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A White woman crying rape. That was all it took for four AfricanAmerican young men, Samuel Shepherd, Walter Irvin, Ernest Thomas and Charles Greenlee to be shanghaied into a legal lynching that changed their lives—and those of their loved ones—forever. The accusation, and what came after during that summer of 1949, turned the citrus town of Groveland, Fla., into center stage, where familiar actors such as the Ku Klux Klan,

NAACP and civil rights icon Thurgood Marshall starred in a macabre theater of Jim Crow (in)justice. This is the story of the Groveland Four.

As a child Change.org growing up in Three of the four ‘Groveland Four’ around 1949. Florida, Carolyn Greenlee felt there was a black mark of rape…. I never really talked about against her last name. my father,” she told the AFRO. “Growing up, I was ashamed The now-66-year-old Nashville because I didn’t want anyone to know consultant was not even born back my father was in prison and accused in 1949 when her father, Charles

Greenlee and the rest of the men dubbed the “Groveland Four” were, without due process, arrested, tortured, tried and sentenced for the supposed rape of then-17-year-old Norma Padgett in one of the greatest miscarriages of justice the state had seen. Greenlee, who was 16 at the time, was relatively lucky: he was sentenced to life in prison, and paroled after 12 years. Ernest Thomas, his friend, was hunted down and killed by a posse and never saw the inside of a courtroom. Samuel Shepherd, a World War II veteran, Continued on A3

D.C. Leaders Cautiously Supportive Rap pioneer Living with Deadly Water of Garland’s Confirmation Phife Dawg of By James Wright U.S. Court of Appeals, Judge By Tatyana Hopkins Special to the AFRO Garland has served ably here A Tribe Called Howard University News Service jwright@afro.com in the District of Columbia and has earned respect that Quest dies at 45 Life over the past months has changed District leaders appear to transcends party and politics,”

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Alaya Smith has been collecting water from friends and family because she cannot drive to the distribution centers. Her 2-year-old son has tested positive for lead poisoning. Photo by Tatyana Hopkins, Howard University News Service

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be cautiously supportive of President Obama’s selection of the chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals-District of Columbia Circuit to the U.S. Supreme Court. On March 16, President Obama tapped Merrick Garland to be the next jurist to sit on the Supreme Court. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) attended the White House announcement ceremony and said that Garland should have a chance to air his views. “As chief judge of the

Bowser said. “I stand with the president and I urge the Congress to move Judge Garland forward through a fair and judicious process. Just like the residents of the District of Columbia, Judge Garland deserves a vote in the Congress.” Garland, a valedictorian graduate of Harvard College and a magna cum laude alumnus of Harvard Law School, has served on the District’s Continued on A3

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Phife Dawg, a masterful lyricist whose witty wordplay was a linchpin of the groundbreaking hiphop group A Tribe Called Quest, died March 22 from complications resulting from diabetes, his family said in a statement March 23. He was 45. Dawg, born Malik Isaac Continued on A3

In Cuba, Obama Recalls Long Struggle in U.S. to Confront Racism By George E. Curry Editor-in-Chief EmergeNewsOnline.com Speaking in moving, personal terms, President Obama credited the Civil Rights Movement in the United States for his election as the nation’s first Black president and for breaking down other racial, ethnic and gender barriers. “Now, there’s no secret that our governments disagree on many of these

issues. I’ve had frank conversations with President Castro. For many years, he has pointed out the flaws in the American system – economic inequality; the death penalty; racial discrimination; wars abroad. That’s just a sample. He has a much longer list,” Obama said to laughter. “But here’s what the Cuban people need to understand: I welcome this open debate and dialogue. It’s good. It’s healthy. I’m not afraid of it.” “We do have too much money in

American politics. But, in America, it’s still possible for somebody like me – a child who was raised by a single mom, a child of mixed race who did not have a lot of money – to pursue and achieve the highest office in the land. That’s what’s possible in America.” Even so, America has not been without its problems, Obama candidly acknowledged. “We do have challenges with racial

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Former state Sen. Ralph David Abernathy III, namesake son of the civil rights leader, died at age 56 after battling Cancer for years, his family announced online March 17. Local news outlets report that he was diagnosed with colon cancer five years ago and was hospitalized for several weeks last year after it spread to his liver. He was two days short of his 57th birthday. Abernathy was the son of Ralph David Abernathy Jr., a co-founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and close friend of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. The younger Abernathy served as a Democrat in both the Georgia House and Senate. Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed said Abernathy was known for his slogan: “If the elevator to success is broken, take the stairs.” In a statement, U.S. Rep. John Lewis noted his long relationship with Abernathy. “I have known him ever since he was a child and watched him grow up to become a public servant, a leader and an advocate for the preservation of his father’s

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was summarily executed by Sheriff Willis McCall on his way to a new trial, and his friend Walter Irvin, who was also shot multiple times, escaped death at the sheriff’s hands only to be re-sentenced to death by an all-White jury. Irvin’s sentence was later commuted and he was paroled in 1968. For decades, the case of the Groveland Four remained a skeleton in Lake County’s closet, though the survivors of the four Negro young men remained haunted by its spectre. “I was deprived of having a father and deprived of him being there for some of the important moments of my life,” Ms. Greenlee recalled. “I grew up angry because I was told he was put in prison because of something he did not do. I grew up with a resentment for White folk.” Greenlee said she involved herself in the Black Power and other social justice movements, and even thought about becoming a lawyer to avenge her father. Her father told her she could not afford to live a life fueled by hate, however, and asked her not to pursue the case while he was alive because he did not want to relive it. “Hate destroys, he told me. It does not heal; it does not help. He forgave, he said, because he had children he had to help grow and he couldn’t do that if he was hatefilled,” Ms. Greenlee recalled. “He taught me to get rid of that anger that was inside me.” Greenlee was 11 when her father was paroled. Upon his release, the self-taught electrician started his own company and spent his life in quiet service to others—hiring people no one else would take, such as ex-cons—and to his family. He died in 2012.

