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Poor People’s Campaign Photos Highlight King’s Last Battle for Economic Rights

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AFRO Archived History: Coretta Scott King on Her Husband’s 50th Anniversary

First Baptist Church of Glenarden Moves Forward as Place of Worship and Hope

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#Oprah2020 Praises All Women, Not Just Oprah

By Hamil R. Harris Special to the AFRO Phixavier Holmes, a Hyattsville, Md. resident, is not surprised about the excitement over the possibility of Oprah Winfrey running for President in 2020 because the 35-year-old middle school counselor said excitement over Oprah is more about women than the billionaire talk show host turned TV executive.

In the last week, Winfrey’s speech, during Hollywood’s Golden Globe awards, has sparked reaction from across the country by millions who saw the speech as a clarion moment for women that is swelling into a political movement that is about to challenge President Donald

J. Trump and the Republicans in 2020.

“So, I want all the girls watching here, now, to know that a new day is on the horizon,” Winfrey said, while accepting the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement.

“And when that new day finally dawns, it will be because of a lot of magnificent women, many of whom are right here in this room tonight, and some pretty phenomenal men, fighting hard to make sure that they become the leaders who take us to the time when nobody ever has to say ‘Me too’ again.”

In a tweet, former Democratic National Committee chair and TV pundit Donna Brazil tweeted, “The

Conyers Ex-Foe Wants Michigan to Hold Special Election Now

By James Wright Special to the AFRO jwright@afro.com When John Conyers retired from the U.S. House of Representatives officially on Dec. 5, 2017, an unprecedented situation took place.

R&B Singer-Songwriter Denise LaSalle Dies in Tennessee

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R&B Singer-Songwriter Denise LaSalle.

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Ohio’s Purging of Thousands of Nonvoters Under Scrutiny

By Gloria Browne-Marshall AFRO Supreme Court Correspondent Civil rights groups argue that when the state of Ohio purged names of nonvoters it violated Federal law, but Ohio countered that it is purging names to prevent voter fraud. On Jan. 10, the U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear the voting rights case.

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The 705,094 residents in the 13th congressional district of Michigan, which is 56 percent Black, have no representative who can advocate on behalf of their interests. Unlike the U.S. Senate, in which the governor of the state picks the Continued on A5

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Wearing a mask that says “silenced,” Appollos Baker, with the American Federation of Government Employees, rallies outside the Supreme Court in opposition to Ohio’s voter roll purges Jan. 10 in Washington.

As we celebrate the life of Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968), this article from 1957 showcases King’s early life and the incident that led him to pursue a life of social justice.

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Martin Luther King Jr. The Preacher Who Fights The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is called “Little Mike” by most clerical associates, “The King” by worshipful followers, and “Tweed” by his boyhood chums.

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By The Associated Press

By Ted Poston

Singer and songwriter Denise LaSalle, whose hit “Trapped by a Thing Called Love” topped the R&B charts in 1971, has died. She was 78.

Musician and producer Lawrence “Boo” Mitchell, a close family friend of LaSalle’s, said Tuesday that the singer died in

MONTGOMERY, Ala.—The Martin Luther King Jr. story is a saga that almost ended shortly after it began in Atlanta, Ga. Some 22 years before Little Mike King was even 6, he was playing alone in the second floor hallway of the comfortable 13-room frame house at 501 Auburn Ave. where he had been born on Jan. 15, 1929.

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and that he has also struck a deal for international distribution for “The Upside” and his production company’s inventory of

By The Associated Press interviews that he conducted Less than a month after in the past.

PBS dropped Tavis Smiley’s He announced plans for talk show after reported a book and online course in inappropriate relationships “Leading by Listening.” with subordinates, Smiley His “town hall” announced a deal Jan. 8 to appearances in Chicago, go back to work with a new Los Angeles, New Orleans, series about inspirational Washington, D.C. and San stories.

Francisco will have him His series, “The Upside moderating discussions with Tavis Smiley,” will be about acceptable workplace streamed online and shown protocols. on The Word Network, a “Everyone is saying, ‘We religious-oriented cable and need to talk about this,’ but satellite channel directed nobody is doing that,” he at Black viewers. He also said. “Nobody is creating a announced a five-city space for it. Now here I am “town hall” tour to talk doing it.” about relationships in the Smiley said he was workplace. motivated to get back to Among the men caught Photo by Rich Fury/Invision/AP work quickly because of up in sexual misconduct Less than a month after PBS dropped Tavis Smiley’s concern for employees of his cases the past few months, talk show because of inappropriate relationships with production company who Smiley has been most subordinates, Smiley announced a deal for a new series learned that the PBS show aggressive in fighting back about inspirational stories titled, “The Upside with Tavis was ending at the beginning Smiley.” and the first to publicly of the holiday season. announce plans to resume He said he wasn’t his career. His new show is concerned that by moving so quickly, he might be missing expected to start in the spring. out on better opportunities if he waited for the story of his Smiley compared the experience to when he was fired firing to fade.

by BET in 2001 for offering an interview that he had “You can only make decisions based on what’s in front conducted with a newsmaker to ABC News before BET. of you,” he said. “You can’t make decisions based on what He wrote books about rebounding from setbacks, and might happen, on what may come.” launched the late-night talk show with PBS that aired for He said that as “a Black man in America,” he knows 14 years. that better offers may never come.

“I would not wish this experience on my worst enemy,”

Tavis Smiley Announces Deal for New Show

Smiley said. “Having said that, the last time this happened, great things came out of it.”

Although conceding that what was once considered acceptable in the workplace may no longer be, Smiley has been defiant, suggesting that romances between professional colleagues is hardly unusual. However, PBS investigators reportedly found women who felt their advancement at work was tied to the sexual relationships, an assertion Smiley has denied.

He’ll be a test case for whether fans will be willing to overlook behavior that an employer considered out of bounds.

By fashioning a new program focusing on inspirational stories instead of more general interest news and entertainment, Smiley will sidestep the issue of whether his downfall would make celebrities reluctant to be interviewed by him. By striking a digital distribution deal with the media company AerNow and a little-watched cable network, he will also be much less visible.

But Smiley said he believed that going digital positions him well for the future. He also said he’ll attract a younger audience than he was getting at PBS,

Recy Taylor, Alabama Black Woman Raped by 6 White Men in 1944, Dies at 98

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By The Associated Press Recy Taylor, a Black Alabama woman whose rape by six White men in 1944 drew national attention, has died.

She was 97.

Taylor’s brother Robert Corbett says she died in her sleep Dec. 28 at a nursing home in Abbeville. She would have been 98 on Sunday.

Taylor was 24 when she was abducted and raped as she walked home from church in Abbeville. She was left on the side of the road in an isolated area. The NAACP assigned Rosa Parks to investigate the case and rallied support for justice for Taylor.

Two all-White, all-male grand juries declined to indict the six White men who admitted to authorities that they assaulted her.

The Alabama legislature passed a resolution apologizing to Taylor in 2011.

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The Critical Role of the Black Press in Covering King 1963

By Kamau High AFRO Managing Editor khigh@afro.com In preparing this week’s coverage of Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday celebrations one thing stuck out to me: the critical role of the Black press in covering King.

As the AFRO’s archives attest, the Black press covered the ins and outs of the civil rights movement in a way that that the non-Black press could, and did, not.

For example, in 1960 James H. Gray, then publisher and editor of the Albany (Ga.) Herald, was set to debate King on NBC about whether the sit-in demonstrations in favor of racial equality were justified. Ultimately Gray did not attend the debate because King “openly defied Georgia laws.” That defiance was, of course, breaking Georgia’s unjust segregation laws.

Time and time again the AFRO was there for moments big—then Sen. John F. Kennedy calling Coretta Scott King in 1960 to offer words of encouragement as her husband was released from jail yet again—and small—in 1957 the AFRO reported how King entered kindergarten one year early and was expelled because he told teacher he was too young to be there.

The AFRO reported extensively on the King’s storybook romance and early life. King was getting his theological degree at Boston University and Coretta was studying voice at the New England Conservatory of Music in 1952 when they were introduced by a mutual friend, Mary Powell. Coretta, who was attending school on scholarship, was paying for her room and board by being a housekeeper at the home she was staying in.

The two were married 17 months later. As Coretta told the AFRO in 1957 about her decision to be with King, “Do I love him enough to make any sacrifice” or “Can I give him up and not miss him?”

“Well, I decided I couldn’t give him up and that was that.”

In much the same way, the Black Press couldn’t give him up either.

The headlines and stories on this page represent a fraction of the pages the AFRO has devoted over the years to King and his legacy. On the commentary page is a reprint of a letter Coretta wrote to the AFRO in 1979 on what would have been his 50th birthday.

The cartoon this week is a 1963 Thomas Stockett about King’s jailing in Birmingham, Ala. On the front page is a reprint of an article from 1957 when King won the NAACP’s prestigious Spingarn medal.

As we celebrate King’s life and legacy, remember the Black Press and their role in covering King.

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How to honor Dr. King on his 50th ATLANTA—Martin Luther King Jr. would have been 50 years old on Jan. 15, 1979.

Each year we celebrate his birthday, praising God for allowing such a leader to move among us, even though for a short time. Our 1979 Annual Program and Birthday Observance will be the most exciting program we have ever undertaken. Our theme is “The King 50th: You Can Fulfill the Dream.”

My husband’s dream is still not realized and yet, during this past year, we have seen great progress both here at the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Social Change and throughout the world.

The Center’s goal of full employment for our nation is now one step closer to reality, thanks to the passage of the Humphrey-Hawkins bill. As many of you know, the Center spearheaded the creation of the broad based coalition of organizations which worked hard for the bill, and for the needed economic machinery to make full employment a true national priority. Our work has been rewarded and our task now is to make sure that the public and private sectors of our economy work together to quicken the day when every person willing to work can find a decent job.

The 50th Birthday Observance will focus attention on establishing Jan. 15 as a federal holiday. The time has come for us to demand that Congress follow the lead of 13 states which already have declared the 15th of January a public holiday.

Atlanta in January will be an exciting place to be, and I invite all of you to be here so that we may renew our personal covenants to my husband’s legacy.

Martin’s 50th Birthday is a time for us to share with each other the spirit of the Movement he led, and to recommit ourselves to continuing his nonviolent campaign for social and economic justice for all peoples, everywhere.

Coretta Scott King President The Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Social Change

This cartoon, by Thomas Stockett, ran in 1963 in the AFRO. It depicts Martin Luther King Jr. and Fred Shuttlesworth, founder of the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights, in jail for leading a boycott against segregated Birmingham, Ala.

Time to Focus on School Choice in Baltimore and Across America Later this month, schools, homeschool groups, organizations and individuals in Maryland and across America will work together to raise awareness about the importance of opportunity in K-12 education.

National School Choice Week begins Jan. 21 and celebrates all types of schools and education environments for children.

Nationwide, 32,240 different events and activities – such as open houses, school fairs, and information sessions – are being planned, with an estimated attendance of 6.7 million people. In fact, 479 of those events and activities will be held in Maryland, and 80 are in Baltimore.

National School Choice Week has been celebrated every year since 2011. And even with increased awareness, many families still have questions about school choice and how it can benefit them and their communities.

The first thing to know is that school choice isn’t partisan or political. It isn’t about a specific set of policy goals either. Rather, it’s about parents making personal decisions for their children.

School choice means empowering individual parents with the opportunity to search for, and find, the best

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education environments for their individual children – regardless of where they live or how much money they make.

Finding the right school is important, because every child has unique talents, challenges, and needs. School choice isn’t about finding fault with any of the schooling options available. Instead, it recognizes that while one student might thrive at a neighborhood school, another student might do better somewhere else.

Research shows that when parents actively choose schools and education environments for their children, students are more likely to succeed in school. They are also more likely to graduate from high school, get good jobs and participate in their communities.

School choice isn’t just theoretical. Right now, more parents in Maryland and across America are actively choosing the education environments for their children than at any other time in history.

National School Choice Week provides parents with an opportunity to evaluate the education options available for their children. If parents are interested in switching their child to a different school, or considering homeschooling, it helps to start looking into these options in the winter.

Families in Maryland can choose from traditional public schools, public charter schools, public magnet

schools, private schools, online academies and homeschooling. Because the state offers a private school choice program, parents who choose private schools for their children may also be eligible for state-supported scholarships or tuition assistance for their children.

Searching for a new school, or considering an alternative education environment, doesn’t have to be daunting. Parents can start by talking to their children and other parents, researching schools online, and visiting schools in person. A good place to start is the National School Choice Week website: schoolchoiceweek.com, where we provide more information about specific school choice options in Maryland as well as listings of the tens of thousands of local and regional events happening this year.

National School Choice Week is a time when the country comes together around the idea that every child can succeed when they find the right school fit. This January, parents have more options and opportunities than ever before to find that right fit. For individual communities and for our country, that is a good thing.

Andrew R. Campanella serves as president of National School Choice Week, the world’s largest-annual celebration of opportunity in education. He lives in Northwest Florida.

Suicide Is Not Just a White Thing Suicide is a real problem in the Black community. According to the Center for Disease Control, the suicide rate of Black children between ages 5 and 11 has doubled.

Suicide by hanging has nearly tripled among Black boys. Black youth are killing themselves far more frequently than their elders. In 2014, the risk for attempting suicide among African-Americans born after 1975 was nine times higher than older AfricanAmericans. Suicide has become the third leading cause of death for Black youth between the ages of 15 and 24.

The CDC also reports that in 1980 the suicide rate for Whites, age 10 to 19 was 157 percent greater than that of Blacks. By 1995, there was only a 42 percent difference between White and Black suicide rates.

Although Whites are still more likely to commit suicide, the suicide rate for all African-Americans doubled between 1980-1996. The death rate from suicide for African-American men is more than four

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times greater than that of African-American women.

It has been proposed that racial differences in suicide may be due to cultural rather than genetics.

There has always been a stigma in the AfricanAmerican community surrounding mental illness. Teen suicide talked about in the media seems to focus on the White population. If Blacks of any age commit suicide, the media seems to focus elsewhere. In the Black community, a suicide attempt or suicide may be labeled as a “White problem” or a sign of weakness rather than a mental illness.

The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention theorizes that the stigma about suicide has led to underreporting and undiagnosed mental disorders.

According to the CDC, the most common reason for a teen suicide attempt is conflict with a girlfriend or boyfriend, an argument with parents or school problems. Gay teens have a much higher rate of suicide because they feel conflicted or ashamed of their sexual identity. Some research links Black teens’ early exposure to violence and aggression as reasons for

suicide. Poverty, low self-esteem and easy access to drugs and guns can also lead to a suicide attempt.

At some point, before age 17, 4 percent of Black teens and 7 percent of Black female teens will attempt suicide. Males are more successful at a suicide attempt.

