlanta BeltLine and various activity and employment centers.

“Over the next three years, we have over $62 million in transportation projects planned for construction that include new bicycle paths, lanes and routes,” said Mayor Reed.

“This new funding supports my vision for complete streets that are designed for all citizens and modes of transportation,” he said.

Attracting all types of riders and connecting diverse communities within the city of Atlanta is a major objective of the new investments in innovative bicycle improvements. Several two-way bicycle paths are included in the project plan. New “cycle tracks” will connect Castleberry Hill to downtown, Midtown to Piedmont Park and the Old Fourth Ward to Freedom Park.

In October, the City of Atlanta unveiled a new

Smartphone application called, Cycle Atlanta. It provides bicyclists with route, speed and distance information. In phase 2, the app will allow riders to give direct feedback to city planners about the condition of roads and bicycle routes. To download the Cycle Atlanta app, go to http://cycleatlanta.org/.

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both located on the third floor of the Woodruff Library. The exhibition and celebration are open to the public free of charge.

"With this exhibition and related events, we feel so honored to have this opportunity to recognize the historic contributions of SCLC and all those associated with it, past and present," says Rosemary Magee, director of MARBL. "They represent the hope and the drive to seek equality in all aspects of life. The library is a perfect place to honor these shared aspirations for all people."

The exhibition focuses on the ongoing struggle for civil and human rights in the years after Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in 1968. The documents on display include letters, photographs and flyers that promote gatherings and protests.

The show spotlights SCLC’s major programs from the 1970s through the 1990s, beginning with the Poor People’s Campaign in 1968.

Other initiatives highlighted in the exhibition

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Press Photo: SCLC March against Fear and Injustice, Decatur, AL, 1979

include: • SCLC’s efforts to combat apartheid in South Africa; • Programs in the 1990s designed to engage youth, such as Rappin’ for our Future (an amateur talent program promoting a nonviolent lifestyle); and • Initiatives on healthcare and economic equality, ending gun violence, among other issues.

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consciousness and is home to a long list of notable alumni that spans the last three centuries.

Morehouse’s commencement ceremony is scheduled for 8 a.m. on Sunday, May 19.

More details will be forthcoming.

It was a night of big announcements as The Ray Charles Foundation also presented Morehouse $3 million in honor of the legendary musician Ray Charles’ mother, Aretha Robinson, for the College’s Music Academic Building. The building is connected to the Ray Charles Performing Arts Center, which was built after a previous gift from Charles.

“Ray Charles cherished his mother,” said Valerie Ervin, president of The Ray Charles Foundation. “I know that Ray Charles had a long-standing relationship with Morehouse based on professionalism, integrity and honesty and that those qualities were very

important to him, personally and professionally. He genuinely valued the education and preparation that Morehouse provides to young men.”

Ervin noted that the relationship between Charles and Morehouse began several years ago when he was invited to Atlanta to perform with the college’s jazz ensemble. Ray Charles’ friend and former Morehouse Trustee Bill Cosby opened that performance, but it was his long-time manager, Joe Adams, who introduced Charles to Morehouse, Ervin said. Adams was an avid contributor to Morehouse, having given a personal gift in support of the construction of the performing arts center, now named for Charles.

In 2001, the musician received an honorary degree from Morehouse; later that year he made two $1 million gifts to the school.

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campaign, which now includes water stewardship, active healthy living, community recycling and education programs worldwide.

Under Jones' leadership, The Coca-Cola Foundation has awarded more than $500 million to thousands of community organizations worldwide.

"Over the past 30 years, I have been grateful to work for a company that commits the talent and time of its employees and its philanthropic dollars to issues and organizations that empower and enhance the lives of others," said Jones. "I'm proud of the work of the foundation and believe deeply in the people and communities we've served around the world. I am fortunate to

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have worked with extraordinary leaders, community supporters and caring and committed associates."

Jones' community and leadership accomplishments are many.

They include chairing a number of notable national and local organizations, such as the United Way of Metro Atlanta, the Woodruff Arts Center, National Black Arts Festival, and The Carter Center Board of Advisors. In addition, she serves or has served on the board of organizations such as Clark Atlanta University, the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, the Ohio State University President's Council on Women, Girl Scouts of the USA, The Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation and The Coca-Cola Africa Foundation. She is currently the chair of the National Council of Negro Women.

A testament to her leadership within the community, Jones has received many honors from organizations ranging from the National Urban League and the Jackie Robinson Foundation to the Executive Leadership Council, National Women's Research Alliance and the YWCA of Atlanta.

"Ingrid's contributions to our company and to the communities we serve worldwide cannot be overstated," said Muhtar Kent, chairman and CEO of The Coca-Cola Company. "Simply put, she has been the heart and soul of Coca-Cola in the community for three decades. Her passion for serving and improving communities has made a profound difference in the world and taught us that we all possess the ability to transform the lives of others. We are deeply indebted to her incomparable legacy of service and we wish her all the best as she moves into the next phase of her life."

The Coca-Cola Company also announced Lisa Borders will succeed Jones as vice president of Global Community Connections and chair of The Coca-Cola Foundation, effective May 1. Borders joins Coca-Cola after serving as president of the Grady Health Foundation , the philanthropic arm of Grady Health System, Georgia's largest public hospital and Atlanta's premier level I trauma center. As foundation president, Borders led the Greater Grady capital campaign, a five-year, $325 million effort, and guided the system's development efforts during the most important period in Grady's history.

