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Black Participation Low in Clinical Trials By Zenitha Prince AFRO Correspondent Despite many breakthroughs in medicine, health outcomes for African Americans continue to be disproportionately bleak. Blacks experience higher incidences of certain diseases such as diabetes and hypertension and have higher mortality rates from stroke, heart attack, breast cancer and some other maladies, data shows. The lack of AfricanAmerican participation in clinical trials, where valuable research is conducted that can cut down on the incidences of certain diseases and save lives, may be contributing to the higher mortality rate,

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experts said. “In the United States, we are the world leaders in understanding the mechanisms of diseases and understanding how to prevent diseases before they start,” said Dr. Stephen Thomas, director of the University of Maryland Center for Health

“…While the overall life span of Americans has improved over time, that improvement has not applied to everyone. Blacks and Latinos have been left out.” Equity and one of the nation’s leading scholars in the effort to eliminate racial and ethnic health disparities. “But, while the overall life span of Americans has improved over time, that improvement has not applied to everyone. Blacks and Latinos have been left out.” A big part of the problem is the paucity of minority participation in clinical trials and research, health advocates said. “Clinical trials are important because that’s where we collect information and knowledge and test treatments for diseases that trouble us,” said Dr. Celia J. Maxwell, associate professor of medicine and associate dean for research at Howard University College of Medicine. Studies on many drugs have not involved minorities, Continued on A8

Joseph Paul Franklin’s Murder Victims Included Blacks, Jews and Interracial couples By Zachary Lester and Ron Taylor AFRO Staff Writers

In this June 2, 1981, file photo, Joseph Paul Franklin is shown following his conviction on two counts of first degree murder in Salt Lake City.

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Joseph Paul Franklin, who told authorities that a crime spree that left at least seven people dead was motivated by his dislike for Blacks, interracial couples and Jews, was executed by lethal injection Nov. 20 in Missouri.   Franklin, 63, was granted a stay of execution on Nov. 19, but was executed about 6 a.m. the next day after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to intervene on his behalf. The death sentence took place at a Missouri prison complex in Bonne Terre. There were no witnesses to the execution because it followed an hours-long vigil when it was unclear that the execution would be carried out that day. According to news reports, Franklin had no last words and refused a last meal.   Among a long list of violent crimes, Franklin was convicted of eight murders, many involving assaults on interracial couples or people who engaged in what he described as race mixing.   Franklin also shot Black civil rights leader and attorney Vernon Jordan in 1980. Jordan survived the attack. On Aug. 7, 1977 Franklin fatally shot African-American Alphonse Manning Jr., 23, and Toni Schwenn, 23, a White Continued on A3

Local Group Serves Pre-Thanksgiving Day Dinner By Blair Adams AFRO Staff Writer Some were homeless, some were needy, but all of them were hungry a week before Thanksgiving. So a Baltimore-based non-profit arranged a pre-Thanksgiving feast five days early. Thanks to the Village Sports and Bar Grill and Belvedere Assisted Living/Belvedere Homes, 200 people were fed a traditional, calorie-laden Turkey Day dinner. “This is just something small that we can do to give back and help out,” Christina Flowers, president of Belvedere Assisted Living told the AFRO. “The main ingredient is to continue to do things like this to help.” The four-hour dinner drew community leaders, residents and

volunteers who all share a common goal—to feed those in need. Donoven Brooks, who is running for Baltimore City’s sheriff post, came

with his campaign staff to deliver supplies and drinks and to just help out. “With the current state of our

economy and with the holiday season— there are just simply people who, for different reasons, are in need of assistance,” he said. Brooks told the AFRO it’s the humanitarian thing to do to help people out. “I think it is extremely important for basic human needs to be meet, we celebrated on that day, but it’s important to recognize that people need support all year round,” he said. Volunteers and those who just wanted to give back and help those in need purchased the food—which included a traditional Thanksgiving Day menu: turkey, fried chicken, macaroni and cheese, rolls, greens and an array of desserts. Flowers said there are a lot of people in our communities that are

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HPV Vaccines Less Effective Despite Ford’s Antics, Toronto’s Murder Rate Well for Black Women Below Charm City’s

highest, after Latinas and it is still 39 percent higher than their White counterparts. Although Black women are Black women have been twice as likely as White women to significantly more likely than any die from cervical cancer, the human other group to die from cervical papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination cancer. may not prevent cervical cancer in The study examined 280 Black African American women, according women and 292 White women, all to a new study from carrying varying HPV the Duke University strains. Some had no School of Medicine. signs of cancer, some The available showed mild signs vaccines only protect of pre-cancer and against four strains of a small percentage HPV, which, according had advanced to the study African precancerous The HPV vaccination American women are abnormalities. In the half as likely as White may not prevent cervical group with the most cancer in African American advanced signs of women to carry. women, according to a The American pre-cancer, White new study from the Duke Cancer Society participants carried University School of expects more than strains 16, 18, 33, 39, Medicine. 12,000 women to and 59, whereas Black be diagnosed with participants carried cervical cancer this year alone. strains 31, 35, 45, 56, 58, 66, and 68. Incidence rates have been falling for Currently, two vaccines on the all women as screenings have become market target four HPV strains more routine. The rate of infection for considered most troublesome. Black women, however, is the second Continued on A8 By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent

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Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has become an enduring punch line over the last month thanks to a pattern of erratic behavior, including the acknowledgment that he smoked crack cocaine about a year ago and a series of press conferences laden with outrageous outbursts. But amid Ford’s monthlong personal train wreck, Baltimore has seen a spike in murders that has widened the gap in the murder rate between Charm City, with a population of 660,000 and the Canadian metropolis of more than 2.7 million people. The shooting death of 22-year-old Kennard Buckner on the morning of Nov. 17 marked the 29th homicide in Baltimore in the previous

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NATION & WORLD President Honors ‘True Champions’ with Medal of Freedom By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – During what he called one of his “favorite events every year,” President Obama presented 16 outstanding individuals, including four African Americans, with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor. President John F. Kennedy created the Presidential Medal of Freedom 50 years ago to honor exceptional Americans for their courage and contributions to society during their careers. The president praised Ernie Banks for his play in the Negro Leagues and for being the first Black player on the Chicago Cubs major league baseball C.T. Vivian team. Nicknamed “Mr. Cub,” receiving his medal Banks, won Most Valuable Player awards in 1958 and 1959 and played in 14 All-Star games. C.T. Vivian, a Baptist minister and adviser to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was honored for his work leading the Freedom Riders and his efforts to register Black voters in Selma, Ala., where he was bloodied by Dallas County Sheriff Jim Clark after leading a Black delegation downtown to register. President Obama also recognized Bayard Rustin, posthumously, for his work and sacrifices during the Civil Rights Movement. Rustin, an openly gay civil rights leader, was the key organizer of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The president also honored Oprah Winfrey for her incredible broadcast journalism career and her charitable contributions.

Idris Elba? Or Alfre Woodard? They All Look Alike, Says Armani

During the fifth annual Governors Awards in Hollywood recently the Giorgio Armani team—known for their sleek and unusual fashions—couldn’t tell the difference between a wellknown female actress—and a male actor in a “they-all-lookalike” gaffe.

On Nov. 18, stars walked the red carpet, which has historically been linked to a time for celebrities to show off their tailor-made apparel. Alfre Woodard was labeled Idris Elba—a male star—in a caption on its Instagram account triggering howls on Twitter. “Idris Elba posing in a gorgeous Giorgio #Armani dress at the 5th Annual Governors Award,” the luxury fashion house posted on Twitter when Woodard walked the red carpet and posed for cameras—wearing their gown. Armani quickly deleted the mistake, but not before several cyberspace followers noticed the error, especially #Black Twitter. According to Rolling Out—a Black entertainment website, “the mistake, which was highly offensive considering that Woodard was mistaken not only for another Black entertainer, but for a man.” On Instagram, followers posted replies suggesting that incorrect name was embarrassing and a fashion line that is held in such a high regard should have known who she was and not messed up somebody’s name.

Actor Morris Chestnut to Promote Black Film Festival

Actor Morris Chestnut will be the face of the 18th annual American Black Film Festival (ABFF), which will be held June 19-22, 2014, in New York City, officials announced recently. “It’s an honor and privilege to be the ambassador of the ABFF, taking place this year in New York – a city that has inspired and cultivated so much great talent in all areas of film,” Chestnut said in a statement. As ambassador of the festival, Chestnut, of Best Man and Best Man Holiday fame, will help to promote the four-day event, which showcases films by and about people of African descent. Author/producer Tonya Lewis Lee (The Watsons Go to Birmingham) will serve as the festival’s Host Committee chair. Jeff Friday, ABFF founder and CEO of Film Life, which produces the festival, said both Chestnut and Lee are bright lights in the Black film industry and will be able representatives of the event.

