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Volume 122 No. 39

Backlash

MAY 3, 2014 - MAY 9, 2014

By Zenitha Prince Senior AFRO Correspondent

Displaying an unprecedented unified front against racism, NBA players, past and present, are leading the charge against Los Angeles Clippers’ owner Donald Sterling in light of his alleged anti-Black statements that were caught on tape and released by TMZ on April 25. “This is a very serious issue which we will address aggressively,” said Chris Paul, president of the National Basketball Players Association and, incidentally, the Clippers’ point guard. The Association is calling on the NBA to bar Sterling from all playoff games this season. They also want a full reckoning of the past accusations of discrimination against Sterling, an explanation of whatever disciplinary measures are decided upon, close involvement in the process and a swift AP Photo resolution. Paul and his Clippers teammates held a silent but emphatic Members of the Los Angeles Clippers listen to the national anthem before Game 4 of protest at an opening-round NBA basketball playoff series against the Golden State Warriors on their April April 27, in Oakland, Calif. The Clippers chose not to speak publicly about owner Donald 27 game Sterling. Instead, they made a silent protest, wearing their Clippers’ warmup shirts against the inside out to hide the team’s logo. Golden State Warriors, Black people. Do you have to?” Sterling allegedly complains. “You can sleep piling their warm-up with them. You can bring them in, you can do whatever you want. The little I uniforms at center-court and ask you is not to promote it on that and not to bring them to my games.” The voice continues, “...Don’t put him [Magic] on an Instagram for the — Charles Barkley wearing their shirts insideout to hide the team’s logo. world to have to see so they have to call me. And don’t bring him to my Other protests were games.” much more vocal, as was In an extended version of the recording acquired by the website Deadspin, Sterling—if it is indeed his voice heard on the 9-minute tape railing at his Sterling allegedly continues the racist rant. girlfriend V. Stiviano for associating with African Americans after she posted a This time, when Stiviano, who is part-Black and Mexican, questions his photo on Instagram posing with Magic Johnson. prejudice and asks him if he is aware that his entire team is Black, Sterling “It bothers me a lot that you want to…broadcast that you’re associating with Continued on A4

“…When you’re in a position of power, and you can take jobs and economic opportunities from people, that’s what crosses the line.”

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When Integration Hit Baltimore

By MarshaRose Joyner Special to the AFRO A memory from a Baltimore woman whose life was changed radically by the landmark Brown v. Board decision of 1954. May 17, 1954 marked a defining moment in the history of the United States. The Supreme Court declared the doctrine of “separate but equal” unconstitutional and handed The NAACP’s Legal Defense Fund the most celebrated victory in its storied history. Reversing the 1896 the Supreme Court’s decision that separate but equal educational facilities for Negroes were legal.

I’m sure you’ve seen the film and pictures of all of the White women upset about their children going to school with Black children. On that evening in May, like everyone in America who had a TV, I was watching the 10 inch black and white television; witnessing the drama being played out. MarshaRose Joyner shares her In New York I memories of Brown v. BOE. had gone to Catholic School with a little redhead boy named Greenberg. At Holy Providence for Negros and Indians in Cornwells Heights, Pa., the convent where I was a boarding student; we were taught the Great Books and nothing about

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Gubernatorial Candidates Run the Gamut on Views on Marijuana By Megan Brockett Capital News Service ANNAPOLIS – The debate over Maryland’s marijuana laws took the state capital by storm this legislative session, and the issue seems poised to linger there into the future and during the governor’s race. Gov. Martin O’Malley recently signed into law a measure that will make

Del. Heather Mizeur has touted her plan to regulate and tax marijuana and use the revenue to fund universal prekindergarten. possession of small amounts of marijuana a civil rather than criminal offense starting Oct. 1. The signing marked a shift in opinion by the governor, who had expressed opposition to decriminalization at the January start of the session. A separate measure to legalize, tax and regulate marijuana died in committee. While O’Malley has spoken out against legalizing marijuana for recreational use, the seven major candidates vying to replace him in 2015 expressed a broad range of views in response to a Capital News Service candidates’ questionnaire. The only major candidate currently in support of legalization, Del. Heather Mizeur, D-Montgomery, has touted her plan to regulate Continued on A3

N.C. Suppression

State Efforts Trump Citizens’ Rights By Zenitha Prince Senior AFRO Correspondent Part III in an ongoing series on efforts to reverse voting rights in this country. In the Republican-led movement to reverse the democratic gains of minorities and other targeted communities across the United States, North Carolina is ground zero. After 150 years of taking a back seat in the Tar Heel state, the GOP gained veto-proof majorities in both chambers of the state house as well as the governorship, and quickly moved to secure their position by passing the most severe voter suppression laws in the nation—citizens’ rights be damned. Those lawmakers were empowered by the Supreme Court’s Shelby v. Holder decision that gutted Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act—the provision that required states with a history of discrimination, like North Carolina, to obtain federal approval before making changes to election law. “We’re seeing an avalanche of suppressive laws from states all over the country but mostly from states that were covered Continued on A4

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An Organ Gift Spells New Life By Iyana Parker Special to the AFRO

Did you know that African Americans are 3 times more likely to suffer from kidney failure than Caucasians? Did you know kidney failure is the ninth leading cause of death in the United States? Or that approximately 4.9 million African Americans over 20 years of age are living with either diagnosed or undiagnosed chronic kidney disease? Diabetes and hypertension are the leading causes of kidney disease. Statistics show African Americans are twice as likely to be diagnosed with diabetes as Caucasians. Continued on A4

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the French makeup and skincare giant, named Nyong’o its first Black ambassador for its product line. “There was really no contest this year. She seemed like the only choice,” People editor Jess Cagle told NBC’s “Today” show at the reveal on April 23. “She’s obviously talented, obviously beautiful. She is incredibly stylish,” he said. “The way she carries herself, with such grace and such humility, is what I think really put her over the top.”

Detroit Student Agrees to Debate Affirmative Action Foe

Brooke Kimbrough’s rejection by the University of Michigan (U-M) for a slot in next year’s freshman class has brought out the fight in the 17-year-old Detroit student. She has accepted a challenge to publicly debate race-based college admissions with a seasoned veteran of the matter, Jennifer Gratz, the founder and CEO of the anti-affirmative-action XIV Foundation. Details of the encounter between the Black high school senior and Gratz, the White victor in a landmark 2003 U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning Brooke Kimbrough U-M’s pro-minority affirmative action policy, have not been set. But, following an April 21 ruling by the high court upholding a Michigan law banning race-based admissions, Kimbrough said that she is ready for a verbal rumble. “It’s important to talk about this,” said Kimbrough, according to The Detroit News. “This woman has challenged me, and I want to talk about it. It’s important to talk about. And I am interested in hearing what she has to say.” The challenge was issued after Kimbrough held a news conference and led a rally April 15 at U-M’s Ann Arbor, Mich. campus to protest the policies that led to her rejection, as well as others of her application. Kimbrough is a part of a pro-affirmative action organization called BAMN, which stands for “By Any Means Necessary.” Gratz said she wants to confront the teen’s belief that race matters in college admissions and to underscore that Michigan voters in 2006 endorsed a ban on affirmative action in higher education. Kimbrough, a senior at University Preparatory Academy in Detroit, is currently president of her school’s National Honor Society and a member of the debate team, which recently won the Urban Debate National Championship. Kimbrough also noted that her U-M application includes an academic record that features a 3.6 grade-point average and a score of 23 out of a possible 36 on the ACT, a widely used college prep test.

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HBCU Town Hall Meeting Planned for Coppin State By Sean Yoes Special to the AFRO

Lawyers for the Coalition for Excellence and Equity in Higher Education, which represent Morgan State University, Coppin State University, the University of Maryland Eastern Shore and Bowie State University have been engaged in a legal battle alleging unlawful duplication of their programs by traditionally White Institutions since October 2006. The legal wrangling has reached the mediation phase between the two sides, and still very little is known by the general public in reference to what’s really at stake for the state’s historically Black colleges and universities. A town hall style meeting on the plight of the state’s HBCU is planned for 6 to 8:30 p.m., May 13 on the campus of Coppin State University. Veteran award-winning journalist George Curry is set to moderate the discussion at the school’s James Weldon Johnson Auditorium to shed light on the historic lawsuit. “I think the goal is to educate the public, the broader community as to what this case is all about and what its implications are for the future of historically Black colleges

“…very little is known by the general public in reference to what’s really at stake for the state’s historically Black colleges and universities.”

and more generally of Maryland higher education,” said Dr. Earl Richardson, former president of Morgan State University, one of the participants in Coppin’s town hall event. Richardson was president of Morgan when the Coalition lawsuit was filed against MHEC in 2006. He says the Black community needs to be stirred to action over the plight of HBCU during this primary election year. “Now is the time to force the hand of the candidates force the hand of the elected officials,” Richardson said. “It’s within your (politicians) power to resolve this issue now.

It’s been in the courtroom simply because of your refusal to address what is obviously a major example of discrimination and segregation,” he added. Veteran defense attorney A. Dwight Petit, a former member of the University System of Maryland Board of Regents will also participate in the town hall meeting. “We need to continue to put pressure on the state,” Petit said. “The governor’s office has called the shots the attorney general’s office is carrying out those shots and the Board of Regents as well as the Secretary of Higher Education…(We need) to bring this matter to a complete and just result without it having being returned back to the federal courts,” Petit added. State Senator Joan Carter Conway – a vocal advocate for HBCU – who has attempted to pass anti-duplication laws through the legislature for nearly a decade will also participate in the meeting at Coppin. Michael Jones, from Kirkland and Ellis,

one of the law firms representing the Coalition is also scheduled to attend the town hall meeting. Prince George’s County Delegate Aisha Braveboy, chair of the state’s legislative Black Caucus and a candidate for Maryland Attorney General has also been invited to participate in the event at Coppin. But, perhaps the invitee with the highest profile is former Maryland Lt. Governor and former chairman of the Republican National Committee Michael Steele. Steele, who has been a staunch supporter of HBCU wrote in a commentary on The Grio website last October: “With so many of the civil rights battles behind us, and the satisfaction that comes from the success of African-Americans in business, politics, sports and entertainment, it is no surprise that the assault upon the integrity and historic purpose of our nation’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) has been little noticed by mainstream media and, more sadly, the black community itself.”