Women and girls tend to use less effective methods to commit suicide are more likely to be found alive.

Increasing the number of Black healthcare professionals and social workers could help the Black community feel more comfortable about accepting mental health treatment. Cultural sensitivity training could also increase trust in the system.

If you are feeling depressed or suicidal, get help.

The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800273-8255 provides access to free and confidential telephonic services, 24/7. These services provide the opportunity to begin treatment for a real Black problem.

Marcia Jackson is a retired RN and educator living in the Baltimore area.

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Ohio Continued from A1 home for more than 16 years, Ohio removed him from the voting lists. He had chosen not to vote in 2009 and 2010. Nor had he returned a notice asking if he was a resident.

Based on Ohio law, Harmon and thousands of other registered voters were then unknowingly purged from voting lists. He was turned away at the polls.

Harmon, along with the A. Philip Randolph Institute (APRI) and the Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless, filed a lawsuit seeking to stop Ohio from removing the names of registered voters from voter rolls. They argued that purging the names was a violation of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993.

The organizations demanded Ohio reinstate otherwise eligible voters who were improperly removed from the rolls pursuant to the Supplemental Process or to count provisional ballots cast by such persons.

There is no law against not voting. Nor should there be a punishment, say lawyers with the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.

The National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA) and the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA) were intended to increase voter participation by making it easier to register to vote. These laws led to more voter registration outlets, such as the Department of Motor Vehicles. The NVRA and HAVA also prevent states from removing names in a manner that is discriminatory. Moreover,

NVRA and HAVA specifically say that states cannot remove names “from the official list of voters registered to vote in an election for Federal office by reason of the person’s failure to vote.”

However, Ohio countered that states must maintain accurate records. In the lower court, Jon Husted, Ohio secretary of state, argued that voter names are not removed for failing to vote. They are removed for failing to respond to a written notice and then not voting in two Federal elections. Ohio assumes the person has moved or died and the name is purged in order to prevent voter fraud and to keep up to date voting records.

Former Attorney General Eric Holder, members of the Congressional Black Caucus, the NAACP and the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights filed briefs supporting Harmon and the A. Philip Randolph Institute. While Georgia and several other “Red States” filed briefs in support of Ohio. The case will be the second voting rights case the Supreme Court will hear during the term.

The A. Philip Randolph Institute has been “supporting voting rights for decades,” says Andre Washington, Ohio State president of APRI. APRI was founded by A. Philip Randolph (1889-1979), a Black labor leader and civil rights activist and Bayard Rustin (1912-1987), a Black labor strategist and civil rights organizer. The Court’s decision in Husted v. Harmon is expected by June.

Conyers Continued from A1 successor, the U.S. Constitution mandates that system, fighting apartheid in South Africa all vacancies be filled by [special] election. and consistently sponsoring a bill that would However, that hasn’t stopped Detroit attorney explore reparations for the descendants of Michael Gilmore, who filed to be a candidate slaves. for the office before Conyers resigned because However, in early December of 2017, a of health reasons last year. sexual harassment scandal from 2015 forced Gilmore is suing Michigan Gov. Rick him to leave office.

Snyder (R) for refusing to call a special Snyder responded to Gilmore’s letter election to fill the position, saying that Snyder by stating that the special election and the “continues to treat residents of urban areas Democratic primary will be held on Aug. 7, across the state as second-class citizens and is saving the state $2 million. Gilmore found that violating a laundry list of constitutional laws unacceptable. in doing so.

“Here he is once again attempting to “By holding this congressional seat balance the state’s budget on the backs of vacant for 11 months until the November Black people, in the name of ‘cost savings’,” 2018 general election, he is denying minority he said. Gilmore said mathematically, the residents of the 13th Congressional District Continued on A6 the right to vote and the right to be represented in Congress,” Gilmore said in a statement on Dec. 8, 2017.

“This is yet another attempt to further silence the voice of minorities in the state and disregard their views.”

During his tenure in the House, which started in 1965, Conyers successfully passed bills that became law on matters such as the Dr. Martin Courtesy photo Luther King Jr. Holiday, Detroit attorney Michael Gilmore, a candidate to replace Motor Voter and preventing John Conyers Jr. in the U.S. Congress, says he is upset violence against women and with the governor of Michigan for not holding a special was a passionate advocate election for the position. for a single-payer health care

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He got up and walked away.

Some worshipful followers of the 28-yearold minister who was thrust into international fame by his astute leadership of the successful Montgomery bus boycott movement tend to see in this incident the hand of Divine Providence.

“The Lord had His hand on him even then,” one elderly Montgomery domestic remarked last May while she and 50,000 other colored persons were trudging to and from work during the bus boycott.

Young King himself is amused by such interpretations, although he will add with a twinkle in his slightly slanted eyes: “Well, I guess God was looking out for me even then. He must have given me a hard head just for that purpose.”

Martin Luther King Jr. was born and named as such in a two –story Auburn Ave. frame house.

But through a two-generation series of misunderstandings he was, until recently, listed officially in the Atlanta vital statistics as Michael Luther King Jr. So Atlanta’s proudest son in the colored community is simultaneously called M.L. by his intimate friends; “Little Mike” by most clerical associates and the “The King” by his most worshipful followers here.

Young King always loved to go on shopping tours with his father and he recalls that one such trip when he was about six brought him

his first remembered consciousness of the problem of segregation in relatively progressive Atlanta.

They’d gone together to store at downtown Five Points near Peachtree St. to get M.L. a new pair of shoes, and they had taken seats in the front of the store. A young white clerk murmured politely: “I’ll be happy to wait on you if you’ll just move back to those seats in the rear.”

“Nothing wrong with these seats,” the elder King had bristled. “We’re quite comfortable here.”

“Sorry,” said the less comfortable clerk, “but you’ll have to go back there.”

“We’ll either buy shoes sitting right here or we won’t buy any shoes at all,” the father retorted before stalking indignantly from the store with his young son.

The Elder King recalled the incident only faintly the other day as one of a series of slights and inconveniences, but Martin Luther King Jr. still remembers it vividly.

“It was probably the first time I had seen Daddy so furious,” he says, “and I guess I was hurt for the first time too. Daddy had always been an emotional man, and I can remember him muttering: “I don’t care how long I have to live with this system, I am never going to accept. I’ll oppose it to the day I die.’

“So I guess this thing started rubbing off on me right then.”

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Oprah Continued from A1 best thing about Oprah running for President is that she can announce it by telling everybody to look under their seats.”

Even Ivanka Trump called Winfrey’s speech, “empowering and inspiring” on Twitter.

However Oprah’s best friend Gayle King said on CBS This Morning Jan. 9, “I was up talking to her very late last night. I do think she is intrigued by the idea, I do think that.”

King downplayed the possibility of Oprah

running for office. “I also know that after years of watching The Oprah Winfrey Show, you always have the right to change your mind. I don’t think at this point she’s actually considering it,” she said.

Even though political pundits, stars and even Trump’s daughter are praising Winfrey, Holmes said what is happening now says more about a movement than an individual.

“This is the continuation of last year,” said Holmes, referring to the Women’s March she attended in 2017, where a record number of women marched in Washington to let Trump know that they were not going anywhere in terms of standing up for themselves. “What

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“What you see is that eyes are being opened on the great impact that women have had in various aspects of society.”

– Phixavier Holmes you see is that eyes are being opened on the great impact that women have had in various aspects of society.”

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“That is a drop in the bucket of the State of Michigan’s annual $56 billion budget,” he said. Gilmore formally filed his lawsuit on Dec. 29, 2017, and wants the federal court to compel Snyder to hold the special election sooner than Aug. 7.

In addition to Gilmore, Michigan State Sen. Ian Conyers, a relative of the former representative, has indicated strong interest in the seat along with State Sen. Coleman Young II, the son of Detroit’s late former mayor. John Conyers son, John Conyers III, hasn’t made a final decision on replacing his father and on Jan. 4, television Judge Greg Mathis said he wanted to run for the seat.

However, the AFRO has learned from a spokesman with the Michigan Secretary of State’s office and a

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D.C. Federation of Democratic Women, said, “Many of us saw 2015 as the year of the woman when Hillary Clinton announced but the real year of the woman is this year and it is coming full circle in the form of moments, situations, truths and tweets that have led us to the maturing of this moment; it is all about timing.”

From the halls of Congress to the Hollywood hills, Holmes said that women are bringing more awareness to issues about how they are being treated in the workplace, but she does have concerns. “My concern is because it is bringing such a great awareness, it is forcing us to rely on basic skills of communications and everybody is being overly sensitive.”

spokeswoman from the Wayne County, Mich., Office of Campaign Finance that no one has filed paperwork for the Conyers seat. However, a spokeswoman for the Federal Election Commission in the District of Columbia said that other than Gilmore, none of the prospective candidates has filed the necessary paperwork for the seat at press time When Conyers left, the U.S. House Office of the Clerk took over the administrative operations of the office, the AFRO was told.

“Staff members of Representative Conyers remain on the House payroll

under the supervision of the Clerk of the House to receive and undertake constituent casework, to help in handling business with the departments of the executive branch of the government, to provide general status information on pending legislation, and to offer other general constituent services provided by House offices,” the Dec. 6, 2017, news release said.

In these types of situations, constituents are advised to contact their senators on political issues or a nearby congressional office which would be Rep. Brenda Lawrence (D-Mich.).

LaSalle Continued from A1 Jackson, Tennessee.

Media outlets report LaSalle suffered from health issues in recent months that resulted in the amputation of her right leg after she suffered a fall.

Along with “Trapped by a Thing Called Love,” she is also well known for the song “Now Run and Tell That.” She had a string of successful singles in the 1970s and the early 1980s.

LaSalle, a Mississippi native, founded the National Association for the Preservation of the Blues to bring more attention to the “soul/blues” style in 1986.

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Impending Closure of W. Baltimore Target Starts to Hit Home As I pulled up to the Target store at Mondawmin Mall in West Baltimore Jan. 6, I was Sean Yoes reminded of Baltimore AFRO the store’s imminent Editor syoes@afro.com demise by the nearly empty parking lot. A few months ago, prior to the announcement from Target’s corporate office that the Mondawmin store would close Feb. 3, a desolate parking lot here on a Saturday would have been implausible.

Not anymore. There were only a few people meandering throughout the huge store; large swaths of merchandising displays were missing from the floors and the walls from what was once a bustling retailer.

In November, when the decision was announced to close the store that opened in 2008, it was met with wide and boisterous disapproval, especially in West Baltimore.

Target’s corporate office said the Mondawmin store was, “underperforming.” “We have a rigorous process in place to evaluate the performance of every store on an annual basis...Typically, a store is closed as a result of seeing several years of decreasing profitability,” according to a statement last November

by Kristy Welker, a Target spokeswoman.

Finding (legal) work in West Baltimore is typically a harrowing endeavor, especially for young Black people…

Welker also stated “eligible” Target employees at the Mondawmin location (about 150 employees) would be offered the opportunity to work at other Target locations.

One of those employees affected by Target’s closure is a young woman I used to buy popcorn (my favorite snack) from (Mondawmin’s Target store has some of the best tasting popcorn in the city), on a regular basis. I don’t know her name, but I remember her smile and her super positive attitude, while selling snacks to Target customers like me. But, on Jan. 6, her energy was clearly different, she seemed so dejected. “I’m going out Pikesville,” she said when asked where she would be relocated once the store closes Feb. 3. “I use to walk to work...it’s an inconvenience

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The American Non-Violent Protest Movement is Rooted In Baltimore

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By Sean Yoes AFRO Baltimore Editor syoes@afro.com

By Deborah Bailey Special to the AFRO

The Montgomery Bus Boycott, which began Dec. 1955 propelled the boycott’s leader, 26-year old Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., into the national spotlight and sparked the American civil rights movement.

However, more than 20 years earlier Baltimore’s Black community organized protests to begin the eradication of one of the city’s main pillars of segregation in one of America’s most segregated cities.

In the first half of the 20th century, Black Baltimoreans endured the indignities of Jim Crow, including not being permitted to try on clothes and shoes prior to purchasing them at the city’s main downtown retailers, including popular department stores like, Hutzler’s, Hecht’s, Hochschild Kohn and Stewart’s. Some of the smaller stores barred Blacks completely. Only on Pennsylvania Ave., the main hub of the Black community were Black people allowed to try on the clothes and shoes they wanted to purchase. But, Blacks were barred from working in those same stores where they spent their money.

In 1933, Kiowa Costonie, a man virtually unknown to Baltimore’s Black community, organized a movement known as the, “Buy Where You Can Work,” campaign.

Costonie, a tall charismatic figure, was known in Washington, D.C. as a faith healer and a prophet.

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Kiowa Costonie, a flamboyant and charismatic “faith healer,” led the, “Buy Where You Can Work” campaign in 1933, which eradicated some elements of Jim Crow in Baltimore.

Frederick M. Tillman, Local Businessman, Dies

By AFRO Staff Frederick Michael Tillman, an entrepreneur in the medical field for several years, died on Christmas Day of congestive heart failure. He was 72.

Tillman was born February 11, 1945, the oldest son of Frederick Thomas Tillman and Agnes Johnson Tillman Russell. He was educated in

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jazz music and was also an amateur chef, who studied at the Culinary Institute of New Orleans, under world renowned chef Emeril Lagasse.

Tillman leaves to mourn: daughters Daisy Michelle Tillman and Keena Renee Story; grandchildren, Louisa and Elijah Story; sisters, Angela Tillman Matthews (Carl), Joyce Tillman Jones, and Shari Wagner Cole

All events listed take place in Baltimore on the MLK Holiday, Jan. 15, unless otherwise indicated.

18th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Parade (Martin Luther King, Jr., Blvd. and Eutaw St., noon-2 p.m., Admission: Free) More than 70 groups will participate in the parade including; high school and community marching bands, fraternities and sororities, honor/color guards, equestrian units, dance squads and civic organizations. Information: 410-7528632

Discussion: “Challenges to the MLK Legacy: Voting Suppression” (Chevrei Tzedek Congregation, Myerberg Center, Jan. 13, 12:15 p.m.- 3:15 p.m., 3101 Fallstaff Rd., Admission: Free) This discussion will be led by Kurt L. Schmoke, former Mayor of Baltimore and current president of the University of Baltimore. The event is the congregation’s annual observance of MLK Day, as well as the birthday of Rabbi Abraham Joshua Continued on B2

“The tension in this room is a byproduct of all of the lack of transparency that has been a benchmark for decades.”

