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November 12, 2016 - November 12, 2016, The Afro-American A1 PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY EDITION

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Our Defense of Democracy Continues

Margot L. Shetterly

The AFRO-American Newspapers Spectacularly Celebrates 125

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By Rep. Elijah Cummings

• Charlottesville Race Riots: A Reminder of County’s Divided Past

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The AFRO’S Black Tie 125th Anniversary Celebration at the Majestic Martin’s Crosswinds in Greenbelt, Md. provided the sell out audience with unceasing entertainment and enjoyment. Margot L. Shetterly, author of Hidden Figures, held the audience spellbound as the event’s keynote speaker and special awards were presented to Joyce C. Scott, nationally acclaimed multi-media artist and Jeffrey Ballou, President of the National Press Club in Washington D.C.

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The call by former AFRO paper boy-now Chairman of the Morgan State University Board of Regents Kweisi Mfume -”Edi Af froh--AFRO! Get your AFRO Newspaper here,” rang out through the grand ballroom at Martin’s Crosswind’s in Greenbelt, Md. Such was the signal for the start of the celebration program of the Afro-American Newspapers’ 125th Anniversary.

The paper, which was established by John H. Murphy, Sr., was founded on the principle of giving the Black communities throughout the United States a voice to be informed on the news impacting them and to instill cultural pride. The gala’s theme was “AFRO at 125: Framing Our Heritage, Forging Our Legacy, Forecasting Our Future.” The paper stands as the oldest, continuously running Black family owned newspaper in the

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Following the recent violent White nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va. and President Donald Trump’s toxic response, multiple members resigned from the American Manufacturing Council. Days later, in a state of pique, Trump disbanded the council.

The seven members that resigned included Kenneth Frazier, CEO of Merck & Co; Brian Krzanich, CEO of Intel Corp.; Kevin Plank, CEO of Under Armour; Scott Paul, president of Alliance for American Manufacturing; Richard Trumka, head of the AFL-CIO; Inge Thulin, CEO, 3M and Denise Morrison, CEO, Campbell Soup Company.

Trump also disbanded the Strategy and Policy Forum Council which Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced his resignation from on June 1, following Trump’s rejection of the Paris Climate

Agreement.

“Rather than putting pressure on the

I am ending both,” Trump tweeted Aug. 16.

Trump, of course, spent of

he continually claimed then President Barack Obama was not born in America. Yet these CEOs still saw fit to stand by him. Until Charlottesville, which saw White supremacists – Kenneth Frazier marching through much the election campaign Virginia’s streets yelling Nazi disparaging ethnic groups era slogans, attacking and Muslims. In addition, Continued on A3

“Honor our fundamental values by clearly rejecting expressions of hatred, bigotry and group supremacy.”

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After Charlottesville

Black Pastors Urge Social Change

By Hamil R. Harris Special to the AFRO The recent display of White supremacy in Charlottesville, Va.—which left three dead and several seriously injured--has not only left the American population stunned and divided, but it has also put local Black ministers in a bind, because even though they know change is needed; they have no solutions to give. However, ministers agree that Black youths need more education on social change.

On Aug. 13, Mount Zion First African

Baptist Church in Charlottesville was filled with several politicians when Pastor Alvin Edwards joked, “It must be political season.”

But, Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe stood at the pulpit of the 150-year-old church and reflected on the Rev. Edwards’ words to offer a more sober perspective after a White supremacist frantically drove through a crowd of counter-protestors gathered in opposition of a Neo-Nazi march in Charlottesville.

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The New York Life insurance company recently hosted a panel discussion on bridging the racial wealth gap in Washington, D.C. New York Life agents were in town for the company’s empowerment plan summit and to celebrate achieving their goal of reaching $50 billion in life insurance plans in the Black community.

The panel featured Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., the president and CEO of the National Newspaper Publishers Association; Reverend Delman Coates, the senior pastor, Mt. Ennon Baptist Church in Clinton, Md.; Darryl De Sousa, the deputy commissioner of the Baltimore Police Department; Dr. Bahiyyah Muhammad, an assistant professor of sociology and anthropology at Howard University; Eugene Mitchell, the African American Market Manager for New York Life; and Jeff Pegues, the justice and homeland security correspondent for CBS News.

Mitchell said that he wanted people to know that New York Life and its agents take economic empowerment in the Black community very seriously, because economic disparities breed lack of opportunities.

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Bruno Mars said Aug. 12 he is donating $1 million from his Michigan concert to aid those affected by the Flint water crisis.

The Grammy-winning star told the audience at his show in Auburn Hills, about 30 miles from Detroit, that he and tour promoter Live Nation are redirecting funds from the show to the charity The Community Foundation of Greater Flint.

In 2014, Flint switched water sources and failed to add corrosion-reducing phosphates, allowing lead from old pipes to leach into the water. Elevated levels of lead, a neurotoxin, were detected in children, and 12 people died in a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak that experts suspect was linked to the improperly treated water.

“I’m very thankful to the Michigan audience for joining me in supporting this cause,” Mars said in a statement. “Ongoing challenges remain years later for Flint residents, and it’s important that we don’t forget our brothers and sisters affected by this disaster.”

Mars, who was born and raised in Hawaii, performed at the Palace of Auburn Hills during his sold-out 24K Magic World Tour. His latest album, “24K Magic,” recently achieved double platinum status.

Basketball star Kevin Durant has issued an apology for calling India “20 years behind” and several other The Golden State Warriors forward tweeted on July 11 that he’s “sorry that my comments about India were taken out of context.”

Durant said he plans to return to India to run more basketball camps and meant no disrespect.

Durant traveled to India recently and spoke about the trip in an interview with The Athletic website published this week.

In the interview, Durant marveled at the “cows in the street, monkeys running around everywhere, hundreds of people on the side of the road” and visible poverty.

“It’s a country that’s 20 years behind in terms of knowledge and experience,” he said, adding that his visit to the Taj Mahal was eye-opening and not what he’d imagined.

He’d expected the monument to be “holy ground, super protected, very, very clean,” but instead as he drove up it reminded him of places where he grew up, he said.

“Mud in the middle of the street, houses were not finished but there were people living in them. No doors. No windows… stray dogs and then, boom, Taj Mahal, one of the seven wonders of the world.”

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NBA basketball player Kevin Durant was in India to support the continued growth of basketball in the country and meet the elite prospects of NBA Academy India. comments about the Asian country.

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125th Anniversary Continued from A1 United States.

“In August of 1892, the AFRO was born with an objective to strengthen the Black community and to advance Black cultural pride in a hostile, racist society that violently threatened every hint of social, racial equality.

Instead of accepting the limitations that faced the race, John H. Murphy, Sr. chose to employ the AFRO as a tool for change to challenge and overcome these vile threats,” Jake Oliver, the paper’s publisher and Board of Director’s chair told hundreds of guests on Aug. 12. “Under the guidance of John H. Murphy, Sr., the AFRO undertook to ignite self confidence within the Black community by framing a heritage of balance and irrepressible courage, thus Black self assurance began a slow but relentless rise in the first decades of the 20th Century.”

Among the audience, Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh, Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker, Baltimore County Executive Kevin B. Kamenetz, Ben Jealous and many other dignitaries made an appearance at the gala. Pugh, Baker and Kamenetz presented the AFRO with proclamations. Representatives on behalf of U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen and Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser also attended. Veteran broadcast journalist Maureen Bunyan and Robert L. Wallace, founder and CEO of BITHGROUP Technologies, Inc. an information technology services company, served as co-emcees for the event.

“The fight goes on. This celebration of the AFRO gala at 125 is a benchmark of some stellar achievements from yesteryear, but it also is a launching pad for … even grander tryings for the next 125 years,” Oliver said.

Jeffery Ballou, president of the National Press Club in D.C., was honored with the paper’s John H. Murphy, III award for

CEOs Continued from A1 counter-protesters and killing a protester by ramming a car into a crowd.

Frazier - the only Black man on the council - was the first to declare his resignation on Aug. 14 following Charlottesville.

Merck tweeted Frazier’s statement, which explicitly called on American leaders to “honor our fundamental values by clearly rejecting expressions of hatred, bigotry and group supremacy.” The pharmaceutical CEO also added that “as a matter of personal conscience, I feel a responsibility to take a stand against intolerance and extremism.”

His comments came in response to Trump’s refusal to explicitly condemn alt-right groups, neo-Nazis and the KKK, who were all present at the Charlottesville rally.

Following Frazier’s resignation, Trump fired back minutes later by tweeting, “Now that Ken

Black Pastors Continued from A1 we treat one another,” said McAuliffe, whose comments were televised nationally.

“Rev. Edwards is right in one regard, the political rhetoric in this country today has breaded bigotry and hatred.”

The media descended on the Charlottesville church in the aftermath of a White supremacist rally that turned tragic after a man, who is currently being held without bail on second degree murder charges, fatally mowed down Heather Higher, a 32-year-old White woman. On the same day, a police helicopter that was monitoring the violence crashed killing two Virginia State Troopers.

In the wake of the tragedy, several Black pastors told the AFRO that the best thing they can do is educate a new generation of activists that while they witnessed an old nasty chapter of American history last week, in some respects things are worse.

“As a minister, it is incumbent for this country to come to grips with its history and its disturbing past in terms of racism and slavery. There had been a silence before Trump but we have to see the

August 19, 2017 - August 25, 2017, The Afro-American excellence in entrepreneurship and managerial assistance; Joyce J. Scott, multi-media performing artist, received the John H. Murphy, Sr. Award for excellence and achievement; and Margot L. Shetterly, author of Hidden Figures, received the Carl J. Murphy Thinker Award.

All awards were given to the individuals for the stellar work in advancing the Black voice.

“After the time I spent looking through the AFRO for these hidden figures, I have come to think of the Black newspapers as the hidden figures, behind the ‘Hidden Figures,’” Shetterly, who was also the event’s keynote speaker, said.

“The work of The AFRO was relevant 125 years ago and it’s relevant today. All you have to do is turn on the television. I live in Charlottesville, Va. and we just have to look at the images of the tragedy that is unfolding in that city where I live, that this is just as relevant… today,” she said, referencing violent events that sparked between Neo-Nazi protestors and counter-protestors in the city on Aug. 12.

There was also an awards presentation for AFRO Clean Block winner Keith Figgs, who is from the Sandtown neighborhood in Baltimore.

A musical solo “The Impossible Future”

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Kenneth Frazier, CEO of Merck &Co., was the first of many to resign from President Trump’s American Manufacturing Council following a White supremacist rally that saw one woman killed and dozens injured in Charlottesville, Va. Frazier of Merck Pharma has resigned from the President’s Manufacturing Council, he will have more time to LOWER RIPOFF DRUG PRICES!” In the past, Trump has criticized the CEO and company for its drug pricing and contribution to the U.S. workforce.

Plank, who received backlash last year after

publicly supporting Trump, stepped down from the council, to ensure that “Under Armour engages in innovation and sports, not politics.” In an interview in December, Plank described Trump as being an “asset” to the country. He later clarified his comment and emphasized that the company engages in policy, not politics.

Revolutionary War, the Civil War and what is going on today as being all connected and the church has to be the vehicle for honest discussions to take place,” the Rev. Grainger Browning, pastor of Ebenezer AME Church in Fort Washington, Md., told the AFRO. In the ‘60s Browning learned firsthand about protests as a child growing up in Hampton, Va., because his father, Grainger Browning Sr., led the protest that integrated the Woolworths Department store.

Browning said one of the keys to Martin Luther King’s success was organization. “He used the church as a resource.

In Alabama, the churches were the resources and there were many powerful organizations.”

Geneva Mays, 80, founder of the Prince George’s County Chapter of Jack and Jill of America, was on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the 1963 March on Washington. “I was a marshal for the Congress on Racial equality,” said Mays, who has been watching events of Charlottesville from her home in Suitland, Md. “We are at a point when things are in such disarray. It is a complex problem and people are going in different directions.

We have to teach children that we know to reach out to other communities and ethnic groups.”

The Rev. Henry P. Davis, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Highland Park in Hyattsville, sang much of the same tune, that the youth need more education. “We realized last weekend that racism is alive in 2017 and today the KKK doesn’t feel the need to wear hoods anymore,” Davis told the AFRO. He said in the wake of the Charlottesville incident, the young protesters of today need a tutorial on how to go about social change.

“The Civil Rights movement addressed moral issues and the access to opportunity,” he said. “We have to educate and inspire young people today. We want to whitewash the prejudice of the past. You take down the flags, change the name of the schools and even the streets but all of these things don’t change racial attitudes. You are looking at eight years of bottled up racism and it’s bursting out.

In Charlottesville, you are looking at the other book end of Black Lives Matter.

But they understand they are saying this from a position of power.”

On Aug. 15, Trump released statements that condemned protestors who were advocating for the removal of Confederacy General Robert E. Lee’s statue in Charlottesville and he also blamed the violence on Aug. 12 on both White Supremacists and counterprotestors who he described as the alt-left. The remarks appeared to equate the opposition to neo-Nazis with supporting neo-Nazis, which is a stunning remark for a sitting president to make.

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economy,” said Mitchell.

“Wealth equals opportunity and the lack of wealth creates hard times.”

Mitchell continued: “We’re bringing this tool of life insurance into the Black community so that we can use it like other [communities] have used it for hundreds of years and to create an inheritance and generational wealth beyond covering the cost of the funeral.”

Mitchell said that, with the right policy, when a family member passes away and leaves $100,000 or $250,000 or $1,000,000 that money can be used as an investment to help purchase a house, to fund college education, for start-up

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was performed by 18-year-old Blake Myles Hopkins who was accepted to the Washington National Opera Institute at American University in D.C. Since its beginning, the AFRO has continued under the leadership of five publishers: John J. Oliver (1986-present); Frances Murphy, II (1971-1974) and publisher over the D.C. edition (1986-2007); John Murphy, III (1967-1970 and 1974-1986); Carl Murphy (1918-1967) and John H. Murphy, Sr. (1892-1922).

“There was a particular level of pride and respectability that came with subscribing to the Afro-American. It helped us see beyond the immediate circumstances we faced as sharecroppers to the far larger world of Black physicians, teachers, politicians and soldiers,” Lee Ross-Clark, a D.C. resident told the AFRO. In honor of the 125th anniversary, the newspaper announced that it will begin a paid fellowship program for journalism students at Morgan State University in Baltimore and Howard University in D.C. Shantella Sherman and Micha Green contributed to this article.

capital to start a business or even charitable giving Coates said that now that New York Life has reached the $50 billion-dollar goal, the Black community desperately needs a macroeconomic strategy that will help to preserve the value of that investment.

“We would be remiss if 20 years from now the

value of that $50 billion is $5 billion,” said Coates. “If we’re going to address the racial wealth gap, we must address the macroeconomic mechanisms that causes money to be controlled by people who don’t look like us, by institutions that don’t represent us and that ultimately issue money as a debt in society.”

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COMMENTARY

That Taney Statue in Annapolis Needs to Go! Oftentimes on Sunday after church you can find me in Baltimore’s Mount Vernon neighborhood walking with my children and admiring some of the city’s beautiful architecture, and historic monuments. For too many years, I’ve struggled to explain to them the meaning of one statue in particular: former Supreme Court Justice Roger Taney, the author of the infamous Dred Scott v. Sandford decision, which stated that “the Black man had no rights that the White man was bound to respect.”

In a world where my children saw the nation’s first Black president and family occupy the White House, I can see their tiny faces grappling with the two realities of the only country they’ve ever known. How can there be a monument to a racist who suggested people like them have no rights, while at the same time, we have witnessed a Black man occupy the highest and most powerful position in the world?

Rather than attempt to re-write history, I often end up explaining to my children our nation’s tortured past and that during those times, there were many, many others who stood up and fought for the better America we live in today – where a Black man could become president, and even perhaps their Black father could be the next Governor of Maryland.

The tragic events of Charlottesville are a sobering reminder that when we allow these symbols of hate to stand, the consequences could be far more dangerous than having to burden a young mind with the trials and tribulations of race in America. In fact, Charlottesville demonstrates we now live in a time where timidity and passivity towards these symbols can turn deadly.

Many claim these monuments are symbols of our history and taking them down is revisionism. However, if our desire is to remember history, why do confederate statues outnumber union ones 4:1 in Baltimore City,

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when the majority of our state’s soldiers fought for the union? Clearly this isn’t about our history.

Baltimore City is taking action to remove these symbols of hate, and we need this kind of leadership across our entire state, but that requires a governor with the courage to lead. As Governor, I’d work to remove all confederate monuments, beginning with the statue of Taney that sits right outside our state house in Annapolis. Editors note: Gov. Larry Hogan announced on Aug. 16 that he would ask the State House Trust to remove the statue from State House grounds.

While the Taney monument represents the worst of America and Maryland, it’s made of good metal that can be repurposed and cast of the same bronze in Frederick Douglass’ image just in time for the bicentennial of his birth in 2018.

A contemporary of Taney, Douglass fought for the rights of the enslaved, free Blacks, women, and all Americans. He was a forwardlooking patriot who chose to fight and advance our country. In fact, despite living in an era of slavery, where he met virulent racism regularly, Douglass saw the true heart of America, and what it could one day be. He said that America’s destiny was to be “the [most] perfect national illustration of the unity and dignity of the human family that the world has ever seen.”

A man who could live through the worst of America and still see the best of it, a man who saw that we could one day make up for the moral weight of our transgressions and could become the America we have always claimed to be. This is the man that stands for the very best of what it means to be an American. Replacing Taney with Douglass keeps us true to our history, while setting the right example for our children in demonstrating that even in the most trying of times, we cannot forget who we are, nor seek power through the oppression of others.

I have called on Governor Larry Hogan to stop equivocating and begin working immediately to remove confederate monuments,

beginning with the Taney statue outside of the state house. We have seen the message we send to terrorist groups when we do not forcefully and clearly denounce hate in all forms. So far, when asked about these monuments, the Governor has said removing them would be “political correctness run amok”. The Governor doesn’t understand that removing these monuments is not about political correctness, rather it is about setting an example for our children and showing them that hate and bigotry in America will no longer be honored.

Charlottesville reminds us with great urgency, that we are not living in ordinary times – the same old approaches to bridging the racial divide in our country aren’t working. We can no longer accept half measures.

There are forces at work who want to take

our country backward and we must realize that the struggle for civil rights is never-ending.

It is only by confronting the truth of why these statues are here to begin with that we can begin to heal a nation still struggling with the demons of its past.

If you’d like to see the Taney monument replaced with one of Frederick Douglass please sign this petition at: http://act.benjealous.com/page/s/replace-thestatue Ben Jealous is a candidate for Governor of Maryland, former president and CEO of the NAACP, former President & Executive Director of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (the Black Press), an educator, investor and community organizer.

Our Defense of Democracy Continues On Aug. 6, principled Americans of every background commemorated the 52nd anniversary of that historic day in 1965 when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law. With a few strokes of his ceremonial pen, President Johnson joined a bipartisan congressional majority in affirming every American’s right to vote as the foundation of our democracy.

Five decades later, most Congressman Americans still believe that Elijah Cummings voting is a fundamental American right that must never be conditioned nor denied. Yet, as I have written in the past, even today, there are those who actively conspire to diminish our democratic strength in the voting booths of our nation.

As Dr. King observed in his prophetic 1957 challenge to the voter suppression regimes of that time, “Give us the Ballot:” “All types of conniving methods are still being used to prevent the Negroes from becoming registered voters.”

Six decades later, these calculated, anti-democratic exclusionary tactics have been modified somewhat.

Under the unproven – and, in fact, disproved – assertions of widespread “voter fraud,” voter suppression now targets other minorities, the aged, young and poor – as well as those of us who are Black.

The methods of that attack include onerous voter-identification requirements, constitutionally-suspect voter-roll “purges” and partisan disinformation campaigns.

This is why it is not enough for us to stand and declare the

truth, as Dr. King observed, that “the denial of this sacred right is a tragic betrayal of the highest mandates of our democratic tradition.”

