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‘Disrespected’ Obama Has Appointed Highest Percentage of Black Judges By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent

Despite the unprecedented levels of obstruction from Republicans in the Senate, President Obama has managed to get a higher rate of Black judges confirmed than any other president in history, according to a court watchdog group. Research from the Alliance for Justice shows that so far during the Obama administration, Blacks have accounted for 18.7 percent of the federal judicial

“…President Obama has managed to get a higher rate of Black judges confirmed than any other president in history…”

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Maryland General Assembly Tackles Marijuana Legalization By Sean Yoes AFRO Contributing Writer This week President Obama added fuel to the volatile national debate over the legalization of marijuana use. “Middle-class kids don’t get locked up for smoking pot, and poor kids do,” the president said during a wide-ranging interview on various subjects with New Yorker editor David Remnick. President Obama’s comments will likely be invoked during the 2014 Maryland General Assembly, which is considering bills in the House and the Senate that would legalize recreational use of marijuana in Maryland. The Marijuana Control Act of 2014 would make the personal use, possession and limited home cultivation of marijuana legal for adults 21 and older. The legislation, which closely mirrors the law in Colorado that made recreational use legal on Jan. 1 there, would also set up a system in which marijuana is regulated and taxed like alcohol. Colorado, the first state to implement the law, racked up about $5 million in retail sales in the week it was legal to buy pot for recreational use. Washington state is expected to open

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service that the late civil rights leader advocated. King would have been 85 More than 100 guests gathered years old this year, and though his at Martin’s West in Baltimore physical presence was stolen in County on Jan. 20 to celebrate Dr. a hail of bullets, the leaders that Martin Luther King Jr. Day and have risen in his stead are doing honor the community groups and everything in their power to further leaders who have distinguished his dream. themselves with the same type of “Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speaks about service and the importance of serving around you,” said Trina Kumodzi. “It doesn’t have to be on a large scale—it’s about commitment.” Kumodzi, 36, is a member of the Black Nurses Association of Baltimore, one of the organizations recognized for their efforts in improve health education throughout the BaltimoreWashington area. “It’s an honor to be recognized by the community that sees what nurses Photo by Alexis Taylor are doing,” said another honoree, Dr. Ronnie Ursin, Senator Lisa A. Gladden speaks about the current president of the the Father Edward Miller, leader of St. Bernadine’s Catholic Church, to whom nurses’ association. By Alexis Taylor AFRO Staff Writer

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After 30 Years, BaltimoreWashington Singer Maysa Is Going to the Show By Zachary Lester AFRO Staff Writer Maysa Leak knew when her mother took her to see a performance of the Broadway show Purlie as a little girl that she would be an entertainer one day. And for decades she has worked as a singer. She left Morgan State University for Los Angeles to back up Stevie Wonder. She traveled across the Atlantic to front the British jazz funk band Continued on A8

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marijuana dispensaries later this year. “When someone wants to purchase and use marijuana in Colorado, they get in their car, drive to one of the about 40 licensed retail marijuana stores that are open right now, show their ID to prove they’re over 21 and they walk up to a counter where there’s different strains of marijuana in little glass jars,” said Rachelle Yeung, a legislative analyst for the Marijuana Policy Project. “What we want to do in Maryland, similarly to what we’ve done in Colorado, is take that existing underground market and place it behind business counters, place it in the hands of licensed regulated business people,” Yeung added. The House bill is sponsored by Baltimore City Del. Curt Anderson (D-Baltimore City) and Del. Sheila Hixson (D-Montgomery County) and in the Senate by Sen. Jamie Raskin (D-Montgomery County). “We need to understand that arresting people for marijuana use can have devastating consequences for people’s ability to get jobs, housing, and education,” Anderson said recently. “Those unnecessary and misguided consequences are being concentrated in communities of color, because even though

The Maryland Senate Committee on Education, Health and Environmental Affairs held a hearing just before the Christmas holidays to discuss the major findings and related implications of the Federal District Court ruling against the State of Maryland for the State’s failure to desegregate its system of higher education. The court ruled that Maryland continues to maintain a dual system of higher education, one Black and one White, by unnecessarily duplicating programs at its Historically Black Institutions (HBIs) and Traditionally White Institutions (TWIs) located near one another. Committee staff summarized the

decision issued by Judge Catherine C. Blake, followed by position statements from the opposing attorneys and other representative of both the Coalition bringing the lawsuit and the state of Maryland. The briefings appeared to create great concern among committee members, with one member proposing a study to determine how the State managed to get in the position of having its system of higher education declared unconstitutional. He wanted to know specifically how the State was able to build the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) from the ground up; develop the previously private University of Baltimore (UB) as a public campus; and expand Towson University (TU) to be several times its prior size, without appropriately developing the Continued on A8

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Former NBA player Javaris Crittenton, once a guard for the Washington Wizards, is facing new wave of legal troubles. According to ESPN, he was arrested on Jan. 15, just after 6 a.m., when federal drug agents, federal marshals and local police swarmed Crittenton’s home in Fayetteville, a suburb 22 miles south of Atlanta. Crittenton was led away in handcuffs to the Fulton County jail. He was indicted later that same day on drug charges in Atlanta, where he was already awaiting trial for his alleged Javaris Crittenton role in the shooting death of a mother of four. According to ESPN, Crittenton and his cousin, Douglas Gamble, were indicted in April 2013 by a Fulton County grand jury for murder in the death of Julian Jones, 22, a mother of four children. Crittenton and 13 other people were named in the indictment that flowed from an investigation conducted by the federal Drug Enforcement Agency. Crittenton is mostly known for an altercation he had with another former NBA player, Gilbert Arenas, in 2010.

With the announcement of this year’s Oscar nominations Jan. 16, Lee Daniels’ The Butler and Oprah Winfrey’s acclaimed performance in the film were once again snubbed –as with the Golden Globes and the Producers Guild—receiving zero nominations. But for 12 Years a Slave, the nominations firmly entrenched its status as one of the year’s best films. The pre-Civil War slavery tale garnered nine Oscar nominations, just one short of this year’s industry favorites American Hustle and Gravity, which led with 10 nods each. Based on the 1853 memoir of Solomon Northup, a free Black man who was kidnapped and subjected to 12 years of brutal servitude, 12 Years was nominated in five of the major categories: best picture, best leading actor (Chiwetel Ejiofor), best director (Steve McQueen), best supporting actress (Lupita Nyong’o) and best supporting actor (Michael Fassbender).

Pregnant Florida Teen Still Missing

The last time Florida mother-to-be Morgan Martin, 17, was seen by her family was just after midnight on July 25, 2012. Eighteen months later St. Petersburg police say they are still looking for her. The teen-- four months pregnant at the time—had just stepped outside the family home at 12:30 a.m. to chat with the man she said is the father of her unborn child—a 25-year-old man she met on Facebook. According to St. Petersburg police, the man, whose name was not released, was questioned but, in the absence of evidence linking him to the missing girl, has not been charged in the matter. “We have talked to all of her acquaintances and a number of people she had associations with,” Michael Puetz, spokesman for the St. Petersburg Police Department, said in an interview with NewsOne. “At this point, she’s still missing and still believed to be under life-threatening circumstances.” Such an occurrence is not unusual, said Natalie Wilson, cofounder of the Black and Missing Foundation. Leah Martin said her daughter met the man when she was 16-years-old. In an interview with HLN, a cable news channel, Martin said, “they weren’t dating. They had just met on Facebook and were messing around, I guess.” According to St. Petersburg police, the man, whose name was not released, was questioned but, in the absence of evidence linking him to the missing girl, has not been charged.

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Veteran Educator Brings Diversity to Baltimore Prep School By Blair Adams AFRO Staff Writer Johnnie Foreman has two major responsibilities as director of community and diversity at Gilman School, a private Baltimore-based boys’ preparatory school. One is to make sure that the school attracts a diverse student body and the other is to make sure that the students who attend get the best education they can to prepare them for the future. “When students leave Gilman, they are academically sound, athletically sound and socially sound,” said Foreman. “I’ve always said that in order for any of our young men in any institution—not just Gilman—to be successful in this world today, one of the things we have to make sure they are aware of is the diversity and various different cultures and ethnicities that are in our world.” This year, Foreman, 64, a veteran educator, marks 30 years in his post. When Gilman officials hired him to oversee diversity in 1984, it was considered a maverick move. Founded in 1897, Gilman’s tuition for 2013-2014 runs about $25,000. Foreman was up to the task.