– Christina Duncan Evans

MLK Day Celebration 2018 (Reginald F. Lewis of Maryland African American History and Culture, 830 E. Pratt St., noon- 4:30 p.m., Admission: $5) Live performances, community discussions, films and crafts all reflecting on the life of Dr. King. There will be a musical concert, “Man of Peace: The 50th Anniversary of the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.,” written by composer Benny Russell and performed by Peabody’s Tuned In Orchestra. Also, a discussion on combating violence in our city, moderated by Dr. Harold Carter Jr., pastor of New Shiloh Baptist Church. Information: 443.263.1800 Dr. MLK Day of Service and Fourth International Sisterly Relations Day (Rho Xi Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, 9 a.m.- 1 p.m., 525 N. Caroline St., Admission: Free) AKA members will lead a community impact day of service, with “110 minutes of sisterhood in action,” commemorating the 110th anniversary of the founding of AKA and honoring the life and legacy of Dr. King.

Parents, teachers and concerned citizens packed Baltimore City Public School (BCPS) headquarters at North Ave., for this week’s BCPS board meeting Jan. 9.

Several people who attended the meeting protested severely cold classroom conditions children and teachers endured in several schools across the city, prior to BCPS closing all schools for two days on Jan. 4 and 5.

The BCPS board provided a short period at the beginning of their regularly scheduled meeting for the public to register complaints about the facilities breakdown that left hundreds of classrooms across Baltimore without adequate heat during the post New Year deep freeze. Photographs of shivering elementary school children huddled in coats went viral on social media last week leading to the decision to close all school buildings.

“I want a check in Baltimore City this week for $65 million dollars. You’re not going to sit here and let us patch work the problem,” said Kim Truehart, a long time community activist, protesting the $2.5 million Gov. Larry Hogan allocated to Baltimore Public Schools this week to address the district’s multiple building issues “The tension in this room is a byproduct of all of the lack of transparency that has been a benchmark for decades. We need you to stand up for this institution and make louder calls

the Baltimore City Public Schools, and graduated from Baltimore City College High School in 1962. He received his B.S. degree in Biology from Morgan State College in 1966. Shortly after graduating from Morgan, Tillman embarked on a career in medical sales, where he worked for corporations and launched his own companies as well. He retired from medical sales in 2008.

Tillman was a devoted Baltimore Ravens fan, loved

(Richard), along with many other family members and friends.

to the people who have the purse strings,” said Christina Duncan Evans who teachers at James McHenry Elementary/Middle to school board members.

“We need a temperature threshold. We need a clear policy about communication.

What information can parents expect to know?” said Duncan Evans, who brought a petition signed by 1,500 people with

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her to the meeting. She said her sentiments expressed the concerns of the group, Baltimore Movement of Rank and File Educators.

School board chairwoman Cheryl Casciani promised other angry parents they would have a chance to speak at a special meeting planned for Jan. 22, to talk further about the building crisis. But, the angry crowds that filled the boardroom and four overflow areas throughout the building refused to be cut off, compelling Casciana to allow additional time for comments.

“How is my granddaughter going to learn when she is cold?” shouted a parent from the audience when Casciana first threatened to adjourn the meeting amid angry cries from onlookers.

“We don’t understand how you can say you care but these things still go on in our schools,” shouted another parent.

“They don’t care about your kids. They are setting them up for another form of slavery,” said another audience member.

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“You are right to be as angry as you are. You are right about everything except to say we don’t care,” Casciana implored, defending the school board and staff.

However, a long held belief of BCPS critics is probably at the root of much of the anger exhibited Jan. 9. “The board should immediately take action to execute and publish complete findings of an external audit of the BCPS,” said Nneka Nnamdi of Fight Blight Bmore, who was at the meeting Jan. 9.

“The public strongly believes that theft and graftfinances as the public strongly believes that theft and graft are in part responsible for conditions within the system. Just ‘cause they say it isn’t the case doesn’t make it true.”

Schools CEO Sonja Santilesis took ownership for the decision that left many students in 40 degree classrooms and parents unaware of how the school district was handling the crisis. She also attempted to explain the history of the multiple problems Baltimore City Schools face with building issues.

“Young people you deserve better. We messed up, we are cleaning up, but our mess up is not the only mess up my friends. We got decades of mess up and a lot of it is connected to funding,” Santilesis said.

Photo credit: Deborah Bailey Santilesis then appealed for parents and advocates This week’s Baltimore City Public School board meeting was volatile and to work with her. “Let’s mobilize together, let’s pull attracted an overflow crowd of people, most who were concerned about together.” the heating problems at many city schools last week.

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The Lifestyle page on Jan. 6 mislabeled the picture of Wanda and Clayton Tucker. The AFRO apologizes for the mistake.

for me.”

I suspect the February closing is an inconvenience for most of the Target employees at the Mondawmin Store, especially for those who live nearby. Finding (legal) work in West Baltimore is typically a harrowing endeavor, especially for young Black people like the majority of the employees

at the Mondawmin Target.

But, the closing of the store is also an inconvenience for many residents in the communities surrounding Mondawmin who shopped at the West Baltimore Target over the last 10 years. That store stayed busy, so I know it made a lot of money.

Unfortunately, what I keep hearing on the street and what seems implicit in Target’s statement about “decreasing profitability,” is the Mondawmin store was hit hard by shrinkage, or as we say, boostin.’

I know I’m biased, but

Mondawmin Mall (a five minute walk from where I was born and raised) is the heart of West Baltimore. And many of us over West take pride in Mondawmin, which was one of the first malls in America when it opened in 1956. It has literally stood the test of time in our city, from the 1950’s, to the riots in 1968, to the uprising in 2015 (some stores at the mall were looted after Freddie Gray’s funeral), to today. The arrival of Target at Mondawmin, among other stores, represented a much needed investment in West Baltimore.

Now, many of us our anxious about what the Target closing may portend for the mall and our community.

Real talk, I always felt just a little better, no matter what I might have been going through when I walked into the Mondawmin Target store, after that exuberant young lady sold me my box of popcorn. She’s so West Baltimore (like me), just trying to make the best of what we’ve got. And because I am also from West Baltimore, I could tell, “life ain’t been no crystal stair,” for the young lady who sells

me my popcorn. So, getting that job at the Target close to her house was probably a real blessing for her. Now, having to get to work out in the county is probably going to be a major hassle. I just hope she makes out okay.

But, I know I’m not going all the way out to Pikesville to get my popcorn.

by working on different lot projects throughout East Baltimore, from Oliver to Biddle Street, cleaning up debris, planting, preparing garden beds and more. There will be an indoor art option for children, families and seniors.

8 a.m.-10:30 a.m., Martin’s West, 6817 Dogwood Rd., Admission: $50-$125) This is one of the oldest MLK celebrations on the East Coast, founded more than four decades ago, to celebrate the life and teachings of Dr. King. This year’s speaker is the Rev. Dr. C. Anthony Hunt.

(Lakeland Elementary/ Middle School, 8:30 a.m.noon, 2921 Stranden Rd., Admission: Free) The school will lead projects like, Pinwheels for Peace, building Peace Benches, painting projects and more. Afterwards, students, parents, staff and community members will participate in the MLK Parade.

Sean Yoes is the AFRO’s Baltimore editor and host and executive producer of the AFRO First Edition podcast, which airs Monday and Friday on the AFRO’s Facebook page.

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Heschel, a close associate and fellow freedom marcher with Dr. King.

MLK Day of Service With Civic Works (Civic Works, 1801 E. Oliver St., 8:30 a.m.-noon, Admission: Free) Civic Works, the 6th Branch and Rebuild Johnston Square will lead a day of service honoring Dr. King,

43rd Annual MLK Memorial Breakfast (Kings Landing Women,

MLK Day of Service With Higher Achievement

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a beautiful young socialite. They divorced four years later,” wrote Larry S. Gibson in his book, “Young Thurgood: The Making of a Supreme Court Justice.” Before he launched the Buy Where You Can Work protests, Costonie first reached out to three influential groups (all led by women). The Citywide Young People’s Forum, was led by Baltimore civil rights icons, Lillie Mae Carroll Jackson and her daughters, Virginia and Juanita (all three made the Baltimore chapter of the NAACP into one of the most important chapters in America); the Opportunity Makers Club, led by Vivian “Buster” Marshall, the first wife of Thurgood Marshall and the Housewives League, led by Elvira Bond, wife of the prominent divorce lawyer Roy S. Bond.

Once Costonie secured the support of these three powerful groups, as well as Marshall, the young attorney (Costonie was Marshall’s first documented client in his fabled career), the movement proved to be formidable almost immediately. Costonie’s first targets were the A&P stores, a national grocery chain and the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, another national retail chain.

“After a concentrated drive with the aid of a committee of three, Prophet K. Costonie announced the success of his attempt to gain openings for our young people by stating that two of the largest chain stores had definitely agreed to raise the color bar before October 15 and appoint a number of colored clerks,” wrote the AFRO in 1933.

Costonie never actually dispatched any picketers to A&P, or the Tea Company, he simply informed the management of each of the establishments that 60,000 people were prepared to wage a, “quiet but firm” boycott of all stores. They quickly acquiesced.

Once stores were actually picketed, much of the activity was focused in the 1700 block of Pennsylvania Ave. in Dec. of 1933, and Marshall was present overseeing almost all of the activity. Protesters picketed stores in four, three hour shifts between 9:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. for about two weeks.

Subsequently, Costonie and his supporters organized successful boycotts of several stores on Pennsylvania Ave., one of them, the Tommy Tucker Five and Ten Cent store lost 60 percent of its business during the boycott, according to the AFRO. Over the course of about 90 days, the protests ultimately yielded almost 100 jobs for Blacks on Pennsylvania Ave., where there had been virtually no Black employees.

Just as he had appeared in Baltimore, seemingly out of nowhere, Costonie disappeared, leaving Baltimore under dubious circumstances not long after the completion of the Buy Where You Can Work campaign.

“The short-lived Buy Where You Can Work campaign changed the mindset of Black Baltimore,” wrote Gibson. “The AFRO American recognized the campaign’s clout (AFRO article, “Lesson in Economics,” May 5, 1934), and suggested that if such activism could deprive two boycotted stores of 60 percent of their business in a few days, surely African Americans in Baltimore could win more jobs in stores if they organized again.”

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“Oh, hmm where are you summer why can’t I feel you why have you gone away where is the hot sun that used to warm me why can’t I feel it today? My world is freezing, the wind is breezing, can’t get warm no matter what I do. Where are you summer you left September now just a cold wind blows. When will this be done I need the hot sun the cold weather has to go� – Chyna Allen During our recent cold spell my friend, fashion model Chyna Allen wrote the above song to the tune of Faith Hill’s, “Where are you Christmas?� I thought the song expressed the feelings of many. “I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You’re doing things you’ve never done before, and more importantly, you’re doing something.� – Neil Gaiman How did you spend New Year’s Eve? I was unable to attend Gordon Ramsey’s grand opening in November due to a total knee replacement. Since this was my first opportunity to check Baltimore’s newest high-end restaurant, I figured this would be the perfect opportunity to dine at this 5 star restaurant and I was not disillusioned.

I invited my friend Marsha Jews, as we almost always get together on New Year’s Eve, to join me at Gordon Ramsay Steak, for the most delightful end to 2017. Gordon Ramsay Steak, located in the Horseshoe Casino had a pre fixed five course menu, which included filet mignon, Chilean sea bass and his signature beef wellington. The beef wellington melted in my mouth, the jumbo shrimp cocktail was divine with the shrimp steamed fresh and not frozen, the salad was huge and we had a choice of side dishes to select from. Our server recommended the toffee pudding with butter ice cream drizzled with caramel sauce to compliment a

superb meal. Don’t judge me, but I cannot wait to go back. “Tradition means taking account of a wonderful history but remembering that everybody today looks to the future.� – Michael Kadoorie The tradition has passed to the next generation; for years, I hosted open house on New Year’s Day at my home now, my play son George Ray has picked up the torch.

People flowed throughout George and Keisha’s beautifully appointed Kings Park Estate home throughout the day sipping eggnog, and specially prepared drinks, while nibbling on snacks and black-eyed peas courtesy of Debbie Parker. What is New Year’s Day without you guessed it, chitterlings, which I happily brought to the delight of the New Year revelers. “And now we welcome the New Year. Full of things that have never been.� – Rainer Maria Rilke Finally, got the opportunity to dine at Ida B’s Table at 235 Holliday Street. I ordered the French toast and Sadie Smalley had the frog legs as an appetizer and the shrimp and grits.

The food was delicious and the service was exceptional. The manager Cass came over to introduce herself and make certain our needs were taken care of in a timely manner. our server Tirahz was extremely attentive and knowledgeable concerning the menu. A special attraction was the Phillip family’s black and white photo exhibit on display in the restaurant until the end of January. The photos are three generations of the Phillip family photography starting with the father I Henry Phillips. “Guess who’s coming to dinner�

Melody, a local cafĂŠ located in Mount Vernon at 800 St. Paul St., launched Dec. 17.

However, the grand opening was Jan. 6, with a huge fanfare of local residents and friends.

Melody was a vision inspired by 17 year old Juwan Davis, son of Darlene Johnson-Strange and Darryl Strange. It has established relations with vendors and other business owners including Jamaria Crump founder of Lemon

Topia. For more information about the services and products offered contact Juwan Davis or Darlene Johnson-Strange at 443-421-2700 or www.themelodycafe.com.

Sending our prayers to Jerry and Adrienne Pittman on the sudden death of their son Evan Pittman. To Angela Matthew and family on the death of her brother Freddie Tillman, and to Guy Bosworth on the death of her cousin Patrick Bouvier Bosworth. “Older and wiser voices can help you find the right path, if you are only willing to listen.� – Jimmy Buffett Entering into 2018 an election year I’m remembering the late Del. Joan Neverdon Parker one of the first African American women elected in Baltimore County. Joan’s commitment to the communities is legendary in Baltimore County both socially and economically. “Celebrate good times, come on let’s celebrate. There’s a party goin’ on right here a celebration to last throughout the years. So bring your good times, and your laughter too we gonna celebrate your party with you.� –Kool and the Gang Happy birthday Pat Matthews, Yvonne

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Cook, Ann Branch, Murnell Cooper, 85 year old Robert Whittington ,Thomas Richardson, Jill Carrington turned 50, Jannette Witmyer, Ted Laster, Harvey Harris, Dwight Taylor, twins Corey and Craig Bogans, Kimberleigh De Laine, Antoinette Ford, Judge Paul Smith John Shaft and my sister Cheryl Johnson. “If life gives you limes, make margaritas.� – Jimmy Buffett What’s happening!

Jan. 13 book release party for Threefold Cord Broken at Akoya Room at the Pearl Day Spa 8171 Maple Lawn Blvd., 4:30pm-7pm.

Three women discuss their experiences in life and the impact the changes in their life including divorce reshaped their outlook.