As we have witnessed in the years since the Supreme Court’s ruling in Shelby County v. Holder, the protection of our right and power to vote for those who will govern us now demands that every patriotic American resist, stand together, organize and fight to preserve our most fundamental constitutional right.

Fortunately, the Voting Rights Act, although weakened and more burdensome for aggrieved voters to implement, is not yet dead.

Last year, for example, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit struck down North Carolina’s voter restriction laws, writing that “the new provisions target African Americans with almost surgical precision;” and other federal and state courts have prohibited or limited voter suppression legislation in Kansas, Wisconsin, Texas and Ohio.

The struggle in Congress is just as intense.

It has now been more than two and one-half years since I joined Republican Congressman James Sensenbrenner, Jr., and Democratic Congressman John Conyers, Jr., in proposing legislative corrections to Shelby County v. Holder in the Voting Rights Amendments Act of 2015 – and nearly 26 months since we advanced further reforms in the Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2015.

In the current Congress, we have reintroduced these proposed reforms to strengthen our voting laws (H.R. 3239 and 2978) because we know that ours is a struggle that our nation cannot afford to lose.

Tragically, and contrary to their solemn duty as elected representatives of the American people, Republican leaders in both the Senate and House have refused to give either of these corrective reforms an up-or-down vote.

Now, in part as the result of conscious voter suppression of the popular will in 2016, the opposition to effective, universal suffrage

now has extended from Republican-dominated State Legislatures to the United States Department of Justice – and even to the White House.

To the faint hearted, in fact, it may seem as if the cause of democracy and civil rights in America is lost; and I do not minimize the dangers that these voter suppression efforts pose to our rights.

Yet I, along with a majority of all Americans, strongly disagree that the cause of democracy in America is lost.

I disagree because history has taught me that the ultimate authority in our nation will never permanently reside in any White House, any State House, any Congress, or any court. Rather, that authority continues to live in each and all of us, acting together.

For that ultimate authority to empower us and improve our lives, however, it must be exercised.

“All power to the people” is not just a battle cry from the 1960s. It must be the operational goal of our democratic movement in 2017.

This is why each of us must continue to be actively engaged.

We must register and vote ourselves, and when our neighbors are required to produce identification at their polling places, we must work together to help them get those IDs. When cynical and partisan election boards make voting more difficult on Election Day, we must bring a box lunch and wait our turn.

When the evidence shows racially-based attacks on our voting power, we must fight that suppression in the Congress, our State Legislatures and our courts.

We are in a fight for the soul of our democracy.

Yet, I remain convinced that, working together, our defense of democracy is a struggle that we can win.

Congressman Elijah Cummings represents Maryland’s 7th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives.

The Basketball Tournament Showed Better Side of Baltimore Recently, The Basketball Tournament came to Cameron E. Miles Baltimore, specifically Coppin State University’s state of the art basketball complex. Thank you to Mayor Pugh, Carmelo Anthony, Dr. Maria Thompson, President of Coppin State University, Kaiser Permanente, ESPN and all the others who had a hand in bringing the tournament to Baltimore. This was a major undertaking because this was the first year that the tournament has come to Baltimore. Coppin made money, hotels and restaurants made money, vendors made money and for that one week, the City was viewed as more than a killing zone.

Many of our youth got to watch some of the country’s top

basketball players compete on the hardwood for $2 million.

The games provided awesome competition, sportsmanship and a chance for basketball fans to enjoy basketball. Everyone in attendance appeared to have a wonderful time. Baltimore is about so much more than the constant reminder of murders many of which are fueled by the drug trade as rivals push for greater profits.

The basketball tournament also put many of our future leaders and athletes on the grounds of a major institution of higher learning. Sometimes just the exposure of being in an environment will cause one’s curiosity to peak. Judging by the audience there, were many youth at the game and just maybe many of them will want to one day attend Coppin or another

institution of higher learning.

Basketball was the conduit to bring thousands of people to a safe environment to just relax, enjoy and cheer. I hope that there will be many more events like the Basketball Tournament that will be highlighted in Baltimore at HBCU’s to showcase the potential for organized events at Historically Black Colleges and Universities. I felt a great deal of pride watching these games and it helped everyone in attendance focus and realize that Baltimore is a great sports town and must be remembered for more than just killing fields.

Cameron E. Miles is the director of Mentoring Male Teens in the Hood, which is based in Baltimore.

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PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY-AREA Medical Marijuana Growers Still Missing Black Representation

MOST-VISIONS Shows Path to Youth Entrepreneurship

Citing a dramatic increase in opioid-related intoxication deaths in Prince Georges County, public schools will begin to store antidotes for overdoses in their healthcare units for the upcoming school year. And while legislators said they believe the move could save lives, some parents

Photo by Lindi Vilakazi

Young entrepreneurs and their families listened to WKYS personality Deja Perez at the Youth Entrepreneurs Expo in Forestvile, Md.

By Lindi Vilakazi Special to the AFRO Young entrepreneurs like 10-year-old Amari Washington gathered at the District Heights Municipal Building to display and grow their budding businesses.

On Aug. 12, Forestville, Md.-based MOST-Visions Performing Arts Company hosted its 1st Youth Entrepreneur Expo. The expo encouraged business development for businessminded boys and girls. According to the organization’s website, it aids young people in realizing and actualizing their full potential.

“Well I wanted to have other people express themselves.

Sometimes people can’t express themselves a lot because sometimes people question what they wear or what they think

of themselves,” Washington told the AFRO while manning his table of custom-handmade bowties.

Washington said he was inspired by his mother, Shika Cope, also in fashion design. Washington began assisting Cope in her business endeavors, and soon after he turned his creativity into a marketable product.

Cope, also at the expo in support of her son, told the AFRO Washington’s business was partly his own idea. She said he was inspired by fashion when she brought him with her to shop for his clothes.

“Let’s encourage kids through your eyes on how to still be fly, comfortable, trendy, but still fashion forward. You know, just kind of combining all of that into one. So I take him to the fabric store, he sees what he likes, he picks it out, we go home, we get – Deja Perez Continued on B2

“The best advice I can probably give is just don’t quit . . .”

Prince George’s County

elections in 2018 when Black votes are needed to

by Democrats if they hope to unseat Republican Gov. Larry Hogan, who has smartly stayed out of the debate. At least a dozen minority-owned companies filed applications.

There were four Prince George’s County Blackcompanies who applied for licenses.

“This is shameful,” Camp Springs, Md.-based African American Cannabis Association President Joseph Gaskins told the AFRO. “We can go to jail for smoking and selling marijuana on the black market, but when it becomes legal, we can’t get a license. This is a situation that the state and governor needs to fix. It is not only not good for politics, [but] this is [also] not good for business in Maryland. It is sending the wrong signal.”

According to the ACLU, there were 358 per 100,000 arrests in Prince George’s County for marijuana in 2013, compared to national average of 228 per 100,000 arrests. The county is the second highest in arrests in the state behind Baltimore city.

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Schools Set to Receive Naloxone to Treat Student Opioid Overdoses

By Shantella Y. Sherman Special to the AFRO ssherman@afro.com

By Bruce W. Branch Special to the AFRO Even though one medical marijuana dispensary in Prince George’s County has been granted a growers license by the state of Maryland, Black-owned dispensaries in the county and the state were not.

It may happen early next year, but as of right now Blacks do not have any licenses to participate in the lucrative $221 million industry by 2021, according to the Medical Marijuana industry research group New Frontier. Despite massive protests and debates by the minority community, Maryland regulators went ahead and granted the final eight licenses to all-White growers in what is sure to cause much consternation and debate during the next legislative session.

That means as of right now, Blacks are shut out of the state’s newest industry just as they initially were during the debate of minority business participation in gambling and wind energy.

It is unclear what the impact may be on the upcoming

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County Athletes Stand Out in UMD Football Program

Charlottesville Race Riots: A Reminder of County’s Divided Past

By Daniel Kucin Jr. Special to the AFRO As the University of Maryland football program prepares to take on the University of Texas Sept. 2 as the 2017 regular season kick off, fans will have a chance to see local Prince George’s County student-athletes produce at a high level.

“I’ve been very pleased with how our guys have practiced, our tempo and it’s been really good,” University of Maryland Head Coach D.J. Durkin told the AFRO. “The young guys that we brought in have a lot of people talking about our recruiting class and these guys are good football players. I’m very pleased so far.”

Seventeen players on Maryland’s preseason roster showcase the importance of a homegrown recruiting pipeline that the UMD staff has created over the past few years. Some of the players that will suit up in the upcoming season, include former DeMatha standout running back Lorenzo Harrison III, who had a breakout freshman campaign in College Park in 2016.

The Hillcrest Heights native appeared in nine games and set the Maryland freshman record for yards rushing per attempt (7.2). He only fell 57 yards shy of the freshman rushing record held by former Suitland High School and NFL running back, LaMont Jordan.

“He’s [Harrison] a veteran type guy, a really good person, really good student, and obviously, a great player,” Durkin said. “He has a much better understanding of playing the position in our offense. Now he is a guy who knows where things are at and what he is doing.”

Fort Washington, Md. native Jermaine Carter Jr. will be returning to the Terps defensive unit as a senior linebacker to provide stability at the second level of attack. The two-time honorable mention All-Big Ten honoree has started a career-high of 25 consecutive games and has led

remain unconvinced.

The Heroin and Opioid Education and Community Action Act of 2017 requires each county board to establish a policy related to the administration of naloxone, as well as programs established by the State Board of Education to include instruction on heroin and opioid addiction and prevention, including information on the lethal effect of fentanyl. The school for Prince George’s County school is slated to begin on Sept. 6.

By Bruce Branch Special to the AFRO

Photo by Daniel Kucin

Lorenzo Harrison, III had a breakout freshman campaign at UMD in 2016.

Maryland in tackles for the past two seasons.

Terrance Davis is no stranger to creating space for running backs during his stint with the Stags at DeMatha before he anchored the offensive line for the Terps. Last season Davis paved the way for a rushing attack that exceeded 2,500 yards for the first time since 2003 and helped Ty Johnson eclipse over 1,000 yards last year.

Wide receiver Taivon Jacobs started his high school playing career at Suitland High School before joining the Terrapins. Despite missing last season due to injury, Jacobs told the AFRO that he is looking forward to finishing his final year in College Park with a bang.

Freshman Prince George’s County products dominate the roster, which include Anthony McFarland (RB/DeMatha), Deon Jones (DB/ Potomac), Tayon Fleet-Davis (RB/Potomac), Zach Roski (TE/St. Vincent Pallotti), Marcus Minor (OL/DeMatha) and Lawtez Rogers (Eleanor Roosevelt).

The recent race riots in Charlottesville, Va. precipitated by a White Power March by Neo-Nazis and the KKK in an effort to preserve a Confederate Statue has opened up old wounds across the nation, including Prince George’s County. Some 40 years ago, the county was one of the most racially divided in the nation.

It was also the place where presidential candidate George Wallace was shot in Laurel, Md. and anti-busing leader Sue Mills led angry mobs against forced desegregation that led to school buses carrying Black students being pelted with rocks and other debris.

The county was allegedly home to one of the most racist police departments in the nation and a state’s attorney Bud Marshall, who was known as not being friendly to Blacks.

It took the killing of two officers by Terrance Johnson inside a Hyattsville, Md. Police Station to lead to the election of the county’s first Black State’s Attorney Alexander Williams.

“True opportunity comes with economic progress,” said Suitland resident Paul Jones, 27. “We have got to do more to provide for our youth and to Courtesy photo help them in areas of vocational County Executive Rushern and life skills training.

Baker along with State Otherwise as Black people -Sen. Anthony Muse who will always be left behind recently called on Trump’s -- and things like Charlottesville resignation from office will continue to happen because after the violence in Charlottesville.

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Campaign Encourages D.C. Kids to Put Best Foot Forward

By Lenore T. Adkins Special to the AFRO AmeriHealth Caritas District of Columbia, a Medicaid provider, has fashioned an ongoing summer self-esteem workshop. It aims to help teens cope with local violence while encouraging them to live up to their potential.

The “Best Me – The Blunt Truth on Violence and Prevention Summer Series” uses music, story-telling, video skits, and development activities to encourage behavioral change among the youth. High-school students enrolled in the six-week program are from the Mayor Marion Barry Summer Youth Employment Program.

The campaign attempts to foster a supportive environment for kids to discuss issues that affect them. Topics covered include eating better, safe sex, domestic violence, and resolving conflicts through words, not fists.

“It removes barriers and it makes it personal,” said Lauren Reynolds, the AmeriHealth Caritas D.C. marketing and communications consultant who devised the campaign.

“Whatever your personal best is, and that’s in terms of decisions that you make, things that you do, people that you hang with, always doing things that will allow you to be and exhibit your best.”

Reynolds wanted to do something to help local teens heal

from the threats they sometimes face at school and in their communities. The wheels started turning last spring after she saw a video skit in the Streetz Blunt Truth Tour, which travels from state to state to help high school and college students combat youth violence and crime through the video, dialogue and live entertainment.

DJ Young Music, a local 20-year-old radio host, runs the Streetz Stop The Violence Foundation, which produces the tour Reynolds saw at Friendship Heights Academy in Northwest D.C. DJ Young Music created the foundation and tour in response to his friend’s – rapper Douglas “Swipey” Brooks, 18 – slaying during an attempted robbery. Two District men were arrested in connection with the homicide in February, according to The Washington Post.

When it came to the programming piece, Reynolds teamed up with Streetz Blunt Truth Tour, public health consulting firm Trident House International, and FOuR Youth, which works to instill hope and leadership skills to District teens and their support systems.

Reynolds also brought in MindRight and AprilMay Company to offer mental health support for high school students. MindRight guides teens through their problems via text message, while AprilMay offers outpatient mental health services to children and families. AmeriHealth, meanwhile, ensures the resources are in place for the kids.

On July 28, roughly 100 students and advisors met at

Brookland Middle School to discuss video skits on safe sex and the dangers of domestic violence. They also addressed various types of abuse, including bullying, physical and emotional abuse.

The students played a version of charades that focused on safe sex. They then took a pledge to, among other things, own their futures, fall in love with growth, stay committed to

“It removes barriers and it makes it personal.”

– Lauren Reynolds lifelong learning and never lose sight of their dreams.

Lauren Mallard, 15, said the program has taught her to put her best foot forward and to become a better version of herself by asking for help with schoolwork and supporting her mother.

“I’m trying to be that person like you want to do something, I’ll do it with you,” Mallard told the AFRO. “You can learn and do stuff together.”

The July 28 event marked the second installment of the program. The first one took place with another set of District teens last month. Two more installments will happen in August and September.

Reynolds estimates the pilot program reached about 300 kids this summer. “We’re going to be doing the same thing in other high schools coming up this year,” she said.

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“It’s a lot like sex education coming into schools and someone has to determine what is taught and at which grade levels, but if you said you’d supply condoms or morning after pills, there would be another level of conversation,” Nakeisha Sessoms, a Cheverly, Md. resident who is the mother of a public school student in the county, told the AFRO. “Also, years ago when people were spacing out on Love Boat (PCP) or having reactions to other drugs, the school nurse had no part in it. I’m not sure if that is a good thing to add her to it.”

The Maryland Department of Health, however, charting a crisis-level rise in overdoses and use-related deaths, documented 372 fentanyl-related deaths in Maryland to fatal overdoses for the first quarter of 2017.

Overdose-related deaths in Prince George’s County during this period doubled from 2017 to 2016.

There were 27 fentanyl-related intoxication deaths in Prince George’s County in the first

“I understand the crisis level of drug use and addiction, but you are asking the same nurses, who just a few years ago could not administer aspirin to our kids, to now act as first-responders to drug overdoses…”

– Nakeisha Sessoms quarter of 2017, compared with just four in the first quarter of 2016; rates for other opioids, including heroin and opium, registered for 30 deaths for the period between January-March of 2017 – three more than in 2007. And while the year 2016 closed with 106 deaths, health officials fear that without strict interventions – even in schools – more overdoses and deaths could be seen. There have been no reports of opioid deaths in Prince George’s County schools.

Under legislation of HB1082, school nurses become first-responders in cases of drug overdose, and would be trained to manage the use of naloxone and Narcon. They would also be responsible for reporting drug use to the state.

“I understand the crisis level of drug use and addiction, but you are asking the same nurses, who just a few years ago could not administer aspirin to our kids, to now act as first-responders to drug overdoses at the

school,” Sessoms told the AFRO. “It seems like a better solution would be to provide a school psychologists who can determine why the kids are using drugs in the first place.”

Dr. Caleb Alexander, co-director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Drug Safety and Effectiveness, told WAMU that naloxone, while effective, constitutes an expensive, last-resort treatment. “Well, it’s a tragedy that we need naloxone as much as we do, but you’re right that it can be life-saving. But once someone is receiving naloxone, the horse is out of the barn,” he said. “While I support increased efforts to distribute naloxone, I also think it’s vital that we focus further upstream. That is, prior to opioid dependence developing, and identifying and treating those with opioid use disorders that may not yet have overdosed.”

The bill provisions school health centers with roughly $30,000 to supply one naloxone kit at each school and athletic event.

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on the machine, and we make it and we rock it out,” Cope said.

The expo included 16 businesses that showcased their products, including jewelry, make-up, and lessons of various kinds.

Another young entrepreneur created her own cosmetic line entitled “On the Run Gloss.” Being a fan of lippies, or lip gloss, 15-year-old Na’Shea Wagoner brought her cosmetic line idea to the attention of her mother and family friend. “I started in April.

I really like lips, like lippies. So I was like, I’m not about to keep buying them from MAC [MAC Cosmetics] when I can just do it

myself and wear it. So why not?” Wagoner told the AFRO. The Youth Entrepreneur Expo also featured a local appearance from WKYS DC Radio personality Deja Perez.

Inspired by MOST-Visions work and mission, Perez said she came out to support and speak to the young entrepreneurs.

“These kids – some of them are like 8, 9. There’s a boy that’s been writing books since he was 8. They’re literally making me want to step my game up, it’s out of control,” she told the AFRO.

Perez toured the auditorium and spoke individually with multiple young entrepreneurs about their start-up businesses.

“The best advice I can probably give is just don’t quit, like that’s really the best thing because I didn’t go to school for radio but I’m doing it now. And there were a lot of people that told me I would never do it, and I’m still doing it. So just kind of persevere even when people tell you, you can’t do it, you’ve got to listen to your inner voice if you know it’s for you, if you know it’s your passion, just keep pushing on,” she said.

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extreme pressure from civil rights leaders and the Maryland Black Caucus, are walking a political tightrope in trying to appease Black investors and not having a major player in the industry despite the bill bearing the name of Natalie LaPrade, whose daughter is Black Caucus President Cheryl Glenn (D-Baltimore) and who has been a strong advocate for minority participation in the industry. She has suggested that no licenses be granted until the issue over Black ownership is resolved.

Until Aug. 14, only one of the 15 firms selected had received final permission to start cultivating medical marijuana, which was first legalized in the state in 2013. Even operating at full capacity no one firm can produce enough marijuana to support the 102 planned dispensaries.

Like the liquor industry, growers are wholesalers who have the ability to control the market by the amount of product they make available to the dispensaries. Some fear that the good old

boy network will curtail some minority-owned dispensaries cultivators to provide cannabis to state dispensaries. Only ability to compete. one county firm – Holistic – received a grower and processor The new licensees were announced at the Maryland licenses.

Medical Marijuana Commission meeting on There are 12,000 Maryland residents Aug. 14. Several companies had to move registered for potential eligibility for medical quickly to meet the deadline last Monday by cannabis which comes in a variety of forms, becoming totally operational and showing including liquids, candy and of course the leaf the regulators they had the financial which can be smoked. There are 400 doctors wherewithal to provide service as well as have registered to become licensed – Joseph Gaskins who passing an extensive background check. cannabis recommenders. It is unclear how many Operators with felonies or limited financial minorities are among the patients or doctors. resources were automatically disqualified.

