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Rep. Elijah Cummings recently returned to Capitol Hill after undergoing a heart procedure three months ago.

Rep. Elijah Cummings (DMd.), after being away from Capitol Hill for 103 days, says that he is not only ready to return to Congress after undergoing a heart procedure, but he is also going to run for another term. “I will be filing to run for re-election,” he told the AFRO. “What happened to me has renewed my passion. Continued on A3

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workers. He said word reached them that a plane had crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center. “A group of us was sitting in my boss’s office watching the monitor,” Cooper, now 62, told the AFRO. “Everybody was looking at it…we saw the second plane hit. And [we] began to wonder if the U. S. was under attack.” What they didn’t know was that another hijacked plane was heading their way. Continued on A3

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Representatives of the Congressional Black caucus overseeing the federal budget and the process of legislating it said the Congressional Black Caucus’ spending plan is more humane and fiscally sound in the long term than the GOP or Trump proposals. On Sept. 7, Rep. Bobby Scott (D-Va.) convened a roundtable of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Task Force on Budget, Appropriations and Taxation. Scott, co-chair of the task force with Rep. Danny Davis (D-Ill.), said the CBC’s Continued on A4

On Sept. 13 Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) introduced a bill to provide Medicare to every American, not just seniors, that garnered co-sponsors from many Democrats who are expected to contend in the next presidential election. The original Medicare bill, which took effect in 1964, was instrumental in phasing out segregation in many hospitals in the wake of the Civil Rights Act.

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Medicare to sway hospitals to desegregate Continued on A2 March 19, 1964 WASHINGTON—The U.S. Public Health Service is planning to use the Medicare bill that goes into effect July 1as a large factor in swaying those hospitals that have continued to discriminate because they have not been compelled to comply with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 since they have not been receiving direct assistance from the federal government. Surgeon General William H. Stewart said virtually all hospitals in the nation would Continued on A3

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Survived Continued from A1 Cooper had just walked back to his desk when that third jet, loaded with 125 passengers, barreled into the Pentagon. It was 9:40 a.m. “I just literally had just put my hand on the keyboard…and that’s when everything happened,” he said. “The plane came in where I was sitting watching the monitor. “The first thing you heard was the building; [then] you felt the building shake and the lights and everything flashing on and off. The next thing was the fire…smoke...I could see the fire stuff come into the room, and the air pressure…it just got hot instantly. The force of the wind blew me backwards; it just literally obliterated the office,” Cooper said. He said thick black smoke churned through the corridors, wires dangled from the ceilings and large chunks of debris blocked passageways. urvivors in that section of the building scrambled to get out and Cooper was among them. “I can remember climbing, [and] this little voice whispered, which I believed was the Lord, telling me to turn around start climbing and head towards the door. As I climbed and got over things I could see daylight in the haze and made my way out through that.”

Cooper said that after he got out of the office, he ran into two co-workers who also managed to get out of the office. But instead of running out of the building, they decided to go back in the office area to help others. “We figured there were people still in there. We tried, but it was just too much smoke and it was too hot to get back in there,” he said. Even so, the trio tried two more times to get back in the office area. Once outside, Cooper said he saw dozens of people scrambling. He said he saw the gaping hole in the building. It was then that he realized an airplane crashed into the building. With his clothing was torn and his face covered with soot, paramedics moved in and took him to a holding area until they could get him to a hospital. He said he remembers seeing his supervisor whisked by on a stretcher. Cooper was eventually taken with others to an urgent care center in Pentagon City. “The medical personnel were ready when we got there,” he said.

Cooper, who grew up in Arlington, Va., was able to make the walk to his parent’s house. He says he was surprised to see his mom sitting on the stoop waiting as if she knew he was on his way. “I just said, mama, I’m alright, I’m alright.

“When I reflect back, the ones who were sitting in that room with me, it was like a line was drawn down the office. If you were on the side I was on, you survived. If you were on the other side, you didn’t make it.” – Aaron Cooper I may look a little raggedy here, but I’m fine,” he told his mother as she hugged him. “I got in the house and my father is sitting there, [he] was a World War II Marine. I had never seen my father like that, never, and very seldom had I seen my mother emotional,

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but they both were, so I just said, I’m fine, I’m here everything is alright,” Cooper said. He said they just sat down together for a while in the quiet of the house. Later that night, Cooper’s brother drove him back to his home in Upper Marlboro, Md. “Of course my wife is there and two children. We just hugged as a family, and were happy that I was there,” he said. A week after 9/11, Cooper was back at the Pentagon to attend a meeting. He said he was determined not to let fear keep him away. “I don’t know that you could ever say that things got back to normal, because when you go through a traumatic experience, to me, it’s not like you can say, okay that’s old, it’s done. You just say this is something I got to live with and then you develop coping mechanisms to live with it,” he said. Of the 125 people who were killed on the ground at the Pentagon, seven of them worked directly with Cooper. “When I reflect back, the ones who were sitting in that room with me, it was like a line was drawn down the office. If you were on the side I was on, you survived. If you were on the other side, you didn’t make it,” he said.

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Continued from A1 It is important that we have people in government who can fight for people who have no voice. I want to make a difference and I can’t do [that] had I not come back.” Cummings left Congress to have a Trans Arterial Aortic Valve Replacement to correct narrowing of the aortic valve on May 24. He returned to his position on Sept. 12. When Cumming entered John Hopkins University Hospital he thought he would

out all of his congressional duties. “When bad things happen people [wonder] why did it happen to me, but they should say why did it happen for me,” Cummings told the AFRO. “God gave me an inside view to people and their need for medical care. My mother had a stroke 19 months ago and this gives me an opportunity to [understand] what [she] is going through.” Cummings said he will work

“God gave me an inside view to people and their need for medical care.”

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undergo a minor surgical procedure and be discharged within three days. But, Cummings said, following his procedure he got an infection that resulted in him being hospitalized for more than three months and recovering at home for two more months. Cummings spent 60 days in the hospital and 43 more days recovering, and after all that he said he is still going to fight for his constituents. According to a spokesperson from his office, Cummings will follow his doctor’s advice in regards to his work schedule, but plans to carry

with members of Congress to make prescription drugs affordable. In addition to experiencing what it’s like to be a patient, Cummings said that his experience enabled him to gain a new appreciation for healthcare workers. “I got an up close view and a new respect for caregivers,” Cummings said. “I wouldn’t wish what I went through on anybody, but I come back stronger and more passionate about what I do.” Cummings thanked his wife, Maya Rockeymoore, who he said played a critical

role as a care provider, and while there is talk that she plans to run for governor he said: “She has not made a decision, but if she does I will support her 100 percent.” He declined to speculate on how the couple would work if husband and wife held to influential political offices in the state. In July Rockeymoore told the AFRO, “I want the voters to read my resume and learn more about my work. I have years of experience of advocacy on issues that affect people’s lives and I will be able to run this state based on the work I have done. My record is comparable to any candidate in the race and I will be happy to talk to any group about my plans for Maryland.” Cummings said that the recent historically large storms are proof that global warming is making a big impact on the environment and now is the time for the Republicans to acknowledge that fact. “I am hoping that the Republicans and their friends wake up and admit what 99.9 percent of the scientists are saying ‘That what is going on has a lot to do with global warming,’” he said. Cummings, who serves on the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, said

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that he took note on Trump communicating a greater willingness to work with House Democrats. He said that maybe Trump is coming to a new reality. “If the President wants to get anything done he needs to work with us,” Cummings said. “He can’t depend on the Republicans because they don’t want to work with Democrats. People sent us to Washington to get something done and if the President is for uplifting our country then I want to work with him.”

Continued from A1 issues. More than 9,000 people are expected to attend 70 public policy forums. Several forums, including “Real Talk: Defining The Conscious Man Committed To Serve” on Sept. 20 and “President Obama’s Legacy on Fatherhood, Men & Boys presented with Omega Psi Phi Fraternity,” featuring Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.) on Sept. 21 will also be held. The panel will focus on elevating the call-to-action to those conscious men committed to impacting communities across the globe. Major events at the conference will include a National Town Hall on Sept. 21, featuring Rep. Marc Veasey (D-Texas), Tamika Mallory, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) and Vanita Gupta, president and CEO, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and the annual Phoenix Awards Dinner on Sept. 23. For more information, visit cbcfinc.org/alc.

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Hurricane Irma Exposes Racial Tensions on Smashed St. Martin By The Associated Press In the chaotic days after Hurricane Irma smashed St. Martin, the storm also exposed simmering racial tensions on the island’s French territory, with some Black and mixedrace residents complaining that White tourists were given priority during the evacuation. It was the type of anger that has long plagued France’s far-flung former colonies — especially its Caribbean territories, where most of the population identifies as Black and is poorer than the White minority. Johana Soudiagom was disturbed to find herself among a tiny handful of non-Whites evacuated by boat to nearby Guadeloupe after

Irma devastated the island. “It’s selective. Excuse me, but we saw only mainlanders,” she told Guadeloupe 1ere television, visibly shaken. “That’s a way of saying, ‘I’m sorry, only Whites. There are only Whites on the boat.’” It’s common practice for tourists to be evacuated first from disaster zones for practical reasons, as they are staying in hotels and not in their homes and tend to have fewer resources such as food and vehicles. The French prime minister insisted Sept. 11 that the only people being prioritized were the most vulnerable. Government spokesman Christophe Castaner said he understood islanders’

Budget Continued from A1 budget proposal is more critical than ever. “The CBC budget is fiscally sound and morally responsible,” Scott said. “Our proposal will reduce the deficit by a trillion dollar over the years while the Republicans want to give tax breaks to the wealthy.” In addition to Scott, Reps. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas) and Yvette Clarke (D-N.Y.) were also at the roundtable. The CBC released its first budget proposal in 1981, the first year of the Reagan administration, when the president introduced a budget that drastically cut or eliminated social service programs while increasing the military budget. Since that time, the CBC has introduced its version of the federal budget as a guiding document for Democratic presidential

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U.S. Rep. Robert Scott is the CBC’s leader on the budget. administrations and as an opposition document when Republicans are in the White House. A CBC budget has never been adopted by either party although many items, such as increased funding for HBCUs, often are included in the final budget when Democrats control the White House.

The CBC’s fiscal year 2018 budget, which was initially released in March, provides increased funds for HBCUs, health care insurance expansion, antipoverty programs, primary and secondary public school support, job training initiatives and programs such as Social Security, Medicaid

frustration with the government response but blamed part of the controversy on their “emotional shock, an impact that’s extremely hard psychologically.” Soudiagom and other witnesses told Guadeloupe 1ere that the boat they took Friday carried tourists, including Americans, to safety but left many St. Martin residents behind, including needy mothers and children. On Monday, France’s Representative Council of Black Associations asked the government for a parliamentary inquiry, citing concerns that those who were evacuated were not “necessarily the most in distress.” “In my eyes, Irma is for the French Antilles what Hurricane Katrina was for Louisiana in and Medicare. The CBC recently added a $200 billion supplement for the victims of Hurricane Harvey and $1 trillion for the country’s infrastructure. The CBC budget will be paid for by eliminating loopholes and imposing equitable taxes on wealthy individuals and large corporations. Those priorities are why the NAACP has always supported the CBC budget, Hilary Shelton, the director of the Washington bureau of the NAACP and the senior vice president for advocacy and policy, said. “The federal budget reflects the country’s values,” Shelton said. “The budget that the CBC presents represents a nation that we all aspire to live in.” Shelton said Blacks and other people of color are still recovering from the Great Recession of the late 2000s. He noted that Blacks were more adversely affected losing billions in

the U.S. — an exposer of racial and social inequalities,” the group’s spokesman, LouisGeorges Tin, told The Associated Press. The terror of facing down a Category 5 hurricane has combined with a long-held sense of isolation among local residents of St. Martin, some 6,700 kilometers (4,200 miles) from the French mainland and popular with European tourists. “The natural catastrophe occurred in a place that’s very vulnerable socially, where there is a population of many different skin colors and a history of slavery,” said Michel Giraud, a French researcher who writes on race. “Of course there will be a perception of racism.”

assets mainly from home foreclosures and the financial hits that pensions and 401ks took. Shelton said that the CBC budget funds Social Security, SNAP (food stamps) and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families while the GOP and Trump budgets cut or decrease funding for those programs. Janelle Jones, an economic analyst for the Economic Policy Institute, said the Trump budget’s cuts in Pell grants were “ridiculous” and bemoaned the lack of funding for the U.S. Department of Labor. “The cuts in the Labor Department are disastrous for Black workers,” she said. “Black workers need job training and youth programs. Young Black workers are the ones that are hurt when these programs are cut.” Algernon Austin is a scholar with Demos, a progressive public policy think-tank based in New York City. Austin said the CBC’s

budget would aid Blacks who are under or un-employed. “While the country’s unemployment rate is 4.4 percent, in many places, [for Blacks] it is double that of Whites,” Austin said. Blacks have the lowest employment rate of any of the major racialethnic groups. The Black unemployment rate is higher today than in 2000 and then you had 500,000 more Blacks working than now.” Austin notes that the CBC budget should be implemented because it calls for racial equity in future infrastructure and investments; improving public transit infrastructure, noting that people of color are heavy users of it; and school infrastructure, saying that modernized buildings held reduce achievements gaps. Scott said if Republicans bring their budget resolution to the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, the CBC will offer its budget as an amendment to it.