Many of the area’s wealthiest families, from whom Gilman students come, were surprised that diversity was such a focus. “We make an attempt to make sure we get as many students of color—specifically AfricanAmericans—into the school [as possible] because there are too many young men out there who just need the opportunity to have an education,” Foreman told the AFRO. “They should have the opportunity to experience what Gilman School has to offer.” Foreman spent 10 years working in Baltimore public schools before joining the staff at Gilman. As director of community and diversity, Foreman is also responsible for recruiting and hiring teachers of color. Foreman said he grew up a “poor-boy from Baltimore,” He attended Douglass High School and then went on to earn undergraduate and graduate degrees at Morgan State University. He once had doubts he would ever attend college, however. He said he was told as a youngster that he was not college material. “That’s what pushed me, that’s

Johnnie Foreman what caused me to fight to get into college and to do what I am doing today,” Foreman said. “I had to work hard just to be able to achieve

that college degree.” Foreman said he is constantly challenging himself to learn and improve, traits that he hopes

motivate his students. “I pray that I make an impact,” he said. The diversity program has made Gilman School more attractive to minority students, who are now visible in every aspect of school life—from the honor roll to the clubs and organizations to the sports teams. It is a picture that is much different from the Gilman student body of years ago. “Throughout the years, the faculty has seen an increase in parents and students—specifically African-American students— looking at Gilman School,” Foreman said. “I think one of those reasons is the [number] of teachers of color we have here.” Next month, Foreman will receive a diversity and leadership award from the National Association of Independent Schools. Being nominated, he said, was a “humbling experience.” “You try to make sure you live right, and try to make sure that you do right,” he said. “If you work hard and keep your morals and values, everything will work out for you.”

Maryland’s Three Largest Counties Seek State Aid to Replace Aging Schools By Courtney Jacobs AFRO Staff Writer The county executives of three of Maryland’s largest jurisdictions are pressing the General Assembly for more money for building and repairing public schools in their counties. If Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker III, Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz and Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett and have their way, the state would partner with the three

counties to raise money for construction. “This is truly a united effort,” Kamenetz said at a news conference. “For the first time in recent history, Baltimore County, Montgomery County and Prince George’s — or the ‘Big Three,’ as we often refer to our counties — are working together on an issue that is critical to each of our respective counties.” “We believe that the state needs to take a serious look at ensuring that all students have the best facilities and classrooms as we prepare them for the 21st century,” Baker said in a statement.

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Continued from A1 George W. Bush. During the Clinton administration, 16.4 percent of the federal judicial confirmations were African American. According to the alliance’s website, its priorities include “fighting for a fair and independent judiciary by encouraging the selection of judges who respect constitutional values and the rights of citizens and by ensuring that the judicial selection process is fair and expeditious.” During Obama’s time as the nation’s chief executive, women have made up 41 percent of the federal judges who have been confirmed, compared to 22 percent under George W. Bush and 29 percent during Clinton’s tenure. Obama has also managed to get more Asian Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans and gays confirmed than Bush and Clinton, the research shows. “This is the best slate of judicial nominees I’ve seen from any president since I’ve been at the Lawyers’ Committee, since 1989,” said Barbara Arnwine, president and executive director of the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. “I’ve never seen a more diverse

slate, I’ve never seen a more highly-rated slate. I’ve never seen a slate with this kind of deep diversity.” Yet, the current slate of judicial nominees has faced unparalleled delays in the Senate. President Obama’s judicial nominees have waited an average of 115 days between judiciary committee vote and confirmation, more than double the average wait time of President Bush’s nominees. Forty percent of President Obama’s district court picks have waited more than 100 days for a vote on the Senate floor, compared to 8 percent of Bush’s nominations. Sixtynine percent of President Obama’s circuit court judicial nominations have waited more than 100 days for a vote on the Senate floor. Only 15 percent of Bush’s circuit court nominations waited that long. Meanwhile, the problem of judicial vacancies is getting worse. During Bush’s sixth year, there were only 48 judicial vacancies. By 2013, however, there were 91 vacancies. The slow churn in the Senate’s judicial confirmation process continues to strain resources, experts said. By

2010, civil litigants were waiting more than two years (25.3 months) for a jury trial. That same year, the federal government spent $1.4 billion to house prisoners before the start of their trials, due in part to the lack of judges to hear cases, according to the Justice Department. After years of blocked nominations and procedural delays employed by the Republicans, who are in the minority in the Senate, Democrats, headed by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) pushed the button on the “nuclear option” last November. It allowed for debate to be ceased on a particular issue with a simple majority vote. The historic move effectively ended efforts by Republicans to block votes by employing the filibuster and cleared the way for some of President Obama’s judicial nominations and executive-level positions to be confirmed. “The [Obama] administration has really had a difficult row to hoe because of the difficulties in the Senate,” said Arnwine of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. “The Senate has accorded this president less respect, less deference, and less cooperation than any president I’ve seen.” The Obama administration’s success in the federal judiciary has not come without sacrifice, however. President Obama has been forced to withdraw five Black judicial nominations, most recently, William Thomas, an openly gay Black judge in Florida, who was opposed by some Republicans.

Said Leggett: “We three county executives have a very simple message: Our kids and families can’t afford for any of us to play ‘catch up.” The school buildings in the three counties are beginning to show their age. According to Prince Georges County data, 32 percent of its public schools were built at least 50 years ago and another 49 percent are over 30 years old. “In order for our children to achieve and succeed in school, we must provide them with a better quality learning environment and up to date facilities,” Baker said in a news release. According to Leggett, Montgomery County’s school system has grown by about 2,000 students a year over the past several years. The county school population is expected to have the highest increase in enrollment in the state. Over the next 12 years, their projected enrollment will grow by 25,000 students, according to county data. The three county executives were not

specific about how the partnership would work or how much they need. But they noted a surge in the number of portable classroom units as a signal of future need. “We cannot wait when we have an unusually high number of students in

“For the first time in recent history, Baltimore County, Montgomery County and Prince George’s — or the ‘Big Three,’ as we often refer to our counties — are working together on an issue that is critical to each of our respective counties.”

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portables,” he said. “We need to respond to this challenge today. And I believe that when you look at the evidence, there is a compelling case in Montgomery, Prince George’s and Baltimore County, and really in many places throughout the state of Maryland.”

Marijuana

Continued from A1 marijuana use rates are the same, Black Marylanders are disproportionately arrested for it.” Although the legislation has wide support among Democrats, three of the state’s most prominent Democrats have come out against legalization of recreational use. “I don’t think it serves anybody’s purpose to clog up the system with this type of offense, but I’m not going to be waving the Schmoke flag of legalization,” Mayor

Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said last week, invoking the name of the city’s first elected Black mayor, Curt Schmoke, who endorsed the decriminalization of drugs during testimony before Congress in 1988. Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley (D) has announced his opposition to legalization of recreational marijuana, as has Speaker of the House Michael Busch. Senate President Mike Miller said he supports legalizing and taxing marijuana like Colorado and Washington state.

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COMMUNITY CONNECTION Weinberg Center Presents a Modern Take on American Classics with True Blues

Hosted by Corey Harris and featuring renowned roots musician Guy Davis and Alvin Youngblood Hart, True Blues chronicles the extraordinary living culture of the blues in an evening of music and conversation. Bringing the True Blues film to the concert stage, the True Blues concert vividly brings to life this crucial wellspring of American music. True Blues is set to take the stage at the Weinberg Center for the Arts, 8 p.m., Jan. 24. Harris’ Acoustic Delta blues sound has received attention from the MacArthur Foundation (he was a recipient of their 2007 ‘Genius’ Award) and the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation’s American Masterpieces: [r] evolutionary road Tour. Both Harris and Hart were featured in Martin Scorcese’s The Blues: A Musical Journey, which followed Harris on a roots journey to West Africa. Hart contributed, as well, to Wim Wenders’ The Soul Of a Man and Denzel Washington’s The Great Debaters. Davis has often followed in the Thespian footsteps of his parents, Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee, most recently in the Broadway revival of Finian’s Rainbow, and earlier in Mulebone and Robert Johnson: Trick the Devil. A complete listing of artists and performers scheduled for Weinberg’s 2013-14 season can

be found at www.weinbergcenter.org. Tickets for all shows are now on sale and may be purchased online at www.weinbergcenter.org or at the Weinberg Center Box Office located at 20 W. Patrick Street in Frederick.

Laurel High Grad in Top 10 for Guitar Center Competition in LA

Laurel High School graduate Michael “TK” Akinlosotu was recently selected as a top 10 finalist out of thousands of musicians across the country in Guitar Centers Singer/ Songwriter Competition. He is the lead singer of Laurel based band “The Legendary Cloud 9.” “TK” also works at The Center for Arts and Media located off Laurel’s Lafayette Avenue where he is the lead engineer and producer.

