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August 22 - 28, 2013
Meet the Bookkeeper who Stopped the School Shooter By NewsOne
Ronald McNair Academy office worker Antoinette Tuff stopped accused gunman Michael Brandon Hill from shooting children in the DeKalb elementary school on Tuesday.
Photo By Willie E. Tucker/WET Media Inc. M.L. King Jr. National Historic Site Park Supt. Judy Forte presents a photograph to U.S. Rep. John Lewis in which he is depicted, along with other leaders of the 1963 March on Washington, at the White House with President John F. Kennedy. Bernice A. King, daughter of MLK and Coretta Scott King and CEO of The King Center looks on with Lewis and another park ranger. The 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, a gathering of labor leaders, civil rights activists and a mass of people estimated at over 250,000, was one of the preeminent events in American history. In addition to contributing directly to the passage of the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1964 and the Civil Rights Act of 1965, the march is best remembered for Dr. Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, widely considered the greatest piece of oratory ever delivered. While most Americans know about the march, there remains a void in collective American consciousness about how it came to be and what really happened on the day of Aug. 28, 1963, that changed history. With the march’s 50th anniversary on the horizon, the Atlanta Daily World spoke to some of the men and women who were the architects of the movement, that afternoon and beyond. The Making of the March Bernard Lafayette, director of American Friends Service Committee, former director of SNCC’s Alabama Voter Registration Project, and associate of Martin Luther King Jr.: “The March on Washington in 1963 was part of a total strategy in the movement to bring about social change. It was not simply another march or demonstration. It grew out of the Birmingham movement. It came about because of things that were already in motion, and we were lifting it above Birmingham and making it a national movement. “One key component in the strategy for nonviolence is that in order to win or succeed in making major change, there are certain components that are necessary. One is that no revolution has ever been successful without winning the
sympathy, if not the active support, of the majority. The March on Washington was the part of the strategy to demonstrate that the majority of people in America were ready for change.” Bernard Lafayette is the executive board chairman of SCLC and a Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence at the Candler School of Theology at Emory University. Xernona Clayton, wife of Jet Magazine editor Ed Clayton, Martin Luther King Jr.’s speechwriter and PR manager, and close friend and travel companion of Coretta Scott King: “A lot of people don’t realize that Martin Luther King did not call this march. This was a call from A. Philip Randolph, who called all the civil rights organizations and told them he had this idea and asked them to join. Some people didn’t, but Martin Luther King felt that he could and should. He knew there would be reluctance from some people, but that was a massive call to try to get everybody to go to Washington.” Xernona Clayton is the creator and founder of the Trumpet Awards, an organization honoring African-American achievement, and creator of the International Civil Rights Walk of Fame Ralph Worrell, organizer District 65 Retail Wholesale Department Store Union and assistant to Cleveland Robinson, chairman and March on Washington organizer: “One thing they discussed a lot during that period was jobs were leaving the United States and going overseas. So the main thing was to highlight that and bring jobs back to America and show the importance of the jobs needed here. That was the main focus: it was jobs, jobs, jobs, because they recognized that if you have jobs, you could eliminate a lot of continued on page 3
At the Ronald E. McNair Discovery Learning Academy in DeKalb County near Atlanta Tuesday, 800 or so students in pre-kindergarten through fifth grade were evacuated after a 20-year-old man with an assault rifle and other weapons was able to slip into the school. No one was injured, and they all may have school bookkeeper Antoinette Tuff to thank. The suspect, identified as Michael Brandon Hill, held one or two staff members in the front office captive for a time, the police chief said, making one of them call a local TV station. As officers swarmed the campus outside, he shot at them at least a half-dozen times with an assault rifle from inside the school, and they returned fire, said DeKalb County Police Chief Cedric L. Alexander. Hill then surrendered. Hill is charged with aggravated assault on a police officer, terroristic threats and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Alexander said police were unsure of Hill’s motive and that Hill had no clear ties to the school. Authorities believe Hill must have walked in behind someone authorized to be there, Alexander said. He never got past the front office, where Tuff says she was one of the hostages. In an interview on ABC’s “World News with Diane Sawyer,” Tuff said she worked to convince the gunman to put down his weapons and ammunition. “He told me he was sorry for what he was doing. He was willing to die,” Tuff told ABC. Speaking Wednesday on ABC’s “Good Morning America,” Tuff said the suspect told her he hadn’t taken his medication. She told him her life story, about how her marriage fell apart after 33 years and the “roller coaster” of opening her own business. “I told him, ‘OK, we all have situations in our lives,’” she said. “It was going to be OK. If I could recover, he could, too.” Then Tuff said she asked the suspect to put his weapons down, empty his pockets and backpack on the floor. “I told the police he was giving himself up. I just talked him through it,” she said. She told WSB-TV in Atlanta that she tried to keep Hill talking to prevent him from walking into the hallway or through the school building. “He had a look on him that he was willing to kill – matter of fact, he said it. He said that he didn’t have any reason to live and that he knew he was going to die today,” Tuff said, adding that Hill told her he was sure he’d be killed because he’d shot at police officers. “I knew that if he got out that door he was gonna kill everybody,” she said. But he didn’t.
