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A statue of Confederate general P.G.T. Beauregard is removed just after 3 a.m. on May 17 from the entrance to City Park in New Orleans. The removal of the statue comes after the city has already taken down a statue of Jefferson Davis, the Confederacy’s only president, and a memorial to a White rebellion against a biracial Reconstructionera government in the city.

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It’s Time to Fight Not a War on Drugs but a War on Drug Addiction By Kamala D. Harrisl

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Toting signs that read: “No More Drug Wars” and “Drug Wars Destroy Families,” several dozen activists protested outside the U.S. Department of Justice May 16 calling for an immediate challenge to new federal drug sentencing policies handed down by Attorney General Jeff Sessions in a recent memorandum. Noting the failures of heavy-handed drug sentencing on predominantly Black and Latino communities, protestors insist the memo encourages a return to pre-Civil Rights racial bias

Rep. Lewis’ Fight for Civil Rights By Gregory Clay Special to the AFRO

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Several dozen protestors assembled on the grounds of the U.S. Department of Justice to demand the resignation of Attorney General Jeff Sessions .

Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) still stands as an iconic beacon of the civil rights movement in the 21st Century. “John Lewis is so popular and in such demand that he is unable to join us this evening.

But he was able to send us a film. John is like manure . . . He’s all over the place,” said Ernest “Rip” Patton, a fellow Freedom Rider from the 1960s, who let the imagery rip as his down-home, southernstyle quip drew a hearty laugh from 500 attendees at the second annual Newseum Free

Expression Awards gala at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. on April 18. Lewis,

within the judicial system. The reinstatement of federal drug sentencing policies according to Jasmine Tyler of the Open Society Foundations, have played a significant role in perpetuating mass incarceration, the schoolto-prison pipeline, and the destruction of families. Of particular concern, for Tyler, is the memo’s push for federal prosecutors to seek the “most substantial sentence” for drug crimes, even those deemed low-level, nonviolent offenses. “These guidance that has not just rolled back Obama policies, but is ignoring the science and data and families and stories who have suffered every [expletive] day because of unfair drug wars. Fortyfive years later, we are still fighting and escalating a drug war that has failed,” Tyler told the crowd. “Failed on

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NOT EASY TO LOVE MAN WHO BEATS YOU

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Freedom Rider Passes the Test

The nation’s largest organization of Black legal professionals has taken the stance that the Trump administration’s position on civil rights is wrong and is working to overturn actions the group considers hurtful to minorities. Keith Perry, executive director of the National Bar Association (NBA), said, in an exclusive interview with the AFR}, the Trump

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Keith Perry, executive director of the National Bar Association, says the Trump administration has shown contempt for civil rights.

Loopholes May Make Foreclosures Easier

Cummings Willing to Work with, Oppose Trump When Necessary By Hamil R. Harris Special to the AFRO At one moment U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) is meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House over an affordable prescription plan with the president of John Hopkins University. At another he is rebuking Trump for spilling classified secrets to the Russians. Such is the life of Maryland’s long-serving member representing the 7th District. Cummings says he is one of the few leaders on Capitol Hill who actually has the power to challenge President Trump. Continued on A3

Earlier this year, Rep. John R. Lewis received the Free Expression Lifetime Achievement Award from the Newseum in Washington, D.C. (see story on front page). He was honored, in part, for his actions as a Freedom Rider in 1961. Below is AFRO star civil rights reporter Moses J. Newson’s coverage of the Freedom Riders being beaten in South Carolina simply for registering African Americans to vote.

Black Bar Association Gears Up to Battle Trump on Civil Rights

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Rock Hill, S.C. –Freedom Rider Albert Bigelow looked violence square in the face her and kept trying to show love to his attacker. The 55-year-old Connecticut artistsarchitecht was one of three of CORE’s 1961 Freedom Riders in the first outbreak of violence on the bus tour. Other victims were John R. Lewis, 21, Continued on A3

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Mom of Gabriel Taye, Ohio Boy who Killed Himself, Vows He “Will Be Heard” Mom Not informed of Video of School Bulling Incident Until Well after Son’s Suicide By The Associated Press

The mother of an 8-year-old Ohio boy who killed himself after she says he was bullied at school pledges to speak out on his behalf. Cornelia Reynolds said in a May 12 statement that her son Gabriel Taye’s voice “will be heard” and she urges parents to tell their children to seek help if they are being hurt. “It is my obligation to make sure that this will never happen again,” she said. “No, this will not go away. People need to know the truth and help fix this epidemic in our society by spreading awareness and speaking up.” Reynolds’ attorneys say she didn’t learn her son was bullied until they saw an email written by a Cincinnati police detective that describes the scene outside a boys’ bathroom, where the attorneys say Gabriel was knocked unconscious. He hanged himself two days later at his home. The Cincinnati school district says the boy told staff he had fainted and never said he had been bullied or assaulted. Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters said his office is looking into Gabriel Taye possible charges in the case. The Hamilton (GoFundMe) County coroner said earlier that she is reopening the investigation into Gabriel’s suicide. Cincinnati Public Schools on Friday released copies of a choppy 24-minute-long video that shows one boy bullying other students. The mother’s attorneys say he pushed Gabriel into a wall, knocking him unconscious. “It is our firm position that the allegations portrayed in the media are not supported by the video,” the district said in a statement. The release also noted that police reviewed the video and no charges were filed.

Orioles’ Adam Jones Donates $20K to Negro Leagues Museum By The Associated Press

With the Negro Leagues museum as his backdrop, Baltimore Orioles outfielder Adam Jones said the recent racial taunting he endured in Boston shows there needs to be more dialogue about diversity. Almost two weeks after he said he was called the N-word

and had a bag of peanuts thrown in his direction at Fenway Park, the star said on May 13 that he still grapples with the reality that “people aren’t afraid to show ugliness and hate right now.” “I personally don’t understand it,” Jones said at Kansas City’s Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in announcing his $20,000 donation to the shrine — a gift he said he decided to make months ago, well before the Fenway ugliness he labeled “very unfortunate.” “With incidents like this, it’s just a great time to talk about it,” 31-year-old Jones added, midway through his team’s weekend series against the Royals. Red Sox officials have apologized and said that only one of 34 fans kicked out of the game in question was ejected for using foul language toward a player, and it wasn’t clear whether that was toward Jones. Boston police said the peanuts hit a nearby police officer, and Fenway security ejected the man who threw them out before he could be identified by authorities. Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred quickly condemned the incidents and said all 30 teams are being surveyed as they consider putting in place league-wide guidelines for handling fans who make racist remarks. Since the Fenway matter, other Black players throughout the big leagues said it is a common occurrence to be subjected to such boorish fan behavior that Jones — a native of ethnically broad San Diego — called confounding. “I just grew up, fortunately, in a diverse world, a diverse city. Some people don’t,” Jones said, Baltimore Oriole Adam adding that he has a bi-racial Jones donated $20,000 wife and a White mother-into the Negro Leagues law. “Some people grow up in a culture of just like minds, around Baseball Museum in Kansas. (AP Photo/Patrick like beings. And that’s just how Semansky) some people are taught growing up. I think it all goes back to how parents teach their kids.” Tony Clark, the MLB players’ union head, said after attending Jones’ Kansas City event that while over-the-top fan conduct “has been around a long time,” he’s “excited that guys like Adam, with the platform that they have, have taken it upon themselves to voice their concerns and opinions.” “I think as much as anything, it’s not a Boston issue,” Clark, who spent 15 seasons in the big leagues, told The Associated Press. “It’s unfortunate when (hateful fan outbursts) rear their head in the fashion that they did there in Boston. But we’re hopeful that as folks like Adam and others move themselves into the conversation, more progress can be made and we’re not having to have these kinds of conversations anymore.”

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Resignation Continued from A1 every metric because it cost too much, it hasn’t stopped drugs, and it will negatively impact the overdose crisis, which has surpassed HIV deaths from the 1980s.” Sessions’ guidelines constitute a sharp departure from the Obama administration’s policies, which sought to avoid seeking mandatory minimum sentences against nonviolent drug offenders. Those policies, said WPFW radio host Roach Brown, along with President Barack Obama’s clemency program, helped the federal prison population drop by nearly 14 percent to 188,800. “I believe that if we organize and mobilize across this country – targeting the elected officials in our areas – we can get Sessions out of office. They’re talking about destroying our kids – these young kids are going in at fifteen and sixteen, and getting life sentences, they are not coming out,” Brown told the AFRO. “When they lock up some kid through the school-to-prison pipeline for pulling on a girl’s hair and he is 10 years old, when he gets to high school and fills out an

application for college, he cannot go, because they’ve taken his juvenile arrest, labeled it a felony assault, and he becomes a victim of mass incarceration though not physically in prison.” Many protestors outside the Justice

“These guidance that has not just rolled back Obama policies, but is ignoring the science and data and families and stories who have suffered…”

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Department spoke of Sessions’ decision as a moral crisis that, while impacting Blacks and Latinos disproportionately, could begin to similarly and severely impact the growing illicit drug abuse among poor and middle-class Whites. While not in attendance at the

Perry Continued from A1 administration has shown contempt for civil rights. “We have a strong reason to be concerned with this administration’s view on civil rights,” Perry said. “The selection of Jeff Sessions as the attorney general was the shot across the bow for anyone who supports civil rights. Sessions has demonstrated indifference and outright hostility. Perry expressed similar sentiments for Neil Gorsuch, Trump’s pick to the U.S. Supreme Court as an associate justice, saying “that his opinions speak for themselves.” The NBA was founded in 1925 for Black attorneys who weren’t allowed to join the American Bar Association. Its members include approximately 65,000 lawyers, judges, law professors and law students. Its headquarters is located in the District of Columbia. Perry is a graduate of Morehouse College and the Howard University School of Law. He worked as the chief of staff to Marion Barry when he was a council member and served as a government relations advocate for the Washington Teachers’ Union. The election of Trump was a concern of Blacks in the legal profession. Both of President Barack Obama’s attorney generals -Eric Holder and Loretta Lynch -- were Black. In addition, the Obama administration made an effort to appoint Black judges to the federal bench. Perry, like many Black leaders in the legal profession, is concerned Trump will ignore Blacks when it comes to filling vacancies. “Let me say that judges of any color are obligated to uphold the law,” he said. “However, we recognize that there has been a systemic and historic lack of Black judges. I am willing to take the president at his word that he will not have a litmus test that is

Freedom Rider Continued from A1 Nashville ministerial student, and Miss Genevieve Hughes, 28, CORE field director. Bigelow, a wealthy Quaker and Ghandi quoter, is a firm believer in the Quaker phrase, “There is that of God in every man.” The night after the beating a Greyhound bus terminal , he told a mass meeting: “I think people like these are confused friends… I tasted a little

racially and ethnically based.” Perry said that the association has a longstanding judicial selection committee that recommends its members to the U.S. president on judge and magistrate vacancies in addition to U.S. Attorney positions. The association has come out against Trump’s travel ban on six majority Muslim countries and on some issues that may impair Blacks advancement in the legal profession, such as the American Bar Association’s proposed Law School Standard 316. This would change the requirement of accreditation for law schools from having 75 percent of its graduates pass a bar exam within five years to two years. The standard would also seek to eliminate the “gap” standard that allows law schools to demonstrate that their bar passage rate is no more than 15 points below the average first-time bar passage rates for specific jurisdictions. The association has voiced problems with these proposed changes, saying in a Jan. 31 statement that “these changes will place on undue burden on HBCUs that have made a commitment to supporting and facilitating students of color to attain a legal education and continue to contribute to the legal profession.” Perry said that the ABA will take up Standard 316 at its annual meeting in New York City. “It is good when you have a collective group of lawyers that focuses on professional development, enhancing skills and nurturing professionals socially,” Reginald McGahee, a practicing attorney in D.C. told the AFRO. “This is particularly important for African Americans because we are a small part of the larger population of lawyers and we serve as a sounding board for our concerns.”

this afternoon (the beating) of what Ghandi called the sweetness of the absorption of the opponent’s violence.” Even after he was struck several times and knocked to the ground, Bigelow tried in vain to talk the matter over with the one assailant identified. “If this man yesterday has that of God in him, there must be some way I can reach it,” he told the AFRO. “I’ve got to understand that the truth, as he sees it, is just as real to him as my truth

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is to me,” explained Bigelow. “I tried to surprise him with moral justice.” What Mr. Bigelow— who has read all his wife’s psychiartirst nurses’ aid books—wanted to say to his attacker was: “I understand why you acted as you did but I think we might reach a better understanding of each other by thinking about it. I’d like to enlarge his horizon.” Thinking the matter over later, Bigelow confided to the AFRO that “under the circumstances maybe this was not the time to reason with him.” He further concluded, “They will only understand direct action.” He described direct action as “to do something you have a right to do, irrespective of the results.” With that, Bigelow was ready to move further into the Deep South—doing something he has a right to. Neither he nor the other 12 now know what the results will be.

demonstration, Sen. Rand Paul, (R-Kent.), released a statement following the guidance release condemning the policy change. “We should be treating our nation’s drug epidemic for what it is — a public health crisis,

not an excuse to send people to prison and turn a mistake into a tragedy,” he wrote. “Mandatory sentencing automatically imposes a minimum number of years in prison for specific crimes — usually drug related.”

Cummings Continued from A1 “The Republicans are not doing their job to hold the President accountable and so it is our job to do so,” Cummings said during a press conference on May 17. “The American people deserve answers.” [On May 17 the Department of Justice appointed retired FBI Director Robert Mueller as a special counsel to oversee the investigation into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.] On May 15, Cummings fired off a scorching rebuke of Trump for leaking classified material to the Russians as the ranking member on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. By nightfall Cummings was racing up the Baltimore Washington Parkway in time for a 5:30 p.m. forum where he said if the Republican repeal of the Affordable Care Act becomes law 23 percent of Maryland’s low income residents could be affected. “I want the President to be successful but I have a definition of successful and that is lifting up the lives of all Americans,” Cummings said in an interview with the AFRO. “Where our views are opposite then we have to go toe to toe.” “I want to work with

Oval Office while members of the American press were excluded. Republicans and Democrats in the House of Representatives need a briefing from the National Security Adviser and the directors of our nation’s intelligence agencies to get to the bottom of these allegations, and if there are audio recordings of this meeting, Congress needs to obtain them immediately.” If the information was

him when it’s something like prescription drugs,” Cummings said. “If there are things that he can do to uplift the lives with my constituents then I will work with him.” Cummings and Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.), ranking member of the House Committee on Judiciary, issued a joint statement in response to press reports that President Donald Trump revealed highly classified information to Russian

“I want the President to be successful but I have a definition of successful and that is lifting up the lives of all Americans.” – Rep. Elijah Cummings diplomats: “We need to be clear; we do not know if these allegations are true or false, but if -- IF -- these allegations are true, President Trump may have just disclosed top secret information to the Russians and possibly jeopardized an intelligence source in the process. “This is the same meeting in which Russian officials laughed with the President in front of Russian photographers inside the

classified and Trump did indeed divulge classified information on ISIS to the Russian Prime Minister, he did so legally. According to the constitution, the president has the right to declassify information if it is in the nation’s best interests. Even so, Trump’s action has received countless feedback from politicians and others in the political sphere, describing him as “incompetent,” “foolish” and “childish.”

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It’s Time to Fight Not a War on Drugs but a War on Drug Addiction On May 14, Sen. Kamala D. Harris delivered remarks at the Center for American Progress Ideas Conference in Washington, D.C. Excerpts from her speech, which has been edited for brevity, are below. So I’ve decided this morning, with everything going on, that I would talk a little bit about what’s going on in terms of our criminal justice system. And specifically because of this - our system of justice I think was shaken last Tuesday when the President, being aided and abetted by [U.S. Attorney General] Jeff Sessions, fired FBI Director Jim Comey. What got less attention, guys, and also threatens our system of justice, was a memo that the Attorney General issued the following day to federal prosecutors across the country. The United States Department Of Justice memo was entitled “Department Charging and Sentencing Policy,” a subject line that seems pretty tame. However, what it effectively did was to declare the reviving of the War on Drugs. The failed War on Drugs. As a young prosecutor right out of law school at the Alameda County DA’s office that Earl Warren once led, I started my work. And I saw the War on Drugs up close. And let me tell you—the War on Drugs was an abject failure. It offered taxpayers a bad return on investment. It was bad for public safety. It was bad for budgets and our economy. And it was bad for people of color and those struggling to make ends meet. During that time, and still, instead of focusing on prevention, we spent $80 billion a year in reaction. Locking people up. That’s money that obvioulsly could have gone to schools, to roads, or healthcare. Instead of treating everyone the same, we created a system where Latinos are 2 times more likely than White men to be incarcerated for drug offenses. Where African Americans are 12 percent of the population, but about 60 percent of the drug offenders who are in our state prisons. Where when inmates get out, their criminal record makes it almost impossible for them to get a job, which of course traps them and their families in never-ending cycles of poverty. As San Francisco District Attorney and then Attorney General of California, I was proud to be a part of a different approach. It’s what we called the Smart on Crime approach. And the Obama administration similarly adopted and championed reforms at the federal level. Which included directing prosecutors to avoid harsh sentences for low-level, non-violent offenders. Which included

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reducing the disparity in penalties for possession of crack versus powder cocaine. Which included creating a task force that they called a Task Force on 21st Century Policing. The emphasis being on 21st century. But now this administration and Jeff Sessions want to take us back to the Dark Ages. Sessions has threatened that the United States Department Of Justice may renew its focus on marijuana use, even in states like California where it is legal. Well, let me tell you, what California needs, Jeff Sessions, we need support in dealing with transnational criminal organizations, dealing with issues like human trafficking. Not going after grandma’s medicinal marijuana. Leave her alone. That is not justice. That is not smart on crime. And I believe we have to stop this. Because drug addiction, by the way, is color blind. It doesn’t see red or blue. So here’s what I’m talking about. I started my career as a prosecutor in the 1990s, at the height of the crack epidemic. And I’m now starting my career as a United States Senator at the height of an opioid crisis. And folks, let me tell you: these crises have so much more in common than what separates them. And to fight Jeff Sessions and his old-fashioned, discredited, and dangerous approach to drugs, I believe we must embrace what all regions have in common and build coalitions. And I believe we have opportunities in front of us. We need a national drug policy that finally treats substance abuse not as a crime to be punished, but as a disease to be treated. We need to build on reforms, instead of reviving mandatory minimums or boosting bottom lines for private prisons. We need to build on the reforms. And we need to fund, not defund, the Office of

National Drug Control Policy. And we need this administration to understand that if they care about the opioid crisis in rural America, as they say they do, they have also got to care about the drug-addicted young man in Chicago or East LA. And while I don’t believe in legalizing all drugs, as a career prosecutor I just don’t but I will tell you this, we need to do the smart thing and the right thing and finally decriminalize marijuana. And finally, I believe we need to look locally and elect progressive prosecutors. Because the vast majority of prosecutions occur at the state and local level. I believe this is the time that we look in the mirror and ask who we are as a country on this issue of drug addiction. And the time is now to fight for the values we believe in. U.S. Senator Kamala D. Harris represents California.