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Americans Want to Work – and Be Treated Fairly Each year, as our nation celebrates Labor Day, I spend a few moments recalling my own family’s journey from the fields of South Carolina to Baltimore and our nation’s middle class. In these reflections, I give most of the credit to the vision and hard work of my parents – but I also acknowledge my own personal debt to the men and women who organize Congressman America’s workers into Elijah Cummings unions of labor and give all of us a better chance in life. This sense of gratitude is why, when my children were young, I taught them about Asa Phillip Randolph of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters — and how organized labor was an essential force in the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s. Because Randolph had convinced President Roosevelt to integrate our nation’s defense industries, my father was able to gain a job (and a union card) at Davison Chemical when he brought my mother to Baltimore in the mid-1940s. Dad’s wages went up from less than a dollar a day in the fields of South Carolina to a dollar per hour, plus overtime pay – and his union provided our family with the health care plan that kept us healthy and strong and helped my parents buy our home. In years past, I also recalled for my children that, when I was only 12 years old, Mr. Randolph, Dr. King, and a broad alliance of other civil rights, labor and faith leaders

organized the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. They were acutely aware that economic rights and civil rights are inextricably connected – and so was my family. Dad’s union and his own hard work were the driving forces that transformed our lives — as they have for tens of millions of other American families – and I remain convinced that they can do so again today. Today, at another moment in our nation’s history when Americans are taking to our streets in protest, we must never forget the interconnection between workers’ rights and our civil rights. I would be the last person to discount the injustice of the racial disparities that continue to afflict our society, and I will struggle for racial justice in America until the end of my days. Yet, more than half a century after Dr. King’s “I have a Dream” speech, the struggle of working families for jobs and freedom continues for millions of our countrymen and women of every racial background. In this continuing struggle for better jobs that pay a living wage and offer health care and pension benefits, union members remain among our most dedicated foot soldiers –

and their economic contributions to the lives of Americans of Color is clear. Compared to their non-union counterparts today, union workers’ wages are 27 percent higher. For African American working families, this union difference translates into an additional $200 each week. Congressman Elijah Cummings represents Maryland’s 7th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives.

How the Energy Sector Can Benefit African Americans America’s energy sector is transforming as a result of investments in smart energy grids, increased use of renewables and rising oil and gas generation. The changes taking place within this area of the economy are important to all Americans, both as consumers and as part of the workforce. After all, all of us use energy. And we all care about the environment in which we live and raise our families. Beyond that, the energy sector is projected to have nearly 1.9 million job opportunities available through 2035, many of which are high paying positions that cannot be outsourced. As an organization focused on enabling African Americans and other underserved urban residents to secure economic self-reliance, parity, power and civil rights, the National Urban League (NUL) recognizes this transformation as a critical moment in time. Today, African Americans have a unique opportunity to grab hold of and participate in the energy industry as consumers, entrepreneurs, senior corporate leaders and employees. It is also the right time to ensure the benefits wrought by this change do not create energy “haves”

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and “have-nots,” but are realized equally throughout our society. To work toward both of these objectives, The National Urban League, along with various Urban Solutions Council partners, has undertaken an effort to identify economic opportunities for African Americans pertaining to the energy industry. As part of this effort, I wrote a report titled 21st Century Innovations In Energy: An Equity Framework, which concludes that as the energy industry revolutionizes, the employment and economic opportunities for African Americans and other minorities could be immense. That said, realizing them will require the right training and preparation. The report further identifies that key emphasis should be placed on raising awareness of and developing the skills that will enable African Americans to participate and thrive in the energy sector such as: science, engineering, math, technology, entrepreneurship, technical training and consumer advocacy. The report concludes by launching NUL’s Energy Plan, which provides a framework for building both dialogue and partnerships with the various aspects of the energy industry on this critical issue of importance to the NUL, its mission and

its constituency. We cannot ignore the fact that good jobs will be available in all segments of the energy sector, nor the role the energy industry can play as a conduit to achieving our mission of enabling African Americans and other underserved urban residents to secure economic self-reliance, parity, power and civil rights. We are convinced that —through proper education, engagement and advocacy— African Americans can take advantage of this important changes in the energy industry. We have the power to ensure that the future of the industry is diverse in both its workforce and its downstream ecosystem, and that the benefits to be derived as a result of innovation and investment in the energy industry are shared by all. Donald Cravins Jr. serves as the National Urban League’s Senior Vice President for Policy and Executive Director of the Washington Bureau. Cravins leads the development of the National Urban League’s policy, research and advocacy agenda, while expending the organization’s impact and influence inside the Capital Beltway.

Changing the Mental Illness Dialogue in Black Communities Mental illness can be confusing and we don’t understand all the factors that contribute to it. The effects are too pervasive to be ignored, but denial of the problem is the prescription in many of the Black neighborhoods of Baltimore. There is a resounding cry across the country to address disparities in health care administration and legislation, particularly on college campuses. Those cries are not being heard in our streets, where schizophrenia often reveals itself as a propensity towards violence, depression translates as laziness and trauma is acknowledged merely as a right of passage into an ever-nefarious cycle of denial. For the 24 percent of Black Baltimoreans living beneath the poverty line, the need to take care of themselves is frightfully superseded by the need to simply survive. The issue of racial identity is central to many of our people’s health and how we seek and receive medical treatment. The paths that we walk are dramatically different from our White counterparts because feelings of inadequacy, self-loathing and fear are not only commonplace among us, but sewn into our identities by centuries of oppression and systemic discrimination. Black people are fighters, and the ability to survive despite the direst circumstances and the most profane abuse is all too often the only birthright we know to claim.

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Avoiding the countless addicts, homeless people and delinquent members of our population does not make them go away. National research studies show that these behaviors are the manifestations of psychological issues such as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), bipolar disorder and depression. There are several reasons why these diseases occur, but the enormous economic disparity along racial barriers in Baltimore is a large contributing factor that is often underestimated when diagnosing its Black residents. Another factor is that although health care professionals have often misdiagnosed, oversimplified, exploited or ignored our mental health issues, the concept of mental health is neglected and discouraged nationwide. Even in White communities, the stigma attached to mental illness shrouds any real progress towards diagnosing and treating it. It is often associated with weakness, with the failure to persevere and survive our struggle. Survival has always been our prerogative, and the inability to do so is often met in society at large with hostility rather than understanding or working solutions. The ability to do simple, everyday things is the goal when prison culture drenches crimeravaged neighborhoods. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 10 percent of African Americans are more likely to report having serious psychological issues, but are 70 percent less likely to commit suicide than non-

Hispanic Whites. We are conditioned to suffer, but not to use suicide as an escape mechanism. Black people have often used religion and education to scale an otherwise impenetrable race wall, and have relied on spirituality rather than medical professionals to cure us. A deep distrust of doctors is passed down through generations that boast horror stories of exploitation, such as the infamous Henrietta Lacks case and the Tuskegee syphilis study. These instances are rarer now, but the fear of being taken advantage of remains. Resources are available. Maryland boasts a higher doctor to patient ratio than the national average. Organizations like The Simon Life and Wellness Center and All Walks of Life, among others, cater to Baltimore’s underserved populations. Inpatient and outpatient programs that accept Medicaid are available at Johns Hopkins Hospital and the University of Maryland Medical Center. Baltimore Crisis Response Hotline can be reached at 410-433-5175. The only ways that these resources can be used are if the dialogue about our mental health changes. No longer can it be swept under the rug and chalked up to flaws in character. The mind controls every part of a person, and we must accept that keeping it healthy is tantamount to our success. Jessica Land is an intern in the Baltimore office of the AFRO American Newspaper.

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WASHINGTON-AREA

Howard U Jumps To No. 110 in College Rankings

Vernon’s Closet Sponsors Clothes Giveaway in Ward 8

By Lenore T. Adkins Special to the AFRO Howard University shot up 14 spots in U.S. News and World Report’s latest rankings for best national universities. It is now ranked as the 110th best university in the United States. That puts it in a fiveway tie with the University of Alabama, the University of the Pacific, the University of San Francisco and the University of Utah. In a statement, Howard University President Wayne A.I. Frederick attributed the surge to recruiting the best students and faculty, raising compensation to retain the best faculty, improving technology to help students stay on track for graduation, and leveraging institutional resources for financial aid to needy students.

D.C. Mayor, School Chancellor Tout New Strategic Plan

By James Wright Special to the AFRO jwright@afro.com D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and D.C. Schools Chancellor Antwan Wilson recently released a strategic plan for the next five years for the District of Columbia’s public school system that aims to double the number of students who are college ready, increase reading levels and increase the number of students who graduate within four years among other things. On Sept. 9, the District’s

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Vernon Davis and volunteers gave clothes to D.C. youth at the Covenant House in D.C. on Sept. 8. By James Wright Special to the AFRO jwright@afro.com

“We continue to focus on providing an excellent education for very deserving students,” Frederick said in a statement. “These rankings are one marker of success and come as the result of several new initiatives.” Continued on B2

Vernon Davis, a Washington D.C. native who currently plays tight end for the Washington Football team, recently sponsored a clothes give-a-way at a local charity that helps homeless youth. Davis shook hands, took pictures and selfies, and talked to young people at the event, Vernon’s Closet, Sept. 8 at Covenant House Washington in Southeast. Davis said sponsoring the event meant a lot to him. “It is my desire to use Vernon’s Closet as a way to raise more awareness to homelessness; especially among D.C. area youth and hopefully encourage others to get involved as well,” Davis said.

The event was part of the kickoff to Sleep Out America 2017 where people will live like the homeless for a night to see what their less fortunate neighbors deal with. Sleep Out America will take place on Nov. 16. Davis spoke to a crowd of 50 in Covenant House’s main hall that serves as a cafeteria. He talked about his tough upbringing in the District. “I have six siblings and we were raised by my grandmother, Adeline Davis,” he said. “My grandmother was there in my life when my mother couldn’t be there.” Davis said his mother had medical – Vernon Davis issues and his father “wasn’t around.” He had early scrapes with the law but with the help of his grandmother, went in the right direction. Davis was an All-Met football player at Dunbar High Continued on B2

“You don’t feel good about yourself when your clothes are dirty.”

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Southeast Slaying Suspect Arrested After Googling Crimes

Pepco’s ‘Undesign the Redline’ Exhibit Focuses on Racial Discrimination in D.C. Housing

By Lenore T. Adkins Special to the AFRO

By Shantella Y. Sherman Special to the AFRO ssherman@afro.com Redlining, a discriminatory pattern of disinvestment and obstructive lending practices that impede home ownership among Blacks and other people of color, has played out against racial, political and socioeconomic constructs in Washington D.C. for generations. It is now being vividly documented in a new exhibit, “Undesign the Redline,” at Pepco Edison Place Gallery and facilitated by Enterprise Community Partners, a finance and development nonprofit that promotes affordable housing. “On a personal level, a few touchpoints come to mind when touring this exhibit. I heard in my own home from my own folks, how neighbors or friends were denied loans,” David Bowers, vice president and mid-Atlantic market leader at Enterprise

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D.C. Schools Chancellor Antwan Wilson recently introduced a plan to improve D.C. public schools over the next five years.