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hunger and poverty and whatnot.” Ralph Worrell is a leading advocate for the SCLC and works at the organization’s Atlanta headquarters. The Day of the March Joseph E. Lowery, vice president and co-founder of SCLC: “We were surprised and excited because we hadn’t really tried a national march before. We weren’t sure how many to expect. I got there early because I had come down from Chicago, and I got out [on the mall] and nobody was there. I got a little worried, but soon buses started pulling up and I could see the people were coming. And seeing all those people, Black people, White people, everybody together, it was something.” Joseph E. Lowery is a Methodist minister known as the “dean of the Civil Rights Movement.” Rev. Lowery is a 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom honoree and founder of the Joseph E. Lowery Institute at Clark Atlanta University. C.T. Vivian, SCLC director of affiliates and liaison to Martin Luther King Jr.: “That morning there were about seven of us sitting up in front of the Washington Monument, and we were waiting to see whether this was gonna be a success… wondering would people really come. When people flooded in, we knew that this was going to be a major change in our relationships to the American public, the American White public in particular, and to the power decision-makers in American action and thought. So we were thinking about it in those terms.” C.T. Vivian serves as the president of SCLC. He is the founder of the C.T. Vivian Leadership Institute and a 2013 Presidential Medal of Freedom honoree. Elizabeth Williams-Omilami, daughter of Hosea Williams, SCLC coordinator and executive board member: “I had been coming to civil rights marches all my life, but I just thought it was the biggest, most exciting event that I probably would ever go through in my life. I was with the staff, we were working on food for the marchers, water, where people were gonna sleep. And being a little girl watching all of that happen around me…I just really cried, because, you know, it was so beautiful. It was like what you think heaven would be like – Black people, White people, Jewish people, Hispanic people, the singing, the songs, the music, it was like a civil rights Woodstock or something like that.” Elizabeth Williams-Omilami is the CEO of Hosea Feed the Hungry, a nonprofit organization started by her father, and an actress and human rights activist.
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John Lewis, U.S. Congressman, former chairman of SNCC and March on Washington speaker: “You know, hundreds, thousands of people had been arrested in Birmingham, Medgar Evers had been assassinated, we had been beaten on the Freedom Rides, beaten during the sit-ins, and Dr. King and Rev. Abernarthy and Fred Shuttlesworth had been arrested in Birmingham. So they came to Washington to petition the Congress and the president. And to see that sea of humanity from all over the country, it was very, very moving. “ [SNCC] brought a sense of urgency. Some people said we were too fiery, that we were too militant, they wanted me to cool down. They didn’t want me to use certain words. Like, we’re involved in a nonviolent revolution and the Black masses are restless.” John Lewis is the U.S. Rep. for Georgia’s 5th congressional district, serving since 1987. He is Senior Chief Deputy Whip of the House and dean of the Georgia congressional delegation. Nan Grogan Orrock, march participant and Mary Washington College student: “People may not realize this 50 years later but Washington was in a turmoil. There was all this media coverage on press and radio about how people were leaving the city and to not be here and that people were gonna be armed sitting on their front porches because the Black hordes were coming to town. The federal government shut down. Federal everything was closed, shut down, for that day.” Orrock is a Georgia state senator representing district 36. She served in the Georgia House of Representatives from 1987 to 2006 and was the first woman elected House Majority Whip. Bernice King, youngest child of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King: “My mother felt like it was a very significant day, a turning point for the movement. She felt that my father was at his best. The point in which he started reciting the ‘I have a dream’ portion, he went away from the paper and she said it was as if heaven had come to earth in that moment, ‘like the Kingdom of God had descended on the Lincoln Memorial right there in our midst …’ “It was a really good feeling when they left. It was a feeling that they were going to be able to get that legislation, the Civil Rights Act, passed. And we know looking back now that that did happen a year later. So that was a pivotal moment in our nation’s history, and I think everybody felt a sense of inspiration and hopefulness and excitement because when they were coming out of Birmingham, that was a very tough period.” Bernice King is the CEO of the King Center. She has a master’s degree in divinity from the Candler School of Theology and a Jurist Doctorate in law from Emory University.
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For employers who rely on unpaid interns, it’s been the summer of reckoning. Hundreds of interns have filed lawsuits or raised complaints over working long hours for free. But one group of former interns is sidestepping the courtroom and going straight to the White House to fight for fair compensation. The Fair Pay Campaign, a grassroots lobby set to launch around Labor Day, is calling on President Obama to pay White House interns in order to set an example for other government agencies and private employers. “We have a minimum wage law in this country, and just because you call someone an intern doesn’t mean you get out it,” said Mikey Franklin, the leader of Fair Pay’s charge. According to the White House website, its internships are unpaid, housing isn’t provided, and interns should expect to work “at least Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.” The campaign’s focus has turned to President Obama, as he has been stumping for raising the minimum wage all summer. “We don’t believe the White House can, in good faith, go after minimum wage and at the same time have unpaid staff.” The biggest issue Franklin sees, at the White House and any place not paying interns, is that working for no pay seems unimaginable, particularly as student loans skyrocket and more young people are forced
to live at home. It creates a situation where only a privileged few can afford to work in these prestigious jobs. “If you want to break into these industries, you have to work for free,” he said. “That’s not a reality for a lot of people who aren’t upper middle class.” The vitriol over unpaid internships has gotten stronger, as a number of high-profile instances over the last year have caught public attention. Last week, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In organization caught heat for advertising an unpaid internship position. The posting garnered more than 300 comments and even spurred a Change.org petition that called on the non-profit to pony up and pay. In June, a federal court ruled that Fox Searchlight Pictures violated wage laws by not paying its interns. The same month, 189 interns who once worked for Charlie Rose and his production company were given about $1,100 in back wages after they brought a lawsuit against the newsman for not paying them. This past February, an intern filed a $50 million lawsuit against Elite Model Management for violating wage laws, and former interns from Hearst Magazine, Atlantic Records, the website Gawker and Warner Music Group have filed similar suits.