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New Weekday Morning Co-Anchor, Baltimore Native, Joins WBAL News Team By AFRO Staff

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WBAL-TV Channel 11 has expanded its news team with the announcement Nov. 26 that it had hired a new co-anchor for its weekday morning newscast. Jason Newton, a Baltimore native, will join current anchor Mindy Basara on weekday mornings. Newton grew up in Baltimore and attended City College High School and the University of Maryland. He will debut on the station’s coverage of the Washington Monument

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woman, in Madison, Wis., shortly after robbing a bank. In 1986, Franklin received two life sentences for the murders. On Oct. 8, 1977 Franklin fired at a crowd outside Brith Sholom Kneseth Israel Congregation synagogue in Richmond Heights, Mo., killing Gerald C. Gordon, 42, of Chesterfield, Mo., and wounding William Lee Ash, 30, of Akron, Ohio. He was convicted in 1997 and received a death sentence. On July 29, 1978 Franklin fatally shot African American William Bryant Tatum and wounded his White

girlfriend, Nancy Hilton, 18, in Chattanooga, Tenn. He confessed, pleaded guilty and received a life sentence in 1998. On June 8, 1980 Franklin fatally shot cousins Darrell Lane, 14, and Dante Evans Brown, 13, both African American, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was convicted in October 1998 and received two life sentences. On Aug. 20, 1980 Ted Fields, David Martin, Terry Elrod and Karma Ingersoll were crossing 500 East at 900 South at 10:15 p.m. after jogging in Liberty Park in Salt Lake City, Utah. Shots are

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Continued from A1 and 197 in 2011. By comparison, Toronto had suffered a total of just 21 homicides by shooting as of Nov. 5, according to the Toronto Police Service. Ford, a conservative politician, claims that his fiscal acumen

lighting Dec. 5 at 7 p.m. before joining Basara full-time on Dec. 16. Newton began his career at WBOC on the Eastern Shore and most recently worked as an anchor at Milwaukee’s ABC affiliate. He is married and has two children. “This is a dream come true,” Newton said in a statement. “I look forward to joining a newsroom known for its awardwinning investigative journalism

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hungry and don’t know where their next meal is coming from. Belvedere Assisted Living has been providing support to the homeless or poor since March 2003. “It’s overwhelming because there are so many people out there who need the support,” said Flowers. “We want to help and support the less fortunate,” Bishop Matthew Bradby of Faith Church Baltimore told the AFRO. He said this was his first year partnering with Belvedere Assisted Living, but said it has been a blessing to the community. “There is so much more that collectively that we can do,” Flowers said. To carry on the holiday spirit, gifts will collected for families and toys for children as well as feeding those in need for the Christmas Holiday. “God gave me the vision that my program will make a difference in the community.”

p.m. broadcast beginning Dec. 30. “Newton will be a great addition to our newsroom. As a

WBAL-TV is the station I grew up watching. Coming home to cover everything that makes this city special is an honor and a privilege.”

fired. Fields, 20, and Martin, 18, both African-American, are killed. These Utah murders ended Franklin’s crime spree when he was shortly thereafter arrested. Franklin was sentenced to two consecutive life sentences in federal court for the Utah murders in 1981. Six months later in state court he was again tried, convicted and sentenced to two life sentences for the murders. Some of Franklin’s cases resulted in dropped charges or acquittals. He was charged with the 1979 shooting death of Jesse E. Taylor, 42, an African-American, and Marion Bresette, 31, who was White, in Oklahoma City but the case was later dropped.

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that makes this city special is an honor and a privilege.” When Newton debuts, Stan Stovall will join Donna Hamilton as co-anchor of the station’s 11

While on death row he confessed to killing Mercedes Lynn Masters, 15, in 1979. He said she told him, after they had a sexual relationship, that some of her customers were Black. He also confessed to the sniper murder of Harold McIver, 27. Both shootings occurred in DeKalb County, Ga. Franklin confessed to Virginia authorities in 1984 to the shooting deaths in 1980 of Nancy Santomero, 19, and Vickie Durian, 26, in Pocahontas County, Va., after one of the white women said she had had a boyfriend who was African-American. In 1996, the Associated Press reported that Franklin

latest crime fighting plan—the first under the leadership of Commissioner Anthony Batts, who has been on the job for about a year now. The plan outlined a wide-ranging strategy for reducing crime, and specifically the homicide rate. “Having been through several cycles of up and down, the most intriguing thing to me about the homicide rate is how resistant it is to empiricism,” said Stephen Janis, a veteran investigative reporter and co-author of Why We Kill: The Pathology of Murder in Baltimore, and his latest book, You Can’t Stop Murder. “In other words,” Janis said, “we have the same discussion about it and it always comes down to policing…and no matter what happens we seem to be fixated on the fact that we could somehow use policing to prevent this number from going up or down.” “Which, given all the resources this community expends on policing is something worth questioning,” Janis added.

“By comparison, Toronto had suffered a total of just 21 homicides by shooting as of Nov. 5.” has saved Toronto taxpayers millions of dollars during his time in office. The scandal-plagued mayor ran on a law and order platform, according to Toronto political observers. “He [Ford] is actually also known to be very hard-lined on crime,” said Don Peat, City Hall bureau chief for The Toronto Sun. “Very right-wing on supporting the police.” Despite the laughs Ford’s actions have brought to America, the large gap in the rate of gun deaths should be a sober reminder of the stark difference between the culture of gun violence in America and that of our neighbors to the north. “[Toronto] is an incredibly safe city. We have a very low murder rate, especially when compared to some American cities,” Peat said. Baltimore police did not respond to a request for comment on the spike in homicides as of press time. However, in mid-November the department released its

and political coverage. WBAL-TV is the station I grew up watching. Coming home to cover everything

native Baltimorean, he knows how to connect with our viewers and is invested in our community,” said Michelle Butt, news director at WBAL-TV 11.

told authorities he shot Jordan after stalking, but failing to locate, Jesse Jackson. He had traveled from Chicago, where Jackson’s headquarters was located, to Fort Wayne, Ind. He said he was looking for “race mixers.” Franklin shot Jordan, who had just left the company of Whites following a speaking engagement, with a rifle that fired a .30-06 cartridge, causing a wound so large “a surgeon later said he could put his fist into it,” the AP reported. Franklin was acquitted of the attack by an all-White jury, but later admitted to it. Franklin also claimed responsibility for the 1978 shooting of Larry Flynt, the publisher of Hustler magazine, that left Flynt paralyzed. The wheelchairbound Flynt, nevertheless, worked against Franklin’s execution. Franklin, born James Clayton Vaughan Jr., was linked to or confessed to numerous bank robberies, bombings and murders but many of the confessions were not corroborated by law enforcement officials. His sister told reporters he lived in an abusive home. He changed his name to Joseph Paul Franklin after Adolph Hitler’s minister of propaganda, Joseph Paul Goebbels, and Franklin after Benjamin Franklin.

He swore allegiance to the American Nazi Party, the Ku Klux Klan, and the National States Rights Party and embraced the view that the world needed to cleansed of what he called inferior races—Blacks and Jews. In a jailhouse interview with the Indianapolis Star a few years after his capture, he said: “I was the executioner, the judge and the jury.” He said he believed he “was on a holy war against evil-doers” when he went on his killing spree that covered the eastern two-thirds of the United States between 1977 and 1980, including a bombing in Rockville, Md. for which he claimed responsibility that killed a Jewish lobbyist. However, Franklin reportedly told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch two days before his execution that he no longer hates Blacks or Jews. He said he interacted with Blacks in the Missouri jail and “I saw they were people just like us.” According to the Associated Press, Missouri prison officials had planned to inject Franklin with propofol, the anesthesia that music legend Michael Jackson was injected with before he died. Authorities later changed their minds because of concerns that European drug manufacturers have with their drugs being used in executions.

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Americans Urged to Shop Locally on Small Business Saturday By Blair Adams and Ashley Diggs AFRO Staff Writers First, there was Black Friday. Then came Cyber Monday. Now, shoppers in search of unique holiday gifts are being urged on the Saturday after Thanksgiving to participate in Small Business Saturday. The nationwide event was founded in 2010 by American Express as a way to help support small businesses and pump economic life into communities. Small Business Saturday is estimated to have helped small businesses’ profits substantially since its inception. In 2012, U.S. consumers are believed to have spent $5.5 billion as they supported Small Business Saturday. Last year, all 50 states recognized Small Business Saturday, as did President Obama, who took his daughters shopping at an independent bookstore in Virginia, and the U.S. Senate, which passed a resolution recognizing the event, according to a statement from a publicist for American Express. Juanita “Busy Bee” Britton, founder of District of Columbia-based BZB International, which specializes in unique Black gifts and artwork, said shopping local businesses helps neighborhoods to thrive. “We need to shop in our own community,” Britton said. “Customers should use their dollars in the best businesses that are close to home, in their community.”