Michael “TK” Akinlosotu

HOPE Academy to Celebrate National School Choice Week with Special Event Corey Harris

HOPE Academy - Huber Child Development Center will hold a special event, Jan. 29, to celebrate National School

Choice Week, Jan. 26-Feb. 1, school leaders announced recently. The event will feature an exciting, dynamic Spirit Day assembly where students will celebrate their school and their education. The event, to be held at the school, will serve as the introduction to the first Math Bee. HOPE Academy - Huber Child Development Center is a private Christian school serving grades for 3 year olds through grade 5, with a student enrollment of 140. HOPE Academy is one of 5,000 schools participating in National School Choice Week, the goal of which is to shine a positive spotlight on all types of education options for children – from traditional public schools to public charter schools, magnet schools, private schools, online learning and homeschooling. “We are excited to have HOPE Academy participate in National School Choice Week with this special event,” said Andrew Campanella, National School Choice Week president. “It is because of great events like this that National School Choice Week, in Maryland and across the country, will break records as the largest and most influential celebration of educational opportunity in American history. For more information about the event, visit www.hopeacademybaltimore.org. For more information about National School Choice Week, visit www.schoolchoiceweek. com

‘Faces of Freedom’ Commemorates End of Slavery in Maryland

“Faces of Freedom: The Upper Chesapeake, Maryland, and Beyond,” featuring a performance, interpretive exhibit, book and film discussions and lectures, runs Feb. 19 through May 10, at the Hays-Heighe House at Harford Community College, 401 Thomas Run Road in Bel Air. “Faces of Freedom” commemorates the

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Students of Hosanna Freedmen’s Bureau School in Darlington, Md. in Harford County. 150th anniversary of the adoption of the Maryland Constitution of 1864 which ended slavery in the state. The project will focus on freedom, slavery and emancipation before, during and after the Civil War. It will feature individual stories of enslaved persons who freed themselves by running away, joining the Union Army and other methods, and of people who helped freedom seekers and those who worked to abolish slavery. The centerpiece of “Faces of Freedom” is the play “Susquehanna to Freedom,” performed 1 and 7 p.m., April 4, in the Chesapeake Theater. Written by Dorothy E. King, the play examines the role of the Susquehanna River in helping freedom seekers make their way north. A fictional account based on historic research, the work focuses on the Underground Railroad and imagines how three enslaved Harford County residents—Harriet Demby, Hull Rice and George Steward—might

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In the play “Susquehanna to Freedom,” John Hones, an abolitionist in Elmira, N.Y., portrayed by William Rucker, right, shares memories of his Underground Railroad activities with fictional character Henry Truitt, portrayed by Actor Sincere. have followed the Susquehanna on their journey to freedom from Havre de Grace to Cooperstown, N.Y. The play premiered in 2013 at Penn State, Harrisburg, and its Maryland premiere will be at Harford Community College’s Chesapeake Theater. Admission to the play is free, but tickets are required and may be obtained by visiting http://harford.universitytickets.com. For a complete listing of the free events, visit harford.edu/community/hays-heighehouse.aspx. For additional information, call 443-4122495 or email HaysHeighe@harford.edu.

Fourth Annual Maritime Career Fair Scheduled

The fourth annual Marine and Maritime Career Fair, scheduled for 1-4 p.m., Feb. 22, in the Annapolis High School cafeteria on Riva Road, was recently announced. “This event is designed to help our young people discover career opportunities available in the marine and maritime industry, Stephanie DuncanTroxell, chair of the Eastport Yacht Club Foundation, said in a statement. “Each of the last three events has seen a large increase in both exhibitors and attendees. We anticipate this year’s event will be bigger and better than ever.” Career Fair Chair Pam Ray explains, “This is not a job fair. It is an opportunity for students and their parents to learn more about current career paths to employment in the marine industry through apprenticeships, technical training and college level education. The Career fair offers high school students a unique opportunity to speak with representatives from such diverse marine fields as the military, yacht and ship design, maintenance and repair, charter operators, homeland security, marine biology, the Merchant Marine, naval architecture, the Coast Guard and much more. Any young person interested in working around boats or the water can discuss career pathways on a casual one to one basis with experts who are professionals in the sciences, engineering, product development, policy making, manufacturing and everything having to do with building, equipping, repairing maintaining, marketing and docking boats of all sizes.” “The Career Fair is one of the ways The Foundation and The Eastport Yacht Club pursues its mission of promoting participation in boating, education and environmental awareness. By partnering with Anne Arundel County Public Schools and the National Sailing Hall of Fame to produce this event, we will broaden our outreach to students and parents and strengthen the marine industry and the boating communities we all love,” Ray concluded. The fourth Annual Marine and Maritime Career Fair is open to all Maryland students in grades 6-12 and their parents. Admission is free but preregistration is recommended. To register, or for more information, go to www. eycfoundation.org.

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‘If I Dated Black Girls…’

Last Friday, I gave the annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day speech at the University of North Alabama in Florence. I was glowingly introduced by my niece, Rachel Gandy, who is a senior at UNA. I told the audience that having grown up in segregated Tuscaloosa, Ala., how satisfying it was to see “the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave George E. Curry owners” sit in the same NNPA Columnist classrooms, if not at the table of brotherhood. I didn’t use those exact words, but they got the point: revolutionary changes have taken place in my home state since the 1960s and the South in general. So many changes, in fact, that public schools in the Deep South are more desegregated than any other region in the nation. During my visit, I met a young White male – who shall remain nameless – who works in the same campus office as my niece, spoke fondly of Rachel, and recounted with glee their study together last summer in Costa Rico. After my speech, I was told that this young man said, “If I dated Black girls – I tell Rachel this all of the time – she would be at the top of the list.” I am sure he meant that as a compliment – it wasn’t. First, it’s presumptuous to think that Rachel, who is smart and beautiful inside and out, would want to date him. Second, for all the talk about racial progress, there are large segments of our society who make decisions based on race and nothing else. Whites do it. Blacks do it. Latinos do it. And so do Asians. After I got over the shock of the young man’s comment – well, I still haven’t gotten over it, as you can see – I thought back to a 2010 Pew Research Center study that found that a record 14.6 percent of all new marriages in the United States in 2008 were between spouses of a different race or ethnicity from one another. That’s more than double the percentage for 1980. Interestingly, rates more than doubled among Whites and nearly tripled among Blacks. But for both Hispanics and

Asians, rates were nearly identical in 2008 and 1980. For me, there was another story within the story: “When Whites, Hispanics and Asians decide to marry outside their group, African-Americans rank last in their choice of mates.” It’s easy to dismiss the kooks such as former Louisiana Justice of the Peace Keith Bardwell who resigned under pressure in 2009 after he refused to perform a marriage between a White woman and a Black man. But things are supposed to be different with this so-called “post-racial” generation. My niece is an honor student, was in the university’s homecoming court, is charming and beautiful. Yet, the young man at UNA couldn’t see beyond her color: “If I dated Black girls….” Fortunately, Rachel’s love life is not dependent on whether this young man dates “Black girls.” It’s the idea that this fellow got to know my niece as a person yet found her unqualified to date solely because of her race is what galls me. While growing up in Alabama, I was told that part of the problem was that Blacks and Whites had not been allowed to interact under Jim Crow, not even in sports. However, when those barriers came down, or so the thinking went, racial prejudice would vanish and people would be judged as individuals, not as part of a supposedly superior or inferior race. In three decades, there will be no majority race in the U.S., according to the Census Bureau. And that means that all racial and ethnic groups will need to learn to step outside their comfort zone to interact as equals with those who don’t look like them.

In his “I Have a Dream” speech, Dr. King said, “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” Obviously that day has not arrived. Until it does, it’s incumbent upon all of us to make sure that it doesn’t just remain a distant dream. 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.

Is Secretary Gates Disloyal to Obama?

Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates isn’t the first political appointee to analyze the work of an administration he served, even if that administration remains in power. In 1999, while President Bill Clinton was still in office, longtime staffer and confidant, George Stephanopoulos wrote of his disenchantment with his political mentor after the Monica Lewinsky story Julianne Malveaux broke. NNPA Columnist Stephanopoulos’ memoir was achingly personal because even as it offered a look at the way the Clinton White House worked and a bird’s eye view of the 1992 campaign, it also offered a look at a man’s inner life, and the emotional turmoil he experienced as he struggled to reconcile the Bill Clinton he admired with a Clinton he, perhaps, reviled. At the time, many marveled at the perceived disloyalty of Stephanopoulos. Shouldn’t he have waited until the Clintons had left the White House? What did the Clintons think? How would this frank disloyalty play out? Fifteen years later, President Clinton is sitting on top of the world with his Global Initiative, Hillary Rodham Clinton is the leading contender for the 2016 presidential nomination, and George Stephanopoulos is front and center at ABC News.