Marijuana Continued from A1

and tax marijuana and use the revenue to fund universal prekindergarten. Mizeur also proposed legislation this session that would decriminalize small amounts of the drug, but said legalization would be a “top priority” for her administration if elected governor. “In order to make our communities safer, keep marijuana out of the hands of children, and generate much needed revenue, we must expose this underground industry to the light of day by legalizing, regulating, and taxing marijuana,” she said. Mizeur backed the legalization measure that was introduced this session by Sen. Jamie Raskin, D-Montgomery, and Del. Curt Anderson, D-Baltimore. But most of the focus this session remained on the decriminalization bill sponsored by Sen. Robert Zirkin, D-Baltimore County, and Sen. Allan Kittleman, R-Howard. Democratic candidates Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown and Attorney General Doug Gansler both said they support decriminalization, citing the disproportionate number of marijuana-related arrests among minorities and the high costs for law enforcement and the state. Gansler called the enforcement of Maryland’s marijuana possession laws “racially biased, ineffective, and a serious drain on state resources.” “Our policy on simple marijuana possession costs Maryland millions to arrest, process, prosecute and imprison offenders,” he said. “Millions of dollars are being diverted to enforce [illegal] possession of marijuana when it would be a better use of public dollars if law enforcement could focus on violent crimes and preserving public safety.” Brown, who also said those resources would be better spent on combating violent crime, added that he supports decriminalization because a criminal conviction for minor marijuana possession typically impairs a person’s ability to secure employment or affordable housing. But Brown said that he does not support the legalization of marijuana at this time, as two western states have done. “Colorado and Washington will provide an example of the socio-economic challenges and pitfalls to marijuana legalization,” he said. “We will learn from their experiences and assess whether additional changes to Maryland’s law are warranted.” Gansler, who did not say directly whether he supported or opposed legalization, said that any decision on the matter should be based on the “the health and security” of Marylanders and “not on a rush to tax a new source of income to address budget pressures.” All four major GOP candidates for governor expressed opposition to the legalization of marijuana for recreational purposes, but not all said they were fully closed off to the idea

of decriminalization in responses submitted before the General Assembly passed the decriminalization measure on April 7. Larry Hogan, an Anne Arundel County real estate broker and leader of the conservative advocacy group Change Maryland, echoed the sentiment that Maryland should look closely at other states’ experiences with decriminalization and legalization before moving to change any existing laws. But Hogan said that he would “keep an open mind” on the state’s laws despite being currently opposed to legalization. “Destroying someone’s chances of employment and exposing them to violent offenders because they possessed a small amount of marijuana seems unjust,” he said. Gubernatorial candidate Delegate Ron George, R-Anne Arundel, said he would be open to measures that impose civil fines or diversion programs instead of “strict legal methods” for nonviolent drug offenders. But he said he does not believe full legalization is the right course. “I have a master’s degree in clinical psychology and am

aware of the effects on the developing brain,” he said. George added that he is concerned marijuana use would increase among young people. Harford County Executive and Republican candidate David Craig expressed concerns about the message any changes would send about the “dangers of marijuana use.” “We also have to consider the way it impacts our state as we attempt to poise ourselves as a cybersecurity, biotech, and defense mecca where top security clearances are required,” Craig said. He questioned how health care issues would be affected if marijuana were legalized and said he does not support legalization or “full decriminalization” of the drug. Charles County businessman and gubernatorial candidate Charles Lollar, a Republican, expressed concern about what he called “the widespread recreational use” of marijuana and the effects it has on users and their families. Lollar, like O’Malley, said he considers marijuana a gateway drug and is against its legalization for recreational purposes.

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An Organ Gift

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When left untreated, diabetes and hypertension can lead to chronic kidney disease and kidney failure, requiring dialysis or a transplant in order for survival. “The first step in preventing kidney failure is awareness and getting tested,” says 34-year-old Denise Robinson from D.C. Robinson was 27 when she discovered her kidneys had failed and she needed treatments or a new kidney to live. “I was devastated, I felt kind of hopeless and even though I had a huge support system, I couldn’t help feeling alone and worried. Fortunately, she did have a remarkable support system, one that helped her with researching and understanding her condition and became her donor. Derek Robinson, Denise’s boyfriend at the time, was worried about her health and was secretly tested to find out if he was a match. On Valentine’s Day, Derek surprised Denise with the news that he was a match and was donating a kidney to her. The couple has since married, and Denise became a patient advocate with the American Kidney Fund using her story to educate and empower others. “Derek was so selfless in donating his kidney to me, so it’s important to me to serve as an advocate. ... not only is it my way to continuously thank my husband for his life-saving gift

“Do your research! It’s possible to to me but it also gets the message out live a normal and healthy life with one and raises awareness about kidney kidney. If you can help someone in disease,” informs Denise Robinson. need, consider becoming a donor. It’s In addition to gaining awareness always a good feeling helping others,” and being tested, other ways to prevent Ashford said. kidney failure include keeping a low Ashford confirmed that the most blood pressure, regularly checking difficult aspect about raising awareness blood sugar levels, maintaining a in the fight against kidney disease is healthy weight, not smoking, and that most people are either secretive controlling cholesterol levels. about their condition or afraid of Tanisha Ashford, 39, is an Upper giving blood and being tested. For Marlboro resident who donated a Ashford saving a life is a “no brainer. I kidney to her father in September Denise and Derek Robinson work was always a donor, but when I found 2001. Ashford’s father had the kidney together to share the importance of organ out about my father’s condition I didn’t for about six years before it was donation. think twice about getting tested to see rejected and he had to go on dialysis. if I was a good match for him.” After donating her kidney, Ashford Both Robinson and Ashford was diagnosed with Stage 1 chronic encourage others to educate themselves and family members kidney disease. Tony Simms, her fiancé, also has kidney disease, and like Denise and Derek Robinson, together they about the disease. These women continue to fight against kidney support one another as patient advocates with the American disease by using their stories as an inspiration to others and by Kidney Fund. doing their best to maintain and promote a healthy life style.

Backlash

Continued from A1 responds: “You just, do I know? I support them and give them food, and clothes, and cars, and houses. Who gives it to them? Does someone else give it to them? Do I know that I have—Who makes the game? Do I make the game, or do they make the game? Is there 30 owners that created the league?” The leaked tape set off an atomic bomb within the sports world with Sterling at the epicenter. Many basketball players took to social networks to voice their opinions. “Sterling basically articulated Plantation Politics...Make money off the Bucks/Lay with the Women/No Association in Public good or bad,” Indiana Pacers forward David West said on Twitter. Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant opined, “I couldn’t play for him.” The Miami Heat’s LeBron “King” James was even more outspoken, telling reporters Sterling’s supposed statements were “unacceptable in our league.” “It doesn’t matter if you’re White, Black, Hispanic, whatever, all across the races. It’s unacceptable,” he said. “And for an owner to come out and say the things that he said, it’s very disrespectful, and very appalling….

I believe in the NBA. And they have to do something, do something very fast, quickly, before this gets out of hand. Like I said, there’s no room for Donald Sterling in our league.” NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, at a press conference April 26, called the statements attributed to Sterling “offensive and disturbing” and vowed to get some answers as “quickly as possible.” But he stopped short of offering immediate judgment, saying Sterling, who owned the franchise for three decades, deserves due process. Many were not as magnanimous, saying the NBA should bring down the hammer against Sterling, who has a long history of racist behavior, or that Sterling, himself, should resign. NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who was a Clippers special assistant coach in 2000, told CNN: “I know him. I know his voice. I am not surprised by this very much.” He added in a statement quoted by MSNBC, “Donald Sterling’s recent comments confirm that he is guilty of the systematic racism that he’s been accused of for the past 14 years. The best possible outcome would be for him to voluntarily give up his franchise so a new owner who reflects the values of

America can take over.” Charles Barkley, speaking at the half-time of Game 4 between the Indiana Pacers and Atlanta Hawks on TNT called this situation the “first test of Adam Silver.” “You can’t have this guy making statements like that. [Silver] has to suspend him and fine him immediately,” Barkley said. “…When you’re in a position of power, and you can take jobs and economic opportunities from people, that’s what crosses the line. We can’t have an NBA owner discriminating against a league — we’re a Black league.” Magic Johnson, who became an unwitting star in the drama, expressed hurt over Sterling’s alleged sentiments about him and other African Americans and over the incident’s impact on the Clippers’ players during an already tense playoff season. “I had a friendship with him. So for him to then make these comments, or alleged comments, about myself and other AfricanAmericans and minorities – there is no place in our society for it and there’s no place in our league because we all get along,” Johnson said April 27 on ABC’s “Nba Countdown.” He later added, “I’m going to say what I’ve been saying all along – he’s got to give up the team.

If he doesn’t like African-Americans – he’s in a league that’s over 70 percent AfricanAmerican. When you have the president of the United States saying that this is bad and you have all the fans all around the country of different races saying its bad, it’s time for him to exit.” Basketball legend Michael Jordan, a fivetime NBA MVP as a player and the current owner of the Charlotte Bobcats, offered a unique perspective on the racist comments. “As an owner, I’m obviously disgusted that a fellow team owner could hold such sickening and offensive views,” Jordan said in a statement April 27. “As a former player, I’m completely outraged. There is no room in the NBA – or anywhere else – for the kind of racism and hatred that Mr. Sterling allegedly expressed. I am appalled that this type of ignorance still exists within our country and at the highest levels of our sport. In a league where the majority of players are African-American, we cannot and must not tolerate discrimination at any level.” Read more on NBA Backlash on AFRO Sports B4.