To date, there are 12 qualifying ailments that Before Monday, only one grow firm had been approved would allow a patent to have access to medical marijuana and there were 15 growing firms in the running for state including cachexia, anorexia, wasting syndrome, severe pain, approval. Growers also had to start operations or risk losing severe nausea, seizures, severe or persistent muscle spasms, their preliminary licenses. There also are only nine licensed glaucoma, post-traumatic stress disorder and chronic pain.

“This is shameful.”

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of a perceived notion that we are a drain on society.”

Starting with County Executive Rushern Baker, who called on President Donald Trump to resign, leaders say the events of Charlottesville have renewed calls across the county and state to open up the debate on race and economic equality.

“President Donald J. Trump is unfit to serve the people of our country and should resign effectively immediately,” said Baker, who also is a candidate for Maryland Governor, in a press statement. “His equivocation on the incidents which transpired this past weekend in Charlottesville, Va. is an affront to the promise of this nation, our World War II Veterans, the families of the Charlottesville victims, and every citizen past and present, and his actions have no place in the Oval Office.

“During these times of unnerving, regressive, divisive, heightened rhetoric, Americans of all creeds and colors have

“President Donald J. Trump is unfit to serve the people of our country and should resign effectively immediately.”

–Rushern Baker

traditionally looked to the Presidency as a moral compass to guide our way through the morass and right the ship.

Empathizing with the message and mission of organizations linked to a bloody legacy of domestic terrorism, racist attacks, and anti-Semitic violence leaves too many citizens of this great nation with no confidence that their President

honors or understands the responsibility of the office, or can assure application of the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment.”

State Sen. C. Anthony Muse, who is a candidate to replace the term limited Baker as county executive agreed.

“We have come too far to allow racism and anti-Semitism to turn us back to the dark days of our history,” he told the AFRO. “I urge you as fellow citizens to focus on those issues that unite us such as affordable healthcare for all and improving our schools, and I urge you to call out those things that divide us, such as hatred and bigotry. These do not and should not represent us as Americans. We live in a great country where diversity is appreciated and where we strive to live in harmony.

This is my wish and hope for people throughout Prince George’s County and throughout the world.”

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COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS Seat Pleasant, Md. Goodwin Park, 311 68th Place Kevin Durant Day

Kevin Durant Day Parade & Festival is scheduled to be held on Aug. 17 at Goodwin Park, 311 68th Place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The day will celebrate the accomplishments of local NBA Superstar and Champion Kevin Durant. There will be a parade followed by a music festival with performances by artist of various genres for all ages. There will be food and product vendors available. The event is free.

Washington, D.C.

Independence Avenue at 7th Street, SW Summer Evenings at the Hirshhorn Museum

On Aug. 17 and every Thursday evening in August, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Independence Avenue at Seventh Street, SW, transforms into the city’s most refreshing destination for dynamic art, after-work drinks, and thought-provoking conversation. Explore bold new exhibitions by renowned artists Ai Weiwei, Yoko Ono,

and Markus Lüpertz, enjoy special tours of masterpieces of contemporary art, or just lounge by the fountain with friends.

No two nights are alike, with different pop-up activities and live performances every Thursday. The event is free and all ages welcome.

651 Florida Ave, NW Halfsmoke Hosts Lessons from the ‘Game’ Book Launch & Signing

On Aug. 18, Malcolm Lemmons’ first book, Lessons from the Game, from 6:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m. at Halfsmoke Restaurant, 651 Florida Ave, NW. Attendees will be able to meet Lemmons, who is currently a free-agent in the NBA, and get a copy of his book and have it signed. Music will be provided by DJ Wink NYC and there will also be food and drinks. Proceeds will be donated to SOUL Programs, a sports-based youth development program that collaborates with D.C. Public Schools and other communitybased organizations to provide academic, athletic, and professional enrichment opportunities for low-income D.C. youth.

Chuck Brown Memorial Park, 20th and Franklin, NE 3rd Annual Chuck Brown Day

CHURCH EVENTS

D.C.-area residents will remember Chuck Brown at the 3rd Annual Chuck Clinton, Md. Brown Day at Chuck Brown 7431 Old Alexandria Ferry Rd Memorial Park, 20th and Key To Life Global Ministries ‘New Me’ Women’s Conference Franklin, NE on Aug. 19 Key To Life Global Ministries is scheduled to host a three-day “New Me” Women’s from 3 p.m.-7p.m. Join the Conference from Aug.18-Aug. 20 at 7431 Old Alexandria Ferry Rd. The event is free and will We Are One Tribute Band, feature topical sessions that focus on forgiveness, sisterhood, healing and encouragement. For EU feat. Sugar Bear and more information, call 240-754-7265 or email keytolifeglobalministries@gmail.com. closing out the day is the Chuck Brown Band crankin’ all of the Chuck favorites.

Vienna, Va. The free event is being 450 Orchard St, NW hosted by Chris Paul and First Baptist Church of Vienna Homecoming Family & Friends Day will include food trucks on On Aug. 19 and 20, First Baptist Church of Vienna, located on 450 Orchard St, NW is scheduled site, a kids’ activities area, to host a Homecoming Family and Friends Day weekend. The two-day event is slated to begin with and The Chuck Brown a family forum, where attendees and guest host, Lisa Durden, will discuss race, faith, family and Foundation will be giving politics. Youth attendees will cover topics on internet safety and self-esteem. The Sunday worship out free backpacks for the service will be followed by a cookout with amusements and games. Admission is free. For more kids. information, visit fbcv.org.

Washingtonians Remember the Godfather of Go-Go Music

By Shantella Y. Sherman Special to the AFRO ssherman@afro.com The love and respect Washingtonians continue to have for legendary Go-Go artist and founder Chuck Brown shows most in the indelible footprint of his music and mentorship on both the music industry and the city. In celebration of the 3rd Annual Chuck Brown Day, which is scheduled for Aug. 19, the D.C. Public Library hosted a series of workshops and screenings, including the panel discussion, “GoGo, As D.C. History,” where lovers of his sound gathered to remember his artistry.

Held Aug. 15 at the Woodridge Neighborhood Library in Northeast D.C., Chuck Brown music journalist Marcus Dowling moderated the panel that explored five iconic Go-Go songs and the role Chuck Brown played in expanding the genre, connecting communities and inspiring new Go-Go artists.

In support of the D.C. Public Library’s mission to collect, preserve and provide access to materials that document the history and culture of the district, the Chuck Brown/Go-Go music archive was established in 2012. This archive aims to tell Brown’s story, the story of Go-Go and the impact both had on American music.

“We have to keep ‘true’ D.C. history -- which is the people, the music, the stuff that is disappearing out of each neighborhood – alive. And for many Black people, Chuck Brown was the ambassador of a good time,” Abraham Sully, one of the audience members told the AFRO. “We were fighting for the respect of decent jobs, housing, voting rights, and schools, so when we laid claim to people, like Chuck Brown, we held on for dear life.”

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Richard and Lillie Jessie

Laronna Colbert and DeGloria Hallman

Bowie State University President Aminta Hawkins Breaux and Antonice Jackson, AFRO volunteer

Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker presents a Proclamation to the AfroAmerican Newspapers

Ibrahim Mumin, Dr. Myrtle Bowen, LaTrina Antoine , AFRO D.C. editor and Carol Mumin

D.C.-area friends of the AFRO

On Aug. 12, the AFRO celebrated its 125th anniversary with a gala at Martin’s Crosswinds in Greenbelt, Md. The gala attracted hundreds of residents from the D.C. and Baltimore areas for a night of history, gratitude, dancing and food.

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Annette Palmer, Sylvia Cyrus and Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Powell

Barbara Blount-Armstrong, AFRO publisher Jake Oliver, Salome, Daphne Maxwell Reid and Tim Reid

Charlene McCargo, Aelena Davis, Miss DC USA 2017 Ryann Richandson, Miss US International 2017 Shanel James, Denese Powell and Dyra Johnson

Edgar Brookins, Miss DC USA 2017 Ryann Richandson, Lt. Col. Dexter Brookins and Miss US International 2017 Shanel James

Alicia Wilson, Myshala Middleton and Patricia Dowtin

Cliftine Jones, Blake Hopkins, sang “The Impossible Dream” and his mother, Frances Hopkins

Margot Shetterly, author of Hidden Figures, interviewed by AFRO writer Micha Green

Renee Allen, Jim Watkins and Peggy Morris

Gala honorees: Jeff Ballou, president of the National Press Club and Maureen Bunyan, who was also a co-emcee Co-emcee Robert Wallace, CEO and president of BITHGROUP

LaTrina Antoine (AFRO D.C. Editor) and Edgar Brookings (D.C. AFRO General Manager) Donald Baker, Dwayne Sims and Ronald Baker

Angie Gates; Edna Cumminngs; Taylor Thomas, WHUR Radio; Jim Watkins, general manager, WHUR Radio; Gwen Howze; Joe Howze; Lt. Col. Dexter Brookins and Deidre Windsor

Faye Hyslop and Andrea Lynne Young

Dr. Michelle Hawkins, Maj. Gen.(Ret.) George Alexander and Rev. Dr. E. Gail Anderson

Claudette Perry; Ben Chavis, president, NNPA and his daughter, Ana Chavis

D.C.-area Deltas

Photos by Rob Roberts, Anderson Ward, James Fields Sr. and DeVone Marshall

August 19, 2017 - August 25, 2017, The Afro-American

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Kellee Stewart on ‘Midnight Texas’ and How She Almost Quit Acting

By Nadine Matthews Special to the AFRO As my phone interview with the effervescent Kellee Stewart commences, she mentions there is a rainstorm raging outside.

I am taken aback by the image of such an unlikely atmospheric disturbance assaulting Los Angeles until she explains that she is in a town right outside of Philadelphia with the unconventional name King of Prussia.

Named for a colonial era bed and breakfast, King of Prussia boasts the second largest mall in the US. Stewart has departed the sunnier climes of Los Angeles to come home and visit the folks. She says, “You know when you get a free moment you need to come to the East Coast and hug up on the people who made it possible for you to be on the West Coast. We are extremely, extremely close, especially my mother. We really truly are the best of friends.”

In short order, it becomes clear that she is not overstating.

The appearance of a mouse during her morning shower in her New York City apartment fifteen years ago as impetus, Stewart finally made the oft-considered moved to Los Angeles. At the time, fitfully making the best of sleeping on a friend’s couch, she often called her mother to share her challenges.

One day, not long after finishing one of these conversations, she got a surprise second call from her Mom who she affectionately calls, “Mama Stew”.

She recalls, “She said ‘I need you to find the corner of Beverly and Pico, there’s a Marriott Residence Inn there and I put you up there

Kellee Stewart is one of the stars of NBC’s ‘Midnight Texas.’

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for thirty days in a room with a kitchenette.’”

At this point emotion cracks Stewart’s voice.

“She said, ‘You have thirty days to get a job and you’re gonna do it’. I booked my first pilot on the twenty-eighth day. I made enough for a down payment for an apartment in Los Angeles and it was all because of her.”

The SUNY Purchase graduate is perhaps best known for her role in the sitcom “The Soul Man” starring Cedric the Entertainer (“The Kings of Comedy”) and Niecey Nash (“Claws”). Her admiration for both is evident.

“I played the sister of Niecey Nash. If you see me on social media or you see her on social

International Film Festival Explores African Diaspora There are motherland figures prominently in the festival’s offerings, too.

The award-winning documentary “Mama More than a dozen independent movies Africa: Miriam Makeba” is scheduled to about people with African roots are scheduled be screened at the film festival and start a to take center stage in Washington D.C. theatrical run in Baltimore on Aug. 18. over the weekend at the African Diaspora Makeba was a famous South African singer International Film Festival. and civil rights activist who used her music to The festival, scheduled from Aug. 18 battle apartheid. Not only did Makeba enjoy through Aug. 20, commences at The George a successful career in the United States and Washington University’s Marvin Center, record songs with Nina Simone and Dizzy 800 21st Street NW. Gillespie, but she also Languages represented fought for Black civil in the movies include rights and married Spanish, Portuguese, Stokely Carmichael, French and Arabic. a leader of the Black The traveling Panther Party. festival started in “Independência” New York in 1993 (Independence) and also makes stops chronicles Angola’s in Chicago and Paris. attempts to wrest It is celebrating its itself from Portuguese 11th anniversary colonial rule in the in the District and 1960s and 1970s. offers a lineup of 14 Pointing to popular movies — 11 that will demand, organizers premiere here for the have brought first time. back “Toussaint One such film L’Ouverture.” The is “Gurumbe: flick chronicles Afro-Andalusian how L’Ouverture Courtesy photo Memories,” which is a deployed his military musical documentary A documentary about South African expertise to lead his singer Miriam Makeba (pictured) is one that explores 16th fellow Haitians in of the films that will be screened at the century Africans in overthrowing French upcoming African Diaspora International Spain and their littlecolonial rule, thus Film Festival in D.C. known contributions ending slavery on the to Flamenco dance. island.

“Africans in part have been around …

And the festival’s themes are varied. for quite some time in what is known as “The Naked Poet” by Jason Barrett tells the Spain today — Black folks were there for story of a Black man living in London who is eight centuries,” Reinaldo Spech, the fest’s torn with the possibility of loving two women. cofounder, told the AFRO. “This is not new, Closer to home, the documentary “Not but this has not been … central information Black Enough” features Black Americans who when we talk about those cultures. We know are rejected from Black society for not fitting why.” He was born in Cuba and created the into a narrow definition of blackness. A Q & A festival with his French wife, Diarah N’Dawsession follows the movie.

Spech.

The Spechs say the aim of the festival Two other films will center on Afro-Latino is showing films that educate, help destroy themes as well. One is “El Valle De Los stereotypes and end attitudes that support Negros” (The Valley of Black Descendants), injustice. which focuses on the descendants of enslaved “We look for films in many directions and Africans organizing the first census in Chile we try to create a program that is not only that counts them. thought provoking, but also entertaining in a The other is “Invisible Roots: Afrocertain way,” Spech said. “At the end of the Mexicans in Southern California,” which festival, I want people to come out thinking details the plight of Mexican-African about the richness of the experience of people descendants who emigrated to Southern of color, and that the differences do not make California. us enemies.”

By Lenore T. Adkins Special to the Afro

media we have become spiritual sisters. We’re super close and our families are close. And Cedric is a comedic genius.”

Stewart has just embarked on her newest adventure as part of the cast of NBC’s new series “Midnight Texas,” based on the books

by Charlaine Harris. Harris has already had another book series adapted to television; HBO’s “True Blood.” Showrunner Monica Breen, whose credits include “Lost,” “Charmed” and “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D” in an interview for screenertv.com, described “Midnight Texas” as “riding the tones of horror and action and romance and humor.”

Her voice a fountain of enthusiasm Stewart, walked through the process of landing the role.

She says, “I actually auditioned for the role of Fiji. That’s what I tested for. The following day, NBC called and said Monica wants to talk to you about a different role and it was the role of Madonna.” After the meeting Breen was emphatic, telling the actress ‘You are my

Madonna. I already know by your energy’.”

The role meant even more to Stewart who had been trying to break out of what she calls the “BBF trope”. That is, being typecast as the “Black Best Friend”. “Where Madonna is going” she says, “is awesome.” Stewart starts to paint a portrait of an increasingly complex character explaining, “ [Breen] is giving me a chance to kick some major butt. Madonna isn’t just a cook. There is much more to tell.”

Albuquerque, New Mexico is the standin location for the town of Midnight Texas where the show is set. Stewart thinks the region is fitting for the type of stories and themes that will come to epitomize the series.

“Albuquerque lends itself to the spirit of the show. It really serves the world of Midnight because Midnight is a place where outsiders are always welcome. Even if you’re an outsider you fit in.”

Breaking fairly new ground by having a diverse cast with multi-racial lead Parisa Fitz-Henley (Luke Cage), Midnight Texas is similar to most good fantasy-based dramas in that it is rife with metaphors that do the dirty work of engaging with the harder social issues.

Stewart reasons, “The world of Midnight is these mysteriously strange beings who don’t conform. They’re protecting their world and their right to be different thru the narrative of vampires and witches and ghosts.”

Her passion for the subject matter evident, she goes on, “What I love about Midnight is that the underlying message is we’re all different but we all inhabit this world and we have to protect our right to be different and not let somebody take that right away from us.

That’s their mission of the Midnighters, that’s their goal. And it’s all from a place of love so the vampires shifting shouldn’t scare you it should just show you there’s a different way to relate to each other.”

“Midnight Texas” airs Mondays 10/9c on NBC.

AFRO’s Baltimore Black Restaurant Review

Sunset Raw Juice Bar Serves Up Freshness in Owings Mills

By Erika Brooks Special to the AFRO

tried at home to make sure it tasted right.

“We also sent the recipes in our heads to a professional chief in LA, who made sure all of our proportions were right because we wanted to make sure that our customers were getting the proper nutrients from each fruit, not just flavor,” Sheppard said.

Sunset Raw juice bar also offers cleanse packages ranging from three to five days, where customers follow the Sheppard’s healthy regimen at home.

Some of the shots offered are antiinflammation shoots, wheatgrass shoots and

African-Americans often develop heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes due to a combination. This can be the result of poor eating habit or genetics.

One recently opened business is catering to those who are changing their dietary habits. Sunset Raw Juice Bar, in Owings Mills, Md., specializes in acai bowls, smoothies, wellness shots and cold-press juices.

The bar is owned by Gerrard Sheppard, a former Ravens player, and his family. Shanae Sheppard, one of the owners, told the AFRO, “My family and I have been juicing since 2011.” Sheppard, a vegetarian who recently became a vegan, could never find a place that specialized in healthy foods Courtesy photo so she and her The Extravaganza Acai Bowl is one of many dishes served at family began to Sunset Raw Juice Bar in Owings Mills juice. While the family loved to juice at home, they found glow shots, which contains aloe vera. The that cutting the fruit and vegetables, juicing anti-inflammation shot is meant to knock out it and cleaning up was too time consuming any mucus in the chest and nasal cavities. and costly.

“If you have a cold, flu or even sinuses, The Sheppard family, which has lived in as you drink it, by the next day, you feel Owings Mills for decades, decided to invest everything start to clear up,” Sheppard said. in their own community. Everything in the The glow shot aims to promote healthy bar is fresh and all natural, which means no skin and nails. The aloe vera shot is added sugars or preservatives. “We take the designed to hydrate the body. fruit from the ground, from the tree and we The prices range from $4.95 for shoots to press it and bottle it up for our customers,” $12.45 for the acai bowls. Frozen shots are Sheppard said. also available for $1.50.

The Sheppard’s use local farmers to help The Sunset Juice Bar is open from 8 a.m. serve up their healthy delights, including to 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday and Coastal Produce who specializes in organic from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sundays. The bar products. Everything on the menu from the is located at 10160 Reisterstown Rd, Suite smoothies to the acai bowls, the family first 20 in Owings Mills.