Denying Women Equal Pay Denies the Indispensible Part of Who We Are As a man with a wife I love, daughters, sisters and other women in my life who I adore and value deeply, I have always been at a loss to understand the profound and abiding animus our society has for women in general. For years, we’ve been witness to repeated attempts by policymakers to maintain the status quo by refusing to even consider legislation that would bring about parity in the amount of money men George H. Lambert Jr. and women take home. Recently, a federal appeals court promised to do the same thing, ruling that employers are permitted to set an employee’s pay based on their past salary. That actually sets a rather dangerous legal precedent that could pose deeply problematic and sinister consequences for generations of women already suffering from a debilitating wage gap. Already, according to the Pew Research Center and other studies, women make up more than half the workforce - but for every dollar a White man made, a White woman earned 82 cents, an Asian woman received 87 cents, a Black woman garnered 65 cents and a Latina received 58 cents. Further, women usually find themselves relegated to traditionally low-wage sectors like fast food, restaurants, home health and

domestic care. Too often, a woman’s gender is enough to have her placed at the lowest rungs on the workplace ladder which has a direct effect on her salary or wage. That’s aggravated by a $10,000 wage gap between men and women. The implications for this stark wage gap are significant. Single mothers head or are the primary breadwinners in about half of all low-income households with children in the U.S. That amounts to more than 4.7 million families. And femaleheaded households, particularly those led by women of color, are more likely to be food-insecure and live in poverty than other U.S. households. In recent studies, almost 40 percent of working mothers reported that the gender pay gap contributes to the poor living conditions, inadequate nutrition, and restricted opportunities for them and their children. The lack of economic parity means that they’re working harder and longer for less pay. In the District of Columbia, women are 48 percent of the workforce – yet, only take 42 percent of the wages. That means too many women, especially Black and Brown women, are constantly juggling the money that they take home to pay rent, buy food, take care of utilities and other responsibilities. Where is the concerted effort, the steady pressure from concerned men and women and the political will to strike down or push aside those structural and other barriers? Whatever we’re doing, whatever’s been done is not enough. In 2009, President Barack Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act which overturned a Supreme Court decision which mandated that employees could not bring a salary discrimination lawsuit against a company if more than

six months had passed since the initial wage discrimination occurred or even if it had continued. The act prohibited gender-based discrimination and allowed women to fight back against discrimination in the workplace regardless of when it began. But in late March, the Trump administration reversed the 2014 Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces executive order through an executive order of its own. In the present political and social climate, the fight for fair pay and the opportunities that should be open to everyone regardless of gender is a long way from over. By some estimates, it will take 169 years for us to close the economic gender gap globally. Supporters of equal pay have made progress but have also suffered a number of setbacks. Despite the pushback, it is important to remind people that women comprise 53 percent of the U.S. population. They are the majority. In the interest of fairness and common sense, every man and woman should get equal pay for equal work. Society, from the top on down, must be more sensible, generous and compassionate when it comes to removing the myriad roadblocks placed in front of women. We must work diligently to make it easier for women to gain access to jobs, promotions, training and related opportunities. It is foolhardy to do otherwise because in hurting women, we hurt ourselves and our children. What’s the sense in that? George H. Lambert, Jr. is the president and CEO of the Greater Washington Urban League.

How to Succeed as a Minority Business Owner I started Strategy and Management Services (SAMS) in 2008 partly out of frustration. I was working in the federal government and was seeing critical military projects get passed up for the appropriate funding—but I took that frustration and created something positive. I saw this as the chance to not only create a business that would provide cost effective federal services, but also as an opportunity to provide jobs—and starting SAMS has allowed me to give back to the community by doing so. I’m proud to say SAMS now employs over 115 great team members; 37 percent of them are women, 60 percent are minorities and 75 percent are veterans and veteran family members. Starting a new business comes with many challenges. When I first started SAMS, I spent a year meeting entrepreneurs, contacting officers and successful business leaders to seek their advice and learn from their experiences. I learned valuable business lessons and greatly expanded my professional network. Building those relationships proved critical to the success of SAMS. The federal government environment is built on meaningful relationships; any opportunity you have to connect with someone who has years of experience should not be bypassed – they may provide invaluable insight into your business and industry. One of the greatest challenges I faced was gaining confidence from both my clients and the community. It’s difficult for a young business to demonstrate how it can bring value to its clients’

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lives when they have no past performance to rely on. When faced with this particular challenge, I focused on hiring a great team of professionals who worked hard to exceed our clients’ expectations. Our commitment to providing excellent service has helped us gain the trust of our clients and peers. Personally, I’ve dealt with many obstacles, both as a minority woman and business owner. I’ve led a non-traditional life in many ways – from being a minority woman in the United States Army to being a successful woman in the male dominated field of information technology. I credit my time in the military for helping me develop important skills like leadership, determination and decision-making. These are all skills that will help you become a successful business owner, despite any hurdles you face as a minority, as a woman or both. Starting a new business is not easy. There will be days when you want to give up – but it’s at those times you must remain patient and dedicated. When you feel like you want to quit, surround yourself with a strong team and positive mentors. The idea of starting your company may seem daunting, but if you remain persistent, dedicated, show tenacity and stay patient, you will succeed. Staci Redmon is the president and CEO of Strategy and Management Services, a facilities management and business operations provider, based in Washington, D.C.

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Lewis Continued from A1 77, became the first recipient of the Free Expression Lifetime Achievement Award. The purpose of the Free Expression Awards is to recognize those who “embody the Newseum’s mission to promote, explain, and defend free expression and the five freedoms of the First Amendment.” While Lewis couldn’t attend the dinner gala because of a prior commitment he accepted his award via big-screen video. “We live in an unbelievable country. (Our) rights are protected by the Constitution. You have a right to stand up, a right to sit down. A right to do right,” he said in the video.“As Dr. King would say, ‘The time is always right to do right.’ So, as long as I have breath in my body, I will continue to stand up and speak for the freedoms that are guaranteed and protected by the Constitution.” In addition to Lewis, religious liberty advocate Kristina Arriaga accepted the award for religious freedom; Playboy magazine publishers Hugh Hefner and Christie Hefner jointly received the arts and entertainment award; Apple CEO Tim Cook garnered the free speech award; and ABC News global correspondent Martha Raddatz accepted the free press award. Highlights of each award recipient’s accomplishments were displayed during two-minute video tributes. “I love being reminded of everything that John Lewis did, from the 1960s to now,” Raddatz told the AFRO. Patton doesn’t need reminders of Lewis’ feats. In addition to being Lewis’ presenter on awards night, Patton was also Lewis’ seatmate on the Greyhound bus from Montgomery, Ala., to Jackson, Miss. during the Freedom Rides in 1961, an effort to challenge the non-enforcement of two U.S. Supreme Court decisions --- one in 1946 and the second in 1960 --- that ruled segregated, state-to-state bus service unconstitutional. In 1961, Lewis was a 21-year-old religion major at the American Baptist Theological Seminary, a small, HBCU in Nashville, Tenn. and Patton was a 21-year-old music student at Tennessee A&I, an HBCU now known as Tennessee State. The Riders often faced down angry White mobs at bus terminals in southern cities, as they drew upon civil disobedience and nonviolence training in protesting for civil rights

Ernest “Rip” Patton, a fellow Freedom Rider with Rep. John Lewis presented the representative with an award on April 18. and due process. Sometimes, the Freedom Riders were beaten. In fact, one of the buses in the Freedom Riders’ caravan into the Deep South was firebombed on Mother’s Day, May 14, 1961, in Anniston, Ala. Despite the dangers, those dozens of Freedom Riders --- led by Lewis --- proclaimed, “There’s No Stopping Us Now.” Nowadays, Patton harkens back to 1961 and the Civil Rights Movement when asked to identify the key issue facing the United States in 2017. “Race relations is the single biggest problem right now,” Patton told the AFRO on the red carpet before the gala. “If we are working together, we can make things better. During the Movement, we did things to make things better for the generations behind us. But we still have a long way to go. “Love your neighbor as yourself. And know they have problems just like you do. Solve problems together. And vote,” he said. Patton also said that healthcare was the second issue in the country. Lewis has been focused on both issues since he became a congressman from Georgia, serving since Jan. 3, 1987. Lewis said he grew up in humble beginnings in Troy, Ala., as a poor farm kid who raised chickens that he preached the gospel to as if they were a stand-in congregation. Perhaps Newseum president and CEO Jeffrey Herbst put it best when he spoke briefly

of each honoree’s enormous impact on the larger society as he opened the $500-a-plate gala from the podium. “He risked his very life for the civil rights of all Americans,” Herbst said. Lewis, then chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, was the youngest orator, at 23, for the March on Washington on Aug. 28, 1963. After the iconic March, Lewis met then-President John F. Kennedy at the White House. Lewis is also the lone survivor of that day’s key speakers, led by Rev. Martin Luther King. Lewis’ accolades also include the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, in 2011. On March 7, 1965, Lewis was set to lead about 600 marchers from Selma, Ala., to Montgomery, the state capital, to champion voting rights for Black folk, especially in the South. But the marchers were ordered to disperse by Alabama state troopers, who proceeded to beat them. Lewis suffered a skull fracture. “That’s why he wore that patch on his head so much,” explained Patton. The day would forever live in infamy, as a horrified nation watched the video on newscasts that night. It was called “Bloody Sunday.” Lewis, who two years later earned a degree in philosophy from Fisk University, survived that Sunday bloodied but unbowed. “It’s an honor tonight to be recognized

alongside of John Lewis, who I am very proud to call my friend. John has been an inspiration and a role model for me. He has truly set the standard for moral, physical, and political courage,” Cook said as he began his award acceptance speech on the dais. The Newseum made Lewis’ historical account available to all attendees in a free goodie bag featuring “MARCH,” a comicbook-like, illustrated trilogy chronicling the 1960s Civil Rights Movement. Lewis’ book received critical acclaim in 2016, as he became the first author of a graphic novel to win the coveted National Book Award for Young People’s Literature. Lewis’ mantra: “We should dramatize the issue.” As part of that mantra, Lewis led a surprise sit-in of 170 Democratic lawmakers in the Summer of 2016. The lawmakers protested a lack of action in their call to beef up gun control following a horrific massacre that left 49 dead in an Orlando gay nightclub in June of 2016. During a speech at the Newseum in December 2016, Lewis said he wrote a letter in 1957 to King --- whom Lewis followed on radio broadcasts during his teenage years --- as part of his effort to attend Troy State College, which apparently had ignored his enrollment application. Troy State College was a predominantly White school in Lewis’ hometown of Troy, Ala.; the campus was only 10 miles from his parents’ residence. King eventually wrote Lewis back, a letter that included a round-trip Greyhound bus ticket to Montgomery, Ala., 50 miles away. King suggested a college spring-break meeting. So, in the spring of 1958, an 18-yearold Lewis met King for the first time and his top lieutenant Ralph Abernathy at Abernathy’s church. Lewis said King asked him: “Are you the boy from Troy?” Lewis said he responded at the time, “I am John Robert Lewis. “After that, Dr. King always called me the ‘boy from Troy,’’’ he said. Lewis ultimately decided to abandon his quest to transfer to Troy State College because his parents feared for his life during a time of staunch segregation at White colleges in the South. However, an awestruck Lewis remained optimistic after meeting King. “He inspired me to get involved in the Civil Rights Movement,” he said.

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Black Grandparents, Caregivers, Seek Action Against Budget Cuts By Shantella Y. Sherman Special to the AFRO ssherman@afro.com Thousands of grandparents and other relative caregivers from across the country, many using walkers and wheelchairs, gathered on the front lawn of the US Capitol, recently to demand changes to healthcare, housing, and kinship laws, as part of the Fifth National GrandRally. Designed as a national platform for grandparents and other relatives rearing children, the gathering of mostly Black senior citizens on May 10, moved to challenge new federal policies and programs that threaten to dismantle their security. “Grandparents and other relatives are our nation’s best natural resource when it comes to making a difference in the lives of vulnerable children,” Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) told the crowd. “In times like these, with so many communities struggling with the opioid epidemic, it’s grandparents and relatives who are often the first to step up and take care of the children who are left behind. I am proud to stand with the families who are improving the

million children living in households headed by a grandparent or other relative, and nearly 2.6 million of them are being raised in kinship families with no parent present. Carrie Robinson, a retired teacher from Bronx, New York, is among those caregivers. Robinson told the AFRO that she made the trip to D.C. to network with and support other grandparents who find themselves pinned behind both financial and housing cuts and who face new challenges as a result. Robinson said that the days of grandparents or other relatives simply opening their homes to minor kin has been decimated by legal wrangling and loopholes. “I have six grandchildren who I care for and through my organization, Grandparents Empowerment Movement, I am becoming more aware of my rights as a caregiver. President Trump, cutting down Medicaid and Medicare, means that my grandkids are at risk for not being able to be seen by physicians or have access to medication,” Robinson said. “I am a retired teacher, so at the same time Trump is attacking the Photo by Shantella Y. Sherman Thousands of grandparents and caregivers rallied at the US Capitol on May 10 to demand healthcare system, there is a call to reduce our pensions. We have to know our rights change. and fight for them.” lives of children every day. I am going to keep Nearly 2.7 million grandparents fighting to make sure Congress doesn’t pull are householders responsible for their the rug out from under them and gives these grandchildren who live with them, and one in families the help they need.” five of them live in poverty. Wyden joined Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Bob Casey (D-PA), syndicated columnist Michelle Singletary, and musician SaulPaul, in acknowledging the critical roles “grandfamilies” play in keeping children within loving households, and in safe environments. Casey, along with Sen. – Sen. Ron Wyden Susan Collins, (R-Maine), introduced on May 11 the Supporting Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Act, which would create a “Every child in America deserves a safe, federal task force to coordinate a one-stopsupportive and permanent family,” Sharon shop of resources needed by seniors. McDaniel, a member of Casey Family For every child in foster care, nearly 20 Programs Board of Trustees, and founder, children are being raised by relatives outside president and CEO of A Second Chance. said the child welfare system and are receiving before the rally. “More and more, grandparents T:10.5” little to no support. There are more than seven across America are fulfilling this vital role.”

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The Curious Defense of Detective Marcus Taylor

Sean Yoes Senior AFRO Contributor

Man Disrupts Minority Business Event With Nerf Gun

If you let Det. Marcus Taylor tell it – through his attorneys that is – just about every member of the Baltimore City Police Department

is dirty. He would have you believe broad swaths of rank and file officers are running roughshod over mostly Black, mostly poor residents of Baltimore, a la Det. Alonzo Harris in the movie, “Training Day.” According to Taylor, who is currently locked up along with six fellow officers indicted on federal charges of racketeering, almost every man and woman, sworn to protect and serve is shaking down drug dealers, and legitimate businessmen (e.g., wholesale car dealers), alike, perhaps planting evidence, filing false reports and jacking taxpayers for

“He (Taylor) said he’s just another one of many...corrupt cops, who do this every day.” hundreds of thousands of dollars in fraudulent overtime payments. And that’s why, if you believe Taylor, he should be released until the trial for the seven members of the Gun

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Baltimore City Schools to Cut Nearly 300 Teachers, Staff By Deborah Bailey Special to the AFRO Baltimore City Public Schools announced plans to lay off nearly 300 teachers and staff to balance its budget for the coming fiscal year. The cuts came as part of the fiscal year 2018 budget proposed by schools CEO Sonya Santelises, in an effort to close a $130 million deficit. Santelises’ proposed budget will be up for a vote by the city school board later this month. If adopted, teachers and staff who would be laid off under the budget would be notified by June 1. Santelises said in a statement that 75 classroom

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A man holds a Nerf gun to his head during the Maryland Washington Minority Companies Association spring breakfast meeting. By P. Kenneth Burns Special to the AFRO The biggest event of the year for the Maryland Washington Minority Companies Association ended with a man taken into custody for causing a scare with a toy gun. The scare happened at Martin’s West in Woodlawn, Md. during the association’s annual spring breakfast meeting and show business expo May 12.