The authors will share transparent decisive moments, healing and deliverance. Proud to say my sister Karen Johnson Chase is one of the authors outlining her life after divorce through counseling and her faith in God. Jan. 15 Join the Mayor Catherine Pugh at the annual Martin Luther King Jr. parade.

Mar. 30 Jimmy Buffet concert at Royal Farm Arena tickets are on sale now.

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Renard Gardner’s company, Vessel Electric, is growing thanks to BUILD College, a BLocal program designed to help local minority- and women-owned construction businesses excel.

For a Stronger Baltimore BLocal is a commitment by 27 Baltimore-area businesses to leverage their collective influence to help strengthen the city and create opportunities for Baltimoreans. In the initiative’s first year, BLocal partners, led by Johns Hopkins University and Health System and BGE, invested at least $86.1 million through their construction and purchasing activity supporting local and diverse businesses.

Find out more about our first-year progress at blocalbaltimore.org.

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Dr. Sheila Brooks John Walters of Walters Relocation, Calvin Mims of Calmi Electric and Dr. Gerald Boyd of DB consulting group

On Dec. 18th, the Entrepreneur Development Day Program was held, at the University of Maryland Baltimore County. Members of the Presidents’ Roundtable, in conjunction with the PRT Reach Foundation, developed this program in order to share and discuss knowledge and experience with other Black entrepreneurs.

Keynote speakers included Robert Wallace of BITHgroup Technologies, Dr. Sheila Brooks of SRP Communications, and Tony Hill of Edwards and Hill Office Furniture.

Robert Wallace of BITHgroup

Judith de Vastey and Donna Stevenson of Early Morning Software

Dr. Gerald Boyd of DB Consulting Group

Keyia Yalcin of The Yalcin Group

Tony Hill of Edwards & Hill Office Furniture Attendees took notes as the speakers gave their presentations.

Photos by Keyon Smith

Alice Torriente, Sen. Verna Jones Rodwell and Veris R. Lee

The Baltimore Chapter Women for Obama and Marilyn Mosby Baltimore City States Attorney

Dr. Cecil C. Gray Pastor of Northwood Appold United Methodist Church Geraldine R. Waters

On Dec. 16th, the Baltimore Chapter of Women for Obama, held their final holiday luncheon at the Northwood Appold United Methodist Church, In Baltimore.

Marilyn Mosby, Baltimore City State’s Attorney, was the keynote speaker.

Women for Obama was formed in the Spring of 2007 when Sen. Barack Obama decided to run for President Rosalind S. Seth (standing) Alice Torriente (Women for of The United Obama) States.

Sen. Barbra Robinson and Sen. Verna Jones Rodwell

Andrea and Randall Anderson

Photos by DeVone Marshall

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ARTS & CULTURE Smithsonian Exhibit

This image depicts three children in the entrance of a yellow tent in Resurrection City during the Poor People’s Campaign.

Poor People’s Campaign Photos Highlight King’s Last Battle for Economic Rights

By Lenore T. Adkins Special to the AFRO

Courtesy photo

While Martin Luther King, Jr. is most famous for using non-violent tactics to secure civil rights for Blacks, his struggle for economic justice on behalf of all poor people is “often undervalued and less understood,” said Lonnie G. Bunch III, founding director of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.

The museum attempts to rectify that by highlighting King’s last human rights crusade in a new exhibit called “City of Hope: Resurrection City & the 1968 Poor People’s Campaign.”

The exhibit centers on a 43-day demonstration with nearly 8,000 protestors living in Resurrection City, a

makeshift community they occupied on the National Mall to protest poverty. The exhibit opened Jan. 9 in the gallery the museum maintains at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History located in Northwest D.C. Commemorating the 50th anniversary of Resurrection City is how the museum will recognize King’s upcoming Jan. 15 birthday.

“In 2018, there will be so much attention and discourse — rightly so — about the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr,” Bunch told reporters Jan. 9 at a media preview of the exhibition.

“At the National Museum of African American History and Culture, we decided to acknowledge that moment, not by focusing on King’s death, (but) by

helping the public remember his legacy and the issues, some of which are still unmet that he challenged America to address.”

In 1968, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, helmed by King and Ralph Abernathy, established the Poor People’s Campaign, a multicultural and multiracial coalition of nearly 6,300 people. It focused on ending poverty for the 35 million people who were left behind as the United States soared to world dominance and did not benefit from various government programs.

Abernathy picked up the mantle after King’s assassination and carried out the slain civil rights leader’s vision for Resurrection City that incorporated poor children, the elderly, Blacks and Whites

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SPORTS

Racial Slurs Seem to Follow Bill’s Incognito From Team to Team

By Mark F. Gray Special to the AFRO After committing $100 million over the next seven years to end player protests during the national anthem, the National Football League finds itself in the crosshairs of another embarrassing racial incident from a repeat offender. Jacksonville Jaguars and former Maryland defensive end Yannick Ngakoue tweeted following their AFC wildcard win that Buffalo Bills offensive lineman Richie Incognito used racial slurs about his African heritage in a confrontation during the game in Jacksonville Jan 7.

Incognito, who is White, was involved in a similar controversy with former teammate Johnathan Martin, who is mixed race, while playing for the Miami Dolphins in 2013. During that incident Incognito was accused of bullying Martin

– by also using racial slurs - which led to his emotional breakdown and an NFL investigation that ripped the Dolphins apart. Many Black Dolphins players praised Incognito as a great teammate and branded Martin as soft. However, after an investigation by former federal prosecutor Ted Wells, Incognito was suspended for the balance of that season but never lost a paycheck.

He didn’t play a single down in 2014 then resurfaced in Buffalo for the 2015 season where he has played since.

It should be noted that Incognito had limited on field interactions versus the Jaguars because he missed the first quarter. They did, however, face each other at least twice in the fourth quarter where the alleged incidents took place.

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AP Photo/Julio Cortez

Buffalo Bills offensive guard Richie Incognito (64) has been accused of using a racial slur again.

First Black Woman Glides Onto U.S. Olympic SpeedSkating Team

By Lenore T. Adkins Special to the AFRO Maame Biney, 17, has made history as the first Black woman to qualify for the U.S. Olympic speedskating squad, setting her up to compete in the upcoming Winter Games.

The Reston, Va., native landed her spot on the team Dec. 16 after two wins in the women’s 500-meter, U.S. Olympic

“When I realized that I made the Olympic team, I started cheering like crazy…”

– Maame Biney

Team Trials in Kearns, Utah.

In the first 500 final at the short track trials, Biney emerged victorious over Olympians Lana Gehring, Jessica Kooreman and Catherine Reutter-Adamek.

The teenager crushed the competition again in the second final, and once she crossed the finish line, Biney celebrated so hard that she fell down.

“When I realized that I made the Olympic team, I started cheering like crazy and then I made my epic fall,” Biney told reporters.

Biney was only five when she moved to the United States from Ghana, according to the Salt Lake Tribune.

AP Photo/Rick Bowmer

Maame Biney, center, is be the first Black woman to qualify for the U.S. Olympic speedskating squad.

She’ll head to Pyeongchang, South Korea for the upcoming 2018 Winter Games in February.

Biney’s hoping to set a new world record for the women’s 500-meter event — the current record, set in 2016 by Elise Christie of Great Britain, is 42.335 seconds, the Tribune reported. Biney’s personal best is 43.161 seconds, according to the Tribune.

The teen’s Olympic berth makes her the second Black speedskater to land on the U.S. Olympic team. Shani Davis of Chicago was 19 when he qualified for the short track team in 2002. He later changed to long track and secured four medals, two gold medals among them, NBC reported.

Next month, Davis, 35, will attempt to secure a spot on the Olympic long track team.

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Buck O’Neil: The Forgotten Man

By Tim Lacy Special to the AFRO Before I serve the main course, I would like to set the table. Followers of this space are aware that my three knuckleheads, Maddie, Jordan and John, often provide me with inspiration through their questions about sports. In this particular case, inspiration came from another source when I took my act on the road. Confused yet?

My wife’s mother was one of 10 children born to the family of the man that owned a good part of the Olive Grove community outside of Littleton, N.C. My wife was the beneficiary of a little prime real estate and we have a summer home in the area. I’m not trying to diss this community by suggesting it is country, but there are more than a few cows, pigs, horses, foxes, deer, skunks and other fourlegged creatures sharing the neighborhood.

October to January is hunting season, and it is a special sight to see a bunch of nimrods flashing by in their pickup trucks wearing day-glo caps. I think they are dealing with the smartest deer in the world, or they have a scout deer hiding in the woods with a cell phone with one message, “Here they come.”

The common denominator is the fact that they recognize me as the sports guru of the group. Their questions often cause me to dive into some research to answer a query and uphold my reputation.

And so, dinner is served. I missed it, but there was some kind of story on TV that mentioned “Buck” O’Neil. I am not surprised that this prompted the question, “Who is ‘Buck’ O’Neil?” John Jordan “Buck” O’Neil’s story is interesting albeit not unique. Buck was born in Florida in 1911, and he soon learned

that the segregated South wasn’t designed to offer many opportunities for “Coloreds.”

He spent his summers in Sarasota watching the New York Yankees at Spring Training.

Baseball was in his blood, but there were no opportunities for people of color.

He satisfied his longing for baseball by playing with the Kansas City Monarchs. He

October to January is hunting season, and it is a special sight to see a bunch of nimrods flashing by in their pickup trucks wearing day-glo caps. was a quality first baseman, and carried a live bat. In 1947, when Jackie Robinson took the first steps towards integrating Major League Baseball, Buck was too old to be considered.

He languished at first base for the Monarchs and eventually became a player-manager.

In 1962, Buck made the transition to Major League Baseball as a coach for the Chicago Cubs. He had the distinction of being the first colored coach in the big leagues.

Buck had a winning smile and the blood of a politician, unfortunately he had the reputation of blowing his own horn by bringing other players down. Buck was known to interject, “Are you sure that’s the guy you want?” or “He was pretty good, but I don’t know,” and “He wouldn’t be my first choice.”

As these comments cast a shadow on other players, Buck saw his own stock rising.

In 2006, Major League Baseball inducted some of the Negro League players into its own Hall of Fame, but Buck didn’t make the grade.

He died later that same year—some say it was from a broken heart.

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Communications shall be filed with the ified beneficiary of the proceeding. Objections a p p e a r a n c e i n t h i s receive a copy of this noPROBATE to the trustDIVISION should be trust and any other person Register of Wills or filed Training*Life Insurance to such appointment proceeding. Objections Register of Wills, D.C., tice by mail within 25 Wills, D.C., 515 5th Washington, D.C. Street, N.W., 3rd Floor mailed or directed toCath- w h o w o u l d b e a n with the Register of Wills Required. Call 1-888shall be filed with the to such appointment (or 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd days of its first publica- W a s h i n g t o n , D . C . erine 20001-2131 Marie Rafferty Esq., interested person within with a copy to the underFloor Washington, D.C. Register of Wills, D.C., tion shall so inform the Administration No.NW, to the probate of de713-6020 20001, on or before July 4801 Yuma Street, the meaningof D.C. Code, signed, on or before July 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd cedent´s will) shall be 20001, on or before July Register of Wills, includ- 5, 2018. Claims against Washington, 2017NRT000037 12, 2018, or be forever DC 20016 sec. 20-101(d) 5, 2018.

Claims against Floor Washington, D.C. filed with the Register of ing name, address and the decedent shall be The Robert Devitt barred. Persons believed Trust is subject to Date of Publication: the decedent shall be 20001, on or before July Wills, D.C., 515 5th relationship. to be heirs or legatees of of the deceased January 5, 2018 presented to the under- claims McCleary REAL ESTATE presented to the under5, 2018. Claims against Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Date of Publication: Decedent the decedent who do not creditors, costs of Name of newspaper: signed with a copy to the settlor’s signed with a copy to the the decedent shall be January 5, 2018 NOTICE of OFthe setWa s h i n g t o n , D . C . receive a copy of this noRegister of Wills or filed administration FOR SALE Afro-American presented to the under- 20001, on or before July Register of Wills or filed Name of newspaper: EXISTENCE OF tice by mail within 25 with the Register of Wills tlor’s estate, the expenses Washington Law Delaware New Movesigned with a copy to the 5, 2018. Claims against with the Register of Wills Afro-American REVOCABLE of the deceased settlor’s days of its first publicawith a copy to the underRegister of Wills or filed the decedent shall be with a copy to the underWashington funeral and disposal of re- Reporter TRUST In Ready Homes! tion shall so inform the signed, on or before July Daniel Gibson McCleary signed, on or before July with the Register of Wills presented to the underLaw Reporter mains,Devitt and McCleary statutory Register of Wills, includ5, 2018, or be forever Robert Low Taxes! Close to Personal 5, 2018, or be forever (name of deceased setwith a copy to the under- signed with a copy to the Mark J Hamilton barred. Persons believed allowances to a surviving Representative ing name, address and Beaches, whose was spouse and address children to the signed, on or before July Register of Wills or filed barred. Persons believed G Christopher Hamilton to be heirs or legatees of tlor) relationship.

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2017ADM001469 01/12, 01/19, 01/26/18 Increase your customer Washington, D.C. Law Reporter to the trust should be after the date of the first Law Reporter Afro-American Date of Publication: or directed publication of thistoCathnotice). Evelyn Lucille Chan20001-2131 Isaac C Hunt III mailed base and get great reLawanda Evans Washington January 5, 2018 Marie Rafferty Esq., An action to contest the dler Administration No. Personal erine Personal sults by placing your Law Reporter Name of newspaper: Yuma Street, validity of this trust NW, must Decedent 2017ADM001399 Representative 4801 Representative Carolyn WilliamsAfro-American Washington, DC 20016 be commenced by the Thomas P Hartnett Esq ads in the MDDC – I.C. Hunt Jr Brunson Washington The Trust is subject 31, to earliest of (1)October 209 Pennsylvania Ave AKA TRUE TEST COPY Classified Advertising TRUE TEST COPY Personal Law Reporter claims of the 2018 (one yeardeceased from date SE Isaac Cosby Hunt Jr. REGISTER OF WILLS REGISTER OF WILLS network! Call today Representative settlor’s costs of of deathcreditors, of the2018 deceased Selene Egeowu TYPESET: Tue Jan 09 15:09:36 EST Washington, DC 20003 AKA administration of the settler) or (2) Julyset-5, Attorney Personal 410-212-0616 Ask for Isaac C Hunt Jr. 01/05, 01/12, 01/19/18 tlor’s estate, the expenses 2018(6 months from the TRUE TEST COPY TYPESET: Tue Jan 09 15:20:24 EST 2018 Representative NOTICE OF This Notice must be Decedent 01/05, 01/12, 01/19/18 Multi-Media Specialist ofdate theofdeceased settlor’s first publication of REGISTER OF WILLS mailed postmarked within APPOINTMENT, Paul D Pearlstein Superior Court of -Wanda & watch your funeral and disposal of rethis notice) or (3) ninety TRUE TEST COPY 15 days of its first publicaNOTICE TO 2928 Ellicot Street, NW the District of mains, andheir statutory days the Trustee 01/05, 01/12, 01/17/18 tion toafter each and qualREGISTER OF WILLS results grow. EDED CREDITORS SUPERIOR COURT OF Washington, DC 20008 District of Columbia allowances to a surviving sends the person a copy ified beneficiary of the AND NOTICE TO THE DISTRICT OF Attorney PROBATE DIVISION spouse andany children the of theand trust instrument and trust other to person UNKNOWN HEIRS COLUMBIA NOTICE OF Washington, D.C. WANTED TO extent the deceased setawnotice informing the perh o w o u l d b e a n 01/5, 01/12, 01/17/18 PROBATE DIVISION APPOINTMENT, 20001-2131 tlor’s residuary probate son of the person trust’s exis- Sheila Burr, whose adinterested within BUY dress is 132 Tennessee Washington, D.C. NOTICE TO Administration No. estate is inadequate to tence, the Trustee’s name the meaningof D.C. Code, 20001-2131 CREDITORS 2017NRT000037 satisfy thoseand claims, and address, the time Ave., NE, Washington, FREON R12 WANTED: sec.