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by Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act,” said Julie Ebenstein, attorney, ACLU Voting Rights Project. Fifteen of those previously covered states have passed repressive laws since the Supreme Court’s June 2013 decision, Ebenstein said. But, North Carolina’s Voter Information Verification Act, which was hurriedly rammed through the General Assembly, ranks as “one of the more comprehensively suppressive laws.” Republicans seemingly piled on every vote-suppressing tactic they could think of into the 56-page HB 589: it includes a restrictive photo ID law, which excludes college IDs and goes into effect in 2016; cuts early voting period to 10 days; eliminates Sunday voting; eliminates same-day registration; discards pre-registration for 16- and 17-year-olds, who currently can register to vote before they turn 18; outlaws paid registration drives; jettisons provisional ballots cast in the wrong precinct; abolishes straight-ticket voting; prohibits counties from extending voting hours on Election Day, due to extraordinary circumstances, such as long lines; changes the

procedure for obtaining absentee ballots; allows more people, including partisan poll observers, to challenge a voter’s right to vote; and much more. Almost immediately, the law was challenged by the Department of Justice, the ACLU, the NAACP and their partners, who lodged complaints alleging the law discriminated against African Americans and abrogated their constitutional rights—more than one-third of North Carolinians who lack an approved photo ID are Black; more than 70 percent of Black voters in the state took advantage of early voting opportunities; 34 percent of same-day registrants were Black voters, and the list of disproportionate effects goes on. The ACLU’s Ebenstein said they have filed a request for an emergency injunction to halt the implementation of the law before the 2014 General Elections. As usual, Republicans trotted out the old excuse about combatting voter fraud and increasing elections integrity— though experts showed that of the more than 21 million votes cast in the state in the past 12 years, only one case of voter impersonation was found. But, the truth will out, and Don Yelton, former precinct chairman of the Buncombe County Republican Party, revealed the legislation’s Presents true intentions in an Oct. 24 appearance on Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.” “The law is going to kick the Democrats in the butt,” Yelton said. “If it hurts a bunch of college kids that are too lazy to get up off of their [behinds] and get a photo ID, IF YOU ARE UNSKILLED IN WARFARE, so be it. If it hurts the Whites, IN NEED OF KNOWLEDGE, INSTRUCTION so be it. If it hurts a bunch of OR WISDOM FOR THE lazy Blacks that want to have HELLACIOUS DEMONIC ATTACK the government give them ON THE PEOPLE OF GOD IN THESE TIMES. everything, so be it.” 2 COR 2:11 (Lest Satan should get an advantage of Such blatant disregard for WITH PASTOR/TEACHER us: for we are not ignorant of his devices) the disenfranchisement of ADDIE L. ROBINSON African Americans, the young, the poor and other targeted MEET PASTOR/TEACHER ADDIE L. ROBINSON AT THE: groups has been met by a THURGOOD MARSHALL CENTER inforfor more groundswell of community-led FREE ION 1816 12TH NW WASHINGTON, DC (215) mation call protest, in addition to litigation. 792ISS 6668 www.holyghostbootcamp.org “Of all the horrors that ADM have come from the Shelby decision, one positive outcome

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is the level of concern and awareness among activists, but also among everyday people who realize it should not be made more difficult to vote,” Ebenstein said. Ellie Kinnaird decided to resign as a state senator after a 17-year tenure to launch a grassroots project, NC Voter, to fight against the laws that were whittling away voters’ rights and undoing many of the progressive measures she has fought to enact. “To watch 17 years of my work just being destroyed was very disturbing to me,” the former lawmaker told the AFRO. “I was so discouraged and weary of fighting a losing battle.” Kinnaird joined forces with the Forward Together Moral Movement, a broad, multiracial coalition movement led by the North Carolina NAACP, which has dedicated itself to fighting the suppressive election laws and other harmful legislation through nonviolent protest, litigation, voter engagement and education and other means. One of those tools is the Moral Monday movement, a series of protests that began when a

“We had the option to be arrested or just sit back while things happened, and I chose to be a voice [that] let legislators know how we felt.” —Rev. Linda Parker few activists were arrested outside the North Carolina General Assembly for civil disobedience. The Rev. Linda Parker, rector of the North Carolina Central University Presbyterian Campus Ministry, was one of the early participants and was arrested—for the first time in her life— while protesting before the state capitol last May. “We had the option to be arrested or just sit back while things happened, and I chose to be a voice [that] let legislators know how we felt,” the 65-year-old minister said. Now the Moral Monday movement has exploded with an estimated 80,000 to 100,000 people rallying in Raleigh this past February, and spinoffs taking flight in Georgia and South Carolina. Rev. Parker said exposing the truth of North Carolina’s unfair policies is “worth anything that I personally suffered.” And, speaking in a genteel voice underlaid with steel, she vowed to keep on speaking truth to power on behalf of her students and others whose lives are being used as fodder in political gamesmanship, and expressed confidence that righteousness would prevail. “The God of justice that I serve will have the last word,” she said.

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McKinley Tech High School Alum Completes Basic Training Air Force Airman 1st Class Melvin Carter II graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas. The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills. Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force. Carter is the son of Denise and Melvin Carter of Washington, D.C. Melvin Carter II He is a 2007 graduate of McKinley Technology High School, Washington, D.C. He earned a bachelor’s degree in 2011 from Norfolk State University, Norfolk, Va.

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being a Negro or an Indian. In Saipan I was in school with children who looked like me and spoke a different language. Together we learned to eat Spam. Therefore, I could not imagine why these women did not want their children to go to school with me. To be perfectly honest I was more interested in the events of Baltimore than going to school. In the fall of 1953 Baltimore came alive. The electricity in the air was palpable. The Baltimore Colts had moved to town. Everyone, Black and white, welcomed the Colts with open arms. Baltimore was the Colts and the Colts were Baltimore. The great Buddy Young became my neighbor. Imagine, I could babysit for his family. One of the first Blacks to play pro football (after the “unofficial” ban from 1934 to 1945) Buddy Young #22, experienced the humiliations of prejudice. But Buddy Young always insisted that the worst prejudice he encountered was against his size being the shortest NLF player. He said his size was not a disadvantage and delighted in outsmarting larger opponents who attempted to tackle him. ‘’They hate to miss the little man, who can make them look foolish, so they hesitate,’’ he once said. ‘’That’s beautiful.’’ With Buddy Young being only a few inches taller than me, I learned to love my short genes. April 15, 1954, one month before the Brown v. BOE, bigleague baseball came to town when the St. Louis Browns arrived with the new name The Baltimore Orioles for the 1954 season. The 1954 Opening Day Parade made its way through downtown. I love a parade. At the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Camden Station, the Orioles - having traveled from Detroit, stepped off the train and into Baltimore’s version of wonderland. Other than the traditional “Animal Walk” Circus Parade coming to town with the a herd of 18 elephants, trunk to tail in chain gang style, leading the way from the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus trains pulling the tents and the roustabouts dressed up as clowns, offered a dose of magic not obtainable anywhere else. The 1954 Opening Day Parade was the biggest parade I could remember. Baltimore had no Beltway, no Harbor Tunnel, and no Jones Falls Expressway. Working farms prospered inside the city; Howard Street was rows of beautiful bustling segregated department stores. Banana boats offloaded their bushels onto wharves where the Inner Harbor now stands. I loved the sight of the ships in the harbor, the sounds of streetcar trolleys on the cobblestone streets, the taste of the juicy red plug from the watermelon man (A-rabbers) with his horse-drawn cart. People took such pride in their white marble steps, and oh, how I hated polishing the brass railing lining those white steps. Mrs. Johnson, our next-door neighbor, was out to see that I did it right. The character of each neighborhood was on display. The descendants from Eastern European neighborhoods painted beautiful religious scenes on the front window screen. Anyway, that 17th day in May, when the decision was handed down, in that same TV news broadcast with the White women screaming and yelling, there was the very gracious,

calm Mrs. Mildred Coughlin the principal of Western High School, beautifully styled white hair and dressed in a soft pink suit. I was taken aback by her comment, and I quote, “I will never see a colored girl graduate from my school.” Her school, Western High School, was one of the high class schools in Baltimore. At that time, some schools in Baltimore were not only segregated by race and they were also segregated by gender. The top schools in Baltimore were all that way, male and female. Western High School was the best, of all girl schools. Baltimore became the first City in the United States to integrate public schools. Baltimore Polytechnic Institute (BPI) had an unusually advanced and difficult college engineering “A” preparatory curriculum. After a law suit by the Baltimore Urban League and the NAACP on behalf of 16 Black male students, a settlement was reached. In the fall of 1952, Elmer (Buddy) W. German Jr. and his lifelong friend Victor Dates were among the first Black males to attend BPI.

“Baltimore became the first City in the United States to integrate public schools.” One cold day in winter of 1954 Buddy walked away. His mother was stunned, she was so proud of her oldest son. “Mom, yes my grades are good, yes I can keep up and no I cannot not tolerate the harassment any longer. He transferred to Douglass High School to graduate in 1956. In complete candor Buddy German was my best friend’s brother and my “starter husband.” The NAACP, along with CORE, the Urban League, other civil rights organizations and the AFRO had actively pushed Maryland into being the first state south of the Mason-Dixon Line to accept the Brown decision. As the gateway to the south, Maryland and especially Baltimore needed to be seen by the world as being able to implement civil rights objectives before the south would even give it a try. Gov. Theodore McKeldin, on May 17, refused an invitation by Southern governors to consider plans for circumventing the Supreme Court’s decision. June 1954, Dr. John H. Fisher, superintendent of schools for Baltimore, detailed a four point program of integration for all public schools. The Board of Education approved unanimously. By the end of August, I was told we would go to “her school,” Western High School. There were five of us and we were hand-picked to start September 7, 1954, in the 11th grade, which was the junior year. Western High School was on Center Street a half block away from the AFRO building on Eutaw Street where my, Elizabeth Murphy Oliver, was firmly ensconced; this made perfect sense to pick me. However, on the other side of town, things did not go