Borders has extensive experience leading a range of community-focused civic, philanthropic, business and political endeavors. Formerly, she served as president of the Atlanta City Council, vice mayor of Atlanta and co-chair of the transition team for Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed. Her numerous Atlanta initiatives have included increasing the availability of affordable housing, uncovering transportation solutions and promoting neighborhood safety and preservation. She holds a Bachelor's Degree from Duke University in Durham, N.C., and a Master of Science in Health Administration from the University of Colorado in Denver.

A lifelong Atlanta resident, Borders has deep roots in the community. She is currently a trustee at The Westminster Schools, a board member at Clark Atlanta University, a member of the Board of Visitors and Board of Ethics at Emory University, and a board member of the Atlanta Downtown Community Improvement District (ADID).

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Hon. Brenda Hill Cole Joins International Resolution Center Special to the Daily World

JAMS Inc. the largest private provider of mediation and arbitration services worldwide, has announced the addition of the Hon. Brenda Hill Cole (Ret.) to its panel. Judge Cole will be based in the JAMS Atlanta Resolution Center. She will serve as an arbitrator, mediator and special master in a variety of disputes including Business/Commercial, Class Action/Mass Torts, Employment, Environmental, Personal Injury/Torts and Professional Liability.

Cole served as a judge of the State Court of Fulton County from 1998 until 2012. As a trial judge, she presided over civil cases in areas such as contracts, products liability, professional malpractice, torts and successfully mediated many other cases. Prior to serving on the State Court, she was a Deputy Attorney General at the Georgia State Law Department where she served for 15 years in several divisions, including tax, environmental, and professional

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“Judge Cole is well known in the Atlanta legal community for being thoughtful and fair,” said Chris Poole, JAMS president and CEO. “Her remarkable breadth and depth of experience and her ability to empathize and relate to people will make her a great addition to our panel in Atlanta.”

“One of the most important qualities in this profession is the ability to listen, and that’s something I take very seriously,” said Cole. “If the parties feel they’ve been heard, there’s a better chance they’ll want to work together to reach a resolution. I look forward to this next challenge and chapter in my professional career and working with parties to help them resolve their disputes.”

Cole graduated with her B.A. from Spelman College and earned her J.D. from Emory University School of Law.

Patricia Hilliard Nunn to Lecture Rev. Al Sharpton Will Speak at Auburn Avenue Library at Salem Church Celebration

Dr. Nefertari Patricia Hilliard-Nunn will speak on Sunday, Feb. 24, from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m., at the Auburn Avenue

Research Library on the topic "You Can't Steal My African Ba: African Cultural Influences In the USA." A professor of the humanities at the University of Florida in Gainesville and a Link in the Gainesville Chapter, Hilliard-Nunn has authored several books and is the daughter of Patsy Jo and the late Dr. Asa Hilliard of metro Atlanta.

The event is sponsored by the International Trends and Services facet of the Atlanta Chapter of The Links Inc. and will be held on the 4th floor in the auditorium, located at 101 Auburn Avenue, N.E. in Atlanta.

Daily World Staff Salem Bible Church will celebrate Black History Month by honoring a distinguished list of history makers and dignitaries on Sunday, Feb. 24 at 3 p.m. at Salem East, located at 5460 Hillandale Drive in Lithonia.

Hosted by ministerial leaders, the Rev. Jasper Williams Jr. and Dr. Joseph L. Williams, the event guest speaker will be the Rev. Al Sharpton. Honorees will include Xernona Clayton, the Rev. Dr. C.T. Vivian, the Rev. Joseph E. Lowery and Evelyn Gibson Lowery.

Guests at the event will be entertained by the Spelman College Glee Club, among others.

“The freedoms that I have as a 35-year-old African-American male exist because of the fight of my ancestors,” says Co-Pastor Dr. Joseph L. Williams. “I am very blessed to be a part of a celebratory service that exalts true leaders who have allowed their life to affect generations present as well as generations to come!”

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Commissioner edwards Hosts Community Listening Session

Fulton County Commissioner William “Bill” Edwards, District 7, will host his first quarterly “Community Listening Session” for 2013 on Thursday, Feb. 28 at 7 p.m.

Commissioner Edwards will use this time to inform the community about the “North Fulton Redistricting Plan,” which is currently before the Georgia General Assembly.

The plan would change the governance structure of Fulton County from five (5) district seats and two (2) at-large seats to three (3) majority districts in the north and three (3) minority districts in the south and one (1) at-large chairman.

“We believe that this anti-Fulton legislation will restrict the voting rights of minority residents,” Edwards said All citizens, including youth, are urged to attend and participate in this session. The sessions will be held at the Cliftondale Multipurpose Center Theater, located at 4645 Butner Road, College Park, GA 30349.

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Gap Between Wealthy Blacks and Black majority Still Wide

Special to the Daily World It is 2013 and Black America, at least at the top, seems to be doing quite well. America just inaugurated for the second time its first Black president. Pop culture features many Blacks who are among the richest and most known faces.

In the business world there are numerous successful Blacks, like Cathy Hughes, who oversees a media empire, including TV One and Radio One, and Dave Steward, who founded and runs World Wide Technology Inc., a billiondollar company. Yet, at the same time, there are more Blacks living below the poverty line than any time in the last 52 years.