Now released from her promise, Ms. Greenlee and other members of her family—in September of that same year—sent a letter to Florida Gov. Rick Scott asking for the Groveland Four’s exoneration. The packet, which Gary Corsair—author of The Groveland Four: The Sad Saga of a Legal Lynching—helped them prepare, also included FBI documents such as a doctor’s records showing that there was no physical evidence that Norma Padgett had been gangraped by four men. In October 2012, the governor’s office responded, but Scott offered no apology and referred the family to the state attorney general’s office. By early 2015, all efforts to exonerate the Groveland Four had fallen flat, including legislation introduced into the Florida Legislature by Sen. Geraldine Thompson, D-Orlando. That’s when, Greenlee said, she received a call from University of Florida senior Josh Venkataraman asking permission to start a Change.org petition seeking exoneration of her father and the other accused men. Wary at first—because of all of the “kooks” that had begun coming out of the woodwork after the publication of Gilbert King’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book {Devil in the Grove}— Greenlee said something just “clicked” with Josh. “I had already exhausted every avenue that I had and then God sent me Josh out of the blue,” Greenlee said. “I was floored.” Venkataraman, who is in his last term as a TV and film production major, said he read about the Groveland case in a history class. But, it wasn’t until he saw a road sign for Groveland on a journey back to school that the history

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are necessary to their daily lives to keep from becoming ill. Flint residents are advised to only consume filtered and bottled water for activities like drinking, cooking, and brushing their teeth. Washing their hands and taking a shower is now problematic. The city’s drinking water became dangerous in April 2014 when the city changed its water source from the Detroit Water and Sewage Department to the Flint River, which city officials failed to treat with corrosion inhibitors. Consequently, lead from water pipes has contaminated the water. In October of 2015, the city switched back to Detroit water, but the water is still unsafe. In January, the city declared a state of emergency, and soon after, President Barack Obama declared Flint a federal emergency. Just getting water in Flint is a daily concern. Residents can pick up free water from one of the city’s distribution sites or from religious organizations and others who

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Consequently, she no longer uses regular water for showers or to wash dishes or to drink or to wash her hands. “When I get up, I have to make dish water,” said Smith, 22, a home health worker. “I use bottled water for that.” Everything related to water, the world’s daily sustenance, is different. Instead of water from the faucet, she and her family have been drinking a dozen 16-ounce bottles of water daily, and use another 20 each day for dishwashing, cooking, bathing and brushing their teeth. And now, because of the water, her son’s future may have been robbed from him. Smith is experiencing what Flint’s nearly 100,000 residents have been enduring daily for months. Lead contamination in the city’s water system has made daily activities that the rest of the country take for granted hazardous and left residents unsure of what adjustments

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lesson became real and he felt spurred to take action. “Although it was a highway sign it felt like a real sign. And, I began thinking about what I could do to help,” the 22-year-old told the AFRO. “The fact that these guys were my age meant it could have been me. And the fact that I had no idea this happened before I read the book and that it was so close to home, in places that I recognized, made me realize, this is real. It’s not just a story anymore,” he added. In the first six months of its posting, the petition garnered only a couple hundred signatures. “I was giving up hope,” the college senior said. Then he decided to contact Miami Herald columnist Leonard Pitts Jr. and ask for his help in publicizing the case and the exoneration initiative. In September 2015, Pitts wrote the opinion piece, “The Groveland Four: justice denied for 66 years … and counting.” Venkataraman had hoped for publicity around the state, never realizing Pitts was a nationally-syndicated columnist and that the piece would be read far and wide. “I started getting signatures from all over the country and from other countries as well,” he said. Greenlee said she welcomed the new interest in the 66-year-old injustice because ignorance is what often perpetuates racism and other discrimination, the signs of which are clearly visible today. “The more things change, the more things stay the same,” she said. “Race is still alive and well whether we want to stick our heads in the sand about it or not. We see it every night (in the news) on TV. “Until we start to bring out things from the past that we have shut up in the closet

we will never heal,” she added. “If we don’t have open conversations and clear the air to let young people like a Josh, who wasn’t born at time of the Groveland Four case, know that things have to change, we’re going to keep repeating the mistakes of the past.” Since the publication of Pitts’ column, momentum seems to have built. On Feb. 16, the city of Groveland issued a proclamation asking Gov. Scott to exonerate the Groveland Four and on March 15, Lake County—where Groveland is located—issued a similar proclamation. “For myself and for the city of Groveland, we do offer our sincere apologies,” Mayor Tim Loucks told relatives of the Groveland Four in making the proclamation. “The biggest goal of the city of Groveland and south Lake County is to allow this to be healed. It’s been ignored for 67 years. There comes a time when you can’t ignore, should not ignore anything like this.” Loucks told the AFRO that he had been researching the case for two years, reviewing FBI case notes and interviewing 50-60 people, who all had varying stories about what happened. “While we could not say with any certainty what happened [to Norma Padgett], we know that the trial itself was not fair and that they should not have even been tried. The evidence they were convicted on was clearly not enough and we felt that the entire matter was racially motivated,” said Loucks about the impetus for the proclamation. He added, “This is the only thing the rest of the council and I felt we can do to bring healing to their remaining family members.” The Groveland official said they are also planning to lobby for the 2017 passage of Sen. Thompson’s legislation, which was reintroduced this session but never passed out of committee.

hand out free water. Smith said she gets the water from friends and family because she does not have transportation to pick up water from the various distribution centers. Smith said she hopes using bottled water for bathing will reduce the rashes and dry spots she and her son have developed over the past year. “I boil it in pots for the tub,” said. “I know some people who aren’t using them, but I am. Now, I’m so used to not running the faucet.” Worse, blood tests three months ago, she said, revealed that her son had elevated levels of lead in his body, which cripple a child’s brain development and growth rate. It is most likely the result of exposure from the city’s water, she said.

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Taylor, was known as the “Five Foot Assassin” because he was 5 feet 3 inches tall but earned respect for his skillful, thoughtful rhymes. Dawg was part of a number of rap classics with Tribe, including “Scenario,” ‘’Bonita Applebum” and “Can I Kick It?” Dawg grew up in Queens, New York, with fellow Tribe member Q-Tip. In high school, the two members met Ali Shaheed Muhammad, who is from Brooklyn, to form Tribe. Jarobi White later joined the group. The group recently celebrated the 25th anniversary of its debut album – “People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm.”

