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Loch Raven Mother Forces Son to Wear Sign For Disobedience By Krishana Davis AFRO Staff Writer Traffic crawled, backing up for more than a block, as drivers slowed to read a sign slung over the shoulders of 10-year-old Larry Saunders. “I disrespect my parents and everyone who tries to help me!” it read. Sarina Clark, Larry’s mother, said she was fed up with back-talk, lies and insolence from her son and decided to try an alternative method of discipline. So, she hand-lettered the message on two poster-boards and forced him to wear the sandwich sign on the corner of Ellerslie Avenue and 33rd Street for three and a half hours so her

son could suffer the embarrassment that she and her family felt in response to his behavior. “He thinks he can do whatever he wants and disrespect me in front of everyone else and there is no consequence,” she said while sitting in a lawn chair a few feet away looking at her son. “So I want him to know how it feels to be disrespected and to have everyone else looking at me when he does things wrong. I need him to change. He has potential to be whatever he wants to be, but I need him to see that.” Clark said Larry has respectable grades – a 99 average on a 100-point scale as a fifth grader at Waverly Elementary School – but he talks back to teachers, disobeys his mother, his father and Continued on A9

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Baltimore Program Helps Homeless Vets Return to Society

Army airborne infantry specialist from 1982 to 1986. But he’s homeless. Sean-Christopher Riley, Shuffling from the “Shaka” as he calls himself, couches of friends and may not fit the stereotypical family members to the idea of homelessness. He streets of Washington, D.C. works as a nursing assistant. to Baltimore, Riley has no He has his associate’s permanent residence. At 48, degree from Montgomery he recently found his way Community College. He to the Maryland Center for served his country as a U.S. Veterans Education and Training (MCVET), a non-profit facility providing counseling, education and employment services to homeless veterans. Located in the old Maryland Cup Factory in the 300 block of High St., MCVET was founded in 1993 by four military veterans as a housing facility. Former Baltimore Mayor Kurt Schmoke sold them the building for $1, said Jeffery Kendrick, director of operations of MCVET. “[The founders] realized there were guys who have served their country, come back and have no place to stay,” Photo by Krishana Davis said Kendrick, who is retired from the U.S. Sean-Christopher Riley By Krishana Davis AFRO Staff Writer

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handcuffed and taken to jail while they sang and prayed in front of the locked doors of the North Carolina Senate. The nonviolent civil disobedience was the opening round in a series of protests to focus national attention on

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Det. Daniel T. Nicholson IV, the lead investigator in the missing person’s case of honor student Phylicia Barnes, was charged on April 29 with four non-felony criminal violations in what prosecutors said was an illegal search to find his own runaway daughter. Nicholson faces two counts of second-degree assault, one count of fourth-degree burglary and one count of making a false statement to police, the state’s attorney’s office said in a news release. “As these charges demonstrate yet again, I am committed to investigating allegations of police misconduct and prosecuting officers who violate the laws they have sworn to enforce,” said State’s Attorney Gregg L. Bernstein in a statement. Nicholson’s daughter Moriah went missing on April 20, 2012 from their home in the Gywnn Oak community in Baltimore County. The Baltimore City Police public information department posted the flyer of the missing 15-yearold via their social media networks, although the investigation was not in their jurisdiction, said law enforcement officials. According to the state’s attorney’s office, on April 22, 2012 Nicholson, accompanied by persons who were not identified by Continued on A4

Air Force. MCVET officials said the organization has successfully graduated as many as 10,000 residents, like Riley, who now

volunteers as an advocate for the homeless. He went to MCVET seeking financial assistance to return to college. His nursing assistance

certification, which must be renewed periodically, had expired. His background

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Black Jockey Eyes Top Prize at Kentucky Derby

By Zachary Lester AFRO Staff Writer Kevin Krigger always wanted to be a jockey. As a child in the Virgin Islands, he rode the arm of the sofa at his home when he was tiny, later graduating to a horse he was gifted by his grandmother. By the time he was a teenager, he had won his first race at the Randall James Racetrack in his hometown of St. Croix. His heart was set and his ambition clear: he wanted to join the ranks of the great Black jockeys who once dominated the sport of horse racing. Krigger has realized his dream, racing in California and even taking the top spot April 6 at the Santa Anita Derby, the first Black jockey to win there since horse

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Baltimore’s Bastille Needs Expert Teardown

“Who does that?” Who knowingly and willingly breaks the law who has been sworn to uphold the law? Who knowingly and willingly has sexual relations and gets impregnated not once, but twice by a murder suspect whose name is visibly tattooed on not one, butintwo sport-utility vehicle sought By Alan King womens’ body connection with theparts? murder of AFRO Staff Writer Hudson’s mother brother. Well, if theand federal The white, 1994 Chevrolet Jennifer Hudson and other indictment handed up last Suburban with Illinois license relatives positively identified Adrienne week charging that a seedy, Washington sweeping criminal enterprise AFRO Columnist operated inside and outside the Baltimore City Detention Center by the Black Guerilla Family proves true, at least four female corrections officers shamefully “did that!” These women and others charged not only disrespected their families and those who entrusted them, but they also showed how much they disrespect themselves. They may have even put the future employment of female correction officers in jeopardy. For whom? For what? A car, a cell phone, sex, a misogynist of inconceivable character? But the shame is not theirs alone. Pass the blame around from theCourtesy statehouse Photos to the jailhouse, because we’re hard pressed to believe that Jennifer Hudson and her mom, Darnell Donerson who allkilled, this criminal self-debasing was as wellactivity as herand brother, Jason.behavior went on for so long, as charged in the indictment of no less than 25 a lot of people a was blindfound eye. on “Who plate turning X584859 the defendants, body of her without 7-year-old Chicago’s West Side after nephew does Monday, that?” just hours received a 7which a.m. call after his body was in aa grandpolice How else tofound explain jury indictment paints a picture that resembles animals taking over a zoo? Drugs,

cigarettes, cell phones and other contraband were allegedly But instances of guards being involved with inmates “is smuggled into the jail under a corruption scheme that not a new thing,” he said. He cited poor management and included 13 corrections officers, all under a group headed, wondered if standard practices were in place that could have in jail, by a man held for murder, Tavon White, 36, who helped prevent this case. impregnated four guards, according to the indictment. He “Running a jail is not like running a prison,” said and Tiffany Linder, 27, who is eight months pregnant, were Ridley. “You have to check and inspect, inspect and check - November 7, 2008, The Washington Afro-American A3 the first to plead not guilty to the charges earlierNovember this week 1, in 2008constantly.” Most important, employ a “walk-around court. management style.” Ridley said, “I bet $1,000 that the [jail] As it should, the legislature has called for a hearing. managers were not walking around the [Baltimore] jail; they Perhaps they should call Walter Ridley as an expert witness. were at their desks sitting on their butts.” He has 42 years of experience in criminal justice. When he ran the D.C. Jail, he said, hefliers and his managers from a neighbor about a suspiposted bearing his photoheads the Prince walked around talking to guards and inmates ciousRidley vehicle. The man noticedGeorge’s County-based graph aroundand thedid city. On the vehicle whileConsultants walking hisand is the former head of the Sunday, Jennifer Hudson Ridley Group their paperwork at night. “If you walk around the jail and asked dog. According to the Chicago for the public’s help in finding something is going on, sooner or later somebody is going to Tribune, the boy had been shot her nephew. In her MySpace tell it.” That’s why, he added, “there’s no reason they should multiple times in the back seat blog, she thanked fans and supnot have known there were problems.” of the vehicle. The SUV, regisporters for their prayers and tered to Hudson’s murdered offered $100,000 reward to Ridley said he felt “hurt and pain” foraGary Maynard, brother, was towed with the anyone who returned secretary of Maryland’s Department of Public Safety the boy boy’s body inside and is being alive. and Correctional Services, who, he said, a good processed by evidence techniSinceenjoyed the investigation, reputation in correction circles. Ridley said, “Even though cians and workers. The body Hudson – who gained stardom was later removed and taken to appearing on “American D.C. Department of Corrections, which included Lorton Maynard took the weight, which isafter all well and good, some the Cook County Medical Idol,”Maynard, and then won an Reformatory and D.C. Jail. Already, he says, it’s time to “stop other heads should roll.” He defended noting Examiner’s office. Academy Award for her role in throwing stones and come up with solutions.” that as an administrator who mustthe deal with policy and Hudson and other family movie Dreamgirls – has Ridley suggests replacing the Bastille-like relic of a jail administration, “he can’t be down there the jail eye. members arrived at the Medical stayed running out of the public Examiner’s office mid-afterTribune reportin Baltimore with a new facility equipped with state-of-theevery day. His people let him down.”The He Chicago said, “I know from Julian King, JennniferofHudson’s nephew. noon to identify the body. ed that a parade of cars moved art surveillance technology to match “the sophistication experience.” Given the choice between lookslowly past her family’s home the accused” and to watch employees as well as for inmates. public’s safety by such widespread A spokesman the office the The murders but is beingwas heldjeopardized in Monday ing directly at the body or morning, past the told the newspaper that Hudson jail for parole violation after Institute substantive and continued training specifically corruption, he said. Those who fell down on the job, not viewing it on a wall-mounted news vans, reporters andonly curigeared for those working in urban jails with high turnover let Maynard down, “they let the whole state of Maryland ous onlookers. stood rates where hard to with keep track inmates. It “The firstobviously thing down.” “She heldit’shands heroffamily. was a very emotional moment.” Neighbors quietly and politicians cut is the training budget,” he said. Who does that? reflected on the also suggests scale for corrections “remained strong for her famibeing convicted of attempted videoHe screen, the familyraising chose the pay violence. and was clearly leader. murder andjournalist vehicular Adrienne hijack- Washington officers, a number of are ly” women earning on its average Veteran writes weekly for the latter. According to whom the In front of the Hudson’s “She held hands with her their fami- the ing.AFRO’about Cook Countyrelevant recordsissues show in the Tribune, Hudson said, home, men in heavy jackets about $30,000, “most“Yes, of whom are professional and put District, Maryland and ly,” the spokesman said. “It that he pleaded guilty to both that’s and hooded sweatshirts came to liveshim.” on the line every day.” How about better ascreening of Northern Send to her at editor@afro. was obviously very emotional charges inVirginia. 1999. He wascorrespondence also kiss the twin white crosses barjob applicants? That, too. com. moment.” convicted in 1998 for possesing the names of Donerson and

Jennifer Hudson and Relatives Identify Body of Her Slain Nephew

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“Who knowingly and willingly breaks the law who has been sworn to uphold the law?”