Such a disparity raises many questions, chief among them being, does the success of the 35,000 African American millionaires, prove that racism is not the barrier that so many in the Black community make it out to be?

Dennis Kimbro, author of four books, including the bestseller, Think & Grow Rich: A Black Choice, a

professor at Clark Atlanta University in Atlanta, and an expert on economic empowerment and Blacks, believes he has the answer.

He spent seven years studying and interviewing over 1,000 of the most successful African Americans in the world of business and entertainment.

Kimbro says the biggest barrier for those in the Black community DENNIS KIMBRO who seem unable to rise out of an apparent permanent underclass, is the mindset that allows them to embrace racism.

“Mistakenly, many of those stuck in poverty fully believe and accept the idea that they are trapped by racism and as a result they refuse to accept responsibility for their own lives,” Kimbro explained. “For many who have this attitude, they only come to know a life based on a welfare culture. That is an outlook and lifestyle that is completely lacking in the laws of wealth.”

So why do some succeed and others do not? Kimbro explained: “The truth is there are a number of principles that if followed to the letter, can help almost anyone reach wealth. Many have not been exposed to these ‘secrets’ of the Black millionaires before.”

Kimbro has compiled these principles into his latest book, titled The Wealth Choice: Success Secrets of Black Millionaires, which was released this month. The book is in major bookstores everywhere or online at Amazon.com or BNN.com.

cannot survive without the small business market, it drives our economy.” Davis says. She will kick off her first small business training session on May 4 called “The P-Factor…a 3 part strategy to higher profits.”

After 20 years of service to Fortune 100 Corporate Companies, Davis focuses her interest on Atlanta’s small business owners. What prompted the change was her observation as a regional VP of smaller businesses lacking leadership abilities in their organization and therefore resulted in the company going out of business. She often wished she had gotten to them (smaller market) sooner.

“I believe can prevent these companies from closing their doors with proper leadership training!” she says.

According to CNN.com, the small business market is responsible for 65 percent of employment and economic growth in America.

“By simply addressing

Atlanta’s issues first, I am actually addressing a worldwide issue. We must stop overlooking our bread and butter,” Davis notes.

Davis is a published author, magazine contributor, and motivational speaker and has devised systematic strategies to increase a company’s bottom line, just through the use of effective leadership. She introduces her latest series BECKY DAVIS titled, “The Leadership Transformation Blueprint,” designed with the small business owner in mind.

Davis is also an advocate of diversity and has collaborated with organizations such as Coca-Cola. She has received numerous accolades, appeared on many radio shows, and has been recognized as one of the “Powerful Women of Influence,” along with women such as CNN journalist Soledad O’Brien, former Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin, and actress and philanthropist Jasmine Guy.

Leadership Coach Helps Grow Small Businesses Special to the Daily World Becky Davis, former regional vice president for the world’s largest global optical company, Luxottica, has launched her new company, MVPwork, a corporate consulting firm addressing the needs of small business owners.

“Fifty percent of small businesses fail within five years of starting up. My goal, my mission, and my passion is to reduce this statistic via proper leadership training. America

AARP: Older African Americans Face Workforce Obstacles

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Federal unemployment statistics for January show that African-American workers between 45 and 74 had an unemployment rate of 9.9 percent, compared with 6.1 percent for Whites of the same age.

New AARP research shows that a large number of older African Americans are anxious about continuing weaknesses in the economy and small businesses in which they are involved.

"For many years, older AfricanAmericans have faced an extremely difficult job market," said AARP Vice President for

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Multicultural Engagement Edna Kane-Williams in announcing the release of the research. " AARP has begun offering a new way for experienced workers to advance themselves through Work Reimagined, a social network-based jobs program that connects employers seeking experienced workers with qualified professionals searching for new or more satisfying careers.

The site (www.workreimagined.org) leverages the platform of the social media site, LinkedIn.

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Henderson Family offers an original ‘taste’ of Art

By NeIL Foote Special to the Daily World After nearly two decades with Bell South, Aaron Henderson decided to pursue his true love: painting. The electrical engineer had been creating colorful pieces as a hobby on the side, but his passion was gnawing at him on the inside.

Henderson took a corporate buy-out in 1993 -- and hasn't looked back since.

"This is what I love to do," said Henderson, a Tuskegee University alumnus. "And I'm so glad my family is right by my side."

Henderson's two sons -- Onaje and Omari -- have been working with him the past several years, taking the art business to new levels. Like their father, both are engineering graduates from Tuskegee University. Since art had been a part of most of their lives, they both decided to join the family business after brief stints working in their fields.

The sons, drawing off their entrepreneurial expertise, recently formed HTArt Partners, a parent company for their family art business, Premier Art, and ZuCot Gallery, owned by Troy Taylor, both located in the Castleberry Hill Art District at 100 Centennial Olympic Park Drive Southwest.

Taylor and the Hendersons are using the gallery to showcase the work of mid-career and seasoned African- American artists.

“What the Henderson family has done is create one of the most successful art businesses in Atlanta, buying and selling art, primarily from African-American artists,” says an admirer.