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federal appeals court since 1997. Despite his stellar credentials, U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), majority leader of the Senate, said there will be no consideration of an Obama appointee to the court this year. D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D), a nationally recognized constitutional law scholar and professor at Georgetown University Law Center since 1982, told a meeting of the Ward 8 Democrats on March 19 that she is reviewing Garland’s credentials. “The chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus has appointed me to look into all Supreme Court and Court of Appeals vacancies,” Norton said. However, the delegate did express a sentiment that many Black women have about the Garland selection. “Maybe I was naïve but I saw this vacancy as the last clear chance to sit an AfricanAmerican woman on the court,” she said. “The African American on the court is a man, Justice Clarence Thomas and he is bad. He is there to vote against us and he has never been on our side.” E. Faye Williams, president and CEO of the National Congress of Black Women, echoed Norton on Obama not picking a Black female for the Supreme Court. “I am disappointed but not angry,” Williams told the AFRO. “I didn’t want a Black woman to be battered and bruised during the confirmation process. When a Black woman is appointed to the Supreme Court, I want her to be confirmed.” Williams agreed with Norton on Thomas, saying, “We have three women on the Supreme Court that we as Blacks can depend on more than the one Black

bias – in our communities, in our criminal justice system, in our society – the legacy of slavery and segregation,” he said. “But the fact that we have open debates within America’s own democracy is what allows us to get better.” “In 1959, the year that my father moved to America, it was illegal for him to marry my mother, who was White, in many American states. When I first started school, we were still struggling to desegregate schools across the American South. But people organized; they protested; they debated these issues; they challenged government officials. And because of those protests, and because of those debates, and because of popular mobilization, I’m able to stand here today as an African-American and as president of the United States. That was because of the freedoms that were afforded in the United States that we were able to bring about change.” The landmark Brown vs. Board of Education ruling outlawing school segregation was handed down in 1954. It wasn’t until 1967, in Loving vs. Virginia that the U.S. Supreme Court struck down that state’s Racial Integrity Act of 1924 law forbidding interracial marriage. A lower court judge, Leon M. Bazile, had written in his decision upholding Virginia’s law, “Almighty God created the races white, black, yellow, malay and red, and he placed them on separate continents. And but for the interference with his arrangement there would be no cause for such marriages. The fact that he separated the races shows that he did not intend for the races to mix.” The couple – Mildred Loving, a Black woman, and Richard Loving, a White man – pled guilty and were sentenced to a year in jail, which was suspended on condition that they leave their native Virginia and not return together for 25 years. They were arrested after returning to the state to visit relatives. The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the law violated the Due Process Clause and the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. Chief Justice Earl Warren wrote, “The freedom to marry, or not marry, a person of another race resides with the individual, and cannot be infringed by the State.”

male.” Kristen Clarke, the president and executive director of the Districtbased Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, said, “This pick doesn’t contribute to the diversity of the court.” Clarke made her remarks on a conference call with reporters on March 17, later crediting the president for his emphasis on diversity in the federal court. Clarke said that Obama has picked 77 Black federal judges as opposed to President George W. Bush with 24. The CBC as a whole will likely follow Norton’s lead on the Garland nomination and will look to her research to reach its conclusion regarding the level of support to give. Norton said Garland can’t be easily pegged as a liberal or conservative because “there are no hot-button issues” to judge him on. “The president has appointed a man nobody can tell where he stands,” she said. “We don’t know how he would rule on another voting rights case.” Norton did take issue with Garland on a case regarding the District’s vote in the U.S. House of Representative, Alexander vs. Daley, in 2000. Garland wrote the majority opinion that said, in essence, the U.S. Congress, not the federal judiciary, has the power to determine whether District residents are entitled to voting representation in Congress. Norton said that Obama “did the safe thing” by selecting Garland. She said it is possible that the Senate would confirm Garland if former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (D) wins the presidency. “The theory is that if Hillary Clinton wins, she will pick someone so liberal that the Republicans will have no choice but to confirm him during the postelection lame duck session of Congress,” the delegate said.

The ruling invalidated similar laws in other states, including: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and West Virginia. Obama said that progress was not limited to African Americans. “But just stop and consider this fact about the American campaign that’s taking place right now. You had two Cuban Americans in the Republican Party, running against the legacy of a Black man who is president, while arguing that they’re the best person to beat the Democratic nominee who will either be a woman or a Democratic Socialist,” Obama said, evoking laughter. “Who would have believed that back in 1959?” The president did not avoid the subject of colonialism. “Cuba, like the United States, was built in part by slaves brought here from Africa. Like the United States, the Cuban people can trace their heritage to both slaves and slaveowners,” he recounted. “We’ve welcomed both immigrants who came a great distance to start new lives in the Americas.” While repeatedly challenging Cuba on its human rights record, Obama praised its educational system that “values every boy and every girl” and physicians who have responded to medical crises throughout the world. Obama said Cubans – not Americans – must determine their fate. “I have come here to bury the last remnant of the Cold War in the Americas,” he declared. “I have come here to extend the hand of friendship to the Cuban people.” Obama likened the relationship between Cuba and the U.S. to estranged brothers. “So even as our governments became adversaries, our people continued to share these common passions, particularly as so many Cubans came to America,” Obama said. “In Miami or Havana, you can find places to dance the Cha-Cha-Cha or the Salsa, and eat ropa vieja. People in both of our countries have sung along with Celia Cruz or Gloria Estefan, and now listen to reggaeton or Pitbull. Millions of our people share a common religion – a faith that I paid tribute to at the Shrine of our Lady of Charity in Miami, a peace that Cubans find in La Cachita.”

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Reverse Robin Hood Pummels the Poor

While you were focusing on the antics of Donald Trump and young people “feeling the Bern,” Republicans at the state and federal level were stepping up their attacks on the poor. When I was covering Jesse Jackson’s 1984 presidential campaign, he had a term for this kind of callous behavior by elected officials. He described each as a “Reverse Robin Hood” because they rob from the poor to give to George E. Curry the rich. In my home state of Alabama, for example, Republican State Senator Arthur Orr has submitted a bill that would, if enacted, place restrictions on two programs that primarily benefit the poor – the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) or food stamps, and Temporary Aid to Needy Families (TANF). The bill was approved in committee on a 10-3 vote and now goes to the Senate. Alabama officials say the average TANF befit for a family of three is only $215 a month. About 27,073 people in 11,923 households are covered. Of those, 77 percent or 20,974 are children. The average food stamps benefit is $261.81 per month, about $65.45 per person. Meanwhile, Alabama Gov. Robert J. Bentley has given “massive pay raises” to key staffers and cabinet members, including more than $73,000 each to Alcoholic Beverage Control Board Administrator Mac Gipson, Department of Economic and Community Affairs Director Jim Byard, Revenue Commissioner Julie Magee and Insurance Commissioner Jim Ridling. At least six staff members received annual raises of $21,000 to $34,000, according to news reports. In addition, the state has rejected pay raises for teachers,