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REPRESENTATIVES SCOTT CLARKSON 2011 CA 004013 L(RP) CHARLOTTE CANTY THE UNKNOWN DEVISEES, OF Clarkson) (Heir ALIENEES, OF ESTATE OF real (Heir ANGELA CLARKSON of Bertha HallClarkson) Wade) theTHE above REPRESENTATIVES (Heir of Wesley 3109 South Street, NW OFdescribed of Wesley (Action Involving (Heir of Bessie Canty) DEVISEES, AIRLINE MECHANIC And LEGATEES, WILLIE CYRUS HEIRS, EUGENE Wesley Clarkson) 501 Forty-fifth Street, propertyW. to ALSTON appear in this (Heir OFof HENRY CLARKSON, 1205 Somerset Road Washington, DC 20007 VIRGINIA CLARKSON, 7134 Bluff Wood Real Property) Address Unknown LEGATEES, ASSIGNEES, CLARKSON, SUCCESSORS, 3012 Roberts Court #C Address Unknown NE,Raleigh, Washington, DC Court on or before the 4th DECEASED NC 27610 TRAINING – Get DECEASED Charlotte, NC 28212 Calendar 18 THE DISTRICT OF ALIENEES, DECEASED PERSONAL High Point, NC 27260 day ofASSIGNEES, October, 2017, and Address Unknown And OR 20019 Address Unknown Magistrate FAA certification to fix HEIRS, And ALIENEES, COLUMBIA SUCCESSORS, Address Unknown REPRESENTATIVES And redeem the real property And And Judge Raymond HEIRS, Serve: Mayor of the And planes. Financial Aid if OR PERSONAL OF And THE DISTRICT b y p aSUCCESSORS, yment of And OF And YVONNE CANTY OR PERSONAL District of Columbia REPRESENTATIVES And EDNA E. DRAYTON, $12,434.63, together with ELIZABETH ROGER CLARKSON COLUMBIA KENNETH CLARKSON CLARKSON qualified. Approved for JOSE A. 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Official Code CHARLTON VIRGINIA CLARKSON, 7134 Bluff Wood Serve: Attorney General ALIENEES, CLARKSON ASSIGNEES, HEIRS, SUCCESSORS, ASSIGNEES, Attn: Darlene Fields ALIENEES, OF ASSIGNEES, Address Unknown HMTR LLC §§ 47-1361 through 1377, DECEASED Charlotte, NC 28212 of I, the HEIRS, SUCCESSORS, Address Unknown ALIENEES, OR PERSONAL ALIENEES, 441 4th Street, NW HEIRS, WESLEY CLARKSON, ALIENEES, 940 Centre Circle, et OR seq., or answer the And Address Unknown EARN $500 A DAY: District of Columbia PERSONAL HEIRS, SUCCESSORS, REPRESENTATIVES HEIRS, SUCCESSORS, Washington, 20001 SUCCESSORS, HEIRS, SUCCESSORS, AndREPRESENTATIVES 2005Fields Amended Complaint, or, And DECEASED And TYPESET: TueDC Aug 15 16:44:01 Attn:Suite Darlene Lincoln Heritage OR OFa2017 OREDT PERSONAL ORPERSONAL PERSONAL Address Unknown OR4th PERSONAL CLARKSON Alamonte Springs, FL thereafter, final judg- ROGER And 441 Street, NW OF REPRESENTATIVES EDWARD CLARKSON, REPRESENTATIVES Life Insurance Wants And REPRESENTATIVES REPRESENTATIVES THE UNKNOWN of Wesley Clarkson) 32714 ment will be entered fore- (Heir KENNETH Washington, DC 20001 SAMUEL CLARKSON UNKNOWN OFCLARKSON AndTHE Address Unknown OF OF FRANK CLARKSON, DECEASED OF JULIA CLARKSON, BESSIE CANTY, DEVISEES, Crenshaw Blvd, closing the right of re- 7815 SAMUEL CLARKSON Address Unknown Insurance Agents* Address Unknown DEVISEES, BERTHA HALL WADE, IN DECEASED THE SUPERIOR DECEASED All Unknown Owners of DECEASED LEGATEES, Apt. 5Unknown And demption in the real Address And DECEASED LEGATEES, KIMBERLY THOMAS And Leads, No Cold Address Unknown COURT Address the Property described And Address Unknown ASSIGNEES, Angeles, CA 90043 property andUnknown vesting in the Los And ASSIGNEES, Address Unknown (Heir of Wesley Clarkson) OF THE DISTRICT below, their Heirs,OF PerCalls*Commissions ALIENEES, JOAQUIN PANIAGUA Plaintiff a title in fee sim- And All Unknown Owners of ALIENEES, Address Unknown CHERYLL ALSTON And COLUMBIA And sonal Representatives, HEIRS, And SUCCESSORS, And c/o ple.

KEITH CLARKSON the Property described WILLIE CYRUS HEIRS, Paid Daily*Agency And GUICE, CIVIL DIVISION Executors, AdministraORCLARKSON PERSONAL Ernest C. Raskauskas, THE UNKNOWN Address Unknown below, their Heirs, PerAnd SUCCESSORS, PERSONAL Training*Life Insurance WILLIAM THE UNKNOWN THE UNKNOWN Civil Action No. tors, Grantees, Assigns or REPRESENTATIVES CHARLTON SCOTT CLARKSON Jr., Esq. Magistrate Judge Renee DEVISEES, sonal Representatives, Address Unknown OR PERSONAL MARY FRANCES WADE REPRESENTATIVE DEVISEES, DEVISEES, 2011 CA 004013 L(RP) Successors in Right, Title, CANTY OF (Heir of Wesley Clarkson) 3109 South Street, NW Raymond Required. Call 1-888LEGATEES, And of Executors, AdministraREPRESENTATIVES (Heir Bertha Hall Wade) ANGELA CLARKSON OF THE ESTATE OF LEGATEES, LEGATEES, (Action Involving Interest, and Any and all And (Heir of Bessie Canty) VIRGINIA CLARKSON, 7134 Bluff Wood Washington, DC 20007 or (Signed in chambers) (Heir ASSIGNEES, tors, Grantees, Assigns OF 713-6020 501 Forty-fifth Street, of Wesley Clarkson) EUGENE W. ALSTON ASSIGNEES, pAddress eASSIGNEES, rReal s o n sProperty) having or Unknown DECEASED Charlotte, NC 28212 ALIENEES, CHARLTON CLARKSON Successors in Right,DC Title, EMMA RICHBURG, NE, Washington, Address Unknown Roberts Court #C ALIENEES, ALIENEES, Calendar 18any inter- 3012 claiming to have Address Unknown HEIRS, SUCCESSORS, And Address Unknown Interest, and Any and all THE UNKNOWN DECEASED 20019 High Point, NC 27260 HEIRS, HEIRS, Magistrate est inSUCCESSORS, the leasehold or fee And And OR PERSONAL 07/7,DEVISEES, 07/21, p e r s o n s h a v i n g or Address Unknown And OR PERSONAL REAL ESTATE Judge simple in Raymond the property and And SUCCESSORS, THE DISTRICT OFinterREPRESENTATIVES And claiming to have any LEGATEES, And REPRESENTATIVES OR PERSONAL premises situate, lying And ASSIGNEES, JOSEPH CANTY KENNETH CLARKSON COLUMBIA OF FOR SALE OF est in the leasehold or fee And ELIZABETH CLARKSON JULIA CLARKSON, REPRESENTATIVES JOSE A. and being in the District of SAMUEL (Heir of DIAZ-ASPER Bessie Canty) CLARKSON Address Unknown Mayor of the DisSAMUEL CLARKSON THE UNKNOWN simple inFINANCIAL, the property and ALIENEES, AEON LLC (Heir of Wesley Clarkson) Serve: THE UNKNOWN DECEASED OF BESSIE CANTY, 2803 Olive Avenue NW as: Columbia described Address Unknown Address Unknown trict of Columbia Address Unknown DEVISEES, premises situate, lying HEIRS, THE UNKNOWN Delaware New Move-In Washington, Serve: CT Corporation 1205 Somerset Road DEVISEES, Address 0069 Unknown DECEASED DC 20007 Square Lot 0829.

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Washington, DC 20007 7134 Bluff Wood VIRGINIACLARKSON, CLARKSON, 13317 Drews Lane Address Unknown REPRESENTATIVES which property may also And DECEASED EMMA RICHBURG, Successors in Right, Title, Address Unknown REPRESENTATIVES ASSIGNEES, HEIRS, SUCCESSORS, property was sold by the Charlotte, NC 28212 DECEASED Potomac, MD 20854 Call today 410-212-0616 OF be known as a2017 lot comprisTHE UNKNOWN DECEASED Interest, andthe Any and allof OFDistrict ALIENEES, Address Unknown OR PERSONAL Mayor TYPESET: Tue Aug 15 16:44:01 EDT And of Address Unknown And YVONNE CANTY EDWARD CLARKSON, ing partSUCCESSORS, of a wall located DEVISEES, Address Unknown pColumbia e r sEDNA o n s to hE.athe vDRAYTON, i nPlaintiff g o r in And Ask for Multi-Media HEIRS, REPRESENTATIVES And And (Heir of Bessie Canty) DECEASED between improved real LEGATEES, claiming to have any interDECEASED OR PERSONAL DISTRICT OF And Address Unknown Specialist -Wanda & thisinTHE action.The Amended Address Unknown OF JOSEPH CANTY properties known as 1333 And ASSIGNEES, And est theCOLUMBIA leasehold or fee THE HALL UNKNOWN (Heir of Emma REPRESENTATIVES KENNETH CLARKSON Complaint states, among BERTHA WADE, KURT OLSEN, (Heir of Bessie Canty) IN THE SUPERIOR watch your results grow. OF 22nd StreetCLARKSON, NW and 1335 ALIENEES, simple in the property DEVISEES, Richburg) JULIA Serve: things, Mayor ofthat theand DisAddress Unknown SAMUEL CLARKSON other the And KIMBERLY THOMAS DECEASED TRUSTEE COURTOF THE 2Address 2nd S Unknown t r e e t , N W i n And HEIRS, THE UNKNOWN premises situate, lying LEGATEES, Address Unknown DECEASED trict of Columbia Address Unknown amounts neccessary for of Wesley Clarkson) Address Unknown DEBRA M. OLSEN OF THE DISTRICT OF Washington, D.C., which (Heir SUCCESSORS, DEVISEES, and being in the District of ASSIGNEES, Address Unknown Vincent Gray And redemption have not been CHERYLL ALSTON Address Unknown GIFT TRUST 2012 SAVE loads of money And UNKNOWN COLUMBIA property was sold by the AndORTHE PERSONAL LEGATEES, Columbia described as: ALIENEES, And Attn: Accordingly, Office of the paid. isSecthis And ASSIGNEES, 13317 Drews Lane DEVISEES, CIVIL DIVISION Mayor GUICE, of the District of REPRESENTATIVES Square 0302 Lot it0071. with your advertising HEIRS, And retary KEITH CLARKSON 25th also day be of known July, 2017, PERSONAL Potomac, MDNo. 20854 CHARLOTTE CANTY Civil Action Columbia to the Plaintiff in And THELEGATEES, OF ALIENEES, May as SUCCESSORS, THE UNKNOWN BUDGETS; CON1350 Pennsylvania AveAddress Unknown UNKNOWN hereby ORDERED by the REPRESENTATIVE MARY FRANCES WADE (Heir of Bessie Canty) ASSIGNEES, 2011 CA 004013 L(RP) thisTHE action.

WILLIE CYRUS HEIRS, 2230 1/2 11th Street, NW, PERSONAL DEVISEES, UNKNOWN nue, N.W., DEVISEES, Superior Court of#419 the DisOF THE ESTATE OF ANGELA CLARKSON (Heir ofOR Bertha Hall Wade) Washington, Substitute Plaintiffs Address Unknown ALIENEES, NECT with the Multi(Action Involving The Amended Complaint CLARKSON, SUCCESSORS, D.C. REPRESENTATIVES LEGATEES, DEVISEES, Washington, DC 20001 And LEGATEES, trict of Columbia, that noEUGENE W. ALSTON of Wesley Clarkson) 501 Street, HEIRS, SUCCESSORS, RealSpecialists Property) of states, among other (Heir DECEASED ORForty-fifth PERSONAL OF ASSIGNEES, LEGATEES, Media ASSIGNEES, tice be given by the inser3012 Roberts Court #C Address Unknown NE, Washington, DC vs Calendar 18 And OR PERSONAL things, that the amounts Address Unknown REPRESENTATIVES Defendants WESLEY CLARKSON, ALIENEES, ASSIGNEES, Serve: Attorney General CHARLTON CLARKSON ALIENEES, the MDDC Advertising tion of a copy of this order High Point, NC 27260 20019 REPRESENTATIVES Magistrate necessary for redemption HEIRS, OFUnknown DECEASED SUCCESSORS, ALIENEES, of the Address SUCCESSORS, in HEIRS, the Washington AfroAnd FRITS JACOBSE YVONNE CANTY OF Networks; GET Bulk Judge Raymond have not been paid.

And EDNA E. DRAYTON, AMENDED ORDER Address Unknown OR PERSONAL HEIRS, District of OR PERSONAL American, a Columbia newspaper And LEVITAN (Heir of BessieitCanty) EDWARD CLARKSON, And DECEASED Accordingly, is this 12th OF PUBLICATION REPRESENTATIVES SUCCESSORS, Advertising OpporTYPESET: Tue Aug 15 16:44:01 EDT 2017 Attn:aDarlene And REPRESENTATIVES having generalFields circulaCLARKSON Unknown Address Unknown JOSE Address A. DIAZ-ASPER day of June, 2017, hereby ELIZABETH THE DECEASED UNKNOWN (Heir of Emma Intion accordance withNW D.C. OR PERSONAL 441 OF Clarkson) in 4th theStreet, District of THE UNKNOWN of Wesley AEONRichburg) FINANCIAL, LLC tunities 2803 Olive NOW;CALL Avenue NW ORDERED by the Super- (Heir DEVISEES, Code §47-1345, the REPRESENTATIVES Washington, DC 20001 THE UNKNOWN SAMUEL CLARKSON Columbia, once a week DEVISEES, 1205 Somerset Road Serve: CT Corporation Address Unknown And OF And And Washington, DC 20007 of the District of TODAY; With One Call; ior LEGATEES, Address Unknown object of this proceeding OFCourt BESSIE CANTY, DEVISEES, AddressNC Unknown forBERTHA three (3)HALL successive Raleigh, 27610 System , Registered WADE, IN LEGATEES, THE SUPERIOR PLAINTIFF Columbia, that service ASSIGNEES, isweeks, to secure the forecloDECEASED With One Ad PlaceAnd LEGATEES, notifying all perASSIGNEES, Agent And ALIENEES, KIMBERLY THOMAS DECEASED THE UNKNOWN COURT UNKNOWN PERSONAL upon Defendants And sure of the right of real reAddress Unknown Frits And ASSIGNEES, And sons interested in the ALIENEES, 1015 15th Street, NW, (Heir of Wesley Clarkson) Address Unknown DEVISEES, & One Bill; You’ll OF REPRESENTATIVE THE DISTRICT Jacobse Levitan, theOF UnHEIRS, vs ment demption in the Owners real above prop-of All Unknown ALIENEES, property described HEIRS, SUCCESSORS, Suite 1000 CHERYLL ALSTON Address Unknown LEGATEES, OF THE OF COLUMBIA known Personal RepreSUCCESSORS, THE UNKNOWN erty described as Square And Reach the ESTATE Entire Midthe Property HEIRS, WILLIE CYRUS to appear in thisdescribed Court by OR PERSONAL CLARKSON Washington, DC 20005 GUICE, And ASSIGNEES, THOMAS J. LANE, JR. CIVIL DIVISION sentative of the Estate of HAMPTON ORCLARKSON PERSONAL DEVISEES, 0302, Lot 0071, which THE UNKNOWN below, their Heirs, PerAtlantic Region; Call the 11th day of October, REPRESENTATIVES of PERSONAL Wesley Clarkson) AndSUCCESSORS, ALIENEES, Address Unknown Civil Action Thomas J.CHARLTON Lane,No. Jr., and (Heir REPRESENTATIVES LEGATEES, may also be known as DEVISEES, WILLIAM sonal Representatives, OR PERSONAL Address Unknown 2017, and redeem the real OF HENRY CLARKSON, 1205 Somerset Road And REPRESENTATIVE MARY FRANCES WADE HEIRS, SUCCESSORS, 1⁄2 11th Street, 410-212-0616 2011Unknown CA 004013 L(RP) the Heirs and OF ASSIGNEES, NW,of 2230 LEGATEES, CANTY Executors, AdministraREPRESENTATIVES property by payment DECEASED Raleigh, NC 27610 OF THE ESTATE OF ANGELA CLARKSON (Heir of Bertha Hall Wade) OR PERSONAL AndASSIGNEES, (Action Involving Legatees of Thomas J. WESLEY CLARKSON, ALIENEES, Washington, DC, which (Heir of Bessie Canty) tors, Grantees, Assigns or OF And $4,934.72, together with Address Unknown I, LLC EUGENE W. ALSTON (HeirHMTR ofSUCCESSORS, Wesley Clarkson) property 501 Forty-fifth Street, REPRESENTATIVES Real Lane, Jr.,Property) be made by DECEASED HEIRS, was in sold

by Title, the ALIENEES, Address Unknown Successors Right, EMMA RICHBURG, interest from the date the 940 Centre Circle, 3012 Roberts Court #C Address Unknown NE,ofWashington, DC Place a business card ad OF UNKNOWN HEIRS Calendar 18 of this And insertion of a copy Address Unknown OR PERSONAL Mayor the Any District ofall HEIRS, SUCCESSORS, Interest, and and DECEASED THE UNKNOWN real property tax certifAnd Suite 2005 High Point, NC 27260 20019 EDWARD CLARKSON, AND Small inOR thePERSONAL Regional o r d e rMagistrate in The Afro REPRESENTATIVES Columbia And p e r s owas n sto the hpurchased; a vPlaintiff i n g oin r AddressSprings, Unknown DEVISEES, icate ROGER CLARKSON Alamonte FL And DECEASED LEGATEES OF Judge Newspaper Raymond and American REPRESENTATIVES Display 2x2/2x4 Adverclaiming to have any interLEGATEES, court costs; reasonable THE UNKNOWN (Heir of Wesley Clarkson) 32714 And And THOMAS J. LANE, JR. theJOSEPH Daily Washington Law OF FRANK CLARKSON, CANTY est in the leasehold or fee And fees; expenses DEVISEES, 7815ASSIGNEES, Crenshaw Blvd, ELIZABETH CLARKSON attorney’s tising Network - Reach JOSE Address Unknown A. DIAZ-ASPER Reporter, newspapers DECEASED (HeirLEGATEES, of Bessie Canty) simple the and ALIENEES, theproperty publication Apt. 5 And THE UNKNOWN (Heir of Wesley Clarkson) incurred AEONinin FINANCIAL, LLC Olive Avenue NW having a general circulaAddress Unknown 3.6 Million readers with 2803 Address Unknown premises situate, lying THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, and service of process; ASSIGNEES, Los Angeles, CA 90043 DEVISEES, 1205 Somerset Road Serve: CT Corporation And Washington, DCDistrict 20007 of tion in the and being the ofd DEVISEES, SUCCESSORS, just one call, one bill and amounts ALIENEES, JOAQUIN PANIAGUA LEGATEES, Raleigh, NC 27610 S y sall t eother m ,in R e gDistrict i s t e r ein PLAINTIFF Columbia, twice a month And And Columbia as: LEGATEES, OR PERSONAL accordance with the proviHEIRS, SUCCESSORS, c/o ASSIGNEES, Agent described LP and one22nd ad placement for three consecutive And ASSIGNEES, Square 0302 Lot 0071.

REPRESENTATIVES sions of D. C. Official OR PERSONAL Ernest C. Raskauskas, ALIENEES, And 1015 15th Street, NW, 2401 months, notifying any and vs CHARLOTTE CANTY THE Cedarwood UNKNOWN Drive ALIENEES, May §§ also be 1000 known as OF Code 47-1361 through REPRESENTATIVES SCOTTSUCCESSORS, CLARKSON Jr., Esq. HEIRS, Suite Bloomington, IN 47401 all persons interested (Heir of Bessie Canty) in (Heir WILLIE DEVISEES, HEIRS, 2230 1/2 11th Street, NW, CYRUS 1377, et seq., or OF of Wesley Clarkson) 3109 South Street, NW OR PERSONAL HAMPTON CLARKSON Washington, DCanswer 20005 the above described real THE UNKNOWN Address Unknown LEGATEES, SUCCESSORS, Washington, CLARKSON, the Amended D.C. Complaint, VIRGINIA CLARKSON, 7134 Bluff Wood Washington, DCClarkson) 20007 REPRESENTATIVES (Heir of Wesley AndASSIGNEES, property to appear in this DEVISEES, OR Somerset PERSONAL DECEASED or, thereafter, a final judgDECEASED Charlotte, NC 28212 HENRY CLARKSON, 1205 Road And Court on or before the 4th OF LEGATEES, And ALIENEES, REPRESENTATIVES Defendants Address Unknown ment will be entered foreAddress Unknown And DECEASED Raleigh, NC 27610

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OF COLUMBIA CIVIL DIVISION Civil Action No. 2012 CA 006633 L(RP) (Action Involving Real Property)

25th day of July, 2017, hereby ORDERED by the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, that notice be given by the insertion of a copy of this order in the Washington AfroAmerican, a newspaper having a general circulation in the District of Columbia, once a week for three (3) successive weeks, notifying all persons interested in the real property described above to appear in this Court by the 11th day of October, 2017, and redeem the real property by payment of $4,934.72, together with interest from the date the real property tax certificate was purchased; court costs; reasonable attorney’s fees; expenses incurred in the publication and service of process; and all other amounts in accordance with the provisions of D. C. Official Code §§ 47-1361 through 1377, et seq., or answer the Amended Complaint, or, thereafter, a final judgment will be entered foreclosing the right of redemption in the real property and vesting in the Plaintiff a title in fee simple.