Now Robert Gates has written a tell-all about his time as Secretary of Defense, titled Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War. Many hoped that he would write something as personally searching as George Stephanopoulos did. Instead, he’s got fingers to point, axes to grind, bridges to burn, even as the Obama administration continues to deal with issues that Gates had the opportunity to weigh in on while he served as Secretary of Defense. Duty is pointedly critical of nearly everyone – Congress, Vice President Biden, President Obama, the National Security Council staff, the White House staff, you name it. People have focused on the hits the Obama administration took from Gates’ poison pen, and many have raised the question about his lack of loyalty to the Obama administration. From my perspective, Gates was disloyal to himself and to our nation, not to president Obama personally. If he felt as strongly as he says he did, that the Obama administration should have made different defense decisions, why didn’t he say so? He talks about biting his tongue while in the White House. Why? So he could loosen it up when he got out. Had Gates been loyal to those who he pledged to serve, he would have immersed himself in the work of being Defense Secretary instead of describing himself as both contemptuous and bored. It’s that question of loyalty that plagues me with Gates, more so than Stephanopoulos. Does truth trump loyalty? When? I think of these men when I think of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his unwavering loyalty to social and economic justice. He didn’t care that his opposition to the War in Vietnam was seen as disloyal to a president who responded to Dr. King’s activism on poverty issues by creating a war on poverty. King

African ‘Ghettos’ in Israel

It was a beautiful Saturday afternoon. The NNPA Columnist streets of South Tel Aviv were teeming with people. We first saw a very large wedding party heading towards a park. We then saw hundreds of young men hanging out, socializing, walking, and sometimes just looking for something to do. The shops were closed on this Jewish Sabbath and this multitude had time on their hands. You would not have believed that this was Tel Aviv, Israel: it looked more like a neighborhood from Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia or the Sudan. Yet, here it was, in a city on the Mediterranean, a city that reminded many of my delegation of Miami Beach and Los Angeles. What my delegation saw was only the tip of a very strange and under-addressed iceberg: significant African migration to Israel. Africans, particularly from the Horn of Africa, have been seeking asylum in Israel as they have attempted to escape wars and crushing poverty. The Israeli establishment, sitting on top of the country that likes to describe itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has been less than sanguine about the appearance of these migrants. In fact, the migrants

Bill Fletcher Jr.

are frequently described as “infiltrators,” a term that suggests a military operation rather than individuals seeking asylum. Israel has been locking up African migrants. It has refused to grant asylum to most migrants, instead interning them for indefinite periods of time. The migrants find themselves, much like migrants in other parts of the world, in a twilight zone existence, living underground in order to avoid arrest, but sought after by Israeli employers who, like so many other employers in other countries – including but not limited to the U.S. – seek low-waged, vulnerable workers. The African migrants in Israel have been demonized in both the mainstream but most especially by leaders of hard, right-wing organizations, who see them as a threat to the demographics of Israel. With 20 percent of Israel being Palestinian (and growing), the presence of the African migrants both scares and infuriates that segment of Israel that believes that their country must be ethnically pure in order to survive. Over the last few weeks, African migrants have been engaging in organizing and mobilizing to insist upon their human rights. If the Israeli establishment is going to ignore them, then the migrants are prepared to take their case to the United Nations. Nevertheless, someone needs to quickly

didn’t care that his opposition to Vietnam got him uninvited to some of the venues where he had been quite sought. He could have waited until “later” to write and talk about what would have happened. Somehow he knew, though, that there was no later, and so he wrote a book, Why We Can’t Wait (1964). It is perhaps unfair to compare the moral fiber of Stephanopoulos and Gates to that of Dr. King, but one cannot help note that Stephanopoulos and Gates have been criticized for being disloyal to presidents. What about principle? There is such a thing as misplaced loyalty, as New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s aide Bridget Ann Kelly is about to find out. Kelly is said to have been the mastermind behind the several-day shut down of lanes on the George Washington Bridge during peak traffic hours to cause a little retaliatory confusion for Fort Lee, N.J., whose mayor did not support Christie’s re-election. Christie says he doesn’t know anything about the bridge scandal, but that his loyal (and now resigned) aide did this on her own. Really? Not without a nudge from above? Kelly may value loyalty to one man over her commitment to serve the people of New Jersey (or just Chris Christie), which is not unusual. Just disappointing. Both Kelly and Gates should ponder King in the aftermath of the King holiday. King talked about what it meant to be unpopular because of political decision, and declared himself a drum major for justice. Bridget Kelly, Robert Gates, George Stephanopoulos, what are you drum majors for? Julianne Malveaux is a Washington, D.C.-based economist and writer. She is president emerita of Bennett College for Women in Greensboro, N.C.

address the ghetto-ization of the migrants and the desperate poverty that they are facing. As a friend of mine on our trip noted, this situation is explosive and all that needs to happen for a disaster is one problematic step by the authorities and the lid could come off of Tel Aviv. Both the presence of the African migrants and the unresolved situation of the Palestinians (who remain oppressed by the Israeli system) challenge Israel in its fundamentals. They challenge those who suggest that a democracy can exist in an environment where efforts are being undertaken to remove an entire population, and in the meantime subject them to apartheid conditions, and where those who migrate to Israel in search of safety are met with a characterization most appropriate to alien invaders. Truth be told, it sounds a lot less like democracy and more like ancient Greece or Rome. Bill Fletcher Jr. is a senior scholar with the Institute for Policy Studies and the immediate past president of TransAfrica Forum. Follow him on Facebook and at www.billfletcherjr. com.

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Honored

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speaker Mark Thompson, host of XM Satellite’s “Make It Plain,” addressed the audience. Thompson acknowledged the Women’s Service Club for their dedication to recognizing King’s legacy long before his birthday became a national holiday. “It was not something that was easy for us to achieve in a country with Congress and states that were opposed to this holiday,” said Thompson. “Even today we find that the Voting Rights Act is under siege and under attack,” he said. “In Dr. King’s final days he was all about economic justice. We have to pick up where he left off.”

“The unemployment gap is still high—twice that of whites. The struggle Continued from A1 continues,” Thompson said, citing recent Bureau of Labor Statistics information Several state and county officials that placed Black unemployment at were on hand, including Baltimore 13.8 percent, compared to 6.6 percent County Executive Kevin B. Kamenetz for Whites. “I think it’s time that we and Del. John S. Cardin (D-Baltimore consider where we are. From crime, to County. poverty and racism itself—it is our duty “We need to stay two steps ahead of to continue the struggle. It is our duty to the new challenges facing our families in return.” the community. Dr. Martin Luther King “This is how we celebrate Martin Jr. did that his entire life,” said Cardin. Luther King Jr. Day every day,” he “We need to make sure that we realize added. “This is how we celebrate and his mission.” remind ourselves and the next generation Giving thanks to the Kings Landing that Dr. King is not dead.” Women’s Service Club, Sen. Lisa Along with the Baltimore’s Black Gladden also took to the podium before Nurses Association, other honorees included Cameron E. Miles of Mentoring Males in the Hood, Catherine Trotter of House of New Beginnings, and Robert J. Strupp of Baltimore Neighborhoods, Inc. “MLK was an inspiration,” said Mildred M. Samy, cofounder of Moms of Murdered Sons. “He stood up for inequalities and bringing people together through nonviolence.” After the murder of her 25-year-old son, Samuel David Horne Jr., in 2007, Samy began to seek out other mothers who have lost children to violence. When her son’s friend Tariq Sharif Alston was gunned down the very next year, Samy Photo by Alexis Taylor joined forces with his mother, Members of the Black Nurses Association of Baltimore gather around honoree Dr. Daphne Alston, to begin the Ronnie Ursin for his leadership of the organization, (left to right Delois Hamilton, organization. Verna Gaskins, Trina Kumodzi, Dr. Ronnie Ursin, Danielle Houston, Justine Tere, and “I think what’s happening Pat Medley) with our young Black men and

Maysa

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Incognito. Since returning home when her father, Mayso Leak Jr., took ill several years ago, she’s performed at some of the most famed venues in the District and Baltimore, as well as other East Coast cities and an occasion gig out west. She’s sung on many albums and toured several times. This weekend, Maysa hopes to bring home the ultimate affirmation for a singer. When the stage lights go up on the 56th Annual Grammy Awards Jan. 26 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, she’ll be among the nominees sitting in the audience praying for a win. The Baltimore-born-and-raised smooth jazz vocalist is nominated in the Best Traditional R&B Performance category for her remake of the Nancy Wilson classic “Quiet Fire.” The song is from Maysa’s 10th album, Blue Velvet Soul. Other nominees in the category include eight-time Grammy nominee Fantasia Barrino, two-time nominee Gary Clark Jr., and three-time nominee Ryan Shaw. Yet Maysa isn’t intimidated to be part of such a talented group. “I’m more than excited,” Maysa told the AFRO in an interview as she headed back to Baltimore from a D.C. TV appearance Jan. 21 at the beginning of a snowstorm, two days before she was

scheduled to fly out to the Big Orange. “Overwhelmed is the word I’d use to describe it. It’s great.” Maysa said she included “Quiet Fire” on her album as a tribute to Nancy Wilson, whom she considers a mentor and role model. It wasn’t the song that she would have expected to get her nominated. But on Dec. 6, as she was hosting a birthday party for her son Jazz, 14, she received a call that sent her heart—and

“I’m more than excited.”