Leader Calls Voter Registration Fraud Charges ‘Bogus’ 17 Jailed By Alan King Continued from A1

The boy – the son of Julia Hudson, Jennifer’s sister – had been missing since Friday, when a relative found Julian’s grandmother, Darnell Donerson, 57, and his uncle, Jason Hudson, 29, shot to death in hisour grandmother’s home in religious traditions the 7000 block of South Yale summon us in the Avenue. public square An Amber Alert to – aenact designation for high-risk missing policies that maintain children – was issuedtoFriday a commitment the after Julian was discovered protection of civil missing after the murders. and humanWilliam rights, the Police arrested Balfour, the missing stepcommon good, boy’s the good fatherofand husband theestranged whole, equal of Julia, at his girlfriend’s protection and justice for Southside apartment several andthe themurders. uplift of the hoursall, after poor mother, and marginalized. Balfour’s Michele, has told reporters her son had Anythingthat opposing nothing to do with themust slayings. these principles be Balfour remains a suspect in

sion of a stolen motor vehicle. He was released from prison in 2006 after serving seven years holdthe similar protests andand for attempted murder car hijacking direct actionscharges. in cities and Theacross boy remained missing states the country, in through a long weekend in solidarity with us in North which police and volunteers

Jason. “Everybody is sick of going through stuff like this,” Artisha Nelson Johnson; Rev. John West, a former resident of the Mendez; Rev. Maria Palmer; area told the Tribune. “We all Rev. Larry and All Rev.these have to stickRead; together. young children are dying, and Theodore Anthony Spearman. for what?” The group included three

No wonder Obama’s campaign is and Dallas Cowboys players trying to distance him from the Tony Romo and Terrell Owens, group, saying, “Barack Obama among the names submitted to houses and the Carolina.” Never Organized with ACORN.” election officials. Presidential candidate John governor’s office. Hurd said those workers, who But Obama’s ties to ACORN run McCain’s attack on ACORN – college professors, two The activists were a long and deep. He taught classes were doing those things without “The decision Associated Community students, and veteran civil diverse group ranging in for ACORN. They even endorsed ACORN’s knowledge or permisOrganization Reform Now – to engage in for civil age from 18 to 74. The rights leaders including Adam him for President. sion, were fired. confirms the success of the disobedience is ministers included: Rev. Sotak, Dr. Timothy Tyson, But now ACORN is in trouble. “The evidence that has surorganization, the head of the not onesays. we take Reporter: There are at least faced so far shows they faked group Dr. William J. Barber, II; Margaretta Belin, O’Linda 11 investigations across the lightly,” Barber.to the work forms to get paid for work they “This said is testimony Rev. Jimmie R. Hawkins; Gillis, Perri Morgan and Bob country involving thousands of didn’t do, not to stuff ballot we’vethe done and success we’ve “But extremists Rev. Curtis Gatewood; Rev. Zellner. potentially fraudulent ACORN boxes.” ACORN, she said, is the had,” Maude Hurd, president of are acting like the forms. victim of fraud, not the perpetraACORN, said in an interview George Announcer: Massive voter tor of it. with theWallaces AFRO. of the 21stthis century. fraud. And the Obama campaign Hurd said the only things “When attack started, we bogus are the charges thempaid more than $800,000 to an had just They areannounced pursuing that a we had selves. And factcheck. org ACORN front for get out the vote registered 1.3 million new votContinued from A1 cruel, unusual and agrees. efforts. ers,” she said. “That’s just to say unconstitutional agenda contrasts sharply with the numbers who used to participate It concluded, “Neither Pressuring banks to issue risky that someone’s running scared Jason Hudson reminiscent of the Old challenged.” ACORN nor its employees have loans. Nationwide voter fraud. because of ACORN’s success.” in the sport. In the first Kentucky Derby, run in 1875, 13 out been found guilty of, or even Barack Obama. Bad judgment. McCain, is running for South. Whatwho happens “This much is clear: of 15 of the jockeys were African American and 15 of the charged with, casting fraudulent Blind ambition. Too risky for president on the Republican tickin North Carolina the Republican-led first 28 jockeys who won the derby were Black, according to votes.” America. et, lashed out at ACORN in the does not stay in North legislature is standing Smithsonian Magazine. Many of the Black jockeys who rode The problem came about prifinal debate against Barack Carolina. It has national in the way of progress marily because of the way Since McCain’s comments, Obama, contending the group “is in the contest in the early days SQUARE HIGHalso cared for the horses. Some ACORN operates. Rather than ACORN’s 87 offices have been on the verge ofNorth maybe perpetratimplications. and passing laws that were former slaves, according to historical accounts. rely on volunteers, it pays peobombarded with threats and ing one ofisthe greatest frauds in Carolina ground zero violate fundamental For his part, Krigger has told reporters that he is anxious to ple, many of them poor or unem- racist mail. voter history in this country, in a national struggle to constitutional rights. win at Churchill Downs as a rider, not necessarily as an African ployed, to sign up new voters. The day after the presidential maybe destroying the fabric of defend democracy for As leaders of moral The idea was to help both those debate, vandals broke into the democracy.” American. being registered and those doing organization’s Boston andPhotos: SeattleNAACP conscience, we must all.”Factcheck.org, a non-partisan Back in St. Croix, his success is stirring national pride, the registration. offices and stole computers. Web those Insite, the found first 50 daysclaims to draw the line somewhere. according to news accounts. ANOT parade is scheduled to celebrate ON THE LIST BREAD Maud explained, “We have a After a Cleveland representative be “exaggerated,” with “no eviRev. Curtis Gatewood was arrested at the N.C. General Assembly. of the of North Carolina That is what this direct the participation of Krigger and fellow Virgin Islander jockeys. zero tolerance policy for deliberappeared on TV, an e-mail was dence any such democracyHe wasate one of 17 people, ages 18 to 74, civil she legislative session, action is all about.” falsification of registration.” sentwho to theengaged local officeinsaying destroying fraud.” Krigger, who is engaged and has four children, will be disobedience. Most news account neglect to “is going to have her life ended.” believes the McCain the Hurd RepublicanThe attack on voting cheered on by dozens of loved ones on May 4. point out that ACORN is A worker in Providence, R.I., charges were politically motivatcontrolled legislature rights seen in North required by law to turn in all reg- extreme received aand threatening call sayed. LEFT RIGHT North Carolinians. A recent aggressive enacted polices that Carolina is being mirrored istration forms. And they also fail ing, “We know you get off work She said, “Because it’s lowpoll found that most North agenda. However, the will adversely impactpeople, in state legislatures across to note that it was the organizaat 9” and uttered racial epithets. and moderate-income this legislature appears steadfastly tion, in manyoppose instances, that first A caller to one office left a and peopleofofthousands color, I believe hundreds of the Carolinians the country, particularly the brought the phony registrations message committed on the answering McCain campaign thinks those to acting South. Legislators are pursuing to the attention of authorities. machine,outside saying: “Hi, I was just voters are going to vote the best extremist, regressive agendas Waist measurement is a good indicator of abdominal The McCain camp apparently calling to let you know that Democratic, which is not necesinterest of the people to block progress by making it isn’t interested in those fine Barack Obama needs to get sarily true.” fat which is one predictor for developing heart disease. of aNorth Carolina. points, preferring to air misleadhung. He’s (expletive deleted) ACORN is no stranger to hard for people to vote. Coronary heart disease can be reduced by 6 percent with ing ads that seek to link Obama nigger, and he’s of controversy. Thisa piece session, “Those most impacted just a small reduction in resting diastolic blood pressure. to ACORN, thereby undercutting (expletivethe deleted). You guys For 38 years, the non-partisan legislature has are by these policies are seniors, Walking programs, as demonstrated in various research fraudulent, and you need to go to organization has fought for social his political support. rejected to students, people of color McCain: I’m John McCain hell. All the niggersfunding on oak trees. studies, have reduced blood pressure resting levels, and economic justice for lowexpand to and I approve this message. They’re gonna getMedicaid all hung honand moderate-income and the working poor,” 1said systolic (upper number) and diastolic (lower number). Did BANANA eys, they’re going to get assassiAnnouncer: Who is Barack Americans. With 400,000 memcover 500,000 North Al McSurely, a civil rights you know 20 minutes of brisk walking burns 100 calories nated, they’re gonna get killed.” Obama? A man with “a political ber families organized into more Carolinians without attorney who works with and 30 minutes burns 150 calories? Another message said, “You baptism performed at warp than 1,200 neighborhood chaphealth insurance; the North Carolina NAACP. liberal idiots. Dumb (expletive speed.” Vast ambition. After colBurs & Garrett Physical Therapy, 2530 N. Charles ters in 110 cities nationwide, moreYou than deleted). rejected Welfare bums. lege, he moved to Chicago. ACORN has over the years seen “Reverend Barber calls on Street, BursandGarrett.com, 410-889-7872 guys just $700 (expletive deleted) Became a community organizer. its share of criticism while advomillion in all people of conscience to come to our country, consume There, Obama met Madeleine cating for affordable housing, federal funds for every natural resource there is, Talbot, part of the Chicago living wages, healthcare for the and makeunemployment a lot of babies. That’s branch of ACORN. He was so underserved— and while organbenefits, affecting all you guys do. And then suck impressive that he was asked to izing voter registration drives. up the welfare and laid expect train the ACORN staff. But none has been as withering 170,000 offeveryone else to pay for your hospital What did ACORN in Chicago and baseless as this one. workers; cut the bills for your kids. I jus’ say let engage in? Bullying banks. With the presidential election payroll tax credit Before age five, every room is a classroom. your kids die. That’s the bestfor Intimidation tactics. Disruption less than two weeks away, over 900,000 poordie. move. Just let your children of business. ACORN forced ACORN’s detractors allege the Fun learning opportunities are everywhere. Simple things like Forget about forpeople, hospital organization has engaged in mas- banks to issue risky home loans. and paying working counting and identifying shapes activate a child’s learning ability, Rev. Barber and other singsame during “pray-in” bills for them. not gonna The typesthe of loans that outside sive voter registration fraudactivists after whileI’m giving a tax do and help them enter school more prepared. That’s why PNC it. You guys are lowlifes. And I the financial crisis we’re the reported discovery of bogus the doors of the North Carolinacaused Senate. founded Grow Up Great and its Spanish-language equivalent Crezca break to 23 of the hope you all die.” in today. names, such as Mickey Mouse con Éxito, a 10-year, $100 million program to help prepare young wealthiest people Hurd thinks the hate calls in will children for school and life. Pick up a free bilingual Sesame Street™ cease soon.planned to reduce the state; “Happy, Healthy, Ready for School” kit at a PNC branch. It’s filled “In two weeks, I think access to pre-school andthese with all kinds of simple, everyday things you can do to help a child attacks will be over. But I think it kindergarten; andusattacked learn. 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his step-father and has even hit her and tried to run away from home. “He needs to know people care about him,” said Diedra Gulley, Larry’s paternal grandmother, as she leaned out of the house to ask her