“They have gone beyond the traditional route of simply having a gallery to showcase and sell art. “ ZuCot Gallery is a frequent host to receptions for special events throughout the year. They also have trademarked "Art

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TastingsSM," which are educational seminars for beginning and experienced collectors on appreciating fine art.

Over the past five years, the family has provided such seminars to several major multinational companies, such as The Coca-Cola Corporation, The Home Depot and Kimberly Clark.

They also have conducted seminars for the Tom Joyner Foundation. This year, the company is expanding its efforts to host more Art Tastings and The Henderson family presents an “Art Tasting” seminar in Lenox Mall. host events at the ZuCot Gallery for local -Pictured are Omari Henderson and father Aaron Henderson displaying and national -- business, social and civic and discussing “Princess,” an oil painting by the elder Henderson. groups. These seminars are free to nontential buyers the opportunity to "Try On" a painting, corporate clients and will be held monthly at the gallery beginallowing them to hang the artwork in their home for a short pening in March.

"I wanted to be out of corporate American by the age of 30," riod of time to see if they want to buy it.

The gallery also offers "Art Leasings" for individuals said Onaje, who worked for Accenture for many years. "Well, it or companies to fill blank walls with colorful, dynamic pieces was 28 when I decided it was time. The art of work. As part of their on-going efforts to use technology, the business had been part of our lives for as long as we could recompanies even offer "virtual viewings." Send them a picture member. So Omari and I, we were ready. In college, he and I of the space you're thinking about hanging a piece of art, and had started several companies anyway. We figured it was time the company will send you to use our entrepreneurial skills to build our back an image of how it looks in that space. family business."

Omari summed it up this way, "We're passionate about more Onaje and Omari are setting out to create more people understanding and collecting art, particularly Africancollectors of art, educating people of all ages about the American art that doesn't get the kind of exposure it should." history of art, particularly African-American artists, whose work is not often seen in galleries around the city. It offers po-

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By PAuL NeWBerry AP National Writer There is dribbling, lots of dribbling, in college basketball these days. There is bumping and banging, lots of bumping and banging. Not to mention all the grabbing and tripping and colliding.

If this was roller derby, it would be OK. But this is NCAA hoops, and it's downright ugly.

There is little running the court, or soaring through the air, or crisscrossing through the lane, all the things that make this such a beautiful game. No, more often than not it's just organized mayhem, with plenty of stalling thrown in for good measure, which not surprisingly makes everyone look like the Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight.

The college game, quite frankly, is in need of a major overhaul. ``Our game is brutal to watch right now,'' said Jay Bilas, an analyst for ESPN. In case you haven't noticed -- and how could you not? -scoring hasn't been this low since at least 1982, and one has to go all the way back to the early 1950s to find another season that beats this one for offensive ineptitude.

Field-goal percentages are at 1960s levels. Three-point shooting has never been this bad since the long-range line was added in the 1980s.

Some people want to blame the players, saying they're not as good as they once were, not as fundamentally sound, that the good ones don't stick around long enough to make an impact on the game.

Hogwash.

The players are as good as they've ever been. Sure, it hurts when someone takes the one-and-done route, but that's not the major issue confronting the game. No, this is about coaches who paralyze their players with overcoaching, about referees who are reluctant to call all the fouls they surely see, about a scattered system of governance that makes it difficult to address the problems with a broad stroke.

So, while professional leagues such as the NBA, the NFL and even the NHL have taken significant steps to clean up their sports and boost scoring, college basketball has gone the opposite direction. ``It's organized fouling,'' Bilas said. ``The referees feel like they can't call it all, and they don't call it all. The result is we're having wrestling matches instead of basketball games. It doesn't take long, if you're really watching, to see what's happening and say, `Oh my god, this is awful.'''

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Awful, indeed.

Northern Illinois set an NCAA record by scoring only four points in the first half of a 42-25 loss to Eastern Michigan, and it's not at all that unusual for teams to be held under 50 points. The elite programs aren't immune to these sort of games, either. Last month, Kansas scored fewer than 70 points in six straight games for the first time since the mid-'70s. And guess what? The Jayhawks won all six of them, content to run the shot clock and rely on their stifling defense.

Even teams that prefer to run-and-gun can sometimes look like they're playing in quicksand. North Carolina State, for instance, is tied with Duke for the Atlantic Coast Conference scoring lead at 78 points per game. But the Wolfpack lost to Maryland 51-50 and fell to Virginia 58-55. ``Our game,'' coach Mark Gottfried said, ``is tremendously more physical than it used to be. I think it's a gradual thing, year by year by year by year. All you have to do is grab a tape from the `90s or the mid-'80s, and you can watch it and you'll say, `Wow, there's very little contact.'''

Anyone can see the game is more physical than ever, but you can't tell by listening for sound of the whistle.

Incredibly, fouls have dipped to a per-team average of 17.6, nearly a half-foul less than last season and on pace to be the fewest in NCAA history, going back to 1948. ``These games are ridiculous,'' Bilas said. ``The amount of contact that's allowed -- the hand-checking, the arm bars, the dead-on pushing, the body checks on the shooter, the contact after the shot is released. Guys are getting knocked down and it's not called.''

Which brings us to a few

of the changes that are needed ASAP to get the game back on track: -- Consolidate the referees under one sanctioning body.

It's vital that everyone be held to the same standard.