retirees and state employees, closed 31 driver license offices and five state parks. The attack on the poor is not limited to Alabama and other Southern states. As recently as January, House Speaker Paul Ryan was being praised for challenging his party to prioritize poverty. He said, “There are the millions of people stuck in neutral: 6 million people who have no choice but to work part time, 45 million people living in poverty. Conservatives need to have an answer to this – because we do not write people off in this country. We just don’t.” But those words have not been mirrored by action. A budget proposed by House Republicans would represent severe cuts in programs assisting low-income residents. “Despite House Speaker Paul Ryan’s statements in recent months that House Republicans want to focus on and reduce poverty, the budget calls for what would be the most severe budget cuts in modern history in assistance for Americans of limited means,” said Robert Greenstein, president of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a Washington-based nonpartisan research organization and policy institute that conducts research and analysis on government policies and programs. In sharp contrast – just as Alabama Gov. Bentley was inflating the pay of his cabinet members – the Republican budget, if passed, would ease the tax burden on those in the highest income brackets. It would also force cuts in Pell

Grants, education and job training programs. As Greenstein noted, “The budget would cut non-defense discretionary programs and services by roughly $1 trillion over ten years below the levels under the harsh sequestration budget cuts. Yet under sequestration, spending for this part of the budget is already slated to shrink to the lowest level on record by 2018, as a percent of GDP, with data back to 1962.” Robin Hood was a character in English folklore. This is for real. George E. Curry is President and CEO of George Curry Media, LLC. He is the former editor-in-chief of Emerge magazine and the National Newspaper Publishers Association News Service (NNPA). For more information go to: georgecurry.com.

Ladies, Embrace Your Natural Hair My dear Black queens, why do you hide your natural curls under a weave? Why do you relax your hair to be straight? Every Black woman should embrace the beautiful curls that they already have. You don’t need inches, you don’t need a relaxer – all you need is to embrace the natural hair already on your head. Since birth the hair on my head has never been Akira Kyles permed, relaxed, or covered by a weave. There is a certain beauty in the curls ladies, a beauty people are jealous of because they can’t naturally possess it – and there it is right on your head. That fake horse hair, Brazilian hair, or Indian hair is nothing compared to the natural bouncy curls of a Black woman. There has been many a time where people have assumed

that I am wearing a weave or mixed with Hispanic because my hair is so curly. Many older women have said “people would pay a lot of money to have curly hair like yours” or “I would love to have my hair as bouncy as yours.” There are many women that have curls like mine or even curlier than mine that would prefer to wear a weave. It doesn’t make sense to me. Your curls are so much better, for so many reasons. Embracing your natural hair is more affordable than buying a weave. Natural hair products can be up to $20 a bottle compared to the $99 a bundle for a weave. There is also the luxury of never having to worry about rain. No umbrella? No problem. Natural hair only gets curlier and more gorgeous. In a hurry? No problem, wet your hair, style it as you like and go. Then there is pleasure of going swimming and having the pool style your hair for you. They say beauty is pain but why does it have to be? Using a relaxer to straighten your hair can actually burn your scalp. Women have compared getting their hair relaxed as being set on fire, yet they keep doing it.

Natural curls do not burn you, they simply bounce and sit on your head. People think they are limited with natural hair, but you can style it so many ways. There are the popular Bantu knots, buns, and, my personal favorite, bouncy twist. There is also the age old trick of pinning up your hair. I will admit that these hairstyles can take one or two hours, but that is nothing compared to the usual three to six hours to sew or braid in weave. Now ladies, I am not in any way saying that you can’t enhance yourself a little. Throw on some make-up, dye your hair, or get bangs if you want, but covering up your curls or relaxing them is not an enhancement. Every day I have to decide what to do with my hair – a pin up, a bun, hair out, or maybe even some twist, but I usually end up just throwing on a headband and calling it a day. It isn’t hard, painful, or too time consuming. If I can manage it every day with my hectic schedule and constant laziness, anyone else can too. Akira Kyles is an intern in the Baltimore office of the AFRO American. She studies journalism at Morgan State University.

In Praise of Black Women in the Military Historic and heroic service of women in the US military has been a little publicized fact dating from the Revolutionary War service of Deborah Samson to today. When looking for information about the selfless service of African American women in the U.S. military the scope of such service is even less publicized albeit as great. John R. It seems that most often Hawkins III when one reads about “… women in the military”, it is not about their outstanding service, but about if they should be in combat when in fact, they have been in combat for the betterment of the United States throughout American history. Defying the prejudices of U.S. male military leaders refusing American women the opportunity to fight for their country, White women such as Deborah Samson even hid the fact that they were women so they could serve. The earliest recorded example is that of Deborah Samson, who portrayed herself as a man and even dug a musket ball out of her own thigh without medical attention, during the Revolutionary War. African American women may have been able to hide their sex; however, the fact that they were Black was much more difficult to hide. African American women later would be recorded as serving proudly in the Civil War. One of the most courageous, valiant and well-known would be a Union Army Scout named Harriet Tubman. She is best known for her bravery and

military skills exhibited in her more than 19 personal missions escorting over 300 slaves to freedom. Although Sojourner Truth is best known as a pre and post-Civil War abolitionist and women’s rights activist, she served the U.S. Army during the Civil War recruiting African American troops for the Union Army. As the U.S. military began to require the services of “all Americans,” women began to serve in all of the then “women only” departments of all of the uniform services, including Harriet Ida Pickas and Frances Willis in the Navy’s “WAVES” service. African American women then went on to serve in positions of even greater responsibility such as generals and now admirals. The first African American female general was Brigadier General Hazel Winifred Johnson-Brown of the US Army. She was promoted to Brigadier General in 1979. Others followed but not in numbers commensurate to that of males or White female officers. Another of the many African American women serving in the military to be among the early African American general officers was Brigadier General Clara Adams-Ender, today a successful businesswoman and international leader. She is known for many “firsts”, including being the first African American woman to receive a Masters of Military Art and Science Degree from the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, the first African American Nurse Corps officer to graduate from the U.S. Army War College and the first woman Commanding General of Ft Belvoir, VA and Deputy Commanding General of the U.S. Military District of Washington. An inspiration to us all, whether military or not, she obtained all of her accomplishments despite starting out as a sharecropper’s daughter. General Officer promotions for African American women continued, but at a slow pace, given the fact that it was not