daughter-in-law if the young boy could come in as it began to drizzle outside. Clark relented and allowed Larry to go in. Having tried extra school work, counseling and even arranged for a few hours inside a

juvenile jail cell to scare him straight, Clark turned to embarrassment as a discipline tool. She is not the first frustrated parent to try this path. Signs like the one Larry wore have been popping up

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prosecutors, knocked on the door of a home in the 5500 block of Bowleys Lane in search of Nicholson’s daughter. A woman answered the door and denied Nicholson’s daughter was present in the home. Nicholson and others pushed passed the woman, knocking her down, along with another person. When questioned about the incident the next day, Nicholson allegedly said he went to the home on Bowleys Lane, knocked on the door and left when there was no answer, officials said. “Detective Daniel Nicholson is accused of egregious violations of public trust that will never be tolerated,” said Baltimore City Police Commissioner Anthony Batts in a statement. “His actions undermine the very hard work our police officers do every day to make Baltimore safer.” After receiving a call involving the incident, the internal affairs department of the Baltimore City Police Department and the Police Integrity Unit of the State’s Attorney’s Office began a year-long investigation. Nicholson was suspended from the department in late April 2012. Nicholson’s attorney Matthew Fraling said Nicholson is still working in the Baltimore City Police department. He said Nicholson’s police powers have been suspended, but he has been receiving pay handling administrative duties for the past year working a full-time work week. “We maintain his innocence,” said Fraling to the AFRO. “Det. Nicholson did not do anything out of the scope of the law. He did what any parent would do to locate his missing child.” Fraling said he is optimistic that Nicholson’s police powers will be reinstated

after the course of the trial. Nicholson’s investigation was also brought up during the trial of Michael Maurice Johnson, who is accused of murdering Phylicia Barnes. During the trial Johnson’s defense attorney, Ivan J. Bates, said a motion for prosecutorial misconduct was filed against the state’s attorney’s office for failing to charge Nicholson and allowing him to testify during the trial. “They had the information to indict him and they held out, so they could be disingenuous to the jury,” said Bates. “It was unfair to Johnson and Nicholson. It’s as if they used him.” Bates said he is unaware of any new evidence that has been brought against Nicholson that the state’s attorney’s office was not already aware of during Johnson’s trial. Russell Neverdon, who is the lead defense attorney in Johnson’s re-trial, which was granted by Judge Alfred Nance who declared evidence was withheld from the defense team, said he does not know whether the prosecutor will use Nicholson’s testimony in the retrial. However, he said that the Nicholson development call into question the credibility of many key pieces of evidence and testimony from the initial trial. Mark Cheshire, state’s attorney’s spokesperson, said “[Nicholson’s] role in the Phylicia Barnes case had nothing to do with the timing in our charging of Nicholson.” Anthony Gugliemi, spokesperson for the Baltimore City Police Department, said the year-long investigation was essential in helping to build a solid case against Nicholson. Nicholson is an 18-year veteran of the Baltimore City Police Department. He is scheduled for arraignment on May 20.

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Sarina Clark watches her son, Larry, as he holds up the sign. all over as parents have taken a more method of disciplining their children. In January, a Ft. Wayne, Ind. mother took the same route with her delinquent 14-year-old and was told by police that what she was doing was not illegal. Larry’s mother said that troubles began when she brought her 18-year-old miscreant brother into the household only to find that the bad behavior began to rub off on her 10-year-old. The older child is now in jail, awaiting a criminal trial that could put him in prison for five years. The approach has supporters. Bishop Douglas Miles, pastor of Koinonia Baptist Church on Belair Road, said he does not believe in corporal punishment and, as an observer, he said if the purpose of the action is to “correct behavior” and not

simply to punish, then he can support the alternative method of discipline. “One thing severely lacking in our society today is any sense of shame for actions taken that are detrimental to the person or society,” said Miles. “Better the mother hangs a sign on her child’s neck before the law hangs ‘a rap’ on him that

will last a lifetime.” He added: “Maybe if more parents hung signs or did something to help develop a sense of shame and personal responsibility in the lives of our youth, then perhaps we would not be experiencing the major breakdown of discipline and the ever growing ... violence in our community.”

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Services begin with viewing and family visitation, 3:30 to 5 p.m., May 5 at March Funeral Home-West, 4300 Wabash Avenue in Baltimore. The family hour will be held 11 a.m., May 6 with the Homegoing service following at 11:30 a.m. Interment will be in Garrison Forest Cemetery in Owings Mills. Family will receive friends immediately following interment at 9714 Eustice Road in Randallstown. For more information call 410-922-5065 or March Funeral Home at 410-542-2400.

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Bowie State University Professor Named Apple Distinguished Educator A Bowie State University communications professor was named 2013 Apple Distinguished Educator for her use of emerging technology in creating a student mobile journalism lab. Allissa Richardson, a lecturer in the Department of Communications, is one of 200 educators from all academic levels selected among applicants from 37 different countries, including the United States, China, New Zealand and Turkey. She joins a community of more than 2,000 educators, recognized because of their passion for innovative teaching and their integration of Apple technology into the learning environment. “We are doing cutting-edge work at

Bowie State,” she said in a statement. “This honor puts what we’re doing on the map.” Richardson infuses technology into her online and mobile journalism courses for undergraduate students by equipping them with iPads and iPods that they use for recording news assignments. She has created a mobile journalism lab at Bowie State where students learn handson techniques and prepare for careers creating digital content for websites, social media, and mobile applications. As an Apple educator, Richardson will be able to access free Apple products, such as film and editing software and equipment to expand

the mobile journalism lab and enable students to create video and audio podcasts in their journalism classes. She will also join a network of educators who can provide feedback on her work. In addition, Richardson will be deployed at times by Apple to locations around the world to assist with strategic technology projects as an official trainer and implementer of Apple products. The Apple Distinguished Educators will showcase their projects and participate in a weeklong professional development workshop at the Apple campus in Austin, Texas in July. They will also preview new Apple products and collaborate with other members of

Success

Park Heights Native Rises to Direct City’s Finance Unit

By Krishana Davis AFRO Staff Writer Growing up in the Park Heights in the community of Northwest Baltimore in the 1960s and 1970s, Harry Black never thought he would work in public administration, much less become director of finance for Baltimore. For Black, maneuvering the drug-infested neighborhood, which eventually became overrun with crack cocaine, poverty and blight, was, literally, an uphill fight, he said. Like so many Baltimoreans, after high school graduation, Black said he longed to escape the city, embarking on his freshman year at Virginia State University. Neither of Black’s parents went to college. His mother, Frances Black was a nurse’s aide and his father Fred Black was a corrections officer. Initially, Black said he majored in pre-med at the college, which was in line with the health curriculum he was exposed to at Dunbar High School, but one of his posthigh school graduation experiences took him down a different career path. “During my senior year of high school I worked as a student page in Annapolis,” said Black. “It exposed me to another world--the world of public service.” Black changed his major to public administration, earning his bachelors of Harry Black science. He went on to attend the University of Virginia on a full fellowship securing a master’s degree in public administration. Armed with two degrees in 1987, Black took a position with a management trainee position with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. As a management trainee, his assignments rotated from posts in the ports, terminals, bridges, tunnels and aviation departments. “I had never been to New York before,” said Black. “I had no family there. I didn’t know anyone. It was like boot camp. New York is a tough town for anyone fresh out of college, but it was a great experience.” While there, Black said he prided himself in confronting challenges and taking the assignments no one else in the program wanted. He recalled managing the overnight shift the bus terminal on 42nd Street at Times Square, which he called one of the roughest terminals in the city. While working in New York, Black said he gravitated

into finance when he was offered the opportunity to leave his position as assistant director for special projects for the mayor’s office in New York and became the assistant director of fiscal management and investments for the New York State Insurance Fund. “I had no idea I would go into finance,” Black said. “I thought my career was going to be administrative oriented.” In the mid-1990s, Black moved back into the area, setting his sights on the nation’s capital for career advancement. He held several positions in the District of Columbia government in the offices of contracting and procurement and child and family services before working his way up the administrative ladder to become director of the top of the city’s municipal finance apparatus. Black was sworn into his current position as director of finance for the city of Baltimore by Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake a little more than a year ago in March 2012. His role prior to the appointment was serving as the executive vice president and chief operating officer for Global Commerce Solutions, a government services firm in the district. Black said he has adjusted to his role quickly. He said his workday includes between five and seven meetings and streamlining and troubleshooting a myriad of issues dealing with the funds of the city. During his career Black said he has worked in different administrations on the east coast under several different mayors with their own governing style and vision. He served under mayors Anthony Williams and Marion Barry in Washington, D.C., David Dinkins in New York City, Doug Wilder in Richmond, Va. and Stephanie RawlingsBlake, stating, “I learned something from each one.” While Black didn’t initially see himself pursuing a career in public administration, he said he urges more young professionals to consider the profession. “Come into public administration with a sense of preparedness and have an openness and willingness to learn,” said Black.