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January 5, 2018 will PAY CA$H for R12 Estate of Isaac C Hunt III, whose Decedent Claims of themay deceased The Trustee proceed of the estate of Evelyn Name of newspaper: cylinders or cases of cans.

Lucille Chandler , who William Benjamin address is 4818 8th NOTICE OF settlor ’s creditors are to distribute the trust propAfro-American Young Sr. Street, NE, Washington, (312) 291-9169; www.

EXISTENCE OF barred against the erty in as accordance with died on December 8, Washington Law Deceased DC 20017 was appointed REVOCABLE Trustee and the trust propthe terms of the trust be- 2016without a will, and refrigerantfinders.com Reporter will serve without Court NOTICE OF personal representative erty unless presented to fore the expiration of the TRUST Daniel Gibson Trustee atwhich the McCleary address time within an ac- supervision. All unknown STANDARD of the estate of I.C. Hunt Robert Devitt McCleary the Personal heirs and heirs whose on or betion mustherein be commenced PROBATE Jr. AKA Isaac Cosby (name of deceased set- provided Representative Julythe 5, 2018 6 months unless Trustee knows whereabouts are unNotice is hereby given Hunt Jr. AKa Isaac C tlor) whose address was fore TRUE TEST COPY after the date of the first of a pending judicial 4701 Connecticut Avenue known shall enter their that a petition has been Hunt Jr., who died on REGISTER OF WILLS ofcontesting this notice). proceeding the a p p e a r a n c e i n t h i s filed in this Court by October 29, 2017 with a NW, #407, Washington publication

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gency Parkway, Apt 204, Suitland, MD 20746 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Torrey Marcellus Bowman , who died on February 23, 2015 without a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknownEST heirs2018 and heirs 15:08:20 LEGAL NOTICES 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, on or before July 12, 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 July 12, 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: January 12, 2018 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Denisha Yancey Personal Representative

THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIVIL DIVISION Civil Action No. 2017CA008132 L(RP) (Action Involving Real Property) Calendar #18Magistrate Judge Raymond

weeks, notifying all persons interested in the Real Property described above to appear in this Court by the 11th day of April, 2018, and redeem the Real Property by payment of $2160.41, together with interest from the date the Real Property 15:08:04 EST 2018 tax certificate was purLEGAL NOTICES chased, court costs, and reasonable attorney’s fees, expenses incurred in the service of process and service of process by publication, reasonable fees for the title search, and all other amounts paid by the Plaintiff in accordance with the provisions of D. C. Official Code §§ 47-1361 and 47-1377 (2001 ed.), and all outstanding municipal lien amounts due and owing on the aforemen-tioned Real Property, or answer the complaint, or, thereafter, a final judgment will be entered foreclosing the right of redemption in the Real Property and vesting in the Plaintiff(s) a title in fee simple.

municipal by lientheamounts ORDERED Superdue andofowing on the ior Court the District of aforemen-tioned Columbia, that noticeReal be Property, answer ofthe given by theorinsertion a vs. complaint, thereafter, copy of thisor,Order in thea finals hjudgment Wa i n g t o n will A f r obe - enAbey Kassa; tered foreclosing the right American, a newspaper Menna Desta; of redemption in the Real having a general circulaProperty and vesting tion in the District ofin THE DISTRICT the Plaintiff(s) a title in fee Columbia, once a week OF COLUMBIA, TYPESET: Jan 09 simple.

ChristopherTue Hauser for three (3) successive LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICES LEGALAnd NOTICES weeks, Plaintiff notifying all per/s/ CherylinBailey sons interested the Acting Clerk ofdescribed the Court vs.Court of Property All unknown owners of the Real Superior to James appearMcGinley in this real property described aboveBy: the Unknown devisees, below, their heirs, devi- Court by the 11th day of DistrictHeirs, of Columbia 01/12, 01/19, personal representatives, April, 2018, and01/26/18 redeem sees, personal reprePROBATE DIVISION executor, administrators & sentatives, executors, the Real Property by payWashington, D.C. grantees of Edna Kellum, ment of $3234.86, toadministrators, grantees, 20001-2131 deceased; assigns or successors in gether with interest from Administration No. TYPESET: Tue Jan 09 15:06:55 EST 2018 Theresa Banks; right, title, and interest the date the Real Property 2017ADM001466 District of Columbia Water andany and all persons tax certificate was purNoble J Watkins and Sewer having or claiming tohave chased, court costs, and Decedent Authority; any including ad- reasonable attorney’s INinterest, THE SUPERIOR Williams S Stancil, THE DISTRICT OFEsq verse COURT possession, OF in the fees, expenses incurred in 739 Congress COLUMBIA,Street, leasehold or the fee THE DISTRICT OFsim- the service of process and SE ple in the real property and service of process by pubCOLUMBIA Washington, DC 20032 premises situate, lying lication, reasonable fees CIVIL DIVISION Attorney And and Civil beingAction in the District No. of for the title search, and all NOTICE OF Columbia described as : other amounts paid by the 2017CA008218 L(RP) APPOINTMENT, All unknown owners of the Square Involving 5594, Lot Real 0001 Plaintiff in accordance (Action NOTICE TO real property described with the provisions of D. C. and assessed to Abey Property) Calendar #18 below, CREDITORS their heirs, deviKassa and Menna Desta Official Code §§ 47-1361 Magistrate Judge AND NOTICErepreTO sees, personal and otherwise known as and 47-1377 (2001 ed.), Raymond sentatives, executors, UNKNOWN HEIRS 1844 Minnesota Ave., SE, a n d a l l o u t s t a n d i n g administrators, grantees, municipal lien amounts Lorraine A Watkins, Washington, D.C., Christopher Hauser /s/ Cheryl Bailey assigns or successors in due and owing on the whose address is 319 K Plaintiff Acting Clerk of the Court right, interest aforemen-tioned Real Defendants Street,title, NE,and Washington, By: James McGinley andany andwas allappointed persons Property, or answer the vs.

DC 20002 having or claiming tohave complaint, or, thereafter, a ORDER OF personal representative 01/13, 01/19, 01/26/18 any interest, including adfinal judgment will be enPUBLICATION EST 2018 Abey Kassa; of the estate of Noble J TYPESET: Tue Jan 09 15:06:34 verse possession, in the tered foreclosing the right In accordance with D.C. Menna Desta; Watkins, who died on leasehold the1994 fee simOfficial § 47-1375 weeks, Code notifying all per- of redemption in the Real Decemberor26, withple realand property and (2001 ed.), the object of Property and vesting in THE DISTRICT sons interested in the outinathe will, will serve IN THE SUPERIOR premises lying this proceeding is to se- the Plaintiff(s) a title in fee OF COLUMBIA, Real Property described COURT with Courtsituate, supervision. and being in the District of cure the foreclosure of the above to appear in this simple.

OF THE DISTRICT All unknown heirs asand Columbia described a right redemption in theof And Courtof by the 11th day OF h e i r s w h o s e vacant lot on the east side /s/ Cheryl Bailey following real and property loApril 2018, redeem COLUMBIA are unofwhereabouts 54th St., SE, adjacent Acting Clerk of the Court cated in Property the District of All unknown owners of the the Real by payCIVIL DIVISION known enter their and eastshall of improvement By: James McGinley Columbia, and sold by the real property described ment of $17016.09, toCivil Action No. appea n c e Drake in th is known asr a5400 Pl., Mayor of theheirs, District of below, devigethertheir with interest from 2017 CA 008140 L(RP) proceeding.

Objections TYPESET: Wed Jan 10 SE: Square 5295, Lot 01/12, 01/19, 01/26/18 Columbia to the Plaintiff sees, personal repre-in the date the Real Property (Action Involving to such appointment 0021 and assessed to Unthis Square sentatives, executors, tax action: certificate was5594 purReal Property) Calendar shall be fileddevisees, with the known Heirs, Lot 0001 court whichgrantees, may also administrators, chased, costs, and #18 RegisterEST of Wills, personal representatives, be known as attorney’s 1844 Min15:08:56 2018 D.C., assigns or successors in SUPERIOR COURT reasonable Magistrate Judge 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd executor, administrators & nfees, e s o texpenses a Avand e . , incurred S E , in right, title, interest OF THE DISTRICT Raymond Floor Washington, D.C. grantees of Edna Kellum, Washington DC.The comandany and of all persons OF the service process and 20001, onand or before July deceased otherwise plaint states, among other having or claiming tohave COLUMBIA service of process by pubChristopher Hauser known as Claims SE, Washing12, 2018. against things, that the amounts any interest, including adCIVIL DIVISION lication, reasonable fees Plaintiff ton, the D.C., decedent shall be necessary redemption verse possession, inand theall for the titlefor search, presented to the underhave notor been leasehold thepaid feepaid. simED KINARD, et al. other amounts by the Pursuant to the Chief signedDefendants with a copy to the ple in the real property and Plaintiff in accordance vs.

Judge’s Administration premises situate, oflying Register of Wills or filed Plaintiffs with the provisions D. C. ORDER OF of Wills Unknown Heirs, devisees, and Order Number 02-11, itofis being in the§§ District with the Register Official Code 47-1361 PUBLICATION this day of December, described : vs. with a copy to the under- personal representatives, Columbia and6th 47-1377 (2001as ed.), Insigned, accordance with D.C. 2017, a n d a5594, l l o u tLot s t a n0001 ding on or before July executor, administrators & Square Official Code ORDERED by Superassessed toamounts Abey DONALD CAPLAN, municipal lienthe 12, 2018, or §be47-1375 forever grantees of Eleanora and (2001 ed.), the object of ior Court the District of andofMenna Desta TRUSTEES, et al. due and owing on the barred.

Persons believed Janifer, deceased;District Kassa this proceeding is to seColumbia, thatknown noticeReal be otherwise as aforemen-tioned to be heirs or legatees of of Columbia Water and and cure the foreclosure of the given by the insertion of a 1844 Minnesota Ave., SE, Defendants Property, or answer the the decedent who do not Sewer Authority; right of redemption in the copy of thisor, Order in thea Washington, D.C., complaint, thereafter, THE DISTRICT OF receive a copy of this nofollowing real property loWa i n g t o n will A f r obe - enCivil Action No. finals hjudgment COLUMBIA, tice by within of 25 cated in mail the District American, a newspaper 2012 CA 006660 L(RP) tered Defendants foreclosing the right days of its Columbia, andfirst soldpublicaby the having a general circula(Action Involving of redemption in the Real And tion shall so inform Mayor of the District the of tion in the ORDER OF Real Property) Property andDistrict vesting ofin Register of Wills, includColumbia to the Plaintiff in Columbia, once a week PUBLICATION Calendar #18 the Plaintiff(s) a title in fee ing action: name, Square address5295 and All unknown owners of the In this three (3) successive accordance with D.C. Magistrate Judge simple. real property described for relationship.

Lot 0021 which may also weeks, notifying all perOfficial Code § 47-1375 Raymond below, their heirs, deviPublication: bDate e k nofo w n as SE, sons ed.), interested inBailey the object of /s/the Cheryl sees, personal repre- (2001 January 12, 2018 Washington DC. Real Property proceeding isthe to Court seNext Court Event: Acting Clerk ofdescribed sentatives, executors, this Name of newspaper: The complaint states, above to appearMcGinley in this the foreclosure of the Status Conference By: James administrators, grantees, cure Afro-American among other things, that Court by the 11th day of right of redemption in the January 24, 2018 at 10:00 assigns or successors in the amounts necessary Washington April, 2018, redeem real and property loa.m. right, title, and interest following for redemption Law Reporter have not the Real by payin Property the District of 01/12, 01/19, 01/26 andany and all persons cated been paid.

Lorraine A Watkins having or claiming tohave Columbia, ment of and $3234.86, tosold by the ORDER Pursuant to the Chief gether of with Personal Mayor theinterest Districtfrom of any interest,Tue including ad- 15:06:55 Jan 09 EST 2018 Judge’s Administration the date the Real Property Representative TYPESET: Columbia to the Plaintiff in This matter comes before verse possession, in the Order Number 02-11, it is tax action: certificate was5594 pur- the Court on Plaintiffs MoSquare leasehold or the fee sim- this t TRUE h i s TEST 5 t h COPY day of chased, court costs, and tion to Reissue Order of ple in the real property and Lot 0001 which may also December,2017 reasonable IN THE SUPERIOR known as attorney’s 1844 MinPublication.The Court has REGISTER OF2018, WILLS premises situate, lying be ORDERED by the Superfees, expenses incurred in COURT OF n e s o t a Av e . , S E , reviewed the Motion and and being in the District of ior Court01/19, of the01/26/18 District of the service of process and the record herein and will THE DISTRICT OFas : Washington DC.The com01/12, Columbia described TYPESET: Jan be 09 15:06:16 EST 2018 Columbia, thatTue notice service of process by pubCOLUMBIA direct Plaintiff to Square 5179, Lot 0803 plaint states, among other given by the insertion of a lication,that reasonable fees supplementthe instant CIVIL DIVISION the amounts and assessed to Un-of things, tion in Action the District copy of this Order in the for the title search, and all Civil No. necessary for redemption motion. Plaintiff seeks to known Heirs, devisees, Columbia, once a week have Wa sINh iTHE n g t oSUPERIOR n Afroother amounts paidpaid. by the publish in ”some news2017CA008218 L(RP) not been personal representatives, for three (3) successive COURT OF American, a newspaper Plaintiff in accordance (Action Involving Real& Pursuant to the Chief paper of general circulaexecutor, administrators weeks, notifying all#18 per- Judge’s THEa DISTRICT OF having general circulawith the provisions of D. C. tion.” This isinsufficient for Property) Calendar Administration grantees of Eleanora sons interested in the Order COLUMBIA Official Code §§ 47-1361 Magistrate Judge Number 02-11, it is the Court to issue an order Janifer, deceased and Real Raymond Property described CIVIL DIVISION and6th 47-1377 (2001 ed.), of publication. Plaintiff this day of December, otherwise as in 4916 above toknown appear this 2017, Civil Action No. a n d a l l o u t s t a n d i n g must provide the Court Nannie Helen Boroughs Court by the 11th day of ORDERED 2017CA008132 L(RP) municipal by lientheamounts Christopher Hauser Superwiththe name of the newsAve, April,Washington, 2018, and D.C., redeem ior (Action Involving Real due andofowing on the Plaintiff Court the District of paper in which it intends to the Real Property by payProperty) Calendar aforemen-tioned Columbia, that noticeReal be publish. ment Defendants of vs. $2160.41, to- given #18Magistrate Judge Property, or answer the by the insertion of a The Plaintiff is directed to gether with interest from copy Raymond complaint, or, thereafter, a of this Order in the supplementthe instant ORDER OFProperty the date theKassa; Real final judgment will be enAbey Wa s h i n g t o n A f r o motion within 10 days PUBLICATION tax certificate was purChristopher Hauser tered foreclosing the right designating a newspaper Menna Desta; American, a newspaper Inchased, accordance court with costs,D.C. and having Plaintiff of redemption in the Real a general circulain which it intends to pubOfficial Code §attorney’s 47-1375 reasonable Property andDistrict vesting ofin lish.