As part of Small Business Saturday in Baltimore, American Express is offering a bonus to help some merchants boost their sales. Card holders who enroll at www.shopsmall.com before Nov. 30 will be eligible for $10 back when they spend at least $10 at certain registered businesses; details are on the company’s website. “I hope a program like this will remind people that there are neighborhood stores that need the support,” said Esther Armstrong, owner of Sankofa African and World Bazaar on Charles Street in Baltimore. Sankofa specializes in clothing imported from Africa featuring African prints and more home-grown patterns. The store also features unique African art and furniture pieces. Armstrong said customers who shop at Sankofa will receive 10 percent off their purchase from Nov. 29 to Dec. 1. Britton’s annual BZB Holiday Gift and Art Show, held at Shiloh Baptist Church at 9th and P streets NW, is a phenomenon that has drawn tens of thousands of shoppers from as far away as New York and Florida for 23 years. The show takes place every Friday and Saturday after Thanksgiving and subsequent Saturdays through Christmas. Britton said shoppers looking for unique gifts will find more of a selection at a small, independent business. At her show, shoppers see everything from Black Betty Boop T-shirts to natural candles, shampoo, hair dressings and lotions to one-ofa-kind jewelry pieces to toys to afro-centric holiday stockings, chess boards, books and cards. Britton presented the AFRO with her own “Top 10 List” of reasons why consumers should participate in Small Business Saturday and support community-based businesses: 1. UNIQUENESS: Give a unique gift they will treasure for a lifetime. 2. TIME SAVING: Save time, gasoline, and your nerves by avoiding traffic jams, unless you simply enjoy clinching your teeth going around the beltway.

4. GREAT VALUE: Shop and find great values and one-of-a-kind items.

5. COMMUNITY BUILDING: Help to increase the tax base - it helps to provide better services for your community. 6. COST SAVING: Avoid outlet malls, impersonal department stores, and overpriced merchandise. 7. RELAXING: Put the crowds, lines, and same old merchandise behind you. 8. TEACHABLE MOMENTS: Educate our youth [about] entrepreneurship while breezing through your shopping list. 9. REWARDING: Reward yourself with a gift from ALL of the money you saved. 10. WISE INVESTMENT: Spend more time enjoying your holidays and less time exhausted from your mall trips.

*Source: American Booksellers Association Indie Impact Study Series survey of independent, locally-owned business owners, conducted by Civic Economics, July 2012–Sept. 2013 © 2013 American Express Company.

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COMMUNITY CONNECTION New Members for NFTE Baltimore Board

The Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE), Baltimore, has appointed Keenen Geter and Tyese Knight to its board of directors. They will serve a three-year term. Keenen Geter is an alumnus of NFTE Baltimore and serves the board in an alumni role. He is the founder of Young Men with POWER (Purpose, Optimism, Wisdom, Engagement and Responsibility), an organization that teaches middle school boys leadership skills, higher education readiness and the importance of community service. He is working on establishing the organization’s nonprofit status and has already Keenen Geter Tyese Knight secured a grant from Youth As Resources, which began as an initiative of the Baltimore Community Foundation. Geter took NFTE classes in middle school and high school. The business he founded in high school, Geter’s Web Design, won first place in NFTE Baltimore’s winter citywide business plan competition in 2009, enabling him to participate in the NFTE National Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge in New York that fall. After graduating from high school, Geter enrolled at the University of Baltimore and earned a degree in May in jurisprudence and moved into social entrepreneurship. Tyese Knight is also a NFTE alumna and serves on the board as an alumna and as a NFTE Certified Entrepreneurship Teacher representative. She has taught at National Academy Foundation High School for the past four years. When she was a student at Dunbar High School in the late 1990s, Knight participated in a NFTE summer business plan camp. She left inspired to be an entrepreneur. Over the years she has started businesses such as catering, wedding planning, gift cards and greeting cards. After receiving a degree in hotel and restaurant management from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Knight joined the corporate management trainee program at Hyatt Hotels in Chicago. She returned to Baltimore and worked at Oceanaire and Roy’s. Four years ago she decided to go into teaching and became a Certified Entrepreneurship Teacher. Last year, one of her National Academy Foundation students won the Baltimore citywide business plan competition and participated in the NFTE National Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge in New York. “NFTE Baltimore is fortunate to have two veterans of the NFTE program on its board of directors,” said Andy Hubner, executive director of NFTE Baltimore. “They lived the program and know firsthand how it impacts the lives of students. Their involvement will help us make NFTE Baltimore even stronger.”

Sweet Honey in the Rock: Celebrating the Holydays at Maryland Hall

Internationally-renowned a cappella ensemble Sweet Honey in the Rock will perform, 7 p.m., Dec. 8, at Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts. Sweet Honey in the Rock: Celebrating the Holydays is a one-of-a-kind seasonal concert that celebrates international music from many faiths. Featuring stunning vocal prowess rooted in the rich textures of the African-American legacy, this powerhouse group will perform a joyful blend of holiday

favorites. Tickets are $58; $53 for Maryland Hall members. Challenge and change are the themes underlying the 39-year career of the revered female African-American a cappella ensemble. In the course of creating its adventurous and diverse mixture of blues, African, jazz, gospel and R&B music, with excursions into symphonic and dance theater, 23 vocalists have passed through the group, formed as a quartet in 1973 at a workshop at the D.C. Black Repertory Theater Company in Washington. Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon, Carol Sweet Honey in the Rock Maillard, Louise Robinson, and Mie drew their name from the first song they learned, “Sweet Honey in the Rock,” based on a Biblical psalm. “Sweet Honey speaks of a land that is so rich when you break the rocks open, honey flows. And we thought it was something like us African-American women . . . strong like a rock, but inside [there’s] honey – sweet,” explains Robinson.

Basic Training Complete

Air Force Airman 1st Class Lamar D. Snow graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas. The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills. Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force. Snow is the son of Ameenah Riggs of Baltimore, Md., and Lamar Snow of Atlanta, Ga. He is a 2011 graduate of Western Guilford High School, Greensboro, N.C.

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Legislative Prayer Breakfast

The Baptist Ministers Conference of Baltimore and Vicinity is hosting a Legislative prayer breakfast, 10 a.m., Dec. 2 at New Shiloh Baptist Church, 2100 N. Monroe St. in Baltimore. To purchase tickets, email the Rev. Dr. John Lunn at johnlunnsr@verizon.net or the Rev. Dr. Tamara England at revtde@nuseasonnuday.org. Questions for elected officials should be emailed to Dr. Lunn by Nov. 25; no questions will be taken from the floor.

World AIDS Day Prayer Service

Dr. Nomonde Xundu, minister councilor and health attaché, South African Embassy in D.C. will be the guest speaker at the World AIDS Day Prayer Service hosted by Life Restoration Ministry 3 p.m., Dec. 1 at Shiloh AME Church, 2601 Lyndhurst Avenue in Baltimore.

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The Afro-American, November 30, 2013 - December November 6, 30,2013 2013

National Endowment for the Arts jazz master Chico Hamilton, a noted jazz drummer, band leader and composer, died Nov. 26 in Manhattan. He was 92 years old. Hamilton was born and raised in Los Angeles and in high school, played in a band with jazz greats Charles Mingus and Dexter Gordon. He was known for his West Coast cool style of jazz and

had a reputation for motivating and inspiring other musicians, both young and experienced. His protégés included jazz double-bassist Ron Carter. A renowned jazz drummer, Hamilton also composed and headed a band. The Chico Hamilton Quintet enjoyed significant success. His other honors include being designated a Living Jazz Legend by the Kennedy Center. During his career, he

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however, which poses a problem since people from different ethnic and racial backgrounds may respond to medicines differently, Maxwell added. In part, African Americans do not participate in clinical trials because of an inherent mistrust of the scientific community, birthed by atrocities such as the Tuskegee syphilis trial, a non-therapeutic study that ran from 1932-1972, and state-run eugenics programs, which involuntarily sterilized thousands of Black women. “The history of racism in medicine and public health would be easy to ignore if it were not so well-documented. African Americans were used as guinea pigs not while they were alive, but also when they were dead,” said Thomas. He was one of the principal investigators of the National Institutes of Health’s 2009 National Bioethics Infrastructure Initiative: Building Trust Between Minorities and Researchers and is the editor of the latest edition of the American Journal of Public Health, which focuses on the subject of minorities in clinical trials. “Our ancestors warned us to be wary of hospitals and researchers,” he added. “…Deep within the cultural memory of Black people, in particular, [are] the ways in which we were abused.” Even among those who are too young to remember such abuses, the mistrust is present because the researchers do not look like them or come from dissimilar socioeconomic stratum, Maxwell said. But fear is not the only factor, many agree.