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Allissa Richardson the cohort to develop new instructional uses for the technology. Richardson’s classroom innovation was recognized in 2012 when the National Association of Black Journalists named her “Educator of the Year.” That year, she created a traveling iPod workshop series for Slavery by Another Name, a PBS documentary film that aired nationally. With this project, she taught educators around the country how to use the iPod to make multimedia slideshows based on the film. Through her summer mobile journalism academy, Richardson has also empowered youth in about a dozen cities in Africa to tell stories using mobile devices.

BALTIMORE CITY NAACP TO HOST PRAYER BREAKFAST The Baltimore City NAACP will host it's annual prayer breakfast on May 11, 2013, from 9 a.m. until noon at New All Saints Church, 4408 Liberty Heights Avenue in Baltimore. Baltimore Police Lt. Colonel Melvin Russell, an ordained minister who leads the department's community outreach and faith-based partnership initiatives, will deliver the address. "The connection between the faith community and the work of the NAACP is historic and we've been working diligently over the last year to forge even stronger relationships with ministers and other leaders in this important part of our community," said Tessa Hill-Aston, president of the Baltimore City Branch of the NAACP. Tickets are $25 and can be purchased by calling 410-3663300 or by contacting Joseph Aston at joeaston1@hotmail. com.

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Bikers Bow for a Blessing AFRO Staff

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Worshipers late for service at Victorious Ministries International (VMI) Church might have had a parking problem last Sunday, because the 4600 block of York Road was lined with rows of motorcycles. Nearly 100 members of biker clubs from across the nation came, for the second year, to seek God’s protection, mercy and grace for motorcyclists as an unofficial kickoff to the riding season. Coordinated by Maghan Stallings, a biker and member of VMI, this annual bike blessing ceremony brings together clubs such as Triple Digits MC, 0-100, Street Smokas and Ladies N Motion, many of whom rode their bikes from several hundred miles away just to be covered in prayer. The brief but moving ceremony involved a candid and often humorous exchange between Pastor Tony Smith and the bikers as he challenged them to always “…pray and clear their heads” before getting on the road and of course, to always ride safely. After a moment of silent

Bikers in a line at the altar. No space for cars on York Road.

Maghan “M-1” Stallings and his daughter, Jamés also known as “J-rocka’.”

Pastor Tony Smith preaching.

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meditation for friends and loved ones who had been hurt or killed in motorcycle accidents, Pastor Smith led the bikers who’d assembled at the altar in prayer. Certainly not your traditional scene at a Sunday morning church service, but then again, Victorious Ministries International is not a traditional church. “If we’re going to take the message of the gospel to the streets as Christ commanded, we have to go beyond our traditional methods and meet people where they are,” said Pastor Smith. Even if where they are is on top of a Dyna Wide Glide Custom Harley.

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Horseshoe Baltimore Recruitment Coordinator to Promote Availability of Casino Jobs among City Residents and Assist with Application Process

The Mayor’s Office of Employment Development (MOED) and CBAC Gaming, LLC, the owner and operator of the Horseshoe Casino Baltimore, were granted permission May 1 to hire a recruitment coordinator to find qualified local residents to apply for jobs at the casino, according to a statement released by the mayor’s office. The recruitment coordinator will report to the MOED Business Services Manager. The position will be funded by the casino owner/ operator. The person will be charged

with implementing a program to recruit Baltimore residents, then to assist them with making contact with the casino, which is slated in the summer of 2014. The position, which is designated to be full time and include benefits, was created as part of a memorandum of understanding between the City of Baltimore and the casino owner/ operator. “The Horseshoe Baltimore casino represents a tremendous opportunity for us to create great job opportunities for city residents,” Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said in a statement.

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includes some lawbreaking in the late 1990s and early 2000s, including transporting drugs across state lines when he was working as a truck driver, driving under the influence, possession with intent to distribute drugs and illegal possession of a concealed weapon. “I’m proud of my background,” said Riley, although it keeps him from being able to apply to a nursing agency. “It shows that I have accomplished a lot in my life [despite] having a criminal record. It helps me give resources to the ones in the most need.” Since joining MCVET, Riley has become involved with numerous homeless advocacy projects. He writes for Word on the Street, a newspaper written by and for former homeless people in

Baltimore. He is a member of B’more Housing for All, a grassroots campaign of people who have experienced homelessness and their allies. MCVET Director David T. Clements, who joined the staff in October 2012, relieving Col. Charles Williams, said he is implementing new programs to address factors plaguing vets. More than 80 percent of the vets who seek the agency’s assistance are African American, officials said. “Vets are coming back from the military, acting out and getting incarcerated,” said Clements. “The people who best understand vet issues are vets.” Clements, who served in Afghanistan from 2006 to 2007, understands the psychological stress that modern-day warfare is

“This partnership with CBAC Gaming is a strong example of a mutually beneficial public-private relationship, and will complement existing components of our Employ Baltimore – Ready to Work for You initiative to improve local hiring.” Horseshoe Baltimore Senior Vice President and General Manager Chad Barnill said, in a statement, that the casino is committed to hiring city residents. “Working with the Mayor’s Office of Employment Development and our dedicated recruitment coordinator, we look forward to actively engaging with a wide range

inflicting on vets, especially those serving in Afghanistan and Iraq. “They come back and they don’t have support,” said Clements. “They are trying to…deprogram.” Edward Malik Leese, 32, is such a veteran. Born in Gambia, West Africa, he

of community and civic groups to maximize the number of Baltimore residents who will fill the 1,700 jobs our world-class facility will create.” Qualifications for the recruitment coordinator include experience working with diverse groups of community based organizations, businesses and customers; a bachelor’s degree program at an accredited college or university, preferably with course work in human resource management, business, psychology, sociology or related fields; and two or more years recruiting experience

was sent to Silver Spring, Md., to live with his African father and African-American stepmother, who, he said, verbally abused him. His father worked long hours and traveled frequently. “I was just a lost little boy,” Leese said. “I was angry. I had an accent and I

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A class for the vets.

is also required. A complete job description is available online at www.oedworks.com/aboutus/oed_ job_open.htm. Those interested in being considered for the recruitment coordinator position should submit a resume to the MOED Human Resources Department, 417 E. Fayette Street, Suite 466, Baltimore, Md. 21202; fax it to 410-396-8132 or email it to resumes@oedworks. com. The job title, “Recruitment Coordinator Special Projects: Caesars Horseshoe Casino,” should appear in the subject line along with the posting number 8382.

got teased and would fight a lot.” Leese said he joined the U.S. Marine Corps after high

anything. You feel like the regular world doesn’t understand you. I felt like I didn’t fit in anymore,” said Leese, adding that he started drinking and using drugs such as Ecstasy and marijuana to cope with stress. Clements said he also hopes to – MCVET Director implement programs David T. Clements to help female vets. school in 2000. He said he “No one was really prepared never imagined he would end to deal with female vets with up serving during wartime. PTSD,” he said. Then, September 11, 2001 Leese and others said happened. they hope that the MCVET While serving, Leese program will help him get recalled seeing the doctor back to living a happy, assigned to his platoon prosperous life. accidently drop his pack Riley has found a mission. on a land mine, causing an “I’m the warrior advocate explosion that injured him so for the homeless or the badly he lost his legs. “I never homeless warrior advocate, saw a human being get tossed however you want to say that far,” said Leese. it,” he said, referring to his “When I came back from nickname, Shaka, after Shaka the war, I kind of lost my Zulu, the African warrior and mind and didn’t care about king.

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City of Baltimore Department of Public Works Annual Water Quality Report Reporting Period: January 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012

BALTIMORE CITY WATER QUALITY REPORT FOR 2012 In the year 2012, the City performed approximately 150,000 water quality analyses as part of a continuous effort to assure the water you drink meets or exceeds regulatory standards. The water is analyzed for over 90 different drinking water contaminants. A summary of the nished water quality results is provided below. The data represents the most recent testing done in accordance with the requirements of EPA’s Water Testing Regulations and were the only regulated substances found in your drinking water. Baltimore City’s excellent drinking water meets or exceeds all these standards.

TERMS AND ABBREVIATIONS — What They Mean in Plain English Term / Abbreviation

Deﬁnition

What it Means

PPM

Parts per million

1 ppm is the same as one drop in 10 gallons of water.

PPB

Parts per billion

1 ppb is the same as one drop in 10,000 gallons of water.

HLD

Highest Level Detected

Same as deﬁned.

MCL

Maximum Contaminant Level

The highest level of a contaminant allowed by health regulations established by the Environmental Protection Agency.

MCLG

Maximum Contaminant Level Goal

Health related goals. The MCL is set as close to this “goal” as possible but with consideration to achievability and cost.

NTU

Nephelometric Turbidity Units

Units of measurement used to report the level of turbidity or “cloudiness” in the water.

Action Level

Treatment Technique

If the “Action Level” for a particular contaminant is exceeded, a response that may include additional treatment steps and/or public education may have to be initiated by the water system. A “Treatment Technique” is a required process that is intended to reduce the amount of a speciﬁc contaminant in drinking water.

pCi/L

picoCuries per Liter

A measure of the level of radioactivity in the water.

TURBIDITY

Relates to a condition where suspended Turbidity measurements are a way to describe the level of “cloudiness” of the water. particles are present in the water.

TOTAL/FECAL COLIFORMS

Indicator Bacteria

Type of bacteriological tests routinely used to determine if contamination has occurred in a drinking water system.

MRDL

Maximum Residual Disinfectant Level

Disinfectant level beyond which some people may experience irritating effects. Based on running annual average of monthly averages of distribution system samples computed quarterly.

MICROBIOLOGICAL CONTAMINANTS SUBSTANCE

MCLG

MCL

ASHBURTON PLANT

MONTEBELLO PLANTS

TOTAL COLIFORMS

The presence of coliform bacteria in more than 5% of monthly samples will exceed the MCL.

Highest monthly percentage of positive samples: 0%

FECAL COLIFORMS and E. COLI

A routine sample and a repeat sample are total coliform positive, and one is also fecal coliform or E. Coli positive.

Highest monthly percentage of positive samples: 0%

MAJOR SOURCES

Highest monthly percentage of positive samples: 0.53%*

Naturally present in the environment.