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Report: Black High School Graduation Rates Lowest in Country High school graduation rates in the United States are at their highest since 1974, according to a recent U.S. Department of Education report, but Black students graduated at a rate below other ethnic groups. Of the 4 million public school students who entered 9th grade in the 2006-2007 school year, 78.2 percent, or 3.1 million, received high school diplomas in the 20092010 school year, an increase of more than two percentage points. The report also detailed the achievement rates by states. Among U.S. jurisdictions, Nevada and the District of Columbia were the lowest, with rates of 57.8 percent and 59.9 percent, respectively. At the high end, Wisconsin and Vermont had graduation rates of 91.1 percent and 91.4 percent, respectively. “The new NCES report is good news after three decades of stagnation,” Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said in a statement. “It’s encouraging that the on-time graduation rate is up substantially from four years earlier. And it’s promising that high school graduation rates are up for all ethnic groups in 2010 – especially for Hispanics, whose graduation rate has jumped almost 10 points since 2006.” Among racial/ethnic groups, Asian/Pacific Islander students had the highest graduation rate at 93.5 percent. The rates for other groups were 83.0 percent for White students, 71.4 percent for Hispanic students, 69.1 percent for American Indian/Alaska Native students, and 66.1 percent for Black students. “Our high school dropout rate is still unsustainably high for a knowledge-based economy and still unacceptably high in our African-American, Latino, and Native-American communities,” Duncan said. Across the United States, more than 500,000 students who were supposed to graduate in the 2009–2010 academic year dropped out, a rate of 3.4 percent. That figure represents a decline from 4.1 percent in the 2008-2009 period.
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Business pioneer Ingrid most in my mind,” she said. Saunders Jones was recently “It is based on an iconic celebrated at the world-rebusiness partnership – a hand nowned Charles Wright shake. McDonald’s and Coke Museum of African Amershare a special bond in busiican History in Detroit, her ness and we share a special hometown. bond in the community. And Jones, who retired earlier I have been very fortunate to this year as senior vice presbe a part of all of that.” ident of Global Community Jones went on to share a Connections and chair of The poignant and important moCoca-Cola Foundation, was ment with guests regarding honored by peers, family and her breaking through barriers friends for her distinguished to become the first woman career and her remarkable member of one Atlanta’s most role as an advocate for creat- Ingrid Saunders Jones prestigious business organiing educational and business zations, the Action Forum. opportunities for African Americans the “[The company’s president] said ‘when world over. Ingrid Saunders Jones speaks, she speaks for The noted Coca Cola Company executive me and she speaks for the Coca Cola Comretired after 31 years, with the company pany.’ That was the tipping point for me … I on June 1. Jones took the stage to deliver am fortunate to have worked with extraorpersonal remarks following opening remarks dinary leaders, community supporters and from NAACP President Rev. Dr. Wendell caring and committed associates,” said Jones. Anthony and a litany of praise and appreThe event concluded with an exhibit ciation from members of the following: the unveiling and ribbon-cutting ceremony for a Michigan State University Black Alumni Aslimited-engagement exhibition honoring her sociation, sorority sisters from Delta Sigma life as she moves on to its next chapter -- as Theta Sorority, the president of the National the volunteer national chair of the National Black McDonald’s Owners Association, as Council of Negro Women. Lisa M. Borders, well as the presidents of McDonald’s and the who was the president of the Grady Health Coca-Cola Company’s McDonald’s Division. Foundation and former Atlanta City Council “It is my personal relationship with the president, is Jones’ successor. McDonald’s family that will stand out
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Consumer trends continuously point to a high demand for wholesome yet quick dining options to meet the needs of increasingly busy, health-conscious lifestyles – especially those of travelers. That’s why Concessions International (CI), one of the top airport food and beverage concessionaires in the country, has teamed up with Atlanta-based Proof of the Pudding to conceptualize fresh gourmet kiosks that provide Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport travelers with healthy food selections on-the-go. The first Proof of the Pudding kiosk opened Aug. 20 in the Atlanta airport’s newly-renovated Concourse B. Proof of the Pudding Executive Chef Vagn Nielsen, developed a menu of all-natural, high-quality salads, wraps, sandwiches and snacks that are not only delicious but also include items within the guidelines for fat and sodium limitation recommendations outlined by the USDA. The Proof of the Pudding kiosks will be joined by four additional CI concepts in Concourse B – Gabriel’s Desserts in September , a Samuel Adams bar in October, Café
Tazza in November and FLY Burger Bar Boutique by Chef Tom Catherall in December. Concessions International’s existing Concourse B ventures include Paschal’s, Little Azio Pizza, Dos Equis Explorer Lounge, LottaFrutta and Fresh To Order. Concessions International, LLC, founded in 1978, is a dynamic food and beverage concessionaire with operations in eight airports. It is part of the H.J. Russell Company family of businesses. Donata Russell Major is CEO and Anthony Joseph is president. The company’s portfolio includes franchised, licensed and proprietary concepts, including casual dining, quick service, snack, deli and bar and grill. The company is a franchisee of major national brands including Fresh To Order, Seattle’s Best Coffee, and Einstein Bros. Bagels. CI operates Pemberton Café at the World of Coca Cola and Paschal’s Restaurant in the historic Castleberry district of downtown Atlanta. Visit www.cintl.com for more information.