so smoothly. Oct. 4, 1954, near City Hall, a group of white students from Baltimore schools demonstrated against integration. Police held back white students at Southern High. Three days earlier, many students, led by their parents, boycotted classes in protest. Mayor Thomas D’Alesandro, who had the city build 87 new schools, providing new facilities for Black students who had been relegated to inferior segregated buildings, prior to Brown v. BOE, appealed for “cool heads” to prevail. The administration of Baltimore held to their commitment of school integration. At Western High School students and teachers were very nice; at least no one was ugly. No one was overt, it was covert racism. No one spoke to me. I suppose their parents had taught them if you cannot say something nice, do not say anything at all. The five of us were in different classes, different curriculums, so we weren’t together. No shared class notes, no social activities, none of the things that go along with high school. The entire time in school was spent very quiet. I guess in retrospect that was good because I learned a lot. I didn’t have anything else to do. And even if I had told my mother no one would speak to me, her first comment would have been, “You’re not supposed to be talking in school, and you’re supposed to be learning.” As you may suspect, I love to talk. Anyway we got through. May of 1956, just before graduation, we had done all we were supposed to do. Mrs. Coughlin, the principal, had been courteous to us; she had never been unkind or anything like that. However, just before graduation, Mrs. Coughlin turned her face to the wall and died. She never saw a colored girl graduate from her school. Now, I took it very personal, and as you can see it’s been 58 years and I will get over it- just not today. “Although the Supreme Court’s decision in Brown was ultimately unanimous, it occurred only after a hard-fought, multi-year campaign to persuade all nine justices to overturn the “separate but equal” doctrine that their predecessors had endorsed in the Court’s infamous 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson decision,” explains the NAACP’s Legal Defense profile of the historic ruling that redefined the history of the United States. “This campaign was conceived in the 1930s by Charles Hamilton Houston, then Dean of Howard Law School, and brilliantly executed in a series of cases over the next two decades by his star pupil, Thurgood Marshall, who became LDF’s first Director-Counsel.” The drama took place in the towns and cities across the South, to the greater woe of the white bigots, but it will pass into history as something that has happened to us all, children of this age, and it will remain in our lives forever. Read more on Afro.com and the AFRO’s Facebook page.

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Rancher Cliven Bundy and ‘The Negro’

chiseler. On Saturday, April 19, Bundy, speaking to a small group of his supporters – and, fortunately for the rest of us, a New York Times reporter and photographer – went off message to hold forth on a number of topics, including race. According to the Times, Bundy said: “I want to tell you one more thing I know about the Negro,” as he recalled driving past a Las Vegas public housing project, “and in front of that government house the door was usually open and the older people and the kids – and there is always at least a half dozen people sitting on the porch – they didn’t have nothing to do. They didn’t have nothing for their kids to do. They didn’t have nothing for their young girls to do.” Bundy didn’t stop there: “And because they were basically on government subsidy, so now what do they do? They abort their young children, they put their young men in jail, because they never learned how to pick cotton. And I’ve often wondered, are they better off as slaves, picking cotton and having a family life and doing things, or are they better off under government subsidy? They didn’t get no more freedom. They got less freedom.” Did Cliven Bundy form those views just from driving past – once? twice? – a federally subsidized housing project where Black Americans live? Or did they come from the stew of racist notions that still have wide circulation in the political ideology – conservatism – Bundy claims to be an adherent. Some of his well-known enablers among the conservative echo

chamber of politicians, talk-show jockeys and pundits quickly distanced themselves from Bundy as soon as the Times story appeared. Others, doubling-down, claimed his racist views were irrelevant to what they asserted were his proper resistance to federal government overreach. But it’s too late for that flimflam. Beyond the laughable hypocrisy of Cliven Bundy, chiseler, asserting that “the Negro” is too dependent on government largesse, his words underscore that American conservatism’s central motivating force from the long-ago past to the present has always been the oppression of ‘the Negro.” For one thing, consider that Bundy brought up the topic himself – and not only made it clear he thinks Blacks were better off when the vast majority were enslaved but would be better off now if reduced to something approximating slavery. Bundy’s views aren’t at all unique among American conservatives. Especially since President Obama took office, conservatives, high and low, have shown an obsession with twisting the truth about Negro slavery. If it’s not the Tea Party fanatics contending that President Obama’s intent is to “enslave” Whites; it’s White conservatives – and their Black front-men such as Ben Carson, Herman Cain and Allen West – asserting that Blacks who vote Democratic are unthinkingly content to laze about on the Democratic “plantation.” If it’s not the Family Leader, an Iowa-based conservative group, proclaiming that Blacks were better off during the Slave era because the slave-owners kept their families intact – a brazen lie – it’s former U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint, now head of the powerful, conservative Heritage Foundation, declaring on a right-wing Christian talk show earlier this month that the slaves were not emancipated by “big government” but by “a growing movement among the people, particularly people of faith that

NBA Commissioner Alan Silver, who replaced David Stern just two months ago, did what we’ve all been waiting for – he showed Los Angeles Clippers bigoted owner Donald Sterling the nearest exit and told him not to look back. On Tuesday, Silver banned Sterling from the NBA for life and fined him $2.5 million, the maximum allowed under the NBA constitution and bylaws. Of course, that’s only shoe shine money for someone worth $1.9 billion. Still, it sends a powerful George E. Curry message not only to Sterling, but to others that at least one sector of America is willing to confront brazen racism. Now, the NBA Board of Governors needs to complete what Silver started by forcing Sterling to give up ownership of the Clippers. Unless you’ve been under a rock or just landed from mars, you should know by now that Sterling, who has a long and acrimonious history with people of color, exposed his true feelings about African Americans in a conversation with his mistress, Vanessa Stiviano, who is almost 50 years his junior. The conversation was apparently taped surreptitiously in Sterling’s home by Stiviano, who describes herself as part Mexican and part Black. A 9-mintute segment of the conversation was posted Saturday to celebrity website TMZ. A 15-minute excerpt was later posted by Deadspin. There was this exchange in one segment: V: I don’t understand, I don’t see your views. I wasn’t raised the way you were raised.

DS: Well then, if you don’t feel—don’t come to my games. Don’t bring black people, and don’t come. V: Do you know that you have a whole team that’s black, that plays for you? DS: You just, do I know? I support them and give them food, and clothes, and cars, and houses. Who gives it to them? Does someone else give it to them? Do I know that I have—Who makes the game? Do I make the game, or do they make the game? Is there 30 owners, that created the league? At one point, Sterling said: “It bothers me a lot that you want to broadcast that you’re associating with black people. Do you have to?…” “You can sleep with [black people]. You can bring them in, you can do whatever you want. The little I ask you is not to promote it on that … and not to bring them to my games…” “I’m just saying, in your lousy f******* Instagrams, you don’t have to have yourself with, walking with black people.” “Don’t put him (Magic Johnson) on an Instagram for the world to have to see so they have to call me. And don’t bring him to my games.” Finally, there was the following exchange: DS: You think I’m a racist, and wouldn’t— V: I don’t think you’re a racist. DS: Yes you do. Yes you do. V: I think you, you— DS: Evil heart. DS: It’s the world! You go to Israel, the blacks are just treated like dogs. V: So do you have to treat them like that too? DS: The white Jews, there’s white Jews and black Jews, do you understand? V: And are the black Jews less than the white Jews? DS: A hundred percent, fifty, a hundred percent.

V: And is that right? DS: It isn’t a question—we don’t evaluate what’s right and wrong, we live in a society. We live in a culture. We have to live within that culture. V: But shouldn’t we take a stand for what’s wrong? And be the change and the difference? DS: I don’t want to change the culture, because I can’t. It’s too big and too [unknown]. V: But you can change yourself. DS: I don’t want to change. If my girl can’t do what I want, I don’t want the girl. I’ll find a girl that will do what I want! Believe me. I thought you were that girl—because I tried to do what you want. But you’re not that girl. Sterling, 81, has a long history of antagonizing Blacks. In 2009, he paid $2.7 million to settle a suit accusing him of discriminating against Blacks, Latinos and families with children at an apartment building he owned in Los Angeles. In addition, NBA Hall of Famer Elgin Baylor, who spent 22 years with the Clippers, filed a suit against Sterling in 2009 for wrongful termination. According to the Los Angeles Times, “In his deposition, Baylor spoke about what he called Sterling’s ’plantation mentality,’ alleging the owner in the late 1990s rejected a coaching candidate, Jim Brewer, because of race. Baylor quoted Sterling as saying: ‘Personally, I would like to have a white Southern coach coaching poor black players.’ Baylor said he was shocked. ‘And he [Sterling] looked at me and said, ‘Do you think that’s a racist statement?’ I said, ‘Absolutely. That’s plantation mentality.’ ” Donald Sterling is the Paula Deen of professional basketball. Accordingly, the NBA stuck a fork in him and told him he’s done.

Earlier this month Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette charged an organization known as Freedom by Faith Ministries with defrauding over 100 consumers in Southeast Michigan. The alleged crime: foreclosure rescue scams. Unfortunately the circumstances that led to the Michigan lawsuit represent a continuation of a disturbing trend of profiteers seeking to financially exploit the Charlene Crowell misfortunes of troubled homeowners. The U.S. Government Accountability Office in 2013 found over 40,000 complaints of foreclosure fraud occurred nationwide and together totaled losses to homeowners of over $90 million. Foreclosure scammers typically demand large, upfront cash payments from troubled homeowners and advise homeowners to stop making mortgage payments. They also dupe their victims into sharing important personal information such as Social Security and bank account numbers. After payment is received, the scammers do little or no work to obtain a loan modification for the homeowners. In the process, homeowners fall deeper into delinquency and also lose valuable time that could have yielded better results. Free services of a HUD-certified housing counselor are available nationwide to help negotiate with mortgage servicers. Many times these housing counselors facilitate securing options to avoid

foreclosure such as home modifications, refinance, forbearance, short sales, and more. A new research report, Foreclosure Rescue Inc. by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law finds that foreclosure scams are beginning to take new forms while still fraudulently taking money from distressed homeowners. Some scammers falsely claim government affiliation while others include improper involvement of legal and real estate professionals For example, in West Palm Beach, Fla., foreclosure rescue “consultants” held seminars to teach people how to make money off of distressed homeowners. In Atlanta, attorneys were reported to have been randomly solicited to sign up as “partners” or “affiliates” of foreclosure rescue operations. And in Long Island, NY, legitimate housing counselors unknowingly gave fraud actors powers of attorney to presumably talk to banks on behalf of homeowners. “African-American and Latino homeowners, already victimized by targeted predatory lending, have been victimized by scams at disproportionate rates compared to their percentage of the population”, said Yolanda McGill, manager of the Loan Modification Scam Prevention Network for the Lawyers’ Committee. When a troubled homeowner’s race is taken into account, stark racial differences emerge. White homeowners represent 78 percent of the nation’s homeowners and together account for less than half – 47 percent – of complaints filed. By contrast, both Black and Latino homeowners combined represent 16 percent of the nation’s homeowners, their combined fraud complaints are nearly the same number as those filed by Whites: 44 percent. “Senior homeowners also are victimized at high rates and their average loss is higher than other groups”, continued McGill. “The Lawyers’ Committee and our federal, state, and community partners