Human and animal fecal waste.

*Not a violation. All repeat samples were negative.

TURBIDITY SUBSTANCE

MCLG

MCL

TURBIDITY

None

Treatment Technique (TT)

HLD

LOWEST %

HLD

LOWEST %

Filtration

0.19 NTU

100

0.17 NTU

100

ASHBURTON PLANT

MONTEBELLO PLANTS

MAJOR SOURCES

Soil run-off.

1. Turbidity cannot exceed 1 NTU and must be less than or equal to 0.3 NTU in at least 95% of measurements taken each month. Lowest % is the lowest percentage of monthly ﬁltered water turbidity samples less than 0.3 NTU.

ARSENIC RESULTS SUBSTANCE

MCL

ASHBURTON PLANT

MONTEBELLO PLANTS

MAJOR SOURCES

ARSENIC

0.010 ppm

<0.002 ppm

<0.002ppm

Erosion of natural deposits.

LEAD AND COPPER TESTING Lead and copper testing was last required by regulatory standards in 2012. During that year, the testing involved 52 “tier 1” or high risks homes. To determine compliance, the 52 test results were arranged from the lowest value to the highest. The 90th percentile value is identiﬁed by: 52 x 0.9 = 46.8. Therefore, the 47th value, arranged from lowest to highest, must be below the “action level” for lead and copper. Our system met this compliance standard. Testing will be required again in 2015.

LEAD AND COPPER TESTING RESULTS (2009) SUBSTANCE

ACTION LEVEL

90TH PERCENTILE

15 ppb

5.38 ppb

1,300 ppb

256 ppb

LEAD COPPER

SAMPLE RESULTS GREATER THAN ACTION LEVEL

If present, elevated levels of lead can cause serious health problems, especially for pregnant women and young children. Lead in drinking water is primarily from materials and components associated with service lines and home plumbing. The City of Baltimore is responsible for providing high quality drinking water, but cannot control the variety of materials used in plumbing components. When your water has been sitting for several hours, you can minimize the potential for lead exposure by ﬂushing your tap for 30 seconds to 2 minutes before using water for drinking or cooking. If you are concerned about lead in your drinking water, you may wish to have your water tested. Information on lead in drinking water, testing methods, and steps you can take to minimize exposure is available from the EPA Safe Drinking Water Hotline at 1-800-4264791 or at http://www.epa.gov/safewater/lead.

INORGANIC CONTAMINANTS SUBSTANCE

MCLG

MCL

ASHBURTON PLANT

MONTEBELLO PLANTS

MAJOR SOURCES

HLD

RANGE

HLD

RANGE

BARIUM

2 ppm

0.04ppm

0.02- 0.04 ppm

0.04ppm

0.03-0.04 ppm

Discharge of drilling wastes & metal reﬁneries; erosion of natural deposits.

NITRATE (AS NITROGEN)

10 ppm

2.42 ppm

1.66- 2.42 ppm

2.99 ppm

1.24-2.99 ppm

Run-off from fertilizer use; leaching from septic tanks; erosion of natural deposits.

FLUORIDE SUBSTANCE FLUORIDE

MCLG 4 ppm

MCL 4 ppm

ASHBURTON PLANT

MONTEBELLO PLANTS

MAJOR SOURCES

HLD

RANGE

AVERAGE

HLD

RANGE

AVERAGE

0.74ppm

0.63 - 0.74 ppm

0.70 ppm

1.16 ppm

<0.20 - 1.16ppm

0.68 ppm

Water additive that promotes strong teeth.

CHLORINE SUBSTANCE CHLORINE

MRDLG

MRDL

RUNNING ANNUAL AVG. OF MONTHLY SAMPLES COMPUTED QUARTERLY

4 ppm

0.52 ppm (Based on 4,654 distribution system samples collected in 2012)

MAJOR SOURCE Water treatment additive to disinfect supply.

RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINANTS SUBSTANCE

MCLG

MCL

ASHBURTON PLANT

BETA PHOTON EMITTERS

0 mrem/yr

50 pCi/L*

<1.5 pCi/L

3+/-2 pCi/L

Erosion of natural deposits.

0 pCi/L

15 pCi/L

<1 pCi/L

1+/-1 pCi/L

Erosion of natural deposits.

ALPHA EMITTERS

MONTEBELLO PLANTS

MAJOR SOURCES

*The MCL for Beta Photon Emitters is 4 millirems per year (a measure of radiation absorbed by the body). The EPA considers 50 pCi/l to be a level of concern for this contaminant.

VOLATILE ORGANIC CHEMICALS SUBSTANCE

MCLG

TOTAL THM’S HAA(5)

N/A

N/A1

MCL

ASHBURTON PLANT

MONTEBELLO PLANTS HLD

RANGE

MAJOR SOURCES

HLD

RANGE

*AVERAGE

80 ppb

114 ppb

17 - 114 ppb

56 ppb

97 ppb

17-97 ppb

52 ppb

By-product of drinking water chlorination.

60 ppb

102 ppb

19-102 ppb

58 ppb

103 ppb

1-103 ppb

54 ppb

By-product of drinking water chlorination.

1. Not applicable because there are individual MCLG’s for individual THM’s and HAA(5)’s. *The averages listed are running annual averages. Compliance is based on these values

Cryptosporidium (crip-toe-spor-ID-ee-um) is a protozoan, a single-celled parasite that can invade and reside in the intestines of animals and people. This organism is found in some surface water (lakes, reservoirs, rivers, etc.) And also groundwater under the inﬂuence of surface water. Infection of healthy individuals by this organism can cause a gastrointestinal illness referred to as cryptosporidiosis (crip-toe-spor-id-ee-o-sis), which may produce symptoms including diarrhea, headache, abdominal cramps, nausea, vomiting and low-grade fever. The symptoms usually last one to two weeks. For immunocompromised people, however, the infection can continue and last for several months. Because there are no effective medical treatments, prolonged infection can be fatal for severely immunocompromised individuals. Human transmission routes include ingestion of contaminated food or drinking water or through direct contact with fecal matter. The City monitors its raw water sources for the presence of Cryptosporidium using the services of environmental laboratories employing the latest available and approved analytical methods.

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM RESULTS RANGE Liberty: <0.0 - <0.093 Oocyst/Liter Loch Raven: 0.0 - 0.091 Oocyst/Liter Susquehanna River: 0.0 - 0.089 Oocyst/Liter

Microscopic view of Cryptosporidium oocysts

SECONDARY CONTAMINANTS Sodium levels in the water supply are often of concern to consumers who contact our facilities. Sodium naturally occurs in raw waters but the concentration can be increased due to the inﬂuence of run-off from road surfaces treated with rock salt during snow and ice removal efforts. During the year 2012, the average sodium concentrations measured in the ﬁnished water from the Ashburton and Montebello Water Treatment Plants were 13.3 ppm and 13.2 ppm respectively and are considered low.

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Remembering the South African Fight for Freedom

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – A trip to South Africa provides painful reminders of the protracted struggle to establish democracy, how the United States propped up the White minority-rule government and the courage Black South Africans demonstrated to win their freedom. A key aspect of the struggle is vividly captured in the Hector Pieterson Memorial Museum in the heart of Soweto, not far from the homes of Nelson Mandela and Bishop Desmond Tutu. The name of the museum itself is steeped in unforgettable history. The most compelling image of the Soweto student protest of 1976 is a photo taken by Sam Nzima. In the foreground of a crowd of Black student protesters is a tearful Mbuyisa Makhuba, a high school student, running with the small, limp body of 13-year-old Hector Pieterson and George E. Curry his screaming sister, Antoinette, running beside them. The teenager’s story is told inside the museum under the heading, “An individual life can change society.” It begins: “Hector Pieterson lost his life under police fire on June 16, 1976 during a student march protesting Afrikaans as the language of instruction in African schools. He was thirteen years old. News of his death and the violence that subsequently erupted in most African townships in South Africa spread rapidly across the world. In his death Hector Pieterson became a symbol of the plight of the black South African youth under the yoke of Apartheid.” It continued, “His public funeral commemorated, as does this museum, all those who died as a result of the tragic events of June 16, 1976 – a turning point in the struggle towards a true South African democracy.” Hector Pieterson became one of many martyrs of the fight against apartheid, a rigid system of racial segregation designed to keep the White minority in control of the country’s political, economic and social system. In fact, Pieterson’s last protest march was prompted by the ruling National Party’s decision to force Black schools to use Afrikaans – which Bishop Desmond Tutu called “the language of oppression” – and English in equal measure. On April 20, 1976, students at Orlando West Junior High School went on strike, refusing to go to school. The protest quickly spread to other schools in Soweto. On the morning of June 16, an estimated 20,000 students started walking from the junior high school to Orlando Stadium, where they had planned to hold a mass rally before continuing to the regional office of the Department of Bantu Education. Instead of allowing the students to walk peacefully, police barricaded the march route and unleashed dogs on the crowd. According to some news accounts, students stoned the dogs and police soon began opening fire on the students, killing 13-year-old Pieterson and 22 others that day, all but two of whom were Black. At the end of a series of protests, called the Soweto uprising, estimates of those killed ranged from 176 to more than 600. The violent attack on the children thrust the African National Congress (ANC) to the forefront of Black political protest and ignited international protests. But that did not curb the all-White police force’s appetite for violence. A quote from Steve Lebelo, a student at Madibane High School, describes the violence that was inflicted on the community in the immediate aftermath of Pieterson’s death. The quote, which also hangs in the museum, recalls:

“It was on the 17th and 18th, when police went out and systematically were killing people. I do know that suddenly there was the infamous green car. It was a 3800 Chev, it was a green car, and at the time they were used mostly by the police. We suspected that they had a sniper in there who picked up people at random and shot and killed them. I do know a friend of mine who was killed on the 19th of June, under the same circumstances. He had gone to the shop, and as he came back from the shop carrying a litre of milk, he was shot by a sniper and killed.” Above the quote is a photo of a green Chevrolet, loaded with White men, with rifles sticking out of the windows. There are other reminders throughout the museum. There is a picture of a small, naked child being drenched in a bottle of water to soothe her pain in tears. Another photograph contains student protesters, with one holding up a sign reading, “To hell with Afrikaans.” Erected in 2002, the museum honors the memory of the students who died in the uprising. A brick bearing each name is built into the ground just steps from the entrance of the museum, which is only two blocks away from where Pieterson was killed. The inscription about Hector Pieterson in the museum ends by noting, “When National Youth Day is celebrated each year on June 16 at the Hector Pieterson Memorial Museum, it becomes a national site of commemoration, also reflecting current changes in the articulation of the South African democracy.” George E. Curry, former editor-in-chief of Emerge magazine, is editor-in-chief of the National Newspaper Publishers Association News Service (NNPA.) Curry can be reached through his Web site, www.georgecurry.com.