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Jazz Drummer Foreststorn “Chico” Hamilton Dead at 92

toured with the likes of Lena Horne and Count Basie. Hamilton moved to New York in 1965 where he started a production company for music for films. He also is credited with helping to start the New School University Jazz & Contemporary Music Program.

Socioeconomics may play a role. For example, Black parents may not be able to afford the childcare or transportation costs necessary to commit to a clinical trial, Maxwell said. And information is also key. Patricia Sanders is the director of 50 Hoops, a nonprofit and parent organization of the Coalition to Eliminate Disparities and to Research Inclusion in Clinical Trials (CEDRICT) project. Since 2009, Sanders and her team of volunteers have visited about 20 cities and spoken to about 50,000 African Americans to discuss their health needs and their views on clinical trials. “Over the years our data has begun to show us that, for African Americans, it is not so much that we are afraid, but the biggest reason [for the low rate of participation in clinical trials] is lack of access and information,” she said. “There are so many things people don’t know about clinical trials.” Through a variety of means—including text message alerts, dinners and meetings, Sanders has worked to educate African Americans about their diseases and clinical trials. She said 92 percent of CEDRICT’s participants, after they have been educated, said they would be more willing to participate in a clinical trial. Thomas reported a similar finding, saying many African Americans and Latinos say they are willing to participate in research, but have never been asked. Researchers, most of whom are White, make assumptions about the willingness or ability of Blacks to participate and they take the easy way out, he said. But, with the Obama administration putting more teeth behind diversity requirements,

Jazz drummer Chico Hamilton

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investigators will be forced to include minorities. “Now, if you write a grant request to the NIH you are required to include women and minorities, two groups that were formerly excluded,” Thomas said. The media can play a role in increasing minority involvement, advocates said. Dr. Luana Colloca, principal investigator on a new clinical trial that is investigating the mechanism of pain using brain mapping, said that for the first time, African-American participants were solicited through advertising. “We didn’t want to collect information from just one group of people or the results would be unbalanced. Pain affects everyone,” said Colloca, a staff member at NIH’s National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Department of Bioethics. Researchers also need to become more in

tune with their intended subjects, advocates said. “Reaching racial and ethnic minorities must be done in a way that is respectful, culturally appropriate and built on a basis of trust [and] trust begins with honesty,” said Thomas. More importantly, he added, researchers cannot be simply concerned with collecting data. They must be prepared to address the real needs of the community. “We’re not just going to line people up to take part in studies,” Thomas said. “Black people have been poked and prodded and they’re still sick. We have to have a commitment to improving the health of African Americans. “It is an issue of justice,” he added, “and it is an issue of bioethics, which argues that those who bear the burden of research must benefit from it.”

HPV Vaccine

A study published in June in The Journal of Infectious Diseases has compared HPV rates among girls aged 14 through 19 from before Gardasil hit shelves (2003-2006), and after (2007-2010). Between the time periods, infection rates were cut in half for strains 16 and 18, nearly eliminated for strains 6 and 11, and trimmed for milder, less common strains. The results are being touted as proof that the vaccines are indeed curbing HPV among teens, and by extension, will curb cervical cancer in the future. But in the case of high-risk strains that aren’t covered by the vaccine—such as 35, 66, and 68, the strains most prevalent in Black women—the report states the decline was too miniscule to be statistically relevant. The lowrisk strains prevalent in Black women also saw major declines, however.

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Gardasil, which is produced by Merck and can be administered to anyone aged 9 through 26, protects against strains 16, 18, 6, and 11. Cervarix, by GlaxoSmithKline, is available only for girls and women and targets strains 16 and 18. The vaccines also protect against less-common genital cancers in both men and women. “Compared with white women, we saw that African-American women had about half as many infections with HPV 16 and 18, the subtypes that are covered by HPV vaccines,” said study co-author Adriana Vidal. “Since African-American women don’t seem to be getting the same subtypes of HPV with the same frequency, the vaccines aren’t helping all women equally.” The vaccines are based on these strains because strains 16 and 18 are found in 70 percent of cervical cancer cases, while strains 6 and 11 are associated with 90 percent of genital warts cases, according to the National Cancer Institute. However, studies have a longdocumented history of overlooking the need for diverse participants in pharmaceutical and medical trials. HPV is a common virus that is easily spread by skin-to-skin contact. It is possible to have HPV without knowing it, so it is possible to unknowingly spread HPV to another person, according to the CDC. There are more than 100 strains of the human papillomavirus and they can affect several parts of the body. Most strains are minor threats to a healthy immune system, which can naturally terminate an infection over time. Though the virus can cause warts, most people who become infected exhibit no symptoms. More than 40 strains of HPV are specifically passed through sex. It’s the most common sexually transmitted disease in the United States, and experts at the Centers for Disease Control said that most sexually active people will contract at least one type in their lifetime.

“Compared with white women, we saw that African-American women had about half as many infections with HPV 16 and 18, the subtypes that are covered by HPV vaccines.” – Adriana Vidal Neither Merck nor GlaxoSmithKline has addressed the lack of coverage for HPV strains prevalent in African American women, though neither company has ever addressed public and legislative controversy surrounding the HPV vaccine. Merck is currently testing an updated HPV vaccine that fights nine dangerous strains instead of four—6, 11, 16, 18, 31, 33, 45, 52 and 58. Although their preliminary study results are promising, the disparity will likely remain. “The most disconcerting part of this new vaccine is it doesn’t include HPV 35, 66 and 68, three of the strains of HPV of which African-American women are getting the most,” said study co-author Cathrine Hoyo. “We may want to rethink how we develop these vaccines, given that African-Americans tend to be underrepresented in clinical trials.”

November 30, 2013 - December 6, 2013, The Afro-American

OPINION

Putting the ‘Black’ in Black Friday The Christmas season provides an excellent opportunity for Africans in America to engage in a season of resistance. The corporate retail establishment in this country is heavily dependent upon this season for consumers to participate in a frenzy of buying to buttress their bottom line. The unofficial kick-off of the “shop until you drop” season is the Friday after Ron Daniels Thanksgiving, which called Black Friday. This is the day corporate retail giants begin an all-out effort to induce, seduce, bribe and otherwise “persuade” consumers to buy enough goods to enable companies to “break into the black” – achieve profitability for the year. Unfortunately, the sons and daughters of formerly enslaved Africans in America, who complain about the oppressive conditions of stop-and-frisk, joblessness, the war on drugs, crime, violence, fratricide and the murder of unarmed Black men such as Trayvon Martin and Black women such as Renisha McBride are not immune to the seductive appeal of the Christmas season. On Black Friday Black consumers will lineup with liberated White folks in the reckless race to give our hard earned/precious dollars to the oppressor. We are addicted. We must educate and organize to kick the habit. Collectively, Black people continue to be neglected, disrespected, disregarded and abused because we have become too tame, tolerant and even accepting of our oppression. This is not to say that there is no fight-back or resistance. The problem is that we lack a “critical mass,” a much larger number of Black people, who are sufficiently enraged and outraged, to act decisively to promote and protect/defend our interests and aspirations. This is the challenge we must overcome. Black Friday should mark a critical point of resistance for Black people, a time when Black consumers utilize the billions

of dollars in our hands as a weapon to advance the Black freedom struggle. I have often said if Black people would commit to “keeping Christ in Christmas,” focus on the spiritual and family aspects of the season and consciously refuse to participate in the senseless buying frenzy, the White Corporate establishment would come running, asking what concessions they should make to end the economic sanctions. Black people have more than $1 trillion of consumer buying power. The question is whether we have the consciousness, commitment and discipline to use it to promote and defend Black interests. There is no better time to renew a spirit of resistance than the present. Black people all across the nation should resolve to buy Black on Black Friday. At a minimum, Black people should seek out Black businesses and purchase as many gifts as possible from them to bolster the Black economy. Veteran activists, including Bob Law, have long advocated Support Black Business days to encourage Black consumers to shop at Black stores. He is advocating a similar campaign this year. In addition, Black communities can organize Black Expos on Black Friday where scores of Black vendors and businesses can be assembled under one roof to display their wares for sale. For example, in New York, under the visionary leadership of Rev. Dennis Dillon, the Emancipation 2013 Freedom Coalition is organizing a two-day Black Friday Expo Nov. 29 and 30 at the 69th Regiment Armory in Manhattan. This kind of expo could become a model for Black communities nationwide. The Support Black Business days and Black Expo events exemplify the first principle of the utilization of Black consumer power – Black dollars should be used to support Black businesses and entrepreneurs as a means of building a strong economic infrastructure to employ Black people. The second principle of the utilization of Black consumer power is that companies/corporations that depend on Black dollars must be compelled to reinvest in Black communities. Black dollars should be used as leverage with businesses and corporations that depend on Black consumer dollars. It