continue to fight back and put these scammers out of business, including through litigation.” The Lawyers’ Committee litigation includes 14 lawsuits against loan scam operators whose collective efforts affected over 400 troubled homeowners. The lawsuits sought both monetary and injunctive relief. So far, 50 scam operations have been shut down and over $500,000 has been recovered on behalf of homeowners. Additionally, those found guilty have been banned from future participation in mortgage assistance relief services. As the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau continues its complaint resolution and the Lawyers’ Committee continues its litigation, Foreclosure Rescue Inc. recommendations call for more policy reforms: * Allowing homeowners to pursue private rights of actions; * Enacting state laws that broaden fraud definitions to include any stage of the scam process; and * Incorporating explicit government warnings to consumers regarding potential scammers and how to avoid fraud. Created in the summer of 1963 by President John F. Kennedy after an initial meeting of 244 lawyers, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law is a nonpartisan, nonprofit providing legal services to address racial discrimination. Anyone desiring more information on state and national resources for foreclosure fraud should visit www. preventloanscams.org. To file an online mortgage complaint with CFPB, visit www. consumerfinance.gov. Charlene Crowell is a communications manager with the Center for Responsible Lending. She can be reached at Charlene.crowell@ responsiblelending.org.

Lee A. Daniels

As is typical of blowhards, Cliven Bundy, the conservative movement’s most recently defrocked hero/criminal, opened his mouth once too often. In doing so, the Nevada rancher revealed who he really is behind all the Stars-and-Stripes flagwaving and man-of-the-West rhetoric. The man who has grazed his cattle on federal land for more than two decades but has refused to pay the minimal grazing fees the government charges all ranchers (Bundy now owes about $1 million) is an arch-racist as well as a

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[slavery] was wrong.” I’ve no doubt that the ignorance on display in the conservative movement’s obsession with American slavery is largely a deliberate gambit to obscure how evil – and widely accepted among Whites – slavery and its successor, legalized racism, were. But I also think that, as with Cliven Bundy, some of it stems from the deep-rooted fear of what “freedom” for Black Americans means for those Whites who need the crutch of White supremacy to feel good about themselves. If Blacks were “free,” you could get Black Americans contributing a full measure of their talent to American society. Why, you might get a Paul Robeson, or an Althea Gibson, or a Leontyne Price, or even a president of the United States. And then, what would America be? Lee A. Daniels is a longtime journalist based in New York City. His latest book is Last Chance: The Political Threat to Black America.

George E. Curry, former editor-in-chief of Emerge magazine, is editor-in-chief of the National Newspaper Publishers Association News Service (NNPA) and can be reached on www.georgecurry.com and on Facebook.

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The Debutantes and their escorts dancing the minuet

Fathers dancing with their daughters; the waltz

Miss Cotillion 2014 with her mother

Dr. Willie Jolley, Dee TaylorJolley, Mauren Ashley Rachael Winger, Sue Bank and Tony Winger

The escorts The mothers of the Debutantes

Presenting the Debutantes of the 57th Annual Cotillion

The mistress of ceremonies, soror Debbie McCain Wesley

The Debutante’s fathers By Latrina Antoine • Special to the AFRO

Chandler Mobley, Carolyn Row, Patricia Wallace, Dawn Mobley, Sandra McCullough-Cobey and Michele Crawley

The parents dancing the waltz with their daughter and escort looking on

Demaris Thompson

2014 scholarship recipients with parents and family members

And we are enjoying the festivities.

Zeta Chi Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Inc. held its 57th annual Cotillion Ball at the Hilton Mark Center in Alexandria, Va. The theme of the evening was “Celebrating our Future: Cultivating Precious Pearls.” “The cotillion is the culminating event of many activities that have happened since the fall of last year,” Kendra C. Gillespie, chapter president told guests. “This is a true testament of something that we have done that we are very proud of in developing these young ladies.” Congratulatory messages were sent from several political figures including Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), Rep. Donna Edwards (D-Md.), and Alexandria Mayor William D. Euille (D). The 2014 Debutantes are Briana Morgan Bouldin (1st Attendant) from C.D. Hylton Senior High School in Woodbridge, Va.; T’Chynna Kabri Carpenter and Lauren Ashley Rachael Winger from Washington-Lee High School in Arlington, Va.; Kiersten Dejai Criddle (Miss Cotillion 2014) from Robert E. Lee High School in Springfield, Va.; Jordan Elizabeth Dey (2nd Attendant and Miss Congeniality) from West Springfield High School in Springfield, Va.; Raquel Maria Elias from Paint Branch High School in Silver Spring, Md.; Justyc Araybhia Hicks from Friendly Senior High School in Fort Washington, Md.; Adrienne Latreece Holliday from Eleanor Roosevelt High School in Greenbelt, Md.; and Aisha Janae Hollins from North Point High School for Science, Technology, and Industry in Waldorf, Md. Charletta Wilson Jacks, chair, International Membership Committee, AKA, also spoke to the debutantes emphasizing to them love and respect everyone and themselves. The success of the Cotillion was evident by the glowing smiles of adoration and pride shown by the parent, family members, and supporters of these young ladies.

Stacey Mangham, back row, Debra Josey, Edgar Brookins, LaNay Coleman, Ruth Gittens, Erin Smith, and Alexis Coleman; Francine Cole, front row, Linda Smith, Martha McKensie, and Joan Jackson

Rhonda Luss, chapter vice president

Charletta Wilson Jacks, chair, International Membership Committee, AKA and Joyce Henderson

Miss Cotillion 1st Attendant, Briana Bouldin; Miss Cotillion 2014, Kiersten Deja Criddle; and Miss Cotillion 2nd Attendant/Miss Congeniality, Jordan Elizabeth Dey Photos by Rob Roberts

Catherine Leggett (left), first lady of Montgomery County, with some friends

Deborah Hobbs and Jackie Rose

The sisters of Xi Sigma Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority hosted their 2014 Elegance Sparkle Pizzazz Fashion Show and Luncheon Fundraiser, April 12, at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel and Conference Center in North Bethesda, Md. Over 800 guests attended this year’s sold-out event and enjoyed an afternoon of fun and frivolity. The mistress of ceremonies was chapter member Marshae Murrell and the event showcased the couture The fashion show producers: Ida’s Idea Boutique

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and designer fashions of Ida’s Idea Boutique of Washington, D.C. Guests enjoyed a pre-show mimosa bar and fabulous shopping for fashions, jewelry and accessories provided by more than 20 top-quality vendors. Funds raised from this event support the Chapter’s scholarships and community service programs. In 30 plus

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Amy Bryant, Cynthia Anderson, Debbie Bragg, Ann Everett, Phyllis York and Dr. Judy Doccol

Brenda Williams, Crystal Cala, Jackie Ross, Andriae Holt, Chandria Jones and Tracy Salaam

Kendra Gillespie, chapter president and Hazel Cameron, foundation chair

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Montgomery County Executive Isaiah Leggett being introduced

years of existence as a chapter, Xi Sigma Omega has awarded over $100,000 in scholarships. Roberta M. Haines, chapter president, and Charlene Matthews, scholarship chairman, awarded scholarships to 13 graduating Montgomery County high school seniors who distinguished themselves as leaders, excelled academically, and exemplified the meaning of community service. The event was hosted Jacqueline Rose, fundraising chairman of Xi Sigma Omega Chapter.

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Spring into the Latest Fashion By Ashley Diggs AFRO Style and Trends Writer According to the calendar, spring is here! So fashion lovers, what trends can we expect on the fashion forecast? It’s time to ditch the sweaters and salt-stained boots, and make way for the new season. InStyle Magazine’s Fashion Editor Subira Shaw and Beauty Director Amy SynnottD’Annibale point out that leather is all over this season. Designers are now treating leather as if it were a fabric. They are dyeing it into punchy colors and cutting it in feminine shapes, and it is really becoming very versatile. We are seeing leather t-shirts, miniskirts, dresses and even shorts. People Stylewatch’s fashion director, Kate Dimmock, shared her insight on the latest fashion trends for the coming season.

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Belle

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18th Century Biopic Revisits Life of Ex-Slave Raised as Aristocrat

Gugu Mbatha-Raw stars as Dido Belle in "Belle." Film Review By Kam Williams Born in the West Indies in 1761, Dido Belle (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) was the product of the taboo union of Mary Belle, an African slave, and John Lindsay (Matthew Goode), a British ship captain. Upon Mary’s death, the concerned father brought his 8 year-old daughter to England to see whether his well-heeled aunt and uncle might be willing to take her in. After all, Lady (Emily Watson) and Lord Mansfield (Tom Wilkinson). had just adopted another niece whose own mom had passed away. Plus, since Dido and Elizabeth (Sarah Gadon) were about the same age, the orphaned girls could conceivably keep

each other company. Captain Lindsay further argued that his daughter was entitled to live on the family estate by virtue of her noble birthright. This prompted a skeptical Lady Mansfield to speculate about whether skin color ranked above or below bloodline in polite society. Ultimately, she did agree to raise Dido, and the young cousins proceeded to forge a close friendship that would last a lifetime. In fact, proof of their enduring bond would be preserved for posterity in a striking portrait of the pair commissioned in 1779. That famous painting apparently served as the source of inspiration for Belle, a mesmerizing biopic based on a speculative script by Misan Sagay. Directed by Amma Assante, the riveting historical drama continues the recent cinematic trend of reexamining race from the black perspective, ala Django Unchained, The Retrieval and Oscar-winner 12 Years a Slave. Here, the picture focuses primarily on Dido and Elizabeth’s coming-of-age against the backdrop of a country increasingly uneasy about its involvement in the slave trade. After being fairly protected during childhood, racism rears its ugly head when the boy-crazy girls start entertaining the overtures of appropriate suitors outside the safe confines of the family manse. Meanwhile, tension builds around a legal decision set to be handed down by their uncle in his capacity as Chief Justice of England’s Supreme Court. The case revolved around a trading company that was seeking compensation from its insurance company for the loss of over a hundred Africans who had been deliberately drowned. The question Judge Mansfield was being asked to settle was whether or not slaves should be considered human or mere cargo that could be thrown overboard for financial gain at the whim of the owner. The longer he agonizes over the ruling, the more pressure he feels to issue a farreaching, landmark opinion likely to signal the death knell of an odious institution. An 18th C. tale of race and romance told in a sophisticated fashion reminiscent of the best of Jane Austen. Excellent (4 stars) Rated PG for smoking, mature themes and ethnic insensitivity. Running time: 104 minutes Distributor: Fox Searchlight Pictures To see a trailer for Belle, visit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTz5VjBscGk