I got the sense that something was a little off,” she told FOX45. Gilbert said as she was stepping aside, the man went to the podium on the stage and pulled out a Nerf gun and pointed it at the crowd. The news anchor then went to several high ranking officials from the Baltimore Police Department, including Commissioner Kevin Davis, to alert them of the situation. The officers talked with the man who said there were several packages around the building. The Baltimore County Police bomb squad was called and the building was inspected. No bombs were found; the man – Jennifer Gilbert was taken into custody by County Police. Mayor Catherine Pugh and a number of other officials were among the 1,500 people in attendance. Officials with the association are calling the incident a “mental crisis.”

“…At that point I got the sense that something was a little off.”

The event was emceed by WBFFTV (Channel 45) news anchor Jennifer Gilbert. In describing what happened to her station, Gilbert said an unidentified man approached her at the end of the event asking her to speak. “I said, ‘I’m sorry, the event is over, you’ll have to speak to the gentleman who is the organizer of the event.’ At that point

Commencement

Former V.P. Joe Biden to Speak at Morgan Graduation Ceremony By Janneh G Johnson Special to the AFRO Former Vice President Joe Bidden will be the keynote speaker at Morgan State University’s spring undergraduate commencement May 20. Bidden will receive an honorary doctorate along with veteran White House reporter April Ryan and philanthropists Sylvia Brown and Sheldon Goldseker. Ryan, a Morgan State graduate, has spent more than 30 years in journalism and was recently hired by CNN as a political analyst. Brown is the co-founder of the “Turning the Corner Achievement Program,” a program dedicated to helping African-American middle schoolers in Baltimore. Goldseker is the founding board member of the Goldseker AP Photo/Alex Brandon Foundation which has given over $100 million to local Former Vice President Joe Biden is scheduled to non-profit organizations and projects over the past 42 years. address the graduating The ceremony will also class of Morgan State Continued on B2 University on May 20.

WEAA Planning Return to Its Roots By P. Kenneth Burns Special to the AFRO Morgan State University radio station WEAA (88.9 FM) is in the process of shaking things up. And listeners could hear students in the university’s journalism program deliver the news on air as soon as the fall. It’s part of a plan to give students more hands on experience at the station. “We’re making a concerted effort now to ensure that students have a significant opportunity to take what they learn in the classroom into our radio station and participate in the programming of that station,” DeWayne Wickham, dean of Morgan’s School of Global Journalism and Communication, told the AFRO. WEAA became part of Morgan’s revamped journalism program that was launched in the fall of 2013. It is one of the few Historically Black Colleges and Universities with a journalism school.

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Baltimore Police Department via AP

From left, Daniel Hersl, Evodio Hendrix, Jemell Rayam, Marcus Taylor, Maurice Ward, Momodu Gando and Wayne Jenkins, the seven police officers who are facing charges of robbery, extortion and overtime fraud.

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Massive Number of Cases Dropped Following Police Indictments By Michelle Richardson Special to the AFRO The Baltimore State’s Attorney’s Office announced that dozens cases worked by officers accused of lying and stealing on the job have been dropped. And many more could follow. Seven city police officers were arrested and indicted in federal court. They’re accused of racketeering, robbery, making false arrests and stealing overtime pay. According to the State’s Attorney’s office, they have already dropped 39 pending

cases involving gun and drug charges.. Each case would have relied on testimony from an indicted officer who was involved in the arrest. Continued on B2

Past Seven Days

“Despite all our efforts, cuts were highly likely this year…” – Sonya Santelises teachers “in core content areas” will be affected. The remainder of the cuts will come from “staff members who do not work in the classroom,” Santelises wrote. Additional state and city funding to the school system in March allowed officials to reduce thee budget gap by $59.4 million, but Santelises said cuts are still needed to balance the upcoming budget. “Despite all our efforts, cuts were highly likely this year, but they are at a much lower level than 1,000 or more we had originally anticipated,” Santelises wrote. Mayor Catherine E. Pugh said the impact of losing 300 school staff would hurt in a city that chronically registers higher unemployment rates than state and national averages. Baltimore’s unemployment rate in April was 6.4 percent, compared to 4.4 percent nationwide, the lowest rate the U.S. has seen in a decade. “Baltimore City Public Schools is facing the largest budget gap in its history,” Pugh said at a press conference. “There are, however, far more teachers who will remain employed than projected because of the collaboration among Dr. Santilesis, Governor Hogan and I to mitigate the impact of the structural deficit through increased City and State funding to our public schools. That doesn’t make the proposed layoffs any less

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Race and Politics Continued from B1

Trace Task Force, because the BCPD is so rife with corruption, “these systemic problems are not a reason to detain Mr. Taylor,” wrote his attorneys in a legal motion challenging his detention. “The audacity of that argument, that this man...he didn’t say he’s a good member of the community...he has a family, he volunteers at the rotary club and he runs a rec center,” said my friend and colleague Stephen Janis, an award-winning investigative journalist at The Real News Network and member of, “The Mod Squad,” during a conversation on First Edition on May 10. “He (Taylor) said he’s just another one of many...corrupt cops, who do this every day. And so putting him out there is not going to make one bit of difference in the city of Baltimore. That is an astounding argument, if I’m reading it correctly...they reference the Department of Justice findings, as if it is bolstering their argument that this man does

not deserve to be incarcerated,” Janis added. But, not only have Taylor and his attorneys smeared the vast majority of the BCPD in their motion for his release, they also argue Taylor’s, “brothers” on the Gun Trace Task Force have been, “involved in threats of death, drug dealing, and obstruction even from their jail cell,” wrote Taylor’s attorneys, who maintain their client is innocent of those accusations. Taylor, 30, the youngest of the seven accused of racketeering, was hired by the department in 2009. If his allegations against his cohort specifically, and the BCPD more broadly are accurate, then the DOJ report against the department reads less like a sweeping and searing indictment of Baltimore policing and more like a mild rebuke. After all, he’s accusing the men he is locked up with, all still currently officers with the BCPD, of engaging in

…the BCPD as we know it could be turned upside down and shaken to its foundation.

conduct while behind bars similar to the infamous actions of Tavon “Bulldog” White, a former leader of the BGF (Black Guerilla Family), who along with his lieutenants ran the now shuttered Baltimore City Detention Center from the inside. Further, what happens if Taylor is called to testify in his defense when the racketeering trial gets underway? Would he provide empirical evidence to bolster his claims that seem implausible to some. If so, then the BCPD as we know it could be turned upside down and shaken to its foundation. It seems clear, either the Baltimore City Police Department is maybe the most nefarious police department since the Frank Serpico NYPD of the 1960’s and 1970’s, or Marcus Taylor is simply a loathsome rat looking to somehow save his own hide. Or perhaps, the answer is infinitely more nuanced and maddening. Sean Yoes is a senior contributor for the AFRO and host and executive producer of AFRO First Edition, which airs Monday through Friday 5 p.m.-7 p.m. on WEAA, 88.9.

WEAA

Continued from B1 Wickham said there was “a great disconnect” between the station and the program’s mission to educate students on how to be journalists. The station is professionally staffed with students serving as interns. “[Students] weren’t on the air in any significant way; they weren’t taking those broadcast and journalism skills that they have been getting in our classroom,” Wickham said. Wickham said while the station will aim to create more opportunities for students to be on air, WEAA will still have a strong music base. But he did not commit to whether the station will continue its heavy emphasis on jazz during the week. “Everything is up for analysis,” Wickham added. “The new GM is doing an assessment of all our staff. I don’t think you’re going to see a wholesale of our professional staff; that’s just not going to happen.” The moves and proposed changes have prompted concerns among the professional staff, according to a source at the station who wished to remain anonymous. The future plans of WEAA became public

when the station announced that long-time Baltimore talk show host Marc Steiner would be ending his daily talk show on the station at the end of July. Steiner joined WEAA in 2008 after 15 years with WJHU which later became WYPR. WEAA management at the time wanted to increase the news and public affair output at the station. Wickham said the station is paying $100,000 a year to Steiner for his show plus an additional $9,000 a year for a producer. Steiner is also allowed to keep all of the money he sells in underwriting for his show. “Marc Steiner brought a good show to our station but we are a student learning lab,” he said while adding the station, mostly funded by the university, could not afford the costs anymore. The stations interim GM, Mireille Grangenois has been tasked with getting the station’s finances in order and to “build a bridge” between the classroom and the station. Grangenois was previously publisher the Chronicle of Higher Education and the Chronicle of Philanthropy. Grangenois

replaced Michele Williams. Wickham’s bigger plan to put students on the air is a return to WEAA’s roots when the station began broadcasting in 1977. He emphasized several times that the focus of the

station is to train students. “We conditioned some people to think that WEAA’s role is simply to be a provider of entertainment to a community beyond the university; it’s not that,” Wickham said.

Morgan

Continued from B1 highlight Morgan’s sesquicentennial year. More than 1,200 candidates will be receiving their degrees. Morgan State has awarded over 50,000 academic degrees in the past 150 years. Founded in 1867, Morgan State is a Carnegie-classified doctoral research institution and is known as Maryland’s premiere Historically Black Institution with more than 70 academic programs. Morgan is the largest producer of African-American doctors in the state and one of the largest in the nation and has recently been designated as Maryland’s public urban research university by Gov. Larry Hogan. In a letter to students and faculty, university President Wilson said, “The ““The State will also be signaling with the signing of this legislation that Morgan is Maryland’s only public comprehensive urban research university. This is a giant step forward for us. We are hopeful that funding will eventually follow to support our ascendancy as an economic, educational, and social development engine that will anchor Baltimore’s progress.” The undergraduate ceremony will take place 9:30 a.m. May 20 at the Hughes Memorial Stadium.

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difficult, because these are real people and families.” Santelises, Pugh and other city officials emphasized that the deficit facing the city’s schools stemmed from a structural problem in the formula that determines how Baltimore City Public Schools’ budget is calculated. In 2016, Governor Larry Hogan established

the Commission on Innovation and Excellence in Education, also known as the Kerwin Commission, to re-examine how public education is financed in Maryland. Chaired by former University of Maryland System Chancellor Brit Kerwin, the commission will make its final recommendations in December 2017, in time for the 2018 election season.

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Prosecutors feel as though there could be as many as 200 more cases that are tainted in lieu of charges against the seven officers. The review is “a very difficult process, and time consuming,” and won’t be concluded for months, Antonio Gioia, Chief Council for State Attorney Marilyn Mosby, told the AFRO. “It’s particularly frustrating for our clients, some of whom are behind bars, who shouldn’t have been charged in these cases in the first

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place,” said Natalie Finegar, a public defender who has been reviewing cases. One of the indicted officers, Marcus Taylor, is asking that he be released pending trial due to “widespread misconduct” in the Baltimore Police Department. According to his attorneys, the department “has been the subject of allegations for lying, extortion, and breach of public trust for decades.”

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May 20, 2017 - May 26, 2017, The Afro-American “That life; that’s what people say. You’re riding high in April shot down in May. But I know I’m gonna change that tune when I’m back on top in June. I said, that’s life and as funny as it may seem; some people get their kicks stompin’ on a dream, but I don’t let it get me down cause this fine old world it keeps spinnin’ around…”Frank Sinatra The Harbor City Chapter of the Links hosted “The Spirit of the Triple Crown” at Turf Valley Country Club. Guests were dressed in Preakness attire with brims, fascinators and bowties. The fun-filled event included horseracing, a cigar and cognac bar and a candy lounge. State Sen. Nathaniel McFadden, Coppin State University President Dr. Maria Thompson and artist Joyce Scott were the recipients of the Spirit Award.

“Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people.”-W. C. Fields The Triple Crown Silent auction items included a suite at Oriole Park at Camden Yards, a Mano Swartz cashmere fox trimmed cape, Raven tickets at the 50-yard line and a crab cake dinner for 10 donated by Class Act Catering’s Jimmy Britton. Wow. Congratulations to the winning bidders. Guests, enjoying the sunny afternoon overlooking the award winning golf course were, Dr. Marie Washington, Jackie Washington, Zoey Washington-Sheff, Alice Pinderhughes, Dr. Jesse Weaver, Candes Simms, Marcus Simms, Mary Welcome, Kimberly Robinson,Carolyn Chissell, Sharon McCullough, Nikita Haysbert, State Del. Cheryl Glenn, State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby, Stephanie Farmer, Judge Yvonne Holt-Stone, Lydia and Sam Redd, Pam Holt, Brandon Wylie, Joanne Joseph, Janice Fox, Victor Holliday, The Honorable Paula Johnson Branch, Maritha Gay, Betty Williams, Councilwoman Helen Holton, Dean and Mert Evans, the AFRO’s Robert Blount, Baltimore Councilwoman Shannon Sneed and Joyce Smith.

Sending balloons and flowers to “The Graduates” and their parents; Jaelin Porter graduated Magna Cum Laude from Howard University Cathy Hughes School of Communication, proud parents, Gersha and Frank Porter; Carlton Warker Jr., Bachelor of Science from Syracuse University, proud parents Carmen Cheatham and the late George Warker Sr.; Allison Bowen graduated Magna Cum Laude from American University with a degree in Graphic Design, proud parents Raymond and Pat Bowen; Colin Woods graduated from the University of Rochester with a Bachelor of Science in Brain and Cognitive Science, proud parents Janet Alexander and Emory Woods, Kendyl Curry graduated, Bachelors of Arts from the school of Liberal Arts and Education at Hampton University, proud parents are Mark and Kay Curry and to Keon Eubanks on receiving his Juris Doctorate from the University of Baltimore Law School, proud parents Renee and Kevin Eubanks.

“Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.”-Swami Sivananda Almetta Jefferson’s husband, Jesse, loved learning and his alma mater, Benedict College, so much it inspired

“A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.”Theodore Roosevelt

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“For all we know; we may never meet again. Before you go make this moment sweet again. We won’t say good night until the last minute,

I’ll hold out my hand and my heart will be in it. For all we know this may only be a dream. We come and go like a ripple on a stream. So love me tonight; tomorrow was made for some, tomorrow may never come for all we know”-Nat King Cole (Sphinx Club goodnight song.)

This week we witnessed the deaths of several close friends who were all funeralized on same day. Friends, continue to live life fully, cherish every moment and delight in the dawning of a new day. Sending our condolences to the Ravens and the family of # 81 Michael Jackson; Carl Covington on the death of

his son and Damon Hughes’ cousin Brian Covington; Kenneth Thompson on the death of his brother Glenford Thompson; Tarsha Fitzgerald on the death of her uncle, Andrew Johnson; Milton Solomon on the death of his wife Nancy; to Reginald Robinson and Dr.Walker Robinson on the death of their mother Shirley Robinson, and to the family of my childhood friend, jazz trumpeter Wendell Shepherd on his death. And, they’re off! It’s Preakness! Valerie and the Friday Night Bunch

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COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS Send your events to tips@afro.com. For more community events go to afro.com/baltimore-events. Police Athletic League, 7111 Croydon Road, Baltimore, Md. 21207 JOI Club Hosts 4th Annual Health Fair

Junior Optimist International will host its 4th annual health fair on May 20 at the Police Athletic League in Baltimore from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Colgate Van will conduct dental screenings from 10 a.m. until noon and at 11:30 a.m. the former Harlem Globetrotter, Spencer “Spinny” Johnson, will provide a wide variety of hands on basketball activities. Throughout the day members of AARP, Woodlawn Public Library, Baltimore County Department of Health, Cubie “The Love Clown” and others will participate in this event. Refreshments will be served and a door prize will be given at the end of each hour.

Waters African Methodist Episcopal Church, 417 Aisquith Street, Baltimore, Md. 21202 The Reunion Choir of Baltimore

The Minnie E., Walden Missionary Society of Water A.M.E. Church are hosting a concert

May 21 at 3:30 p.m. Dinner will be served from 2 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. For more information call 410- 675-2640.

Baltimore Design School, 1500 Barclay Street, Baltimore, Md. 21202 Ways to Fund Public Education Town Hall Meeting

On May 24 the Baltimore Teacher Network and WBAL are co-hosting a community town hall meeting focused on the recent deficit of Baltimore City Public Schools. Tim Tooten, anchor for WBAL, will moderate discussions between panelist and school teachers. Panelists include state legislators, members of the Baltimore City Council, a Baltimore Teacher Union representative, members of BCPS Board of School Commissioners and Dr. Sonja Brookins Santelises, CEO of Baltimore City Public Schools. The town hall meeting will begin at 5:30 p.m. and end at 7 p.m. For more information about the Baltimore Teacher Network visit www.btnetwork. org or call 410-469-9902

Hippodrome Theatre | May 22, 2017 Honoring the hard work and dedication of all 181 City Schools’ principals. This year’s finalists: Corey Basmajian – Windsor Hills Elementary/Middle School Patricia Burrell – North Bend Elementary/Middle School Roxanne Forr – Cecil Elementary School Crystal Harden-Lindsey – Green Street Academy Amber Kilcoyne – Medfield Heights Elementary School Samuel Rather II – Calvin M. Rodwell Elementary School Danielle Tillman-Cromartie – Armistead Gardens Elementary/Middle School Christophe Turk – George Washington Elementary School Zaharah Valentine – Baltimore Design School Tammatha Woodhouse – Excel Academy at Francis M. Wood High School

“Everyone runs around trying to find a place where they still serve breakfast because eating breakfast, even if it’s 5 o’clock in the afternoon, is a sign that the day has just begun and good things can still happen. Having lunch is like throwing in the towel.”-Jonathan Goldstein Colin’s Seafood brunch was a seafood lover’s dream come true with oysters and clams on the half shell, salmon, shrimp, ham, sausage, pulled pork, fried chicken and the usual specialty dishes including eggs, grits, French toast, roasted potatoes and more. The brunch was so remarkable that the guests wanted to know the date for the next brunch.