until 2011 that the U.S. Army appointed its first African American Major General (2 star), Maj. Gen. Marcia M. Anderson. Recently, the U.S. Navy appointed Michelle Janine Howard as the first African American woman 4 Star “Flag Officer” in the United States Armed Forces, as Admiral and its Vice Chief of Naval Operations. She also is the first woman 4 Star Admiral of any race and was the first African American woman to command a US Navy ship. In December of 2015, Nadja Y. West became the US Army’s first African American woman Lieutenant General (3 Star) and the first African American woman Army Surgeon General. A West Point graduate, the native Washingtonian graduated from Holy Name in Silver Spring, MD, and received her medical degree from GW University School of Medicine. Truly a pioneer, she was one of 12 adopted children. African American women of greatness in the US military were warrior heroes of late as well, such as Lieutenant La’ Shonda Holmes, the first African American female Coast Guard pilot who had her wings pinned on her by the first African American Coast Guard pilot of either sex, Lieutenant Jeanine Menze. Another great African American woman hero is Captain Vernice Armour, the U.S. Marine Corps’ first African American combat pilot flying Super Cobra attack helicopters in Iraq. From my foxhole, it seems African American women clearly have earned their most prestigious position, not only in Women’s History or Black History; but, in all history. Maj Gen US Army (ret) John R. Hawkins III, JD, MPA is President and CEO of Hawkins Solutions Intl., a government relations and lobby company. His last military assignment as a “two star” was Dir., Human Resources Directorate for the Army world-wide and prior to that Deputy Chief Public Affairs for the Army, world-wide.

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Balto. County Builds Bridges to Caregivers By Temprest Myers Special to the AFRO Edgemere Senior Center, in partnership with the Baltimore County Department of Aging (BCDA), will host a conference for those who care for seniors called “Healthy Living for Today and Smart Planning for

the Future” on April 16 at 6600 North Point Road from 8:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The conference will be for family caregivers of older relatives and will provide resources and programs to aid in the caregiving process. BCDA Director Joanne E. Williams will be the guest speaker. She will also give

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BALTIMORE-AREA AFRO Connects Employers with Job Seekers in Baltimore

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YOU HAVE LESS THAN 10 DAYS! Race and Politics

The Race for Mayor of Baltimore

In about a month, far too few of Baltimore’s residents (if recent history is any Sean Yoes indicator) will cast Senior AFRO votes Contributor during the Democratic Primary April 26. And although there is a general election in November, in this overwhelmingly Democratic city, the winners of next month’s contest will more than likely prevail in the fall. Several city-wide offices and all of the seats on the Baltimore City Council are being challenged. But, at this historic moment in the city’s history -- in wake of all that transpired last year -- the next mayor of Baltimore inherits a herculean task. In the words of the legendary hip hop trio, De La Soul, “Stakes is high.”

“…in wake of all that transpired last year -- the next mayor of Baltimore inherits a herculean task.” Of all the political races I’ve covered over the years, I’ve occupied my most compelling perspective for this tipping point election in 2016. I’ve moderated three mayoral debates and interviewed dozens of candidates for all city offices, including mayor, as host of “First Edition.” And it has been fascinating, if at times a bit maddening to watch the process unfold. However, one thing that has been incredibly encouraging to witness is the numbers of young men and women who have thrown their hats in the ring and declared their desire to provide leadership and have a very real stake in the trajectory of this city’s future. In the race for mayor several young leaders have emerged including former Continued on B2

Hundreds of job seekers attended the AFRO ’s Diversity in Careers and Education Expo at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum March 22.

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Job seekers commended the career fair because it gave them the opportunity to speak about and apply to available positions with several employers.

Hundreds of job seekers, varying in age, race and religion gathered at Baltimore’s Reginald F. Lewis Museum on March 22 to be part of the AFRO’s Diversity in Careers and Education Expo. Employers and job seekers commended the event for its quality of applicants and breadth of employment information. “I enjoyed it because everybody spoke to me, they were optimistic about my job opportunities and they were able to provide information,” Baltimore resident Lawrence Holmes Jr., 25, told the AFRO. “They seemed pretty straight forward. They didn’t give you the run around. They let you know where the jobs were.” Eighteen companies, including Baltimore Gas and Electric, Maryland Live! Casino, Wegmans, the Maryland Transit Administration, the Maryland State Police, Morgan State University and others met with job seekers. “We’re out here today because we’re able to reach a demographic that we are not usually in contact with,” Maryland State Police Trooper First Class Dominique Rogers told the AFRO. “We go throughout the state of Maryland, but I would definitely say we’re trying to gear towards more of the inner city and everything like that because it’s not where we’re usually seen.” While the job fair attracted around 430 job seekers, which was less than half the amount the fair attracted last year, employers were impressed with the quality of applicants that showed. “The applicant pool, especially for this event, has been very good so far. And that’s a good thing because that is the trickiest part, finding great people to work these jobs,” said JD Hollingsworth with My City Transportation. Companies at the fair were looking to fill positions in hospitality, law enforcement, transportation, recreation, banking and other industries. In addition to speaking with, applying for and, in some cases interviewing with perspective employers, job seekers were offered the opportunity to take part in a free resume writing workshop. The next AFRO Career Fair is set to take place in September.

Baltimore Officials Crack Down on Lead Exposure By Deborah Bailey Special to the AFRO Too many Baltimore landlords are renting “under the radar”—that is, failing to register their rental properties with the Maryland Department of the Environment—and lead exposure and poisoning is often the end result, according to City Councilwoman Mary Pat Clarke. In February, the Baltimore City Council adopted a resolution calling for increased cooperation between city, state and federal officials to bring Baltimore’s lead paint poisoning crisis under control. Lawmakers also want to see additional state-level changes that will better protect Baltimore’s children. Currently, more than 56,000 Baltimore children under age six are at risk from lead poisoning, according to Leana Wen, Baltimore City Health Commissioner. But communication between City and State lawmakers on lead compliance hasn’t heated up following last month’s City Council resolution, said Clarke. “So many landlords have just stopped registering their units and certifying their units,” she said. “People really don’t have a dependable guideline about where to rent. First of all the landlords have to register their properties and then from there go through the certification process.” Effective January 2015, landlords owning rental units built prior to 1978 must register with the Maryland Department of the Courtesy photo Environment within 30 days of property acquisition. Lead City Councilwoman Mary Pat Clarke says the state of inspections are required of all Maryland must do more to registered properties and must be conducted by an MDE cut down on exposure to Continued on B2 lead.