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hopefully her career—soaring. “I knew it was nomination day, but I [had] lost myself in the party and it just did not register at first that this is what I was getting called about,” she said. After reality kicked in, Maysa was overcome with joy. “I just went off,” she told CBS News. “I was so excited. I was crying. I could barely speak. I couldn’t believe it.” Maysa attended Milford Mill High School before heading to Morgan, where she sang in the famed MSU choir directed by the late legend Nathan Carter. She was a senior studying music in 1991 when iconic singer-songwriter-musician Stevie

Wonder, after meeting her at Morgan, selected her to fill the alto spot with his background singers. After a tour, she went into the studio with Wonder to do some recording for the soundtrack for Spike Lee’s Jungle Fever. Later, she did a vocal audition on the phone and was hired to front the British jazz and funk band Incognito. Maysa has appeared on seven of the band’s albums, and has released 10 of her own studio albums since 1995. She was feted at a special send-off Jan. 19 at the Birchmere in Alexandria, where she has performed several times. In March, she’s scheduled to play the Rams Head Tavern in Annapolis. Since the Grammy nomination, the phone has been ringing more. More shows are being offered, with better pay. After so many years in the business, the acknowledgment—and attention—is welcome. She hopes a win, or even the nomination, takes her career to the next level. She’s interested in doing film soundtracks, theater and bigger shows. “I hope it puts me out there more where people say, ‘Oh, let’s get her for this. Let’s call her for this,’” Maysa said. “Expand opportunities for me. That’s all I really want it to do. I’d like to be able to reach more people, be accessible to more people.”

women is a challenge,” Alston told the AFRO. “We’ve dropped the baton and we are losing our kids. When you lose them, you lose the future.” “Who knows if the next Martin Luther King Jr. has already been killed? Or the next Ben Carson, or the next leader of the NAACP? Who’s going to carry on the dream?” she added. Risyl Edelman of Northwest Neighbors Connecting and Robert Cradle, founder and operator of Rob’s Barbershop Community Foundation, were also honored. Jewel Perry received the Youth Achievement Award.

HBI Cases Continued from A1

HBIs. It is a question any reasonable person concerned with efficiency of government or who genuinely cares about fairness and equal educational opportunity might ask. How did Maryland get itself in such a politically embarrassing, legally indefensible and morally reprehensible position? Judge Catherine C. Blake says in her decision: “During the 1960’s and 1970’s, in the wake of Brown, Maryland’s HBIs began offering unique, high demand programs and began attracting significant numbers of White students. Rather than build on that progress, however, Maryland made very large investments in TWIs, particularly newly created Towson and UMBC that undermined gains in desegregation. These investments included further duplication of programs at already existing TWIs and creating new public institutions in geographic proximity to existing HBIs including UB, Towson and UMBC.” Further reading of the judge’s decision makes it abundantly clear that the actions of the State were calculated and deliberate; and that any effort the State may have made to desegregate its system of higher education was enough to somehow escape public criticism, but certainly not enough to withstand the scrutiny of law. She writes: “The State offered no evidence that it has made any serious effort to address continuing historic duplication. Second, and even more troublingly, the State has failed to prevent additional unnecessary duplication, to the detriment of the HBIs.” Beyond concern over the court’s core finding, most of the questions raised by committee members related to the judge’s reference to the likelihood of programs having to be transferred from TWIs to HBIs in order to eliminate past and future duplication. Specifically, legislators asked if it were absolutely necessary to make the transfers in order to bring the State in compliance with federal law. Representatives for the State and advocates for the Coalition differed in their response; however, the judge emphasizes that “It is also likely that the transfer or merger of select high-demand programs from TWIs to HBIs will be necessary.” To fully understand the extent of harm the State has done to its HBIs and their students, alumni, faculty, and staff; and the neglect of the communities where these institutions are located, consider the example of Morgan State University in the instance of UMBC and the engineering program. Even before segregated schools were ruled unconstitutional, a report done in 1947 by the state-supported Marbury Commission indicated that Morgan compared favorably with the University of Maryland College Park in the quality of its programs, faculty, students and regional accreditation. It recommended that an

engineering program be added to the Baltimore city campus, while warning of the existence of too many other public campuses in the state. The Commission’s recommendations for Morgan were ignored; and it was during the three decades following the study, that UMBC was established, Towson was expanded and the University of Baltimore was incorporated into the state system. Thirty five years after the initial recommendation for engineering at Morgan; some 20 years after Morgan proposed that it be developed as a multiracial campus; and after a second state study recommending engineering education be established in Baltimore, the State finally authorized the development of engineering at the Morgan campus. But rather than create a comprehensive school of engineering at Morgan, the state approved undergraduate programs only in electrical, civil and industrial engineering. It also authorized the University of Maryland College Park to offer its undergraduate programs in chemical and mechanical engineering at the newly developed UMBC campus. With less than modest investment, engineering quickly emerged as one of Morgan’s signature programs by which the campus became nationally recognized. Enrollments grew rapidly. Consistent with state goals for diversity, the percentage of African American recipients of engineering degrees rose from about three percent in the early 1980’s to about 16 percent in the mid-nineties, many of whom went on to major research institutions for graduate studies. Almost as quickly, the State created a stand-alone, competing school of engineering at UMBC to eventually include duplicates of the computer engineering phase of the Morgan electrical engineering program and graduate programs in electrical, computer and civil engineering among other areas. This well-funded competition within 12 miles of the Morgan campus was devastating. As the full impact of duplication at UMBC took effect, the facilities at Morgan deteriorated and the academic and racial mix of the student body began to change. Except for the courageous leadership and unrelenting perseverance of two of the Institution’s most revered and longest serving presidents, Martin Jenkins and Earl S. Richardson, the harm already done to students, faculty and staff and alumni may have mushroomed and continued well into the future. One of the senators on the Education, Health and Environmental Affairs Committee noted that it is time the State address the condition of the HBIs for it has already gone too long. The Coalition agrees and hopes that the State will join us in accomplishing that goal. David Burton is president of the Coalition.

January 25, 2014 - January 31, 2014, The Afro-American

Little Majorette 213 Marching Club (Shriners)

It’s a way for the entire community to share in a memory, and for once no one had to freeze to enjoy it. The annual Martin Luther King Jr. parade, Jan. 20, in Baltimore gives everyone a chance to participate: marching groups,

Buffalo Soldiers, sororities and fraternities, school children and churches. Signs on the sidewalk along the route rival the ones on the boulevard as residents, young and old, have their say and remember a King.

AKA Sorority celebrates MLK

Baltimore’s Arabbers

Douglass H. S. Band

Providence Baptist Church members Diane Morgan, Makenzie Moore and Deasia Hart iiKane (Erica Kane 92Q), Keller Wynder, Konan (92Q) and LoLo (Magic 95.9)

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity

Drum Major with Edmondson-Westside H. S.

Former members of the 231st Transportation Truck Battallion who fought in the Korean War

Delta Sigma Theta Sorors

Jerusalem Temple Shriners

Buffalo Soldiers

Kevin Parsons and the members of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity

Photos by Anderson Ward

When everyone’s thoughts turned to ways to commemorate the life of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the Arch Social Club, known to hold a certain standard,

The Queens with Sen. JonesRodwell

The official board members Arch Social Club with Mayor RawlingsBlake and Councilman Pete Welch

unveiled the remarkable makeover to its historical diggs on The Avenue in West Baltimore. More than a century

Music by Bobby Ruck’s Group Del. Stukes giving citation to Pres. Anderson and Chairman Tshamba

Kimberly Brown, Anaya Womack, Madison Dukes and Cynthia Dukes

in years, the casual gentleman’s club still draws folks of all ages, as it did to the Jan. 19 re-opening.