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The National Center for Civil and Human Rights is proud to partner with the New World Foundation to launch the 2013 “I Am Here” Exchange. The program, dedicated to preserving the civil rights history illuminated in the 1963 March on Washington, will present the stories of those involved in the march through the creation of an archive of oral history interviews.
As a part of this initiative, 22 college students from the Atlanta area were selected to travel to Washington, D.C., to attend the 50thAnniversary of the March on Washington on Aug. 24. Students will pair up to collect as many as 200 interviews with civil rights leaders and activists to capture the experiences of each at the time of the march where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave
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his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech. Interviews will also be conducted in Atlanta and Washington before and during events on the National Mall surrounding the 50th anniversary.The students will interview people who were at the original march about why they marched and how the Civil Rights Movement has affected their lives. “As we recognize the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, we are proud to provide our future generation of young leaders with the opportunity to learn about the motivations and experiences of our past leaders,” said Doug Shipman, CEO of the National Center for Civil and Human Rights. “Our hope is that through this experience, we can galvanize each student to stand up for the continued fight for justice and universal human rights.” Stan Salett, who first conceived this project and was a member of the original March on Washington’s local organizing committee, said: “It is important to remember the Civil Rights Movement, not as the achievement of extraordinary individuals, but as the outcome of ordinary people achieving extraordinary results. It is their stories that we need to capture.” The interviews also will highlight the stories of political and civil rights leaders including: Congressman John Lewis of Georgia, who spoke at the original march; civil rights leader the Rev. Joseph Lowery;
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Martin Luther King Jr. was the executive director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) on Auburn Avenue. On Aug. 28, 1963, Atlanta native Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech to over 250,000 civil rights supporters from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. The March on Washington set the stage for passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Fifty years later, citizens from across the country will converge on our nation’s capital on Aug. 28 to commemorate and celebrate this historic event. The march will culminate with a speech by President Barack Obama, who also will speak from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.
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Editor’s Note: This is the sixth article in an 11-part Series on Race in America - Past and Present, sponsored by the Kellogg Foundation. It has been edited for space considerations. former Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin; Dr. Doris Dirby, a founding member of the New York branch of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, who is now at Georgia State University; and many others. The interviews will be archived by the National Center for Civil and Human Rights as part of an ongoing effort to preserve and share the stories of individuals involved in past and present movements. The National Center for Civil and Human Rights is currently under construction at Pemberton Place in downtown Atlanta, adjacent to the World of Coca-Cola and the Georgia Aquarium. The center is expected to attract 400,000 visitors annually of all ages to experience the interactive exhibits and educational events and programming. It is scheduled to open doors to the public May 2014.
A Dedicated Life: Shirley Sherrod’s Ongoing Battle for Racial Cooperation in Georgia By Ryan Cooper
Some three years ago, in March 2010, Shirley Sherrod, who was then the USDA state director of rural development for Georgia, gave a forthright speech about her life story at an NAACP banquet. She told of how a White sheriff had lynched her cousin in 1943, how her father was killed by a White neighbor who went uncharged despite three witnesses, and how after her father’s death she dedicated herself to staying in Georgia to work for change. Initially, she said, her commitment was limited to the Black community, but in 1985, her mind was changed. That year, while Sherrod was working for the Federation of Southern Cooperatives, a nonprofit helping Black farmers hang on to their land, Roger Spooner, a White farmer in danger of foreclosure, approached her for help. She took Spooner to a White lawyer, assuming that one of his “own kind would take care of him.” But when she discovered that the lawyer would do nothing for him, she did what she could instead. Eventually, she helped Spooner keep his farm. This was a lesson from God, Sherrod said during her NAACP speech, to teach her that it’s not all about Black and White, but about poverty also. “Working with him made me see that it’s really about those who have versus those who don’t,” she said. Andrew Breitbart, the late conservative provocateur, published a video of that speech several months later. His version had been heavily edited to remove the context and ending, making Sherrod sound as if she were baldly discriminating against a White man because of his race. Although Breitbart’s reputation as a dissembler was well known, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack panicked after the video went viral. Sherrod’s supervisor called her later that day while she was driving home and asked her to pull over and type her resignation on her BlackBerry. Even the NAACP denounced her without watching the tape of its own event. The next day, the truth came out. Spooner’s wife defended Sherrod on CNN, launching a full media firestorm. Vilsack called Sherrod to apologize and later offered her a high-level advocacy job in the USDA. Sherrod felt this was a “backhanded apology” and refused the new post. The president himself called as well to smooth things over.
Atlanta City Councilmember Kwanza Hall presented a proclamation to Bernice King, CEO of The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change, and Judy Forte, superintendent of the National Park Service, on Monday in honor of the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. “As the council representative for the King Historic District, it is a great honor to commemorate the anniversary of this watershed moment in the Civil Rights Movement,” said Hall. In her public remarks accepting the proclamation on behalf of The King Center, King noted that Hall’s father, Leon Hall, was her father’s youngest staff member when
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Roger Spooner To Sherrod, all that’s old news. These days, she has returned to the work she was doing before all the publicity. She still lives with her husband, Charles, in Albany, Ga., where they raised their children and where she still spends her days working with poor and minority farmers. At the USDA, she oversaw development programs for poor rural communities, and before that she worked on the other side of the fence, for several private organizations advocating for poor and minority farmers. Now, as she explained in an interview with the Washington Monthly and in her recent autobiography, The Courage to Hope, she and her husband run two nonprofits. The first organization is called New Communities, which was started in 1969. Back then, it was common for Blacks who participated in the Civil Rights Movement to lose their land on legally dubious grounds. White landlords would arbitrarily evict their activist sharecroppers, and White law enforcement would imprison workers on trumped-up charges.