Forcing Poor People to Go Hungry

Just as the holiday season begins, when the thoughts and actions of some focus on compassion for others, we could be about to witness the government’s forcing the poor to go hungry – the product of political horsetrading in Washington that has erased a critical portion of the already-meager subsidy the federal food stamp program provides Lee A. Daniels the more than 47 million Americans who receive it. And it’s a virtual certainty more draconian cuts in the program will be made – cuts that increase the threat millions of men, women and children will, in years to come, endure not only hunger but also a host of health and health-related problems that the combination of hunger and poverty will produce or intensify. This is the quagmire a nation with a huge surplus of food must find its way out of. As usual when it comes to federal aid to poor and workingpoor Americans, the issue isn’t really the actual availability of funds for aid. The issue is politics – and the deepening showdown in the nation between compassion and callousness. But it’s also a matter of the House Republicans majority’s refusal to recognize that the food stamp program is a bulwark against the social and economic catastrophe widespread hunger in America would produce. On November 1, Congress allowed to expire without

replacement a temporary boost in the food-stamp program budget provided by funds from the 2009 economic stimulus package. The expiration reduced the monthly allotment food stamp recipients get by $11 for a one-person household to $36 monthly for a family of four. The increase had been the government’s response to the need of the program – its formal name is the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance program (SNAP) – to cope with the sharp rise in the numbers of Americans needing aid to buy food. That increase was driven overwhelmingly by the Great Recession’s erasing more than 8 million jobs from the nation’s workplace. As joblessness grew, so did the numbers of people seeking food stamps. As a result, according to the Congressional Budget Office, the program’s budget ballooned from $35 billion in 2007 to $80 billion now as its enrollment swelled from 26 million to its current level of one out of every seven Americans. Earlier this year, a majority of Republicans in the GOPdominated House of Representatives, chanting their mantra of fiscal responsibility, approved as part of the farm bill Congress is considering a provision that would cut $40 billion from SNAP over 10 years. The SNAP provision in the Democraticcontrolled Senate version of the bill differs significantly. It proposes a $4 billion reduction. The House proposal would deny benefits to 3.8 million people next year and an average of 3 million each succeeding year, according to the Center on Budget Policy and Priorities, a nonpartisan think tank, and usher in a situation of social catastrophe akin to that of some Third-World countries. But the Senate version looks better only by comparison with its extreme counterpart. The harshness of the regime it would produce can be glimpsed by examining the affect the mandated November 1 cut is already having on food stamp recipients –

is reasonable to expect and demand that businesses and corporations that we patronize reinvest dollars back into the Black community in the form of jobs, advertisement in Black media, sponsorships and contributions to worthy causes. Our inner-city neighborhoods are dying for lack of jobs and investment. Therefore, we cannot permit businesses to grow fat off our dollars without demanding reinvestment in our communities. Those who refuse to do so must face the wrath of economic sanctions – and there is no better time to target offending businesses/corporations than the Christmas season when their profitability depends on Black dollars. As the corporate retail establishment prepares to launch the Christmas season, let us transform it into a season of resistance — Remember Trayvon Martin: Boycott Florida….Buy Black on “Black Friday.” Ron Daniels is president of the Institute of the Black World 21st Century and lecturer at York College City University of New York.

people who by the program’s very eligibility requirements have very low incomes and no financial resources to withstand even minor emergencies. For example, the monthly reductions in allotments that took place this month loom larger given that eligibility for food stamps is limited to those at or below the poverty line: a gross income of $15,030 for a two-person household, to $23,050 for a family of four. The CBPP report calculated that the November 1 cut reduces the average amount recipients have to spend on each meal by 10 cents – from $1.50 per meal to $1.40 per meal. For a family of four the cut amounts to the loss of 21 or 22 meals a month. Contrary to the conventional wisdom, most SNAP recipients work, but at low-wage jobs that after paying for their rent and such other necessities as transportation, leave them out of enough money to buy enough food to eat. In 2007, half of all food stamp users lived in the suburbs, according to an analysis of census data by the Brookings Institution, a Washington think tank. Now, it’s 55 percent. More than 900,000 of those enrolled are veterans. The 21 million children in households that get food stamps constitute a quarter of all American children. In other words, they’re ordinary Americans who deserve our compassion and government aid because they have contributed, are contributing, or, regarding the children, have the potential to contribute to the larger society. In that regard, the ounce of prevention of funding the nation’s food stamp program at a level that properly responds to the need is the far wiser course to follow. Lee A. Daniels is a longtime journalist based in New York City.

Is America Becoming a Nation of Bullies? “Bullying is a form of aggressive behavior in which someone intentionally and repeatedly causes another person injury or discomfort. Bullying can take the form of physical contact, words or more subtle actions.” American Psychological Association

When 12-year-old Rebecca Sedwick jumped to her death from an abandoned concrete plant tower on Marc H. Morial Sept. 9 because of bullying from her classmates, the world stood up and took notice. While some teen-on-teen bullying was once accepted as a rite of passage, we now know it can have deadly consequences and is being taken more seriously today. The same cannot be said about adult-on-adult bullying, which though possibly just as harmful, is a much less highlighted and much more complex story. Consider the current case of alleged bullying by White Miami Dolphins lineman, Richie Incognito against his Black teammate Jonathan

Martin. First, it must be said that a certain amount of hazing is part of football locker room culture. Playful teasing, mild insults and innocent pranks are commonplace among both White and Black football players at all levels, from high school to the pros. For the most part, this has been viewed as acceptable and even beneficial team-building behavior in the high testosterone world of male competitive sports. But every person and every football player is different. Not all are comfortable with locker room roughhousing and crude language, especially when it crosses the line into racial slurs, including Incognito’s alleged use of the N-word. Incognito’s words and actions caused Martin to abruptly leave the team and seek counseling. Incognito has been indefinitely suspended by the Miami Dolphins and the NFL is conducting an investigation of the matter. Attitudes on the team and within the football fraternity are split, with many of the team’s Black players even defending Incognito and criticizing Martin for breaking a code of silence. Some of this may be because as a Stanford grad and the son of Harvard-educated parents, Martin does not fit the traditional tough football player mold. As Jason Reid wrote recently in the Washington Post, “To African Americans on the Dolphins, Martin was a 6-foot-5, 312 pound oddball because his life experience was radically

different from theirs. It’s an old story among African Americans. Too often, instead of celebrating what makes us different and learning from each other, we criticize more educated or affluent African Americans for not keeping it real.” How this turns out is anybody’s guess, but what concerns me more than the particulars of this incident is the larger message it sends about setting and honoring racial and other boundaries of respect in the schoolyard, at the workplace and in public discourse. Nearly every state has mandated measures to prevent bullying in our schools and more attention is being paid to cyber bullying. But, name-calling still too often takes the place of civil discourse in public debates, “attack ads” have become a staple of political campaigns and the “comments” section on many newspapers and blogs are filled with hateful speech. In addition, according to the Workplace Bullying Institute, about 35 percent of U.S. workers say they are bullied on their jobs. As the NFL and the Miami Dolphins decide the fates of Richie Incognito and Jonathan Martin, we must all ask ourselves: Is America becoming a nation of bullies? Marc H. Morial, former mayor of New Orleans, is president and CEO of the National Urban League.