Photo by Shantella Sherman

The “Undesign the Redline” exhibit at the Pepco Edison Place Gallery. The exhibit will be on display until Sept. 28. Community Partners told the AFRO. “When you witness folks of my parents’ generation who came to the area who struggled and pushed for equity and equal opportunity

and they were professionals and working people, you understand they were fighting a system.” Bowers said that despite having the city move from

“The exhibit makes a great link between redlining and policies like urban renewal, and the crackdown on drugs.” – David Bowers

predominantly White to majority Black, and now shifting back to White charts more than racial shifts, but changing policies to attract new people in public and private sectors. “The exhibit makes a great link between redlining and policies like urban renewal, and the crackdown on drugs. Undesign deconstructs, so when people talk about this and come back and engage with others, they can refute

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Derek B. Turner, arrested and charged last week for the murder of Andrew McPhatter in March in Southeast Washington D.C., was so obsessed with his alleged exploits he scoured the Internet for articles about the shooting for more than a week after the victim’s death, court records show. Turner, 26, a Ward 8 resident, was arrested Sept. 6 and charged with first-degree murder while armed in the slaying of McPhatter, 28. Members of department’s fugitive unit arrested Turner on a warrant they secured after the March 1 shooting. Turner, known as “Fats” locally, is being held without bond, according to a document from the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. Turner’s next court date is Sept. 28. Courtesy photo The Washington Post Andrew McPhatter killed in reported that Turner’s public Southeast D.C. defender might introduce selfdefense as a defense. He faces at least 30 years in prison if convicted of first-degree murder. Mary Cuthbert, chairwoman of the Advisory Neighborhood Commission in Ward 8, which includes Congress Heights where the shooting took place, said she’s comforted that police arrested Turner, but lamented the conditions she says are responsible for the senseless violence. “The parents have to wake up and you’ve got to get a hold of Continued on B3

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Strategic Plan

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public school system (DCPS) hosted a “Back Wilson said a child should be able to to School Block Party” in front of the Ron succeed in any school in the city “regardless Brown College Preparatory High School in of zip code.” He said that his plan is to the Deanwood neighborhood of Northeast empower principals to implement effective D.C. One of the purposes of the party was programs and give them the latitude to to announce the new strategic plan, Capital manage them without the interference from Commitment 2017-2022, that was crafted by the school system’s central office and engage Wilson and supported by Bowser. city agencies in the educational process. “The new strategic plan for D.C. public There were 30 booths at the block party schools directly reflects the hopes and dreams that represented organizations such as of District residents,” Bowser said. “Most the Washington Wizards, the Washington importantly, it acknowledges that we must football team, Whitman-Walker AIDS clinic, prioritize excellence the DCIAA (the school and equity in our school system’s athletic league), in order to close the and DCTAG, a program achievement gap and for college-bound District give all students a fair students. Johnson’s shot at success. Our city company, Sodexo Magic, should be proud of how served lunch to the crowd. far DCPS has come over Johnson was introduced the past decade. We by Wilson, who said the have become the fastest basketball star was – Antwan Wilson pro improving urban school his idol as a youngster. district in the country, and Johnson said he with this plan, we will appreciated Wilson talking continue to build on our progress.” about his pro career, but made a point to the Attending the announcement were D.C. young people in the audience. “The man this Council members Vincent Gray (D-Ward 7) school is named after, Ron Brown, told me and Anita Bonds (D-At Large), Deputy Mayor once ‘you can be more than just a ballplayer,’” for Education Jenny Niles and NBA Hall of he said. “Ron Brown was my hero. I grew up Famer and multi-millionaire entrepreneur poor but I didn’t have poor dreams.” Earvin “Magic” Johnson Jr. Johnson has a net worth of $600 million Brown High School is the District’s only according to the website, The Richest, owning public all-boys institution and its principal, Magic Johnson Theaters in Largo, Md. and Benjamin Williams, was on stage with the 10 Starbucks in the Washington metropolitan mayoral party along with selected students. area, among other holdings. The plan aims to double the percent of The announcement of the strategic students who are college and career ready; plan came on the heels of more good news increase to 100 percent the students in grades for Bowser and Wilson. The Washington K-2 who read at or above grade level; have 85 Teachers’ Union ratified the negotiated percent of students graduate within four years contract between it and the District and 90 percent of students re-enroll in DCPS. government on Sept. 8 by a 97 percent Wilson told the crowd of about 300 at the positive vote. “While having gone five years block party that the school system is “striving without a contract failed to demonstrate to become a district of both excellence and the appreciation we have for our teachers, equity.” this contract fulfills our commitment to the “We want all of our children to feel loved teachers that we entrust with our children,” and challenged,” the chancellor told the the Bowser said. “Now, we look to the D.C. AFRO. “We want them to know that they Council to act swiftly to adopt this contract to matter and their families matter.” signal that we are all in for kids.”

“We want all of our children to feel loved and challenged.”

School in Northwest D.C. and then spent three years with the University of Maryland Terps football team, becoming one of the best tight ends in college football. He was drafted sixth in the first round of the NFL and went to the San Francisco 49ers. Davis’s younger brother, Vontae, is a defensive back for the Indianapolis Colts. Despite phenomenal success with a Super Bowl ring for the Denver Broncos – Dr. Madye Henson in 2016, two Pro Bowl appearances and multi-million dollar contracts, Davis said he faced adversity many times. “I think back to my life and life was always throwing me curveballs,” he said. Davis said through the trials of being sent to the locker room publicly by 49ers coach Michael Singletary, being traded to the Denver Broncos, and being benched and not playing a down in the Super Bowl and being traded again, in a surprise to Washington’s team, he learned to work as a team and to be humble. “The road I traveled was just so tough,” Davis said. “I learned to persevere.” Covenant House Washington’s first floor rooms were filled with clothes for men, women and children that consisted of suits, shorts, shoes, ties, dresses, jeans, and polos. Davis said the clothes came from his personal collection and from friends that decided to give, too. He said that his girlfriend, Kayla Sorter, influenced him to sponsor the giveaway. Davis also treated the people at the give-a-way a meal of chicken wings, potato salad, macaroni and cheese, and greens along with cakes and pastries, tea, and smoothies from the Jamba Juice franchise in the city. “I know what it is like not being able to dress well,” Davis told the AFRO. “You don’t feel good about yourself when your clothes are dirty. It is important to look good and I am happy to give back. I want to do good the right way.” Dr. Madye Henson, president and CEO of Covenant House Washington, said she was thankful for Davis’s input. “It is important that Vernon and anyone else in his position give back to the community,” Henson told the AFRO. “I am happy to see him speak to young people. He can breathe and speak into their life.” Michelle Ashby, who lives in Southeast D.C., attended the give-a-way and expressed thanks to Davis for the event. “I feel so blessed,” Ashby told the AFRO. “I got three kids and this will help me with my budget.”

“It is important that Vernon and anyone else in his position give back to the community.”

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What’s more, alumni engagement has resulted in doubling the alumni-giving rate for the past three years. Howard became a more selective school in 2016 and accepted less than a third of those who applied, according to a news release. The percentage of Howard freshmen in the top 10 percent of their high schools went up as well. Its first-year student retention rate also went up, the news release said. U.S. News and World Report ranked Howard No. 2 among HBCUs. Spelman College bested Howard as the No. 1 HBCU. The two held the same positions in the survey last year. The online magazine released the rankings Sept.

“We continue to focus on providing an excellent education for very deserving students.” – Wayne A.I. Frederick 12 for inclusion in its 2018 edition Best Colleges rankings. Last year, Howard’s climbed 11 spots in the ranking. The rankings are based on the magazine’s assessment of more than 1,600 schools nationwide. It calculates the best colleges

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4th Street NE to 14th Street NE on H Street, NE H Street Festival H Street Festival is scheduled to be held on Sept. 16. Various music performances, fashion shows, vendors, kids’ activities, community empowerment-based activities and more will be available between eleven blocks on H Street NE between 4th Street, NE to 14th Street, NE. The festival will run from noon to 7 p.m. H Street is free and open to all-ages. For more information, visit hstreetfestival.org. President Lincoln’s Cottage, 3700 North Capitol Street, NW Family Day Festival

The Family Day festival is scheduled to be held on Sept. 16 at President Lincoln’s Cottage, 3700 North Capitol Street, NW from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Free family-friendly activities will be available as well as a free kids run/walk. Family Day is collaborating with the Freedom 5k marathon on their 4th anniversary in commemoration of the lives and sacrifices of American soldiers. Filming will also take place at the festival for an upcoming documentary geared towards the lives and impact of American soldiers. Although Family Day activities are free, registration is required. To register, visit runforfreedom5k.com or email terri@ potomacriverrunning.com.

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Continued from B1 with real facts, that opportunities have not been equal,” Bowers said. According to the organization’s website, Undesign the Redline offers a framework through which District residents can learn more about the deep, systemic and entangled crises redlining created, including structural racism and economic disenfranchisement. As attendees tour one neighborhood after another, visitors get a rare glimpse of the nature of redlining. “Redlining is not accidental. People fought and planned to keep Blacks, women, and others, out. It was intentional to and designed to legally make it so you cannot have access. It was intentional and Enterprise wants to inform people, anger people, and move people” Bowers said. Redlining grew out of the policies developed by the Franklin Roosevelt Administration to reduce foreclosures during the Depression. Federal housing agencies determined whether areas were deemed unfit for investment by banks, insurance companies, and other financial services companies. The areas were physically demarcated with red shading and were based on the area’s racial composition rather than income levels. By blotting these neighborhoods from economic security – often denying loans to homeowners and businesses – the neighborhoods quickly declined and could then be further charted for economic exclusion. Undesign the Redline, offers, in addition to the interactive exhibit, several workshops and curriculum on the history of structural racism and classism, how these designs compounded each other from 1938 Redlining maps until today. The free exhibit will be at the gallery until Sept. 28. A panel discussing the exhibit is scheduled for 5:30 p.m.– 7 p.m. Sept. 20. Panelists include April De Simone, Designing the WE, a forbenefit design studio; the Rev. Jim Dickerson, MANNA, an organization that serves low and moderate-income families with homeownership in Washington, D.C.; Charles Ellison, Greater Washington Urban League; Maurice Jackson, Georgetown University; Todd A. Lee, D.C. Housing Finance Agency; Shanita Burney, D.C. Public Schools; and Yanique Redwood, Consumer Health Foundation.

Continued from B1 your child when they’re little – they have to take charge,” Cuthbert told the AFRO. “We have to support them and help them move forward, but it has to start in the home.” McPhatter, a father of four, was shot March 1 at 10:49 a.m. while sitting inside his green Buick Regal at Wheeler Road and Upsal Street, court documents said. McPhatter was armed with a .40 caliber gun in his waistband at the time of the shooting. The Post reported that McPhatter’s mother, Jessica Johnson, said her son was paranoid in the days before his murder, rarely left home, and had started carrying a gun for protection. D.C. Fire and EMS personnel rushed McPhatter to a nearby hospital in Maryland in critical condition after the shooting. He was pronounced dead four days later. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Maryland determined McPhatter sustained five gunshot injuries, and ruled McPhatter’s death a homicide. Police say Turner allegedly shot eight bullets into the car and hit McPhatter in the head and body. Court records show that on the same day McPhatter was shot, Turner searched the Washington Post website with the terms “three shootings in an hour on Wednesday in D.C.” That search took place at 8:47 p.m., less than 12 hours after McPhatter was shot. On March 6 and 7, days after McPhatter succumbed to his injuries, Turner allegedly ran multiple searches on the Internet for a shooting on Wheeler Road Southeast and

clicked on several related links, including the D.C. police department’s Facebook page and spotcrime.com. Searches continued through March 11. Between Feb. 16 and March 1, McPhatter and his friends were targets of several shootings in and near the Trenton Park neighborhood, police said. On March 9, police recovered a loaded 10 mm Glock 29 from the glove compartment of Turner’s Lexus while investigating a drive-by shooting that targeted Turner and his car. Turner was arrested March 10 and charged with unlawful possession of a firearm. He was charged with murder last

week after police connected the gun to other shootings. Police are investigating whether the other shootings in the neighborhood were linked as well. The McPhatter shooting remains under investigation.