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Nicole Kimball, Jacqueline Hernandez, Shahid Muhammad, principal Forest Oak M.S., Diane Hocker, director of community and public relations, AFRO and Dr. Gregory Bell

Alexandra Matsumi Ciecwierz was declared the winner of the AFRO’s annual Black History Month contest on May 15 at the headquarters of the AFRO-American Newspaper in Baltimore. Alexandra Matsumi Ciecwierz is a student at Forest Oak Middle School in Montgomery County. After winning Ciecwierz read from her winning essay about Jacqueline Hernandez, a teacher at Forest Oak, and the Awardee educator who influenced Alexandra M. Ciecwierz the most. Ciecwierz About 30 students from Forest Oak Middle School gathered in the AFRO’s board room to witness the presentation. Jake Oliver, CEO and publisher of the AFRO, delivered remarks as did Shahid Muhammad, principal Forest Oak, and Gregory Bell, Montgomery Public Schools.

Sheila Scott, archivist assistant of the AFRO’s Archives gave students a history lesson and tour

John “Jake” Oliver Jr. CEO and Publisher, AFRO with students from Forest Oak M.S.

Nicoy Foster, Kevin Arevalo, Stephanye Sanchez, Dylan Mack and Erick Gafias

Lunch in the Afro boardroom

Forest Oaks M. S. students enjoying lunch Shahid Muhammad, principal, Forest Oak M. S. Montgomery County

Diane Hocker, Shahid Muhammad, John J. Oliver Jr., Jacqueline Hernandez, Dr. Gregory Bell, Nicole Kimball, and Awardee Alexandra M. Cierwierz

Photos by Anderson Ward

Jessie Johnson, Tanya Deshields, Grace Mayers and Marilyn Butler

Delores Frazier, May Horne and Diana Terry

The 65th Northeast Region Conference and Educational Workshops convened at the Baltimore Marriott Inner Harbor on April 19-23. More than 400 registered nurses and nursing students were in attendance as the Regional Conference kicked off with a workshop

Photos by A. Lois De Laine

geared towards the overall theme of the conference “Embracing Change in the New Dawn: Committed to Communities through Service, Education, Empowerment and Leadership. Baltimore’s Gamma Chapter, chartered in 1946 at Provident Hospital, served as the support chapter for the conference. Gamma Chapter, celebrating seventy-one years of community service in Baltimore, sponsored the extravaganza, Denim and Diamonds” on April 22 which was a glittery event with fine dining and dancing.

Seleste Upshaw, Rev. Reba Fitchett and Beverly Carrington

Marguerite McClammy, Chair, Denim and Diamonds, Juanita Hall, NE Regional Director, Adrienne Ray, president Gamma Chapter Catherine Bailey, DeLois G. Hamilton and Verna R. Gaskins

Gamma Chapter, Chi Eta Phi Sorority

Morgan State University on May 11 renamed its College of Liberal Arts after the late James H. Gilliam Jr., a prominent lawyer, financier, humanitarian and Morgan graduate. In attendance were Jake Oliver, AFRO CEO and publisher as well as a childhood friend of Gilliam, David Wilson, MSU president, M’bare N’gom, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and and Linda G.J. Gilliam, wife of Gilliam and a Morgan regent among others. Morgan’s Carl J. Murphy Fine Arts Center already has an auditorium named for James H. Gilliam Sr. and Louise Hayley Gilliam, James H. Gilliam Jr.’s mother and father.

Wanda Pearson, AFRO receptionist, Nene Keita, Sean Yoes, AFRO columnist, Helen Benitez and Cameron Riley

Pat Newton and Beatrice Goodman

Fayrene J. Tolbert and Sarah Killian

Sharon Tabb, Brenda Ingram, Dr. John R. Bailey and Juanita O. Coye Bailey

Winsome James, Michele Butler, Yvonne Parmley and Sheri Johnson

Morgan President David Wilson, members of the Morgan Board of Regents, Gilliam family members and other well-wishers witness and applaud the unveiling of the new College of Liberal Arts name

The Gilliam Family members, [L-R] Morgan Franklin (daughter), Dr. Linda Gilliam, Morgan Board of Regent member (widow), Patrice Gilliam-Johnson (sister), Alexis Learner (daughter)

Dr. Patrice Gilliam-Johnson (the Secretary of Labor for the State of Deleware, President of the Gilliam Foundation and sister of James H. Gilliam, Jr.) and Morgan President David Wilson unveil a new portrait of James H. Gilliam Jr.

To purchase this digital photo page contact Takiea Hinton: thinton@afro.com or 410.554.8277.

Jake Oliver, AFRO CEO and publisher Courtesy photos

May 20, 2017 - May 26, 2017, The Afro-American

ARTS & CULTURE

Shonda Rhimes’ ‘Still Star Crossed’ Highlights Diversity By Nadine Matthews Special to the AFRO In the wake of the breakout success of Jordan Peele’s film “Get Out” starring British actor Daniel Kaluuya, Samuel L. Jackson found himself in the midst of controversy because of remarks he made regarding the actor’s nationality. He opined about the apparent influx of Black British actors in American productions over the past few years in roles that he implied Black American actors were capable of undertaking. Jackson got serious pushback and eventually retreated somewhat from his original position. Well, it seems even super producer Shonda Rhimes loves the Brits. On May 29th, her summer series “Still Star Crossed” will premiere on ABC. Starring newcomers Lashana Lynch, Sterling Sulieman, Ebonee Noel, Wade Briggs and Torrance Coombs, the show not only features actors of color, it is also a period drama. The show picks up the story of the Prince of Verona, and the warring houses of the Capulets and Montagues in the wake of the infamous teen suicides of Romeo and Juliet, the original star crossed lovers. Their deaths have intensified the hatred and violence between the Montagues and Capulets. Lynch, who is British-Caribbean and is best known for her role in the teen sports drama “Fast Girls,” stars as Rosaline, a Capulet. Lynch describes Rosaline to the AFRO as, “Very feisty, very bold, very not of her time actually. She’s fiery, she speaks her mind, she’s a feminist she’s forthright and at that time for a woman that’s just unheard of. She does a lot to try and stay in line but she’s also contested with her lover which means she’ll have to go against the grain to do

From L to R: Wade Briggs, Lashana Lynch Rosaline and Sterling Sulieman star in the new Shonda Rhimes drama ‘Still Star Crossed.’ Courtesy photo

what’s right.” Tough though Rosaline might be, she is still a subject of Prince Escalus. He is also the man she has been in love with since childhood. It’s obvious he’s into her as well. As William Shakespeare wrote in A Midsummer’s Night Dream “The course of true love never did run smooth.” Prince Escalus has to put country before himself. The prince, played by California born, Hawaii raised Sulieman (“Pretty Little Liars,”

“The Vampire Diaries,” “All My Children”), orders Rosaline to marry Benvolio of the House of Montague in order to prevent war from breaking out. Not only does Rosaline loathe Benvolio (Briggs), she is in turmoil over leaving her naive little sister Livia (Noel) in the Capulet household with the caustic Lady Capulet. A sweeping saga of power and political intrigue as well as steamy romance, “Still Star Crossed” was shot wholly on location in Spain. Lynch explains, “The bulk of the filming was in a

city called Caceres, just by the border of Portugal and then we went Salamanca a place called Placencia and a little bit in Madrid. We were literally all over Spain. Everything was shot on location. There were no sets whatsoever. It was all on location.” Born and raised in London’s West End, “Not far from Notting Hill”, she had previously been to Barcelona. However, she was still impressed by all that Spain had to offer. Bowled over by its beauty and she describes many of the locations in which they filmed as, “All really rural and still have their brick work. They are very old cities, very classical and untouched which was beautiful to shoot in.” Asked her point of view of the Samuel L. Jackson controversy as a British actor who is herself in a leading role in an American production she used measured words, “If we’re all talented and we’re all trying to strive for the same thing, hopefully we’ll get the roles and we’ll get the career that we desire.” She also brought up a point first introduced by more established British actors Thandie Newton (“Beloved,” “Westworld”) and David Oyelowo (“Selma,” “The Butler”). “There are certain things that we would love to do, like a period drama for example that we wouldn’t be cast for [in Britain]. It does mean there are a few more doors open. It’s a bigger country, there are a lot more roles on TV. You have people like Shonda Rhimes for example who are completely open and they’re ready to cast a newcomer. I’m a newcomer. Someone of he same descent as me understands that I’m new, I’m fresh and I’m hopefully ready to take on a certain role. In terms of what Samuel Jackson said, I mean that’s his opinion. I disagree.”

Monarch Academy Introduces College Culture to Baltimore Kids By Janneh G. Johnson Special to the AFRO Monarch Academy, a Baltimore charter school, has begun working with Morgan State University in order to introduce its students to higher education. With two programs, ASHE and College Explorers, Monarch provides its students with emotional and academic support while also exposing them to positive example of higher education. Yoeanna Ambrose, a teacher at Monarch Academy and the program coordinator, spoke to the AFRO about her relationship with the program. Monarch Academy is a series of charter schools in Baltimore and Washington, D.C. operated by TranZed Alliance, a Baltimore based non-profit focused on kids with special needs. “Morgan currently offers a program called College Explorers to our students which takes place four times a week. Morgan buses students to and from Monarch Academy and the students visit Morgan to get academic support and shadow a student. ASHE is for the students who can’t go to Morgan State for various reasons so that the mentors can be brought to them.” The College Explore program began earlier

will impact the kids in a positive way because this is something I want to do past my graduation. I want to keep helping these kids because they’re amazing, they just need to have someone by their side showing them support. That one on one attention boosts their confidence and that helps their performance,” Innam told the AFRO. “It’s a give and take Photo by Janneh G. Johnson experience. I’ve learned patience and I’ve learned to be more Students at Baltimore’s Monarch Academy work with mentors from Morgan State University. understanding and I really have a new appreciation for teaching kids this year and the students who have been a of my eighth-grade girls had a conversation at the middle school level.” part of it have experienced less behavioral and with her mentor about the school to prison Myonna Simpkins, an eighth-grade student academic issues while also exposing students pipeline and how standardized testing plays a enrolled at Monarch Academy, plans to pursue to the realities of college life and sparking part in negative stereotypes and funding and her Doctoral degree, and become an OB-GYN an interest in higher education, according to she said that she wanted to put her best foot and believes that this program will help her do Ambrose. forward on the state exams so it wouldn’t be so. The average ASHE day includes 2 hours said that Baltimore students can’t read or aren’t “I’ve learned a lot about the positive parts where the students are tutored by their mentors intelligent due to a lack of effort.” of college and the do’s and don’ts. Our mentors in either math or reading and time for the Kai Innam, a senior at Morgan State who aren’t that much older than us so I’ll be going students to discuss other things as well, such as has worked with the ASHE program plans to through the same things they’re going through. personal problems or other academic subjects. continue mentoring even after graduating. I want to become the same things that they want “A lot of my kids learn lessons from their “I’ve been working with the program for to become,” Simpkins said. mentors that effect their performance, like one about ten weeks and I’m so hopeful that this

SPORTS

Hackley’s Urban Sports Beat Celebrates One Year On Broadcast TV By Mark F. Gray Special to the AFRO Troy Hackley is a Baltimore sports icon though you may not know it yet. Hackley is the public address announcer for teams all over the city. Whether its high school games at St. Francis Academy, ABA games for the DMV Warriors, or AAU youth sporting events he donates his time and services with a passion. Using the same passion that he has for youth and community athletics Hackley learned the game of television and created a unique platform for local sports TV after humble beginnings in the world of public access. He found the audience that shares his passion for college, high school, AAU, Little League and Pop Warner sporting events who will consistently watch. Urban Sports Beat is now celebrating its one year anniversary on broadcast television in Baltimore. After debuting on WMAR-TV channel 2, it now airs on THIS-TV, a digital station that airs over WBFF-TV (Channel 45.). Many have tried to move from community access to broadcast TV while few have found success.

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Troy Hackley’s Urban Sports Beat show on FOX45 Baltimore is celebrating its one year anniversary.

However, the void of distributable community programming that plays to the very interested but underserved audience has helped it grow. The show has carved its niche in the city by telling stories of talented youth and high school athletes in Baltimore who use sports as their platform to compete in college and beyond. “We’re showcasing young people in a positive way through sports,” Hackley told the AFRO. “There are attributes of sports transferrable to everyday life.” Hackley was discovered by accident as a student at Baltimore City Community College. During the launch of Kwiesi Mfume’s book No Easy Ride he moderated a panel discussion for a group during a mock debate contest. Hackley’s performance opened the door for an internship at WBFF-TV after the judges were impressed with his ability to host in a live forum. One of Hackley’s mentors is FOX 45’s main sports anchor and Baltimore Ravens’ announcer Bruce Cunningham. Cunningham taught him multimedia content production skills in the early days of his development. Hackley often shoots, writes and does voiceover packages by himself. Hackley also gained valuable tutelage

working as the sports update anchor for Stan “The Fan” Charles when he hosted a radio show WJFK-FM (105.7). Charles, whose Press Box weekly tabloid and website chronicles local professional and major college sports in Baltimore, influenced his relationship building at the grass roots level. He also gave Hackley the chance to cover major events which shapes the way he covers local sports on his program. “Building relationships and keeping your word is big when you’re trying to build a grass roots brand,” Hackley said. “Versatility is important when producing a TV show but being a standup guy is even more important when you’re building relationships”. Hackley is Baltimore personified and understands the value of positive roles models through sports and how these stories can provide hope to those in difficult communities. He spent formative years in the Gilmore Housing Projects – where Freddy Gray was arrested and currently has a day job as a third grade teacher in the Baltimore Public School System. While the grind of looking for sponsors continues, Hackley’s passion for kids in sports is what drives him each week.

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2017ADM234 Jose C Cruz Decedent Nathan A Neal, Esq 209 Kennedy Street, NW Washington, DC 20011-5214 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Nathan A. Neal, Esq , whose address is 209 Kennedy Street, NW, Washington, DC, 200115214was appointed personal representative of the estate of Jose C. Cruz , who died on February 14, 2015 without a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose where-abouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . 20001, on or before November 5, 2017. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before November 5, 2017, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: May 5, 2017 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Nathan A. Neal, Esq Personal Representative

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2017ADM126 Nina Mae Goode Decedent Johnnie Mae Mays 529 Oglethorpe Street, NE, Washington , DC 20011 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Johnnie Mae Mays, whose address is 529 Oglethorpe Street, NE, Washington D C 20011, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Nina Mae Goode , who died on August 19, 2016 with a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose where-abouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . 20001, on or before November 5, 2017. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before November 5, 2017 , or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: May 5, 2017 Name of newspaper: Afro-American TRUE TEST COPY Washington REGISTER OF WILLS Law Reporter Johnnie Mays 05/5, 05/12, 05/19/17 TYPESET: Tue May 16 16:23:11 EDTMae 2017 Personal Representative Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2016ADM1408 Alice Hill Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Quandetta Davis , whose address is 2300 Good Hope Road, SE #217, Washington, DC 20020 , was appointed personal representative of the estate of Alice Hill , who died on September 16, 2016 without a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose where-abouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before November 5, 2017 . Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before November 5, 2017, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: May 5, 2017 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Quandetta Davis Personal Representative