The idea behind New Communities was to form a collective farm for those dispossessed people, modeled on the Israeli kibbutzim, so they could work their own property without interference. They acquired 5,700 acres, becoming one of the largest Black-owned properties in the nation at the time. It was a success that did not come without caveats. Racist terrorists would occasionally strafe the farm’s buildings with gunfire, and local banks still often refused financing to the community. In 1982, when New Communities sold some timber to raise cash, the USDA insisted on taking the profits from the sale before giving another loan. By 1985, New Communities was forced to close its doors. In 1997, this and other similar cases of discrimination led to an enormous class-action lawsuit against the USDA, Pigford v. Glickman. It resulted in more than $1 billion in payouts -- the largest civil rights settlement to date. A 2008 bill, passed over George W. Bush’s veto, expanded the criteria of who could apply for the Pigford funds, so in 2009 New Communities finally got Shirley Sherrod restitution. The organization was resurrected after receiving $12.8 million. Sherrod and her husband got $150,000 each for pain and suffering. With that money, and under Sherrod’s leadership, New Communities was able in June 2011 to buy a new piece of property, called Cypress Pond. A 1,638-acre estate, complete with a colossal white-pillared antebellum mansion, it was originally owned by the largest slaveholder and richest man in Georgia. Due to the housing collapse, the price had been marked down from $21 million to $4.5 million. Sherrod plans to establish an agricultural training program there, as well as a program that will bring local Blacks and Whites together in partnership and promote racial healing. “White and Black together in this area, I think it becomes the perfect place for being helpful in getting folks to get beyond race,” she says. In the meantime, they’re doing some actual farming. Just over the last year, they harvested $50,000 worth of pecans from previously planted trees to help defray maintenance costs. Sherrod and her husband’s second nonprofit is the Southwest Georgia Project, which helps poor farmers sell their food to local schools. While the organization is currently battling bureaucratic snags, the idea is to help local farmers increase revenue by selling to reliable local buyers while simultaneously providing healthy, fresh food to schoolchildren.
Blacks and Whites in the often racially divisive region of southwest Georgia. She admits that so far it’s been an uphill battle. The irony of Sherrod’s burst of fame nearly three years ago is that it had almost nothing to do with her at all. A race baiter thrust her briefly onto the national stage, where she stood accused of doing the exact opposite of what she’d spent her life doing. She has since returned to the grassroots advocacy work to which she has dedicated her life, and it’s here, it seems, she’d like to stay.
Ryan Cooper is a Web Editor at the Washington Monthly. This article, the sixth of an 11-part series on race, is sponsored by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation and was originally published by the Washington Monthly Magazine.
In addition to her work on these two organizations, Sherrod also received a grant in April 2011 from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation. With that grant, she is working to help improve race relations and foster cooperation and partnership between
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Former B2K member Raz B was never in a coma, and the story has been declared a hoax, according to CNN. While it is true that the singer was hit by a bottle in a club in China, his injuries were never serious. Raz B, whose real name is De’Mario Monte Thornton, reportedly reached out to CNN and asked them not to publish that the coma story was not true. Toy Jones, the “publicist” who broke the pseudo-story to TMZ now claims that she was hired by Thornton’s family to get the story out to the media. The singer’s brother, who performs under the name Ricky Romance, said in a statement sent to CNN Monday afternoon that he had been “misled by unknown reasons.” “I was unfortunately unable to contact my brother at the time and then panicked,” Romance said. “I then alerted as many people of this information hoping to gather facts… Since the source that gave me this information was what I thought to be legitimately reliable I didn’t question -- I just believed. I apologize if I seem like I jumped to conclusions, but a coma is a serious situation and it was concerning my brother, who is my best friend as well. I sincerely apologize for the confusion I caused if that is the case.” Several hours later, Jones sent a written statement saying the singer had miraculously recovered from the coma and would be released from the hospital in days. The unedited statement reads: “Doctor says numerous brain scans showed that Raz’s entire cortex -- the
parts of the brain that give us consciousness, thought, memory and understanding -- is now functioning. Doctors say it’s a miracle and told his family that he stands a strong chance of survival and no signs of being brain dead for the rest of his life. Against all odds, Raz woke up this morning and is in stable condition.” Raz-B was allegedly breaking up a fight when the incident occurred. He was taken to the hospital with cuts to his face and lips. After the incident, Raz-B allegedly returned to his hotel, but could not be woken up Friday morning. Jones confirmed at the time, “He is in a coma and needs as many prayers as possible.” The singer has been living in China for the last three years, and produced a mixtape in 2010.