-- Follow the rule book. A bunch of new regulations aren't needed; there's plenty of things that aren't being called already.

-- Reduce the 35-second shot clock.

This is more of a step to show the fans that college basketball is serious about addressing its problems, and likely would have less impact than the first two steps.

Certainly, there needs to be more shooting. This season, teams are taking an average of 55.2 shots per game, which is roughly on par with the past few seasons but pales in comparison to the 1950s, `60s and early `70s, when the average was generally in the high 60s.

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February 21 - 27, 2013 EDUCATION Andrew young Kicks off Black History month at Speech School

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Ambassador Andrew Young kicked off the Black History Month celebration at the Atlanta Speech School. Pictured with Young are Comer Yates, executive director; Dr. Leslie Munson, chief academic officer; and Rhonda Matheison, board member.

Special to the Daily World Ambassador Andrew Young kicked off the Black History Month celebration at the Atlanta Speech School. His presentation is the first in a series of events taking place at the school during the month of February.

Young told personal stories about his life at a school-wide assembly of the Speech School’s four academic programs. He recalled his own school experiences, including that he had early difficulties in learning to read.

When asked by one student about his dream when he was young and whether he achieved it, he replied that he had always wanted to be an Olympic runner. Although he was not able to compete in the Olympics, he was able to help bring the Olympic Games to Atlanta.

“No matter what your dreams are, they may not come out the way you want them to, but you will continue to grow and evolve,” he advised the students. He also unveiled the winning design in the Black History Month T-shirt contest, which was

won by 4th grade student Kate Maxwell.

The celebration continues with community role models coming in throughout the month to speak about what they do; musical recitals; and a special art display throughout the school that celebrates African-American culture and showcases artists and contributors, including the work of Smyrna photographer Sheree Swann.

The Atlanta Speech School is the nation’s most comprehensive language center for children and adults. Established in 1938, the Atlanta Speech School’s four schools, summer program and professional development center seek to help each person develop his or her full potential through language and literacy.

Each year, the school impacts the lives of approximately 1,400 children and adults at the Atlanta Speech School and more than 13,000 students throughout the State of Georgia through the work of its Rollins Center for Language & Learning professional development program.

featuring the museum's troupe of actors and educators, and a Cat Nap Story Time will also be offered. Parents should visit www.childrensmuseumatlanta.org for information and directions.

"The Children's Museum of Atlanta is thrilled to, once again, partner with Read Across America. Providing creative ways for young children to actively engage in reading is one of our fundamental goals," said Executive Director Jane Turner. "Being able to read is at the heart of being able to learn and for children to expand their world and opportunities for the future."

"This is one of my favorite times of year," said GAE President Calvine Rollins. "Our public schools and libraries

are just abuzz with activity over reading Dr. Seuss and other authors and often include acting out some of his works. The imagination that is displayed in many of the programs is wonderful to see. And of course, all of this activity serves to remind us of the significance of instilling a love for reading in our children at an early age.”

GA to Celebrate Dr. Seuss' Birthday and the Joy of Reading Special to the Daily World

Saturday, March 2, which is Dr. Seuss' 108th birthday, will mark the 15th year of the National Education Association’s (NEA) Read Across America, an event that focuses on the critical need to instill a love of reading in children.

The event's state sponsor, the Georgia Association of Educators (GAE), in conjunction with Imagine It! The Children's Museum of Atlanta, has planned a week of activities that will take place in schools, libraries, and businesses throughout Georgia.

The official kick-off event, Friday, March 1 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the museum, will include a Read-A-Thon where boys and girls (up to age 8) will listen to guest readers.

Bookmark making stations, a special “Meow Mix” play

CAu to dedicate Bust of W.e.B. du Bois

Clark Atlanta University (CAU) will dedicate a bronze bust of W.E.B. Du Bois on his birthday, Feb. 23, during the “W.E.B. Du Bois and the Wings of Atlanta Commemorative Conference,” a four-day international gathering.

During the conference, which continues through Feb. 24, more than 150 historians, intellectuals and activists from 50 institutions are discussing the works of the legendary former CAU faculty member and administrator.

Du Bois served the university for 23 years as a scholar, author and social engineer.

The complete conference schedule is available at http://cauduboislegacy.net/2013_Conference.html.

The bust, which was created by renowned sculptor Ayokunle Odeleye, will be dedicated on Saturday, at 11 a.m. at CAU’s main entrance, 223 James P. Brawley Drive, S.W.

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Lil Wayne Insults the memory of emmett till The murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till in 1955 was a watershed moment, marking the beginning of the modern Civil Rights Movement. While visiting relatives near Money, Miss., the Chicago native was murdered for allegedly whistling at a White woman. The brutal act was intended to send an unmistakable message to Black boys everywhere: If you even whistle at a White woman in the Deep South, you could pay for it with your life.

Like everyone else, I was appalled to learn that rapper Lil Wayne had made a vulgar reference to Till’s death. On a re-mix of an upcoming CD by Future called “Karate Chop,” Lil Wayne essentially spewed the line: “Beat that [female sex organ] up like Emmett Till.”