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Pentagon City Modifications: 7A, 7F, 22A

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Maryland-National Capital Park Police Chief Stanley Johnson throws out the ceremonial “First Pitch”

William “Doug” Foster, Kevin M. Maxwell, CEO PGCPS and Gwen Courtney

The Negro League Legends Hall of Fame (NLLHOF) and the Prince George’s County Public Schools teamed Gunnery Sergeant “Charlie Myers” received a Medal of Honor from President Barack Obama, Edgar Brookins, AFRO D.C. up to host a “Back General Manager, Bowie State University President Aminta 2 School Fair” and H. Breaux, Heavy Weight Champion Boxer Joe Lewis Barrow’s Legends Baseball daughter Gwen Courtney and NLLHOF Founder Dwayne Renal Sims. Game on Aug. 26 at the Prince George’s Stadium in Bowie, Md. Eleven thousand back packs were collected to be distributed to students and NLLHOF donated 5, 000 tickets to students and their families Northwestern High School Navy ROTC for the Annual East/West Vintage baseball game. Courtesy Photos

The National Anthem sung by Duke Ellington student Milan C. Harris and accompanied by Electric Violinist Marvill “Marvillous Beats” Martin

Ashley Johnson and A. Shuanise Washington, president and CEO, Congressional Black Caucus Foundation

Honorees: Joi-Marie Mckenzie, Mocha Maven Award; Vivian Pickard, Women of Style Award; April D. Ryan, Media Legend Award; Stephanie Mills, Legend Award; Pam Grier, Trailblazer Award; Racheida Lewis, Toyota Green Initiative Award; Irica Cheeks, Community Service Award and Germaine Leftridge, Game Changer Award

Sheila Eldridge, Loni Love , Vivian Pickard, Pam Jenkins and Stephanie Mills

The Prince George’s County Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority held their annual Crab Feast fundraiser on Aug. 11. More than 1,400 guests from across the region and the country attended the event, which was held at Martin’s Crosswinds in Greenbelt, Md. Proceeds from the event will support the chapter’s programs to provide assistance to the needs of PGCAC Fundraising Committee; Chair the Prince Diane Venable (Front Row Center); coGeorge’s chairs (Front Row, from 2nd L-R): Henri County Cooper, Stacia Shields, Sharon James, community. Avis Clinton

For the third year, WHUR and Café Mocha Radio hosted the Salute Her: Beauty of Diversity Awards Luncheon on Aug. 25 at the Washington Marriott Marquis Hotel in Northwest D.C. Eight women who are making a difference in their respective communities were honored. The awards luncheon’s theme was “Redefining What Perseverance Looks Like From the Inside Out.” The mission of the Salute Her Tour is to highlight a variety of talented and accomplished women who are succeeding in their fields while making significant contributions within their communities.

Loni Love, “The Real”, co-emcee; Sheila Eldridge, founder, Mocha Love Café and Angelique Perrin, co-emcee

Stan McKenzie, honoree JoiMarie McKenzie and Ashvlee Tuck

Prince George’s County State’s Attorney Angela Alsobrooks with her mother, Patricia Alsobrooks (far left), Ola Hill and her daughter, Alexandra

Hector Hannibal and Jim Watkins of WHUR FM Radio

Kenny Lattimore

Taylor Thomas, WHUR FM Radio interviewing Stephanie Mills

Photos by Rob Roberts

Omega brothers: John Willis, Orlando McDowell, Don Herring, Marvin Sorey

Delta presidents and past presidents

Jakki Wilder, Judge Paulette, New Orleans civil district court; Charlene M Dukes, president, Prince George’s Community College; Dr. Kathy Richard Andrews, principal of the Academy for Health Sciences Middle College High School

Members of Prince George’s County Alumnae Chapter

Photos by Angela Holmes

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‘Copwatch’ Is an Uncomfortably Close Look at Police Brutality By J.K. Schmid Special to the AFRO Baltimore activist Kevin Moore and videographers of police brutality are the subject of a new documentary premiering this month. Moore is the witness that filmed on his phone the moments before Freddie Gray disappeared into the back of Baltimore Police Department detainee transport van. While in police custody, Gray later sustained fatal injuries during what has been termed a “rough ride.” Despite indictments by Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby, after a series of not guilty findings, all charges have been dropped against all the officers last to see Gray alive. While several of the police officers are still facing internal disciplinary proceedings, the Justice Department recently announced that it would not be bringing federal charges against any of the officers. Moore is not alone, and as part of an organization called We Copwatch, he along with David Whitt, a videographer

that recorded the police and community response to the killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., Ramsey Orta, the videographer that recorded the killing of Eric Garner in Staten Island, N.Y., and Jacob Crawford, a documentarian who has been recording police encounters under the Copwatch banner for the past 15 years. The documentary “Copwatch” is an assemblage of the individual works of Moore, Whitt, Orta and Crawford with original footage from the crew of Camilla Hall, the film’s director and a former Financial Times reporter. The phone cameras used, without the assistance of telephoto lenses, allow the production to be “able to have that intimacy of what it’s like to be alone in a copwatch,” Hall told the AFRO. “Even though we really pared down our crew, that was something so valuable that we were able to get from all the different cameras.” While putting the viewer in close proximity with the observer, it also puts the viewer in often uncomfortable closeness with

Members of Copwatch on patrol. law enforcement. In a gut wrenching opening, moving from the immediate aftermath of the death of Brown, to the strangulation of Garner and then to the agonized screams of Gray, each subsequent and comparatively peaceful police encounter creates a feeling that further violence could break out at any moment. Police officers loom large in the frame, and never look down into cameras, giving an impression of disinterested giants barely able or willing to

communicate with the activists asserting their First Amendment rights and asking for space to work. Real alienation sets in moments where officers advance slowly on the camera repeating orders and ignoring questions. The work appears emotionally exhausting. Hall doesn’t foresee the expanding implementation of police body cameras lightening the load any time soon. “Body cameras, I think they’re a good thing,” said Hall. “But I don’t think they

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are the same as cop watching. Unfortunately, we find many instances where the body cameras are turned off at a critical moment, we find moments where incredibly terrible things have happened and the police departments won’t release that video.” In August, a number of Baltimore drug cases were dismissed after it was discovered a BPD officer may have been manipulating his body camera recordings. Executive produced by TJ

Martin and Daniel Lindsay, “Copwatch” takes a lot of cues from Martin and Lindsay’s April release “LA 92.” The allusions to “I can’t breathe” in the latter work are put front and center in Hall’s piece and the emphasis on archived-if only recently-footage place it firmly into the similar aesthetic of cinema verite. Also, both end on fraught and perilous notes. Legal troubles haunt Orta and Moore in what the film positions as acts of retaliation. While Copwatch ends with the team acquiring a new headquarters and cutting-edge equipment, yet it’s unclear where all this will lead. Five of the six officers indicted in the death of Freddie Gray now face internal BPD disciplinary charges. Ramsey Orta is currently incarcerated in Rikers Island and may not be released until 2019. “Copwatch” is slated for limited release starting Sept. 22. It will screen in Los Angeles, Harlem, Chicago and other cities until it wide videoon-demand release on Sept. 29.

Rap Artist Uses Music to Enlighten District By Briana Thomas Special to the AFRO Washington D.C.-based artist Lightshow is working on a second album to enlighten others who are caught in dire situations. The 26-year-old rapper, whose name is Larinzo Lambright Williams, is from Southeast, D.C. He told the AFRO Sept. 7 that he will be releasing new material “super soon.” Before he was given the name Lightshow by friends and family, he said he was know as Young Zoe, a nickname stemming from his full name. “You know where I come from, I know I’m a rare light,” he said. Williams’ said his next album “Kalorama Heights” is slated to be released soon. An official date has not been given. The new music is a reference to the luxurious Northwest neighborhood where former President Barack Obama and his family currently reside, along with other politicians and first-families, like President Donald Trump’s daughter, Ivanka Trump, and her husband, Jared Kushner, White House senior advisor. The high-income neighborhood is an inspiration for Williams’ album that he said is about gentrification in the District and achieving goals.

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Larinzo Lambright Williams is a young rap artist in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area. He said Obama’s journey from the South Side of Chicago to Kalorama relates to his Southeast, D.C. upbringing and how he too can be successful. “I don’t have to be the president…I can be a regular person and be able to stay using what I got. It’s about shooting for the stars,” Williams said. The D.C.-based artist headlined at the Fillmore Silver Spring on Sept. 8. In 2013, Williams released his first mixtape “Life Sentence”, and the third installment of the

mixtape debuted as his first album in 2016 titled, “Life Sentence 3.” The young artist said he has traveled the country sharing his rhymes with energetic audiences at places like the BET Experience in Los Angeles, Calif. and the SXSW Music Festival in Austin, Texas. Williams attended Bishop McNamara High School in Prince George’s County, Md. and Assumption Catholic School in Southeast, D.C. He said his music is motivational and is a mirror of his environment, “I make music reflective of things I see around me.” Living in an area familiar to crime and

we think,” he said. The talented entrepreneur said he learned his words were powerful at a young age when he wrote a heartfelt poem for his mother, Alisa Lambright, after she had a tough day at work. The poem brought Lambright to tears, according to Williams, and he said that was the moment he realized his speech could cause emotion. He said it sparked a “vibe” in him. As a youngster, Williams said he was afraid to perform alone, so he rapped in a group called 86 Trap Stars with his friends, Star Mheezy and Big Shaad. Williams’ music career exceeded the group and he began his solo journey, but the group continues to work together as shared business owners of their brand, 86 America, which is a publishing, –Larinzo Lambright Williams merchandising, music and management company. poverty, Williams explained how he wants to “Its just a way that we can all have a piece of make music that inspires people and provides an something,” he continued. alternative to violence. On Sep. 16, Williams is slated to perform “It’s not as much what goes on, as it is why at the D.C. Flower Fest at the RFK Stadium in it goes on,” he said. Williams said that a lack of Southeast, D.C. communication and compassion can lead to gun “I want to be a major part of the culture for as play and death. “I just want to challenge the way long as I’m breathing,” he said.

“I make music reflective of things I see around me.”

SPORTS

Stephens Rises From Williams’ Sisters Shadows To Win U.S. Open Title

2017 US Open women’s champion Sloane Stephens poses for a picture in Central Park in New York. AP Photo/Seth Wenig

By Mark F. Gray Special to the AFRO That Sloane Stephens became only the third African American woman to win the U.S. Open women’s tennis championship speaks volumes about how far they’ve come since Althea Gibson made history in 1957. That race wasn’t a part of the narrative as she carved her place on the Mount Rushmore of Black female tennis players with her victory stands as the testament to the impact Venus and Serena Williams on the American game. Gibson broke down the barriers that allowed Venus and Serena to become the most dominant family United States tennis history. However, it was the Williams sisters who ushered in the post racial era of their sport as icons for the next generation. They are ambassadors and role models for the future of tennis in stars and stripes entering the twilight of their playing careers. While neither was at Arthur Ashe Stadium for this final their impact could be felt on America’s center court. There was no symbolic passing of torch as Stephens made quick work of her good friend and fellow American Madison Keys 6-3 6-0 to win her first major title in only 61 minutes. Millennials don’t carry things

that way. They take what they want. On the road to this milestone she beat a Williams sister for the second time at a major tournament. Stephens ended Venus’ run at this year’s U.S. Open by winning a three set marathon 6-1, 0-6, 7-5 in the semifinals. She previously beat Serena at the 2009 Australian Open in one of the biggest upsets in tennis history. You know Stephens had arrived when Serena unfriended her on Facebook and stopped following her on Twitter. Stephens remains deferential to the Williams sisters though not intimidated by their shadows that hover over the women’s game. This final personified the impact of how Venus and Serena have revolutionized their sport. Power and athleticism are what makes them champions. Class and character are what made them role models for this year’s finalists. Stephens is a counterpuncher in an era of women with blistering power who deliver knockouts with powerful serves. Though Stephens lacks the big serve that can swing the momentum of a match she covers the entire court effortlessly turning what are often winners into extra shots during long rallies. Her long, graceful strides allow her to come to the net with the ease of a gazelle and demoralize opponents like she did to Keys

during this abbreviated final. That athleticism is not by accident. Her father, John, was destined for stardom after his rookie season with the New England Patriots where he rushed for the second most yards in team history. His former NFL coach Raymond Berry, who was Johnny Unitas’ primary target with the old Baltimore Colts, once compared John Stephens to Jim Brown. Her mother Sybil was an all-American swimmer for Boston College so championship pedigree is part of her DNA. This historic milestone is understated much like Stephens personality. She’s not the face of endorsements yet. There are no screams to generate power on the court. Her voice speaks when she turns an opponent’s baseline winner into a volley to steal the point. After 11 months off recovering from wrist surgery Stephens was unseeded heading into the tournament. Afterwards her humility was clear despite earning $3.4 million which is the largest purse of her career. There was the quiet understanding of the significance of the moment. Stephens now stands on the shoulders of the Williams sisters as they once stood on the shoulders of Gibson holding the greatest trophy in American tennis.