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE TYPESET: Tue May 16 16:22:51 EDTDIVISION 2017 05/05, 05/12, 05/19/17 Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. Superior Court of 2017ADM432 the District of Virginia E Gray District of Columbia Decedent PROBATE DIVISION NOTICE OF Washington, D.C. APPOINTMENT, 20001-2131 NOTICE TO Administration No. CREDITORS 2017ADM373 AND NOTICE TO Annie R. Washington UNKNOWN HEIRS AKA Annie Ruth Washing- Quentin Gray, Tawana Murphy, and Dana Murton phy , whose address is Decedent Ferguson Evans Esq 5915 Dix St. NE, 601 Pennsylvania Ave. Washington., DC 20019, NW 257 56 Pl, NE, Wash., Suite 900, South DC 20019, 165 Danbur Washington, DC 20004 St., SW, Washington, DC Attorney 20632, were appointed NOTICE OF personal representative APPOINTMENT, of the estate of Virginia E. NOTICE TO Gray, who died on FebCREDITORS ruary 19, 2016 without a AND NOTICE TO will, and will serve withUNKNOWN HEIRS out Court supervision. All Gloria Mixon , whose ad- unknown heirs and heirs dress is 11411 Mary whose whereabouts are Catherine Drive, Clinton, unknown shall enter their MD 20735, was apappearance in this pointed personal repre- proceeding. Objections sentative of the estate of to such appointment (or Annie R. Washington to the probate of deAKA Annie Ruth cedent´s will) shall be Washington , who died filed with the Register of on December 26, 2016 Wills, D.C., 515 5th witha will, and will serve Street, N.W., 3rd Floor without Court supervi- W a s h i n g t o n , D . C . sion. All unknown heirs 20001, on or before a n d h e i r s w h o s e November 5, 2017 . whereabouts are un- Claims against the deknown shall enter their cedent shall be preappearance in this sented to the underproceeding. Objections signed with a copy to the to such appointment (or Register of Wills or filed to the probate of de- with the Register of Wills cedent´s will) shall be with a copy to the underfiled with the Register of signed, on or before Wills, D.C., 515 5th November 5, 2017, or be Street, N.W., 3rd Floor forever barred. Persons Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . believed to be heirs or 20001, on or before legatees of the decedent N o v e m b e r 5 , 2 0 1 7 . who do not receive a Claims against the decopy of this notice by mail cedent shall be prewithin 25 days of its first sented to the underpublication shall so insigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed form the Register of with the Register of Wills Wills, including name, with a copy to the under- address and relationsigned, on or before ship. November 5, 2017 , or be Date of Publication: forever barred. Persons May 5, 2017 believed to be heirs or Name of newspaper: legatees of the decedent Afro-American who do not receive a Washington copy of this notice by mail Law Reporter Quentin Gray within 25 days of its first Tawana Murphy publication shall so inDana Murphy form the Register of Personal Wills, including name, Representative address and relationship. TRUE TEST COPY Date of Publication: REGISTER OF WILLS May 5, 2017 Name of newspaper: 05/05, 05/12, 05/19/17 Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Gloria Mixon Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS

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TYPESET: Tue May 16 16:23:52 EDT 2017 Foreign No. 2017FEP48 Date of Death December 21, 2016 Superior Court of James Darby the District of Decedent District of Columbia Legal Advertising Rates NOTICE OF PROBATE DIVISION APPOINTMENT Washington, Effective October 1, 2008 D.C. OF FOREIGN 20001-2131 PERSONAL Administration No. REPRESENTATIVE 2017ADM25 PROBATE DIVISION AND Sequnely H Bonds NOTICE TO (Estates) Decedent CREDITORS Lisa Orlow Esq Desarie Tower 202-332-0080 whose 503 D Street NW Suite TYPESET: Tue May 16 16:26:04 address is 7105 Sugrue NOTICES 200 PROBATE Court, Upper Marlboro, Washington DC 20001 MD 20772 was apSUPERIOR COURT OF Attorney pointed personalrepTHE DISTRICT OF NOTICE OF a. Order Nisi $ 60 per insertion $180.00 per 3 weeks resentative of the estate COLUMBIA APPOINTMENT, of publication James Darby ,$ dePROBATE DIVISION NOTICE TO b. Small Estates (single 60 per insertion by the Orphan’s Washington, D.C. CREDITORS c. Notice to Creditorsceased Court for Prince Georges 20001-2131 AND NOTICE TO C o u n t y, S t a t e $ o f60 per insertion 1. Domestic $180.00Foreign per 3 weeks No. UNKNOWN HEIRS Maryland ., on March 20 , Lisa Orlow , Esq whose 2016FEP91 2. Foreign $ 60 per insertion $180.00 per 3 weeks 2017 , Date of Death address is 503 D Street d. Escheated Estates 60 per insertion per 610, weeks Service of process $may February 2010 NW Suite 200, Washing- $360.00 be made upon Francina ton, DC 20001 , was ap- $125.00 Shirley Annie Ingram e. Standard Probates Eccles, 1312 Longfellow pointed personal repre- Decedent Street, NW, Washington, sentative of the estate of NOTICE OF DC 20011 whose des- Sequnely H Bonds , who APPOINTMENT CIVILofNOTICES ignation as District OF FOREIGN died on December 4, Columbia agent has 2014 without a will, and $ 80.00 PERSONAL a. Name Changes 202-879-1133 been filed with the Regis- will serve with Court suREPRESENTATIVE b. Real Property $ 200.00 ter of Wills, D.C. AND pervision. All unknown The decedent owned the heirs and heirs whose NOTICE TO« f o l l o w i n g D i s t r i c t o f where-abouts are unCREDITORS Colombia realFAMILY property: COURT known shall enter their Jason Deloach whose 1312 Longfellow Street, a p p e a r a n c e i n t h i s address is 11414 Living202-879-1212 NW., Washington, DC proceeding. Objections s t o n R o a d , F o r t 20011 DOMESTIC RELATIONS to such appointment (or Washington, MD 20744 Claims against the de- to the probate of de- was appointed personal TRUE TEST COPY cedent may be202-879-0157 precedent´s will) shall be representative of the REGISTER OF WILLS sented to the underfiled with the Register of estate of Shirley Annie signed and filed with the Wills, D.C., 515 5th Ingram , deceased by the 05/5, 05/12, 05/19/17 Register of Wills for the Street, N.W., 3rd Floor $ O rphan’s Court for a. Absent Defendant 150.00 TYPESET: Tue May 16 16:24:35 EDT 2017 District of Columbia, Prince Georges County, Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . Building A, 515 5th b. Absolute Divorce $ 150.00 20001, on or before State of Maryland on Street, NW, 3rd Floor, N o v e m b e r 5 , 2 0 1 7 . January 28, 2014. c. Custody Divorce Washington, DC 20011 Claims against the de- $150.00 Service of process may Superior Court of within 6 months from the cedent shall be pre- be made upon Whitney C the District of date of first publication of sented to the under- Smith , 1310 Floral District of Columbia To place your ad,this call notice. 1-800-237-6892, ext. 262, $50.00 & up (Strike NW, Washington, signed with aPublic copy to Notices the Street, PROBATE DIVISION preceding sentence if no Register of Wills or filed DC 20019-6337 whose Washington, D.C. depending on size, Baltimore Legal Notices are $24.84 per inch. real estate.) with the Register of Wills designation as District of 20001-2131 with a 892 copy to the under- Columbia agent has Administration No. 1-800 (AFRO) Desarie Trower signed, on or before been filed with the Regis2017ADM461 For Proof of Publication, please call 1-800-237-6892, ext. 244 D.C. Personal November of Wills, 5, 2017 , or be ter Arnold John Horne Sr. Representative(s) forever barred. Persons The decedent owned the Decedent TRUE TEST COPY believed to be heirs or f o l l o w i n g D i s t r i c t o f Julius P. Terrell, Esq TYPESET: Tue May 16 16:25:42 EDTOF 2017 REGISTER WILLS legatees of the decedent Colombia real property: 1455 Pennsylvania of firstNOTICES publication: 500 C S treet, SE, who do not receive a 5LEGAL Ave., NW Ste. 400 LEGAL NOTICES Date LEGAL LEGAL NOTICES NOTICES May 5, 2017 copy of this notice by mail W a s h i n g t o n , D C Washington, DC 20004 Attorney SUPERIOR COURT OF Name of newspapers within 25 days of its first 20019-6337 and/or periodical: publication shall so in- Claims against the deNOTICE OF THE DISTRICT OF The Daily Washington form the Register of cedent may be preAPPOINTMENT, COLUMBIA Law Reporter Wills, including name, sented to the underNOTICE TO PROBATE DIVISION The Afro-American address and relationsigned and filed with the CREDITORS Washington, D.C. Register of Wills for the ship. AND NOTICE TO 20001-2131 TYPESET: May 16 16:23:52 EDT 2017 05/05, 05/12,Tue 05/19/17 District of Columbia, 500 Date of Publication: UNKNOWN HEIRS Foreign No. Indiana Avenue, N.W., May 5, 2017 Pamela H. Holmes , 2017FEP48 Washington, D.C. 20001 Name of newspaper: whose address is 3205 Date of Death within 6 months from the Afro-American Cheverly Ave., Cheverly December 21, 2016 Superior Court of date of first publication of Washington MD 20785 , was apJames Darby the District of this notice. Law Reporter pointed personal repre- Decedent District of Columbia Jason Deloach Lisa Orlow, Esq sentative of the estate of NOTICE OF PROBATE DIVISION Personal Personal Arnold John Horn Sr., APPOINTMENT Washington, D.C. Representative(s) Representative who died on February 25, OF FOREIGN 20001-2131 TRUE TEST COPY 2015 with a will, and will PERSONAL Administration No. REGISTER OF WILLS TRUE TEST COPY serve without Court suREPRESENTATIVE 2017ADM25 Date of first publication: REGISTER OF WILLS pervision. All unknown AND Sequnely H Bonds May 5, 2017 heirs and heirs whose NOTICE TO Decedent Name of newspapers whereabouts are unCREDITORS Lisa Orlow Esq Tue May 16 16:26:04 EDT 2017 and/or periodical: 05/5, 05/12, 05/19/17 known shall enter their Desarie Tower whose 503 D Street NW Suite TYPESET: The Daily Washington appearance in this address is 7105 Sugrue 200 Law Reporter proceeding. Objections Court, Upper Marlboro, Washington DC 20001 SUPERIOR COURT OF The Afro-American to such appointment (or MD 20772 was apAttorney THE DISTRICT OF to the probate of de- pointed personalrepNOTICE OF COLUMBIA cedent´s will) shall be resentative of the estate APPOINTMENT, PROBATE DIVISION 05/05, 05/12, 05/19/17 filed with the Register of of James Darby , deNOTICE TO Washington, D.C. Wills, D.C., 515 5th ceased by the Orphan’s CREDITORS 20001-2131 Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Court for Prince Georges AND NOTICE TO Foreign No. Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . C o u n t y, S t a t e o f UNKNOWN HEIRS 2016FEP91 20001, on or before Maryland ., on March 20 , Lisa Orlow , Esq whose Date of Death N o v e m b e r 5 , 2 0 1 7 . 2017 , address is 503 D Street February 10, 2010 Claims against the de- Service of process may NW Suite 200, Washingcedent shall be pre- be made upon Francina ton, DC 20001 , was ap- Shirley Annie Ingram sented to the under- Eccles, 1312 Longfellow pointed personal repre- Decedent NOTICE OF signed with a copy to the Street, NW, Washington, sentative of the estate of APPOINTMENT Register of Wills or filed DC 20011 whose des- Sequnely H Bonds , who OF FOREIGN with the Register of Wills ignation as District of died on December 4, PERSONAL with a copy to the under- Columbia agent has 2014 without a will, and REPRESENTATIVE signed, on or before been filed with the Regis- will serve with Court suAND November 5, 2017, or be ter of Wills, D.C. pervision. All unknown NOTICE TO« forever barred. Persons The decedent owned the heirs and heirs whose CREDITORS believed to be heirs or f o l l o w i n g D i s t r i c t o f where-abouts are unlegatees of the decedent Colombia real property: known shall enter their Jason Deloach whose address is 11414 Livingwho do not receive a 1312 Longfellow Street, a p p e a r a n c e i n t h i s copy of this notice by mail NW., Washington, DC proceeding. Objections s t o n R o a d , F o r t within 25 days of its first 20011 to such appointment (or Washington, MD 20744 publication shall so in- Claims against the de- to the probate of de- was appointed personal form the Register of cedent may be precedent´s will) shall be representative of the Wills, including name, sented to the underfiled with the Register of estate of Shirley Annie Ingram , deceased by the address and relationsigned and filed with the Wills, D.C., 515 5th ship. Register of Wills for the Street, N.W., 3rd Floor O r p h a n ’ s C o u r t f o r Prince Georges County, Date of Publication: District of Columbia, Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . May 5, 2017 Building A, 515 5th 20001, on or before State of Maryland on Name of newspaper: Street, NW, 3rd Floor, N o v e m b e r 5 , 2 0 1 7 . January 28, 2014. Afro-American Washington, DC 20011 Claims against the de- Service of process may Washington within 6 months from the cedent shall be pre- be made upon Whitney C Law Reporter date of first publication of sented to the under- Smith , 1310 Floral Pamela H. Holmes this notice. (Strike signed with a copy to the Street, NW, Washington, Personal preceding sentence if no Register of Wills or filed DC 20019-6337 whose Representative real estate.) with the Register of Wills designation as District of with a copy to the under- Columbia agent has TRUE TEST COPY Desarie Trower signed, on or before been filed with the RegisPersonal November 5, 2017 , or be ter of Wills, D.C. REGISTER OF WILLS Representative(s) forever barred. Persons The decedent owned the TRUE TEST COPY believed to be heirs or f o l l o w i n g D i s t r i c t o f 05/05, 05/12, 05/19/17 REGISTER OF WILLS legatees of the decedent Colombia real property: Date of first publication: who do not receive a 5 5 0 0 C S t r e e t , S E , May 5, 2017 copy of this notice by mail W a s h i n g t o n , D C Name of newspapers within 25 days of its first 20019-6337 and/or periodical: publication shall so in- Claims against the decedent may be preThe Daily Washington form the Register of Law Reporter Wills, including name, sented to the underThe Afro-American address and relationsigned and filed with the

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Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . 20001, on or before November 19, 2017. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills wLEGAL i t h a c oNOTICES py to the November 19, 2017 , or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: May 19, 2017 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Eboni Staley-Brown Personal Representative