When I sat down to write this column, I planned to excoriate Lil Wayne about his insult. I started to remind him that musical artists don’t have to be ignorant fools, even while showing their underwear on stage. Rather than spend another nanosecond on Lil Wayne, we should use this Black History Month moment to educate young people who may not have ever heard of Emmett Till. While serving as editor of Emerge magazine, I had the pleasure of interviewing Mrs. Mamie Till Mobley, Emmett’s mother. For the 40th anniversary of his death in 1995, I wrote a story on Emmett Till.

This is how it began: Mamie Till Bradley was about to experience a mother’s worst nightmare. She had to identify the corpse of her only child, 14-year-old Emmett Till, who had been abducted, beaten, shot in the head and tossed into the Tallahatchie River near Greenwood, Miss., for allegedly whistling at a White woman.

As she approached the cold, metal slab that held the mutilated body at A. A. Rayner & Sons funeral home in Chicago, the grieving mother thought to herself: “I got a job to do and it’s not going to be easy.”

Mamie Till wanted to look directly into her son’s face, but she couldn’t bring herself to do it. Not yet.

So she started with the lower extremities and worked her way up.

“Those are his feet,” she concluded. The ankles? Yes, those were her son’s skinny ankles. Next, she surveyed the knees. Most people have sharp, pointed kneecaps. But the mother and son had flat ones.

“Those are the Till knees,” she told herself.

Her eyes continued up her son’s body and stopped on his genitals. Later, she would be happy that her inspection included that section of her son’s body because some people later would say, incorrectly, that Emmett had been castrated. Now, she would know otherwise.

Mrs. Mamie Till Bradley Mobley — who will be called Mrs. Till hereafter to make it easier to follow the cast of characters in this drama — examined Emmett’s hands and arms, which provided more confirmation of what she did not want confirmed. Finally, she took a deep breath and looked at her son’s decomposed face. This, too, she did piece by piece, separating his face into imaginary compartments, starting with his chin and moving to the top of his head.

“Bo,” as he was known, had flashed a perfect set of teeth during his short life. Now, in death, only one or two were visible. “Oh, my God,” his mother thought. “Where are the rest of them?”

The bridge of his nose, though all chopped up, was recognizable. She looked for his right eye — it was missing. There was only an empty socket. She looked at the left one and it was detached, dangling from the socket. “That’s his hazel eye,” Mrs. Till said. “Where is the other one?”

She searched for one ear and it, too, was missing. Peering through the ear hole, she could see daylight on the other side. The remaining ear protruded from her son’s head, just like hers— another family trait.

“That’s Emmett’s ear,” she said, softly. His hair? Yes. After inspecting the outstretched body inch by inch, Mrs. Till came to the sad but inescapable conclusion that the remains of what remained before her were those of Emmett Louis Till. . . . Mrs. Till had one thought over and over: What kind of person could do this to another human being, especially a 14–year–old boy?

Her second thought was that this was a sight so ghastly, so inhumane that people would have to see it for themselves to believe it.

“Gene, I want you to go home and get some of Bo’s pictures,” she said. “We’ll spread the pictures around.”

The undertaker politely asked, “Do you want me to fix him up?” Mrs. Till did not hesitate: “No, you can’t fix that. Let the world see what I saw.”

Obviously, Lil Wayne never saw that story. If he had, he would have realized this isn’t something to be taken lightly.

George E. Curry, former editor-in-chief of Emerge magazine, is editor-in-chief of the National Newspaper Publishers Association News Service (NNPA.) He is a keynote speaker, moderator, and media coach. Curry can be reached through his Web site, www.georgecurry.com. You can also follow him at www.twitter.com/currygeorge.

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BY JULIANNE MALVEAUX

State of the union on Point I was among the 33.5 million people who sat riveted to their televisions, parsing every second of the State of the Union address. I was stunned to learn, through a Washington Post article by Lisa De Moraes, that viewership was less substantial for this address than last year’s 38 million, and even lower than the 48 million that watched in 2010. Are people less interested in what our president has to say? Or is there something else going on?

In any case, this was an important and significant SOTU address. Unleashed from the pressure of re-election, and able to set forth a progressive and aggressive agenda, President Obama dealt with some of the key issues that face our nation. He was able to utter the word “poverty” without his tongue freezing up. Unfortunately, he is still unable to utter the words “Black” or “African American. Still, President Obama laid out an agenda that will ultimately have a positive effect on the African-American community, especially if some of his efforts are targeted.

In 1967, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said, “The curse of poverty has no justification in our age. It is socially as cruel and blind as the practice of cannibalism at the dawn of civilization, when men ate each other because they had not yet learned to take from soil or to consume the abundant animal life around them. The time has come for us to civilize ourselves by the total, direct and immediate abolition of poverty.”

President Obama was not so direct, nor so cutting. But he offered important clarity to an issue his administration has ignored heretofore. While focusing on the middle class, he also noted that people should not work full time and still earn a wage that puts them beneath the poverty line. His advocacy for a minimum wage of $9 per hour, or about $18,000 a year for a single worker who might support a family, was a significant move forward for the poor. Missing was a conversation about poor people and health benefits, and about the employers who refuse to employ people full time so that they can avoid paying benefits. Obamacare will cover many of these employees, but the fact that profitable companies would rather offer a worker 22 hours than 30 to save money is reprehensible.