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Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun By Kam Williams Special to the AFRO

Big Budget Films

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (PG-13 for action and sci-fi violence) Second installment in re-booted Marvel Comics franchise finds your friendly neighborhood superhero (Andrew Garfield) wooing Gwen (Emma Stone) while protecting New York from a few, formidable new foes (Jamie Foxx, Dane DeHaan and Paul Giamatti). With Sally Field, Chris Cooper, Denis Leary, Colm Feore and Embeth Davidtz. Belle (PG for mature themes, mild epithets and brief smoking) Gugu Mbatha-Raw stars in this biopic about the life of Dido Elizabeth Belle (1761-1804), the illegitimate offspring of an African slave and a British ship captain (Matthew Goode) who sent his daughter to England to be raised in polite society by his aristocratic aunt (Emily Watson) and uncle (Tom Wilkinson). Cast includes Penelope Wilton, Sarah Gadon, Miranda Richardson, Tom Felton and Bethan MaryJames.

Jobriath A.D. (Unrated) “It’s better to flame out than to fade away” biopic recounting the brief career of Bruce Wayne Campbell (1946-1983), aka Jobriath, the first openly-gay rock star, and the first to die of AIDS. The M Word (R for profanity and sexual references) Ensemble comedy, written and directed by the legendary Henry Jaglom, following three middle-aged sisters (Frances Fisher, Mary Crosby and Eliza Roberts) as they make the awkward adjustment to the onset of menopause. Co-starring Corey Feldman, Tanna Frederick and Gregory Harrison. More than the Rainbow (Unrated) Shutterbug retrospective highlighting the eclectic portfolio of eccentric cabbie-turned-NYC street photographer Matt Weber.

Mr. Jones (PG-13 for terror, frightening images, sexuality and brief profanity) Harrowing horror flick about an aspiring filmmaker (Jon Foster) who moves to the country with his girlfriend (Sarah Jones) where they get more than they bargain for when they sneak into the home of their new next-door neighbor (Mark Steger), a reclusive sculptor with a weird agenda. With Faran Tahir, Stanley B. Herman, Jordan Byrne and Ethan Sawyer. The Protector 2 (R for profanity and violence) Tony Jaa reprises the title role in this martial arts sequel, set in Thailand, as a retired Royal Guard now enlisted to crack a terrorist conspiracy to disrupt peace talks in Bangkok. With RZA, Marreese Crump and JeeJa Yanin. (InThai with subtitles)

Independent & Foreign Films

Altered States of Plaine (Unrated) Sci-fi thriller revolving around a young fugitive (George Gallagher) on the run from the government who is desperate for a cure from a mysterious affliction that has him waking up in a different place whenever he falls asleep. (In English and French with subtitles) With Kether Donohue, Michael P. Mathis and Donald Pritt. The Bachelor Weekend (Unrated) Buddy comedy, set in Dublin, about a bride-to-be (Amy Huberman) who recruits her ex (Andrew Scott) to plan her fiance’s bachelor party, an overnight camping trip to the Irish countryside (Hugh O’Conor) with his friends and her obnoxious brother (Peter McDonald). Featuring Brian Gleeson, Michael Legge and Andrew Bennett. Bad Johnson (Unrated) Battle-of-the-sexes comedy about a charming womanizer (Cam Gigandet) who finally gets what’s coming when his penis leaves his body and takes human form. Cast includes Jamie Chung, Nick Thune and Katherine Cunningham. Decoding Annie Parker (R for profanity and sexuality) Samantha Morton handles the title role in this fact-based drama about a woman’s fight against the same hereditary form of breast cancer that claimed the life of her mother and sister. With Helen Hunt, Rashida Jones, Marley Shelton, Maggie Grace and Alice Eve. Farmland (Unrated) Generation Next documentary taking a look at the lives of some farmers and ranchers who have assumed the reins of the family business while still in their twenties. For a Woman (Unrated) Romance drama, exploring the mystery of undying love from the perspective of a daughter (Sylvie Testud) deconstructing her parents’ (Benoit Magimel and Melanie Thierry) enduring marriage. Cast includes Nicolas Duvauchelle, Julie Ferrier and Denis Podalydes. (In French with subtitles) Friended to Death (R for profanity and crude sexual references) Dark comedy revolving around a social media junkie (Ryan Hansen) who fakes his own death online just to see whether any of his supposed friends come to the funeral. With James Immekus, Zach McGowan, Pancho Moler and Angela Bullock. Ida (PG-13 for mature themes, sexuality and smoking) Skeletonout-of-the-closet drama, set in Poland in 1962, about an orphan (Agata Trzebuchowska) raised in a Catholic convent who learns that she was born Jewish just as she’s set to take her vows as a nun. Costarring Jerzy Trela, Halina Skoczynska and Agata Kulesza. In Polish with subtitles)

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Trend Shows Star Athletes Finally Wall Leads Wizards Fighting for Social Rights, Again to Second Round By Perry Green AFRO Sports Editor Google search the phrase: “superstar athletes protest.” You’ll notice the entire first page of information is filled with reports of Tommy Smith and Juan Carlos, two AfricanAmerican track athletes famous for their silent protest against racism during the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. Smith and Carlos, the gold and silver medal winners of the 200-meter race, used the winner’s platform as a stage to protest by wearing a black glove and raising their fists to show solidarity with the human rights movement at the time. The only issue with the findings of this search is that it happened nearly 50 years ago. What about the star athletes of today and the mega-athletes of all the decades in between? Have they not used their fame and power to participate in protest for social advancement and equality, just as Smith and Carlos or Muhammad Ali and Jim Brown did during the late ‘60s? The answer to that question is ... not very often. Former AFRO sports writer and New York Times columnist Bill Rhoden suggested in his book, $40 Million Slaves: the Rise, Fall and Redemption of the Black Athlete, originally published in 2006, that many of the Black megastar athletes of the modern age have chosen not to engage in the fight for civil/ social rights out of fear of “rocking the conveyor belt” on their way up to the top of their successful careers. They didn’t want to upset corporate america, which controlled the endorsement deals that paid them millions. But in recent years, a growing trend shows that our most coveted athletes are beginning to stand up and flex their broad voices in protest

of civil rights around the world. LeBron James, perhaps the most famous athlete in the world today, didn’t hesitate to use his power as the face of

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LeBron James told reporters, “there’s no room in our league for Donald Sterling.” the NBA, protesting against Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling after TMZ leaked a conversation that revealed the owner’s racially discriminating beliefs. James told reporters, “there’s no room in our league for Donald Sterling.” LeBron didn’t say there’s no room for Sterling’s behavior, which could have suggested he’d be willing to just forgive, forget, and move

MD 97 (Georgia Avenue) Bus Rapid Transit Planning Study Alternatives Public Workshop The Maryland State Highway Administration, Maryland Transit Administration, and Montgomery County Department of Transportation invite interested persons to attend an Alternatives Public Workshop for the MD 97 (Georgia Avenue) Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Planning Study from the Wheaton Metrorail Station to Montgomery General Hospital. The purpose of the study is to provide a new high-efficiency bus line along Georgia Avenue that will enhance transit connectivity; improve bus mobility and travel times; address current and future bus ridership demands; integrate BRT service with rail and other bus services; attract new riders; support Montgomery County’s plans to implement BRT; and support growth generated by development within the study limits and the county. WHAT: The Alternatives Public Workshop will present the Purpose and Need Statement, explain the project planning process, and share the findings of the study to date. Display areas will include maps and exhibits of the preliminary alternatives under consideration, traffic data, and potential impacts. Project representatives will be available to discuss project issues and answer questions. No formal presentation will be given. You may arrive at any time during workshop hours and walk through at your own pace. WHEN: Wednesday, May 14, 2014 – 5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. WHERE: John F. Kennedy High School - Cafeteria 1901 Randolph Road, Silver Spring, MD 20906 CONTACT: Miss Carmeletta Harris, Project Manager, Project Management Division, Office of Planning and Preliminary Engineering, Maryland State Highway Administration, 707 North Calvert Street, MS C-301, Baltimore, MD 21202; call 410-545-8522 (toll-free: 1-800-548-5026); or e-mail charris@sha.state.md.us Mr. Rick Kiegel, Project Manager, Office of Planning and Programming, Maryland Transit Administration, Suite 902, 6 St. Paul Street, Baltimore, MD 21202; call 410-767-1380 (toll-free: 1-888-218-2267) or e-mail RKiegel@mta.maryland.gov For more information on this project, visit www.roads.maryland.gov and click on Projects and Studies / SHA Projects Page / Montgomery County / MD 97 Georgia Avenue Wheaton to Montgomery General Hospital. REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE: The Maryland Relay Service can assist Teletype users at 7-1-1. A Spanish-language interpreter will be present at the meeting. Persons requiring other assistance to participate, such as an interpreter for hearing/speech disabilities, should contact Miss Harris by May 7, 2014. Please mark your calendars and plan to attend! May 2, 2014 A-0683

on. He made it plain and clear how he felt: he wanted blood. He wanted Sterling gone and wasn’t afraid to voice it. And his voice made an impact as commissioner Adam Silver

swiftly investigated Sterling and banned him from the

NBA for a lifetime. James and his Miami Heat teammates protested in similar fashion over Trayvon Martin’s shooting and the racially engulfed trial that followed in 2012. James took to his Twitter account with 12.5 million followers and posted a photo of him and his teammates wearing hooded sweatshirts with their heads bowed down. Countless numbers of star athletes followed suit with similar photos. James’ star partner-incrime, Dwyane Wade, took to Twitter again a year later when the trial verdict was announced that Martin’s murderer was founded not guilty. Wade tweeted: “Wow!!! Stunned!!! Saddened as a father!!! Some1 make sense of this verdict for me right now please!!! Don’t worry I’ll wait... How do I explain this to my young boys???” Earlier this week, Barcelona soccer player Dani Alves was racially taunted when a fan tossed a banana at him during a game April 27 in Spain. Alves responded by picking up the banana, unpeeling it and eating it, before returning to action where he immediately made a corner kick. Athletes around the world responded in protest to the fan’s behavior, posting photos on social networks of themselves eating a banana. After learning of Sterling’s banishment, Alves felt inspired to take another jab at his racist offenders, posting a photo on Twitter of himself posing by his Ferrari sports