It’s Time to Step It Up, We Have Not Arrived! Reflecting upon the past 50 years since the 1963 March on Washington we must pay homage to our civil rights leaders for their hard work, strength and endurance in the fight for equality and justice in America. Their unwavering commitment to The Movement made it possible for a Black man named Barack Hussein Obama to become president of the United States of America. As I look at the state of equality and justice today, we are at a very critical moment. Our elders have taken us this far. Some have transitioned on, others are continuing on the battle field for justice. Also, with all the progress over the past 50 years, some of us are under the misguided impression that we have arrived. I feel compelled to appeal to my generation and today’s young leaders to make sure they understand: It’s time to step it up and get busy. The task before Black leaders today begins with making Melanie L. sure that those coming behind us understand that even though Campbell the Civil Rights Movement forced laws to change, it did not change the hearts and minds of all Americans. In 2013, our young people must understand that racism and inequality may not always manifest itself in a white sheet or barking dog but the dogs are still biting. Inequality comes in many packages. Back in the day people in power relied on Jim Crow laws and poll taxes to hold us back. Today, it’s voter IDs laws and the “War on Drugs.” A person with a non-violent drug conviction on is restricted in their ability to secure housing, financial aid for education, public assistance, jobs, and the right to vote. What does the fight for equality and justice look like in 2013 and beyond? In 2013 and beyond our fight is not just for access to education. We must make sure our schools are teaching critical thinking, promoting innovation, and preparing our youth for

jobs in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). The U.S. Census Bureau’s 2009 American Community Survey reports that STEM workers earn more than other workers. Modern-day equality struggles include closing the digital divide. Access to high-speed broadband Internet will increase job and educational opportunities as well as democratic participation and help to lower health care costs. Diversity strengthens our democracy. We must make sure employers don’t just talk about “diversity” and “women’s equality,” but also back up the talk in hiring practices. From the federal government to Wall Street to the corner store, we want to see Black women represented in top positions. The elimination of racial disparities in our criminal justice system is paramount. The U.S. has the highest incarceration rate in the world and the incarceration rate for Blacks is more than six times as high as the national average and over 60 percent of those incarcerated are racial and ethnic minorities. In 2013 and beyond we will continue to lead the fight to eliminate barriers to civic participation fighting against restrictive voter ID laws, felon disenfranchisement and any other tactics created to block Black people from voting. Finally, I must address our responsibility as a people to work harder to prepare our youth in this ongoing fight for justice and equality. We must encourage them to pursue STEM careers, teach them to be environmentally conscious, and help them understand the dire need to stop the violence in our neighborhoods. We must take the time to instill good moral values so they turn to each other and not on each other and our journey will not be in vain. As we celebrate 50 years of progress, let’s thank our elders for their great fight by stepping it up because we have not arrived. Melanie Campbell is president/CEO of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation and convener of the Black Women’s Roundtable. This article - the fourteenth of a 20-part series - is written in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. For more information, please visit www. lawyerscommittee.org.

We Ache for Boston – and All Communities

“No more hurting people. Peace.” - Eight-year-old Martin Richard, a victim of the Boston Marathon bombing Acts of terror like the ones committed in Boston are reprehensible and without moral or logical explanation. They rock us to our core. They also unite us in common purpose. Victims and their families seem to become our own. We want to ease their pain. We want to do something to ensure that this doesn’t happen again. Our togetherness as a nation is often most evident when something happens with the intent of breaking us. Nearly 12 years after the events of 9/11/2001, terrorism in our homeland still seems a nearly impossible reality, one that none of us want to accept. Still, communities across America are terrorized each day. But rarely do these victims and their Marc Morial families receive national media attention, or better yet, our collective attention. Every year, 100,000 people are shot or killed with a gun in America. Every day, these acts of terror are carried out in homes, on playgrounds, schoolyards, neighborhood streets, even in houses of worship--turning spaces that should represent peace and sanctuary into places that elicit danger and fear. Two days after the Boston Marathon bombing, the United States Senate had an opportunity to act to curb another kind of terror facing our nation by taking modest steps to keep guns out of the wrong hands. Yet, it voted down a sensible gun background check bill. Never mind that 90 percent of Americans and 74 percent of National Rifle Association (NRA) members

support universal background checks. It didn’t even matter that a majority of senators (54-46) actually voted in favor of the bill. Because of the Senate’s 60-vote majority rule, along with the distortions and political threats from NRA leaders, the bill went down in defeat. President Obama called it “a shameful day in Washington.” Former congresswoman and gun violence survivor, Gabrielle Giffords added, “I will not rest until we have righted the wrong these senators have done, and until we have changed our laws so we can look parents in the face and say: We are trying to keep our children safe.” We share that determination. Whether in Newtown or scores of other communities across the nation, one point is clear: guns in the wrong hands can be weapons of destruction as deadly as a terrorist bomb. Where, we wonder, is the unified purpose in Congress to work towards gun safety to address the reign of terror devastating so many of our neighborhoods? Let’s be clear: This issue is not about gun confiscation, nor is it an attack on anyone’s rights. We know that this step is not a cure-all for the plague of gun violence in America. But, it is at least a first step towards doing all we can to ensure the safety of our citizens. Boston and its citizens deserve all of the support and attention they have received in the wake of this horrific tragedy. I just hope that we can elevate our sense of unity, urgency and purpose to do what is right for the millions of Americans whose lives have been forever changed by gun violence. Let’s not forget, in addition to killing with homemade bombs, the Boston terrorists also used guns in killing M.I.T. police officer Sean Collier, and seriously wounding Massachusetts Bay transit officer, Richard H. Donohue. As we pray for the dead, the wounded survivors and their loved ones, we urge the nation to unite against terror – including gun violence – everywhere. Marc H. Morial, former mayor of New Orleans, is president and CEO of the National Urban League.

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Banquets, Concerts And Bull Roasts

Hey everyone! Honey child, the weather is wonderful! This is the time of the year when banquets, concerts and bull roasts are very popular. I love it. This month, I want you young people to take time out to visit your mother or your older family members if you are lucky enough to still have such a person in your life and take them out to dinner, out to the mall, to church or to one of these events I talk about in my column or maybe just a drive around our beautiful city for some fresh air. You know, it could be a neighbor or a friend. Life is so short and you will be surprised how good you will feel after you do this. Our elders should not be forgotten. Now, I want to talk about a guy that I so admire. He is Lee Session, the owner and founder of Mr. Do Hair Design Barber Shop, at 1501 N. Patterson Park Avenue. “As a young boy, I grew up in the barbershop environment as my stepfather owned and operated a barber shop,” he said. Lee’s confidence in his barbering skills surfaced and he started cutting his friends’ hair. At the age of 16 Lee obtained his master barber license and continued to cut hair throughout his teens and into early adulthood and during the time he served in the army. He is also a proud alumnus of Morgan State University where he earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology. But barbering was in his blood and he had a special passion for it, so 18 years ago Lee bought the building where Mr. Do Hair Design Barbershop is currently located. For the past 18 years Lee has thrown a black tie party to show his clients how The Anthony McCarthy Civil much he appreciates them. Rights Awards ceremony will be held May 10 at La Fontaine This year is no different. Bleue, 7514 Ritchie Highway in On May 5, Lee Session will host this festive affair Glen Burnie, Md.

at the Forum Caterers on Beatty at 443-546-7362. Primrose Avenue from 4 to 9 p.m and invites you My dear friend, Anthony McCarthy is holding his annual to join him. There will Civil Rights Awards & Tie Drive ceremony on May 10 at the be live entertainment by La Fontaine Bleue, 7514 Ritchie Highway, in Glen Burnie, Md. Marc Evans & the Soul The honorees are: Taylor Branch, Dr. Helena Hicks, Rep. Centered Band; DJ Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), Archbishop Carl Bean, Tessa Melvin, along with DJ Hill-Aston and Ricardo Martinez. The Anthony McCarthy Tanz of Magic 95.9, will Civil Rights Awards were created to honor individuals who play your favorite steppin’ songs and Detroit ballroom music. There will be door prizes, an open bar and buffet and a lot of fun. Lee is a man who believes in giving back to the community and the proceeds from this annual event go toward scholarships for local children. I Lee Session, owner and founder of Mr. Do Hair Design think that is awesome! I have a few more Barbershop, will host his 18th places you can check annual Client Appreciation out. This event is Party, a black-tie event at the called Musicians Forum Caterers, 4210 Primrose of Mercy. It is a Avenue on May 5, 4-9 p.m. benefit concert for the Baltimore Youth Initiative High School on May 4, at 3 p.m. The concert will be held in the school auditorium, 4701 Yellowwood Avenue in Baltimore. The concert will feature members of The Dynamic Superiors, known for their song “Shoe, Shoe the school’s string ensemble with Daniela Bahia, Julian Shine” will perform at the Lincoln Theatre, 1215 U St., NW in Ruffin Dorsey, Jadzia Floyd and Talia Floyd. For more Washington, D.C., on May 12 for a big Mother’s Day tribute to information, go to www.musiciansofmercy.org. Motown Legends. For more information or tickets, call 202328-6000. John A. Holmes Lodge #89 PHA Annual Mother Day Bull and Oyster Roast is May 11, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. at Forum Caterers on Primrose Avenue. The ticket includes exemplify the spirit of service to others and strive for social an open bar and open buffet. The master of ceremony will be justice, equality and fairness for all humanity. All the guests Rickey “The Real Deal” Shackleford and there will be music are asked to bring a new or slightly used necktie that will by DJ Tang, a basket of cheer and chances to win a 2013 be donated to Cadillac. Honey Child! This organization gives some outta ItSuitsYou.org. sight events, so check it out. For more information, call David “What is ItSuitsYou. org,” you may ask? It is a nonprofit organization founded by Celeste Nelson to empower disadvantaged men and boys to become better The Temptations Review featuring citizens, husbands, Dennis Edwards is at the Lincoln fathers and sons. Theatre in Washington, D.C., on May The organization 12 at 5 p.m. Call Ticketmaster at 202- provides suits, shirts, 432-SEAT. ties and shoes to men and boys for the purposes of job interviews and special family and events. It works to give men and boys confidence and an opportunity to overcome past obstacles and poor decisions to become participating and contributing members of the community. So, now you can see the importance of your donation of the necktie. I am sure that if you have a few suits and dress shirts lying around not doing anything, they will accept that, too. For more information, call 443-500-4867. Oh my goodness, I am out of space already. I have so much more to talk to you about. Terrible situation! Well, I have to go. If you need me, call me at 410-833-9474 or email me at rosapryor@aol.com. Don’t forget to call the Afro-American Newspaper at 410-554-8200 to subscribe and have your copy come to your home every week. You can read me on line, too, by going to www.afro.com, and click on “Rambling Rose.” UNTIL THE NEXT TIME, I’M MUSICALLY YOURS.