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Official Code icateof was purchased; TYPESET: Tue Sep 12 16:19:26 2017 Name of EDT newspaper: William A Bland Attn: Darlene Fields of Maryland, on May 18, Secretary §§ 47-1361 through 1377, ping Cts Chantilly, VA court costs; reasonable Afro-American 441Pennsylvania 4th Street, NWAve- et 2017, 1350 seq., orfees; answer the 80 M Street SE# 330 attorney’s expenses 20151 SAT 9-6/SUN Washington Washington, DC#419 20001 Service of process may nue, N.W., Amended or, Washington, DC 20003 incurred inComplaint, the publication Superior Court of Law Reporter Attorney 11-5 ADM $10 PARK be made upon Philip J Washington, DC 20001 thereafter, final judgand servicea of process; the And Donald Johnson NOTICE OF Mullins, 4538 Eads ment will be entered foreand all other amounts in FREE www.thebigfleaDistrict of Columbia Personal APPOINTMENT, Serve: Attorney General closing the right of rePlace, NE, Washington, accordance with the provimarket.com 757-430PROBATE DIVISION All Unknown Owners of Representative DC 20019 whose desof the District of Columbia NOTICE TO demption the Code real sions of D.C.inOfficial Washington, D.C. the Property described Attn: Darlene Fields property andthrough vesting in the 4735 CREDITORS ignation as District of §§ 47-1361 1377, below, Heirs,NW Per20001-2131 TRUE TEST COPY 441 their 4th Street, Plaintiff in fee simAND NOTICE TO Columbia agent has et seq.,a title or answer the sonal Representatives, Administration No. Washington, DC 20001 ple. REGISTER OF WILLS UNKNOWN HEIRS Amended Complaint, or, been filed with the RegisExecutors, AdministraREAL ESTATE 2017ADM929 thereafter, a final judg- J a s m i n e N T u r n e r, ter of Wills, D.C. tors, And Grantees, Assigns or Magistrate Renee 09/1, 09/8, 09/15/17 ment will beJudge entered fore- whose address is 622 Sadie Vivian Johnson FOR SALE The decedent owned the Successors in Right, Title, Decedent Raymond closing the right of re- S o u t h e r n A v e . S E , following District of Interest, and Any and all All Unknown Owners of (Signed in chambers) Thomas P Hartnett, Delaware New Move-In demption in the real Washington, DC 20032, Colombia real property: pthe e r s Property o n s h a v idescribed ng or Esq property and vesting in the was appointed personal Ready Homes! Low Undeveloped Lot, claiming to have any interbelow, their Heirs, PerPlaintiff a title in fee sim- representative of the 209 Pennsylvania Ave. Square 5132, Lot 30, in est in the leasehold or fee Taxes! Close to Beaches, sonal Representatives, 07/7, SE TYPESET: EDT 2017 ple. 07/21, Tue Sep 12 16:20:14 estate of Sabrina Renee NE simple in the property and Executors, AdministraGated, Olympic pool. Washington, DC Turner AKA Sabrina R Claims against the depremises situate, lying tors, Grantees, Assigns or Magistrate Judge Renee Attorney Turnee , who died on New Homes from low cedent may be preand being in the District of Successors in Right, Title, TYPESET: Wed Sep 13 14:23:49 EDT 2017 Raymond NOTICE OF SUPERIOR COURT OF June 8, 2017 with a will, sented to the underColumbia described $100’s. No HOA Fees. Interest, and Any andas: all (Signed in chambers) APPOINTMENT, THE DISTRICT OF and will serve without signed and filed with the Square 0069 Lot 0829. p e r s o n s h a v i n g o r Brochures Available NOTICE TO COLUMBIA Court supervision. 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Square 0069 Lot 0829. date of first publication of Opportunities to bid will potentially be available March 14, 2013 to the probate of de- GA, 30135 wasappoin- for all construction trades.this May alsoEDT be known notice. TYPESET: Tue Sep 12 16:20:40 2017 as a If interested, please Fax a statement expressing Jonathan D Watts lot comprising part of a cedent´s will) shall be ted personal representaLaureen J. Mullins Increase your cusinterest to 703-434-3714. Contact telephone 703-972-6053. tive of the estate of Sadie Decedent filed with the Register of Lydia C. Jones-Nunn wall located between tomer base and get great Ulliman Schutte Vivian Johnson, who NOTICE OF Wills, D.C., 515 5th Personal improved real propIN THE SUPERIOR Construction, LLC14420 Albemarle results by placing your APPOINTMENT Street, N.W., 3rd Floor died on August 14, 2016 Representative(s) erties known as 1333 COURT without a will, and will Point Place, Suite 110 OF FOREIGN Wa s h i n g t o n , D . 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Superior Court of the District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2017ADM979 James Frederick Morris Jr. Decedent Jamison B Taylor 1218 11th St. NW Washington, DC 20001 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Anna B Murray , whose address is 1520 Upshur St. NW, Washington, DC 20011, was appointed personal representative of the estate of James Frederick Morris Jr., who died on February 16, 2017 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 March 18, 2018. 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 March 18, 2018, 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: September 8, 2017 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Anna R Murray Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 09/8, 09/15, Tue 09/22/17 TYPESET: Sep 12 Superior Court of the District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2017ADM0105 Annie E Barnes AKA Annie Barnes Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Dellas G Wilson, whose address is 3406 10th Street, NE, Washington, DC 20017, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Annie E Barnes AKA Annie Barnes , who died on December 3, 2016 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 March 8, 2018. 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 March 8, 2018, 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: September 8, 2017 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Dellas G Wilson Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 09/8, 09/15, 09/22/17 TYPESET: Tue Sep 12 Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2017ADM982 Robert L Murray Decedent Stephenson F Harvey Jr. Esq P.O. Box 434, Dunkirk MD 20754 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Charles A Murray , whose address is 1232 E St. NE, Washington, DC 20002 was, appointed personalrepresentative of the estate of Robert L Murray, who died on July 11, 2007 without a will, and will serve with Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this

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TYPESET: Tue Sep 12 09/8, 09/15, 09/22/17 Superior Court of the District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2017ADM986 Genoveva Eugenia Stano Decedent Phillip E Stano Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP 700 Sixth Street NW, Suite 700 Washington, DC 20001 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Philip E Stano, whose address is 13311 Deerbrook Drive, Potomac, MD 20854, was appointed personal representative of the estate of 16:14:39 G e n o v eEDT v a E2017 ugenia Stano, who died on April 6, 2017 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 March 8, 2018. 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 March 8, 2018, 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: September 8, 2017 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Phillip E Stano Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 09/8, 09/15, Tue 09/22/17 TYPESET: Sep 12 Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2017ADM001001 Herman C Zeigler Decedent Law Office Of Frederick E Woods 1629 K Street, NW Suite 300 Washington, DC 20006 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Joan M Hallstalk , whose address is 5800 Hickory 16:13:43 R i d g e REDT o a d 2017 Spotsylvania, VA 22551 , was appointed personal representative of the estate of Herman C Zeigler , who died on June 21, 2017 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 March 8, 2018. 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 March 8, 2018, 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 in-

Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . 20001, on or before March 8, 2018. 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 beLEGAL NOTICES fore March 8, 2018, 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: September 8, 2017 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Joan M Hallstalk Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 09/8, 09/15, 09/22/17 TYPESET: Tue Sep 12 Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2017ADM944 Sabrina Renee Turner AKA Sabrina R Turner Decedent William A Bland Esq 80 M Street SE #330 Washington, DC 20003 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS 16:11:07 EDT 2017 AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Jasmine N Turner , whose addressis 622 Southern Ave, SE, Washington, DC 20032 , was appointed personal representative of the estate of Sabrina Renee Turner AKA Sabrina R Turner , who died on June 8, 2017 without a will, and will serve with/ 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 March 8, 2018. 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 March 8, 2018, 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: September 8, 2017 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter September 8, 2017 Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 09/8, 09/15, 09/22/17 TYPESET: Tue Sep 12 Superior Court of the District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2017ADM000310 Gedell Weathers Decedent Jeanne K Aelion Esq 6915 Laurel Bowie Road St 201 Bowie, MD 20715 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND EDT NOTICE TO 16:11:32 2017 UNKNOWN HEIRS Jeanne K Aelion, whose address is 6915 Laurel Bowie Road, Ste 201, Bowie, MD 20715 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Gedell Weathers , who died on December 5, 2009 without a will, and will serve with 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 March 8, 2018. 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 March 8, 2018, 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: September 8, 2017 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Jeanne K Aelion Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 09/08, 09/15, 09/22/17

Decedent Edward T Love, Esq Ortman, Love & Huckabay 4816 Moorland Lane Bethesda, Maryland 20814 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, 16:10:21 EDT 2017 LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Anne C Witt , whose address is 6961 Greenvale Street, NW, Washington, DC 20015 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Kristen Anne Hoey , who died on July 26, 2017 without a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before March 15, 2018 . 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 March 15, 2018, 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: September 15, 2017 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Anne C Witt Personal Representative

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 March 15, 2018. Claims against the decedent LEGAL NOTICES 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 March 15, 2018, 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: September 15, 2017 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Anthony E King Personal Representative

(with, without) a will, and will serve (with, 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 de16:18:14 EDT 2017 LEGAL NOTICES cedent´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 March 8, 2018. 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 March 8, 2018, 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: XXXX Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter XXXX Personal Representative

cedent 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: September 15, 2017 LEGAL NOTICES Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter

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TYPESET: Tue Sep 12 LEGAL NOTICES Superior Court of the District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2017ADM001003 Yvonne M Pitts AKA Yvonne Marie Price Pitts Decedent Constance G Starks Esq 7053 Western Avenue NW Washington, DC 20015 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS 16:10:46 EDT 2017 AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Ronald G. Pitts , whose address is 601 E Tantallon Drive, Fort Washington, MD 20744 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Yvonne M Pitts AKA Yvonne Marie Price Pitts, who died on July 12, 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 March 8, 2018. 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 March 8, 2018, 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: September 8, 2017 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Ronald G Pitts Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 09/08, 09/15,Tue 09/22/17 TYPESET: Sep 12 Superior Court of the District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2017ADM620 Joseph Dawson Jr. Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Karen D. Dawson and Sherry L. Dawson , whose addresses are 7959 Riggs Rd#10 Adelphi MD EDT 207832017 10810 16:12:01 B l a c k s t o n e Av e n u e , Cheltenham MD 20623 were appointed personal representatives of the estate of Joseph Dawson Jr., who died on May 6, 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 March 8, 2018. 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 March 8, 2018, 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: September 8, 2017 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Karen D Dawson Sherry L Dawson Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 09/8, 09/15, 09/22/17 TYPESET: Tue Sep 12 Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2017ADM001039 Kristen Anne Hoey Decedent Edward T Love, Esq Ortman, Love & Huckabay 4816 Moorland Lane Bethesda, Maryland 20814 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Anne C Witt , whose address is 6961 Greenvale Street, NW, Washington, DC 20015 was appointed

TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 09/15, 0922/,Tue 09/29/17 TYPESET: Sep 12 Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2017ADM366 Alberta C Colson AKA Alberta Colson Decedent Vickey a Wright-Smith 1629 K Street NW#300 Washington, DC 20006 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Vickey A Wright Smith , whose address is 1629 K ST NW #300 , Washing16:14:13 ton, DC EDT 20006,2017 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Alberta C Colson AKA Alberta Colson , who died on August 24, 2012 with a will, and will serve with Court supervision. All unknown heirs and h e i r s w h o s e 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 March 15, 2018 . 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 March 15, 2018, 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: September 15, 2017 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Vickey A Wright-Smith Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS

TYPESET: Sep 12 09/15, 09/22,Tue 09/29/17 Superior Court of the District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2017ADM1016 James E King AKA James Edward King Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Anthony E King , whose address is 16016 Macedonia Drive, Woodbrige Virginia 22191 was appointed personal re16:08:01 EDTof 2017 presentative the estate of James E King AKA James Edward King , who died on June 16, 1996 without a will, and will serve withCourt 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 March 15, 2018. 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 March 15, 2018, or be forever barred. Per-

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Superior Court of the District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2011ADM1027 Ernestine Whiting Decedent Erick R Tyrone Esq; The Tyrone Law Group LLC 9701 Apollo Drive Suite 100 Largo, MD 20774 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Steven Whiting , whose 16:06:52 2017 Nast address EDT is 10514 Drive, Cheltenham, MD 20623, was appointed personal representative of the estate of May 26, 2008, who died on May 26, 2008 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 March 8, 2018. 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 March 8, 2018, 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: September 8, 2017 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Steven Whiting Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS