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The 2013 Bronner Brothers Hair Show swept into Atlanta and -- as it always does -- showcased the most innovative style products and the most daring hairstyles. Tens of thousands of women and men converged on the Georgia World Congress Center to get a glimpse of the latest advances in hair care and beauty trends. The bi-annual Bronner Brothers Hairshow is not for the timid or those with particularly modest sensibilities. The 2013 hairshow may have been the sexiest event in the show’s 47-year history, and for the novist observer or first-time attendee, the styles, models and patrons can be an intimidating force. As stylists, salon owners and the general public moved excitedly from booth to booth and show to show, they received invaluable instruction on what’s hot in haircare and styling etiquette. The Bronner Brothers 66th annual hair show -- the largest hair show in the world -- has taken on a culture of its own, as patrons travel from around the country to buy products and witness the latest in hair evolution. The mood throughout was electric and the buys were magnificent. We even spotted several celebrities in the room, including; Dwight Eubanks of the Purple Door Hair Salon and Real Housewives of Atlanta fame, who judged a style contest, while Tyrese and Genuwine were next door at the V-103 radio station booth thrilling onlookers. Also spotted in the celebrity-sprinkled crowd were Porsha Stewart of the “Real Housewives of Atlanta,” Erica Dixon of “Love and Hip-Hop Atlanta,” singers Fantasia and Keke Wyatt, and Royce Reed of “Basketball Wives.” Of course, our favorite flamboyant stylists were Derrick J, Dwight Eubanks and Ms. Lawrence.
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Nielsen: Celebrating 90 Years of Innovation Isn’t it fascinating how a person can have a single idea or dream planted, take root and change the world as we know it? Well, that’s exactly how Nielsen came to be. This week, Nielsen will celebrate its 90th anniversary. So, I’d like to give sincere kudos to Nielsen on such a momentous milestone anniversary. On Aug. 24, 1923, in Chicago, a visionary engineer named Arthur C. Nielsen Sr. (also known as A.C. Nielsen) first came up with the idea of selling performance surveys. He borrowed $45,000 to start a business to test the quality of conveyor belts and turbine generators. With those first, simple measurements, Mr. Nielsen introduced the concept of market research. Today, 90 years later, Nielsen has evolved and grown to become a global market research company with a presence in more than 100 countries – headquartered in New York and the Netherlands. Did you know that Nielsen has many “firsts?” And we are most known for our TV ratings, but there is so much more. So, if you don’t mind, how about I share with you a short Nielsen history lesson today? So here we go. After the engineering surveys, Nielsen began measuring drug and retail store sales in 1933, followed by food and department store sales the next year. Client service teams were assembled after in order to make sure the data being collected would be interpreted correctly and so that clients would have a liaison to work with on their day to day operations. And fueled by his passion and curiosity for consumer insights, A.C. Nielsen created the concept of “market share” in 1935. Folks were listening to radio long before TV came along, so Mr. Nielsen acquired the rights to the first instantaneous Audiometer in 1936. This device attached to a radio to record when it was on and what station was being listened to. A few years later, in 1942, Nielsen’s radio index was launched in the U.S. Folks were listening to radio long before TV came along, so Mr. Nielsen acquired the rights to the first instantaneous Audiometer in 1936. This device attached to a radio to record when it was on and what station was being listened to. A few years later, in 1942, Nielsen’s radio index was launched in the U.S. Also in the 1940s, the U.S. Chicago headquarters doubled in size and two more international offices in Canada and Australia were opened (the first opened in the United Kingdom in 1939). In consumer and pharmaceutical indexes were introduced. Mr. Nielsen really stepped out on a limb in 1948 and invested in the first commercial computer, the UNIVAC 1. Now you can imagine
this computer was far from today’s PC or even the new portable tablet devices. You know those giant, clunky metal and cable masses you may have seen in old sci-fi movies? Yes, that’s what it looked like. I wonder what Mr. Nielsen would say if he could see how technology has evolved today? The infamous “Nielsen Ratings” as you know it, made its debut in 1950 when the company began measuring TV audiences. National daily TV ratings in the U.S. weren’t offered until 1973. And, who remembers when those now-ubiquitous bar codes (officially known as Universal Product Codes or UPCs) started popping up? Yes, it was Nielsen that introduced the scanning of bar codes in 1977. This revolutionized the way marketers and retailers were able to understand how and why consumers make purchasing decisions every day. Today, Nielsen measures 400 billion retail product transactions a year in more than 600,000 stores around the world. As technology has continued to evolve, so have Nielsen’s measuring tools and methods. Today, Nielsen measures the activity more than half a million online panelists worldwide. Who remembers when there were only a few channels available for television? The famous “Black Box” made its debut in 1987 and used to capture the viewing habits of Nielsen households. Now there are hundreds of networks and channels from which to choose for our viewing pleasure – those premium channels that each have a specific interested audience and a plethora of program options as well. Talk about coming a long way? In addition to monitoring our viewing here in the U.S., today Nielsen also measures TV viewing audiences in 33 countries. And with the changing times and how our lives have become so dependent on mobile devices, we can watch our favorite programs on our phones, tablets, computers and game consoles. So as the devices and gadgets evolved where we watch our favorite shows, so did Nielsen’s measurement services. In 2008, Nielsen began developing reports that detailed media usage across screens – television, internet, and mobile devices. Nielsen’s history is progressive and delivers a forecast of infinite possibilities in years to come, which I hope inspires you. And, I hope you see and are empowered by your role in Nielsen’s success. Nielsen research, studies, survey results and data provide clients with this information to better engage and reach us and our communities. So here’s to another 90 years of innovation! I know you can’t wait to see what’s in store next. Cheryl Pearson-McNeil is senior vice president of Public Affairs and Government Relations for Nielsen. For more information, go to www.nielsenwire.com.