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HMTR I,ORDER LLC AMENDED 940PUBLICATION Centre Circle, OF Suite 2005 In accordance with D.C. Alamonte Springs,the FL Code §47-1345, 32714 of this proceeding object is to secure the forecloAnd of the right of resure demption in the real propJOAQUIN PANIAGUA erty described as Square 0302, Lot c/o 0071, which Ernest may alsoC. beRaskauskas, known as Jr., Esq. Street, NW, 2230 1⁄2 11th 3109 South Street, NW Washington, DC, which Washington, DC 20007 property was sold by the Mayor of the District of And Columbia to the Plaintiff in this action.The Amended THE DISTRICT OF Complaint states, among COLUMBIA other things, that the Serve: Mayor of the amounts neccessary Disfor trict of have Columbia redemption not been Rates Vincent Gray paid. Accordingly, it is this Magistrate Judge Renee Attn: day Office the2017, SecEffective October 1, 2008 25th of of July, Raymond retary by the hereby ORDERED (Signed in chambers) 1350 Pennsylvania Tue Aug 15 16:46:10 EDT 2017 Superior Court of the AveDis- TYPESET: N.W., #419 trict ofnue, Columbia, that noPROBATE DIVISION Washington, DCthe 20001 08/4, 08/11, 08/18/17 tice be given by insertion of a copy of this order Superior Court of(Estates) Serve: Attorney General in the Washington Afrothe TYPESET: Tue Aug 15 16:44:24 EDT 2017 202-332-0080 American, ofathe newspaper District of Columbia District of Columbia having a general circulaPROBATEPROBATE DIVISION Fields of this action.TheD.C. AmendedNOTICES tionAttn: in Darlene the OF District Washington, 441 4th once Street, NW Complaint states, among Superior Court of BERTHA HALLaWADE, Columbia, week 20001-2131 the District DC 20001 other things, that the DECEASED forWashington, (3) successive Administration No. a. three Order Nisi $ 60 per $180.00 per 3 weeks of Columbia amounts neccessary for insertion Address Unknown weeks, notifying all per2017ADM444 And PROBATE DIVISION redemption have $ not been sons interested in the real b.

Small Estates (single publication 60 per insertion Shirley Madison Washington, D.C. paid.

Accordingly, it is this And property described above Decedent All Unknown of c.appear Notice toOwners Creditors 25th day of July, 2017, 20001-2131 to in this Court by NOTICE OF the Property hereby ORDERED by the MARY FRANCES WADE Administration No. $180.00 per 3 weeks the 11th day ofdescribed October, 1.

Domestic $ 60 per insertion APPOINTMENT, below, their Heirs, PerSuperior Court of the Dis(Heirand of Bertha Hall 2017ADM413 2017, redeem theWade) real NOTICE TO sonal Representatives, trict of Columbia, that no501 Forty-fifth Street, 2.

Foreign $ 60 per insertion $180.00 per 3 weeks Lucius Linus property by payment of CREDITORS Executors, Administratice be given by the inserNE, Washington, DC Amorsingh $4,934.72, together with d.

Escheated Estates $ 60 per insertion $360.00 per 6Tue weeks TYPESET: Aug 15 16:44:48 tors, Grantees, or AND tion ofNOTICE a copy ofTO this orderDecedent 20019 interest from theAssigns date the Successors in Right, Title, UNKNOWN HEIRS Afroin the Washington e. Standard Probates $125.00 real property tax certifMarquita Moye Interest, andpurchased; Any and all CarlAmerican, Allen, whose ad- 504 Brummel Court, a newspaper And was icate p e raction.The s ocosts; n s h areasonable vAmended ing or this dress is 2431 Irving circulaSt. having a general Superior Court the of court NW claiming haveexpenses any interComplaint states, among in theCIVIL District ofWashington, DC 20012 AEON to FINANCIAL, LLC Se,tion Washington, DCNOTICES the District attorney’s fees; est in the leasehold or fee other things, that the 20020 Columbia, once a weekAttorney Serve: was appointed of Columbia incurred inCT theCorporation publication simple in the property and amounts neccessary for for three (3) successive S y s t e m , R e g i s t e r e d a.

Name Changes 202-879-1133 $ 80.00 and service of process; personal representative PROBATE DIVISION NOTICE OF premises situate, lying redemption have not been weeks, notifying all perAgent estate of Shirley and all other amounts in of the Washington, D.C. APPOINTMENT, b.

Real Property $ 200.00 and being inwith the District of Madison paid.

Accordingly, it isprovithis sons interested in the 1015 15th Street, NW, accordance the , who died onreal 20001-2131 NOTICE TO Columbia described as: 25th day of 2017, property described above 1000 sions of Suite D. July, C. Official February 9, 2017 without Administration No. CREDITORS Square 0302 Lot 0071. hereby ORDERED by the to appear in this Court by Washington, DC 20005 Code §§ 47-1361 through a will, and will serve with2017ADM846 AND NOTICE TO May also be ofknown Superior Dis-as out the 11th day of October, 1377, etCourt seq., orthe answer FAMILY COURT Court supervision. All Lynne Marie Gallagher 2230 1/2 11th Street, NW, trict ofAmended Columbia, that no2017, and redeem the real UNKNOWN HEIRS And the Complaint, unknown heirs and heirs Marquita Moye Esquire, Decedent Washington, 202-879-1212 tice be given byaD.C. the property by payment or, thereafter, finalinserjudg- whose whereabouts are ofwhose address is 504 Aubrey E Mirkin Esq tion of a copy of I,this order $4,934.72, together HMTR LLC ment will be entered fore- unknown shall enter theirwith DOMESTIC RELATIONS Brummel Court, NW, 54 State Circle Defendants inclosing the 940 Washington Afrofrom the date the Centre the rightCircle, of re- a p pinterest e a r a n c e i n t s Washington, DC 20012, Annapolis, MD 21401 American, a innewspaper real property 202-879-0157 taxh icertifSuite 2005 demption the real proceeding.

AMENDED ORDER having a and general circulaicate wasObjections purchased;was appointed personal Attorney Alamonte Springs, FL property vesting in the such costs; appointment NOTICE OF OF tion in PUBLICATION the of to court reasonablerepresentative of the 32714 Plaintiff a titleDistrict in fee simbe filedfees; with the estate of Lucius Linus APPOINTMENT, In accordance D.C. shall Columbia, once with a week attorney’s expenses ple.

Register of Wills, D.C., a.

Absent Defendant $ 150.00 NOTICE TO Code the for three§47-1345, (3) successive incurred in the publicationAmorsingh, who died on And 5th Street, 3rd September 6, 2010 witha CREDITORS object notifying of this proceeding weeks, allRenee per- 515and serviceN.W., of process; Magistrate Judge Absolute Divorce D.C. inwill, and will serve (with, $ 150.00 AND NOTICE TO isb.to secure PANIAGUA the foreclosons interested inRaymond the real Floor andWashington, all other amounts JOAQUIN on or before Febsure ofdescribed thein right of re- 20001, UNKNOWN HEIRS property above accordance with the provi-without) Court supervi- $150.00 c/o chambers) c. (Signed Custody Divorce 4, 2018.

Claims inthis the real proptodemption appear Court by ruary sions of D. C. Officialsion. All unknown heirs Andrea L Gallagher, Ernest inC. Raskauskas, against the decedent erty described as Square the 11th day ofEsq. October, Code §§ 47-1361 througha n d h e i r s w h o s e whose address is 2509 Jr.,08/18/17 08/4, 08/11, 0302, 0071, be presented to answer the whereabouts are un- C i p r i a n i B o u l e v a r d , 2017, andLot redeem thewhich real 1377, et seq., or 3109 South Street, NW shall To place your ad, call ext. 262, Public Notices $50.00 & up may also known as undersigned property by be payment of with Complaint, a copy known the1-800-237-6892, Amended Washington, DC 20007 shall enter their Belmont, CA 94002 was 1 Street,with NW, on 2230 ⁄2 11th $4,934.72, together or, Register thereafter, finalor judgto the ofaWills appointed depending size, Baltimore Legal Notices per inch.personal rea p p e a r a n c e are i n $24.84 this Washington, interest datewhich the filedment enteredoffore-proceeding. Objections presentative of the estate And from theDC, withwill thebe Register property was tax sold certifby the Wills real property closing the right of re1-800 (AFRO) 892 with a copy to the to such appointment (or of Lynne Marie GalMayor ofDISTRICT the District icate was purchased; demption on in or thebe-real THE OFof undersigned, who died on June the 1-800-237-6892, probate of de- lagher, For Proof of Publication, please ext. 244 Columbia to the Plaintiff in court costs; reasonable property and in thetocall COLUMBIA fore February 4,vesting 2018, or this action.The Amended cedent´s will) shall be 13, 2017 without a will, attorney’s fees; expenses title in fee Serve: Mayor of among the Dis- be Plaintiff forever abarred.

Per-sim-filed with the Register of and will serve without Complaint states, incurred in the publication ple. of Columbia believed to be heirs Wills, D.C., 515 5th other trict things, that the sons Court supervision. All unand service of Gray process; Vincent amounts neccessary for or legatees of the de- Street, N.W., 3rd Floor known heirs and heirs and all other amounts in Magistrate Judge Renee Attn: Office of the SecLEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICES redemptionNOTICES have not been cedent who do not re- W a s h i n g t o n , D . C .

LEGAL whose whereabouts are accordance with theitproviRaymond retary paid. Accordingly, is this ceive a copy of this notice 20001, on or before unknown shall enter their sions of D. C. Official (Signed in chambers) 1350 Pennsylvania Ave25th day of July, 2017, by mail within 25 days of XXXXX. Claims against a p p e a r a n c e i n t h i s Code §§nue, 47-1361 N.W.,through #419 hereby ORDERED by the its first publication shall the decedent shall be proceeding. Objections 1377, et seq., Washington, DC 20001 08/4, 08/11, 08/18/17 Superior Courtor ofanswer the Dis- so inform the Register of to such appointment the Complaint, trictAmended of Columbia, that no- Wills, including name, presented to the under- shall be filed with the or,tice thereafter, a final judgServe: Attorney General be given by the inser- address and relation- signed with a copy to the Register of Wills, D.C., ment willa be entered Register of Wills or filed of the tion of copy of thisforeorder ship. closing the right of AfroreDistrict of Columbia with the Register of Wills 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd in the Washington Date of Publication: demption ina newspaper theFields real Attn: Darlene with a copy to the under- Floor Washington, D.C. American, 20001, on or before Febproperty vesting inNW the August 4, 2017 441and Street,circulasigned, on or before having a 4th general Plaintiff fee 20001 sim-of Name of newspaper: Washington, DC XXXX, or be forever ruary 4, 2018. Claims tion ina title the inDistrict Afro-American ple. barred. Persons believed against the decedent Columbia, once a week Washington And to be heirs or legatees of shall be presented to the for three (3) successive Law Reporter Magistrate Judge Renee the decedent who do not undersigned with a copy weeks, notifying all perRaymond Carl Allen All Unknown Owners of receive a copy of this no- to the Register of Wills or sons interested in the real (Signed in chambers) the Property described Personal tice by mail within 25 filed with the Register of property described above Representative days of its first publica- Wills with a copy to the tobelow, appeartheir in thisHeirs, Court Perby TYPESET: Tue 15 16:46:10 EDT 2017 sonal Representatives, 08/4, 08/11, 08/18/17 the 11th day of Aug October, tion shall so inform the undersigned, on or beExecutors, AdministraTRUE TEST COPY 2017, and redeem the real Register of Wills, includ- fore February 4, 2018, or tors, Grantees, Assigns or REGISTER OF WILLS property by payment of ing name, address and be forever barred. PerSuccessors in Right, Title, Superior together Court of with sons believed to be heirs $4,934.72, relationship.

Interest, and Any and all Tue Aug 15 16:44:24 EDT 2017 08/4, 08/11, 08/18/17 the the date the TYPESET: interest from or legatees of the deDate of Publication: p e r s o n s h a v i n g o r real property tax certifDistrict of Columbia cedent who do not reAugust 4, 2017 claiming to have any intericate was DIVISION purchased; PROBATE ceive a copy of this notice Name of newspaper: est incosts; the leasehold court reasonable Washington, D.C. or fee Superior Court of by mail within 25 days of Afro-American simple in fees; the property and attorney’s expenses 20001-2131 its first publication shall the District Washington premises situate, lying incurred in the publication Administration No. so inform the Register of of Columbia Law Reporter and being in the District of and 2017ADM444 service of process; PROBATE DIVISION Marquita Moye, Esq Wills, including name, Columbia described as:in and all other amounts Shirley Madison Personal address and relationSquare 0302 Lotprovi0071. Washington, D.C. accordance with the Decedent 20001-2131 Representative ship.

May also known as sions of D.beC. Official NOTICE OF Date of Publication: 2230§§ 1/247-1361 11th Street, NW, Administration No. Code through APPOINTMENT, August 4, 2017 2017ADM413 Washington, D.C. TRUE TEST COPY 1377, et seq., or answer NOTICE TO Name of newspaper: Lucius Linus REGISTER OF WILLS the Amended Complaint, CREDITORS Afro-American Amorsingh Defendants or, thereafter, a final judgTYPESET: Tue Aug 15 16:44:48 EDT 2017 AND TO fore- Decedent Washington 08/4, 08/11, 08/18/17 ment willNOTICE be entered UNKNOWN HEIRS Law Reporter Marquita Moye AMENDED ORDER closing the right of reCarl Allen, whose Andrea L Gallagher OF PUBLICATION demption in the adreal 504 Brummel Court, In accordance withinSt. D.C. dress is 2431 Irving Personal Superior Court the of NW property and vesting the Code the Washington, DC 20012 Se, Washington, Representative the District Plaintiff a§47-1345, title in fee DC simobjectwas of this proceedingAttorney 20020 appointed of Columbia ple. is to secure the foreclopersonal representative TRUE TEST COPY PROBATE DIVISION NOTICE OF sure of the right of reofMagistrate the estate of Shirley REGISTER OF WILLS Washington, D.C. APPOINTMENT, Judge Renee demption in theRaymond real on propMadison , who died 20001-2131 NOTICE TO TYPESET: Tue Aug 15 16:45:48 erty(Signed described as Square February 9, 2017 without 08/4, 08/11, 08/18/17 Administration No. CREDITORS in chambers) 0302, 0071,withwhich a will, andLot will serve 2017ADM846 AND NOTICE TO may also be known as out Court supervision.

Lynne Marie Gallagher UNKNOWN HEIRS 08/4, 08/11, 08/18/17All 11th and Street, NW, Marquita Moye Esquire, Decedent 2230 1⁄2heirs Superior Court of unknown heirs Washington, DC, are which the whose whereabouts Aubrey E Mirkin Esq propertyshall wasenter sold their by the whose address is 504 District of Columbia unknown 54 State Circle Brummel Court, NW, Mayor of the District of PROBATE DIVISION a pColumbia p e a r a n ctoe the i nPlaintiff t h i s in Washington, DC 20012, Annapolis, MD 21401 Washington, D.C. proceeding. Objections was appointed personal Attorney 20001-2131 to such appointment representative of the NOTICE OF this action.The Amended Administration No. shall be filed with the estate of Lucius Linus APPOINTMENT, Complaint among Amorsingh, who died on 2017ADM849 Register of states, Wills, D.C., NOTICE TO other things,N.W., that3rd the September 6, 2010 witha Lloyd Terrell 515 5th Street, CREDITORS amounts neccessary AKA Floor Washington, D.C.for will, and will serve (with, AND NOTICE TO redemption have not been Lloyd F Fenwick 20001, on or before Feb- without) Court superviUNKNOWN HEIRS paid.

Accordingly, it is this ruary 4, 2018. Claims sion. All unknown heirs Andrea L Gallagher, Decedent 25th day of July, 2017, NOTICE OF against the decedent a n d h e i r s w h o s e whose address is 2509 hereby ORDERED APPOINTMENT, shall be presented toby thethe Superior Court of the Dis- whereabouts are un- C i p r i a n i B o u l e v a r d , NOTICE TO undersigned with a that copyno- known shall enter their Belmont, CA 94002 was trict of Columbia, CREDITORS to tice the be Register of Wills or a p p e a r a n c e i n t h i s appointed personal regiven by the inserAND NOTICE TO filed Register of proceeding. Objections presentative of the estate tionwith of athe copy of this order UNKNOWN HEIRS Wills withWashington a copy to the in the Afro- to such appointment (or of Lynne Marie GalThelma Ann Fenwick undersigned, on or beAmerican, a newspaper to the probate of de- lagher, who died on June fore February 4, 2018, or cedent´s will) shall be 13, 2017 without a will, whose address is 4401 having a general circulabetion forever barred.

Per- of filed with the Register of and will serve without 23rd Parkway, Apt 204, in the District sons believedonce to beaheirs Court supervision. All un- Temple Hills, MD 20748, Columbia, week Wills, D.C., 515 5th orfor legatees of successive the de- Street, N.W., 3rd Floor known heirs and heirs was appointed personal three (3) cedent do not whose whereabouts are representative of the weeks,who notifying all reper- W a s h i n g t o n , D . C . ceive copy of thisinnotice sonsa interested the real 20001, on or before unknown shall enter their estate of Lloyd Terrell Fenwick, who died on described above byproperty mail within 25 days of XXXXX. Claims against a p p e a r a n c e i n t h i s appear in this Court itstofirst publication shallby the decedent shall be proceeding. Objections October 8, 2016 without 11ththe dayRegister of October, sothe inform of presented to the under- to such appointment a will, and will serve with2017,including and redeem the real signed with a copy to the shall be filed with the out Court supervision. All Wills, name, property by payment of unknown heirs and heirs

NAME: ________________________________________________ ADDRESS: _____________________________________________ PHONE NO.:____________________________________________ CLASSIFICATION: ______________________________________ (Room, Apt., House, etc.)

INSERTION DATE:_________________

WASHINGTON AFRO-AMERICAN NEWSPAPER

fore February 11, 2018, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, LEGALand NOTICES address relationship.

Date of Publication: August 11, 2017 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Mary Alice Brown Personal Representative

estate of Diana Harvie Maher, who died on February 21, 2017 with a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding.