TYPESET: Tue Sep 12 09/8, 09/15, 09/22/17 Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2017ADM966 Reginald Brown Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Jacqueline Brown , whose address is 6309 Longfellow Street, Riverdale, MD 20737, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Reginald Brown, who died on July 24, 2017EDT without a will, 16:09:18 2017 and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before March 8, 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 March 8, 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: September 8, 2017 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Jacqueline Brown Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 09/8, 09/15, 09/22/17

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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF Kimberly Patrice Barnes COLUMBIA Personal PROBATE DIVISION Representative Washington, D.C. TRUE TEST COPY 20001-2131 REGISTER OF WILLS Foreign No. 2017FEP000099 09/15, 09/22, 09/30/17 Date of Death June 16, 2017 TYPESET: Tue Sep 12 16:06:01 Charles P Robison Sr. Decedent NOTICE OF Superior Court of APPOINTMENT the District of OF FOREIGN District of Columbia PERSONAL PROBATE DIVISION REPRESENTATIVE Washington, D.C. AND 20001-2131 NOTICE TO Administration No. CREDITORS 2017ADM001011 Jane R. L Robison Mary A Turner whose address is 11200 AKA Lockwood Dr. Apt. 1110 Mary Ann Turner was appointed personal Decedent representative of the NOTICE OF estate of Charles P. APPOINTMENT, Robison, Sr., deceased NOTICE TO by the Orphan’s Court for CREDITORS Montgomery County, 16:12:26 EDT 2017 AND NOTICE TO State of Maryland, on AuUNKNOWN HEIRS gust 15, 2017. R o n a l d D Tu r n e r , Service of process may TEST Tue COPY Charles AEDT Turner , whose be made upon Aaron E TRUE TYPESET: Sep 12 16:06:29 2017 addresses are 6352 Price Sr. Esq, 717 D St., REGISTER OF WILLS South Lake Ct., Bryans NW, #300 Washington Rd., MD 20616, 315 UpDC 20004 whose desSuperior Court of shur St. NW, Washingignation as District of the ton, DC 20011 were apColumbia agent has District of Columbia pointed personal been filed with the RegisPROBATE DIVISION representatives of the ter of Wills, D.C. Washington, D.C. estate of Mary A Turner The decedent owned the 20001-2131 AKA Mary Ann Turner , following District of Administration No. who died on July 21, Colombia real property: 2017ADM776 3017 Otis St. , NE, Timothy Lionel Wil- 2016 without a will, and will serve without Court Washington., DC 20018 liams supervision. All unknown Claims against the de- Decedent heirs and heirs whose cedent may be preDawn Jackson Esq sented to the under- 1300 Caraway Court where-abouts are unknown shall enter their signed and filed with the Suite 100 appearance in this Register of Wills for the LArgo proceeding. Objections District of Columbia, 500 Attorney to such appointment (or Indiana Avenue, N.W., NOTICE OF to the probate of deWashington, D.C. 20001 APPOINTMENT, cedent´s will) shall be within 6 months from the NOTICE TO filed with the Register of date of first publication of CREDITORS Wills, D.C., 515 5th this notice. AND NOTICE TO Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Jane R. L. Robinson UNKNOWN HEIRS Personal Eleanor McKoy, whose W a s h i n g t o n , D . C . 20001, on or before Representative a d d r e s s i s 1 8 3 0 TRUE TEST COPY Maryland Ave., NE #3, March 15, 2018. Claims REGISTER OF WILLS Washington, DC 20002, against the decedent Date of first publication: was appointed personal shall be presented to the September 8, 2017 representatives of the undersigned with a copy Name of newspapers estate of Timothy Lionel to the Register of Wills or and/or periodical: Williams, who died on filed with the Register of The Daily Washington February 23, 2017 with- Wills with a copy to the Law Reporter out a will, and will serve undersigned, on or beThe Afro-American without EDT Court2017 supervi- fore March 15, 2018, or TYPESET: Tue Sep 12 16:17:25 09/8, 09/15, 09/22/17 sion. All unknown heirs be forever barred. Pera n d h e i r s w h o s e sons believed to be heirs whereabouts are un- or legatees of the deSuperior Court of known shall enter their cedent who do not rethe ceive a copy of this notice appearance in this District of Columbia proceeding. Objections by mail within 25 days of PROBATE DIVISION to such appointment (or its first publication shall Washington, D.C. to the probate of de- so inform the Register of 20001-2131 cedent´s will) shall be Wills, including name, Administration No. filed with the Register of address and relation2017ADM575 ship. Wills, D.C., 515 5th Ronald K Ballard Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Date of Publication: Decedent September 15, 2017 Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . NOTICE OF 20001, on or before Name of newspaper: APPOINTMENT, J a n u a r y 1 4 , 2 0 1 8 . Afro-American NOTICE TO Claims against the de- Washington CREDITORS cedent shall be pre- Law Reporter AND NOTICE TO Ronald D Turner sented to the underUNKNOWN HEIRS Charles A Turner signed with a copy to the Donald G. Ballard , Personal Register of Wills or filed whose address is 306 Representative with the Register of Wills Grenadie Dr., Ruther with a copy to the underGlen, VA 22546, was apsigned, on or before TRUE TEST COPY pointed personal repreJanuary 14, 2018, or be REGISTER OF WILLS sentative of the estate of forever barred. Persons Ronald K Ballard, who 09/15, 09/22,Wed 09/30/17 Sep 13 14:23:12 believed to be heirs or TYPESET: died on March 11, 2016 legatees of the decedent with a will, and will serwho do not receive a vewithout Court supervicopy of this notice by mail SUPERIOR COURT OF sion. All unknown heirs THE DISTRICT OF within 25 days of its first and heirs whose COLUMBIA publication shall so inwhereabouts are unPROBATE DIVISION form the Register of known shall enter their Washington, D.C. Wills, including name, appearance in this 20001-2131 address and relationproceeding. Objections Administration No. ship. to such appointment (or 2017ADM001090 Date of Publication: to the probate of deEstate of July 14, 2017 cedent´s will) shall be Jestine L Key Name of newspaper: filed with the Register of Deceased Afro-American Wills, D.C., 515 5th NOTICE OF Washington Street, N.W., 3rd Floor STANDARD Law Reporter Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . PROBATE Eleanor McKoy 20001, on or before Personal Notice is hereby given 16:17:53 2017 March 8,EDT 2018. Claims that a petition has been Representative against the decedent filed in this Court by shall be presented to the Lemeka M Keys Short for TRUE TEST COPY undersigned with a copy standard probate, includREGISTER OF WILLS to the Register of Wills or ing the appoint-ment of filed with the Register of one or more personal reWills with a copy to the presentative. TYPESET: Tue Sep 12 16:07:36 EDT Unless 2017 a 07/14, 07/21, 07/28/17 undersigned, on or becomplaint or an objection fore March 8, 2018, or be in accordance with forever barred. Persons Superior Court Probate Superior Court of believed to be heirs or Division Rule 407 is filed the District of legatees of the decedent in this Court within 30 District of Columbia who do not receive a days from the date of first PROBATE DIVISION copy of this notice by mail publication of this notice, Washington, D.C. within 25 days of its first the Court may take the 20001-2131 publication shall so inaction hereinafter set Administration No. form the Register of forth. 2017ADM001021 Wills, including name, 0 In the absence of a will Kevin B Barnes address and relationor proof satisfactory to AKA ship. Kevin Bernard Barnes the court of due execuDate of Publication: tion, enter an order deterSr. September 8, 2017 mining that decedent Decedent Name of newspaper: died intestate. NOTICE OF Afro-American appoint an unsupervised APPOINTMENT, Washington personal representative NOTICE TO Law Reporter Register of Wills CREDITORS Donald G Ballard Clerk of AND NOTICE TO Personal the Probate Division UNKNOWN HEIRS Representative Date of First Publication Kimberly Patrice Barnes , whose address is 709 September 15, 2017 TRUE TEST COPY Adrian St. SE, Washing- Names of Newspapers: REGISTER OF WILLS ton, DC 20019, wasap- Washington pointed personal repre- Law Reporter 09/8, 09/15, 09/22/17 TYPESET: Tue Sep 12 16:12:59 sentativeEDT of the2017 estate of Washington Kevin B Barnes Sr. AKA AFRO-AMERICAN Kevin Bernard Barnes John F Mowry Superior Court of Sr., who died on Feb- 1629 K Street NW Suite the ruary 8, 2017 with a will, 300 District of Columbia and will serve without Washington, DC 20006 PROBATE DIVISION Court supervision. All un- Signature of Washington, D.C. known heirs and heirs Petitioners/Attorney 20001-2131 whose whereabouts are Administration No. unknown shall enter their 09/15, 09/22, 09/30/17 2017ADM387 appearance in this Lucille Tolliver proceeding. Objections Decedent to such appointment (or Marquita Moye to the probate of de504 Brummel Court, cedent´s will) shall be NW filed with the Register of Washington, DC 20012 Wills, D.C., 515 5th Attorney Street, N.W., 3rd Floor NOTICE OF Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . APPOINTMENT, 20001, on or before NOTICE TO March 15, 2018 . Claims CREDITORS against the decedent AND NOTICE TO shall be presented to the UNKNOWN HEIRS undersigned with a copy Marquita Moye , whose to the Register of Wills or address is 504 Brummel filed with the Register of Court, NW, Washington, Wills with a copy to the DC 20012 , was apundersigned, on or bepointed personal repre- fore March 15, 2018, or sentative of the estate of be forever barred. PerLucille Tolliver, who died sons believed to be heirs on February 10, 2016 or legatees of the de(with, without) a will, and cedent who do not rewill serve (with, without) ceive a copy of this notice Court supervision. All un- by mail within 25 days of known heirs and heirs its first publication shall whose whereabouts are so inform the Register of unknown shall enter their Wills, including name, appearance in this address and relationproceeding. Objections ship. to such appointment (or Date of Publication: to the probate of de- September 15, 2017 cedent´s will) shall be Name of newspaper: filed with the Register of Afro-American Wills, D.C., 515 5th Washington Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Law Reporter Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . 20001, on or before Kimberly Patrice Barnes March 8, 2018. Claims Personal against the decedent Representative

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Charles A Murray , whose address is 1232 E St. NE, Washington, DC 20002 was, appointed personalrepresentative of the estate Robert L 16:13:21 EDTof2017 LEGAL Murray, whoNOTICES died on July 11, 2007 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 March 8, 2018. 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 March 8, 2018, 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: September 8, 2017 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Charles A Murray Personal Representative