By Perry Green AFRO Sports Editor

John Wall scored a game-high 24 points, including a pair of game-clinching free throws as the Washington Wizards to beat the Chicago Bulls, 75-69, in game five of the Eastern Conference first round series in Chicago, Ill. Washington wins the series, 4-1, advancing to the second round of the NBA playoffs for the first time since 2005 when they also beat the Bulls then, 4-2, in the series. It’s only the third time since the 1970s that Washington has reached the second round. The Wikimedia.org score John Wall scored a game-high 24 points. was tied at 41 at halftime as Chicago battled hard to avoid elimination. But Washington took control of the game in the third quarter, outscoring the Bulls, 20-11. The Wizards led for most of the fourth quarter, but the Bulls pulled in close during the final minutes, trailing by just three points with just 14 seconds left. But guard Bradley Beal made a free throw and Wall made two more free throws to give Washington enough of a cushion to ride out with the victory. Forward Nene Hilario scored 20 points with seven rebounds in his first action following his suspension in game four for his physical altercation with Bulls forward Jimmy Butler during game three. Beal followed with 17 points. Butler led Chicago with 16 points in the loss; Joakim Noah had six points with 18 rebounds. Washington will face the winner of the No. 1 seed Indiana Pacers/No. 8 seed Atlanta Hawks series in the second round. car, eating a banana, with the caption: “I’m sorry I forgot to

Something to Share-III I have had a minute to think about sharing more of my precious memories with Sam Lacy, or returning to the “He Made a Difference” series. Since my boss hasn’t called me to say, “Enough!” I decided to share one more installment of our time together. Maybe we can return to my personal memories at another time. When you are 15 years old and people stand and applaud when your name is announced, you have a bit of a problem realizing you need a reality check. In my case,

Pop was attempting to coach me in a basketball move I had patented. I would start with my back to the basket, roll my right shoulder, fake to the left and spin to the right with my shot. I had put in hours of work, and the results were outstanding. Sam pointed out that the shoulder roll telegraphed the shot and pretty soon opponents would catch on. I listened, but in my mind I was too good, too cocky and too hardheaded to take coaching advice from a man who came from an era of the two-hand

set shot. In his day, anybody who shot a jumper came from another planet. It was summer, and as was the usual practice, a

ask you: Anybody want to be a monkey like me?” all of the planets. The unusual thing was that I was flat on my back and had the taste of dust in my mouth. For those of you who have had a broken nose, I am sure you share my pain. Game over. We made a trip to the local emergency room to get my face rearranged and returned home. My most embarrassing moment came when I saw the look on my mother’s face as we sat across from each other at the dinner table. To this day I am reminded of that

Since my boss hasn’t called me to say, “Enough!” I decided to share one more installment of our time together. bunch of us headed to an outdoor court to play a little ball. Sam would tag along if time permitted, and on this occasion he was present. We chose sides, and Sam was on the opposite side. As the game progressed, I found myself with the opportunity to show off my shoulder roll. To make things perfect, Sam was guarding me at the time. I came out of my move and shot. He not only blocked the shot, but sent the basketball back at my face. For a brief moment there was a total eclipse. The odd thing about this eclipse was the fact that there was a basketball between me and the sun. Then there was this explosion and I got a view of

moment every time I look in the mirror. Since I am on this subject, I find an excellent opportunity to segue into my proudest moment. I went to school out of town, and experienced a bit of success on the hardwood. As a fund raising gimmick, the schools had a Father-Son Night. This was a night when the fathers were given replicas of the son’s jerseys and lined the wall as the sons emerged from the locker room. All my life I was Sam Lacy’s son. But, on this night as I emerged from the tunnel, I heard a lady exclaim, “Look, that’s Tim Lacy’s dad!” For the rest of the night my feet never touched the floor.

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM340 Lloyd R. Jennings Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Edith Ann Logan, whose address is 6502 Fairbanks Street, New Carrollton, MD 20784, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Lloyd R. Jennings, who died on January 14, 2014 without a Will and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose where-abouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before October 25, 2014. 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 October 25, 2014, 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: April 25, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Edith Ann Logan Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM338 Evelyn T. Wilson Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Dianne T. Wilson and Warren C. Wilson, whose addresses are 4305 Massachusetts Ave SE Wa s h i n g t o n , D C 20019-5623, were appointed personal representatives of the estate of Evelyn T. Wilson, who died on October 11, 2013 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. 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 October 25, 2014. 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 October 25, 2014, 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: April 25, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM377 Cheryl M. Johnson Decedent Darrell S. Parker 1822 11th street, NW Washington, DC 20001 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Derrell R. Johnson & Robyn Goodwine whose addresses are 4931 Fitch Place NE Washington, DC 20019 & 11302 Brigadier Court, Fort Washington, MD 20774 were appointed personal representatives of the estate of Cheryl M. Johnson, who died on April 6, 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 shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before October 25, 2014. 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 October 25, 2014, 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: April 25, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM385 Vivian Beville Clinton Decedent Theordore M. Kerrine 2321 Georgia Village Way Silver Spring, MD 20902 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Theodore M. Kerrine, whose address is 2321 Georgia Village Way, Silver Spring MD 20902 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Vivian Beville Clinton, who died on April 1, 2014 with a Will and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. 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 November 2, 2014. 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 November 2, 2014, 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: May 2, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM376 Joe E. King Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Betty Blackwell and Douglas Worthy, whose addresses are 6026 Lucente Ave Suitland MD 20746 & 126 Randolph Place NW 20001, were appointed personal representatives of the estate of Joe E. King, who died on March 9, 2014 with a Will and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose where-abouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (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 November 2, 2014. 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 November 2, 2014, 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: May 2, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM196 Lillian M. Allen Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Darrin Lorenzo Allen, whose address is 105 Woodland Rd Indian Head MD 20640 was appointed personal representatives of the estate of Lillian M. Allen who died on January 29, 2014 without a Will and will serve with 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 November 2, 2014. 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 November 2, 2014, 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: May 2, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM396 Estate of Alice D. Young Deceased NOTICE OF STANDARD PROBATE Notice is hereby given that a petition has been filed in this Court by Thayer L. Weaver and Robin Lloyd for standard probate, including the appointment of one or more personal representative. Unless a complaint or an objection in accordance with Superior Court Probate Division Rule 407 is filed in this Court within 30 days from the date of first publication of this notice, the Court may take the action hereinafter set forth. *In the absence of a will or proof satisfactory to the Court of due execution, enter an order determining that the decedent died intestate appoint a supervised personal representitive. Register of Wills Clerk of the Probate Division Date of First Publication May 2, 2014 Names of Newspapers: Washington Law Reporter Washington AFRO-AMERICAN Chantal Joseph Signature of Petitioners/Attorney

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM367 James L. Burrell, Sr. Decedent W. Alton Lewis 1450 Mercantile Lane, Suite 155 Largo, MD 20744 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS James L. Burrell Jr., whose address is 6402 Wilburn Drive, Capitol Heights, MD 20743, was appointed personal representative of the estate of James L. Burrell, Sr., who died on March 9, 2014 without a Will and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose where-abouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (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 October 25, 2014. 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 October 25, 2014, 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: April 25, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter James L. Burrell, Jr. Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS

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TYPESET: Tue Apr 15 15:35:03 EDTCourt 2014of Superior 05/02, 05/09, 05/16/14 the District of 15:35:26 EDT 2014 District of Columbia Superior Court of PROBATE DIVISION the District of Washington, D.C. District of Columbia 20001-2131 PROBATE DIVISION Administration No. Washington, D.C. 2014ADM395 20001-2131 Administration No. Hyacinth B Bryant 2014ADM306 Decedent Lelia Hendricks Bradley A. Thomas Esq Stribing 1629 K Street, NW Suite A.K.A. 300 Leila Hendricks StribWashington, DC ling 20006-1631 Decedent Attorney Shelby G. Hamilton, NOTICE OF Esquire APPOINTMENT, 1907 Barrington Court NOTICE TO Mitcheliville, MD 20721 CREDITORS Attorney NOTICE OF AND NOTICE TO APPOINTMENT, UNKNOWN HEIRS NOTICE TO Candice Bryant, whose CREDITORS address is 429 G Street AND NOTICE TO SW Washington, DC UNKNOWN HEIRS 20024 was appointed Shelby G. Hamilton,, Espersonal representative quire, whose address is of the estate of Hyacinth 1907 Barrington Court B Bryant, who died on Mitchellville, MD 20721, March 27, 2014 with a was appointed personal Will and will serve withrepresentative of the out Court supervision. All estate of Lelia Hendricks A.K.A. Leila Hendricks unknown heirs and heirs Stribling who died on whose where-abouts are March 17, 2014 with a unknown shall enter their Will and will serve withappearance in this out Court supervision. All proceeding. Objections unknown heirs and heirs to such appointment (or whose where-abouts are to the probate of deunknown shall enter their cedent´s will) shall be appearance in this filed with the Register of proceeding. Objections Wills, D.C., 515 5th to such appointment (or Street, N.W., 3rd Floor to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . filed with the Register of 20001, on or before Wills, D.C., 515 5th November 2, 2014. Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Claims against the deWa s h i n g t o n , D . C . cedent shall be pre20001, on or before sented to the underOctober 18, 2014. signed with a copy to the Claims against the deRegister of Wills or filed cedent shall be prewith the Register of Wills sented to the underwith a copy to the undersigned with a copy to the signed, on or before Register of Wills or filed November 2, 2014, or be with the Register of Wills with a copy to the underforever barred. Persons signed, on or before believed to be heirs or October 18, 2014 or be legatees of the decedent forever barred. Persons who do not receive a believed to be heirs or copy of this notice by mail legatees of the decedent within 25 days of its first who do not receive a publication shall so incopy of this notice by mail form the Register of within 25 days of its first Wills, including name, publication shall so inaddress and relationform the Register of ship. Wills, including name, address and relationDate of Publication: ship. May 2, 2014 Date of Publication: Name of newspaper: April 18, 2014 Afro-American Name of newspaper: Washington Afro-American Law Reporter Shelby G. Hamilton,Esq Personal Representative