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The Afro-American, November 30, 2013 - December 6, 2013

HEALTH

Diabetes Sufferers Should Take Care With Their Vision The subject of diabetes seems to be everywhere these days—in the news, on social media, even on talk shows. In fact, 26 million people have diabetes, and this number is increasing, putting more people at risk for health complications. If you or someone in your family has diabetes, you should talk to them about diabetic eye disease, one of the complications of diabetes. Diabetic eye disease includes cataracts, glaucoma, and diabetic retinopathy—the most common form of the disease. Diabetic retinopathy is the leading cause of blindness in adults 20–74 years of age. More than 800,000 African Americans suffer

Rita Ford-Farmer of Baltimore has been dealing with diabetes since she was diagnosed in 1997. Photo by Avis Thomas-Lester

from diabetic retinopathy and the number will likely reach 1.2 million by 2030. The number of sufferers from all nationalities is expected to reach more than 11 million by the year 2030, research shows. While everyone who has diabetes can get diabetic eye disease, African Americans are at higher risk of losing vision or going blind from it. “The longer a person has diabetes, the greater is his or her risk of developing diabetic eye disease,” said Dr. Paul A. Sieving, a medical doctor and Ph. D. who serves as director of the National Eye Institute (NEI). “If you have diabetes, be sure to have a comprehensive dilated eye

exam at least once a year. Don’t wait until you notice an eye problem to have an exam, because vision that is

“In fact, with early detection, timely treatment and appropriate follow-up care, people with diabetes can reduce their risk of severe vision loss by 95 percent.” lost cannot be restored.” Unfortunately, diabetic eye disease often has no early warning signs. But the good news you can share with your family is that it can be detected early and treated before vision loss occurs.

Studies Reveal Disease-Prevention Powers of Nuts

By Alexis Taylor AFRO Staff Writer

Nuts are a powerful source of disease fighters that can help ward off chronic illnesses, according to studies published Nov. 21 in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). According to the journal article, studies of 76,464 women in the Nurse’s Health Study and 42,498 men of the Health Professionals Follow-up Study found that eating nuts everyday could add years of life. The two studies were completed separately over a course of roughly 30 years and only included people who had no history of cancer, heart disease, or stroke. “Increased nut consumption has been associated with a reduced risk of major chronic diseases, including cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus. However, the association between nut consumption and mortality remains unclear,” said the report.

“In fact, with early detection, timely treatment and appropriate follow-up care, people with diabetes

Statistics from the studies show that participants who ate nuts more than seven times a week had a death rate 20 percent lower than those who chose not to indulge in the array of nuts surveyed including almonds, hazelnuts, and walnuts. Participants in both studies who ate nuts at least seven times a week experienced a 29 percent decrease in the risk of heart disease, and their chances of developing cancer was 11 percent lower. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), an estimated 600,000 Americans die from heart disease each year. Nuts have many properties that positively impact health, such as their ability to offer high-quality protein, fiber, and vitamins such as vitamin B-laden folate, niacin, and vitamin E, according to the study. Eating nuts daily also reduced variables leading to insulin resistance, gallstone disease, inflammatory diseases, and respiratory issues, the study said.

– Dr. Suber Huang

can reduce their risk of severe vision loss by 95 percent,”said Dr. Suber Huang, chair of the Diabetic Eye Disease Subcommittee for NEI’s National Eye Health Education Program. Research has also shown that when people with diabetes have good control of their blood sugar, blood pressure and cholesterol, they can help delay getting diabetic eye disease, or slow its progress. In addition to having annual comprehensive dilated eye exams, people with diabetes should keep on TRACK, NEI experts said: Take your medications; Reach and maintain a healthy weight; Add physical activity to your daily routine; Control your blood sugar, blood pressure and cholesterol; and Kick the smoking habit. Family matters. So if you or someone in your family has diabetes, set your sight on healthy vision. Schedule a comprehensive dilated eye exam immediately. For more information on diabetic eye disease and tips on finding an eye care professional and financial assistance for eye care, visit http:// www.nei.nih.gov/diabetes or call the NEI at 301–496–5248. Source: National Eye Health Education Program

November 30, 2013 -December 6, 2013, The Afro-American

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, presenters and MBE Award winners

The Top 100 Minority Business Enterprise Awards were presented on Oct. 30 at the War Memorial in downtown Baltimore. The ceremony, which spotlights outstanding women and minority business owners in Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Washington D.C., was held in conjunction with Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake’s Supplier Diversity Inclusion Week. Kimberly Citizen of Applied Development won this year’s Top Minority Business Enterprise Award. Photos by Bill Tabron

Honoree Sharon Matthews

Sean and Desire Black

Kim Citizen and Biffrey Braxton Gerri Peay and Channing Brewington

Sharon R. Pinder, founder, Top 100 MBE Awards ceremony and director, Mayor's Office MWBE Development

Macio Daly and Michael Mitchell Stella Adams, the Rev. Wilhelmina Watson, Angela Devaux and Everette Adams

Karen Price-Ward, Southwest Airlines

Award winner, pianist, composer, conductor and founder of Soul Symphony Darin Atwater

Asia McCallum, Andy Hubner, executive director, NFTE and Coby White

Mayor Rawlings-Blake, award winner Zane and Alex Dixon

RFL Museum 2013 Honorees

Carolyn Fugett, Phyllis Attman, Leonard Attman, Attman’s Deli

he Reginald F. Lewis Museum hosted their annual gala on Nov. 2 at Martin’s West in Baltimore. Baltimore Orioles centerfielder Adam Jones served as the event’s co-chair. Special guests included Bernard and Shirley Kinsey, who brought their Kinsey collection to the museum. The collection is an assortment of authentic treasures and rare art, artifacts, books, documents and manuscripts. Proceeds from the event benefit the institution’s exhibitions and public programs including films and concerts and educational programs that provide fun activities for families and children. The gala supports the work of the Reginald F. Lewis Museum, known for its community support, rare artifacts, traditional AfricanAmerican art and historic pieces.

Mayor Rawlings-Blake, award winner, executive director of the Center for Women's Business Research, Dr. Sharon Hadary and Dr. Blair Hayes, UMUC

Trena Taylor-Brown, Dwight Taylor and Aileen Taylor

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, award winner CEO of the Epoch Times, Capital Region Jenny Jing and Calvin Butler, BGE

Tessa Hill-Aston, NAACP Balto. Chapter. Pres., Joe Aston, NAACP, Marion Russell, George L. Russell Jr.

Bill Mumby, Mattie Mumby and Sy Green

Holley and Jerry Archer

Councilwoman Helen Holton, Terry Brown and Terri Parker

Lola March, Victor March, Valerie Fraling and Vhonda Lewis Arnold Williams, Virgie Williams, Christopher Harrison, Cara Anthony and Sheila Scott

Dr. Leslie King-Hammond

Standing, Jim Britton, Class Act Catering; Kevin Scott, seated, Jody Davis, Marcine Britton and Beneak Hargrove

Dr. A. Skip Sanders greets some of the guests Charles Polite, Lena Polite, Carolyn Fugett, Adam Jones, Baltimore Orioles and Elliott Wiley Shoes worn by Baltimore Oriole, Adam Jones for the Silent Auction

Kylis Winborne and Julia Winborne

Standing, Councilman Nick Mosby, Beverly Cooper and Marylin Mosby, seated, Marion Russell and George L. Russell Jr.

Bishop Walter Scott Thomas Sr., Lisa Frison, Wells Fargo; Dr. Nancy Grasmick, Bernard Kinsey, Dr. A. Skip Sanders, director, RFL Museum; Odell Dickerson Laurie Lessans and Teriko Epps

Photos by Anderson Ward

The Afro-American, November 30, 2013 - December 6, 2013

n Nov. 10, the Baltimore African American Tourism Council of Md. honored Lou Fields’ 20th anniversary of preserving Maryland’s history and promoting

Travis Winkey and Senator Verna Jones

heritage tourism in Maryland. Fields, who is the founder of Black Dollar Exchange, also founded the Greater Baltimore Black Chamber of Commerce. The event, which was held at the National Great Blacks in Wax Museum, featured a host of speakers, exhibits, vendors and door prizes.

Koli Tengella, artist, educator

Dr. Dolan Hubbard, chair, English Department, Morgan State University

The audience was fascinated with the performance by Charles Dugger

Dr. Dale Glenwood Green, assistant professor, chair, Historic Preservation Program, Morgan State University

Edna Lawrence, Maryland Association of Black Storytellers

Gail W. Crockett, Louis Fields, Francena Bean-Waters

Gloria Nicholson, Ronald Bennett, Alagra Weaver, Adrienne Johnson

Dr. LaVonne Leslie, professor of African American History, Howard University

Dr. Moses Newson, vice president, Division of External Relations, Medgar Evers College, the City University of New York

Lou Fields, Essie Sutton, James Earl Reid, Cecelia Press Louis Fields and family members, Daminga Williams, Tommie White, Anita Lewis

The audience was invited to participate in the chanting and singing during Mr. Dugger's performance

Ertha Harris, president,Tight Knit Connection

Sisters 4 Sisters Network presents a certificate to Lou Fields. Gloria Jennings, left, Peggy Morris, Terri Tabor, Renee' Starlynn Allen, Connie Bell, Karen Harmon

The Rev. William Wingo, publisher, Power Magazine

Senator Verna Jones-Rodwell persents a proclamation to Lou Fields on his 20th Anniversary Photos by A. Lois DeLaine

Photos by A. Lois DeLaine

Author Ann Todd Jealous whose mother, Mamie Todd is a charter member recognizes charter member Jewel Moseley Gray and Lydia W. Mussenden A check from the Pierians is presented to Gabriel Tenabe, curator, James Lewis Museum and Art Gallery

Beatrice Grant, Beatrice Scott, James Crockett, Jacqueline Golden Beverly Booth Brown and Laverne Nicholson Sykes

he Baltimore County and the Baltimore Chapter of The Pierians hosted A Conversation with Ann Todd Jealous and Caroline T. Haskell, editors of “Combined Destinies: Whites Sharing Grief About Racism.” After a discussion of the history of the Pierians, by Janet Waters, president, Baltimore Chapter, the founder and charter members were honored. Merlene Adair, president, shared the occasion for the 20th anniversary of the Baltimore County chapter. To the audience’s pleasure, however, the conversation with the editors, Ann Todd Jealous and Caroline T. Haskell was the highlight of the afternoon at the Morgan State University Murphy Fine Arts Building in the James E. Lewis Art Gallery.