The State of the Union address is not an opportunity to drill down on every issue, so I very much understand that President Obama could not offer details to the many proposals he raised in SOTU. Still, it was refreshing to hear the president talk about poverty, about women’s work and wages, and about issues of equality. The first legislation that President Obama signed was the Lily Ledbetter Act, which dealt with equal pay issues, without acknowledging race in any of these conversations or the fact that African-American women (and Latinas) are at the bottom of the pay scale. Advocating equal pay and dealing with issues of poverty, and implementing solutions, improves the material conditions of women at the bottom.

President Obama discussed infrastructure improvements in his 2008 campaign. Partisan bickering has made it difficult for him to work with states to refurbish, as he says, 70,000 bridges, as well as roads and highways. The last time our nation paid attention to these structural issues was in the 1950s when President Eisenhower, in a job-creation move, built federal highways across our nation to facilitate easy transportation. Have you driven on an interstate highway lately? Whether you are Democrat or Republican, we should all agree that these highways (some called pot hole central) need improvement. Some politicians are so willing to undermine the Obama administration that they are also willing to see our nation become dysfunctional.

The two emotional high points in this speech included the shout out to the 102-year-old woman who waited all day to vote, and the call to gun reform, mentioning victims by name. I was most moved by the family of Hadiya Pendleton, who sat with First Lady Michelle Obama, who had attended their daughter’s funeral. They are not only important as parents of a gun violence victim, but as proxies for the more than 500 people shot in Chicago in the last year or so. It was also moving to see former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords, unable to clap, who brought her hands together. The president’s comments got a standing ovation, but as soon as the president’s speech was over, thirsty vultures, including Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), ran to the media to voice opposition.

The president has offered an ambitious agenda, and one that will improve the lot of all Americans. While I chafe at his failure to mention African Americans, I am excited by proposals to close the wealth gap. His agenda won’t be implemented unless we advocate for it.

What will you do to move it forward?

Julianne Malveaux is a Washington, D.C.-based economist and writer. She is president emerita of Bennett College for Women in Greensboro, N.C.

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BY MARC MORIAL

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“I am not anxious to be the loudest voice or the most popular. But I would like to think that at a crucial moment, I was an effective voice of the voiceless, an effective hope of the hopeless.” -- Whitney M. Young Jr. Most students of civil rights history know that 2013 marks the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation and the 50th anniversary of the historic 1963 March on Washington. But this year also marks the 50th anniversary of the signature newspaper column of the National Urban League. This very column, “To Be Equal,” was started in 1963 as “the Voice of Black America” by one of the Civil Rights Movement’s most effective, if lesser known champions, former National Urban League President, Whitney M. Young Jr. At the height of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement, Whitney Young took the fight for equal opportunity from the pulpits and street corners to the board rooms and corner offices of corporate America. Forging allies from Wall Street to the Oval Office, Whitney Young’s battle for economic justice and inclusion laid the foundation for an upwardly mobile Black middle class that is still rising today.

While those of us in the Urban League family have always celebrated the unique role Whitney Young played in the movement, his story has rarely been told to a national audience – until now. On Feb. 18, America got a rare in-depth look at the extraordinary life of Whitney Young through an hour-long documentary, “The Powerbroker: Whitney Young’s Fight for Civil Rights” premiers on PBS (check your local listing for repeat showings). Years in the making, the film, made possible by Emmy Award executive producer, and Whitney Young’s niece, Bonnie Boswell Hamilton, traces Young’s journey from his segregated childhood in 1920’s rural Kentucky to his national prominence as president of the National Urban League from 1961-71. The film features rare archival footage and interviews with such luminaries as Vernon Jordan, Henry Louis Gates, Dorothy Height, John Hope Franklin and Ossie Davis.

Though recognized as a major civil rights leader and one of the organizers of the 1963 March on Washington, Whitney Young’s strategy of engaging political and corporate leaders as partners in the struggle for economic justice was met with opposition by many Whites and skepticism by more militant Blacks. Despite these challenges, Whitney Young turned the rhetoric of the Civil Rights Movement into jobs and economic opportunity for African Americans. In addition to sitting down with corporate titans, he was a trusted advisor to three presidents – John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard M. Nixon.

Johnson used Young’s “Domestic Marshall Plan” as the basis for his “War on Poverty.”

And Nixon delivered the eulogy at Young’s 1971 funeral.

Noted Princeton historian and Whitney Young biographer, Nancy Weiss Malkiel once called, Young “the inside man of the black revolution.” In her 1989 book, Whitney M. Young Jr. and the Struggle for Civil Rights, Malkiel wrote that Young “spent most of his adult life in the white world, transcending barriers of race, wealth and social standing to advance the welfare of black Americans. His goal was to gain access for blacks to good jobs, education, housing, health care and social services. His tactics were reason, persuasion and negotiation.” Whitney Young’s story deserves the national exposure PBS is giving it.

Marc H. Morial, former mayor of New Orleans, is president and CEO of the National Urban League.

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thank you, Photographers, For telling our Story

My dad was a photographer.

He started taking pictures before he was drafted into the Army during World War II. When he came out, he continued taking pictures for our family and for the Atlanta Daily World. He took pictures of my mom, before they were married, for his college yearbook, The Maroon Tiger (Morehouse). He took pictures for the ADW of the first eight Black policemen hired by the Atlanta Police Department in 1948.