address is 4520 Foote St., NE, Washington, DC 20019 and 1608 18th St., SE, Washington, DC 20020 were appointed personal representatives of the estate of Pedro Valentin, who died on January 19, 2017 without TYPESET: Tue2017 May 16 TYPESET: Tue May 16 16:21:02 2017withTYPESET: Tue May 16 16:18:27 EDT will, andEDT will serve LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICES aout LEGAL NOTICES Court supervision. All This notice must be unknown heirs and heirs mailed postmarked within Superior Court of Superior Court of Superior Court of whose whereabouts are 15days of its first publicathe District of the District of the District of unknown shall enter their tion to each and qualDistrict ofheir Columbia District of Columbia District of Columbia appearance in this ified beneficiary of the PROBATE DIVISION PROBATE DIVISION PROBATE DIVISION proceeding. Objections trust and any other person Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. to such appointment w h o w o u l d b e a n 20001-2131 20001-2131 20001-2131 shall be filed with the interested person within Administration No. Administration No. Administration No. Register of Wills, D.C., the meaning of DC Code, 2017ADM524 2017ADM253 2017NRT8 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd sec., 20-101(d) Gwendolyn J. Evans Robert L. Curry III William F. Walsh Floor Washington, D.C. Decedent Decedent Decedent 20001, on or before Date of Publication: Tina Smith Nelson Robert E Richards, Esq November 19, 2017. NOTICE OF May 12, 2017 601 E Street, NW 11 2 5 3 - B L o c k w o o d Claims against the deEXISTENCE OF Name of newspaper: Washington, DC 20049 Drive REVOCABLE cedent shall be preAfro-American Attorney S i l v e r S p r i n g , M D sented to the underTRUST Washington Law NOTICE OF William F. Walsh (name of 20901 signed with a copy to the Reporter APPOINTMENT, deceased settlor) whose Attorney Register of Wills or filed Jacqueline A. Dupree address was 318 South NOTICE TO NOTICE OF with the Register of Wills Personal carolina ave. SE, CREDITORS APPOINTMENT, with a copy to the underRepresentative Washington, DC 20003 AND NOTICE TO NOTICE TO signed, on or before TRUE TEST COPY created a revocable trust UNKNOWN HEIRS CREDITORS November 19, 2017, or REGISTER OF WILLS on July 25, 2015, which Tiauana Roberts, whose AND NOTICE TO be forever barred. Per05/12, 05/19, 05/26/17 remained in existence on address TRUE TEST COPY is 5115 3rd UNKNOWN HEIRS sons believed to be heirs the date of his death on Street, NW, Washington, REGISTER OF WILLS Sean E Curry , whose ad- or legatees of the de16:21:41 March 15,EDT 2017,2017 and Jac- DC 20011, was apdress is 11703 Lauer cedent who do not requeline Ann Dupree , pointed personal repre05/19, 05/26, 06/2/17 Court, Clinton, ceive a copy of this notice TYPESET: Tue May 16 16:12:11 EDT 2017MD whose address is 318 sentative of the estate of 20735, was appointed by mail within 25 days of South Carolina Ave. SE, Gwendolyn J. Evans, personal representative its first publication shall Washington DC 20003 is who died on December of the estate of Robert L. so inform the Register of the currently acting Superior Court of Curry, III, who died on Wills, including name, trustee, hereinafter the 10, 2016 without a will, the District of October 14, 2012 without address and relationTrustee. Communications and will serve without District of Columbia Court supervision. All una Will a will, and will serve ship. to the trust should be PROBATE DIVISION known heirs and heirs with Court supervision. Date of Publication: mailed or directed to CathWashington, D.C. All unknown heirs and May 19, 2017 erine Mary Rafferty, Esq at whose whereabouts are 20001-2131 h e i r s w h o s e Name of newspaper: 4 8 0 1 Yu m a S t . N w, unknown shall enter their Administration No. appearance in this whereabouts are un- Afro-American Washington, DC 20016. 2017ADM499 proceeding. Objections known shall enter their Washington The Trust is subject to Carlton Abney appearance in this claims of the deceased to such appointment Law Reporter Decedent settlor’s creditors, costs of shall be filed with the proceeding. Objections Tonya Robinson NOTICE OF administration of the set- Register of Wills, D.C., to such appointment Rico Valentin APPOINTMENT, tlor’s estate, the expenses 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd shall be filed with the Personal NOTICE TO of the deceased settlor’s Floor Washington, D.C. Register of Wills, D.C., Representative CREDITORS funeral and disposal of re- 20001, on or before 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd AND NOTICE TO mains, and statutory November 19, 2017. Floor Washington, D.C. TRUE TEST COPY UNKNOWN HEIRS allowances to a surviving Claims against the de20001, on or before REGISTER OF WILLS Karla Abney and Karen September 24, 2017. spouse and children to the cedent shall be prePennington , whose ad- Claims against the deextent the deceased set- sented to the under05/19, 05/26, 06/2/17 dress is 539 Madison cedent shall be pre- TYPESET: Tue May 16 16:09:28 tlor’s residuary probate signed with a copy to the estate is inadequate to Register of Wills or filed Street NW, Washington, sented to the undersatisfy those claims, DC 20011/ 6806 Dun- signed with a copy to the with the Register of Wills costs, expenses, and with a copy to the undernigan Dr., Clinton, MD Register of Wills or filed Superior Court of allowances. 20735 , were appointed with the Register of Wills the District of signed, on or before Claims of the deceased personal representative District of Columbia with a copy to the undersettlor ’s creditors are November 19, 2017, or of the estate of Carlton signed, on or before PROBATE DIVISION be forever barred. Perbarred as against the Abney , who died on July September 24, 2017, or Washington, D.C. Trustee and the trust prop- sons believed to be heirs 19, 2016 with a will, and 20001-2131 erty unless presented to or legatees of the de- The Glenmede Trust will serve without Court be forever barred. PerAdministration No. the Trustee at the address cedent who do not re- Company, NA by Robert supervision. All unknown sons believed to be heirs 2017ADM531 provided herein on or be- ceive a copy of this notice M. Maxwell, Managing heirs and heirs whose or legatees of the deDirector cedent who do not re- Ernesteene Best fore November 12, 2017 6 by mail within 25 days of whereabouts are un- ceive a copy of this notice AKA Personal its first publication shall months after the date of Representative known shall enter their by mail within 25 days of Ernestine Best the first publication of this so inform the Register of appearance in this notice). An action to con- Wills, including name, its first publication shall Decedent proceeding. Objections so inform the Register of Howard C Boyd Esq test the validity of this trust address and relation- TRUE TEST COPY to such appointment (or REGISTER OF WILLS must be commenced by ship. Wills, including name, 1220 L Street, NW, to the probate of de- address and relation- Suite 100-482 the earliest of (1) March Date of Publication: cedent´s will) shall be ship. 05/19, 05/26, 06/2/17 Washington, DC 20005 15, 2017 (one year from May 19, 2017 TYPESET: Tue May 16 16:18:07 EDTRegister 2017 of filed with the date of death of the de- Name of newspaper: Attorney Date of Publication: Wills, D.C., 515 5th ceased settler) or (2) Afro-American NOTICE OF March 24, 2017 Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Name of newspaper: November 12, 2017(6 Washington APPOINTMENT, Superior Court of Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . months from the date of Law Reporter NOTICE TO Afro-American the District of 20001, on or before Washington first publication of this noCREDITORS Tiauana Roberts District of Columbia tice) or (3) ninety days November 19, 2017. Law Reporter AND NOTICE TO Personal PROBATE DIVISION after the Trustee sends Claims against the deUNKNOWN HEIRS Representative Sean E Curry Washington, D.C. the person a copy of the cedent shall be prePersonal Patricia Powell Peacock , 20001-2131 trust instrument and a no- TRUE TEST COPY sented to the underRepresentative whose address is 3903 tice informing the person Administration No. signed with a copy to the Butterstream Way, NW of the trust’s existence, REGISTER OF WILLS 2017ADM502 Register of Wills or filed TRUE TEST COPY Kennesaw, GA 30144 , the Trustee’s name and Royal A. Walker Jr. with the Register of Wills REGISTER OF WILLS appointed personal re05/19, 05/26,Tue 6/2/17 address, and the time al- TYPESET: May 16 16:08:20 DecedentEDT 2017 with a copy to the underpresentative of the estate lowed for commencing a NOTICE OF signed, on or before 03/24, 03/31, 04/7/17 of Ernesteene Best AKA proceeding. APPOINTMENT, November 19, 2017, or TYPESET: Tue May 16 16:16:38 ErnestineEDT Best ,2017 who died The Trustee may proceed NOTICE TO Superior Court of be forever barred. Peron September 5, 2010 to distribute the trust propCREDITORS the District of sons believed to be heirs without a will, and will erty in accordance with AND NOTICE TO District of Columbia or legatees of the deserve without Court suthe terms of the trust beSuperior Court of UNKNOWN HEIRS PROBATE DIVISION cedent who do not repervision. All unknown fore the expiration of the the District of Virginia P. Walker , ceive a copy of this notice Washington, D.C. heirs and heirs whose time within which an acDistrict of Columbia whose address is 2424 by mail within 25 days of 20001-2131 whereabouts are untion must be commenced PROBATE DIVISION Pennsylvania Ave., NW, its first publication shall Administration No. known shall enter their unless the Trustee knows Washington, D.C. Washington, DC 20037, so inform the Register of 2017ADM489 appearance in this of a pending judicial 20001-2131 was appointed personal Wills, including name, proceeding contesting the Michelle M. Pangallo proceeding. Objections Administration No. representative of the AKA address and relationvalidity of the trust or the to such appointment 2017ADM524 Trustee has received no- Michelle Marie Pang- estate of Royal A. Walker ship. shall be filed with the Gwendolyn J. Evans Jr. , who died on July 2, Date of Publication: tice from a potential allo Register of Wills, D.C., Decedent 2014 without a will, and May 19, 2017 contestant who thereafter Decedent 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Tina Smith Nelson will serve without Court Robert J. Coyne Name of newspaper: commences a judicial Floor Washington, D.C. 601 E Street, NW proceeding 16:18:27 EDTwithin 2017sixty 400 University Blvd supervision. All unknown Afro-American 20001, on or before Washington, DC 20049 heirs and heirs whose Washington days after notification. West November 19, 2017. Attorney T h i s n o t i c e m u s t b e S i l v e r S p r i n g , M D where-abouts are un- Law Reporter Claims against the deNOTICE OF known shall enter their Karla Abney mailed postmarked within 20904 cedent shall be preAPPOINTMENT, appearance in this 15days of its first publica- Attorney Karen Pennington sented to the underNOTICE TO proceeding. Objections tion to each heir and qualNOTICE OF Personal signed with a copy to the CREDITORS to such appointment ified beneficiary of the APPOINTMENT, Representative Register of Wills or filed AND NOTICE TO shall be filed with the 16:22:06 EDTother 2017 trust and any person NOTICE TO with the Register of Wills UNKNOWN HEIRS who would be an Register of Wills, D.C., TRUE TEST COPY CREDITORS Tiauana Roberts, whose with a copy to the underinterested person within 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd REGISTER OF WILLS AND NOTICE TO address is 5115 3rd signed, on or before the meaning of DC Code, Floor Washington, D.C. UNKNOWN HEIRS Street, NW, Washington, November 19, 2017 , or sec., 20-101(d) 20001, on or before Clement D. Pangallo, 05/19, 05/26, 06/2/17 DC 20011 was appointed be forever barred. Perwhose address is 4907 November 19, 2017 . TYPESET: Tue May 16 16:11:50 EDT 2017 personal representative sons believed to be heirs Date of Publication: 48th St., NW, Washing- Claims against the deof the estate of Gwen- or legatees of the deMay 12, 2017 ton, DC 20016, was ap- cedent shall be predolyn J. Evans, who died cedent who do not reName of newspaper: pointed personal represented to the underSuperior Court of on December 10, 2016 ceive a copy of this notice Afro-American signed with a copy to the sentative of the estate of the District of withouta will, and will by mail within 25 days of Washington Law Michelle M. Pangallo Register of Wills or filed District of Columbia serve without Court su- its first publication shall Reporter with the Register of Wills AKA Michelle Marie PROBATE DIVISION pervision. All unknown so inform the Register of Jacqueline A. Dupree Pangallo , who died on with a copy to the underWashington, D.C. heirs and heirs whose Wills, including name, Personal February 26, 2017 witha signed, on or before 20001-2131 whereabouts are un- address and relationRepresentative will, and will serve with- November 19, 2017 , or Administration No. known shall enter their ship. TRUE TEST COPY be forever barred. Perout Court supervision. All 2017ADM518 Date of Publication: appearance in this REGISTER OF WILLS unknown heirs and heirs sons believed to be heirs Barbara J Ellis proceeding. Objections May 19, 2017 TYPESET: Tue05/26/17 May 16 16:21:21 EDT 2017 are or legatees of the de05/12, 05/19, whose where-abouts AKA to such appointment Name of newspaper: unknown shall enter their cedent who do not re- Barbara Jean Ellis shall be filed with the Afro-American ceive a copy of this notice Decedent appearance in this Superior Court of Register of Wills, D.C., Washington by mail within 25 days of proceeding. Objections NOTICE OF the District of 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Law Reporter its first publication shall to such appointment (or APPOINTMENT, Patricia Powell Peacock District of Columbia Floor Washington, D.C. so inform the Register of to the probate of deNOTICE TO Personal PROBATE DIVISION 20001, on or before . Wills, including name, cedent´s will) shall be CREDITORS Washington, D.C. Representative Claims against the defiled with the Register of address and relation20001-2131 AND NOTICE TO cedent shall be preship. Wills, D.C., 515 5th Administration No. UNKNOWN HEIRS sented to the under- TRUE TEST COPY Street, N.W., 3rd Floor May 19, 2017 2017ADM481 Marsha R, Ellis, whose signed with a copy to the REGISTER OF WILLS Name of newspaper: James H. Nero Sr. Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . address is 9718 Wood- Register of Wills or filed Decedent 20001, on or before Afro-American yard Circle, Upper Marl- with the Register of Wills 05/19, 05/26, 06/2/17 NOTICE OF November 19, 2017. Washington boro, MD 20772, was ap- with a copy to the underAPPOINTMENT, Claims against the de- Law Reporter pointed personal NOTICE TO Virginia P. Walker representative of the signed, on or before cedent shall be preNovember 19, 2017 , or CREDITORS Personal sented to the underestate of Barbara J. Ellis AND NOTICE TO Representative AKA Barbara Jean Ellis, be forever barred. Persigned with a copy to the UNKNOWN HEIRS sons believed to be heirs Register of Wills or filed who died on November or legatees of the deLorraine C. Nero , whose TRUE TEST COPY with the Register of Wills 22, 2016 with a will, and address is 1320 Van cedent who do not rewith a copy to the under- REGISTER OF WILLS will serve without Court ceive a copy of this notice Buren St., NW, Washingsigned, on or before supervision. All unknown by mail within 25 days of ton, DC, 20012 was ap05/19, 05/26,Tue 06/2/17 May 16 16:17:09 November 19, 2017, or TYPESET: pointed personal repreheirs andEDT heirs2017 whose its first publication shall be forever barred. Persentative of the estate of whereabouts are unso inform the Register of James H Nero, Sr., who sons believed to be heirs known shall enter their Wills, including name, died on February 28, or legatees of the deSuperior Court of appearance in this address and relation2017 with a will, and will cedent who do not rethe District of proceeding. Objections ship. serve without Court suceive a copy of this notice District of Columbia to such appointment (or Date of Publication: pervision. All unknown by mail within 25 days of PROBATE DIVISION to the probate of de- May 19, 2017 heirs and heirs whose its first publication shall Washington, D.C. cedent´s will) shall be Name of newspaper: where-abouts are unso inform the Register of 20001-2131 filed with the Register of Afro-American known shall enter their Wills, including name, Administration No. Wills, D.C., 515 5th appearance in this Washington address and relation2017ADM494 Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Law Reporter proceeding. Objections ship. Clara Louise Staley Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . to such appointment (or Tiauana Roberts Date of Publication: Decedent 20001, on or before to the probate of dePersonal May 19, 2017 NOTICE OF cedent´s will) shall be November 19, 2017. Representative Name of newspaper: filed with the Register of APPOINTMENT, Claims against the deAfro-American Wills, D.C., 515 5th NOTICE TO cedent shall be pre- TRUE TEST COPY Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington CREDITORS sented to the under- REGISTER OF WILLS Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . Law Reporter AND NOTICE TO signed with a copy to the 20001, on or before Clement D Pangallo UNKNOWN HEIRS Register of Wills or filed 05/19, 05/26, 06/2/17 November 12, 2017. Personal Eboni Staley-Brown , with the Register of Wills TYPESET: Tue May 16 16:12:56 EDT 2017 Claims against the deRepresentative whose address is 5029 with a copy to the undercedent shall be pre4th Street, NW, Washing- signed, on or before sented to the underTRUE TEST COPY ton, DC 20011 , was ap- November 19, 2017, or Superior Court of signed with a copy to the REGISTER OF WILLS pointed personal repre- be forever barred. Perthe District of Register of Wills or filed sentative of the estate of sons believed to be heirs District of Columbia with the Register of Wills 05/19, 05/26, 06/2/17 TYPESET: Tue May 16 16:07:55 EDT 2017 Clara Louise Staley , who or legatees of the dePROBATE DIVISION with a copy to the underdied on March 15, 2017 cedent who do not resigned, on or before Washington, D.C. November 12, 2017, or without a will, and will ceive a copy of this notice 20001-2131 be forever barred. Perserve without Court su- by mail within 25 days of Superior Court of Administration No. sons believed to be heirs pervision. All unknown its first publication shall the District of 2017ADM530 or legatees of the deheirs and heirs whose so inform the Register of Pedro Valentin District of Columbia cedent who do not rewhereabouts are unWills, including name, PROBATE DIVISION Decedent ceive a copy of this notice known shall enter their address and relationWashington, D.C. NOTICE OF by mail within 25 days of appearance in this ship. 20001-2131 APPOINTMENT, its first publication shall proceeding. Objections Date of Publication: Administration No. NOTICE TO so inform the Register of to such appointment (or May 19, 2017 2017ADM503 CREDITORS Wills, including name, to the probate of de- Name of newspaper: Charles L. Bartlett AND NOTICE TO address and relationcedent´s will) shall be Afro-American Decedent UNKNOWN HEIRS ship. filed with the Register of Washington Jay M Eisenberg, Esq Tonya Robinson and Date of Publication: Law Reporter May 12, 2017 12505 Park Potomac Wills, D.C., 515 5th Recco Valentin, whose Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Name of newspaper: Marsha R. Ellis address is 4520 Foote Ave Afro-American Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . Personal St., NE, Washington, DC 6th Floor Washington 20001, on or before Representative 20019 and 1608 18th St., Potomac, MD 20854 Law Reporter November 19, 2017. Attorney SE, Washington, DC Lorraine C Nero Claims against the de- TRUE TEST COPY NOTICE OF 20020 were appointed Personal cedent shall be pre- REGISTER OF WILLS APPOINTMENT, personal representatives Representative sented to the underNOTICE TO of the estate of Pedro signed with a copy to the 05/19, 05/26, 06/2/17 CREDITORS Valentin, who died on TRUE TEST COPY Register of Wills or filed AND NOTICE TO January 19, 2017 without REGISTER OF WILLS with the Register of Wills UNKNOWN HEIRS a will, and will serve withThe Glenmede Trust w i t h a c o p y t o t h e out Court supervision. All Company , NA by Robert November 19, 2017 , or unknown heirs and heirs 05/12, 05/19, 05/26/17 M. Maxwell, Managing be forever barred. Perwhose whereabouts are Director , whose address sons believed to be heirs unknown shall enter their or legatees of the deis 1650 Market St., Suite appearance in this 1200, Philadelphia, PA cedent who do not reproceeding. Objections 19103-7391, was ap- ceive a copy of this notice to such appointment 6th Floor Potomac, MD 20854 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO 16:13:18 EDT HEIRS 2017 UNKNOWN LEGAL NOTICES The Glenmede Trust Company , NA by Robert M. Maxwell, Managing Director , whose address is 1650 Market St., Suite 1200, Philadelphia, PA 19103-7391, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Charles L. Bartlett , who died on February 17, 2017 with a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . 20001, on or before November 19, 2017. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before November 19, 2017 , or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: May 19, 2017 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter

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20910 November 12, 2017. Attorney Claims against the deNOTICE OF cedent shall be preAPPOINTMENT, sented to the underNOTICE TO signed with a copy to the CREDITORS Register of Wills or filed AND NOTICE TO with the Register of Wills UNKNOWN HEIRS with a copy to the underThelma D. Satterwhite, signed, on or before TYPESET: Tue May 16 16:24:55 EDT 2017 whose address is 132 ”S” November 12, 2017, or LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL LEGAL Street, NW,NOTICES Washington, be forever NOTICES barred. PerDC 20001 , was apsons believed to be heirs Superior Court of pointed personal repre- or legatees of the dethe District of sentative of the estate of cedent who do not reDistrict of Columbia Victoria T. Scott, who ceive a copy of this notice PROBATE DIVISION d i e d o n D e c e m b e r by mail within 25 days of Washington, D.C. 31,2016 with a will, and its first publication shall 20001-2131 will serve without Court so inform the Register of Administration No. supervision. All unknown Wills, including name, 2017ADM0104 heirs and heirs whose address and relationBuddy Eugene Smallwhereabouts are un- ship. wood known shall enter their Date of Publication: Decedent appearance in this May 12, 2017 NOTICE OF proceeding. Objections Name of newspaper: APPOINTMENT, to such appointment (or Afro-American NOTICE TO to the probate of de- Washington CREDITORS cedent´s will) shall be Law Reporter AND NOTICE TO filed with the Register of Michael Robinson UNKNOWN HEIRS Wills, D.C., 515 5th Personal Cynthia L Smallwood Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Representative and Buddy E Smallwood Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . Jr. , whose address is 20001, on or before TRUE TEST COPY 4203 Stratford Court November 12, 2017. REGISTER OF WILLS Temple Hills, MD 20748 Claims against the de11905 Parallel Road, cedent shall be pre- 05/12, 05/19, 05/26/17 Bowie MD 20720 were sented to the under- TYPESET: Tue May 16 appointed personal resigned with a copy to the presentative of the estate Register of Wills or filed Superior Court of of Buddy Eugene Smallwith the Register of Wills the District of wood , who died on April with a copy to the underDistrict of Columbia 30, 2016 without a will, signed, on or before PROBATE DIVISION and will serve without November 12, 2017, or Washington, D.C. Court supervision. All unbe forever barred. Per20001-2131 known heirs and heirs sons believed to be heirs Administration No. whose whereabouts are or legatees of the de2017ADM440 unknown shall enter their cedent who do not reappearance in this ceive a copy of this notice Jewel Chappell-Frazier proceeding. Objections by mail within 25 days of Decedenty NOTICE OF to such appointment (or its first publication shall APPOINTMENT, to the probate of deso inform the Register of NOTICE TO cedent´s will) shall be Wills, including name, CREDITORS filed with the Register of address and relationAND NOTICE TO Wills, D.C., 515 5th ship. UNKNOWN HEIRS Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Date of Publication: Jeri K. Lee , whose adWa s h i n g t o n , D . C . May 12, 2017 dress is 14211 W Har20001, on or before AuName of newspaper: vard St., Goodyear, AZ gust 24, 2017 . Claims Afro-American 85395, was appointed against the decedent Washington personal representative shall be presented to the Law Reporter undersigned with a copy Thelma D Satterwhite of the estate of Jewel to the Register of Wills or Personal Chappell-Frazier , who filed with the Register of Representative died on March 25, 2017 with a will, and will serve Wills with a copy to the without Court superviundersigned, on or beTRUE TEST COPY sion. All unknown heirs fore August 24, 2017, or REGISTER OF WILLS and heirs whose be forever barred. Perwhereabouts are unsons believed to be heirs 05/12, 05/19, 05/26/17 TYPESET: Wed May 17 16:56:07 EDT 2017 known shall enter their or legatees of the deappearance in this cedent who do not reproceeding. Objections ceive a copy of this notice to such appointment (or by mail within 25 days of Superior Court of to the probate of deits first publication shall the District of cedent´s will) shall be so inform the Register of District of Columbia filed with the Register of Wills, including name, PROBATE DIVISION Wills, D.C., 515 5th address and relationWashington, D.C. Street, N.W., 3rd Floor ship. 20001-2131 Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . Date of Publication: Administration No. 20001, on or before February 24, 2017 2017ADM449 Name of newspaper: Ronald Adrian Daniels November 12, 2017. Claims against the deAfro-American Decedent cedent shall be preWashington Jamison B. Taylor sented to the underLaw Reporter 1218 11th St. NW Buddy EugeneWashington, DC 20001 signed with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed Smallwood Attorney with the Register of Wills Personal NOTICE OF with a copy to the underRepresentative APPOINTMENT, signed, on or before NOTICE TO November 12, 2017, or TRUE TEST COPY CREDITORS be forever barred. PerREGISTER OF WILLS AND NOTICE TO sons believed to be heirs UNKNOWN HEIRS 02/24, 03/3, 03/10/17 KiayannaEDT Lashawn Dan- or legatees of the deTYPESET: Tue May 16 16:20:36 2017 iels, whose address is cedent who do not re3683 Jay St., NE, #203, ceive a copy of this notice Washington, DC 20019 by mail within 25 days of Superior Court of was, appointed personal its first publication shall the District of representative of the so inform the Register of District of Columbia estate of Ronald Adrian Wills, including name, PROBATE DIVISION Daniels , who died on address and relationWashington, D.C. January 8, 2017 with a ship. 20001-2131 will, and will serve with- Date of Publication: Administration No. out Court supervision. All May 12, 2017 2017ADM451 unknown heirs and heirs Name of newspaper: Shirley Dickey whose where-abouts are Afro-American Decedent unknown shall enter their Washington Theola Bethel Esq a p p e a r a n c e i n t h i s Law Reporter 3321 Toledo Terrace, proceeding. Objections Jeri K. Lee Suite 203 May 16 to such appointment (or TYPESET: TuePersonal Hyattsville, MD 20782 Representative to the probate of deAttorney cedent´s will) shall be NOTICE OF TESTCourt COPYof Superior filed with the Register of TRUE APPOINTMENT, REGISTER OF WILLS the District of Wills, D.C., 515 5th NOTICE TO District of Columbia Street, N.W., 3rd Floor CREDITORS 05/12, 05/19,DIVISION 05/26/17 PROBATE Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . Tue D.C. May 16 AND NOTICE TO Washington, 20001, on or before TYPESET: UNKNOWN HEIRS 20001-2131 November 12, 2017. Gloria Warren Carey , Claims against the deAdministration No. whose address is 6563 cedent shall be pre- SUPERIOR COURT OF 2017NRT8 Ronald Rd., Capitol THE DISTRICT F. Walsh OF sented to the under- William Hgths, MD 20743 , were signed with a copy to the Decedent COLUMBIA appointed personal re- Register of Wills or filed PROBATE DIVISION NOTICE OF presentative of the estate with the Register of Wills Washington, D.C. EXISTENCE OF of Shirley Dickey, who with a copy to the under20001-2131 REVOCABLE died on July 30, 2016 signed, on or before Foreign TRUSTNo. with a will, and will serve November 12, 2017, or William2017FEP57 F. Walsh (name of without Court supervi- be forever barred. Per- deceased Datesettlor) of Death whose sion. All unknown heirs sons believed to be heirs address was 318 South September 20, 2016 a n d h e i r s w h o s e or legatees of the de- cRobert a r o l i n aA. aMoore ve. SE, whereabouts are un- cedent who do not re- Washington, Decedent DC 20003 known shall enter their ceive a copy of this notice createdNOTICE a revocable OF trust on July 25, 2015, which appearance in this APPOINTMENT by mail within 25 days of in existence on proceeding. Objections its first publication shall remained OF FOREIGN of his death on to such appointment (or so inform the Register of the date PERSONAL 15, 2017, and Jacto the probate of de- Wills, including name, March REPRESENTATIVE queline Ann cedent´s will) shall be address and relationANDDupree , whose NOTICE addressTO is 318 filed with the Register of ship. South CREDITORS Carolina Ave. SE, Wills, D.C., 515 5th Date of Publication: Washington DC 20003 is Street, N.W., 3rd Floor May 12, 2017 Clarice Y. Minor whose the currently acting Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . address hereinafter is 1501 Lorelei Name of newspaper: trustee, the 20001, on or before Afro-American Dr., FortCommunications Washington, MD Trustee. November 12, 2017 . Washington 20744 was should appointed to the trust be Claims against the de- Law Reporter personal representative mailed or directed to Cathcedent shall be preof theMary estate of Robert A. Kiayanna L. Daniels erine Rafferty, Esq at sented to the under, deceased Personal 4Moore 8 0 1 Yu m a S t . byNthe w, signed with a copy to the O r p h a n ’ s DC C o20016. urt for Representative Washington, Register of Wills or filed Prince Georges County, The Trust is subject to with the Register of Wills TRUE TEST COPY State of the Maryland, on claims deceased with a copy to the under- REGISTER OF WILLS April 22,creditors, 2014, costs of settlor’s signed, on or before Service of process administration of the may setNovember 12, 2017 , or 05/12, 05/19, 05/26/17 tlor’s estate, theJamison expenses be made upon B be forever barred. Perof the deceased Taylor, 1218 11thsettlor’s St. NW, sons believed to be heirs TYPESET: Tue May 16 funeral andEDT disposal of reWashington, DC 20001 16:22:30 2017 or legatees of the demains, and statutory whose designation as cedent who do not reallowances to a surviving District of Columbia spouse and children to the ceive a copy of this notice agent has been filed with Superior Court of extent the deceased setby mail within 25 days of the Register of Wills, the District of tlor’s its first publication shall D.C. residuary probate District of Columbia estate is inadequate to so inform the Register of The decedent owned the PROBATE DIVISION satisfy Wills, including name, f o l l o w i nthose g D i sclaims, trict of Washington, D.C. costs, expenses, and address and relationColombia real prop20001-2131 allowances. ship. erty:652 Oglethorpe St. Administration No. Claims of the deceased Date of Publication: NE, Washington DC 2017ADM448 settlor ’s creditors are May 12, 2017 20011 as against the Ruby Mae Robinson barred Name of newspaper: Claims and against thepropdeDecedent Trustee the trust Afro-American cedent may be preNOTICE OF erty unless presented to Washington sented to the underAPPOINTMENT, the Trustee at the address Law Reporter signed and filed with the NOTICE TO provided herein on or beGloria Warren Carey Register of Wills for the CREDITORS fore November 12, 2017 6 Personal District of Columbia, months after the date515 of AND NOTICE TO Representative 5thfirst street, NW.,of this 3rd the publication UNKNOWN HEIRS Floor,Washington, D.C. An action to conM i c h a e l R o b i n s o n , notice). TRUE TEST COPY 20001 within of6 this months the validity trust whose address is 9625 test REGISTER OF WILLS from the date of first pubmust be commenced by Axehead Ct., Ranearliest (1) notice. March lication of ofthis dallstown, MD 21133 , the 05/12, 05/19,Tue 05/26/17 2017preceding (one year from TYPESET: May 16 16:19:31 EDT 2017 (Strike senwas appointed personal 15, the detenceofif death no realofestate.) representative of the date ceased settler) or (2) estate of Ruby Mae 12, Y. 2017(6 Clarice Minor Superior Court of Robinson , who died on November date of the District of January 30, 2017 without months from thePersonal of this noRepresentative(s) District of Columbia a will, and will serve with- first publication tice) or (3) ninety days TRUE TEST COPY PROBATE DIVISION out Court supervision. All after the Trustee sends OF WILLS Washington, D.C. unknown heirs and heirs theREGISTER person copy of the Date of firstapublication: 20001-2131 whose whereabouts are trust Mayinstrument 12, 2017 and a noAdministration No. unknown shall enter their tice informing the person Name of newspapers 2017ADM462 a p p e a r a n c e i n t h i s of the trust’s existence, and/or periodical: Victoria T. Scott proceeding. Objections the Trustee’s name and The Dailyand the time alDecedent to such appointment address, Washington Samuel C. Hamilton, shall be filed with the lowed for commencing a Law Reporter Esq Register of Wills, D.C., proceeding. The Afro-American 8801 Georgia Ave., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd The Trustee may proceed Suite 608 Floor Washington, D.C. to distribute the trust propS i l v e r S p r i n g , M D 20001, on or before erty in accordance with 05/12, 05/19, 05/26/17 terms of the trust be20910 November 12, 2017. the Attorney Claims against the de- fore the expiration of the NOTICE OF cedent shall be pre- time within which an acAPPOINTMENT, sented to the under- tion must be commenced NOTICE TO signed with a copy to the unless the Trustee knows CREDITORS Register of Wills or filed of a pending judicial AND NOTICE TO with the Register of Wills proceeding contesting the UNKNOWN HEIRS with a copy to the under- validity of the trust or the Thelma D. Satterwhite, signed, on or before Trustee has received nowhose address is 132 ”S” November 12, 2017, or tice from a potential Street, NW, Washington, be forever barred. Per- contestant who thereafter DC 20001 , was apsons believed to be heirs commences a judicial proceeding within sixty pointed personal repre- or legatees of the de- days after notification. sentative of the estate of cedent who do not reVictoria T. Scott, who ceive a copy of this notice d i e d o n D e c e m b e r by mail within 25 days of 31,2016 with a will, and its first publication shall

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2016ADM1273 William P. Holloway Decedent Michael Forster 2007 Vermont Avenue, Nw Washington, DC 20001 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Michael Forster , whose address is 2007 Vermont Ave. NW, was appointed personal representative of the estate of William P. Holloway, who died on October 21, 2001 without a will, and will serve with Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before November 19, 2017 . Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before November 19, 2017, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: May 19, 2017 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Michael Forster Personal Representative

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2017ADM512 Dwellie Shanks Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Margaret Shanks whose address is 4815 Guilford Road, College Park, MD 20740 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Dwellie Shanks , who died on April 1, 2017 witha will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . 20001, on or before November 19, 2017. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before November 19, 2017, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: May 19, 2017 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Margaret Shanks Personal Representative

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2017ADM516 Paulette Faison Zephir Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Jean- Paul Zephr and J e a n - L u q u e Z e p h i r, whose address is 5011 3 r d S t r e e t , N W, Washington, DC 20011, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Paulette Faison Zephir, who died on November 12, 2016 without a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . 20001, on or before November 19, 2017. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before November 19, 2017, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: May 19, 2017 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Jean-Paul Zephir Jean-Luque Zephir Personal Representative

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2017ADM513 Hugh D Brown Decedent Steve Larson-Jackson 1629 K Street, NW, Suite 300 Washington, DC 20006 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Cleoda Brown , whose address is 2000 Monroe St. NE, Washington, DC 20018 , was appointed personal representative of the estate of Hugh D Brown , who died on March 4, 2017 without a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose where-abouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . 20001, on or before November 19, 2017. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before November 19, 2017, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: May 19, 2017 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Cleoda Brown Personal Representative

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2017ADM576 Estate of Anna A Lewis Deceased NOTICE OF STANDARD PROBATE Notice is hereby given that a petition has been filed in this Court by Deborah K Hines, Esq for standard probate, including the appoint-ment of one or more personal representative. Unless a complaint or an objection in accordance with Superior Court Probate Division Rule 407 is filed in this Court within 30 days from the date of first publication of this notice, the Court may take the action hereinafter set forth. 0 Admit to probate the will dated August 10, 2010 exhibited with the petition upon proof satisfactory to the Court of due execution by affidavit of witnesses or Otherwise Register of Wills Clerk of the Probate Division Date of First Publication May 19, 2017 Names of Newspapers: Washington Law Reporter Washington AFRO-AMERICAN Deborah K Hines Esq 2101 L Street NW Suite 800 Washington, DC 20037 Signature of Petitioners/Attorney 05/19 05/26/17

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Urban One Switches Gears to Better Represent Black Community By James Wright Special to the AFRO jwright@afro.com One of the largest Blackowned media companies recently announced its expansion of offerings to the American consumer, with its eye on promoting Black culture. Urban One, formerly known as Radio One, explained its new corporate layout and addition of platforms in a media conference call on May 11. “For starters, this marks

By Bruce Branch Special to the AFRO Thanks to a new law designed to address blighted and abandoned properties and a growing number of house flippers, it may not take long or much to lose your home in Prince George’s County. Foreclosures, in the county, are on the rise again and a legal loophole has allowed some homeowners to be pushed out of their homes in as little as six months through the new foreclosure process. The fast-track provisions for home foreclosures in the county are included in Maryland HB 702/SB 1033, which passed the Maryland General Assembly unanimously, and is on its way to Gov. Hogan’s desk for his signature. During the process, Community Blight Solutions of Cleveland, which helped to push through

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Wanda Durant, NBA-star Kevin Durant’s mom, attended a ribbon cutting ceremony for the Kevin Durant Charity Foundation’s renovated basketball court in Seat Pleasant, Md.

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County Economy Fuels Black Businesses By James Wright Special to the AFRO jwright@afro.com Prince George’s County’s economy is gaining strength from the growth and proliferation of Black-owned businesses, according to the county executive. On May 3, Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker III delivered his 7th Annual “State of Prince George’s County Economy” speech to an estimated 500 business, political, and civic leaders. His remarks were given during a breakfast hosted by the Prince George’s County Economic Development Corporation and the Prince George’s County Business Roundtable at the Colony South Hotel and Convention Center in Clinton, Md. Baker, who is nearing the end of his second and last term in office and is widely expected to run for Governor, said the county’s economy “was strong” and spoke glowingly of the 15,000 new jobs and $12 billion in economic investment that has come to jurisdiction. Baker cited bringing the FBI headquarters to the county; making sure the Purple Line project happens, breaking ground on the new regional medical center in Largo,Md., and jumpstarting the development of “downtown Largo” as goals. Even though he didn’t mention Black businesses specifically, they are a growing economic force in the county. In 2016, Prince George’s County had 28,389 Black-owned firms within its boundaries, the fourth-most of counties in the

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nation, according to a U.S. Census Bureau survey that year. Black entrepreneurs give the county high marks on being open to helping their businesses operate and prosper. Malcolm Carter is a Dominos franchisee that owns four stores in Prince George’s County (Fort Washington, Camp Springs and two locations in Upper Marlboro including the one nearest to the county courthouse) and one in Dunkirk in Calvert County, Md. Carter, who plans to open a store in Oxon Hill, Md. soon, said the county has been helpful to him. “There have been most definitely obstacles and challenges like there would be in any other county,” Carter told the AFRO talking about the bureaucratic hurdles that a business owner must overcome. “However, I admit that across the board, the county government is fair.” However, Carter said, a raise in the minimum wage and Maryland’s new – Joe Haden III paid leave policy are issues that have to be dealt with. “We just have to pass the costs on to the consumer,” he said. Joe Haden Jr. owns Haden Sports & Performance athletic complex in District Heights, Md. Haden, son of star Cleveland Browns defensive back Joe Haden III, agrees with Carter that the county is a good for Black firms. “This place is awesome for Black businesses,” Haden told the AFRO. However, he notes that success won’t come by just being in the county. “Sometimes Black business owners fail to connect to potential customers because of a lack of a marketing plan,” he said. “Black businesses need to spread the word about what we do. I train people to be fit and high school and college

Cathy Hughes, founder and force behind Urban One, and her son plan to run the corporation in a slightly different direction to better promote the Black culture.