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PROBATE DIVISION a will, and will serve withWashington, D.C. out Court supervision. All 20001-2131 unknown heirs and heirs Administration No. whose whereabouts are 2017ADM1350 unknown shall enter their Mary E Gordon appearance in this Decedent proceeding. Objections Kimberly Fahrenholz to such appointment (or Esquire to the probate of de1801-18th St. NW, Ste 9 cedent´s will) shall be Washington, DC 20009 filed with the Register of Attorney Wills, D.C., 515 5th NOTICE OF Street, N.W., 3rd Floor APPOINTMENT, Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . NOTICE TO 20001, on or before CREDITORS March 2, 2018. Claims AND NOTICE TO against the decedent UNKNOWN HEIRS shall be presented to the Kimberly Fahrenholz Esundersigned with a copy Continued from C3 quire, whose address is to the Register of Wills or 1801 18th Street, NW, filed with the Register of TYPESET: Tue Sep 12 16:18:35 EDT 2017 DC Wills with a copy to the Ste 9, Washington, LEGAL NOTICES 20009 was appointed undersigned, on or bepersonal representative fore March 2, 2018, or be Superior Court of of the estate of Mary E forever barred. Persons the District of Gordon , who died on believed to be heirs or District of Columbia October 23, 2016 without legatees of the decedent PROBATE DIVISION a will, and will serve with- who do not receive a Washington, D.C. out Court supervision. All copy of this notice by mail 20001-2131 unknown heirs and heirs within 25 days of its first Administration No. whose whereabouts are publication shall so in2017ADM1350 unknown shall enter their form the Register of Mary E Gordon appearance in this Wills, including name, Decedent proceeding. Objections address and relationKimberly Fahrenholz to such appointment (or ship. Esquire to the probate of de- Date of Publication: 1801-18th St. NW, Ste 9 cedent´s will) shall be August 31, 2017 Washington, DC 20009 filed with the Register of Name of newspaper: Attorney Wills, D.C., 515 5th Afro-American NOTICE OF Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington APPOINTMENT, Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . Law Reporter NOTICE TO 20001, on or before Kimberly Fahrenholz CREDITORS March 2, 2018. Claims Esq AND NOTICE TO against the decedent Personal UNKNOWN HEIRS shall be presented to the Representative Kimberly Fahrenholz Es- undersigned with a copy quire, whose address is to the Register of Wills or TRUE TEST COPY 1801 18th Street, NW, filed with the Register of REGISTER OF WILLS Ste 9, Washington, DC Wills with a copy to the 20009 was appointed undersigned, on or be- 09/1, 09/8, 09/15/17 personal representative fore March 2, 2018, or be of the estate of Mary E forever barred. Persons Gordon , who died on believed to be heirs or October 23, 2016 without legatees of the decedent a will, and will serve with- who do not receive a out Court supervision. All copy of this notice by mail unknown heirs and heirs within 25 days of its first whose whereabouts are publication shall so inunknown shall enter their form the Register of appearance in this Wills, including name, proceeding. Objections address and relationTYPESET: Wed Sep 13 14:24:58 to Continued such appointment from (or C4 ship. EDT 2017 to the probate of de- Date of Publication: cedent´s will) shall be August 31, 2017 BALTIMORE filed with the Register of CITY NameOF of newspaper: Wills, D.C., 515 DEPARTMENT 5th Afro-American OF PUBLIC WORKS Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington AND CONSTRUCTION OFFICE OF ENGINEERING Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . Law Reporter 20001, on or before Kimberly Fahrenholz March 2, 2018. Claims NOTICE OF LETTING Esq against the decedent Personal Sealed or Proposals, in duplicate addressed to the Board of Estimates shall be Bids presented to the Representative of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore and marked for Sanitary undersigned with a copy Contract No. of950-Caroline Street Pumping Station Upto the Register Wills or TRUE TESTStormwater COPY grade willthe beRegister receivedofat the Office of OF the WILLS Comptroller, Room 204, City Hall, filed with REGISTER Baltimore, until 11:00 A.M. on Wednesday, October 25, 2017. Wills with aMaryland copy to the undersigned, be-be 09/1, 09/8, after 09/15/17 Positively no on bidsor will received 11:00 A.M. Bids will be publicly fore March 2018, or be opened by2, the Board of Estimates in Room 215, City Hall at Noon. forever barred.Documents Persons The Contract may be examined, without charge, in Room 6 believed on to the be heirs or of the Abel Wolman Municipal Building, 200 N. located first floor legatees of the decedent Holliday Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202 as of Friday, September 15, who do not receive a 2017 and copies may be purchased for a non-refundable cost of $40.00. copy of this notice by mail Conditions and of the Bid are found in the bid package. within 25 days of requirements its first All contractors bidding publication shall so in-on this Contract must first be prequalified by the City of Baltimore Contractors Qualification Committee. Interested parties form the Register of should call 410-396-6883 or contact the Committee at 4 South Frederick Wills, including name, Street, Floor, Baltimore, Maryland 21202. If a bid is submitted by a address4thand relationship. venture (”JV”), then in that event, the document that established joint DateJV of Publication: the shall be submitted with the bid for verification purposes. The August 31, 2017 Category required for bidding on this project is G90020-W Prequalification Name of newspaper: and WW SCADA and PCS system Integrator Afro-American Cost Qualification Range for this work shall be $500,000.01 to Washington $1,000,000.00 Law Reporter A ”Pre-Bidding Information” session will be conducted at the Abel Wolman Kimberly Fahrenholz Municipal Building, 3rd Floor Large Conference Room, 200 Holliday Esq Street, Baltimore, MD 21202 on September 22, 2017 at 10:00 A.M. Personal PrincipalRepresentative Item of work for this project are:

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The Afro-American, September 16, 2017 - September 22, 2017

Jennifer Jones, Kaia Stevens Freedom Temple members and Rev. Dr. Frances “Toni” Draper Pastor of Freedom Temple AME Zion Church

The Day of Hope Welcome Committee

The Day of Hope event was held on Sept. 2 at Freedom Temple AME Zion Church in South Baltimore, where Rev. Dr. Frances “Toni” Draper is the Pastor. Free cooked food, fresh picked vegetables and fruit were given out. Many received free haircuts, school supplies and clothes. Local churches, law enforcement, community associations, businesses and volunteers came together to support the Day of Hope.

Wyatt, Rubia and Steven sporting the Live to 100 tee shirt given to them by David Money, center

Donna, Colleen, Bro. Tyrone, Rev. Lisa Brock, gave away fresh picked fruit and veggies

Millie Brown, founder of A Mother’s Cry, and Dana Bell, of A Mother’s Cry, offer support for mothers who have lost children to tragedy

Wes and Dawn Moore, CEO’s of the Robin Hood Foundation, had a free back to school giveaway at the Shake and Bake Family Fun Center on Pennsylvania Ave. in West Baltimore, on August 25. Besides skating, children received shoes, clothes, school supplies, haircuts and manicures. The Robin Hood Foundation, is a charitable organization, which works to alleviate challenges caused by poverty.

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Baltimore Celebrity Cuts Barbershop offering free hair cuts to the Day Of Hope event

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s the teachers, principals, college professors and administrators prepare their classrooms to meet their students for another year of learning, the Steppin’ Out Bunch hosted a fundraiser/party on Sept. 5, at Martin’s West Caterers in Baltimore, Md. For the

Steppin’ Out Bunch Executive members are Rose Backus-Hamm, Pat Payne, Everene Johnson-Turner, Joy Savage, Barbara Banks, Gladys Rice, Almenta Bell, Helen McDonald and Lucy Miller Dr. Wanda Perry, Raquel Mitchell, Brenda Hubbard, James Billup. Seated, Corannetta Robinson and Lucy Miller

Roslyn Smith, Dr. Maya Rockeymore Cummings and Myra White Gray

Mildred Harper, founder, Steppin’ Out Bunch, Rose Backus Hamm and Everene Johnson-Turner

past eight years, the Steppin’ Out Bunch has been drawing a crowd of retirees who get together on opening day of the Baltimore City Public Schools (BCPS) to celebrate their retirement with music, good food, lots of dancing, and reconnecting with old friends and colleagues. Former BCPS principal, Mildred Long Harper brought the concept to Baltimore where 18 retirees joined her at the Olive Branch Restaurant years ago. Since that time, the numbers in attendance have grown to over 1,300 stressfree guests who come from surrounding counties and other states. Proceeds from this event support several established scholarship programs for deserving students in the Baltimore area.

Lewis Hudnall, Thaddeus Logan, Frank Coakley and Almie Mcntyre Yvonne Cook, Aldonna Wylie and Gloria Eaddy

Carolyn Wainwright and Sen. Nathaniel McFadden

Shirley Singletary, Wenda Parker Robinson, Cheryl Solomon, Gerri Finch, Rev. Fritz Outlaw. Seated are Laura Phillips Byrd, Ronald Brooks and Sylvia Miller

Rhonda Alexander, Gladys Rice, Yvonne Frye and Carolyn Cole Photos by Dr. A. Lois DeLaine

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September 16, 2017 - September 22, 2017, The Afro-American

BALTIMORE-AREA Annapolis Focuses on City’s Surging Violence

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Powers Group Absolutely Qualified

Under the terms of Baltimore’s Consent Decree with the U.S. Department of Justice Sean Yoes (DOJ), an Baltimore AFRO independent monitor must Editor syoes@afro.com be selected to assist the Court in the implementation of the terms of the Consent Decree. The Court (in this case, U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar), the City, DOJ and the Baltimore Police Department (BPD), are scheduled to make a final selection of the Monitor on Sept. 15. The selection process started out with 26 teams and the list was cut down to six, then four and then allegedly two: Exiger and Powers Consulting Group. However, recently the website established to allegedly make the process of selecting the Monitor more transparent published this statement: “After extensive consultation between the parties, and between the parties and the Court during recent telephone status conferences, the parties conclude that none of the finalist teams have all of the appropriate experience and expertise for each of the key aspects of a successful monitorship of the Consent Decree.” Bull----. To suggest that none of the teams that were part of the selection process are fully qualified to operate as Baltimore’s Monitor for implementation of the Consent Decree is worst than insulting. “There were a number of qualified teams, it started with 24, went down to six, then went down to four, and I would suggest to you that certainly the final four and maybe more than that, the final six had all

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DOJ Won’t Prosecute Balto. Cops in Gray Case

Gray Family, Attorneys: ‘This Is Not a Time to Celebrate’ On Sept. 12, the U.S. Baltimore AFRO Department Editor syoes@afro.com of Justice confirmed it will not bring civil rights charges against the six Baltimore Police Department officers connected to the death of Freddie Gray in Apr. 2015. Gray’s family was scheduled to speak during a press conference at the offices of their attorney William H. “Billy” Murphy Sept. 13, but decided to forgo the cameras and instead conveyed their sentiments through their attorney. “The family is tired of getting bad news, as I’m sure you can understand,” said Murphy during the press conference. “They’re tired of being used as props for the genuine sorrow that they do not wish to experience over and over again...This is not a time to celebrate.” Murphy also made a point of thanking Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby, who indicted the six officers in Gray’s death and seemingly accused the Baltimore City Police Department of misconduct in the investigation of those six officers. “I’m particularly gratified at the tremendous effort and courage of Marilyn Mosby who, unlike most prosecutors, was outraged at what you saw and did her very best to accomplish the goal of holding one or more police officers accountable,” Murphy said. “I also want to point out that in the future, hopefully before this next election, you will see the extent to which various members of the Police Department of Baltimore City deliberately obstructed this investigation. I believe... without question, that in several significant ways her investigation was sabotaged,” Murphy added. The Baltimore delegation of the U.S. Congress; Rep. Elijah Cummings, Rep. John Sarbanes, Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger, Sen. Ben Cardin and Sen. Chris Van Hollen (all D-MD), issued the following statement regarding the DOJ decision not to prosecute the officers connected to Gray’s death: “We are disappointed by the reports that DOJ will not seek justice for Freddie Gray, but we are not surprised. We Sean Yoes

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Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh and Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby both testified during an Annapolis hearing convened by Sen. Bobby Zirkin, chair of the Judicial Proceedings Committee. By Stephen Janis and Taya Graham Special to the AFRO A hearing to address violence in Baltimore held in Annapolis this week featured a litany of accomplishments related to new programs aimed at curbing crime. But it was unclear if the discussion between legislators and city officials would result in any new legislation during the upcoming session. The hearing was convened by State Senator Bobby Zirkin, who characterized the recent surge in violence as troubling. “The violence is in a proportion I haven’t seen,” Zirkin said. “No one bill is going to cure what’s going on.” Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh, Police Commissioner Kevin Davis and Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby discussed in detail what they were doing to combat another record year of mayhem which has put the city’s per capita homicide count well above the far more populous New York. Speaking for nearly an hour, Pugh provided an in-depth, and at times somewhat rambling, account of a variety of city programs and initiatives that she said were part of her overall crime plan. Among them: installing more street lights; providing wrap around services for the city’s homeless; more city sponsored youth jobs and reentry assistance for residents returning from jail. “I certainly did not campaign without a plan,” said Pugh, “I think that we have taken a holistic approach” Pugh also argued the police department was understaffed, noting that the number of sworn officers has dropped significantly over the last five years. “This police department has been under invested for a long time,” Pugh testified. “There was a time when we had almost

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3,000 police officers and today we had about 2,200,” she said. She also touted a recently proposed tax credit for police and firefighters to encourage them to move into the city, and a just passed gun law that would require a five-year mandatory minimum sentence for possession of a firearm near a school, church, or government building. Police Commissioner Kevin Davis focused in part on the uptick of juvenile crime, noting that roughly 1,100 juveniles had been arrested thus far in 2017. However, Davis argued the city needed to make a distinction between teens who commit minor crimes and youth involved in more violent and destructive behavior. “Nearly 90 percent of juveniles charged as adults end up back in juvenile courts, that requires a discussion,” Davis said. Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby said the number of caseloads were an issue for her agency, particularly in the homicide division where prosecutors are overwhelmed. “The national average a prosecutor should be dealing with is approximately 20 cases,” Mosby said, “My prosecutors on average have about 54.” Despite the high caseload, Mosby said her office has won convictions in 81 percent of the murder cases tried this year. Looming over the hearing was a report by the Baltimore Sun that the Justice Department would not pursue civil rights charges against the six officers charged but later cleared in the death of Freddie Gray. The announcement means that the criminal phase of the case is over. Last week the city scheduled administrative hearings for five of the six officers starting in October. The hearings are part of the department’s internal disciplinary process. The officers requested what’s known as a ‘trial board’ after an independent investigation by the Montgomery County

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Looming DeVos Visit to UB Sparks Student Walk Outs

Md. Attorney General Sues Trump Administration Over DACA

By Jennifer Wright Special to the AFRO

By J. K. Schmid Special to the AFRO

University of Baltimore students and community members waved signs in Gordon Plaza on the school’s campus Sept. 11, in protest of the announcement that Betsy DeVos, the controversial U.S. Secretary of Education, will be the Fall commencement speaker at UB. Kurt Schmoke, UB President and former Baltimore Mayor, made the announcement last week, the same week DeVos announced an effort to roll back Obamaera Title IX protections across college campuses in the U.S., which in part protect students from sexual assault. Courtesy Photo “I’m graduating in Betsy DeVos, who has December and I’m so been a lightning rod for proud of myself for the controversy as Donald accomplishments that I have Trump’s Secretary of achieved here at UB and my Education, was invited graduation will not be the to address the University same for myself or any of the of Baltimore’s fall Continued on D3 commencement.