Coach Mack and his son Kendall Mack both coach youngsters in Baltimore.

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‘A Beautiful Struggle’: Coach Mack & Son Give Back to Balto. Inner City By Breana Pitts Howard News Service Growing up in West Baltimore, Kendall Allison trained with his father nearly every day. From push-ups and punches to sprints and shadow boxing, each day was a constant grind—but for Allison, it was also a privilege. His father is Coach Mack Allison III, known affectionately as Coach Mack, and was a longtime trainer for Upton Boxing Center, part of Baltimore’s Department of Recreation and Parks. Last summer, after 16 years at Upton, Mack Allison finally

fulfilled his dream of opening a gym he could call his own. With the help of his pastor, David Biggers, he opened Time 2 Grind Boxing Gym, located at Transforming Life Continued on B2

Past Seven Days

2016 Election

Black Churches Ignite ‘Get Out the Vote’ By Akira Kyles Special to the AFRO Major churches in the Baltimore area are advocating the importance of voting and trying to get their congregants to register and vote. New Psalmist Baptist Church, New Shiloh Baptist Church, and the Empowerment Temple are taking steps to make sure their congregants get to the polls for the April 26 primary as well as the general election in November. New Psalmist Baptist Church hosted a candidacy forum called “Conversation with the Candidates” on March 12. Congregants of the church were able to meet and speak with 23 of the 29 mayoral candidates, according to media relations and promotions director Joi Thomas. Thomas added that New Psalmist will also have the Board of Elections give demonstrations on how to

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The Rev. Kevin Slayton Sr., of New Waverly Methodist Church, expects everyone in his congregation to cast their votes.

operate the voting machines ahead of the primary. New Shiloh’s NAACP Youth Council has been helping citizens to register throughout the year. “Our NAACP council does voter registration throughout the year,” said Deacon Jamelia Ward, pastoral executive assistant of New Shiloh. “ We’ve had a number of the candidates, state level as well as the city, come in and worship and have a chance to address the congregation. Typically Radio One will host one of their “Get Out and Vote” rallies here.” The Empowerment Temple is also participating in city-wide voter registration drives, according to Nicole Kirby, who handles public relations for the church. It’s not just the larger churches in Baltimore who are trying to make sure their congregants vote. Smaller Continued on B2

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Black Churches

Lead Exposure

churches are doing their part as well. The Reverend Kevin Slayton Sr., of New Waverly Methodist Church, expects 100 percent of his congregants to cast their votes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We did a voter registration on Jan. 17, called â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;The Voter Campaign Check-up,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? said Slayton. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We had everybody on that Sunday fill out registration forms and then we submitted those to the Board of Elections.â&#x20AC;? New Waverly was one of 26 churches in the Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance (IMA) of Metropolitan Baltimore to do a voter registration event this way. IMA also held a candidate interview for those running for city council in districts one, three, five, seven, eight, and 12. In addition, Chris Van Hollen and Donna Edwards, who are running for Senate addressed the church, according to Slayton. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Historically the Black church has played a significant role, even from the Voting Rights Act of 1965; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s part of the DNA of the Black church,â&#x20AC;? said Slayton. The involvement of churches in elections isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a foreign concept in Baltimore. During the 2012 election local churches started a campaign called â&#x20AC;&#x153;Get the Souls to the Polls.â&#x20AC;?

accredited lead paint inspector. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We need more oversight from the stateâ&#x20AC;? said Pat Clarke. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is a requirement for landlords to register. If we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even know where the units are, the whole process breaks down.â&#x20AC;? It remains unclear how many properties in Baltimore contain lead paint. Many rental properties are not registered. The Baltimore City Health Department maintains a list of properties with active lead level violations; more than 400 addresses are currently listed including both occupied and unoccupied dwellings. There is no proactive city mandate for lead paint certification. The Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) acknowledged that gaps exist in the Lead Paint Registry system. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are working to improve our technology with better computer databases that will allow our program to operate more efficiently and allow renters to more easily get informationâ&#x20AC;? said MDE spokesman Jay Apperson. City and state officials also disagree on the number of certified lead testers needed to ensure properties are being inspected. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We need to recruit and train more inspectors and certified lead removal technicians,â&#x20AC;? said Clarke. Apperson contends that the state has enough inspectors. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The

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departmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lead Poisoning Prevention Program has sufficient, dedicated funding and staff whose work is multiplied significantly through work with partners such as Baltimore City and Green and Healthy Homes,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are happy to work with any other party that wants to support this important effort.â&#x20AC;? MDE relies on private lead certification inspectors, but the state recently drew criticism after a private inspector erroneously certified multiple properties â&#x20AC;&#x153;lead-free.â&#x20AC;? As a result, nearly 400 families are being urged to submit to lead tests to ensure they have not been exposed. City lawmakers also expressed concern about the disparity between federal and State definitions of lead blood poisoning. In Maryland, the legal level for lead blood poisoning is 10 micrograms per deciliter. However, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) announced in 2012 that there is no safe level for lead in the human body. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These poisoned children are already below the radar screen,â&#x20AC;? Clarke and co-sponsors of the Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lead poisoning resolution stated. Lead can be breathed-in, swallowed, or absorbed through the skin. Even microscopic levels of lead dust can cause neurological effects in children, according to the CDC.

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Church of God on Sipple Avenue in northeast Baltimore. â&#x20AC;&#x153;At Time 2 Grind, they can expect discipline, high self-esteem and character,â&#x20AC;? said Mack Allison. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They can come in and feel like theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just as good as the person before them or the next person coming behind them.â&#x20AC;? Mack grew up boxing and competing in martial arts, and has been a coach for most of his life. Even as a teenager, he would train eight-year-olds. When Mack Allison fathered four kids of his ownâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Kendall, Maya, Mack IV and Antoinaâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;his service to Baltimoreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s youth didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stop; he made sure everyone received the same attention. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I told my kids when they were younger that they would have to share me with other kids. They werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t selfish, so thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great thing right there,â&#x20AC;? he said. Coach Mackâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s oldest son, Kendall, chose basketball over boxing at age 10, partly because he didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to â&#x20AC;&#x153;mess up [his] face.â&#x20AC;? Two years ago, when Kendall decided to follow in his dadâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s footsteps and become a coach, Mack was taken by surprise. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I actually put the ball in

his hands,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When he told me he was coaching basketball, I kind of smiled. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s special that it rubbed off from me to him.â&#x20AC;? Kendall received a Facebook message from William Russell, the head basketball coach at Benjamin Franklin High School, asking him to join its coaching staff. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I had never thought about the idea, but I wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t going to shy away from it,â&#x20AC;? said Kendall, who still plays for the Bay Area Shuckers in the American Professional Basketball League. The Ohio Valley University graduate embraces his new role as assistant coach for the Benjamin Franklin Bayhawks, who won the Baltimore City Division II championship in his first year. Despite being raised by one of Baltimoreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most recognizable trainers, Kendall said he has a completely different coaching style than his father. â&#x20AC;&#x153;To be honest, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even try to mimic his style, as far as being aggressive,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The game of basketball is simple; the only thing is getting the guys to believe in themselves. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re trying to build not just a basketball team, but weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re trying to build a brand of young men.â&#x20AC;?