“This place is awesome for Black businesses.”

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“We have found that all of this is a massive conspiracy.”

– Patricia Washington

Continued on D2

High School Lacrosse

Cinderella Team: Lions Advance Closer to Finals

By Daniel Kucin Jr. Special to the AFRO Gwynn Park High School goalie Preston Rorick corralled 22 shots against an aggressive Largo High School boys lacrosse team during

a third round 2A/1A match in the Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association playoffs in Brandywine, Md., but it wasn’t enough to tame the Largo Lions as they fell 4-1 on May 15. Gwynn Park took down the Lions

On May 15, the Largo Lions defeated the Gwynn Park Yellowjackets 4-1.

earlier in the season, and their play earned them a first-round seat as the No. 1 seed. “The last time we played them [Gwynn Park] they schooled us because we didn’t know all of the intricacies of the game and lost the Continued on D2 Photo by Daniel Kucin

the culmination of what’s been a two-year journey of development to rename and rebrand our great company, but most importantly, it marks a really pivotal point in our company’s 36-year history,” Yashima White AziLove, vice president of corporate communications for Urban One said. “We are proclaiming, but really we have been for some time quite frankly, that our corporate name never quite exemplified, and that is what we are, the largest African-American owned multimedia company in the country. We opted to officially change our name on May 5 because it was symbolic for us.” May 5 marked the 18th Continued on D2

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Officer Indicted for Misconduct A police officer in Prince George’s County, which is outside Washington D.C., was recently indicted by a grand jury on multiple charges. Prince George’s County State Attorney spokesman John Erzen tells local media that Cpl. Adrian Crudup, a resident of Hyattsville, Md., was indicted May 11 on charges of witness intimidation, accessory after the fact and misconduct in office after authorities accused him of interfering with a criminal investigation. Prosecutors say Crudup has been suspended without pay during the on-going investigation that began in May of 2025. He has been an officer for nine years and was assigned to the Bureau of Investigation. Erzen says he couldn’t specify what type of criminal investigation Crudup is accused of interfering with. Crudup’s arraignment is scheduled for June 9. It’s unclear if Crudup has an attorney.

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Urban One Continued from D1

anniversary of Radio One’s IPO, the offering of company shares to Wall Street and outside investors. Urban One started in 1980 when Cathy Hughes, a former Howard University School of Communications lecturer and general manager of WHUR, purchased a radio station, WOL-AM on H Street, N.E. in the District of Columbia. For many years, Hughes and her son, Alfred Liggins III, worked intensely to create a profitable venture, with Hughes hosting a popular radio talk show that regularly had local, national, and international figures as guests. In 1999, Hughes became the first Black woman to chair a publicly-held corporation when she took Radio One public. In 2004, TV One was launched by Hughes and Liggins and their ventures began to grow with its radio division in 57 markets and 22 million listeners and the television segment with 59 million households, presently. The new platforms are R1 Digital that works with digital strategy for radio; iOne Digital Interactive One that seeks to become the largest digital distributor of urban Black content; BHM (Bossip, Hip-Hop Wired and Madame Noire) Digital that will offer entertaining content; One Solution that offers media, client service, and branded contest products and services to customers such as Walmart, Coca-Cola, and McDonald’s, and a financial services unit that created a partnership with MGM at National Harbor and offers a non-banking financial card.

AziLove made it clear that while Urban One is expanding, it will not forget its core customer base. “Mr. Liggins often says we’re in the Black people business, and we believe that Black culture is sexy, it’s hot, it’s appealing, and we know that Black culture impacts every area of American life,” she said.

Dr. Ben Chavis, president and CEO of the National Newspaper Publisher Association (NNPA) said he supports Urban One’s plans. “You can be rest assured that our 211 African-American-owned newspapers across the United States are going to support Urban One as you’re going forward,” Chavis said on the conference call. “We’re going to help you achieve all the market penetration that you desire.”

Some Black media professionals have concerns about Urban One’s direction. Jason J. Clark, the host of a nightly weekday show, “The Heat” on SiriusXM Radio, told the AFRO that Urban One’s plan “sounds like consolidation.” “It seems that they are putting all of their services and operations under one umbrella,” Clark said. “That would seem to take away from local programming even though all of their services would have the same type of branding. I will keep an eye on their developments.” Clark admitted that Urban One is the “biggest dog in the fight” when it comes to Black media. Nevertheless, he voiced concerns about the small number of Black voices in America’s media spectrum and the state of Black ownership. “We as Blacks are still under-represented when it comes to the media ownership and in the media field,” he said. Malcolm Beech, past president of the National Business League, said he likes what Urban One is doing. Beech said he understands Clark’s underlying concerns, Blacks don’t have the financial wherewithal to be more competitive in the mainstream market but doesn’t fault Hughes or Liggins for that. “It is my understanding that even though they are expanding, Cathy Hughes and her son are still in control of the company,” Beech told the AFRO. “You have to find capital to build a company and they have found a way to do that without selling out. Capital is required to grow a company and the future is digital.”

investors are using the law to move people out of their homes quickly and in some cases illegally. HB 702/SB 1033 is supposed to offer significant protections for homeowners including: requiring secured parties to serve a petition for expedited foreclosure on the mortgagor and post a notice on the property and allowing the owner of the property to challenge any finding that the property is vacant and abandoned. The bill authorizes a secured party to expedite the foreclosure process provided the party can demonstrate to a court that the property is vacant and abandoned by satisfying at least three of eleven specific criteria listed in HB 702/SB 1033 (e.g., utilities disconnected, windows and entrances boarded up). To date those protections have been few and far between in Prince George’s County where there are a

before a foreclosure sale -– and then turn around and sell the houses at a significant profit. Integrity Professional Contracting, located in the county, purchased a four bedroom, four bathroom house located at 7800 Suiter Way, in Landover, for $73,000. The Washington Post’s real estate report listed Mark H. and Gerard W. Wittstadt as the sellers. However, Maryland public records show that the actual homeowner was Olusegun A. Bright. Bright bought the house in 2005 for $215,000. Forced into foreclosure after the collapse of the real estate market, he sold at enormous loss. The Wittstadts were what is known as substitute trustees. In Maryland, these companies help push along the process of foreclosure. When a homeowner falls behind on mortgage payments, the bank holding

“…we believe that Black culture is sexy, it’s hot, it’s appealing, and we know that Black culture impacts every area of American life.” –Yashima White AziLove

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a similar law in Ohio, say they worked with consumer advocates, local governments, banks, and mortgage brokers to adopt amendments that improved the bill while maintaining its intent to expedite the foreclosure process.

in an effort to get them back on the tax rolls as soon as possible. “Blight caused by vacant properties is a serious problem in certain Maryland communities,” said House bill sponsor Maryland State Del. Marvin Holmes (D-District

“Blight caused by vacant properties is a serious problem in certain Maryland communities.” –Md. State Del. Marvin Holmes The original intent of the law was to help communities eliminate blight caused by vacant properties, but instead it may become a launching pad for private investors (house flippers) and mortgage companies to push people out of their homes quicker. This new law will significantly expedite the foreclosure process for vacant properties

23b). “The longer properties remain vacant – the greater the chance problems will occur, including vandalism, crime, and lower property values.” While that may be true in several communities because banks rarely re-deed a property after foreclosing on it to save money, a growing number of savvy real estate

growing number of foreclosed homeowners who claim their homes were taken without due process and without the proper standing or original signatures from court officials. For instance the County Clerk allows a stamped signature to move a foreclosure forward. “We have found that all of this is a massive conspiracy,” Patricia Washington, who leads the Justice for Homeowners Movement in the County, told the AFRO. She held several rallies at the Courthouse protesting foreclosures. “I had one Judge to tell me to stop. It’s criminal what this county is allowing to happen to homeowners who get behind on their mortgages.” In an effort to reduce foreclosure backlogs –- which is not the same as reducing foreclosures -– private real estate investors with capital and connections can snap up a bunch of houses –- sometimes

the mortgage note can contract with a foreclosure firm -- which acts as substitute trustees, standing in for the lender -– rather than dealing directly with the homeowner. Sometimes this arrangement works out well for the bank, which has fewer upset borrowers to deal with and fewer individual cases to decide justly on the merits. Integrity Professional Contracting sold the 7800 Suiter Way property on October 10, 2013, for $193,000. “You have to know somebody to get those deals,” a mortgage broker, who didn’t want to be identified, told the AFRO. “You just can’t walk up to the county steps and think you are going to buy a foreclosed property. By the time the sale happens the deal is done. A lot of times, and I can’t prove this, they don’t make it out of the County Clerk’s Office. The cream is taken off the top.”

Lacrosse

Continued from D1 match 7-3, so we have learned a lot from that and haven’t lost since then,” said Largo Head Coach Raymon Crawford. The Yellowjackets dismantled Frederick Douglass High School 15-1 in the second round and appeared to be the favorite, but Largo was up for the challenge after they took down Surrattsville High School 10-5 and Central High school by the score of 8-2 leading up to a clash of two storied Prince George’s County athletic programs. Largo senior attacker Collins Nwadike forced the issue early on by scoring the first goal of the contest after he scooped up a loose ball that deflected off of Rorick’s stick and then Nwadike fired it home to go up by one late in the first quarter. “He [Nwadike] has been doing it all year,” said Crawford. “He is our Kobe Bryant. Nwadike wasn’t finished though as he rifled a shot off of the

crossbar that funneled into the net to go up by two with only two minutes remaining in the first quarter. “It definitely gave us a lot of momentum,” said Nwadike about his two back-to-back goals to start off the first half. “They [Gwynn Park] bullied us the last time we played them, but I believe we had the mental endurance the rest of the game to just keep doing what we do to get what we wanted.” Both teams battled and fought for position throughout the duration of the match. Gwynn Park finally got on the scoreboard when Edson Moreira slung a laser past the goalkeeper in the slot to split the difference 2-1. Largo hunkered down and played solid defense to pressure Gwynn Park into taking ineffective shots from long range. Gwynn Park did not register a goal again for the remainder of the game. Largo netminder Seyi Abolade wasn’t tested much for most of the match, but he shined when the ball flew in his direction. “I think we did pretty good and we came out focused,” said

Abolade who finished the game with nine saves. “The win feels good. It is our first year playing, but we came out here today, played hard and had fun.” Largo found its rhythm offensively and scored two unopposed goals before the end of the first half. However, Gwynn Park struggled to connect on passes or cradling the ball, and as every second drained off of the clock, the sense of defeat started to come to fruition. Despite having an impressive season, Gwynn Park amassed ten wins and will look to build off a solid year. Largo played against South Carroll High School on May 16. The final score was not posted by press time. “They are wonderful kids, and they come from all different avenues, and this is their first year, so it is all uncharted territory,” said Crawford about his team with a big smile that stretched across his face. “We have heart, and we keep fighting. I ask for effort, and they always give it to me.”

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athletes to go to the next level in their sport. We try to spread the word about fitness and faith. We know we can do it and so can others because this is the richest Black county in the country and the money is there to be made.” Courtesy photo David Harrington, president David Harrington, and CEO of the Prince George’s County Chamber of president and CEO of the Commerce told the AFRO that Prince George’s County Chamber of Commerce, Carter and Haden have the said the organization is right choice to set up shop in the county and his organization there to support Black businesses that move to is there to help by offering the county. resources to help support businesses. “Despite the federal budget being reduced because many of our Black businesses depend on the federal government, Prince George’s County Black businesses are doing well,” he said.

“We have in the plans for six billion dollars in development for the next 10 years and Black businesses will have a chance to compete and work on those projects. “We offer Black businesses materials and support to be successful in the county as well as networking events with professionals and firms in the financing and consulting areas and we are an advocate for all businesses in the county.” Nevertheless, there are challenges for Black businesses in the county. “Things are good but they can be better,” former Prince George’s Chamber of Commerce head James Dula told the AFRO. “We need more Black businesses getting more contracts from [government agencies].” Dula said that Baker’s signature community program, the Transforming Neighborhoods Initiative (TNI) which focuses on developing inner-Beltway, unincorporated, predominantly minority communities such as Suitland, Langely Park, Silver Hill and Forestville does little for Black businesses. “Those businesses moving into TNI areas will get a tax break of 2540 percent and those operations tend to be large,” He said. “I question why the small, minority businesses in those areas aren’t a part of the tax break.”

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Patrick Bingham, Lt. Gen. Gwendolyn Bingham; Pamela Jenkins; Edgar Brookins, general manager D.C. Afro American Newspapers; Col.(Ret.) Dorene Hurt and Maj. Gen.(Ret.) George Alexander

Maj. Gen. Christopher Hughes, commanding general, ROTC Cadet Command, ROCK of the Year recipient; Cadet Diamond McCray; Jackson State University Cadet Kelli Puckett, recipient of the Lt. Gen. Edward Honor Leadership Award; Lt. Col. Dexter Brookins, chair, Department of Military Science, Jackson State Photos by University; and Col. Gavin Lawrence, ROCK of the Rob Roberts Year recipient

The D.C. chapter of The ROCKS and its national board hosted its 43rd Annual Spring and Awards Ceremony on April 22 at the Fort Belvoir Officers Club in Virginia. The gala was themed, “Mentoring … Still an Army Readiness Enabler.” Guests were welcomed by Brig. Gen.(Ret.) Earl Simms, chairman, National Board of The ROCKS. Distinguished guests included Gens. Lloyd Austin(4-stars), Johnnie Wilson(4-stars), Dennis Via(4-stars), Larry Ellis(4-stars), Julius Becton(3-stars), Arthur Gregg(3-stars), Gwen Bingham(3-stars), Brig. Gen. Gary Brito and Maj. Gen. Leslie Smith Byron Bagby (2-stars), Reuben Jones(2stars), George Alexander(2-stars), Leslie Howard University ROTC Smith(2-stars), Clara Adams-Ender(1star), William Walker (1-star), Gary Brito (1-star) and B. Lynn Owens (1-star). Honorees included Gen. Mark Milley (4-stars), Maj. Gen. Gen.(Ret.) Dennis Via, Gen.(Ret.) Lloyd J. Austin, lll, Lt. Gen.(Ret.) Arthur Shartene Alexi Cook, Lt. Col. Myles Christopher Hughes Gregg, Lt. Gen.(Ret.) Julius Becton, Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Clara L. AdamsCaggins and Debra Thedford Ender, Gen. Mark Milley, Gen.(Ret.) Johnnie Wilson, Gen.(Ret.) Larry Ellis and Col. Gavin and Lt. Gen.(Ret.) William “Kip’ Ward Lawrence.

Maj. Gen. Christopher Hughes surrounded by Delta Sigma Theta Sorority members

Col.(Ret.) and Mrs. George(standing), Col.(Ret.) and Mrs. Osborne(seated-center) with guests

Scholarship recipients: Cadet Diamond McCray, VMI cadet Holly Njabo, Cadet Lenox Poyner and Cadet Robin WilliamsBoodhoo

Linda Wharton-Boyd speaks about the art of networking BPRS-D.C. Executive Board members with guest presenters

Ashley Simms and Andrea Mosley, from FleishmanHillard Denise Rolark-Barnes, Russell Price, Maureen Bunyan and Theresa Royal

The D.C. chapter of the National Black Public Relations Society (BPRS) held its 2nd Annual Executive Meet and Greet on April 20. FleishmanHillard served as the official host for the event at their D.C. headquarters. The focus of the evening’s program was addressing the Art of Networking by several communications professionals, including journalist Maureen Bunyan; Linda Wharton-Boyd, CEO, The Wharton Group; Denise Rolark-Barnes, publisher, Washington Informer; Craig Muckle, manager of public policy, Archdiocese of Washington and Jeffrey Ballou, president, National Press Club.

Alexis Adams, Craig Muckle and Alicia Adams

Lon Walls and Jeffrey Ballou, president, National Press Club

Shamia Holloway; Maureen Bunyan; Edgar Brookins, general manager, D.C. AFRO; Faye Hyslop and Antonice Jackson, chapter president

Diana Butts and Coach Butch McAdams, WOL AM Radio personality

Ciara Brooks and Barbara Holt Streeter, members of the executive board, BPRS-D.C.

Photos by Rob Roberts

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