TYPESET: Tue Aug 15 16:41:55 EDTObjections 2017 LEGAL NOTICES toLEGAL NOTICES such appointment (or to the probate of deSUPERIOR COURT OF cedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of THE DISTRICT OF Wills, D.C., 515 5th COLUMBIA Street, N.W., 3rd Floor PROBATE DIVISION Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before Feb20001-2131 ruary 18, 2018. Claims Foreign No. against the decedent 2017FEP89 shall be presented to the Date of Death undersigned with a copy April 10, 2017 M o s e s H a n n a K a r - to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of kenny Wills with a copy to the Decedent undersigned, on or beNOTICE OF fore February 18, 2018, APPOINTMENT or be forever barred. PerOF FOREIGN sons believed to be heirs PERSONAL or legatees of the deREPRESENTATIVE cedent who do not reAND ceive a copy of this notice TRUE TEST COPY NOTICE TO by mail within 25 days of REGISTER OF WILLS CREDITORS Nahil A. Karkenny whose its first publication shall TYPESET: Aug 15 16:41:32 08/04, 08/11,Tue 08/18/17 a d d r e sEDT s i s2017 2 3 0 7 so inform the Register of Greenery Lane #402, Sil- Wills, including name, ver Spring , MD 20906 address and relationSuperior Court of was appointed personal ship. the District of representative of the Date of Publication: District of Columbia estate of Moses Hanna August 18, 2017 PROBATE DIVISION Karkenny, deceased by Name of newspaper: Washington, D.C. the Orphans’ Court for Afro-American 20001-2131 Montgomery County, Washington Administration No. State of Maryland . on Law Reporter Coimbra Maher Sirica 2017ADM874 June 22, 2017, Personal Katie Ruth Walker Service of process may Representative Decedent be made upon Rima NOTICE OF Karim 5010 4th Street, APPOINTMENT, NW, Washington, DC TRUE TEST COPY NOTICE TO 20011 whose designa- REGISTER OF WILLS CREDITORS tion as District of ColumTYPESET: Aug 15 08/25,Tue 09/1/17 AND NOTICE TO bia agent has been filed 08/18, UNKNOWN HEIRS with the Register of Wills, Sims Summerlin Walker D.C. Superior Court of Jr., whose address is The decedent owned the the District of 9345 Davis Drive, Lor- f o l l o w i n g D i s t r i c t o f Columbia ton, VA 22079, was ap- Colombia real property: PROBATE DIVISION pointed personal repre- 6712 4th St.NW, WDC, Washington, D.C. sentative of the estate of 6503 8th St, NW, WDC, 20001-2131 Katie Ruth Walker, who 1417 Crittenden St, NW Administration No. died on June 17, 2017 Levis St, NW (no street 2017ADM888 with a will, and will serve number), WDC Trinidad without Court supervi- Sub: B Deed Sq. 4076, Richard Y Lee Decedent sion. All unknown heirs Lot 0823 a n d h e i r s w h o s e Claims against the de- Robert P. Newman, Esq whereabouts are un- cedent may be pre- 801 Wayne Avenue, known shall enter their sented to the under- Suite 400 appearance in this signed and filed with the S i l v e r S p r i n g , M D proceeding. Objections Register of Wills for the 20910 to such appointment (or District of Columbia, 500 Attorney NOTICE OF to the probate of de- Indiana Avenue, N.W., 16:40:44 APPOINTMENT, cedent´s EDT will) 2017 shall be Washington, D.C. 20001 NOTICE TO filed with the Register of within 6 months from the CREDITORS Wills, D.C., 515 5th date of first publication of AND NOTICE TO Street, N.W., 3rd Floor this notice.

UNKNOWN HEIRS Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

Nahil A Karkenny Garrett Wong, whose ad20001, on or before FebPersonal ruary 11, 2018. Claims Representative(s) dress is 9607 Belvedere against the decedent TRUE TEST COPY Place, Silver Spring, MD shall be presented to the REGISTER OF WILLS 20910 was appointed personal representative undersigned with a copy Date of first publication: of the estate of Richard Y. to the Register of Wills or August 11, 2017 filed with the Register of Name of newspapers Lee, who died on May 27, 2017 without a will, and Wills with a copy to the and/or periodical: undersigned, on or be- The Daily Washington will serve without Court supervision. All unknown fore February 11, 2018, Law Reporter heirs and heirs whose or be forever barred. Per- The Afro-American whereabouts are unsons believed to be heirs known shall enter their or legatees of the de- 08/11, 08/18, 08/25/17 a p p e a r aEDT n c e 2017 in this cedent who do not re- TYPESET: Tue Aug 15 16:43:37 proceeding. Objections ceive a copy of this notice to such appointment by mail within 25 days of SUPERIOR COURT OF shall be filed with the its first publication shall Register of Wills, D.C., THE DISTRICT OF so inform the Register of 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd COLUMBIA Wills, including name, Floor Washington, D.C. PROBATE DIVISION address and relation20001, on or before FebWashington, D.C. ship. ruary 18, 2018. Claims 20001-2131 Date of Publication: against the decedent Foreign No. August 11, 2017 shall be presented to the 2017FEP90 Name of newspaper: undersigned with a copy Date of Death Afro-American to the Register of Wills or May 5, 2016 Washington filed with the Register of Anne Marie Perna Law Reporter Wills with a copy to the Sims Summerlin Walker Decedent undersigned, on or beNOTICE OF Jr. fore February 18, 2018, APPOINTMENT Personal or be forever barred. PerOF FOREIGN Representative sons believed to be heirs PERSONAL or legatees of the deREPRESENTATIVE TRUE TEST COPY cedent who do not reAND REGISTER OF WILLS ceive a copy of this notice NOTICE TO TYPESET: Tue Aug 15 16:40:19 EDT 2017 by mail within 25 days of CREDITORS 08/11, 08/18, 08/25/17 E l i s a A n n e G u a r i n o its first publication shall whose address is 6005 so inform the Register of Superior Court of Oxbury Court, Glenn Al- Wills, including name, the District of len, VA 23059 was ap- address and relationColumbia pointed personal repre- ship.

PROBATE DIVISION sentative of the estate of Date of Publication: Washington, D.C. Anne Marie Perna , de- August 18, 2017 20001-2131 ceased by the Circuit Name of newspaper: Administration No. Afro-American Court for Henrico 2017ADM842 County, State of Virginia Washington Evelyn Elizabeth Pitts Law Reporter ., on August 19, 2016.

Decedent Garett Wong Service of process may Personal be made upon Juanita F Jason A DeLoach, Representative Ferguson, 1376 C Street, Esq., NE, Washington, DC Alexander & Cleaver 20016 whose designa- TRUE TEST COPY PA tion as District of Colum- REGISTER OF WILLS 11414 Livingston Road bia agent has been filed Fort Washington, MD with the Register of Wills, TYPESET: Tue Aug 15 20744 08/18, 8/25, 09/01/17 D.C. Attorney The decedent owned the NOTICE OF following District of Superior Court of APPOINTMENT, Colombia real property: the District of NOTICE TO 4621 42nd Street, NW, District of Columbia CREDITORS Washington, DC 20016 PROBATE DIVISION AND NOTICE TO Claims against the deWashington, D.C. UNKNOWN HEIRS cedent may be pre20001-2131 Loyce S Pitts , whose ad- sented to the underAdministration No. dress is 1208 Jefferson signed and filed with the 2017ADM437 St. NW, Washington, DC Register of Wills for the Charles Roberts 20011, was appointed District of Columbia, Decedent personal representative Building A, 515 5th of the estate of Evelyn Street, NW., 3rd Floor- Margaret A. Iremiren Elizabeth Pitts, who died Washington, D.C. 20001 718 Oglethorpe Street on June 30, 2012 (with, within 6 months from the NW without) a will, and will date of first publication of Washington, DC 20011 Attorney serve without Court su- this notice.

NOTICE OF pervision. All unknown Elisa Anne Guarino APPOINTMENT, heirs and heirs whose Personal 16:43:14 EDT 2017 NOTICE TO whereabouts are unRepresentative(s) CREDITORS known shall enter their TRUE TEST COPY AND NOTICE TO appearance in this REGISTER OF WILLS UNKNOWN HEIRS proceeding. Objections Date of first publication: Margaret A Iremiren , to such appointment (or August 11, 2017 to the probate of de- Name of newspapers whose address is 718 Oglethorpe Street NW, cedent´s will) shall be and/or periodical: filed with the Register of The Daily Washington Washington, DC 20011 , was appointed personal Wills, D.C., 515 5th Law Reporter representative of the Street, N.W., 3rd Floor The Afro-American TYPESET: Tue Aug 15 16:35:24 2017Robestate ofEDT Charles Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

08/11, 08/18, 08/25/17 erts , who died on 20001, on or before November 08, 2016 withJanuary 28, 2018.

Superior Court of out a will, and will serve Claims against the dethe District of without Court supervicedent shall be preColumbia sion. All unknown heirs sented to the underPROBATE DIVISION and heirs whose signed with a copy to the Washington, D.C. whereabouts are unRegister of Wills or filed 20001-2131 known shall enter their with the Register of Wills Administration No. appearance in this with a copy to the under2017ADM920 proceeding. Objections signed, on or before January 28, 2018, or be Diana Harvie Ryan, Esq to such appointment (or to the probate of deforever barred. Persons Decedent cedent´s will) shall be believed to be heirs or Patricia D Ryan Esq 6106 Harvard Avenue filed with the Register of legatees of the decedent Wills, D.C., 515 5th who do not receive a P.O. Box 633 Street, N.W., 3rd Floor copy of this notice by mail Glen Echo, MD 20816 Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . within 25 days of its first Attorney NOTICE OF 20001, on or before Febpublication shall so inAPPOINTMENT, ruary 11, 2018. Claims form the Register of NOTICE TO against the decedent Wills, including name, CREDITORS shall be presented to the address and relationAND NOTICE TO undersigned with a copy ship.

UNKNOWN HEIRS to the Register of Wills or Date of Publication: Coimbra Maher Sirica, filed with the Register of 07/28/2017 whose address is 188 Wills with a copy to the Name of newspaper: W o o d b i n e A v e n u e undersigned, on or beAfro-American Northport, NY 11768, fore February 11, 2018, Washington was appointed personal or be forever barred. PerLaw Reporter Loyce S Pitts representative of the sons believed to be heirs Personal estate of Diana Harvie or legatees of the deRepresentative Maher, who died on Feb- cedent who do not reruary 21, 2017 with a will, ceive a copy of this notice and will serve without by mail within 25 days of TRUE TEST COPY Court supervision. All un- its first publication shall REGISTER OF WILLS known heirs and heirs so inform the Register of whose whereabouts are Wills, including name, 07/28, 08/4, 08/11/17 unknown shall enter their address and relationappearance in this ship. proceeding. Objections Date of Publication: to such appointment (or August 11, 2017 to the probate of de- Name of newspaper: cedent´s will) shall be Afro-American filed with the Register of Washington Wills, D.C., 515 5th Law Reporter Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Margaret A Iremiren 20001, on or before February 4, 2018. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before February 4, 2018, or LEGAL be forever NOTICES barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: August 4, 2017 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Aaron Henry Hamm Personal Representative

or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: LEGAL NOTICES August 11, 2017 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Margaret A Iremiren Personal Representative

CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Vickey A Wright-Smith, whose address is 1629 K S t r e e t , N W, # 3 0 0 , Washington, DC 20006 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Janie M Bonds , LEGAL NOTICES who died on September 7, 2008 without a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose where-abouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections TRUE TEST COPY to such appointment (or REGISTER OF WILLS to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of 08/11, 08/18, 08/25/17 Wills, D.C., 515 5th TYPESET: Tue Aug 15 16:39:01 EDT 3rd 2017Floor Street, N.W., Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

20001, on or before FebSUPERIOR COURT OF ruary 18, 2018 . Claims THE DISTRICT OF against the decedent COLUMBIA shall be presented to the PROBATE DIVISION undersigned with a copy Washington, D.C. to the Register of Wills or 20001-2131 filed with the Register of Administration No. Wills with a copy to the 2017ADM972 undersigned, on or beEstate of fore February 18, 2018, Bernard Bradley An- or be forever barred. Perderson sons believed to be heirs Bernard B Anderson or legatees of the deDeceased cedent who do not reNOTICE OF ceive a copy of this notice STANDARD by mail within 25 days of PROBATE its first publication shall Notice is hereby given so inform the Register of that a petition has been Wills, including name, filed in this Court by address and relationEmawayish Gerima for ship. standard probate, includ- Date of Publication: ing the appoint-ment of August 18, 2017 one or more personal re- Name of newspaper: presentative. Unless a Afro-American 16:36:59 complaintEDT or an 2017 objection Washington in accordance with Law Reporter Superior Court Probate Vickey A Wright-Smith Division Rule 407 is filed Personal in this Court within 30 Representative days from the date of first publication of this notice, TRUE TEST COPY the Court may take the REGISTER OF WILLS action hereinafter set forth.

08/18, 08/25, 09/1/17 0 Admit to probate the will TYPESET: Tue Aug 15 dated July 27, 2014 exhibited with the petition upon proof satisfactory to Superior Court of the Court of due executhe District of tion by affidavit of witDistrict of Columbia nesses or otherwise 0 PROBATE DIVISION order witnesses to the Washington, D.C. alleged will dated July 20001-2131 27, 2014 to appear and Administration No. give testimony regarding 2017ADM904 its execution Maxine J Cain Register of Wills Decedent Clerk of Barbara G Whitaker the Probate Division 635 Dahlia Street, NW Date of First Publication Washington, DC August 18, 2017 20012-1841 Names of Newspapers: Attorney Washington NOTICE OF Law Reporter APPOINTMENT, Washington NOTICE TO AFRO-AMERICAN CREDITORS David W Kestner AND NOTICE TO 7700 Old Branch Ave UNKNOWN HEIRS C101 Rayna Bailey-Smith, Clinton, MD 20735 whose address is 301 Signature of Benam Court , AccoPetitioners/Attorney keek, MD 20607, was appointed personal repreTYPESET: Tue Aug 15 16:36:34 EDT 2017 08/18, 08/25/17 sentative of the estate of Maxine J. Cain , who died on October 5, 2016 with a Superior Court of will, and will serve withthe District of out Court supervision. All Columbia unknown heirs and heirs PROBATE DIVISION whose where-abouts are Washington, D.C. unknown shall enter their 20001-2131 appearance in this Administration No. proceeding. Objections 2017ADM900 to such appointment (or Phillip Nelson Wallace to the probate of deDecedent Silber, Perlman, Sig- cedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of man & Tilev PA Wills, D.C., 515 5th 6930 Carroll Ave # 610 Ta k o m a P a r k , M D Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

20912 20001, on or before FebAttorney ruary 18, 2018. Claims NOTICE OF against the decedent APPOINTMENT, shall be presented to the NOTICE TO undersigned with a copy CREDITORS to the Register of Wills or AND NOTICE TO filed with the Register of UNKNOWN HEIRS Jeannelle B Wallace , Wills with a copy to the whose address is 1411 undersigned, on or beRittenhouse St., NW, fore February 18, 2018, Washington, DC 20011, or be forever barred. Perwas appointed personal sons believed to be heirs representative of the or legatees of the deestate of Phillip Nelson cedent who do not reWallace , who died on ceive a copy of this notice May 23, 2017 without a by mail within 25 days of will, and will serve with- its first publication shall out Court supervision. All so inform the Register of unknown heirs and heirs Wills, including name, whose where-abouts are address and relationunknown shall enter their ship.

Date of Publication: appearance in this proceeding. Objections August 18, 2017 16:36:12 2017 Name of newspaper: to such EDT appointment shall be filed with the Afro-American Register of Wills, D.C., Washington 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Law Reporter Rayna Bailey-Smith Floor Washington, D.C. Personal 20001, on or before FebRepresentative ruary 18, 2018. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the TRUE TEST COPY undersigned with a copy REGISTER OF WILLS to the Register of Wills or 08/25, 09/1/17 filed with the Register of 08/18, TYPESET: Tue Aug 15 Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before February 18, 2018, Superior Court of or be forever barred. Perthe District of sons believed to be heirs Columbia or legatees of the dePROBATE DIVISION cedent who do not reWashington, D.C. ceive a copy of this notice 20001-2131 by mail within 25 days of Administration No. its first publication shall 2017ADM908 so inform the Register of Arthur L Stephens Wills, including name, Decedent address and relationNOTICE OF ship.

APPOINTMENT, Date of Publication: NOTICE TO August 18, 2017 CREDITORS Name of newspaper: AND NOTICE TO Afro-American UNKNOWN HEIRS Washington Renee L Williams, whose Law Reporter address is 233 Oneida Jeannelle B Wallace St. NE, Washington, DC Personal 20011, was appointed Representative personal representative of the estate of TRUE TEST COPY Arthur L Stephens , who REGISTER OF WILLS died on March 18, 2017 with a will, and will serve 08/18, 08/25, 09/1/17 TYPESET: Tue Aug 15 16:35:49 EDT 2017 without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose Superior Court of whereabouts are unthe District of known shall enter their Columbia appearance in this PROBATE DIVISION proceeding. Objections Washington, D.C. to such appointment (or 20001-2131 to the probate of deAdministration No. cedent´s will) shall be 2016ADM1437 filed with the Register of Janie M Bonds Wills, D.C., 515 5th Decedent Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Vickey A. Wright Smith W a s h i n g t o n , D . C .

1629 K Street, NW, #300 20001, on or before FebWashington, DC 20006 ruary 18, 2018. Claims Attorney against the decedent NOTICE OF shall be presented to the APPOINTMENT, undersigned with a copy NOTICE TO to the Register of Wills or CREDITORS filed with the Register of AND NOTICE TO Wills with a copy to the UNKNOWN HEIRS undersigned, on or beVickey A Wright-Smith, fore February 18, 2018, whose address is 1629 K or be forever barred. PerS t r e e t , N W , # 3 0 0 , sons believed to be heirs Washington, DC 20006 or legatees of the dewas appointed personal cedent who do not rerepresentative of the ceive a copy of this notice estate of Janie M Bonds , by mail within 25 days of who died on September its first publication shall 7, 2008 without a will, so inform the Register of and will serve without Wills, including name, Court supervision. All un- address and relationknown heirs and heirs ship. whose where-abouts are Date of Publication:

filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before February 18, 2018, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of LEGAL NOTICES its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

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TYPESET: Aug 15 16:38:15 08/18, 08/25,Tue 09/1/17 Superior Court of the District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2017ADM903 Hilda Audrey Hamm Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Tracy Lynne Hamm, whose address is 12607 Abbottsford Circle, Ft Washington, MD 20744, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Hilda Audrey Hamm, who died on February 11, 2008 without a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this 16:37:23 EDTObjections 2017 proceeding. to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before February 18, 2018. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before February 18, 2018, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: August 18, 2017 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Tracy Lynne Hamm Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 08/18, 08/25,Tue 9/1/17 TYPESET: Aug 15 16:38:38 Superior Court of the District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2017ADM916 Tyrone Cephas Bonner Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Gayle C Rutland, whose address is P.O. Box 5044, Fredericksburg, VA 22403 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Tyrone Caphas Bonner , who died on June 2, 2017 without a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, onEDT or before 16:37:50 2017February 18, 2018. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before February 18, 2018, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: August 18, 2017 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Gayle C Rutland Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 08/18, 08/25, 09/1/17

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the District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2017ADM573 Tsehay Tesfamariam Decedent NOTICE OF LEGAL NOTICES APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Robel Tekle , whose address(es) is 7659 Stana Court, Lorton, VA 22079 was, appointed personal representative of the estate of Tsehay Tesfamariam, who died on October 6, 2016 without TRUE TEST COPY a will, and will serve withREGISTER OF WILLS out Court supervision. All TYPESET: Tue Aug 15 16:42:53 unknown EDT heirs 2017 and heirs 08/11, 08/18, 08/25/17 whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this Superior Court of proceeding. Objections the District of to such appointment (or District of Columbia to the probate of dePROBATE DIVISION cedent´s will) shall be Washington, D.C. filed with the Register of 20001-2131 Wills, D.C., 515 5th Administration No. Street, N.W., 3rd Floor 2017ADM38 Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

Betty Beairs 20001, on or before FebDecedent ruary 11, 2018 Claims NOTICE OF against the decedent APPOINTMENT, shall be presented to the NOTICE TO undersigned with a copy CREDITORS to the Register of Wills or AND NOTICE TO filed with the Register of UNKNOWN HEIRS Joel R Davidson , whose Wills with a copy to the address is 611 Penn- undersigned, on or besylvania Avenue SE, No fore February 11, 2018 or 288, Washington, DC be forever barred. Per20003 , was appointed sons believed to be heirs personal representative or legatees of the deof the estate of Betty cedent who do not receive a copy of this notice Beairs, who died on September 18, 2009 by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall without a will.

All unknown heirs and so inform the Register of heirs whose where- Wills, including name, abouts are unknown address and relationTRUE TEST COPY shall enter their appear- ship.