THE DISTRICT in the (2001 ed.), the incurred object ofin tion fees, expenses vs. the Plaintiff(s) a title in fee OF COLUMBIA, Columbia, once a week SO ORDERED this 23rd this proceeding is to sethe service of process and simple. three (3) successive day of October, 2017. cure the foreclosure of pubthe for service ofAnd process by Unknown Heirs, devisees, right of redemption the weeks, notifying all perlication, reasonablein fees personal representatives, following /s/ Cheryl Bailey sons interested in the Magistrate Judge real property lofor the title search, and all executor, administrators & All Acting Clerk ofdescribed the Court unknown owners of the Property Renee Raymond cated in the District of Real other amounts paid by the grantees of Edna Kellum, real TYPESET: Wed Jan 10 property described to James appearMcGinley in this (Signed in chambers) Columbia, andaccordance sold by the aboveBy: Plaintiff in deceased; below, their devi- Court by the 11th day of Mayor ofprovisions theheirs, District with the of D.of C. April, Theresa Banks; 01/12, 01/19, 01/26/18 TYPESET: Tue Jan 09 15:06:55 EST 2018 sees, personal repre2018, and redeem Columbia to the§§ Plaintiff in Official Code 47-1361 District of Columbia Water sentatives, executors, the Real Property by paySUPERIOR COURT this Square 5179 andaction: 47-1377 (2001 ed.), ment of $3234.86, toand Sewer administrators, grantees, chased,OF court THEcosts, and Lot 0803 which may also a n d a l l o u t s t a n d i n g Authority; assigns or as successors in gether with SUPERIOR interest from reasonable attorney’s IN THE DISTRICT OF be known 4916 Nannie municipal lien interest amounts the date the Real Property THE DISTRICT OF right, title, and fees, expenses incurred in COURT OF COLUMBIA Helen Boroughs Ave, due and owing on the tax certificate COLUMBIA, andany and all persons was purthe service of process THE DISTRICT OF CIVIL DIVISION and Washington DC.The comaforemen-tioned Real having or claiming tohave service of process by pubCOLUMBIA plaint states, among other Property, or answer the any interest, including adlication, reasonable CIVIL DIVISION ED KINARD, et al. fees things, that or, thethereafter, amounts complaint, And verse possession, in the a for the title search, and all Civil Action No. necessary for redemption final judgment will be enleasehold or the fee simother amounts paid by the 2017CA008218 L(RP) Plaintiffs have not been the paid. tered foreclosing right All unknown owners of the ple in the realtoproperty and Plaintiff in accordance (Action Involving Real Pursuant the Chief of redemption in the Real real property described premises situate, lying with the provisions of D. C. vs.

Judge’s Administration Property vestingofin Property) Calendar #18 below, their heirs, devi- and being inand the 02-11, District Official Code §§ 47-1361 Magistrate Judge Order Number is the Plaintiff(s) a title as init fee sees, personal repre- Columbia described : and 47-1377 (2001 ed.), Raymond this 5th day of December simple. sentatives, executors, Square a n d a l l B.o MASSEY, utstandin GENEVA etg 2017, 5594, Lot 0001 administrators, grantees, and assessed to SuperAbey municipal al. lien amounts Christopher Hauser ORDERED byCheryl the /s/ Bailey assigns or successors in Kassa and Menna Desta due and owing on the Plaintiff iorActing Court Clerk of theofDistrict of 15:09:19 ESTand 2018 the Court right, title, interest and otherwise as aforemen-tioned Defendants Real Columbia, thatknown notice be By: James McGinley andany and all persons 1844 Ave., SE, Property, or answer the vs. givenMinnesota by the insertion of a having or claiming tohave Washington, D.C., complaint, or, thereafter, a Civil Action No. copy of this01/19, Order01/26/18 in the any interest, including ad- Wa s01/13, final willL(RP) be enAbey Kassa; 2012judgment CA 006647 hington Afroverse possession, in the American, Defendants tered foreclosing the right Menna Desta; (Action Involving a newspaper leasehold or the fee sim- having a general circulaof redemption in the Real Real Property) ple in the real property and tion in ORDER OF Property and #18 vesting in THE DISTRICT Calendar the District of premises situate, lying Columbia, PUBLICATION the Plaintiff(s) a title in fee OF COLUMBIA, Magistrate Judge TYPESET: Jan 09of 15:06:34 ESTonce 2018a week and being inTue the District In accordance with D.C. simple.

Raymond for three (3) successive Columbia described as a Official Code § 47-1375 And weeks,ed.), notifying all pervacant lot on the east side (2001 the object of /s/ Cheryl Bailey Next Court Event: sons interested in sethe THE SUPERIOR of IN 54th St., SE, adjacent this proceeding is to Acting of the Court All unknown owners of the StatusClerk Conference Realthe Property described and eastCOURT of improvement cure foreclosure of the By: James McGinley real property described January 24, 2018 at above to appear in this OF THE DISTRICT known as 5400 Drake Pl., right of redemption in the 10:00 a.m.

Court byreal the property 11th daylo-of below, their heirs, deviOF 5295, Lot following SE: Square 01/12, 01/19, 01/26/18 sees, personal repreApril 2018, redeem COLUMBIA 0021 and assessed to Un- cated in the and District of sentatives, executors, ORDER the Real Property CIVIL DIVISION known Heirs, devisees, Columbia, and soldby by paythe administrators, grantees, This matter comes before ment of Civil Action No. personal representatives, Mayor of $17016.09, the District toof assigns or successors in the Court on Plaintiffs Mogether with interest from 2017 CA administrators 008140 L(RP) & Columbia executor, to the Plaintiff in right, title, and interest tion to Reissue Order of the date theSquare Real Property (ActionofInvolving grantees Edna Kellum, this action: 5594 tax 0001 certificate was also pur- andany and all persons Publication.The Court has Real Property) deceased and Calendar otherwise Lot which may having or claiming tohave reviewed the Motion and chased, costs,Minand known as#18 SE, Washing- be knowncourt as 1844 any interest, including ad- the record herein and will Judge ton,Magistrate D.C., nreasonable e s o t a Av e .attorney’s , SE, verse possession, in the direct Plaintiff to fees, expenses incurred Raymond Washington DC.The com-in leasehold or the fee sim- supplementthe instant the service process and Defendants plaint states,ofamong other ple in the real property and motion. Plaintiff seeks to servicethat of process by pubChristopher Hauser things, the amounts lication, reasonable fees premises situate, lying publish in ”some newsPlaintiffOF ORDER necessary for redemption and being in the District of paper of ” This isinsuffor thenot title search, and all PUBLICATION have been paid. other amounts paidChief by the Columbia described as : ficient for the Court to isIn accordance with D.C. Pursuant to the Square 5594, Lot 0001 sue an order of Plaintiff Administration in accordance vs. § 47-1375 Judge’s Official Code with the provisions of D. C. and assessed to Abey publication. Plaintiff must (2001 ed.), the object of Order Number 02-11, it is Kassa and Menna Desta provide the Court withthe Official Code §§ 47-1361 Unknown Heirs, devisees, this proceeding is to se- this 6th day of December, and 47-1377 (2001 ed.), and otherwise known as name of the newspaper in personal representatives, cure the foreclosure of the 2017, 1844 Minnesota Ave., SE, which it intends to publish. a n d a l l obyu tthe s t aSupernding executor, administrators & ORDERED right of redemption in the Washington, D.C., The Plaintiff is directed to municipal lien District amounts grantees of Eleanora following real property lo- ior Court of the of supplementthe instant due and that owing on be the Janifer, deceased;District cated in the District of Columbia, notice Defendants motion within 10 days aforemen-tioned ofColumbia, Columbia andWater sold byand the given by the insertionReal of a designating a newspaper Property, answer the Sewer MayorAuthority; of the District of copy of thisorOrder in the ORDER OF in which it intends to pubcomplaint, a THE DISTRICT OF in Wa Columbia to the Plaintiff s h i n g t oor, n thereafter, AfroPUBLICATION lish. final judgment will be enCOLUMBIA, this action: Square 5295 American, a newspaper tered foreclosing right In accordance with D.C. SO ORDERED this 23rd Lot 0021 which may also having a general the circulaOfficial Code § 47-1375 day of October, 2017. of redemption in the Real b e k n o wAnd n as SE, tion in the District of (2001 ed.), the object of Property and Washington DC. Columbia, oncevesting a weekin this proceeding is to seMagistrate Judge thethree Plaintiff(s) a title in fee All unknown ownersstates, of the for The complaint (3) successive cure the foreclosure of the Renee Raymond simple. notifying all perreal property described TYPESET: Wed Jan 10 among other things, that weeks, right of redemption in the (Signed in chambers) below, their heirs, devi- sons interested in the the amounts necessary following real property lo/s/ Cheryl Bailey sees, personal have reprefor redemption not Real Property described cated in the District of ActingtoClerk of the sentatives, been paid. executors, above appear in Court this SUPERIOR COURT Columbia, and sold by the James administrators, grantees, Pursuant to the Chief Court By: by the 11thMcGinley day of OF THE Mayor of the District of assigns or successors in Judge’s Administration April, 2018, and redeem DISTRICT OF Columbia to the Plaintiff in right, and02-11, interest Order title, Number it is the TYPESET: Tue Jan 09 15:06:55 EST 2018 Real Property by payCOLUMBIA this action: Square 5594 01/12, 01/19, 01/26toandany t h i s and 5 t halld persons a y o f ment of $3234.86, CIVIL DIVISION Lot 0001 which may also having or claiming2018, tohave gether with interest from December,2017 chased, court costs,Minand be known as 1844 any interest, by including ad- the date ORDERED the Superthe SUPERIOR Real Property ED KINARD, et al.

IN THE nreasonable e s o t a Av e .attorney’s , SE, verse possession, in theof tax certificate ior Court of the District fees, expenses incurred COURTwas OF purWashington DC.The com-in leasehold the notice fee simColumbia,orthat be the service of process and Plaintiffs THE DISTRICT OF plaint states, among other ple in the given byreal the property insertionand of a servicethat of process by pubCOLUMBIA things, the amounts premises situate, lying copy of this Order in the lication, reasonable fees vs.

CIVIL DIVISION necessary for redemption and Wabeing s h i n gint othe n District A f r o - of for thenot title search, and all Civil Action No. have been paid.

Columbia described as : American, a 2018 newspaper 15:06:16 EST other amounts paid by the SIMONE 2017CA008218 L(RP) Pursuant to the Chief Square Lot circula0803 having a5179, general Plaintiff Administration in accordance MANAGEMENT, LLC, (Action Involving Real Judge’s and to Un-of with the provisions of D. C. tion assessed in the District et al.

Property) Calendar #18 Order Number 02-11, it is known Heirs, devisees, Official Code §§ 47-1361 Columbia, once a week Magistrate Judge this 6th day of December, personal and 47-1377 (2001 ed.), for threerepresentatives, (3) successive Defendants Raymond 2017, executor, administrators & a n d a l l obyu tthe s t aSupernding weeks, notifying all perORDERED grantees of Eleanora municipal lienDistrict amounts sons interested in the Civil Action No. Christopher Hauser ior Court of the of Janifer, deceased and due and that owing on be the 2012 CA 006646 L(RP) Real Property described Plaintiff Columbia, notice otherwise aforemen-tioned Real above to known appearasin4916 this (Action Involving given by the insertion of a Nannie Helen Boroughs Property, answer the Court by the 11th day of Real Property) vs. copy of thisorOrder in the Ave, Washington, D.C., complaint, a April, 2018, and redeem Calendar #18 Wa s h i n g t oor, n thereafter, Afrofinal judgment will be enthe Real Property by payMagistrate Judge Abey Kassa; American, a newspaper tered foreclosing the right ment Defendants of $2160.41, toRaymond Menna Desta; having a general circulaof redemption in the Real gether with interest from tion in the District of ORDER OF Property and the date the Real Property Next Court Event: THE DISTRICT Columbia, oncevesting a weekin thethree Plaintiff(s) a title in fee tax PUBLICATION certificate was purStatus Conference OF COLUMBIA, for (3) successive Inchased, accordance with D.C. simple. court costs, and January 24, 2018 at weeks, notifying all perOfficial Code § 47-1375 reasonable attorney’s 10:00 a.m.