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Eric White, YvetteNikki Winn, J. Howard Henderson, Celeste Malone and Kelli Tubman, award recipients

Terry Owens, chief public information officer, MTA; Sister Helen Amos RSM, recipient of award and J. Howard Henderson, GBUL president and CEO

Hundreds of Baltimore citizens and leaders were on hand at the Marriott Waterfront Hotel on April 26 for the 56th annual Whitney M. Young Jr. Gala of the Greater Baltimore Urban League. Entitled “The Work Beyond the Surface,” the event celebrated the work done by the GBUL, including dozens of programs designed to assist everyone from children to senior citizens. The evening’s host was Terry Owens, MTA spokesman; the welcome was delivered by J. Howard Henderson. Civil rights activist Joe Madison, aka “The Black Eagle,” host of a morning drive Sirius/XM Satellite Radio program, served as the Mr. and Mrs. keynote speaker. As they William Starke feasted on spring lamb, grilled shrimp and opera tortes, participants laughed out loud as Madison regaled them A. Dwight Pettit, with stories ranging award recipient from child rearing antics Joe Aston and Tessa Hill-Aston, to politics. NAACP president and Dawn The event honored Taylor and Paul Taylor Clarence Campbell, T. standout citizens Bishop recipient of award including Jeffrey Hargrave, and J. Howard Henderson Yvette “Nikki” Winn, Bernard C. “Jack” Young, Sister Helen Amos, A. Dwight Del. Pettit and Verizon. Nathaniel T. Oaks and Lisan Fassett

Joe Madison, guest speaker

Paula Stephens, Rev. Jerome Stephens and former mayor, Shelia Dixon

Rev. Donte Hickman, Jack Young, Councilman Carl Stokes

Reginald Perkins and Dwight Hall unveiled Dr. Benjamin Mays’ figure (center)

Figure of Dr. Benjamin Arthur Quarles (center) with family members

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Mr. and Mrs Vernard Wynn

Janice Jackson, director, UMBC Gospel Choir

Jack Young, president, Baltimore City Council

Dr. Freeman Hrabowski (right) and his likeness

The story of African American history realized another milestone as the Journeys Project of the Great Blacks in Wax Museum recently added figures of four great educators; Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune, Dr. Freeman Hrabowski, Dr. Benjamin E. Mays and Dr. Benjamin Arthur Quarles. The unveiling ceremony, held April 20 at Morgan State University, featured the music of the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) Gospel Choir, and attracted history buffs, local educators and family members of those honored. UMBC president, Dr. Hrabowski, the only living educator of those honored, looked on with amazement at the figure that stared back with mirror accuracy. Members of the National Council of Negro Women were on hand to honor their founder, the late Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune, also founder of Bethune-Cookman College in Florida. Dr. Quarles was a prolific writer and chair of Morgan’s history department.

Dr. Arnold Howard poses with the figure of Kweisi Mfume

Granville Templeton, III, Jeff Hargrave, recipient of Raymond V. Haysbert Sr. Award and Howard Henderson

Photos by J.D. Howard

Dorothy F. Williams, Audrey McCallum and JoAnna Ford

Dr. Mays, perhaps best known as president of Morehouse College, distinguished himself as teacher, preacher and activist in the Civil Rights Movement. Dr. Joanne Martin, who established the museum along with her late husband, Dr. Elmer Martin, shared the vision for future expansion. Dr. Alethia Starke coordinates the Journeys Project.

Dr. Derek Musgrove, UMBC assistant professor of history, gives presentation of Dr. Freeman Hrabowski

Kweisi Mfume

Dr. Thelma Daley, vice chair, National Council of Negro Women

Dr. Joanne Martin, who founded the Great Blacks in Wax Museum with her late husband, Dr. Elmer Martin

Dr. Rosalyn Terborg, Penn University Professor Emeritus, MSU

The hospitality committee

UMBC Gospel Choir under the direction of Janice Jackson with Michael Hunt, soloist

Journeys Project coordinator Dr. Alethia Starke (center) with Rev. James and Ruth Fuller

Mary McLeod Bethune figure (center) and members of the National Council of Negro Women

Photos by J.D. Howard

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CITY OF BALTIMORE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION NOTICE OF LETTING Sealed Bids or Proposals, in duplicate addressed to the Board of Estimates of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore and marked for TR12015RR RECONSTRUCT DETERIORATED MANHOLES AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS CITY WIDE will be received at the Office of the Comptroller, Room 204 City Hall, Baltimore, Maryland until 11:00 A.M. MAY 22, 2013. Positively no bids will be received after 11:00 A.M. Bids will be publicly opened by the Board of Estimates in Room 215, City Hall at Noon. The Contract Documents may be examined, without charge, at the Department of Public Works Service Center located on the first floor of the Abel Wolman Municipal Building, 200 N. Holliday Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202 as of APRIL 26, 2013 and copies may be purchased for a non-refundable cost of $50.00. Conditions and requirements of the Bid are found in the bid package. All contractors bidding on this Contract must first be prequalified by the City of Baltimore Contractors Qualification Committee. Interested parties should call (410) 396-6883 or contact the Committee at the Eastern Avenue Pumping Station, 751 Eastern Avenue and President St, Baltimore, Maryland 21202. If a bid is submitted by a joint venture (“JV”), then in that event, the document that established the JV shall be submitted with the bid for verification purposes. The Prequalification Category required for bidding on this project is B02553 (Duct Line Construction). Cost Qualification Range for this work shall be $1,000,000.00 to $1,500,000.00 A “Pre-Bidding Information” session will be conducted at 10:00 A.M. on MAY 10, 2013 at the Charles L. Benton Building, 417 E. Fayette Street, 7th Floor, Room 724, Baltimore, MD 21201. Principal Items of work for this project are: Replace Manhole with C.I.P Manhole - 7 EA; Replace Roof Slab - 12 EA; Replace Chimney & Repair Existing Manhole 1 EA; Internal Repairs to Existing Manholes 3 EA. The MBE goal is 10% and WBE 0%. APPROVED: Bernice H. Taylor, Clerk TYPESET: Wed May 01 11:54:00 EDT 2013 Board of Estimates Baltimore City Department of Transportation Design-Build Project Notice of Intent CENTRAL AVENUE STREETSCAPE AND HARBOR POINT CONNECTOR BRIDGE (TR12317; STP-3057(6) N; BC410005) The Baltimore City Department of Transportation (BCDOT) previously announced its intent to enter into a Design-Build contract with a Design-Build Team, possessing both professional engineering design capability and qualified construction contracting capability for the Central Avenue Streetscape and Harbor Point Connector Bridge in Southeast Baltimore City. The proposed project consists of reconstructing Central Avenue between Baltimore Street and Lancaster Street (approximately 8 blocks) into an urban boulevard and extending Central Avenue onto Harbor Point via a +/- 260´ bridge. The rehabilitation of subsurface bridges carrying Lancaster Street, Aliceanna Street and Fleet Street will also be required, as will the rehabilitation of culverts under Central Avenue. This project is critical to the redevelopment of a former Allied Signal chemical plant now known as Harbor Point. Refer to the previous Notice of Intent for more detail about the scope of this project. This Notice of Intent serves as an update to the schedule. BCDOT originally expected to issue the Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for this project in the Fall of 2012. This RFQ is now expected to be issued sometime during the calendar year 2013. No submittals are required at this time and no questions will be responded to until the RFQ is issued. The RFQ will be issued in local newspapers, on the City´s website, and on emarylandmarketplace.