Candace Simms, Beatrice Taylor, Delores Ford

Baltimore author Ann Todd Jealous with her family members; Eric Baugh, Juanita Baugh, Ann Thomas, Lennie Wilmore, Dorothy Johnson, Hillary Johnson

Cecelia Calloway Lael, Camay Calloway Murphy, Audrey Pinkney, Sherri Adair Dawne Allette, Julia Ramsey, Dr. Wanda Ramsey, Elizabeth Ramsey

Shirley T. Hill, Baltimore County Chapter, and Alice Bey, national president of the Pierians Leah Goldsborough Hasty and James Waddy Almeta Sly-Thompson and Anne West Clark

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ARTS & CULTURE Jennifer Hudson Steals Show in Langston Hughes Musical Black Nativity Film Review by Kam Williams

Naima (Jennifer Hudson) is a single-mom struggling to pay the rent on the apartment she shares with son Langston (Jacob Latimore), 15, who’s the same age she was when she had him. Back then, she was as headstrong as he is now, which explains why she ran away from a good home in Harlem to raise him alone in Baltimore. Today, upon receiving an eviction notice, cash-strapped Naima reluctantly sends the rebellious adolescent in need of a father figure to New York to live with her parents, Aretha (Angela Bassett) and Rev. Cornell Cobbs (Forest Whitaker), prominent members of the black community. But Langston lands in trouble even before they have a chance to pick him up at the bus station, so they end-up having to bail him out of jail. Is it too late for anyone to make a difference in the rebellious juvenile delinquent’s life? Can the Cobbs mend the fractured relationship with their long-estranged daughter? Will Langston belatedly bond with the absentee father he’s never known? These are the pivotal questions raised in Black Nativity, a modern morality play based on the Langston Hughes musical of the same name.

Adapted and directed by Kasi Lemmons (Eve’s Bayou), the film features an engaging soundtrack sprinkled with evocative onscreen performances by cast members including Mary J. Blige, Nas and Tyrese Gibson, though all pale in comparison to those by Jennifer Hudson. Fair warning to theatergoers ordinarily operating on CPT. Don’t take the risk of arriving too late to catch the incomparable diva’s unforgettable opener, “Test of Faith,” a showstopper every bit as memorable as her heartfelt rendition of “And I Am

Telling You I’m Not Going” as Effie in Dreamgirls. A timeless parable as memorable for its uplifting spirituals as for its moving message about the importance of faith and family. Excellent (4 stars) Rated PG for menacing, mature themes and mild epithets Running time: 93 minutes Distributor: Fox Searchlight

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Happy Holidays A Week of Celebrations, Happy Thanksgiving Hello everyone, and Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family from me and mine. This weekend is very special. Even though we should give all year long to others who are less fortunate, this weekend is set aside for giving thanks and to give back. I hope you are the one who is giving and remember that whatever problems you have, there is always someone worse off Milton Dugger, R&B than you. Be blessed, enjoy promoter, entertainment this wonderful holiday with manager or the renowned your family, friends and popular recording take time out and give to the group, The Bleu Lights, is homeless. celebrating his birthday, As you see from the cabaret style, on Nov. 30 pictures in my column there are a lot of celebrations going from 6-11 p.m. at the St. Mary of the Assumption on and you are invited to be a Church Hall, 5500 part of it all. York Road. For ticket One of the celebrations information, call 410-938I am tickled about is at the Arena Players where they are 8411. celebrating their 60th season on Dec.1 with a dynamic play called Waiting to Be Invited. It is basically about the courage of four African-American women-- Miss Louise and three middleaged co-workers from a local doll manufacturing company-who travel to a Whites-only department store in Atlanta in the early 1960’s to have lunch just after the Supreme Court rules segregated eating establishments unconstitutional. Also, I will be there signing copies of my new book, African-American Community, History & Entertainment in Baltimore, a perfect Christmas gift.

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Waiting to Be Invited cast members are Irma P. Hall, Kimberly Herbert-Gregory, Velma Austin and Jacqueline Williams. This play is a compelling study of the courage of four AfricanAmerican women and is set in the early 1960’s in Atlanta. On Dec. 1, 4 p.m. at the Arena Players, Inc. 801 McCulloh Street.

On Nov. 30 at the Grand Historic Venue, 225 N. Charles Street, there will be A Trumpet Summit celebrating the legacy of Baltimore’s Jazz Trumpet Tradition, from 7-11 p.m. The jazz quintet consists of John Lamkin, trumpet; Craig Alston, saxophones; Bob Butta, piano; Eric Wheeler, bass; and John Lamkin III, drums. For ticket information, contact410-205-5414 or email: JazzAtthegrand@ gmail.com.

Every third Thursday from 12 noon until 4 p.m., the Forum Caterers hosts Throwback Thursdays, a Day Party to come out and enjoy delicious food, fun themes, live DJ, buffet with complimentary wine and sodas. The Forum Caterers is located at 4210 Primrose Avenue. For more information, call 410-3581101. Tell them Rambling Rose told you! They are on the road again with The Merrymakers to the Atlantic Club Casino on Dec. 2. The package includes three nights’ lodgings at the casino, cash bonus, slot bonus, food credit and roundtrip transportation. The motor coach departs at 12:30 p.m. from Park & Ride on Security Blvd. For more information, call Mabel Turner at 410-383-0964or Paula Tyler at 443-858-0306. T:11”

Another celebration coming up as The Joe Cooper Project and Sandjoe Productions, Inc. proudly announce the release of the fifth CD entitled A New Day and will host a CD Release Party at the Bambou Club, 229 N. Franklintown Road on Dec. 6, 9 p.m. Food will be Elizabeth Frances Nichols Gill, the wife of Walter Gill, Ph.D., will celebrate her 80th birthday on Dec. 7, at Columbus Gardens, 4243 Klosterman Avenue in Baltimore from 1:30-5:30 p.m. For more information, call 410-366-7170.

Calvin Lee Tolbert celebrates his 89th birthday with a big party, champagne, music and food on Dec. 1, 5-9 p.m. at Melba’s Place, 3126 Greenmount Ave. in Baltimore. For more information, call 410-3666536.

catered by Island Quizine. For more information, call 410362-5110. Well, my dear friends, it is about that time, I have run out of space, remember, if you need me, call me at 410-833-9474 or email me at rosapryor@aol.com. Check out my new website:www. rambling-rose.com. UNTIL THE NEXT TIME, I’M MUSICALLY YOURS.

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After suffering a torn meniscus in his right knee on Nov. 22, Chicago Bulls superstar point guard Derrick Rose has now endured two major knee injuries to both ligaments in less than three years. Known for his trademark speed, quickness and athleticism, Rose was a lock to command stardom simply based on his agility. But after tearing his ACL in his left knee in 2012 and now another significant injury on the opposite leg, how does Rose bounce back from this? He was heavily criticized for much of last season for not suiting up despite recovering from the ACL injury so how will fans react with his latest concern? Could Rose bounce back stronger than ever or is this the final nail in the coffin for the super athletic point guard? Perry Green and Stephen D. Riley of the AFRO Sports Desk debate the question.