Race and Politics Continued from B1

prosecutor Elizabeth Embry, former banker Patrick Gutierrez, community advocate Joshua Harris (running as a Green Party candidate), Black Lives Matter activist DeRay McKesson, Baltimore City Councilman Nick Mosby (D) and former Obama White House staffer, Calvin Young. All six have impressed in different ways for different reasons. Embry has exhibited exceptional command of and an innovative approach to public safety issues. Mosby has been relentless in his narrative of delivering youthful, effective change for Baltimore (this week he has produced the campaignâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first attack ad, skewering the â&#x20AC;&#x153;failedâ&#x20AC;? leadership of former Mayor Sheila Dixon (D), Councilman Carl Stokes (D) and Sen. Catherine Pugh (D), as part of a feckless old guard). And more people have approached me directly to tell me they are most impressed by Young, typically because of what they perceive is his fresh ideas and incisive manner. But, among our more provincial and suspicious neighbors, which may be the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s majority (whether we want to admit it

or not), there is a consensus emerging around the young lions (and one lioness) who aspire to occupy the big chair at City Hall; they need more seasoning. Still, many others would argue just the opposite. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll see which sentiment prevails on April 26. Nevertheless, the two frontrunners, Dixon and Pugh are indeed well known. In a recent Baltimore Sun, University of Baltimore poll the two women were in a virtual tie with Pugh ahead of the former mayor 26 to 24 percent. With about a month left, the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s demographics could craft some circuitous storylines. Lingering in third in that Sun, UB poll is businessman David Warnock (who has been running tv ads for months) with 10 percent of the vote. When it comes to the ubiquitous specter of race in Baltimore, veteran political observers know generally Blacks are more apt to vote for White candidates, than Whites are likely to vote for Black candidates. Pugh has historically enjoyed broad support in the business community,

as well as the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s White communities generally. Could Warnockâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (and maybe to a lesser degree Embryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s) presence cut into enough of Pughâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s White votes, to imperil the Senatorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s chances of victory in such a tight contest, returning Dixon to the chair? Or, could we revisit that 1999 playbook, which saw Martin Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Malley win what seemed like an implausible victory over former City Council President Lawrence Bell and Stokes? That outcome has left a bitter taste in the mouths of many to this day. Some believe we could see the sequel with Warnock as the beneficiary in 2016. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not sure whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to happen on April 26. But, I am absolutely convinced Baltimore revels in its propensity for political panache. Sean Yoes is a senior contributor to the AFRO and host and executive producer of, â&#x20AC;&#x153;First Edition,â&#x20AC;? which airs Monday through Friday, 5-7 p.m on WEAA, 88.9

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The Return of Spring “Now Time throws off his cloak again of ermined frost, and wind, and rain, and clothes him in the embroidery of glittering sun and clear blue sky. With beast and bird the forest rings, each in his jargon cries or sings; and Time throws off his cloak again of ermined frost, and wind, and rain. River, and fount, and tinkling brook wear in their dainty livery drops of silver jewelry; in new-made suit they merry look; and Time throws off his cloak again of ermined frost, and wind, and rain.” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow “The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, and doing well whatever you do without thought of fame. If it comes at all it will come because it is deserved, not because it is sought after.” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Women’s History Month is a perfect time to remember and reflect on the dynamic women who made a difference in Maryland politics, whether in an elected position or behind the scenes. We celebrate a few women who made an impact in the State of Maryland. They cared and made a difference, such as Henrietta Lacks, Helen Dale, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Juanita Jackson Mitchell, Verda Welcome, Victorine Adams, Lilly Jackson, Ethel Rich, Rochelle “Rikki” Specter, Enolia McMillian, Paula Hollinger, Helen Bentley, Paula Johnson Branch, Dorothy Johnson, Carolyn Stith, Agnes Welch, Patricia Jessamy, Marilyn Mosby, Joan Carter Conway, Gloria Lawlah, Erla McKinnon, Cheryl Glenn, Joanne Benson, Shirley Nathan Pulliam, Donna Edwards, Valerie Irvin, Sheila Dixon, Cathy Pugh, Mary Conway, Berlinda Conway, Stephanie Rawlings Blake, Bessie Margolin, Eleanor Carey, Vicki Almond, Helen Holton, Betty Clark, Adrienne Jones, Marie Washington, Mary Robinson, Marguerite Campbell, Margareta Crampton, Mary Pat Clark, Anne Emery, Barbara Robinson, Jackie Washington, Hilda Mae Snoop, Barbara Mikulski, Barbara Jackson , Deanna Brown and Thelma Thomas Daly. “Here comes the Judge” Join attorney Candes and Dante Daniels March 31 from 6-9 p.m. at Colin’s Seafood and Grill, 3653 Offutt Rd., Randallstown, Maryland, room 2113 for a meet and greet with the Baltimore City Sitting Judges. For more information call 410-576-4172 or visit BaltimoreCitySittingJudges.com. “You don’t get older, you get better.” Shirley Bassey Happy birthday to Gloria “Tuttie” Bogans, Diane Hocker, Professor Larry Gibson, Myron “Mo” Bundy, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings Blake, Councilman Nick Mosby, Rita HorsleyJohnson, Burnell Hurt, Tyrone McNeill, Timothy Dean, Dr. Guy Bragg, Patricia Barnett, Margaret Lee, Ozzie Newsome, Dorethea Beckham, Audrey Freeman, Angela Gibson, Edie Green, Kimberley Flowers, Morgan Newton, Donnie Green, Mildred Harris, Roz Smith and Goldie Wood. Oops, time to write it down, I forgot to wish the original playa Winfield Kelly happy birthday. An avid AFRO reader he reminded me that it wasn’t in the column. I will remember your birthday February 29, 2020.