And sons interested in the (2001 ed.), the object of /s/ Cheryl Bailey fees, expenses incurred in Real Property described this proceeding is to seActingtoClerk of the the service of process and All unknown owners of the above ORDER appear in Court this cure the foreclosure ofpubthe By: James McGinley service of process by real property described Court by the 11th day of This matter comes before right of redemption the lication, reasonablein fees below, their heirs, devi- April, 2018, and redeem the Court on Plaintiffs Mofollowing real property 01/19, 01/26/18 for the title search, andloall sees, personal repre- the01/12, Real Property by pay- tion to Reissue Order of

The Afro-American, January 13, 2018 - January 19, 2018

TYPESET: Tue Jan 09

LEGAL NOTICES

Superior Court of the District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2017ADM001460 Lynda Hollice Hicks Decedent Andrew T Richardson III 1629 K Street, NW Suite 300 Washington, DC 20006 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Rita Dease 3931 7th Street, NE, Washington, DC 20017, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Lynda Hollice , who died on October 10, 2016 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, on or before July 12, 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 July 12, 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: January 12, 2018 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Rita Dease Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 01/12, 01/19,Tue 01/26/17 TYPESET: Jan 09 Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2017ADM001468 Cora L Peeples Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Deborah A Price, whose address is 7039 Cradlerock Farm Court, Columbia MD 21045 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Cora L Peeples, who died on August 8, 2014 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 (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

20001, on or before July 12, 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 July 12, 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: January 12, 2018 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Deborah A Price Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 01/12, 01/19,Tue 01/26/18 TYPESET: Jan 09 Superior Court of the District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2017ADM834 Torrey Marcellus Bowman Decedent Adam E Moskowitz Esq 7101 Wisconsin Ave Suite 1011 Bethesda, MD 20814 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Denisha Yancey, whose address is 3800 Regency Parkway, Apt 204, Suitland, MD 20746 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Torrey Marcellus Bowman , who died on February 23, 2015 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.,

TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS

TYPESET: Jan 09 01/12, 01/19,Tue 01/26/18 Superior Court of the District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2017ADM001453 Ophella W Durant Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Patricia D King, whose address is 536 Oneida Place, NW, Washington, DC 20011, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Ophelia W Durant, who died on July 14, 2017 witha 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 (or 15:08:37 EST 2018of deto the probate cedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

20001, on or before July 12, 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 July 12, 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: January 12, 2018 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Patricia D King Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 01/12, 01/19,Tue 01/26/18 TYPESET: Jan 09 Superior Court of the District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2017ADM001084 Patrick N Brown Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS L a Ve n s u s M J o n e s , whose address is 231 R0hode Island Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20001 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Patrick N Brown, who died on July 16, 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 15:07:12 2018 to suchEST 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 July 12, 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 July 12, 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 TYPESET: Tue Jan 09 Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

IN THE SUPERIOR Date of Publication: COURT OF January 12, 2018 THE DISTRICT OF Name of newspaper: COLUMBIA Afro-American CIVIL DIVISION Washington Action No. LawCivil Reporter 2017CA008132 L(RP) LaVensus M Jones (Action Involving Real Personal P r o p e r t yRepresentative ) Calendar #18Magistrate Judge Raymond TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS Christopher Hauser Plaintiff 01/12, 01/19, 01/26/18 vs.

Unknown Heirs, devisees, personal representatives, executor, administrators &

Christopher Hauser Plaintiff

Civil Action No. 2012 CA 006646 L(RP) (Action Involving Real Property) Calendar #18 Magistrate Judge Raymond Next Court Event: Status Conference January 2018 at LEGAL 24, NOTICES 10:00 a.m.

ORDER This matter comes before the Court on Plaintiffs Motion to Reissue Order of Publication.The Court has reviewed the Motion and the record herein and will direct Plaintiff to supplementthe instant motion. Plaintiff seeks to publish in the National Law Journal. The Court takesnotice of the number of cases where plaintiffs have represented to the C o u r t t h a t t h e NationalLaw Journal is no longer running orders of publication. The Plaintiff is directed to supplementthe instant motion within 10 days either with a praecipe confirming the National Law Journal has resumed publishing orders of publication or a praecipe designating a diffe-rent newspaper of general circulation.

SO ORDERED this 23rd day of October, 2017.

Magistrate Judge Renee Raymond (Signed in chambers) TYPESET: Wed Jan 10 11:23:52 EST 2018

11:25:14 EST 2018

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIVIL DIVISION ED KINARD, et al.

Plaintiffs vs.

KAIZEN DEVELOPMENT, LLC, et al.

Defendants Civil Action No. 2012 CA 006656 L(RP) (Action Involving Real Property) Calendar #18 Magistrate Judge Raymond Next Court Event: Status Conference January 24, 2018 at 10:00 a.m.

ORDER This matter comes before the Court on Plaintiffs Motion to Reissue Order of Publication.The Court has reviewed the Motion and the record herein and will direct Plaintiff to supplementthe instant motion. Plaintiff seeks to publish in ”some newspaper of general circulation.” This isinsufficient for the Court to issue an order of publication. Plaintiff must provide the Court withthe name of the newspaper in which it intends to publish. The Plaintiff is directed to supplementthe instant motion within 10 days designating a newspaper in which it intends to publish.

SO ORDERED this 23rd day of October, 2017.

Magistrate Judge Renee Raymond (Signed in chambers) TYPESET: Wed Jan 10 11:25:41 EST 2018 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 11:24:47 2018 CIVILEST DIVISION ED KINARD, et al.

Plaintiffs vs.

WASHINGTON HOUSE INC., et al.

Defendants Civil Action No. 2012 CA 006635 L(RP) (Action Involving Real Property) Calendar #18 Magistrate Judge Raymond Next Court Event: Status Conference January 24, 2018 at 10:00 a.m.

ORDER This matter comes before the Court on Plaintiffs Motion to Reissue Order of Publication.The Court has reviewed the Motion and the record herein and will direct Plaintiff to supplementthe instant motion. Plaintiff seeks to publish in the National Law Journal. The Court takesnotice of the number of cases where plaintiffs have represented to the C o u r t t h a t t h e NationalLaw Journal is no longer running orders of publication. The Plaintiff is directed to supplementthe instant motion within 10 days either with a praecipe confirming the National Law Journal hasresumed publishing orders of publication or a praecipe desig-nating a different newspaper of general circulation.

SO ORDERED this 23rd day of October, 2017.

Magistrate Judge Renee Raymond (Signed in chambers)

11:26:08 EST 2018

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Poor People’s Continued from C1 from Appalachia and rural communities, Mexican Americans, Native Americans, Puerto Ricans and Asians.

Four architects went on to design Resurrection City, and people arrived in droves to live in 540 tents. At peak occupation, roughly 3,000 people were living in Resurrection City, according to the Smithsonian.

The exhibit also serves as a reminder that some Americans are still living in cruel poverty. The exhibition includes unseen, color footage from Hearst Corp. that begins withcaravans arriving from Memphis after King’s murder and includes Resurrection City’s evacuation and eventual demolition.

The museum secured the footage from the National Archives, said Aaron Bryant, curator of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.

As you walk through the exhibit, you’ll hear original recordings of protestors singing and talking to each other in Resurrection City — Bryant secured those from the Smithsonian’s Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. A digital component shows video oral histories with some of the people who helped organize the movement, including activist Marian Wright Edelman, and SCLC leader Andrew Young. An interactive map tracks the routes caravans took to the District from other parts of the United States.

Also on display are never-before-seen, color photographs of caravans coming to Resurrection City, of the city itself and of the people who called it home.

Robert Houston, at the time a 32-year-old Black photographer on assignment for {Life} magazine, donated some of the photographs from when he lived at Resurrection City for nearly five weeks. He didn’t stay the full 43 days because his wife, Greta Houston, was about to give birth to their third child in Massachusetts, Houston told the AFRO. Houston recalled that the conditions at Resurrection City

were “Hell on wheels.” It seemed to rain almost every day and there were mosquitos and mud everywhere, the Baltimore resident remembered. One of his most vivid memories from Resurrection City was palling around with a little boy named Willie, who was from the impoverished Marks, Mississippi.

Willie, whom Houston said never revealed his last name, was always running around barefoot. When the boy proudly secured a black blazer from the clothing truck that fit him like a glove, the child refused to take it off, Houston remembered.

“He wore that thing until it turned gray,” Houston said. “It’s the first time he’d ever had something to call his own.”

Resurrection City attracted demonstrators from around the world. It was a proper city, with plumbing, free medical and dental facilities, free meals and sewers. It even had its own ZIP code — 20013.

Although police evacuated and shut down Resurrection City and arrested 337 people after the SPLC’s permit to occupy the National Mall expired, campaign leaders didn’t give up. They instead presented policy positions to Congress on jobs, living wages, access to land, capital and healthcare. Some of them became law – Marc Morial and remain with us today, Bryant said.

Marc Morial, president of the National Urban League, said the multicultural fight for economic justice in 1968 and the campaign’s demands for meaningful jobs, access to land, support for people who can’t find jobs and other rights, still resonate today.

“What this ought to be about is that we now must pick up the baton of the 1968 Poor People’s Campaign and run anew,” Morial said.

Houston, meanwhile, has spent a lot of time thinking about Willie and the other children he photographed in Resurrection City. The 82-year-old photographer wishes he knew what they were up to, today.

“One of the greatest things that could happen in my lifetime would be for me to run into someone that I photographed,” Houston said. “I would love that, because I photographed so many kids. So many kids and when … I see my pictures, I can’t help but wonder, ‘Did you make it? Did you make it?’”

“What this ought to be about is that we now must pick up the baton of the 1968 Poor People’s Campaign and run anew.”

Incognito Continued from C1 tweeted “if he was saying some racist stuff I would have been the first to let him know that was out of line”.

Bills General Manager Brandon Beane downplayed the incident at his end of season press conference

on Jan. 9. “I think there’s a misunderstanding of what was said,” Beane said. “From what I understand, it was a little bit of on-the-field stuff, back and forth.”

Alas, the hypocrisy of the NFL is on full display

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once again. The same league which has blackballed and locked out Colin Kaepernick for taking a knee during the national anthem to bring awareness to police brutality in urban areas, gives a White player a chance to resume the same racial antics that embarrassed a league where about 70 percent of its players are Black. The same league where Houston Texans owner Bob McNair referred to players as “inmates” and teams as “jails” now finds itself complicit in creating an acceptable climate of verbal race baiting although it should have been penalized if Incognito had been caught.

The supporters of Incognito, who routinely has been voted one of the dirtiest players in the NFL, are socially concussed. They are the personification of people whose backbone has decayed like the brains which are being used as research subjects after committing suicide that gives the league the information they use to protect players from head trauma.

Trauma in this case is a cautionary tale of having no character. There are no social concussion protocols for NFL racism. Players are caught in jaundiced locker room loyalty where they remain supportive of teammates despite social deviance that is detrimental to the team and the league itself. That’s the same misguided loyalty that recently cost retired players such as Donovan McNabb, Marshall Faulk, and Eric Davis their TV jobs at NFL Network and ESPN after bouts of sexual harassment in the workplace. If Black players won’t standup to a racist in shoulder pads like Incognito because they are teammates you wonder if they are genuine when kneeling for the National Anthem.

The NFL is launching an investigation into these latest allegations against Incognito.

However, it’s what lies beneath the league’s artificial surface that’s troubling. If the NFL has a job for Incognito and not Kaepernick what does it say for the league’s character?

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PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY-AREA Cold Weather Raises Questions to Area’s School Closure Policies

By James Wright Special to the AFRO jwright@afro.com The recent bone-chilling weather that gripped the Washington region brought attention to the confusing, sometimes contradictory policies regarding the closing of public schools in the District of Columbia and Prince George’s County.

An example of the disparity is the District of Columbia public schools system (DCPS) decision to operate school normally even under the threat of an ice storm on Jan. 8 while to the east of the District, Prince George’s County, decided to

First Baptist Church of Glenarden Moves Forward as Place of Worship and Hope

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The photo is from a Jan. 7 gathering at First Baptist Church of Glenarden where area residents gathered to listen to Rev. T.D. Jakes.

By Hamil R. Harris Special to the AFRO

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Antwan Wilson, chancellor of the District of Columbia’s public school system, explained the lag time in school closures compared to Prince George’s County. close its schools two-hours earlier than normal. The situation was the same on Jan. 5, with Prince George’s County deciding to close its schools because of the freezing temperatures while the District’s schools delayed its decision to close.

“We look at the weather forecasts and we have personnel who go around the county to measure how bad the weather is,” John White, public information officer for

“My priority is for kids to be in school and learning every day.”

-Antwan Wilson the Prince George’s County school system, told the AFRO. “We compare notes with other districts to see what they are doing. Then a recommendation is made to Dr. Maxwell on what should be done and he makes the final decision.”

White said that Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker III doesn’t get involved in the process.

“It is Dr. Maxwell and his staff that make the day-to-day decisions running the school district,” he said.

Prince George’s County Board of Education member Edward Burroughs III told the AFRO the decisions are based on student safety, as well.

“In the county we have a lot of students who have to Continued on D2

COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS

Nine years ago the worship center of The First Baptist Church of Glenarden was packed with thousands who displayed optimism as the churched teamed up with D.C.area radio station WHUR for Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s holiday forum just days before then president-elect Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States.

Fast forward four years, on Jan. 15, the church will host another King forum

where a panel of millennials are going to be asked about how they plan to take up the social justice banner at a time when President Donald Trump is in the White House and is focused on reversing many of the gains President Obama championed, including several that applied to King’s dream of racial harmony.

“Often millennials get a bad rap for being ‘selfadsorbed’ and part of the ‘me’ generation but this is an opportunity for them to talk about advancing Dr. King’s dream of racial harmony,” News Director Renee – Rev. T.D. Jakes WHUR Nash told the AFRO. She added that the station’s general Continued on D3

“Millennials are no longer looking for “Superman,” in the pulpit. “They want Clark Kent.”

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Violent Crime Drops, Hogan Wants to Reform Public Schools

Performing Arts Coalition Works to Support Black Artists

By Hamil R. Harris Special to the AFRO

By Akira Kyles Special to the AFRO An organization based out of Prince George’s County is trying to change the way millennials view classical music.

The Coalition for African Americans in the Performing Arts (CAAPA) is a nonprofit arts organization that provides support to Black classical musicians and artists.

CAAPA was created in 2003 by Terri Allen and her children, Victor and Pamela Simonson. Both Victor and Pamela decided they wanted to give back to their community that allowed them to have opportunities in careers with classical music.

“The organization is something that spawned out of my experiences as a child and the opportunities that I was given, the family and the community that I was raised in and the encouragement I got from my school and all of that,” Pamela told the AFRO. “I realized that I was privileged enough to have that kind of

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CAAPA Co-Founder and Board Chair Pamela Simonson and her mother Executive Director Terri Allen.

upbringing and have those kind of things afforded to me. From that, I realized I wanted to make sure I gave back because I got the opportunity.”

Victor has taken a backseat to the organization, while Allen serves as the executive director and Pamela as the chairwoman of the board.

“In partnership, we try to help bring color to the classics and support Black classical musicians and it’s just such an encouragement to see them. We want to be able to birth enthusiasm and love for the classical music arts within our African Diaspora,” said Allen.

According to Allen, CAAPA presents an average of two to four presentations per month at schools, camps

and community programs.

The organization also provides $1,000 college scholarships to graduating high school music students.

The number of students who receives the scholarships varies based on the amount of applications received.

The scholarship application deadline is March 31.