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TYPESET: Tue Apr 15 05/02 & 05/09/14 Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM172 Floyd W. Simpson, Sr. Decedent James E. McCollum Jr. 7309 Baltimore Ave. Suite 117 College Park, MD 20740 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS 10:38:21 EDT 2014 AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Floyd W. Simpson, Jr. and Diane L. Simpson, whose addresses are 3267 Prince Rainier Pl, Forestville, MD 20747 & 9910 Raintree Way Clinton, MD 20735 were appointed personal representatives of the estate of Floyd W. Simpson, Sr, who died on December 19, 2013 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 October 18, 2014. 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 October 18, 2014, 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: April 18, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Diane L. Simpson Floyd W. Simpson Jr. Personal Representatives TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 04/18, 04/25, 05/2/14

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM362 Gregory R. Zehnacker Decedent Robert J. Coyne, Esquire 400 University Boulevard West Silver Spring, MD 20901 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Charlotte Zehnacker, whose address is 4717 Wissahican Ave, Rockville, MD 20853, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Gregory R. Zehnacker, who died on February 18, 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 shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before October 18, 2014. 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 15:35:47 2014or be October EDT 18, 2014, 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: April 18, 2018 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM337 Georgette Robinson Decedent John A. Waller 2217 Falling Creek Rd. Silver Spring, MD 20904 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Rosie Ford, whose address is 13100 Collingwood Tr. Silver Spring MD 20904 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Georgette Robinson, who died on November 26, 2013 with a Will and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. 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 October 18, 2014. 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 October 18, 2014, 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: April 18, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM324 Sean Franklin Sasser Decedent Darryl F. White 302 Mississippi Ave Silver Spring, MD 20910 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Michael Jon Kaplan, whose address is 201 I Street, NE, Washington, D.C. 20002 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Sean Franklin Sasser, who died on August 7, 2013 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 October 18, 2014. 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 October 18, 2014, 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: April 18, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM360 Emily Anne Palmer Decedent Bobby G. Henry Jr. 9701 Apollo Drive, Suite 201 Largo, MD 20774 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Charles Julius Palmer III, whose address is 2226 Good Hope Rd, SE Washington DC 20020 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Emily Anne Palmer, who died on January 28, 2014 without a Will and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose where-abouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (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 October 18, 2014. 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 October 18, 2014, 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: April 18, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM329 Gloria P. Jenkins Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Sherwin P. Price, whose address is 812 Sero Pine Lane, Fort Washington, MD 20744, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Gloria P. Jenkins, who died on February 25, 2014 with a Will and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose where-abouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (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 October 18, 2014. 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 October 18, 2014, 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: April 18, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM328 Leola Mae Jones Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS B a r b a r a J . O u t l a w, whose address is 10103 Goosecreek Court, Clinton, MD 20735, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Leola Mae Jones, who died on December 12, 2013 with a Will and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. 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 October 18, 2014. 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 October 18, 2014, 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: April 18, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter

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Place, Washington DC was appointed personal representative of the estate of Clara Lillian Brewer, who died on August 10, 2013 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 November 2, 2014. 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 November 2, 2014, 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: May 2, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Danielle Brewer-Craig Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS TYPESET: Tue Apr 29 05/02, 05/09 & 05/16/14

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Foreign No. 2014FEP60 Date of Death June 9, 2012 Michelle Renee Rucker Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN PERSONAL R E P R E S E N TAT I V E AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS Dakara Rucker Wright whose address is 10476 Sternwheel Place, Columbia MD 21044 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Michelle Renee Rucker, deceased, on September 5, 2012, by the Orphans Court for Prince Georges County, State of Maryland. Service of process may be made upon Cheryl Eaves-Butler 1421 Monroe St. NW Washington, DC 20010-3138 whose designation as District of Columbia agent has been filed with the Register of Wills, D.C. The decedent owned the following District of Colombia real property: 1236 I St. NE Washington DC 20002 Claims against the decedent may be presented to the undersigned and filed with the Register of Wills for the District of Columbia, 500 Indiana Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20001 within 6 months from the date of first publication of this notice. Dakara Rucker Wright Personal Representative( TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS Date of first publication: May 2, 2014 Name of newspapers and/or periodical: The Daily Washington Law Reporter The Afro-American

TYPESET: Tue Apr 29 05/02, 05/9, 05/16/19 Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM391 Myrtle Nettie Dixon Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Loretta M. Boyd and Carl N. Dixon, whose addresses are 6805 Crafton Lane, Clinton MD 20735 & 5303 Redd Lane Camp Springs, MD 20748 were appointed personal representatives of the estate of Myrtle Nettie Dixon, who died on January 14, 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 shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before November 2, 2014. 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 November 2, 2014, 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 in-

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM394 Delaware Parker Decedent Tina Smith Nelson 601 E. Street, NW Washington, DC 20049 NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Linda Parker, whose address is 220 56th Street, NE, Washington, DC 20019 was appointed personal representatives of the estate of Delaware Parker who died on November 25th, 2013 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. 10:41:42 EDT Objections 2014 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 November 2, 2014. 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 November 2, 2014, 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: May 2, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Linda Parker Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 05/02, 05/09, 05/16/14

TYPESET: Tue Apr 29 Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM151 Delores Stancil Decedent Claude Roxborough Sr. 705 Irvng St. NW Washington, DC 20010 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Rufus Stancil, whose address is 7746 16th st NW Washington DC 20012 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Delores Stancil, who died on May 13, 10:40:45 2014 2013 withEDT 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 November 2, 2014. 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 November 2, 2014, 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: May 2, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Rufus Stancil Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 05/02, 05/09, 05/16/14

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM378 Edmond Ellerbe Decedent Frazer Walton Jr. 1913 D Street NE Washington, DC 20002 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Barbara Ellerbe, whose address is 514-23rd Place, NE Washington 10:41:05 2014 DC 20002EDT was appointed personal representative of the estate of Edmond Ellerbe, who died on January 25, 2006 with a Will and will serve with 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 November 2, 2014. 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 November 2, 2014, 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: May 2, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Barabra Ellerbe Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2013ADM947 Leonard L. Foster AKA Leonard Lee Foster Decedent Richard J. Tappan 1629 K Street NW Suite 300 Washington, DC 20006 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Alan Lee Foster, whose address EDT is 6602 10:40:02 2014Blair Road NW Washington, DC 20012 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Leonard L. Foster AKA Leonard Lee Foster, who died on March 16, 2011 with a Will and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose where-abouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (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 November 2, 2014. 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 November 2, 2014, 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: May 2, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Alan Lee Foster Personal Representative

Book Review By Kam Williams

“[This book] tells us how Jim Crow and civil rights were expressed in southern women’s bodies. Using female beauty as a lens, the book brings into focus an untold social and cultural history of southern women and of the South generally... I argue that female beauty in the American South was, more so than in the rest of the country, deeply racialized…I also emphasize the complexity inherent in the pursuit of beauty… I approach beauty as an expansive category that encompasses ideals, practices, labor, and even spaces… Underscoring almost every conversation about beauty in the region were worries about morality and sexuality… Pageants, Parlors & Pretty Women provides a fresh perspective on the anxieties that plagued southerners from the late 19th C. through the mid-20th C. Or, put another way, it reveals how the female body both informed and reflected the challenges of life during Jim Crow.” -- Excerpted from the Introduction (pages 6 -10) America has a long, ugly legacy of promoting diametrically opposed images of black and white females. This can be traced all the way back to Founding Fathers like Thomas Jefferson, an adulterer who had a white wife, but fathered a half-dozen children with Sally Hemmings, one of his hundreds of slaves. Yet, in his only book, “Notes on the State of Virginia,” the hypocritical third President of the U.S. frowned upon racemixing while denouncing black women as unattractive on account of their hair texture and skin color. He actually went so far as to pronounce sisters so promiscuous that they would just as soon mate with an ape as a human. Sadly, such racist notions continued to shape popular attitudes about African-American femininity after Emancipation, especially in the South with its strictly-enforced color line. In the wake of the Civil War, Caucasian women “were transformed into symbols of white supremacy and, eventually, massive resistance,” to integration and equal rights. That is the proposition put forth by Blain Roberts in Pageants, Parlors & Pretty Women: Race and Beauty in the 20th Century South. Roberts, a History Professor at California State University, Fresno, discusses at great length the role which beauty played in maintaining the racial divide. For, the enduring plantation myth still propagated post slavery placing white women on pedestals as paragons of virtue in need of protection proved to be the ideal tool for justifying the persistence of white supremacy ad infinitum. And Jim Crow Era bigots found affirmation in the Miss America beauty pageant which would for many decades be not only lily-white but dominated by entrants from former Confederate States. The opus also delineates the black female struggle to escape the stranglehold of their stereotype as “sexually licentious” and “innately depraved and dirty.” They fought back by turning to skin lighteners and straightening combs until finally being freed by the Sixties’ “Black is beautiful!” movement to embrace their naturalEDT hair2014 and skin tones. 10:38:38 A far more sophisticated examination of black and white pulchritude than Gone with the Wind’s long unquestioned suggestion that it’s as simple as Mammy vs. Scarlett O’Hara. To order a copy of Pageants, Parlors & Pretty Women, visit: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00JN8AQLS/ ref%3dnosim/thslfofire-20

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