REGISTER OF WILLS ance in this proceeding. Date of Publication: August 11, 2017 Objections to such TYPESET: Tue Aug 15 16:45:14 EDT(or2017 08/4, 08/11, 08/18/17 appointment to the Name of newspaper: probate of decedent´s Afro-American will) shall be filed with the Washington Superior Court of Register of Wills, D.C., Law Reporter the Robel Tekle 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd District of Columbia Personal Floor Washington, D.C. PROBATE DIVISION Representative 20001, on or before FebWashington, D.C. ruary 11, 2018. Claims 20001-2131 against the decedent TRUE TEST COPY Administration No. shall be presented to the REGISTER OF WILLS 2017ADM835 undersigned with a copy TYPESET: Aug 15 Doris Elaine Giles Gill 08/18,Tue 08/25/17 to the Register of Wills or 08/11, Decedent filed with the Register of Sylvia J Rolinski Esq Wills with a copy to the 14915 River Road Superior Court of undersigned, on or bePotomac, MD 20854 the fore February 11, 2018, Attorney District of Columbia or be forever barred. PerNOTICE OF PROBATE DIVISION sons believed to be heirs APPOINTMENT, Washington, D.C. or legatees of the deNOTICE TO 20001-2131 cedent who do not reCREDITORS Administration No. ceive a copy of this notice AND NOTICE TO 0000018-09 by mail within 25 days of UNKNOWN HEIRS its first publication shall J o s e p h B e n j a m i n Robbie D Gill , whose ad- so inform the Register of Smith dress is 6119 41st Ave., Wills, including name, Decedent Hyattsville, MD, 20872 address and relation- Jeanne K Aelion was appointed personal ship.

6915 Laurel Bowie representative of the Date of Publication: Road estate of Doris Elaine August 11, 2017 Bowie, MD 20715 Giles Gill, who died on Name of newspaper: Attorney May 17, 2017 without a Afro-American NOTICE OF will, and will serve with- Washington APPOINTMENT, out Court supervision. All Law Reporter NOTICE TO unknown heirs and heirs CREDITORS Joel R Davidson whose whereabouts are AND NOTICE TO Personal unknown shall enter their UNKNOWN HEIRS Representative appearance in this Mary S Rhett, whose adproceeding. Objections TRUE TEST COPY dress is 13801 Belle to such appointment REGISTER OF WILLS Chase Blvd, Unit 210, shall be filed with the Laurel MD 20707, was Tue Aug 15 16:39:58 2017 reRegister of Wills, D.C., TYPESET: appointedEDT personal 08/11, 08/18, 08/25/17 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd presentative of the estate Floor Washington, D.C. of Joseph Benjamin Superior Court of 20001, on or before FebSmith, who died on May the District of ruary 4, 2018. Claims 23, 2017 without a will, District against the decedent and will serve without PROBATE DIVISION shall be presented to the Court supervision. All unWashington, D.C. undersigned with a copy known heirs and heirs 20001-2131 to the Register of Wills or whose whereabouts are Administration No. filed with the Register of unknown shall enter their 2017ADM861 Wills with a copy to the appearance in this undersigned, on or be- Raul C. Anderson proceeding. Objections fore February 4, 2018, or AKA to such appointment be forever barred. Per- Raul Cecilio Anderson shall be filed with the sons believed to be heirs Decedent Register of Wills, D.C., Vickey A Wright-Smith, or legatees of the de515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd cedent who do not re- 1629 K Street NW Floor Washington, D.C. ceive a copy of this notice #300 20001, on or before Febby mail within 25 days of Washington, DC 20006 ruary 4, 2018 . Claims its first publication shall Attorney against the decedent NOTICE OF so inform the Register of shall be presented to the APPOINTMENT, Wills, including name, undersigned with a copy NOTICE TO address and relationto the Register of Wills or CREDITORS ship. filed with the Register of AND NOTICE TO Date of Publication: Wills with a copy to the UNKNOWN HEIRS August 4, 2017 undersigned, on or beSofia Ellis, whose ad- fore February 4, 2018, or Name of newspaper: dress is 200 43rd Road be forever barred. PerAfro-American NE , Unit #303, Washing- sons believed to be heirs Washington ton, DC 20019, was ap- or legatees of the deLaw Reporter Robbie D. Gill pointed personal repre- cedent who do not rePersonal sentative of the estate of ceive a copy of this notice Representative Raul C Anderson AKA by mail within 25 days of Raul Cecilio Anderson , its first publication shall who died on March 20, so inform the Register of TRUE TEST COPY 2017 witha will, and will Wills, including name, REGISTER OF WILLS serve without Court su- address and relationpervision.EDT All unknown TYPESET: Tue Aug 15 16:41:05 2017 08/4, 08/11, 08/18/17 ship. heirs and heirs whose Date of Publication: where-abouts are un- August 4, 2017 known shall enter their Name of newspaper: Superior Court of appearance in this Afro-American the proceeding. Objections Washington District of Columbia to such appointment (or Law Reporter PROBATE DIVISION to the probate of deMary S. Rhett Washington, D.C. cedent´s will) shall be Personal 20001-2131 filed with the Register of Representative Administration No. Wills, D.C., 515 5th 2017ADM862 Street, N.W., 3rd Floor TRUE TEST COPY Lawrence D Cundiff Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

REGISTER OF WILLS Decedent 20001, on or before Feb- TYPESET: Tue Aug 15 Frazer Walton Jr. ruary 11, 2018.

Claims 08/4, 08/11, 08/18/17 1913 D Street, NE against the decedent Washington, DC 20002 shall be presented to the Attorney Superior Court of undersigned with a copy NOTICE OF the to the Register of Wills or APPOINTMENT, District of Columbia filed with the Register of NOTICE TO PROBATE DIVISION Wills with a copy to the CREDITORS Washington, D.C. undersigned, on or beAND NOTICE TO 20001-2131 fore February 11, 2018 or UNKNOWN HEIRS Administration No. Mary Alice Brown, whose be forever barred. Per2017ADM839 address is 2521 Harlem sons believed to be heirs Richard Henry Hamm or legatees of the de- Decedent Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland, 21216 wasap- cedent who do not reNOTICE OF pointed personal repre- ceive a copy of this notice APPOINTMENT, sentative of the estate of by mail within 25 days of NOTICE TO Lawrence D Cundiff, who its first publication shall CREDITORS died on January 5, 2016 so inform the Register of AND NOTICE TO without a will, and will Wills, including name, UNKNOWN HEIRS serve with Court supervi- address and relation- Aaron Henry Hamm, sion. All unknown heirs ship. whose address is 908 a n d h e i r s w h o s e Date of Publication: P a r k Te r r a c e , F o r t whereabouts are un- August 11, 2017 Washington, MD 20744, known shall enter their Name of newspaper: was appointed personal Afro-American appearance in this representative of the proceeding. Objections Washington estate of Richard Henry to such appointment Law Reporter Hamm, who died on shall be filed with the Raul C Anderson October 16, 2013 without Register of Wills, D.C., AKA a will, and will serve withSofia Ellis 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd out Court supervision. All Personal unknown heirs and heirs Floor Washington, D.C. Representative whose whereabouts are 20001, on or before February 11, 2018. Claims unknown shall enter their against the decedent TRUE TEST COPY appearance in this shall be presented to the REGISTER OF WILLS proceeding. Objections undersigned with a copy to such appointment Aug 15 16:42:32 EDT 2017 08/11, 08/18,Tue 08/25/17 to the Register of Wills or TYPESET: shall be filed with the filed with the Register of Register of Wills, D.C., Wills with a copy to the 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Superior Court of undersigned, on or beFloor Washington, D.C. the fore February 11, 2018, 20001, on or before FebDistrict of Columbia or be forever barred. Perruary 4, 2018. Claims PROBATE DIVISION sons believed to be heirs against the decedent Washington, D.C. or legatees of the deshall be presented to the 20001-2131 cedent who do not reundersigned with a copy Administration No. ceive a copy of this notice to the Register of Wills or 2017ADM573 by mail within 25 days of filed with the Register of Tsehay Tesfamariam its first publication shall Wills with a copy to the so inform the Register of Decedent undersigned, on or beNOTICE OF Wills, including name, fore February 4, 2018, or APPOINTMENT, address and relationbe forever barred. PerNOTICE TO ship. sons believed to be heirs CREDITORS Date of Publication: or legatees of the deAND NOTICE TO August 11, 2017 cedent who do not reUNKNOWN HEIRS Name of newspaper: ceive a copy of this notice Robel Tekle , whose ad- by mail within 25 days of Afro-American dress(es) is 7659 Stana its first publication shall Washington APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Thelma Ann Fenwick whose address is 4401 23rd Parkway, Apt 204, Temple Hills, MD 20748, was appointed personal LEGAL NOTICES representative of the estate of Lloyd Terrell Fenwick, who died on October 8, 2016 without a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose where-abouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before February 4, 2018. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before February 4, 2018, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

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Morgan State Counts on Big Things from Kaepernick’s Girlfriend May Have Ruined His Staley To Challenge In MEAC Chances in Baltimore

By Mark F. Gray Special to the AFRO If Morgan State is going to be a factor in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) championship race Mississippi State transfer quarterback Elijah Staley will have to play a big role this year.

At 6’7’’ Staley is a big man on campus and one of the biggest quarterbacks in the NCAA’s Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). However, if the preseason projections of his coaches are any indication Staley is the type of impact player who can change the fortunes of an entire program in just one season.

“A lot of his success will depend on players stepping up around him,” Morgan head coach Fred Farrier told the AFRO. “The team has taken to his leadership and he is a special talent.

We’ll see how it comes together when the games count.”

Staley could be a difference maker as another in a series of major college transfers who step into starting roles at HBCUs. His accuracy as a passer and athleticism bring a dynamic to the Morgan program which they haven’t seen since the days of Bradshaw Littlejohn, who was the MEAC offensive player of the year in 2004. However, he’s just one piece of the puzzle on offense.

“I’m excited to play with these guys, I’m just a new addition to the team, that’s the way I look at it,” said Staley during an interview with the team’s broadcaster on media day. “It’s not a big drop off in talent between here and Mississippi State. There may not be as many players at each position but competition is real high. Nobody wants to finish 3-8 again”.

The Bears offense will get a lift from the return of Herb Walker, Jr. who missed most of last season after a foot injury in the season opener against Holy Cross. In 2014 Walker set the school’s single season record rushing for 1,408 yards in helping the Bears win a share of the MEAC championship for the first time in 35 years. He missed the 2015 season due to an academic redshirt and Morgan’s offense has not been the same without him.

Walker’s return to form may can’t be underscored. The Bears used four running backs last year and neither ran for 500 yards. They barely averaged three yards per carry rushing for 1,319 yards total as a team. In a conference where teams who run the football and control the clock it will be imperative for Morgan’s rushing attack to get better.

If Staley and Walker stay healthy and impact the Bears offense as expected they should be the catalysts for championship contention in northeast Baltimore. This duo gives Morgan offensive versatility with quick strike capability from anywhere on the field which could change the fortune of a team that struggled to score inside the red zone last year.

Walker is a legitimate game changer who can score from anywhere on the field while Staley can extend lays outside the pocket but needs an inexperienced receiving corps to step up.

Last year’s 3-8 record doesn’t tell the story of how competitive Morgan was. The Bears lost three MEAC games by a total of 20 points. Special teams were a major culprit as Morgan missed 10 of 16 field goals and missed five of 21 extra points in games decided by less than a touchdown.

Morgan was picked to finished eighth in the MEAC this

By Perry Green AFRO Sports Editor pgreen@afro.com

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Mississippi State transfer quarterback Elijah Staley is expected to have a big impact on the Morgan State offense and could help them contend in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football race. season but that could be selling them short if Staley makes a big impact on the conference.

The Riley Sports Analysis

Raiders’ Marshawn Lynch Stepping into Big Shoes?

By Stephen D. Riley Special to AFRO The NFL regular season hasn’t even started yet but Oakland Raiders running back Marshawn Lynch may already be stirring the pot. The recently un-retired Lynch returned to the NFL from a

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Oakland Raiders running back Marshawn Lynch (24) sits during the national anthem prior to an NFL preseason football game against the Arizona Cardinals in Glendale, Ariz.

one-year hiatus after playing for several seasons with the Seattle Seahawks, returning to the Raiders and re-embracing his bad boy/ rebel image. Lynch turned it up another notch recently when he sat during the national anthem prior to the team’s 20-10 loss to the Arizona Cardinals on Aug. 12. Multiple photographs showed Lynch sitting atop a cooler eating a banana while the anthem was performed.

Lynch sitting out the opening anthem wasn’t a protest similar to the 2016 season-long campaign that Colin Kaepernick waged last season. Lynch explained to coaches that he’s routinely sat during anthems over the course of his 11-year career for no reasons in particular. Kaepernick, however, cited the deaths of numerous unarmed Black motorists as his reason for kneeling, causing critics everywhere to voice their displeasure.

Kaepernick sat out anthems last year to protest and it caused controversy. Lynch claims he’s been sitting out anthems for no direct reasons but, so far, he hasn’t even received a complaint or even notice.

Kaepernick still remains unemployed with no clear justification other than his political beliefs. It remains to be seen what will happen with Lynch. For a habit he’s claimed to have practiced in a decade-plus-long career, the ball of attention is about to get rolling if he continues to sit. The 31-year-old Lynch has enamored himself to fans with his relaxed attitude, so not standing for the national anthem might be an easier chew for critics.

But if Lynch doesn’t feel the same heat that Kaepernick endured then that says something a little bit bigger than football.

If it’s more acceptable for Lynch to sit out the anthem simply because he feels like it while Kaepernick withstood a media blitzkrieg over his racial awareness then society needs to reorganize its priorities. Its unlikely Lynch will endure the same Kaepernick-like backlash for his non participation in the anthem.

However, the public reaction that’s bound to come from this — should it continue to be routine — will be interesting.

his efforts to publicly back Kaepernick.

Bayless said on his FS1 show that Wooten, a former Black offensive lineman for the Cleveland Browns during the 1960s and current chairman of the Fritz Pollard Alliance (a group that works in conjunction with the NFL to advocate on behalf of minority coaches, scouts and front office personnel), had contacted him several

Colin Kaepernick may have blown his chance of getting signed by the Baltimore Ravens, and he may have his girlfriend to thank for it.

The 29-year-old free agent quarterback hasn’t spoken to the public in quite a while, but that hasn’t stopped his girlfriend, Nessa Diab, from speaking her mind.

Unfortunately for Kaepernick, one of her latest comments may have stopped the Ravens from bringing the Photos/AP and Twitter quarterback in.

Free agent quarterback Colin When reports Kaepernick and girlfriend Nessa Diab. first surfaced that the Baltimorebased NFL franchise was interested in times over the last month, Kaepernick, former Ravens expressing how furious legend Ray Lewis appeared he was over the fact that on a Fox Sports 1 network Kaepernick hadn’t been show to offer insight as an signed yet. Bayless said insider on the situation.

Wooten had called it the Obviously, Lewis has greatest injustice in NFL strong ties with the Ravens’ history, and that Wooten front office and may have wanted to organize a summit, been privy to the team’s where a group of Black discussions of Kaep. high profile athletes all But when Lewis suggested came together to support on the show that Kaepernick Kaepernick and his cause. should stay quiet on his offIt would’ve been a summit field activism, Kaepernick’s similar to that when Black supporters were outraged, A-list athletes came together including Diab. in 1967 to back Muhammad Diab, a popular talk Ali’s protest of the military show host for the nationally draft. African-American stars syndicated Hot97 radio like Bill Russell, Kareem station based in New York Abdul-Jabar and Jim Brown City, took to Twitter to voice all showed up in support her outrage, tweeting a photo of Ali’s cause, but what of Ray Lewis affectionately many people don’t know holding Ravens owner Steve is that Wooten was one of

The tweet insinuated that Diab was comparing Biscotti to a slave master…

Biscotti after a championship win. The photo was cropped on top of another image that showed Samuel L. Jackson portraying a house slave holding his slave master, portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio, in the movie “Django Unchained.”

The tweet insinuated that Diab was comparing Biscotti to a slave master and Lewis to nothing more than a slavemaster-loving house slave.

Kaepernick hasn’t made any public comments to denounce or separate himself from the assumed connotation of his girlfriend’s tweet, and perhaps that may play a part in why the Ravens never went on to bring in the talented quarterback.

It’s hard to imagine that Biscotti, or any of his staff members, would want to hire someone that would consider him a slave master.

But it wasn’t just Biscotti who may have been turned off

by Diab’s tweet. According to longtime sports journalist Skip Bayless, the tweet was enough to make NFL legend John Wooten give up on

the organizers behind that legendary summit.

Wooten wanted to do the same for Kaepernick, but all of his attempts to reach out and contact the quarterback were left unmet.

Bayless said Wooten had grown frustrated that he hadn’t been able to get a reply from Kaepernick and that Diab’s tweet was the straw that broke the camel’s back.

“I’m out,” is how Bayless described Wooten’s words on Kaepernick.

Perhaps Wooten felt Diab’s tweet was classless, or maybe it’s a combination of that along with the fact that Kaepernick won’t talk to him, which rubbed Wooten the wrong way.

Either way, it may have hurt Kaepernick’s chances of getting back on the football field.

Wooten is a very influential man, not only among NFL decision makers but also among corporate America in general. He’s the kind of man Kaepernick needs in his corner, and it’s sad that perhaps a careless tweet may have wrecked the chances of these two uniting.

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he AFRO’s 125th Anniversary Gala, was attended by nearly 700 people at Martin’s Crosswinds, in Greenbelt, Md. on August 12. Bishop Vashti Murphy McKenzie gave a stirring invocation, Maureen Bunyan and Robert L. Wallace were co-hosts.

Keith Figgs from Sandtown, Baltimore accepted the Clean Block Award. Other honorees included Joyce J. Scott, 2016 Baker Artist Award Winner, Margot Lee Shetterly (who was also the keynote speaker), author of the book, “Hidden Figures,” which was turned into the popular award-winning movie of the same name, and Jeffrey Ballou, the 1st Black male president of the National Press Club. (To see pictures of Washington, D.C. attendees turn to page B4.)

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Tim Reid, Daphne Maxwell Reid, Khendra Peay and award recipient Jeffrey Ballou, president, National Press Club

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Co-Hosts Maureen Bunyan, former ABC7 News Anchor and Robert L. Wallace, CEO/Bithgroup Tech.

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Good Riddance

On Jan. 3, 2000, Col. Ronald L. Daniel, a 26-year veteran of the Baltimore Police Sean Yoes Department Baltimore AFRO officially took the chair as Editor syoes@afro.com the BPD’s Commissioner, after being appointed by then Mayor Martin O’Malley. Fifty-seven days later, Daniel was out as commissioner, replaced by Deputy Commissioner Ed Norris, a Jack Maple disciple (Maple was the architect of the CompStat data driven policing strategy).

Norris was imported directly from the NYPD (the birthplace of “Zero Tolerance” or “Broken Window” policing model), by O’Malley just months earlier.

Allegedly, shortly after Daniel officially took the reins as commissioner, O’Malley plunked the zero tolerance policing strategy in front of him, demanding Daniel implement it. Daniel, a man with a sterling reputation for integrity refused and resigned as commissioner less than two months later.

Norris replaced him first as deputy commissioner, then was confirmed as commissioner in the Spring of 2000. Not long after, the BPD began the draconian policy of arresting more than 100,000 Baltimoreans per year, the vast majority of them Black and poor, for several years in the early 2000’s (during the period tens of thousands were never charged with a crime or were victims of “illegal” arrests and the charges thrown out, yet the arrests remained on their records).