If he liked the color of what I was wearing to school, he’d stop everything and stand me in front of the fireplace in the living room and take my picture. Though he’s been dead for 21 years, I still miss our annual family photo in front of the church on Easter Sunday for which he used a timer on his camera to put himself in the picture, too.

So this is why I have a very special feeling for the “Teenie Harris, Photographer: An American Story” exhibit that recently opened at the Atlanta University Center Woodruff Library, sponsored by PNC bank. For more than 40 years, Charles “Teenie” Harris (1908-1998) took more than 80,000 photographs of African-American life in Pittsburgh, mostly for the Pittsburgh Courier, a nationally-circulated Black newspaper, much like the ADW. The Woodruff Library has 80 images on display that express the “truthfulness and beauty” of the Pittsburgh community, said Loretta Parham, CEO and director of the library at the opening.

The exhibit runs through May 24 and is free and open to the public during library operating hours.

“You can feel the love he has for the community, and you love him,” said Karen Jefferson, project manager for the library.

Karen’s right. The black and white images are brilliant and familiar, even though I’ve never been to Pittsburgh, nor met any of the subjects. Harris, like my dad, captured the ordinary and the exciting episodes of life in the community.

Archibald Hill, vice president, market manager and community development for PNC, agreed with the resonance of the photographs. He said he and his father were both students at Morehouse College and the exhibit truly captures the familiar life of the Black community.

A special guest at the opening was Deborah Willis, chair and professor of photography and imaging at New York University and a leading historian of African-American photography. Atlanta art historian Amalia Amaki introduced Willis by saying “she drops books the way rabbits drop babies.” She added that they are not just books but “treasures, journeys and new opportunities to learn.”

Willis said she met Teenie Harris in 1981 while she was still a student. She said Teenie's work captured the breadth and depth of African-American life from the 1930s to 1970s.

“I love Teenie Harris,” she said. “He gave me a new way of looking at Black life through the lens of a Black photographer.”

Another special treat at the opening of the exhibit was the presence of Teenie Harris’ daughter, Cheryl Harris, and Harris’ grandson, Taun Henderson, also a photographer. “It’s a humbling experience to see my grandfather’s work,” Henderson said. “Growing up, I didn’t realize how powerful this man was.”

Henderson now lives and works as a wedding photographer in Atlanta. He said he was happy to follow in his grandfather’s footsteps. “If you find something you love, you’ll never have to work another day in your life.”

Teenie’s collection of photographs was acquired by the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh in 2001. Through the support of PNC, the exhibit has been presented in several cities throughout the country and the date here in Atlanta is the first in the South. As a media sponsor for the exhibit, ADW is hosting a photography forum on March 28 at the library to feature the work of several local photographers. Stay tuned for more details. You may even get a chance to take some of their work home. So, thanks, Teenie. Thanks Woodruff Library. Thanks PNC. And thanks, Dad. M. Alexis Scott is publisher of the Atlanta Daily World

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The all girl empowerment organization, Sisters of Today and Tomorrow (SOT) will celebrate its ninth annual women’s history month program, “Celebrating Women of Color… The Image of Women in Television,” Saturday, March 2, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Atlanta City Hall, located at 55 Trinity Avenue., SW., in downtown Atlanta.

NICCI GILBERT “We are transforming the way women and girls communicate,” said Karen Mason, chairperson of the Women’s History Month program. “As SOT kicks off our first major program of the year, our goal

is to inform and entertain our audience. We will have our young women highlight a few women in television history to include: Diahann Carroll, Nichelle Nichols and Oprah Winfrey.”

There also will be performances by God’s Gurls and Songstress Nicole Love, she noted. Trumpet Awards Founder, Xernona Clayton, the first woman of color to XERNONA CLAYTON appear regularly on Atlanta television, will receive the “Defining YOUR Moment Award.”

Additionally, TV One’s R&B Diva’s Executive

Producer/cast member Nicci Gilbert will lead inter-generational dialogue on “Maximizing Our Moment” with Neffeteria “Neffe” Pugh of BET’s “Frankie & Neffe Show” and other television personalities. “The discussion will focus on the highlights, pitfalls and images of today’s women in television,” says Mason.

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The stars came out this past weekend to support the opening of August Wilson's "Two Trains Running," presented by Kenny Leon's True Colors Theatre Company.

Opening night on Friday, Feb. 15, brought in actors Samuel L. Jackson (“Django Unchained,” “Iron Man”), John Beasley (“Everwood,” “The Treme”), and Joyful Drake and Nadine Ellis from BET's “Let's Stay Together.”

On Sunday, Feb. 17, New York Times' Best Selling Author

Pearl Cleage was in attendance, as well as actor Phylicia Rashad (“The Cosby Show”).

Touted as "...a daring artistic choice on Mr. Wilson's part, that pays off in a rich societal portrait..." by the New York Times, “Two Trains Running” is directed by LaTanya Richardson Jackson. The show is set in 1969, the Hill District of Pittsburgh is gentrifying while the regulars at a popular local diner grind out an existence against the

backdrop of a turbulent world. Unknowingly, the regulars take up a fight that carries them head on into the Civil Rights Movement. Two Trains Running is an inspiring story about the protest that changed a nation.

The play runs through March 10 at the Southwest Arts Center, located at 915 New Hope Rd., Atlanta, GA 30342.

Tickets for $15-$60 and further information can be found at http://www.truecolorstheatre.org.

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