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at the sport’s desk of the Afro American newspaper. He would spend hours reflecting on the talents he had seen among Negro League players and the Whites he had seen with the Senators and members of teams they played. This led him to petition Clark Griffith (Senators owner) for an opportunity for a colored player. This turned out to be a waste of time, so Sam began looking for another avenue Some years later, Sam found himself at the sport’s desk of the Chicago Defender. This was the opportunity he had been looking for. The Defender editor was on board with Sam’s thinking

Why Was Sam Lacy Left Out of 42? I have been enjoying the rewards of retirement and no schedule to meet, but recent events have caused me to haul out the keyboard and dust off “Another Viewpoint,” my sports column that ran for the AFRO for several years. A large portion of America has seen the movie 42, portraying the story of Jackie Robinson. I was among the interested, but in no hurry to rush to my local cinema because I know the story. All was well with the world until my phone started ringing. A few of the media people in the Baltimore area were calling me to ask “Where was [legendary AFRO sports editor] Sam Lacy in this movie?” This question prompted me to grab my spouse and my cap and prepare myself to cough up the twenty bucks it was going to take to gain entry to the theatre. I saw the flick, and I have to admit I was left with a big hole in my soul. In order to explain this, I have to tell the story of Sam Lacy (my dad), and his contribution to Jackie Robinson and MLB. Here is the story, and you be the judge. As a young man, Sam was a hustler. In today’s parlance, he was an entrepreneur. He did everything he could to make a buck as long as it didn’t require a trip to the police station. Among his hustles was the role of gopher for the Washington Senators baseball team. He would go for cigarettes, cleaning, tobacco and anything the players wanted. As time unfolded, Sam found himself

“I saw the flick, and I have to admit I was left with a big hole in my soul.” and agreed to use his influence toward the cause. In the meantime, Wendell Smith of the Pittsburgh Courier newspaper was on the same page as Sam, and they became partners in crime. Working from different parts of the country was of no help, because they kept bumping into the same stonewall. During this time, Branch Rickey of the Dodgers became a player in this game. To digress for a second, I feel it necessary to mention that Ricky wasn’t the first to feel the need to reach out. Bill Veeck president of the Cleveland Indians in 1947, was ready to pull the trigger, but sought Sam’s advice. Veeck had employed a midget, a one-armed

player and other oddities to entertain the fans, and for this reason Sam advised against the plan. Sam thought that the employment of a colored player would be dismissed as just another act in Bill Veeck’s circus. For the record, Veeck signed Larry Doby 11 weeks after Jackie was signed. In the meantime, the Chicago Defender editor had exerted his influence and arranged a meeting with the commissioner of Major League Baseball, Branch Rickey, and seeking an influential colored man to carry the torch, he sought out Paul Robeson. Robeson was a singer and star of stage and screen, but on the downside he had gone public with his leanings towards Communism. For this reason, he was the wrong man for the job. After clearing away the obstacles, Rickey signed Jackie to a contract. The signing of Jackie was just the tip of the iceberg. As he ventured forth as a pioneer for the advancement of men of color in MLB, he found himself traversing a rocky road. He was denied entry into a park by state police who guarded the entrance. He gained entry by finding a loose board in the outfield fence, and just for the record, Sam Lacy was by his side as he crawled through that hole. Sam was his roommate when the Dodgers were on the road, and he tells horror stories of some of the adventures they were a part of. One morning emerging from the rooming house where they stayed (no room at the Inn), they found a cross burning in the yard. This was an indicator that the Ku Klux Klan had visited overnight. As events turned for Jackie, Sam was undergoing his share of mental anguish. He was once denied entry to the press box, but, taking a folding chair, he took a seat

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Marquitta L. Silver March, 64 Provident Hospital Employee

Marquitta L. Silver March was the joined Bethel A.M.E. Church and later joined the oldest child born to the union of Rev. New Psalmist Baptist Church under the leadership Matthew Silver and Theophra H. Silver of Bishop Walter Scott Thomas, which she attended on Feb. 26, 1949 in Wilkesboro, N.C. faithfully until she was no longer able. Marquitta She departed this life on April 15, 2013. always encouraged her children and grandchildren to She attended public school in attend church with her. Fayetteville, N.C. and graduated from She was a loving mother and highly devoted Edmondson High School in Baltimore, to family values promoting family gatherings Md. where she made substantial including cruises, yearly beach outings, home holiday academic achievements. celebrations and Christmas. She loved shopping She was united in holy matrimony for outfits for all her grandchildren for the holidays. to Gary P. March on Dec. 4, 1965 in She rejoiced and was very happy to announce all the Camden, N. J. To this union was born new arrivals to the family. Marquitta was a football five sons. fanatic! She absolutely loved the Baltimore Ravens. Marquitta worked at Provident She will be truly missed by all who knew and loved Hospital on Liberty Heights Avenue in her. MARQUITTA L. SILVER Baltimore City doing many different She is leaves to cherish loving memories: her MARCH jobs in the hospital including working beloved and devoted husband, Gary P. March; five as an administrator for a short period of time before she moved sons, Gary P. Jr. (Michelle); Gerrod, Glenn, Gerrun, and on to Deaton Nursing Home. At the Deaton Nursing Home Germaine March; her mother, Mrs. Theophra H. Silver; one she was the manager for the business office and later became sister, Monica Silver Boyd (Tom); three brothers, Dr. Matthew a financial planner for the residents of Deaton. Marquitta also R. Silver Jr. (Emily), Joseph Silver and Jerome Silver; beloved was a real estate agent for many real estate brokers over the aunts, Mrs. Ida Silver Wiggins, Mrs. Mildred H. Little, and years, until she recently retired from Long and Foster Realty Mrs. Marvis Storis; her godmother, Mrs. Anne Wise; fourteen Company. grandchildren; father-in-law, Edward March; brother-in-law, Marquitta was active in church singing on the choir and Reginald March (Nalee) and sister-in-law, Shula Pittman participating in other church activities while growing up in (David) and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends Concord Baptist Church in Baltimore where her father, the including five very special friends, Dr. Marsha Brown late Rev. Matthew Silver was pastor. In her adult life she Mathews, Garry Causion, Earl and Pam Johnson, Cynthia Galmore, Willis and Maxine Gray.

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‘Pain & Gain’ Star Anthony Mackie Talks about Making It By Kam Williams

Born in New Orleans on Sept. 23, 1979, Anthony Mackie attended the Julliard School of Drama. He was discovered after receiving rave reviews for playing Tupac Shakur in the off-Broadway play Up Against the Wind. His film debut was as Eminem’s nemesis, Papa Doc, in 8 Mile. His performance caught the attention of Spike Lee, who subsequently cast him in Sucker Free City and She Hate Me. He also appeared Million Dollar Baby and The Manchurian Candidate. Mackie has performed both on and off Broadway. His Broadway debut was in August Wilson’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. He was in Regina King’s modern retelling of Chekov’s The Seagull, McReele and in the Pulitzer Prize-winning A Soldier’s Play. His most recent films include Night Catches Us, The Adjustment Bureau, Real Steel, Man on a Ledge, 10 Years and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. Here, he talks about his new movie, Pain & Gain, a fact-based crime comedy co-starring Dwayne Johnson and Mark Wahlberg. Kam Williams: Hi Anthony, thanks for another interview. Anthony Mackie: What’s going on, my man? KW: How much time did you devote to the exercise regimen to get yourself in such great shape? AM: About four months. I worked out for six weeks before we started shooting, and then every day on location. To get in shape like that involves a whole lifestyle change. It’s not just going to the gym. It’s also eating and sleeping differently, and spending your time differently. KW: It seems to me like the film actually has a message about the growing distance between classes in America. Or am I asking too much from a spring blockbuster? AM: I think the movie deals more with The American Dream, and the skewed perception of it in our generation. The idea used to be that you worked hard to achieve more. Now, it’s “Do as little as you can to achieve as much as you can.” KW: There are people who do not give themselves permission to pursue their dreams. What advice do you have for them? AM: [Chuckles] I still meet naysayers every day. This business is funny. It’s all about your journey

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and the road that you’re on. There are so many people who like to comment on my career and on what I am or am not doing. But I know that it’s my path, and I’m going to decide for myself which direction I want to go. When I meet naysayers, I just thank them politely for acknowledging my career and I wish them many blessings on the success of their own careers. KW: Are you attached to any post-Katrina rehabilitation project in New Orleans? AM: No, I’ve been staying away from the revitalization of New Orleans, because it’s not New Orleanians who are behind it. And that’s the problem. Every time a New Orleanian tries to get behind a project, it gets shot down. But you have all these folks from outside the state trying to change the culture. That’s what the backlash is all about right now. We want to keep the city the way it was. New Orleans is not New York, L.A. or Las Vegas, and we want to push all the outsiders out in order to get back to where we were before Hurricane Katrina. KW: What was your wisest career move? AM: Not doing a TV show. KW: When you look in the mirror, what do you see? AM: Success. KW: Who do you really believe you are when you go home as opposed to the person you pretend to be on the red carpet? AM: At home, I’m a very, deliberate, opinionated and outspoken person. You have to soften yourself on the red carpet, because no one wants to think you have an opinion anymore. KW: Thanks again for the time, Anthony, and best of luck with the film. AM: Thanks a lot, Kam, I really appreciate it.

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King’s Faith

Lynn Whitfield Helps Reformed Thug in Modern Morality Play Film Review by Kam Williams Brendan King (Crawford Wilson), a kid raised in the foster care system, was sent away at the age of 15 after being caught dealing drugs and running guns as a member of a notorious gang known as Avenue D. Upon parole a few years later, the juvenile offender was released to the custody of Vanessa (Lynn Whitfield) and Mike Stubbs (James McDaniel), a couple still struggling with the loss of their police officer son to a senseless act of violence. The emotionally-wounded foster parents see taking Brendan in as an opportunity to not only help rehabilitate an at-risk youth but to perhaps restore their faith in humanity, too. Because the boy became born again behind bars, the prospects for his future are very bright indeed, despite a checkered past marked by 18 different foster home placements, nine felony and 11 misdemeanor arrests, and four convictions. After all, he’s now settling into a new school, Northside High, and living in a relativelyupscale suburban enclave located a safe distance from the bad influences rampant around the ‘hood. Furthermore, to keep Brendan on the straight and narrow, the Stubbs give him a curfew, find him a part-time job, and even encourage him to join The Seekers, a Christian community

service group for teenagers. Everything goes well until the fateful day he rescues a classmate from a car wreck. Natalie (Kayla Compton), a girl most likely-type, happens to be president of the school’s student council. However, she ends up in trouble when the police find drugs in the car at the scene of the accident. But Brendan’s role as the hero lands him in the limelight, which has the unfortunate side effect of notifying his former partners in crime of his present whereabouts. Soon, they show up looking for the valuable contraband he’d hidden before being sent away and they threaten to put a hurtin’ on him if he doesn’t deliver or rejoin their ranks. Will Brendan revert to his old outlaw ways? Or will the convert put his trust in the Lord and avoid temptation this time around? Thus unfolds King’s Faith, a very relevant morality play written and directed by Nicholas DiBella. Carefully crafted with evangelicals in mind, this modern parable will certainly resonate with the faith-based demographic as well as secular individuals interested in an entertaining, wholesome family flick with a sobering message. The cinematic equivalent of a thoughtprovoking Bible study likely to ignite further discussion about a variety of real-life challenges folks face today. Very Good (3 stars) Rated PG-13 for violence, drug use and mature themes Running time: 107 minutes Distributor: Faith Street Film Partners