Mr. Taylor, Rev. Washington and Bro Watson

Catherine M. Feford, former Mayor Dixon

The Dee Jay, J. Juddy

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wilson, dance instructors

Buffet line

The official ribbon cutting - Arch Social Club Photos by J.D. Howard

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New Entertainment Production in Town Hello my dear friends! A new year, new things to do and we are at the end of the first month of the year but it will end it with a “wow factor.” A new entertainment production company is in town offering a “Live Entertainment Brunch” featuring gospel, jazz and R&B groups-- including Voices of Faith & Praise, Baron Howard, Jessica Anderson, Tiffany K, 5 A.M. Praise and many others-- every Sunday at the Best Western Hotel Travel Plaza (formerly Toby’s Dinner Theater), located at 5625 O’Donnell Street. The promoter is Sandra Martin. Guess who else will be there? Rambling Rose! Yes, I will be there, too, signing copies of my new book, along with comedian Howard G, who is emceeing the event. For ticket information, call 571-288-3314. We will see you there! For those of you who like bus trips to Atlantic City, Sandra Martin, CEO of I’ve got one for you. The Nomads Van Club is going to the Marleigh Realty, Marleigh casinos on Jan. 25, from noon to midnight. Buses will leave Consultant Group and from the I-70 Park N Ride Trust Promotions LLC, near Security Boulevard. started her career in Food and beverages are business at 15 years old included in the price of when she was recruited the bus ticket. For more by a national magazine information, call Willie marketing agency. Her Godfrey at 410-367-7952. promotion company will sponsor a “Live The Johns Hopkins Entertainment Brunch” on University, in partnership Jan. 26 from 11:30 a.m. to with the Peabody Institute, 4 p.m. at the Best Western will be presenting “Jazz at Hotel, (formerly Toby’s the Johns Hopkins Club”, a Dinner Theater) at 5625 concert experience for its Lou Fields, founder O’Donnell Street. For more alumni, associate members and CEO of Black Dollar information, call 410-845and guests. On Jan. 30, Vijay Exchange, founder and 0638. Iyer Trio will be performing first president of Greater at the Peabody Institute, with Baltimore Black Chamber of Commerce, will host the saxophonist Gary Thomas, for two shows: 8:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. For more information, go to the web site www. Langston Hughes Book peabodyjazz.org/hopkinsclub/. Fair at New Shiloh Baptist Church, Family Life Center, Mark your calendar for the Second Charm City Langston 2100 N. Monroe Street Hughes Literary Form & Book Fair. It will take place on on Feb. 1 from 1 p.m. to

Feb. 1 at the New Shiloh Baptist Church’s Family Life Center; 2100 N. Monroe Street in Baltimore, from 1p.m. to 5 p.m. Feb. 1 would be James Mercer Langston Hughes’ 112th birthday. Since 1991, Lou Fields has organized American history programs during Black History Month. This event is a free, family-friendly, educational program. Take your children, students and senior citizens to New Shiloh Baptist Church and celebrate the literary genius of one of America’s most prolific writers: Langston Hughes. Some of the special guest authors who will be participating are: Professor Dolan Hubbard, Professor Monique Akassi, civil rights attorney A. Dwight Pettit, Professor Larry S. Gibson, AFRO Entertainment Columnist Rosa Pryor, Freedom Fighter writer Moses Newsome and historian Lou Fields, just to name a few. This Nadine Rae & the Allstars will perform an all blues night on Jan. 25 from 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., at the Bare Bones Grill and Brewery, 9150 Old Baltimore National Pike in Ellicott City, Md. Good food, drinks and dancing. Free admission.

Temera and Toy are sisters and have been in ministry since 2001. They are known as the 5 A.M. Praise. They were nominated for Stellar Awards in 2010 as the best contemporary gospel duo. They are performing for the “Live Entertainment Brunch” at the Best Western Hotel Travel Plaza on Jan. 26.

event is open to the public. For more information, call 443-983-7974. OOPS! I am out of space! Terrible situation! It is time for the “fat lady to sing.” Remember, if you need me, call me at 410833-9474 or email me at rosapryor@aol.com. Also check out my website; www. rambling-rose.com and www.rosapryormusic. com. UNTIL THE NEXT TIME, I’M MUSICALLY YOURS.

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ARTS & CULTURE

TV’s Mowry Twins Open Up About Interracial Marriage Backlash

actor Cory Hardrict. “They say, ‘Oh Tia’s a true Black woman because she married a Black man.’ Oh? I’m lesser of a Black Tears flowed on a recent episode of Oprah person because I married White?” she asked. Winfrey’s “Where are they Now?” show as Mowry-Hardrict said that even though she one of the nation’s most popular set of twins married a Black man, she has not escaped discussed their relationships. ridicule. Mowry-Hardrict said she’s been Sisters Tia Mowry-Hardrict and Tamera told her sister has “done it right by Mowry-Housley, born in Germany to Black marrying a White man.” and White parents, gave details Regardless of the bullying, the about the public backlash they women say they are happily married, and have encountered over one sister’s both have had sons in the past two years. interracial marriage. The dynamic bi-racial duo first broke “People choose to look past love into Hollywood in 1994 when ABC and spew hate. That’s what hurts me. produced “Sister, Sister,” a TV series about I’ve never experienced so much hate ever in twins named Landry who were separated my life,” said Mowry-Housley, who married at birth and later reunited after a chance Adam Housley, a Fox News correspondent, in encounter in a mall. May of 2011. The series would eventually move to a “I’ve been called ‘White man’s whore’ and different network, WB, where it aired until the new one is ‘Back in the day you would have cost 1999. $300, now you’re giving it to him for free-- stop that,” Both women have experienced success she said her sister, in shock, wiped tears from her eyes. as adults, and briefly co-starred on a show Facebook.com “Me as a person could never even together from 2011 to 2013 called “Tia fathom or think of these words. It’s very and Tamera,” which aired on the Style T.V. twins Tamera (left) and Tia (right) hard for me to think of it because I’m Network and E! pose with their sons. a product of it. My mom is a beautiful Mowry-Hardrict now stars in “Instant Black woman and my dad is an amazing Mom,” a Nickelodeon Channel series White man and I grew up seeing a family,” she said. that is aired as a Nick at Nite sitcom, and Mowry-Housely is a Mowry-Housely also said that she has battled with taunts that co-host on “The Real,” a talk show featuring Tamar Braxton and her sister is better because she is married to African American Loni Love. By Alexis Taylor AFRO Staff Writer

Ex-Con Open Chess Club for At-Risk Kids in Inner-City Biopic Life of a King Film Review by Kam Williams Eugene Brown (Cuba Gooding, Jr.) was so worried about returning to his neighborhood in inner-city Washington, DC after serving 17 years for bank robbery that he shared his concern with his cellmate Searcy (Dennis Haysbert). The wise, old elder responded by making an analogy between life and the game of chess amounting to the simple suggestion “Take care of the king.” He also handed Eugene a chess piece, hoping it might serve as a constant reminder to avoid trouble by employing fundamental game strategy. And that practical piece of advice would come in handy, especially since landing employment would turn out to be quite a challenge, given his criminal record. But rather than break the law again for a quick buck, Eugene displayed the patience to wait until he found a legit job as a janitor. Working at the same high school his children had attended, he was afforded an opportunity to redeem himself when asked by the principal (LisaGay Hamilton) to monitor detention, too. Instead of just having the students stand at the blackboard and write, “I will not be late for class” or “I will not forget my homework” 50 times, Eugene came up with the inspired idea of teaching them how to play chess each afternoon. Soon, he founded a chess club as a regular afterschool activity and viable alternative to the gangsta ways so many of the troubled youth found attractive. Meanwhile, Eugene needed to mend fences with his estranged offspring, college coed Katrina (Rachae Thomas), and black sheep Marcus (Jordan Calloway), a juvenile jailbird following in his father’s footsteps. That proves easier said than done since the absentee-dad wasn’t

around for either’s formative years. Written and directed

by Jake Goldberger (Don McKay), Life of a King is a warts-and-all biopic based on

the downfall and resurrection of the real Eugene Brown. As raw and realistic as it is

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predictable and cliché-ridden, this modern morality play does at least drive home a pertinent message for adolescents in the targeted demographic. A Sunday school-style parable which makes very effective use of chess mastery as a metaphor for negotiating the perilous gauntlet of

possible ghetto pitfalls. Very Good HHH Rated PG-13 for drug use, violent images and mature themes Running time: 100 minutes Distributor: Millennium Entertainment

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Musicians’ Society Honors Gospel Greats

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Warryn Campbell, Nicole Gorge-Middleton, vice president, ASCAP Rhythm and Soul, Edwin Hawkins and Tye Tribbett.

The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) honored some of gospel music’s most prestigious names at the 5th annual “ASCAP Presents: Morning Glory” Stellar Awards breakfast reception, Jan. 21, at the Hutton Hotel in Nashville. One of the premiere events leading up to the 29th annual Stellar Awards, the breakfast honored Grammy Award-winning artist Edwin Hawkins with the Gospel Icon Award, Tye Tribbett and Warryn Campbell with the newly-established Spirit of

Song Award, as well as recognized other 2014 Stellar Awards nominees. Hosted by the Rev. Marquis Boone of Fresh Start Church in Duluth, Ga., the event also featured special performances by gospel powerhouse Tasha Cobbs, Grammy-nominated producer Chuck Harmony, and recording artists Jonathan McReynolds & Livre. Attendees included Kelly Price, Anita Wilson, William McDowell, Thi’sl, Alexis Spight, Bryan Popin, Patrick Dopson, Dexter Walker, Zie’l and a host of others.