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I was 14 the summer of the 1963 March on Washington, getting ready to go to 10th grade. I was too young to participate and too old for it not to have a significant impact. I had been angry about racial discrimination from a young age and wanted to see things change. I grew up in a newspaper family, so I was particularly aware of events going on around me. At the same time, my family was solidly middle class and I lived in a Black cocoon -- a mostly Black world that was comfortable and full of love. In some ways, this blunted any urgent need to change things. Now as I look back, I am so grateful for those people who were some 10 years my senior who took on leadership roles to make change happen and in an urgent way. Recently, I had a chance to be around two civil rights giants: Rita Jackson Samuels, founder of the Georgia Coalition of Black Women, and the Rev. C.T. Vivian, one of this year’s Presidential Medal of Freedom winners. I was in awe as I heard them talk. Rita was the first Black professional on a Georgia governor’s staff when she went to work for Jimmy Carter after he was elected governor in 1970. And she is responsible for getting Martin Luther King Jr.’s portrait hung on the wall inside the state Capitol. It was the first portrait of an African American to be hung there. Her current project is to record an interview series with activists from the Civil Rights Movement. She asked me to interview Rev. Dr. Vivian. I was thrilled to do so. In addition to Dr. Vivian, she lined up Mayor Kasim Reed to interview Andy Young; Monica Pearson to interview Xernona Clayton; Carlton Brown to interview Rev. Joseph Lowery; Shirley Franklin to interview Evelyn Lowery; Rev. Raphael Warnock to interview John Lewis and Michael Julian Bond to interview his father, Julian Bond. This is going to be an awesome record that Rita says she wants to share for future generations. The recordings were made at e3 Creative by Earnest J. Davis III. The best part of interviewing Dr. Vivian is that it took place on the day he got the call from the White House informing him of his selection as a Presidential Medal Winner. There were four of us there on Aug. 6: me, Rita, Earnest and Felicia Davis, president of Women Flying High. He answered his cell phone and we stood there with our mouths hanging open as we could overhear Valerie Jarrett informing him of his selection and swore him to secrecy until the formal announcement from the White House. When he hung up the call, we all hooped and hollered. We were so excited to be there and wit-
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the two fastest sellouts in the game’s history. The teams will be the twocompetfastest ing for in thethe sellouts game’s coveted game’s hisOld Leathertory. Helmet Trophy. The teams “We are looking forward to another will be great game and we have a lot of respect for competCoach Beamer and Virginia Tech,ing ” said for Nick the Saban, Alabama head coach. “We’ve the game’s had coveted opportunity to open the season twice before Old Leather Helmet in Atlanta, and the experience has been Trophy. extremely our team and our fans. “We arepositive lookingfor forward to another The Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game in the Georgia great game and we have a lot of respect for Dome is a great venue for college It Coach Beamer and Virginia Tech,football. ” said Nick has a bowl game feel, the “We’ve staff hashad done Saban, Alabama headand coach. the an outstanding making it atwice first-class have elevatedtotojob theoftop job. But the Afriopportunity open the season before event. ” can-American would-be head coaches in Atlanta, and the experience has beenare “Playing the Chick-fil-A Game moving at positive a in snail’s pace. Not soKickoff with the extremely for our team and our fans. creates a very exciting environment the African-American players. The Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game in theforGeorgia The is dominated by the dipped-infans andisNFL players of bothfor teams, ” said Jim It Dome a great venue college football. Black players at almost every position, with Weaver, Virginia Tech athletics director. “We has a bowl game feel, and the staff has done exception of the quarterback position. look forward to job opening the season with the anthe outstanding of making it a first-class But that is rapidly changing. defending Champions in a sold-out event.” National Virtually every skilled position Georgia Dome. ” “Playing in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game in Chick-fil-A the NFL is dominated by an In itsathird Kickoff Game creates very exciting environment forand the African-American athlete appearance, Alabama will look not only to fans and players of bothseeing teams, ” saidisJim what we’re today the increase its record to 3-0, but will also look Weaver, Virginia Tech athletics director. “We ever-increasing number ofbe Afrito secure a victory that could prove towith imlook forward to opening the season can-American youngsters onthe the perative in appearing in its third consecutive defending National Champions in a sold-out high schoolgame. and collegiate level national championship Georgia Dome. ” electing play the quarterback For Virginia Tech, atovictory against topIn its third Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game position. ranked Alabama would immediately thrust appearance, Alabama not only to And thatwill haslook resulted in more the Hokiesitsinto the national spotlight and set increase to 3-0, but also look kids ofrecord color winning thewill quarterback them up for a championship run of their own. toposition secure abattles victoryon that provelevel. to beThe imthecould collegiate perative in appearing its third consecutive likes of Cam Newton, in Michael Vick, Russell national Robert championship Wilson, Griffin, game. Josh Freeman and Tech, have a victory theFor Jets’Virginia Geno Smith beenagainst given topthe ranked Alabama would opportunity to battle forimmediately the starters’thrust jobs and win some thenational battles.spotlight Yes! It’s aand newset the Hokies intoofthe day new game as the complexion themand up afor a championship run of their of own. the NFL continues to change.