CAAPA averages about 40-50 performances and events during the year, including the national Master Class Series, Opera for Fun Youth Outreach Program, Sing for Seniors Recitals and The Performance Series programs.

“For the first 10 years, we were just doing two or three programs a year.

And we were helping other Continued on D2

Flanked by his Police Chief, Sheriff and State’s Attorney, Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker III said violent crime in the county has dropped significantly in the last seven years.

On Jan. 8, Baker and Police Chief Henry P. Stawinski III announced at a press conference that crime dropped by 6.6 percent in 2017 and by more than 50 percent in the last seven years.

“We have seen an incredible reduction in both violent crime and the volume of crimes in Prince George’s County,” Baker said in a statement, on the eve of a press conference, filled with charts and graphs.”This reduction in crime is a key reason for the County’s economic success that has contributed to our leading the region and state Courtesy Photo in job growth, subsequent Prince George’s County state-best increases in our Executive Rushern Baker residential and commercial recently announced that property values as well as violent crime in the county improving our quality of has dropped. life.”

On the same day Baker was talking about reducing crime, Gov. Larry Hogan (R) hosted a press conference in Annapolis, Md. to announce an initiative to make reforms in the public school systems across the state.

“Education has always been our administration’s top Continued on D3

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Coalition

Continued from D1 manager wanted to make sure the panel included a cross section of millennials from across the Baltimore and Washington areas.

Panelists will include Jade Agudofi, president of the Howard University Student Association and Adam Jackson, CEO of Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle: Baltimore Rising, a think tank focused on finding solutions to the social ills in the Baltimore community. The group was started in 2010 but after the death of Freddie Gray their

Continued from D1 profile grew even larger.

“People are so triggered by Trump and his ridiculous[ness] but the problem, when its time for elections, the [only] option is going with another Democrat and we are feeding into a system that is electing the same type of leaders because both Democrats and Republicans are molded into each other,” Jackson, 29, said. “It is time for Black people our age to build the power and infrastructure to build our own leaders.”

On Jan. 7, the worship center of the First Baptist Church of Glenarden was filled with people who had come to hear Bishop T.D. Jakes. Jakes, who pastors to a 30,000 member congregation in Dallas, tailored part of his message to millennials who, he said, are no longer looking for “Superman,” in the pulpit.

“They want Clark Kent.”

Jeremy White, who worked in the Obama White House in the Office of Faith Based Initiatives, said that it is time for ministers to reach

out to a new generation of church goers because the old model is not working. He said people are not looking for a “4th generation son of a preacher to lead them, but someone who can relate to their struggles.”

Nash said, “The church has always been at the center for people of color for hope and transformation. We want to use the umbrella of Dr. King’s birthday to have an honest conversation and take that conversation back to our homes for further dialogue.”

School Closure Policies Continued from D1

walk to school,” Burroughs said. “Many students don’t have consistent school bus service and we have had situations where youngsters are waiting for the bus at 6:30 a.m. when it is dark and freezing cold.”

For many students in Prince George’s County, the schools system’s meal program is the main source of nourishment during the day. White said meals aren’t offered when schools are closed “unless some arrangement has been made with the community.”

Burroughs said the schools should strongly consider setting up a meal site in several areas of the county to meet the needs of students.

“The meals are a major part of the students’ day,” he said. “When there are two-hour delays or partial closings, the meals are served.”

Burroughs said the board plays no role in the school-closing process but can advise informally.

In the District, the school closure policy is more forthright. According to the District’s school system website, the school closure policy section starts off with “we strive to keep DCPS schools

open whenever possible.

“We are reluctant to close school as it is our priority to ensure that our students have access to all they need, including academic instruction, nutritious meals and healthy extracurricular programming,” the statement said.

“When there is inclement weather, we work closely with the D.C. government and other agencies to obtain the best and most current information.”

The statement said that all DCPS schools no matter what level must abide by the school closure decision.

D.C. Schools Chancellor Antwan Wilson told the AFRO that he works within the context of the school closure statement, which has the force of law.

“My priority is for kids to be in school and learning every day,” Wilson said. “When the weather is bad, we start by looking at a number of factors, related to temperature, precipitation, transportation and whether young people have safe ways to get to and from school.

We meet with city officials to coordinate a plan that’s best for the city’s students to ensure both safety and learning.”

Unlike Prince George’s County, Wilson doesn’t make the final closure decision.

“I make a recommendation to Mayor Bowser and it is she that makes the call,” Wilson said.

In the District, the D.C. State Board of Education has no role in school closure process.

Many charter and private schools in the District, particularly those affiliated with the Catholic Church, follow the District’s decision, but there are exceptions. On Jan. 9, the District’s public school system opened up on time but Archbishop Carroll High School in Northeast D.C.and the St. Albans School in Northwest D.C. had two-hour delays due to weather.

In Prince George’s County, the private schools follow the school system with an example DeMatha Catholic High School had a two-hour delay, along with the public schools on Jan. 9.

Both school systems advise for parents to follow their websites, Twitter accounts and news reports during the hour of 4-5 a.m. to hear the latest on school closures.

“We want to be able to birth enthusiasm and love for the classical music arts within our African Diaspora.”

– Terri Allen musicians hone their craft and helping them present them in individual concerts, getting out in the community in a very low-key kind of a way…” said Allen. “Before we were about to hit our 10th anniversary, it occurred to us, ‘Wait a minute, we’ve been doing this for 10 years.’ So, we went ahead and did our 501 C3 four years ago and from that, it has just catapulted us into another level.”

CAAPA receives funding from a variety of sources, including the Prince George’s Arts and Humanities Council, Maryland State Arts Council, City of Bowie, Prince George’s County Council, private donors and supporters.

Now, the word is out there about the organization, they have an advisory committee, hold an annual gala and offer nearly thirty community programs including, Opera for Fun Youth Outreach Program, sing for seniors, master class series and Arias at Sea cruises.

For the master class, CAAPA has worked with HBCUs such as Morgan State University in Baltimore, Morehouse College in Atlanta and Howard University in D.C. CAAPA is also now an international organization. They have partnered with a few embassies such as Ghana and Angola.

“It’s our baby and we’ve been able to grow into an adult and just really make sure that A scene from CAAPA’s the community is given production of Cotton Field. as many opportunities as possible, especially in areas that they don’t usually get the chance to be exposed to,” said Pamela. “Classical music is very different in that way.”

This winter, upcoming events for CAAPA include a Sopranos Slay concert on Jan. 13 that is slated to feature eight sopranos singing a variety of songs. The event is scheduled to take place at the Bowie Center for the Performing Arts.

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CHURCH EVENTS

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Volunteers will participate in a variety of events designed to bring together local communities to protect and enhance the public lands that surround Rock Creek. To find an event and sign up to volunteer, visit rockcreekconservancy.org.

2315 Martin Luther King Junior Ave., SE Islamic Relief USA Martin Luther King Day of Service As part of Martin Luther King Day of Service, on Jan. 15, and with January being National Mentoring Month, Islamic Relief USA staff and volunteers will participate in Mid-Atlantic America’s Islamic Heritage Museum Day, from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the museum, located at 2315 Martin Luther King Junior Ave., SE. Volunteers will distribute 500 hot meals, set up four coffee/hot chocolate stations along the parade route, and participate in the parade. In addition, museum founder and curator Brother Amir Muhammad will speak about the legacies of Dr. King and legendary boxer/humanitarian Muhammad Ali. Ali’s birthday would have been on Jan. 17, which also marks the 2nd Annual International Mentoring Day. Volunteers are still being accepted. To volunteer, sign up at irusa.org/volunteer.

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Choir. The commemoration is free and open to the public.

Mayflower Renaissance Hotel, 1127 Connecticut Ave National Action Networks Annual Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast Rev. Al Sharpton and National Action Network (NAN) announced a full slate of events in honor of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on Jan. 15. The annual King Day breakfast will kick the day off in Washington by honoring prominent national union figures and community leaders that have contributed to Dr. King’s vision over the past year. The breakfast is scheduled to be held at the Mayflower Renaissance Hotel, 1127 Connecticut Ave, from 8:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m. Special attendees include Rev. Al Sharpton, founder and president, NAN; Randi Weingarten, president, AFT; Janaye Ingram, director National Partnerships, Airbnb; Baxter Leach, 1968 Sanitation Striker, Memphis AFSCME Local 1733; and Joe Madison, Civil Rights Activist and Radio Talk Show Host, SiriusXM Urban View.

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Anacostia Park entrance on Good Hope Road and MLK Jr. Ave., SE 2018 Martin Luther King Jr. Peace Walk and Parade On Jan. 15, residents and the Mayor’s office are scheduled to honor Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in the nation’s capital.

Marchers will at 11 a.m. at Anacostia Park entrance on Good Hope Road and MLK Jr. Ave., SE. Parade will end at Barry Farm Recreation and Aquatic Center. Whether you can march with us or simply be an observer, all are welcome!

825 South Taylor St. Islamic Relief USA MLK Service From 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., on Jan. 15, Islamic Relief USA volunteers will package approximately 10,000 pounds of produce at Our Savior Lutheran Church and School, 825 South Taylor St. Volunteers are still being accepted. To volunteer, sign up at irusa.org/volunteer.

1964 Independence Ave., SW The Memorial Foundation Hosts 7th Annual Wreath Laying, Day of Reflection, Reconciliation at Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial The Memorial Foundation, which was responsible for building the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial, located at 1964 Independence Ave., SW, on the National Mall, is pleased to present an inspiring day of reflection and reconciliation at the memorial on Jan. 15 at 9 a.m. The holiday honoring Dr. King will mark the seventh anniversary of the foundation’s tribute to the civil rights activist through prayer and the wreath laying ceremony. Speakers for this year’s event include: Ryan Zinke, secretary of interior; Christopher A. Wray, eighth director of the FBI; and Martin Luther King, III, co-founder, The Drum Major Institute. Eugene Scott, a reporter with the Washington Post will serve as the master of ceremony. Musical selections will be provided by The People’s Community Baptist Church Men’s

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priority. We have provided record funding for education three years in row, and we will do so again this year for the fourth straight year,” he said at the conference. “We are so proud that we have some of the best schools in America, but unfortunately, too many deserving children continue to be stuck in schools that are consistently failing them year after year.”

Hogan said Maryland has the second weakest education accountability system in the country in terms of academic performance -- 65 percent. Most states have academic performance between 75 and 95 percent.

Hogan said that he planned to submit emergency

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610 Rhode Island Ave., NE Great Mount Calvary Launches ‘Keep the Fire Burning’ Series Greater Mount Calvary Holy Church, located at 610 Rhode Island Ave., NE, is scheduled to launch a four-week series titled “Keep the Fire Burning 2018.” The series is slated to begin on Jan. 10 at 7:30 p.m. with guest speaker Rev. Dr. Jasmin Sculark. The series will be held every Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. for the remainder of the month.

Other guest speakers include Bishop Michael Rogers, Pastor Will Grandberry and Rev. Dr. Freddie Haynes.

3101 Wisconsin Ave., NW Washington National Cathedral Celebrates Dr. King The Washington National Cathedral, in conjunction with the Advancement Project D.C., Howard University and the Episcopal Church, is scheduled to host a celebration honoring Dr. Martin L. King Jr., titled “Awake and in Motion: 50 Years of MLK” on Jan. 14 at 4 p.m. The free event will be held at the cathedral, located at 3101 Wisconsin Ave., NW, and will feature live performances from the Children of the Gospel, the Howard University Choir, the Washington National Cathedral house band, and other artists. Doors are slated to open at 3:30 p.m.

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legislation on the first day of the upcoming session. The Protect Our Students Act of 2018, which will require academic performance to be counted as 80 percent of a school’s composite score, aligning Maryland with the national average.

“This isn’t about politics; this is about our children and their future,” said Hogan.

Stay positive! Starting January 8th your SmarTrip® card must have a positive balance.

Cards with negative balances won’t be able to ride the bus or exit rail stations. Staying positive is easy with Auto-Reload. Signup online and never waste time adding funds again. Visit wmata.com/autoreload.

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Chapter members with Dominique Thomas, Ebonni Clark and Quartrina Humes who received flowers for their service to the 100 Black Men, Prince George’s County Chapter.

The 100 Black Men of Prince George’s County held their 3rd Annual Holiday Party on Dec. 20, 2017, at the Newton White Mansion in Mitchellville, Md. Special guests included Prince George’s County Council members Karen Toles (D-District 7) and Mel Franklin (D-District 9).

Walter Kirkland and Mel Bates

Shamari and Monique White

Tina Porter, Chemaye Smith and Dominique Thomas

Darnell Parker, Jamal Miller and Frank Thornton

Lynda Hart, Joyetta and Bobby Gailes, WHUR FM Radio

Crystal Tolson and Quartrina Humes

Aisha Braveboy, candidate for Prince George’s County State’s Attorney and Mel Franklin, county councilman, District 9

Prince George’s County Councilwoman Karen Toles and April Richard

Ralph Bazilio, Eric Hill and Emerick Peace

Tamika Smith, Russ Parr Morning Show, WKYS, April Watts, Magic 95.5 FM and Dottie Chiquek, National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Prince George’s County

Walter Kirkland, Kristal and Shomari Stone, NBC4

Photos by Rob Roberts

Dramatization of Dr. Carter G. Woodson

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Samantha Dunn and Samantha Claybon give a presentation of “A Year of Progress in the Woodson Home,” National Park Service and Greening Youth Foundation

Pero G. Dagbovie, university distinguished professor and associate dean of the Graduate School, Michigan State University

The National Park Service in conjunction with the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) and Omega Psi Phi Fraternity hosted the 142nd Anniversary of the birth of Dr. Carter G. Woodson, the founder of Black D. Morrison, superintendent, History Month, on Dec. 10, 2017, Tara Carter G. Woodson Home, National at Seaton Elementary School Historic Site and Robert Stanton, advisory council on Historic in Northwest, Washington, Preservation and former director, D.C. The program included the National Park Service “Music of Woodson” by the D.C. Strings Workshop and remarks by representatives from the National Park Service, ASALH, and Omega Psi Phi Fraternity. Dr. Pero G. Dagbovie, professor of African American History and associate dean of the Graduate School at Michigan State University was the keynote speaker. The celebration was a prelude to the 92nd Black History Month Luncheon slated for Feb. 24 at the D.C. Renaissance Hotel in the Northwest quadrant of the city.

Vince Vaise, National Park Service, emcee

Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, president, ASALH

Strings Workshop provided music; Andrew Lee(far right), artistic director

Edgar Brookins, D.C. AFRO general manager, Pamela Jenkins and Ibrahim Mumin

Community Choir sings “Lift Every Voice” Conrado Morgan, Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Daniel Jones, Robert Henry, Larry Brown and Patrick Perry

Photos by Rob Roberts