SPORTS Sam Lacy - He Made a Difference - VIII Special to the AFRO

During this period, Pop had reached elite status among colored

newspapermen. He had coached basketball on a few different levels, and when the call came for a referee for Central Interscholastic

Athletic Association (CIAA) games, he was on the short list. When he went to Richmond to referee a game at Virginia Union, I was his

Notice of Class Action Lawsuit Jane Doe No. 1, et al. v. Johns Hopkins Hospital, et al. Case No.: 24-C-13-001041 In the Circuit Court for Baltimore City This notice is approved by the Baltimore City Circuit Court It is not a solicitation from a law firm. • There is a mandatory, settlement class action certified in the Baltimore City Circuit Court on behalf of former patients of Nikita Levy, M.D. and possibly others. This action was conditionally certified as a mandatory, no opt out settlement class action by Order of the Court on October 30, 2013, pursuant to Maryland Rule 2-231 (b)(1)(B). • This action seeks to resolve all claims arising out of, based on, related to, or involving injuries and damages claimed as a result of Dr. Levy’s alleged photographing or videotaping activities or boundary violations while he was an actual or apparent agent, servant, or employee of Johns Hopkins. If this litigation is resolved successfully, all claims against the Johns Hopkins defendants will be extinguished.

Pastor Marquis Boone, Fresh Start Church in Duluth, Ga.

Tasha Cobbs’ performance

trusted sidekick. This was a great experience, but in hindsight I think I am lucky to have survived. Everyone who has been to a sport event or even sat in the family room and watched a game on TV, knows that the ultimate villain is the guy in the striped shirt. When the boos started, and there were calls to kill the referee, my hackles arose and my mouth started writing checks my butt couldn’t cash. Fortunately the boo-birds recognized me as an 11-year old kid and they ignored me. One night after the game we were on the way home and Pop doubled over with stomach pain. His condition was so severe, that I was called upon to make the drive home. Driving wasn’t new to me because Pop had let me

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put in quite a bit of wheel time in a safe environment. But, I was 12-years-old and called upon to drive 100 miles. I was on a major highway, and motorists were whizzing by seemingly at 90 miles per hour. If someone had looked into that car they would have seen this kid peeping over the dashboard with eyes as big as saucers. We made it with no mishaps, and the next day Pop was admitted to the hospital with a severe case of ulcers. I wonder if he just had a stomachache, and my driving had transformed a simple malady into a full blown ulcer. This experience may have planted the seed for my love of cars and driving. As a teenager, some of my buddies and I put together a drag-racing team. We would

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attend the different events and put our car to the test. I had an aptitude for speed shifting, and was able to keep from crashing, so I was the designated driver. One Saturday I came home with a trophy. Forgetting to put it away, it was still on the dining room table when Pop came home. The lecture that followed this discovery was enough for me to decide I had better select another career path. When Pop got warmed up, I started feeling like a Christian who had just been notified he was next up for the lion’s den. I didn’t know anything about déjà vu, but I remember having this feeling before. We lived just a few blocks from the U.S. Soldiers’ Home, a military retirement installation in Washington, D.C.’s Petworth neighborhood. Soldiers’ Home had all of the makings for adventure for a bunch of 10-year-old knuckle heads. Of particular interest to us was a pond. In this pond were fish. (Know where I’m heading?) My crew had a meeting, and we decided to hook school and go fishing (It was good enough for Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn). We planned well, and the next morning we met and it was off to this great adventure. In the woods there was a pond, and in the pond was an island. With a running start we could leap across the water to the island. After a wasted day of fishing, it dawned upon us that there was no room for a running start off the island. It was either give it a try, or set up camp on that island for the rest of our lives. There were five of us who emerged from that pond soaked to the bone. The only thing to do was hurry home and change before our parents came home. On the corner near my house was a gas station. As I sloshed through the gas station, I heard a familiar voice. I couldn’t make out the words, but it translated into, BUSTED!!!

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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Sealed bids for construction of the Fruitland Wastewater Treatment Plant ENR & Solids Handling Upgrade will be received by the City of Fruitland (herein called the OWNER) at the City Hall, 401 East Main Street, Fruitland, Maryland 21826, until 2:00 p.m., (EST) on March 4, 2014. Said bids will then be publicly opened and read aloud immediately afterwards at the Council Chambers, 401 East Main Street, Fruitland, Maryland. The ENR & Solids Handling Upgrade to the City of Fruitland WWTP generally consists of, but is not limited to, the construction/installation of the following: Mix Chamber Building, Denitrification Filter, Aerobic Digester Improvements together with sludge thickening equipment, water quality analyzing instrumentation, expansion of SCADA system to incorporate new TYPESET: Tue Jan 14 15:30:49and ESTcoagulant 2014 system components, methanol storage and chemical feed systems, modification of the existing sludge drying beds, miscellaneous structures, associated demolition work, site work, and yard piping. ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS The work also includes all requirements to provide fully finished and opSealedfacilities bids for including construction of the Fruitland Treatment Plant erable miscellaneous itemsWastewater and operations as shall be ENR & Solids Handling Upgrade will be received the by the City of Fruitland indicated, shown, specified or required to complete work in strict confor(herein called the OWNER) at the City Hall, 401 East Main Street, Fruitland, mity with the Contract Documents. The includes specified, Maryland 21826, until 2:00 p.m., (EST) on work Marchalso 4, 2014. Saidall bids will then indicated shown mechanical electricalafterwards equipment, be publiclyand opened and read aloudand immediately at appliances, the Council appurtenances, furnishings, instrumentation and controls, accessories, Chambers, 401 East Main Street, Fruitland, Maryland. tests and sundry parts and material as shall be necessary and required for a completely installation satisfactory theofEngineer. ContracThe ENR &operable Solids Handling Upgrade to theto City FruitlandThe WWTP gentor shall provideof, all but plant, equipment, appliances, materials erally consists is labor, not limited to, thetools, construction/installation ofand the incidentals and shall perform all operations required to completely finish all following: Mix Chamber Building, Denitrification Filter, Aerobic Digester of the work in the manner approved by the Engineer. Improvements together with sludge thickening equipment, water quality analyzing instrumentation, expansion of SCADA system to incorporate new A pre-bid meeting willmethanol be held at 2:00 PM, (EST), January 2014 atfeed the system components, and coagulant storage and 28, chemical City of Fruitland Council Chambers, 401 East Main Street, Fruitland, systems, modification of the existing sludge drying beds, miscellaneous Maryland allow Contractors an work, opportunity to obtain information structures,toassociated demolition site work, and yard piping. on the project from the Engineer and the Owner. A SITE VISIT will be held immediately following theallmeeting. The work also includes requirements to provide fully finished and operable facilities including miscellaneous items and operations as shall be Written questions (fax @ 410-548-5790 or email: the cderbyshire@gmbnet. indicated, shown, specified or required to complete work in strict conforcom) will the be accepted and answered Addenda if submitted to the mity with Contract Documents. Thevia work also includes all specified, Engineer by 5:00 p.m. local time on February 18, 2014. Questions shall indicated and shown mechanical and electrical equipment, appliances, include the project name (Re:instrumentation Fruitland WWTP & Solids Handling appurtenances, furnishings, andENR controls, accessories, Upgrade) in subject heading. tests and sundry parts and material as shall be necessary and required for a completely operable installation satisfactory to the Engineer. The ContracEstimated construction Range $5,000,000 $6,000,000. tor shall provide all plant,cost: labor, equipment, tools, to appliances, materials and incidentals and shall perform all operations required to completely finish all Contract Documents may be examined, at the following locations: of the work in the manner approved by the Engineer. City Hall meeting will be held at 2:00 PM, (EST), January 28, 2014 at the A pre-bid 401 Main Street City East of Fruitland Council Chambers, 401 East Main Street, Fruitland, Fruitland, 21826 Maryland Maryland to allow Contractors an opportunity to obtain information on the project from the Engineer and the Owner. A SITE VISIT will be held Reed Construction Data immediately following the meeting. 30 Technology Pkwy S. Suite 100 Norcross, GA 30092 Written questions (fax @ 410-548-5790 or email: cderbyshire@gmbnet. com) will be accepted and answered via Addenda if submitted to the George, Miles & Buhr, Engineer by 5:00 p.m.LLC local time on February 18, 2014. Questions shall 206 West Main Street include the project name (Re: Fruitland WWTP ENR & Solids Handling Salisbury, Maryland 21801 Upgrade) in subject heading. McGraw-Hill Dodge Estimated construction cost: Range $5,000,000 to $6,000,000. MHC Plan Room 8501 LaSalle Road Suite Contract Documents may304 be examined, at the following locations: Towson, MD 21286 City Hall MD/Washington Minority Contractor’s Association 401 East Main Street 3229 Powhatan Avenue Fruitland, Maryland 21826 Baltimore, MD 21216 Reed Construction Data Copies of the Pkwy Contract Documents may be obtained beginning on 30 Technology S. Suite 100 January at the office of GEORGE, MILES & BUHR, LLC, 206 Norcross,21, GA2014 30092 WEST MAIN STREET, SALISBURY, MARYLAND 21801, upon the nonrefundable payment Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) for each set. George, Miles & Buhr,ofLLC Checks should made payable to George, Miles & Buhr, LLC. 206 West Main be Street Salisbury, Maryland 21801 Each bid must be accompanied by a Bid Bond payable to the Owner for five percent (5%) Dodge of the total amount of the bid. No bidder may withdraw his bid McGraw-Hill within ninety (90) days after the actual date of the opening thereof. MHC Plan Room 8501 LaSalle Road Suite 304 The City MD of Fruitland Towson, 21286 reserves the right to reject any and all bids, and/or waive informalities or irregularities, and/or to accept or reject any items of any bid, as it mayMinority deem best for its interest. The bids will be evaluated and MD/Washington Contractor’s Association award will be made to the lowest responsive, responsible bidder. 3229 Powhatan Avenue Baltimore, MD 21216 Davis-Bacon Prevailing Wage Rates and Regulations apply to this project. Copies of the Contract Documents may be obtained beginning on January 21, 2014 at the Enterprise office of GEORGE, MILES & BUHR, LLC,Busi206 Disadvantaged Business (DBE) firms, including Minority WESTEnterprises MAIN STREET, 21801, upon the nonness (MBE)SALISBURY, and WomenMARYLAND Business Enterprises (WBE) are refundable payment of Three Hundred each faith set. encouraged to respond. Contractors are Dollars required($300.00) to providefor a good Checks should be made payable to George, Miles & Buhr, LLC.