Brian E. Frosh, Maryland Attorney General, recently announced that Maryland will join 19 other states and the District of Columbia, in suing the Trump Administration over their plan to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, (DACA). DACA is an executive order signed by former President Barack Obama in 2012. “The callous and cavalier action taken by the Trump Administration will destroy the lives of many immigrants who were brought here as infants and toddlers, who love the United States of America, who pay taxes and abide by the law,” said Frosh in a statement. The specific injuries and damages anticipated by the attorney general include

possible abuse of sensitive information provided to Homeland Security in good faith, uncalculated possible injury to small businesses owned, operated or staffed by undocumented workers and insufficient notice to allow for public comment. DACA, was designed to protect what Obama referred to as “strivers” in a Sept. 5 Facebook post. Along with the Iran nuclear deal and Affordable Care Act, DACA stood to be a legacy component of the Obama Administration. The order is now the third piece of policy, along with the aforementioned act and deal, to face mounting retrenchments from the new administration. “Strivers,” in addition to other qualities, were defined as those that came into the United States before

their 16th birthday, had a clean criminal record and had obtained a high school diploma, or GED, or had been honorably discharged from the US Armed Forces. One of the benefits of DACA would have allowed otherwise undocumented immigrants to obtain legitimate state documentation in the form of driver’s licenses and work permits. In exchange, requestors provided

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of the expertise required...there were a number of teams that had all of the elements,” said Dr. Tyrone Powers during an interview on Sept. 11, on “First Edition.” Dr. Powers is the leader of the Powers Consulting Group. He is also the director of the Homeland Security Criminal Justice Institute of Anne Arundel Community College. He’s a former FBI Special Agent, former Maryland State Trooper and main architect of “The People’s Plan to Dramatically Reduce Crime in Baltimore,” crafted in 2000 in response to the draconian zero tolerance policing policy implemented in 1999. Back in August in this column I also wrote the following about Powers and his team: For me it is clear who is best prepared to be the independent monitor of the embattled BPD; The Powers Consulting Group, LLC. Powers has assembled a formidable team of law enforcement and criminal justice professionals including: Patrick Oliver, director of Criminal Justice for Cedarville University; C. Phillip Nichols, retired judge for the 7th Judicial Circuit of Maryland; Michele Mendez, senior attorney for the Defending Vulnerable Populations Project and Neill Franklin, retired Major for the Maryland State Police and former director of training for the BPD,

among others. Yet, the “conclusion” by the entities presiding over the process, is that none of the teams are fully qualified. “The judge...is trying to control and have power over this whole thing. And what he’s essentially done by moving towards assembling...putting teams together, is he’s taken the public out of the scenario,” Powers said. “Because the public had the opportunity to interview teams, they looked at the teams, they looked at their plans, they looked at their budgets and they had the opportunity to question those teams,” he added. “So, now... you speak an untruth about saying they didn’t have the expertise and qualifications...that makes no logical sense that’s just a way of appeasing the public.” Powers contends the process of selecting the Independent Monitor has perhaps been inherently biased in nearly every scenario where Consent Decrees were established. “Out of 22 consent decrees in the United States, most of them involved Black communities or Latino communities, there’s only been one (Newark, NJ.) Black firm that’s been selected. So, they always bring in others to monitor our communities... they’ve always said, `We know what’s best for you,’” Powers said.

“So, a Black firm can’t monitor it...that’s so condescending and paternalistic...you can participate, but you can’t control it even when it involves your community. That’s just disrespectful to the people.” And, perhaps, racist. In the grand scheme of things, the actions of the parties presiding over the selection of the Independent Monitor suggest we, Black people, don’t have the capacity to deal with our own issues. Our mostly Black, mostly poor city has been disproportionately impacted by the misconduct of law enforcement and specifically police brutality. The searing DOJ report (prompted after the death of Freddie Gray and the subsequent uprising) stated that empirically. Yet, a Black man born and raised in Baltimore, with impeccable credentials and the prodigious team he has assembled is somehow unqualified? This feels like the 21st century embodiment of the seemingly archaic notion, “White man’s burden.” Sean Yoes is the AFRO’s Baltimore editor and host and executive producer of AFRO First Edition, which airs Monday through Friday 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. on WEAA, 88.9.

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biometric and historical data to the US Citizenship and Immigration Services. This is the information considered by the litigants to be ripe for abuse. Homeland Security may now have a uniquely complete list with which to target these immigrants for incarceration and ultimately, deportation. There are approximately 800,000 DACA recipients. Rescinding DACA was a “day one” priority as Trump stated during his campaign. The president has said his order will take effect in six months if Congress does not take action. He later tweeted that if Congress was unable to take action “you have nothing to worry about.” He did not explain what that meant. Trump’s campaign rhetoric cited illegal immigration as a chief source of crime in the United States. However, the growing weight of research and testimony from academics demonstrates

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Continued from D1 students here. She does not represent the ideals of what UB is or what Baltimore City has for the public education system at all,” graduate student Devon Washington, told the AFRO. According to the University of Baltimore Student Government Association (SGA), the student body had no say in the decision to invite Devos to speak at the school’s commencement. “The truth is we welcome Betsy Devos here to come on campus. This is not the right time or right atmosphere for her to come and speak on policies that we don’t truly represent,” Keanuu Smith-Brown Student Government Vice President said. “If she is going to come and stand in front of us and say that she is going to cut funding for public schools and she is going to stand in front of us and say that she is willing to cut funding for Pell grants and stand in front of us and say that she is not going to enforce Title IX on universities and campuses across the country then no, we are not going to back a woman like that.” Smith-Brown would prefer that Devos would come to the campus and address the issues he mentioned instead of promoting policies that do not represent the student body. A petition that requested President Schmoke rescind his invitation to DeVos has generated over 2,800 signatures so far. Schmoke issued a statement Sept. 11 that said, “I extended my invitation to Secretary

DeVos in January of this year and she accepted shortly thereafter. In my letter of invitation, I afforded her the opportunity to use the event to not only congratulate our graduates but to also present her views on higher education issues on her choice…After reading about events at other universities where persons were denied the right to speak because some on campus opposed the views of the speaker, I became convinced that the University of Baltimore was the right institution to affirm the academy’s commitment to freedom of speech.” Ben Jealous, the former National President & CEO of the NAACP and current candidate for Maryland governor, also stood in solidarity with the students and spoke at the protest. He told the AFRO, “I teach at Princeton University and I’m a big supporter of bringing controversial speakers to campus on every day except for graduation day. Our graduation speakers traditionally are speakers who speak to the best values of the university and the highest aspirations of the students. Betsy Devos’s leadership is contrary to both,” Jealous said. This is not the first time DeVos has been met with criticism on a college campus. Last spring, many graduates at Bethune-Cookman University turned their backs on her as she spoke at the historically Black university’s Spring commencement.

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Continued from D1 police found they had violated departmental policy during Gray’s arrest. Investigators recommended that Lt. Brian Rice, Officer Caesar Goodson, and Sgt. Alicia White face termination. The administrative trial of Goodson, the

driver of the van in which Gray suffered fatal injuries, is scheduled for Oct. 30 to Nov. 3. Lt. Brian Rice’s trial is Nov. 13-17; Sgt. Alicia White’s is Dec. 5-11, Officer Garrett Miller’s is Dec. 18-19, and Officer Edward Nero’s is Dec. 20-21.

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are sworn to protect,” the delegation stated. The AFRO’s J.K. Schmid contributed reporting to this story.

September 16, 2017 - September 22, 2017, The Afro-American

Jazz Concerts Are Jumping For Joy In Baltimore Hello my dear friends and fans. I first want to say my prayers and hopes are going out to the people of Florida, Texas and the Caribbean Islands that were affected by the deadly storms. Just stop reading me for a minute and bow your head and ask God, the Heavens above, or whoever you pray to; pray for their safety, health and lives. Thank you! â&#x20AC;&#x153;The All Black Affairâ&#x20AC;? that will be presented at the Forum Caterers on Sept. 22, will not only feature Norman Connors, but The Craig Alston Syndicate, a special tribute to the music of Phyllis Hyman, an after concert dance party by DJ Sugar Chris and will be hosted by Roy Sampson and

Maysa & Lonnie Liston Smith are performing at Morgan State Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Murphy Fine Arts Center, Gilliam Concert Hall, 2201 Argonne Drive in Baltimore on Sept. 15, at 7:30 p.m. for â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Jazzy Sesquicentennial!â&#x20AC;?

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jazzy Tarsha.â&#x20AC;? For more information, call 410-9639238. The play â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mommaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Boyâ&#x20AC;? is coming to the Murphy Fine Arts Center, Sept. 22â&#x20AC;&#x201C;24 on the campus of Morgan State University, 2201 Argonne Drive in Baltimore. The cast includes: Johnny Gill, Robin Givens, Nephew Tommy, Jackee, Anthony Brown, Shirley Murdock, Gary Lil G Jenkins and Dawn Robinson. Oh my goodness, what a helluva cast! For ticket information, call 800531-SEAT or go to: www. ticketmaster.com. Michelle Murphy and the Gold Star Mothers Maryland

been doing book signings at this event every year since 2003, and it is a good time for everyone. The festival, a literary feast with gourmet eats takes place Sept. 2224, 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. The Baltimore Book Festival sponsored by the Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts, is the premier celebration of the literary arts and features hundreds

The Baltimore Book Festival, hosted by the Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts, is Sept. 22 through Sept. 24, 11 a.m. - 7 p.m., at the Baltimore Inner Harbor and is open to the public.

Chapter, are having a crab feast and bull roast on Sept. 17, 3 p.m. - 7 p.m. at the American Legion Post 60, 2 Main Street in Laurel, Md. For ticket information, go to marylandgoldstarmoms. com. B&A Brothers Scholarship Foundation, is hosting a crab feast Sept. 17, 3 p.m. - 7 p.m. at the Annapolis Elks Lodge #622, at 2 Pythian Drive in Edgewater, Md. For ticket information, call 443-5068120. The National Coalition of 100 Black Women is celebrating their 18th Biennial Conference and 35th Anniversary at the Hyatt Regency Inner Harbor in Baltimore, Md Sept. 20â&#x20AC;&#x201C;

24. For more information, call Marsha Jews between 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 410-3006887. Before I leave you, myself and the members of Jazz Expressways Foundation want to thank everyone who came and supported our fundraiser breakfast Sept. 9 at the Forest Park Senior Center, especially AFRO managing editor, Kamau High, who is a very strong supporter and Carl Beasley, former manager of the Poetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Athletic Club. It was a successful event. I am very excited to be taking part again in the Baltimore Book Festival, coming up next weekend at the Inner Harbor. I have

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a fun place to be. So, if you have not gotten either of my books, this is the place to find me and get them. Okay, I am out of space, got to go now, but I will see you somewhere. Remember, if you need me, call me at 410-833-9474 or email me at rosapryor@aol.com or my website:www.ramblingrose.com. Until the next time, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m musically yours.

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