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The Afro-American, September 2, 2017 - September 8, 2017
Rev. Jesse Jackson
(Front row) D. Thomas Barnes, Ann Holmes, Albert Sampson, Gayle McDaniel and the Rev. Gregg Knepp (Back row) Duane Cunningham Sr., Michael A. Hardy, Ivory P. Smith Sr., Alfredo Banks and Master J Michael Eric Dyson, author and activist
The Rev. Jesse Jackson and the Rev. Al Sharpton
A group of about 5,000 ministers, led by the Rev. Al Sharpton, founder and president of the National Action Network and Martin Luther King, III, participated in the Ministers’ March for Justice in Washington D.C. on Aug.
28 to protest the policies of President Donald J. Trump. The march occurred on the 54th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington where the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his legendary “I Have a Dream” speech.
Martin Luther King, III and Rev. Al Sharpton, founder National Action Network Martin Luther King, III, the Rev. Al Sharpton, and the Rev. Jesse Jackson
Joe Madison
A local choir Kitty Chaney; Dessiree Pearson; Trudy Grant, March coordinator; the Rev. Dr. Diane Dixon-Proctor and Mari Williams
Kevin Durant and Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker
Members of the Presbyterian Church from New York City
Photos by Rob Roberts
Members of “Team Durant” with coach Olatunji Turner
Kevin Durant
Seat Pleasant Council Members: Kelly Porter, Hope Love, Charl Jones, Gloria Sistrunk and Reveral Yeargin Wayne Pratt, Kevin Durant’s father
Kevin Durant and Wanda Durant with children from the Seat Pleasant Activity Center
Seat Pleasant, Md. Mayor Eugene Grant
Junior ROTC Cadets from Central High School in Capitol Heights, Md.
The Seat Pleasant, Md. Council and Mayor Eugene W. Grant hosted a Kevin Durant Day Parade on Aug. 17. The parade began at the Judith P. Hoyer Montessori School and traveled down Seat Pleasant Drive to the Goodwin Park. The community welcomed Durant home and celebrated his extraordinary win as a 2017 NBA Champion with the Golden State Warriors, receiving the Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award, and his philanthropic efforts in his hometown of Seat Pleasant and Prince George’s County. The Durant family was in attendance. County Executive Rushern Baker issued a proclamation making Aug. 17 Kevin Durant Day.
Photos by Rob Roberts
Obama’s Birthday Celebration T Street Development and Shaw Main Streets hosted a birthday celebration for the 44th President of the United States, Barack H. Obama, on Aug. 4 at The Cornerstone, an outdoor space for events and markets that is located across
Attendees celebrating former President Obama’s birthday
from the Howard Theatre in Northwest Washington, D.C. The evening included music, guest speakers, selfies with life sized Alexander Padro, Wanda Henderson, Wand’s cardboard figures of Mr. and Mrs. Obama, 7th Street Salon and Spa; Larry Graves, Obama and a film screening of “Believe: The Barack impersonator; Thomas Hart and Eyob Asbha Obama Story.” Roland Martin served as the host for the event. Norma Alexander Hart
WPGC Street Team: Tameka Taylor, Janay Graham and De’Queen Jones
and Eboni Robinson
Photos by Rob Roberts
Tahir Johnson, Ava (daughter) and Ashley Stoney
Deja Johnson and Anthony Cannady, owner and operator, Rita’s Ice on Capitol Hill
Larry Graves, Obama impersonator; Letha Blount, Doris Brown and Janice Atose
Alexander Padro, executive director, SHAW Main Street and Thomas Hart, president, T Street Development
Adra Williams, publicist and Simone Ellison, project manager, SHAW Main Street