effort in seeking DBE, MBE, and WBE Subcontractors. Certified Minority Business Enterprises areCITY encouraged OF BALTIMORE to respond to this solicitation notice. For additional information DEPARTMENT visit the OF MWQFA TRANSPORTATION website: www.mde.state.md. us/wqfa. NOTICE OF LETTING Sealed Bids or Proposals, in duplicate addressed to the Board of Estimates ofAny thecontract Mayor and or contracts City Council awarded of Baltimore under this andAdvertisement marked for BALTIMORE for Bids are CITY expected NO. to TR14018; be funded MATERIAL in part by aTESTING loan and/or 2014 grant VARIOUS from the United PROJECTS States CITYWIDE Environmental will be Protection receivedAgency, at the Office or theofMaryland the Comptroller, Department Room of204 the EnviCity Hall, ronment. Baltimore, Maryland until 11:00 A.M. FEBRUARY 12, 2014. 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. CITY OF The FRUITLAND Contract Documents may be examined, without charge, at the Department of Public Works Service Center located on the first floor of the Abel JOHN Wolman D.MuniciPSOTA pal Building, 200 N. Holliday Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202 City Manager as of JANUARY 17, 2014 and copies may be purchased for a non-refundable cost of $75.00. Conditions and requirements of the Bid are found in the bid package. All contractors bidding on this Contract must first be effort in seeking DBE, and WBE Subcontractors. Certified Minority prerequalified by the CityMBE, of Baltimore Contractors Qualification Committee. Business parties Enterprises arecall encouraged to respond to thisthe solicitation notice. Interested should (410) 396-6883 or contact Committee at For additional information visit the MWQFA www.mde.state.md. Room 634, Charles L. Benton Bldg. , 417 website: E. Fayette St., Baltimore, us/wqfa. 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 Any contract or contracts awarded under this Advertisement for Bids are the bid for to verification purposes. The Prequalification Category required expected be funded in part by a loan and/or grant from the United States for bidding on this project is Agency, SPECIAL DIRECTED Environmental Protection or ATTENTION the MarylandIS Department ofTO theTHE EnviFACT THE PREQUALFICATION OF BIDDERS IS NOT REQUIRED FOR ronment. THIS PROJECT. Cost Qualification Range for this work shall be $200,000.00 to $500,000.00 A Pre-Bidding Information will be CITY session OF FRUITLAND conducted at 10:00 A.M. on JANUARY 31, 2014 at 417 East Fayette Street, Room 724, Baltimore, Maryland 21202. Principal Items for JOHNofD.work PSOTA this project are Field Testing 0-2 Hours (Onsite) 800 EA; Field City Testing Manager Additional 2 Hours (Onsite) 450 EA. The MBE goal is 15% & WBE 5%. THIS CONTRACT IS SUBJECT TO EMPLOY BALTIMORE AND LOCAL HIRING LAW. APPROVED: : Bernice H. Taylor, Clerk TYPESET: Wed Jan 22 15:05:30 EST 2014 Board of Estimates

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CITY OF BALTIMORE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS BUREAU OF WATER AND WASTEWATER 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 Water Contract 1260-Edmondson Village Neighborhood & Vicinity, Water Main Replacements will be received at the Office of the Comptroller, Room 204, City Hall, Baltimore, Maryland until 11:00 A.M. on Wednesday, February 26, 2014. 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 Friday, January 24, 2014 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 751 Eastern Avenue, 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 B02551-Water Mains. Cost Qualification Range for this work shall be $5,000,000.01 to $10,000,000.00 A Pre-Bidding Information session will be conducted on the 3rd Floor Conference Room of the Bureau of Water & Wastewater, Abel Wolman Municipal Building on January 31, 2014 at 11:00 A.M. Principal Item of work for this project are: Installation of 6-inch through 12-inch Ductile Iron Pipe, various fittings, appurtenances, replacement of valves and fire hydrants, renew/ replacement of existing water services, replacement of small (residential) meter settings and meter vaults, sidewalk restorations, curb & gutter, and roadway paving, as required. The MBE goal is 11% The WBE goal is 2% WATER CONTRACT 1260 APPROVED: Bernice H. Taylor Clerk, Board of Estimates APPROVED: Alfred H. Foxx Director of Public Works

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Each bid must be accompanied by a Bid Bond payable to the Owner for five percent (5%) of the total amount of the bid. No bidder may withdraw his bid within ninety (90) days after the actual date of the opening thereof. The City of Fruitland reserves the right to reject any and all bids, and/or waive informalities or irregularities, and/or to accept or reject any items of any bid, as it may deem best for its interest. The bids will be evaluated and award will be made to the lowest responsive, responsible bidder. Davis-Bacon Prevailing Wage Rates and Regulations apply to this project.

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Any contract or contracts awarded under this Advertisement for Bids are expected to be funded in part by a loan and/or grant from the United States Environmental Protection Agency, or the Maryland Department of the Environment. CITY OF FRUITLAND

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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 Water Contract 1226-McElderry and Various Streets Water Main Replacement & Relocation will be received at the Office of the Comptroller, Room 204, City Hall, Baltimore, Maryland until 11:00 A.M. on Wednesday, February 26, 2014. 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 Friday, January 24, 2014 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 751 Eastern Avenue, 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 B02551-Water Mains. Cost Qualification Range for this work shall be $3,000,000.01 to $4,000,000.00 A Pre-Bidding Information session will be conducted on the 3rd Floor Conference Room of the Bureau of Water & Wastewater, Abel Wolman Municipal Building on January 31, 2014 at 10:00 A.M. Principal Item of work for this project are: Installation of 6-inch Ductile Iron Pipe, various fittings, appurtenances, replacement of valves and fire hydrants, renew/replacement of existing water services, replacement of small (residential) meter settings and meter vaults, sidewalk restorations, curb & gutter, and roadway paving, as required.

APPROVED: Alfred H. Foxx Director of Public Works

SUPPORT OUR ADVERTISERS Celebrating the Centennial Birthday of Gertrude C. Marshburn September 15, 1913 – March 25, 2000 In each passing moment, you cross our hearts and minds but this year we want to celebrate what would have been your centennial birthday. Born 50 years after the Emancipation Proclamation and 50 years before the March on Washington, you instilled in us the importance of education and possessing pride in yourself and your community. As an educator and later a highly decorated federal

and county government employee, you exuded an unmatched fortitude and determination to excel in all that you do. We were blessed to have been in your presence for the time we were given and we celebrate the centennial of your birth on this day. We want to wish you a Happy Birthday from your beloved daughter, Jo-Ann and your loving grandchildren, Ja-Zette and Antonio.

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