Riley: It’s the worst news that his family and fans could experience, but it’s the best scenario for him. Original reports indicated a torn ACL which would’ve been completely devastating. And although a torn meniscus is a lengthy rehab, we’ve already seen Rose bounce back from an ACL tear. Rose isn’t a quitter and even with him basically rusty in the early part of this Derrick Rose season, you still saw him flash the speed and hops we’ve come to associate with him. Rose will bounce back like he always does. Green: You could put a fork into Rose and call it a day. He’ll never be the same. It’s impossible. The thing that separates Rose from other floor generals is his amazing traits and physical frame. If you take those two away then what do you have? We didn’t come to love Rose because he was this skilled tactician ala Steve Nash. Rose got to where he is from simply showcasing his God-given physical talents. This is bad,

Riley. He’s looking at becoming the modern day Grant Hill. Riley: Today’s technology isn’t like it was 10 years ago or even five years ago. Considering Rose bounced back from his ACL tear pretty quickly, tells you that when focused, Rose can rehab and come back strong. Meniscus tears can range in recovery from a few months to just a couple. If Rose is diligent, and we know he will be, he’ll recover and return before the season ends. Green: In light of another major knee injury, do we even want Rose returning this year? Even though he was suiting up for the Bulls before he got hurt, it was obvious Rose was still feeling the effects from the ACL. And now here’s another injury to go along with the one he’s still recovering from. How can you root against Rose? He’s a class act and a good kid, but two major knee injuries will pretty much zap him from who he previously was. He’ll return and still be good but the days of the breathtaking, blazingly fast guard are over. Say hello to a new, grounded guard who likely won’t be able to muscle himself to MVP like he did in the 2010-2011 season.

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I have some fond memories of my childhood. Pop’s attitude towards me made me realize that he was not just my father, but my friend. We shared many adventures together. Segregation in America was in full swing and athletes were no exception to the rule. For this reason quite a few ballplayers visiting Washington stayed at our house. Those who didn’t stay would always drop in for a visit and a home-cooked meal. On reflection, I guess to them I was just another painin-the-butt kid. But, they gave me a lot of attention and I was always sorry to see them leave. Pop’s credentials gave us access to ball parks and I was able to see the Negro Leagues in full swing. For some reason during this period in my life, I had a bit of trouble with socks. There is a picture of me with Pop sitting on the wall at Griffith Stadium. The most noticeable feature of my attire was my socks drooping down around my ankles. Pop was fond of telling the story of me getting off of the plane in Greensboro, N.C. The fact

that I had made the trip alone was just an afterthought, because the first words of my greeting were, “I got dressed all by myself.” Pop said this was obvious since I was wearing one blue sock and one brown sock. When people would spin yarns about the Negro

women could hang laundry on the vapor trail. During this period Pop was connected to the local semi-pro basketball team. On one occasion, they announced that they would have a Father/ Son game during half time. I had spent many an hour shooting hoops into a wicker

“Pop’s attitude towards me made me realize that he was not just my father, but my friend. We shared many adventures together.” players, I could put a face to the names. “Smokey” Joe Williams could throw a baseball it so fast that blind men would come to the park just to listen to him pitch. “Cool Papa” Bell was so fast that he could walk into his hotel room, hit the light switch and be in the bed before the room got dark. Josh Gibson, noted for hitting line drives out of the park, was said to be able to hit a baseball so hard and far, that

basket attached to the garage, so I thought this was just my meat. I wasn’t tall enough to reach the tap at the sink to draw a glass of water, so looking around at these guys (all seemingly nine feet tall), I thought, “This ain’t going to work.” I was instructed to have a seat, which I did so gladly. I later learned that two of the participants, Tarzan Cooper and Pop Gates were members of the Globetrotters.

During this period in my life, the thing I enjoyed most was going to spring training with the baseball teams. Since Jackie Robinson was firmly entrenched as a premier player in Major League Baseball, it was Pop’s job to cover his exploits. It was as if someone said, “You put him there, now go watch his back.” The trips to Florida where the Dodgers trained were special. I was 10 years old and able to travel on the overnight train all by myself. Tell me that ain’t full grown. While with the Dodgers, pitcher Dan Bankhead took a liking to me. During offtime, he would come and get me and we would go forth on some kind of adventure. One day when we passed this store, and in the window was this whole chicken cooking on a spit. Neither of us had seen anything like that except in the movies. Dan went into the store and bought a chicken, and there we were, walking down the street pulling pieces off this chicken and eating just like Robin Hood and his merry men.

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A Long Walk with Naomie Naomie Harris The Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom Interview with Kam Williams

As a critically acclaimed actress in film, television, and theatre, Naomie Harris is making more of a name for herself with each of her successive, luminous performances. Last year, she starred as Bond girl ‘Eve’ opposite Daniel Craig in the 007 feature Skyfall. She also appeared in Danny Boyle’s production of Frankenstein at The National Theater in London alongside Jonny Lee Miller and Benedict Cumberbatch. In the The First Grader, she played ‘Jane,’ a first-grade teacher in Kenya who fought for the right of an 84 year-old man to be educated. The London-born actress enjoyed her first major breakthrough performance in 2002 in Danny Boyle’s 28 Days Later, and she went on to receive further critical acclaim for her role as Tia Dalma in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End. Here, she talks about her latest outing as ‘Winnie Mandela’ opposite Idris Elba in Mandela: A Long Walk to Freedom.

Kam Williams: Hi Naomie, I’m honored to have another opportunity to speak with you. Naomie Harris: Oh, no, my pleasure, Kam. KW: What did you know about Winnie Mandela when you accepted the role? NH: I actually had no idea who Winnie Mandela was. Obviously, I knew she was Nelson Mandela’s wife, but I thought the role was basically going to revolve around her supporting him. I had no idea that she was a political activist in her own right, and that she was integral to the anti-apartheid movement. KW: What is your vision of her? NH: I found her to be the most complex character I’ve ever played. She’s almost seven different characters in one. She’s done some controversial things that are very difficult to justify. She’s also a woman of immense compassion. And she’s a person of the people. In South Africa, she’s known as Mother Africa, and is loved and admired by many for having helped hundreds of thousands of people. So, she’s complex, and very hard to define in a brief space of time.

KW: Did you spend any time with Winnie’s daughters Zenani and Zindzi Mandela in preparation for the film? NH: Yes, I had an opportunity to go out to dinner with both Zenani and Zindzi. KW: Did you actually shoot on location in the prisons in Jo’burg, Robben Island and Pretoria? NH: No. However, we did shoot in South Africa, in Cape Town and Johannesburg, and in the actual courthouse where the trial took place. So, there are some historical moments which were filmed on location in the same places where they originally happened. See more on afro.com

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The Afro-American, November 30, 2013 - December 6, 2013

No Place for Race: Why We Need to Address Economic and Social Factors That Are Crushing Us Every Day By Rodney L. Demery

Book Review by Kam Williams “Law enforcement isn’t about the white

man out to get the black man, as so many in the media and social leadership would have us believe…. In most cases, the person riding in

the police cruiser isn’t out to get you because of your race or because of how you look. As a police officer, I know that we’ve

seen way too much death and drama to be so superficial. Yet, this suspicion remains... I think we can get beyond all this… if we acknowledge the historical reasons for certain issues, take responsibility for current circumstances, and honestly open ourselves to the possibility of change—uncomfortable as it may be.” -- Excerpted from Introduction (pages 15-17)

Rodney Demery is a homicide detective with the Shreveport, Louisiana Police Department who has investigated many a murder over the course of a 25-year career in law enforcement. He says, “Numbers don’t lie,” in observing that “94% of black victims are killed by other blacks.” That’s why he’s so frustrated by the widespread TV and newspaper coverage attracted by those very rare occasions when a white slays a black person. He points out that “George Zimmerman was the exception, not the rule: The most vital threat to a black man is a black man.” He believes that the media circuses surrounding protests and marches led by hypocritical religious and civil rights leaders with “their own agendas” suggests that hate crimes are the norm, thereby obscuring the day-today reality of young AfricanAmerican males slaughtering each other on inner-city streets all over the country. Officer Demery knows the latter to be the truth, as a first-hand witness whose job it is to handle all the fallout, from drawing chalk lines, to collecting evidence, to informing next of kin, to apprehending and interrogating suspects. Out of utter frustration, he was moved to write No Place for Race: Why We Need to Address Economic and Social Factors. In this sobering book, the author indicts preachers for having “failed their communities and perpetuated a fear of nonexistent systemic racism—to profit from the fear.” He sees the society as arguably post-racial since both the president and the attorney general, the country’s top lawyer, are African-American. According to Demery, the solutions to the problems plaguing the ghetto start at home. He calls for black folks to make better cultural choices in terms of family, child-raising, education, etcetera. But the brother also has bones to pick with the white community which he calls upon to “acknowledge this nation’s history.” A persuasive polemic in favor of focusing attention on lowering the entire murder rate rather than on obsessing whether or not a particular perpetrator is or is not a racist.

Rodney Demery