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Dozens of metro Atlanta preschoolers learned the answers to questions like, “Where does food come from?” and “What does it mean to eat healthy?” during the “Grow Up Great Gardening” event sponsored by the PNC Foundation and the Atlanta Braves. Fifty preschool students from Sheltering Arms Child Care Center recently joined Braves General Manager Frank Wren and pitcher David Carpenter to explore healthy eating habits at the City of Refuge’s on-site gardening center. “Together with the Atlanta Braves and our community partners, PNC’s Grow up Great community garden initiative connects young children in our region to nature, while helping develop essential school readiness skills,” said Eddie Meyers, PNC Regional President. “By extending our support, we are making a strategic investment to help prepare our youngest learners for future success.” Educators from the Fernbank Museum of
Natural History and Young Audiences helped the children get down and dirty with preparation, while Carpenter shared lunch with the kids. Several other non-profit partners were also on hand to lead the children as they participated in reading and wellness activities. “The Atlanta Braves organization understands the importance of healthy living and the value of nutritional foods, said Atlanta Braves Director of Community Affairs Ericka Newsome-Hill. “It is vital to ensure our next generation has the knowledge and tools necessary to carry out healthy and abundant lifestyles.” The PNC Foundation, which receives its principal funding from The PNC Financial Services Group Inc. (NYSE: PNC), actively supports organizations that provide services for the benefit of communities in which it has a significant presence. For more information, visit www.pncgrowupgreat.com.
The Georgia United basketball team recently captured the 2013 AAU 7th Grade National Championship in Memphis, Tenn. The two-time defending State AAU champions went 8-0 to win the week-long competition featuring 87 Division I teams. Pictured are (bottom row, from left) Travis Anderson II, Mandarius Dickerson; Chase Fiddler, Rodney Lewis Jr., Myles Beleyu, Kennedy Minx-Rogers, Malik McClain, Realus George Jr., Corderius Hastings, Eric Ross II, James Lewis, Daviyon Dennis, Rapheal Rogers, Gavin Lewis, and coaches Tee Cofer, Rodney Lewis, Scott Beleyu Eric Ross. The Georgia Unitedand basketball team recently captured the 2013 AAU 7th Grade National Championship in Memphis, Tenn. The two-time defending State AAU champions went 8-0 to win the week-long competition featuring 87 Division I teams. Pictured are (bottom row, from left) Travis Anderson II, Mandarius Dickerson; Chase Fiddler, Rodney Lewis Jr., Myles Beleyu, Kennedy Minx-Rogers, Malik McClain, Realus George Jr., Corderius Hastings, Eric Ross II, James Lewis, Daviyon Dennis, Rapheal Rogers, Gavin Lewis, and coaches Tee Cofer, Rodney Lewis, Scott Beleyu and Eric Ross.
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50th anniversary
August 22 - 28, 2013
Cyclorama and Center for Civil and Human Rights Screen ‘Montgomery to Memphis’ Special to ADW
The Atlanta Cyclorama is partnering with the National Center for Civil and Human Rights to present a special free screening of “KING: A Filmed Record…Montgomery To Memphis,” on Aug. 25. “It is fitting that we commemorate the anniversary of the historic 1963 March on Washington here at the Atlanta Cyclorama,” said Camille Russell Love, director of the city’s Office of Cultural Affairs. “The 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the U.S. Constitution come directly out of the Civil War. These amendments served as the foundation for what we know as the modern Civil Rights Movement, which Dr. King led,” Love said. “The film is a powerful reminder and celebration, not only of Dr. King’s courageous fight for freedom and equality for all people, but also of the generations of African Americans and their allies who contributed to that fight.” The film will be shown at 3 p.m., followed by a conversation with filmmaker and producer Richard Kaplan, author and activist Constance Curry, and civil rights activist and educator Lonnie C. King Jr. They will discuss Dr. King’s work and legacy. This event is open to the public. If you miss it, “King: From Montgomery to Memphis,” will also air exclusively on Bounce TV on Aug. 28. “As we recognize the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington for Freedom and Jobs, this film provides an opportunity to learn more about the thinking and actions
of Dr. King, along with the multitude of others who were part of this historic movement. It calls for us to not only appreciate the sacrifices that were made, but to ask the question: What am I willing to do to continue the fight for justice and universal human rights?” said Doug Shipman, CEO of the National Center for Civil and Human Rights. The Atlanta Cyclorama is located at 800 Cherokee Avenue, S.E., Atlanta, GA 30315. On Aug. 28, 1963, over 200,000 women, men and children of all ethnicities, creeds and colors converged on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., in what would go down in history as the largest political and social demonstration for civil and human rights in United States history to date. Initiated by A. Philip Randolph, and organized by veteran civil rights activist Bayard Rustin, the March on Washington was the crown jewel in Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s
long struggle to non-violently guide African Americans and their allies through the virulent manifestations of racial segregation. In the early ‘70s, filmmaker Richard Kaplan and his colleague Ely Landau culled through hundreds of hours of raw footage from the ‘50s and ‘60s, and found moving images that captured the breadth and depth of Dr. King’s work. Further heightening the effect and lending authenticity of the times, the film is narrated by Harry Belafonte, Ruby Dee, Ben Gazzara, Charlton Heston, James Earl Jones, Burt Lancaster, Paul Newman, Anthony Quinn, Clarence Williams III and Joanne Woodward. The film, “King: A Filmed Record,” was their tribute to Dr. King’s legacy. The Los Angeles Times declared the work to be “a piece of history of immense power.” The film was released in theaters in 1970 and is currently being distributed by Kino Lorber.
HISTORY WAS MADE.