Several of Baltimore’s Black communities still Continued on D2

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Opinion

Charlottesville and the Worship of Whiteness

By Karsonya Wise Whitehead Special to the AFRO

There is a chasm that exists between the created notion of Whiteness and the reality of Black and Brownness in America. It is neatly stitched into the social fabric that defines who we are as a country. At our core, we are a divided nation. It is as true today as it was in 1967, when in the midst of national civil unrest and rioting, Lyndon B. Johnson organized the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorder (the “Kerner Commission”) to study what happened and what can be done Perhaps, the most revered of Baltimore’s Confederate to prevent it from happening monuments by Confederate sympathizers and White again. supremacists, the Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee The Kerner Report, Confederate Monument is no more. In front of it’s released in March 1968 (one empty pedestal, “Madre Luz” (Mother Light), a statue month before Dr. King was crafted by artist Pablo Machioli last year in protest assassinated) noted that our of the Confederate Monuments, stands battered, yet nation was moving toward triumphant.

Photo credit: Sean Yoes becoming two societies, one Black, one White—separate and unequal. They blamed failed

By Sean Yoes maintained Scott, a slave, was not a human being) was in many government housing, education, Baltimore AFRO Editor ways a monument to the institution of slavery and ultimately, and social-service policies; syoes@afro.com White supremacy. along with the mainstream City workers took down the the monuments and whisked media for reporting the news Some have lurked from grassy knolls for more than a them out of town, after the Baltimore City Council voted while looking out from a White century, monuments only to White supremacy in the minds unanimously on Aug. 14 for the removal of all four statues. world with a “White man’s eyes of many. But, by early Wednesday morning, the toppling of Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh ultimately signed the and a White perspective.” all four of the city’s Confederate legislation. Councilman Brandon It is now 2017, and even monuments was finished.

Scott (D-2nd Dist.) introduced the with all of the strides that we The Stonewall Jackson, Robert resolution for the removal of the have made to become more E. Lee statue in Wyman Dell, statues. diverse, open, accountable, and near the Baltimore Museum of “I think...once what happened inclusive, at this moment, it Art, the Confederate Soldiers and in Charlottesville happened, we feels like nothing has changed.

Sailors monument, on Mt. Royal started to take a quicker look at We are less than seven months Avenue, the Confederate Women’s this,” Scott said. “When you have into the America that Donald Monument on University the entire City Council saying we Trump is creating—the one – Councilman Brandon Scott where he has emboldened Parkway, near Johns Hopkins want them down now...the mayor White nationalists, empowered University, and the Roger B. responded,” Scott added.

White supremacists, and Taney Monument in Mt. Vernon are no more.

The Mayor’s Office said Mayor Pugh observed the take legitimized the rise of the altSupreme Court Justice Taney was not a part of the down of the monuments and expressed concern for the safety Confederacy, but his infamous Dred Scott Decision (which Continued on D2 right neo-Nazi movement—and it is more divided, more White, more racist, more misogynistic, and more frightening than ever.

This past weekend as I watched the horrible events unfold in Charlottesville built on a foundation of horrible events that have been happening since the rise of the Black Lives Matter Movement,

By Bobby Marvin Holmes I realized that though it has Special to the AFRO taken almost 50 years, the Kerner Report has finally been By Michelle Richardson Damond Blue lost his father to violence when he was 3-years-old. Growing up on Asquith and realized. We have truly become Special to the AFRO Oliver Streets in East Baltimore, he said he didn’t have a lot of role models. Trouble in school two nations: one diverse and would eventually land him into a writing program that would have a huge impact on his life. inclusive, one White and A man named Baltimore’s Like many Baltimore youth, the after-school program provided a space for Blue to vent and hone exclusive.

Public Enemy #1 has been his creativity. As a young adult, he decided to pursue a career in music and lead his own company, We are at the moment when arrested for the murder of a Dream Bigger Media Group. Understanding the importance of youth programming, in 2016 the Courtesy Photo the level of tolerance for racial mother of eight back in June. rapper launched the Beats Not Bullets internship program and enrolled his first cohort of interns. discourse has been reached.

Baltimore’s Public Enemy Charmaine Wilson, 37, “I want to create a resource The worship of Whiteness #1, Darius Neal, was was gunned down in front of for the youth. I want to give is dangerous for everyone, recently arrested for the her home and in front of her them something they can hold including White people. It children on June 12, roughly an murder of Charmaine ignores the realities of history, onto, something that they can hour after she called police to Wilson, the mother of namely that the policies that appreciate and something that her neighborhood for a dispute eight, in June. they can learn from,” said between her son and other Continued on D2 Blue. residents.

Police responded to the Blue reached out to music 1700 block of Gertrude Street producer Kariz Marcel and – Kariz Marcel former rapper Ogun Gordy to for a call from Wilson at about 9:30 p.m.,that indicated one of help implement the program. her sons was being bullied by This year Beats Not Bullets is operating out of the Creative Alliance on Eastern Avenue. The older neighborhood kids who team of artists, engineers, and producers lead a small group of young talent. Inside the venue’s were trying to steal his bike. theatre, the workstations are covered with laptops, keyboards, speakers and headphones for the Less than an hour after young aspiring artists. police left, officers responded Marcel, who also owns and operates Kariz Kids Youth Enrichment Services, is listening to an to that same neighborhood for intern’s latest track. He nods his head and gives his seal of approval to Kamal, a 12-year-old in a report of a shooting. his first year with the program.

Wilson was found with

“I think...once what happened in Charlottesville happened, we started to take a quicker look at this.”

Music Program Offers a Safe Space for Emerging Artists

Public Enemy #1 Arrested For Murder of Mother of 8

“They keep impressing me every time. From the beginning to now, the musicality, just everything is insane.”

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haven’t fully recovered from zero tolerance.

In response to Daniel’s resignation and the burgeoning outrage from mostly Black communities over zero tolerance policing, Dr. Tyrone Powers, a former Maryland State Trooper and FBI Special Agent came forward with, “The People’s Plan To Dramatically Reduce Crime in Baltimore,” in 2000.

Some law enforcement professionals praised the People’s Plan as a viable, holistic, community oriented alternative to the zero tolerance model mandated by O’Malley. However, the People’s Plan never saw the light of day in Baltimore as a policing strategy.

Since then Powers, a national security expert and director of the Homeland Security Criminal Justice Institute of Anne Arundel Community College, has been one of the most vocal opponents of police misconduct, brutality and misguided policy, which have disproportionately and adversely impacted people of color and poor people.

Powers, who was born, raised and still resides in Baltimore, leads The Powers Consulting Group, one of the four finalists for independent monitor for Baltimore’s Consent Decree with the Department of Justice. Of the four finalists: CNA Consulting, Exiger, Venable LLP and Powers Consulting, only Powers’ group is owned by a person of color. Venable Law Firm, represented by Ken Johnson, (who Powers calls, “a good man”), is not owned by Johnson.

Powers Consulting’s 84 page application is beyond comprehensive in its analysis of the vital role of the independent monitor of the BPD, the Department itself and the city it is charged with serving.

This week, two community forums were held; one at Baltimore City Community College on Aug. 15 and another at Morgan State University on Aug. 16, for those with questions or comments for the four finalists. The BPD and the Department of Justice will continue to take comments about the four finalists vying to be the independent monitor for implementation of the DOJ recommendations until August 23.

For me it is clear who is best prepared to be the independent monitor of the embattled BPD; The Powers Consulting Group.

Powers has assembled a formidable team of law enforcement and criminal justice professionals including: Patrick Oliver, director of Criminal Justice for Cedarville University; C. Phillip Nichols, retired judge for the 7th Judicial Circuit of Maryland; Michele Mendez, senior attorney for the Defending Vulnerable Populations Project and Neill Franklin, retired Major for the Maryland State Police and former director of training for the BPD, among others.

Of the 22 law enforcement consent decrees implemented nationwide, only one (Newark, New Jersey) is monitored by a team owned by a person of color. Baltimore should become the second, because the Powers Group is simply best qualified to help the BPD reverse the nefarious course outlined by the scathing DOJ report. But, beyond his unequivocal expertise in law enforcement, criminal justice and national security, Powers led the Children 1st Movement, which sought to end the systematic underfunding of Baltimore City Public Schools (BCPS). He also filed an injunction in 2003 against the city and BCPS to have lead infested water fountains in city schools shut off.

I know, personally, that Powers has been dedicated for decades to providing a better quality of life for all Baltimoreans, especially the city’s most vulnerable residents.

“We truly see this as an opportunity to oversee and participate in real change in policing in Baltimore City,” Powers told me. “Constitutional policing and dramatically reducing crime are not mutually exclusive.”

“…Powers has been dedicated for decades to providing a better quality of life for all Baltimoreans, especially the city’s most vulnerable residents.”

Sean Yoes is the AFRO’s Baltimore editor and host and executive producer of AFRO First Edition, which airs Monday through Friday 5 p.m.-7 p.m. on WEAA, 88.9.

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Continued from D1 have dominated this country for years were put in place to support and encourage White advancement, and it looks for a common enemy (an other) to terrorize, to blame, to oppress, and ultimately to destroy.

This new America, or Donald Trump’s bastardized version of it, is not the America that good and decent people should want to live in.

The Kerner Report noted that the only way for America to change is for everyone to adopt “new attitudes, new understanding, and, above all, new will.” I would add that it will also take every White American to bend their privilege and speak up against

this new reign of terror. The time for contemplative silence and social media activism has ended. We are now in a place where we must look into the mirror and decide what type of country we want to live in and how do we want to be remembered by future generations. We can not be the generation that allowed the voices of the few who cried out for exclusion, racism, hatred, bigotry and Whiteness to drown out the voices of many who are shouting out, with every fabric of their being, for liberty and justice for all.

I believe in the idea of democracy and in wresting with our foundational documents as

we seek to become a more just and verdant nation. I just do not believe that a demagogue, someone who has built their career and reputation on exclusion and who supports racist ideologies and policies, can continue to represent the interests of a diverse nation.

There is so much about this Trump’s America that is unclear—from whose voices and lives will matter in the end to who will speak for those who will be unable to speak for themselves—but there are some things that are crystal: this man cannot continue to be our President; the worship of Whiteness and the silent support of White supremacy

must be stopped; and, what happened in Charlottesville supposedly over the removal of a Confederate statute cannot be forgotten.

The battle lines are being drawn and history will record the side you choose, either

deliberately or through your silent complicity, to stand with—choose wisely this day the America that you want to live in.

Dr. Karsonya Wise Whitehead is an associate

professor of communication and African and African American studies at Loyola University Maryland. She is the author of “Letters to My Black Sons: Raising Boys in a PostRacial America” and “Notes from a Colored Girl.”

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gunshot wounds and pronounced dead a short time later at an area hospital.

“They did this, again, in such a reckless and egregious way because the police were just here,” said Baltimore City Police Chief Spokesman T.J. Smith at a press conference in June.

“It looks like a situation where an ongoing dispute was happening in this community between her and maybe her children and some other people, and some coward with a gun came back and shot her,” said Smith.

On Sunday Baltimore Police announced the arrest of a suspect in the murder of Wilson almost two months after her death.

According to authorities, Darius Neal, 18, of the 800 block of Whitmore Ave, was taken into custody in the 700 block of East Baltimore Street around 4:30 p.m.

Neal was announced as Baltimore’s Public Enemy #1 just three days ago.

“On June 12 of this year, Darius Neal made the decision to end a neighborhood dispute with a gun,” said Baltimore Police Commissioner Kevin Davis.

“Because of his decision, eight children will never see their mother again,” said Davis.

Neal is being held without bail and faces a charge of first degree murder, among other charges.

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of Baltimore residents in light of the murderous violence in Charlottesville. She did not want the removal process to become politicized, according to a spokesman. On Tuesday, Baltimore political activists had threatened to topple the statues if the city did not act.

“I think the message we are sending is, we as a city will not be apologist to domestic terrorists, who want to re-write history and portray traitors as heroes,” Scott said. “We’re not going to stand for it.”

On Tuesday, Donald Trump during a rambling and combative press conference from Trump Towers in New York again, placed blamed for the violence in Charlottesville on, “both sides,” the neo-Nazis, White supremacists and klansmen who terrorized the Virginia college town, and those who opposed them.

“As far as the 45th President, we are telling him he is not fit to be a leader and we’re showing him what leadership is really like,” Scott said.

In Annapolis, Republican Governor Larry Hogan seemed to pave the way recently for the removal of the Taney statue near the State House.

“While we cannot hide from our history -- nor should we -- the time has come to make clear the difference between properly acknowledging our past and glorifying the darkest chapters of our history,” Hogan said in a statement. “With that in – Governor Larry Hogan mind, I believe removing the Justice Roger B. Taney statue from the State House grounds is the right thing to do, and we will ask the State House Trust to take that action immediately.”

Larry S. Gibson, University of Maryland law professor and Baltimore civil rights historian, led the commission that recommended the removal of the Jackson-Lee and Taney monuments and the historic re-contextualization of the Confederate Soldiers and Sailors and the Confederate Women’s Monuments.

“These monuments were erected in an aggressive campaign to perpetuate myths about the Civil War and to reestablish White supremacy in the South and border states,” Gibson who voted for the removal of all four statues at the conclusion of the commission’s work during the administration of Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, told the AFRO. “The removal of these monuments is long overdue,” he added.

Gibson voted for the removal of all four statues at the conclusion of the commission’s work during the administration of Stephanie Rawlings-Blake. Rawlings-Blake assembled the commission in September 2015 in the wake of the Charleston, South Carolina massacre of eight members of the Mother Emmanuel A.M.E. Church and their pastor Clementa C. Pinckney by a White supremacist and Confederate sympathizer.

“Today is a glorious day,” Gibson exclaimed. “This is the first day that we are living in a city without the stench of monuments glorifying the treasonous Confederacy.”

AFRO reporter Deborah Bailey contributed reporting to this story.

“…the time has come to make clear the difference between properly acknowledging our past and glorifying the darkest chapters of our history.”

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The men of Dunbar High Class of 1977 celebrating their 40th Reunion.

Hello Everyone! Have you had a nice summer so far? I know one thing, this has been one of the busiest summers we have had in a long time, and it is not over yet.

Before I go any further, I want to take this time to congratulate my Boss, my co-workers, staff of the AFRO American Newspaper on their 125th Anniversary. We had our Gala last Saturday at Martin’s Crosswinds, and it was a Black-Tie Affair; I know it was awesome. I was a little under the weather and unable to go. But, Jake Oliver I am proud to be a part of such an historical newspaper for the past 22 years.

Folks, you must get a copy of our last week’s paper, it covers a lot of the AFRO’s history and it is a keepsake.

As you see, I do have more pictures in my column this

These are some of the Red Hat Hons/Book Club Members; Roxanne Johnson, Pat Wheatley, Perk Simpson, Norita Easley (Queen), Brenda Stith, Gail Phillips, Linda Fassett, who will be hosting the “All you can Eat Crab Feast” on Saturday, August 19 at the Corinthian Lounge & Restaurant, 7101 Windsor Mill Road from 2-6 p.m.

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week, so make sure you read the captions with the information and will be a kind of hit & run information on what is going on this week.

First of all, I got a memo about “Jazz in the Sculpture Gardens” at the Baltimore Just hanging out at the Doubletree Hilton in Pikesville, Museum of Art, Maryland; classmates and still best friends for almost 60 10 Art Museum years are Ronald Robinson, who lives in Durham, N.C. Drive will not be Rev. Henry Turner (right), pastor of First Evenly Dandudge, who lives in Baltimore, Beverly and open this season Corinthian Baptist Church for over 40 Douglass Thoms who live in Omaha, Neb. for the live years recently celebrated his birthday entertainment with his son and Grandson. Congrats! that was bethesdabluesjazz.com. They feature some dynamite jazz scheduled for shows at this club.

August; due to the fact, they are renovating. So, hold on to your Girlfriend, the Whatnauts are back home. Yes, they are seasonal tickets, I am most sure they will be honored for next back together, recording a new CD and they are performing in year. a live concert cabaret style on Aug. 26, 8 p.m. at the Patapsco Next, I want to tell you about the upcoming Dinner Theater Arena, 3301 Annapolis Road in Baltimore. Also on the show Performances of “For Better or Worse” written by my friend is “Skip Mahoney & the Casuals,” “Ten Karat Gold,” “Sweet Ursula V. Battle and Directed by Dr. Gregory Branch on Aug. 26 and Aug. 27, with two shows on Saturday at 1 p.m. and 6 p.m.; dinner is served from 1-2 p.m. on Saturday and 6-7 p.m. on the later show. On Aug. 27 the show is 3 p.m. and dinner is served from 3-4 p.m. at the “One God One Thought Center for Better Living,” (my God that is a hell-la-va long name), located on 3605 Coronado Road, Windsor Mill, Maryland.

You’ve got to check this play out, you will see some familiar faces in the show, including “Miss Maybelle”. Mannnnn! I tell you my adopted child by another mother is all over the place. That is a busy young woman, and she is good at them all.

Knowing that comedienne, Baltimore’s own “Ms. Maybelle,” will be one of the cast, you know it has got to be funny as hell! So, look check it out, call Ursula at 443-531-4787 for tickets and more information. My “Boo-Boo” and I will see you there.

Bishop Ron & wife Elder Candace Willis recently celebrated their 20 The DC Legendary Musicians is an years of marriage at their church, Greater Works Kingdom Ministries. organization run by Rev. Dr. Sandra Butler and Congrats! she is an associate minister at Metropolitan AME Church. They have invited all of you to the Bethesda Blues and Jazz & Supper Club, 7719 Wisconsin Symphony” and for your dancing pleasure is DJ “Sugar Chris”.

Avenue, Bethesda, Maryland on Aug. 20 to enjoy the For tickets and information, call 410-262-6604 or 410-905-4695. performance of Lady Mary, vocalist; Jimi Smooth, saxophonist, Alright my dear friends, I have to go now. I am out of Ron Holloway, Trombonist, Mosche Snowden with guest space. But remember, if you need me, call me at 410-833-9474, guitarist, Allen Blair and the Indahouse Band. For more or email me at rosapryor@aol.com. Until the next time, I’m information, call 240-330-4500 or go to their web site: www. musically yours.

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“They keep impressing me every time. From the beginning to now, the musicality, just everything is insane,” said Marcel as he reflects on the growth of his interns.

Marcel provided a curriculum for Beats Not Bullets that includes instruction for artists, writers, producers and engineers.

For six weeks during the summer, participants receive training in professional and character development. Funded by Blue’s Dream Bigger Media Group and supporters, the multifaceted program teaches employability skills and insight into the various career opportunities in the music industry.

“You might come here saying ‘I’m a rapper,’ but you might leave here saying, ‘I want to be an engineer,” said Marcel. “We want to show them that behind every artist there are jobs.”

Although, participants are free to explore all types of musical genres, Gordy acknowledges the influence of hip-hop music and how it can be used to engage youth.

“Hip-hop has done a lot for me and Damond Blue personally,” said Gordy, who is the operations manager for Blue’s Dream Bigger Media Group. “So we think it’s important that we kind of use that as the draw as far as music in general because it’s a powerful thing.”

Angelina Reynoso, a 16-year-old vocalist, learned about the program from her friend’s mom. Coming from a family with a strong background in music, she joined the program to broaden her understanding of the industry.

“This is the career that I wanted since I was really young,” said Reynoso. “When I work with people that have different experiences from the ones I heard of already, it expands my knowledge on the industry altogether.”

With the homicide rate steadily rising, Baltimore City officials are debating several options to try to stem the violence. More community based programming for youth is strongly being considered. Blue believes members of the community should lead the way.

“The community needs to take full ownership of everything that’s going on, not just leave it up to the government,” said Blue.

As Beats Not Bullets comes to a close for the summer, staff and partners are looking to expand the program all year around in Baltimore and other major cities like Atlanta. Blue is looking forward to offering new opportunities for youth.

“I’m excited for these kids’ lives,” said Blue. “I’m excited for the reform of Baltimore.”

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look for the wire.

A Smart energy. It’s in the overhead power lines that deliver safe and reliable energy to your home or business. But those same power lines must also be avoided. If you’re planning to do work, keep yourself and all ladders, poles or landscaping equipment at least 10 feet away from them—that’s the law. Call BGE at 800.685.0123 before starting any work within 10 feet. Also don’t build playhouses and tree forts in trees with power lines running through or near them.

To learn more about safety around power lines, visit BGE.COM.

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The Afro-American, August 19, 2017 - August 25, 2017

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