crowd. Guests enjoy gaming, vendors and great food with plenty of succulent fresh-shucked oysters pit beef and turkey. “My music will go on forever. Maybe it’s a fool say that, but when me know facts me can say facts. My music will go on forever.” Bob Marley April is Jazz Appreciation month and “The John Lamkin ‘Favorites Jazz Quintet” will be celebrating at Caton Castle on April 9 showcasing the music of jazz saxophonist and trumpet player Benny Carter. Jazz Appreciation Month (JAM) created by the National Museum of American History in 2002 to celebrate the history of jazz was envisioned as a method to stimulate and encourage people of all ages to participate in jazz through learning, attending concerts, listening to jazz on the radio and reading books. “Without a song the day would never end; without a song the road would never bend. When things go wrong, a man ain’t got a friend without a song.” Frank Sinatra Join song stylist Minnie Carter at her CD release party on April 29 at the Eubie Blake Cultural Arts Center featuring live entertainment and more for tickets email mconyers47@ hotmail.com “For the good times” The jazz community lost an icon in the death of O’Donel ”Butch” Levy and the musicians showed up to pay their respect to the Baltimore legend. We send our condolences to his wife Dr. Estelle Ingram. One of the rewards and joys of visiting local establishments is the friendships you establish. Joe Thomas “Tee” McDowell the brother of Tequila Sunset owner Libby Harris made certain that everyone leaving Tequila Sunset was escorted to their car with a personal goodnight from him. He enjoyed greeting the Friday Night Bunch when we visited Tequila Sunset or as we call it Libby’s. As the night got late, he would say Okay Val it’s time to go so the police can go home. He swore that the police signaled each other that I was I on my way and they could go home. The Friday night Bunch will miss Tee’s smooth dance moves with his wife Barbara Ann on the dance floor, we will miss his laugh and corny jokes but most of all we will miss his caring ways. We understand Tee “It’s time to go.” On the third day, he rose Happy Resurrection Day!

“You have a cough? Go home tonight; eat a whole box of Ex-Lax - tomorrow you’ll be afraid to cough.” Pearl Williams Sending get-well wishes to little Aaliyah Ramsey, Robert Chambliss and thinking of you wishes to Dr. Donald Atkinson. “Came the spring with all its splendor, all its birds and all its blossoms, all its flowers, and leaves, and grasses.” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow “Uptown Funk” at the Gladiators Social Club’s annual spring Bull and Oyster Roast at Martin’s West with a crowd of over 1500 participating in this rite of spring was a huge success. This event has been in existence for over 35 years and is always on Palm Sunday with a sellout

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detroit ’67 By Dominique Morisseau

In association with Detroit Public Theatre

The music and politics of the Motown era sizzle in the background of this sharp drama that follows one family’s survival amidst the Detroit riots of 1967.

At Towson University’s Center for the Arts

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The Afro-American, March 26, 2016 - April 1, 2016

The Baltimore City Club, a chapter of the National Association of Negro Business, and the Professional Women’s Club hosted their annual Living Women’s History Maker Award luncheon on March 19 at The Episcopal Church of St. Mary the Virgin in Walbrook Junction, Baltimore. Photos by Anderson R. Ward

Both clubs were formed in 1941. Award winners are Chelsea Corpening, Veris R. Lee, Pastor Gwendolyn E. Brooks, Dr. Ruthe T. Sheffey and Margret Garland The guest were treated to vocal selections by Dr. Marcia Henson-Coakley and music by Ernie McNair Rochelle Purnell, awardee Ruthe T. Sheffey, Ramona B. Jenkins and Vanessa Renee Thomas

Margret Garland

LaVerne Johnson Ebony Alderman-McCauley, Darleen Thomas and Honoree Ramona B. Jenkins Beulah Wallace, chaplain

Chelsea Corpening Rev. Gwendolyn E. Brooks

Baltimore City Club Members

Frank Coakley and Dr. Marcia Henson-Coakley

Darlene Hall

Awardees Table

Rochelle Purnell, president and Vanessa Renee Thomas, 1st Gov. , Mid-Atlantic District of Baltimore City Club

Veris R. Lee

On Feb. 25 Maryland Live! Casino hosted the Maryland Washington Contractors’ third annual Black History Month Celebration honoring the region’s Black heroes, such as small businesses and government officials. The keynote speaker, and award recipient, was Sgt.Harry Quinton, a Tuskegee Airman. Photos by Chanet Wallace

Towanda Livingston

A. Skipp Sanders, executive director, Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture

Lou Fields and George Harris

Tuskegee Airmen Harry Quinton

Damon Hughes, Valerie Frailing, Kevin Kamenetz, Baltimore County executive and Wayne R. Frazier Sr., president of the Maryland-Washington Minority Contractors’ Association

Sheraina Parks Jones and Linda Cole Parks

Michelle Brown, Mike and Angela Davis, Randy Dennis Van Johnson, A. Skipp Sanders, Charlene Cooper Boston, and Raymond A. Skinner

Wayne R. Frazier Sr, David Warnock, candidate for Baltimore City mayor, Anitra D. Androh and Kevin Kamenetz

Dr. Henry Wyatt, Janice Booker Wyatt, Attorney Pamela J. Bethel and Rev. Glen Benson

Charlie Patrich and Herman Taylor Award recipients

To see more of these photos and purchase them visit afro.com/slideshows. To purchase this digital photo page contact Takiea Hinton: thinton@afro.com or 410.554.8277.

March 26, 2016 - April 1, 2016, The Afro-American

ARTS & CULTURE

Documentary Celebrates Tuskegee Airmen is credited with the organization’s vision to “build on the successes of the past, highlight the role models of today and develop the workforce of tomorrow.” Upwards of 16,000 flight and maintenance crew members,

Greatest Generation have passed on. Stateside, Airmen combated racism at places like Freeman Field, Indiana. “The 350 officers of the 477th Bombardment Seventy-five years ago the Army broke its decades-old Group…are boycotting all jim-crow facilities at the base,” the tradition of excluding Blacks from the Baltimore Afro-American reported on Mar Air Corps, announcing plans for a flight 24, 1945, noting Black officers called the training squadron in Tuskegee, Alabama. club designated for their use, “Uncle Tom’s The 99th Pursuit Squadron was constituted Cabin.” (on paper) at Tuskegee on March 19, 1941. One hundred and one officers were It was activated with personnel at Chanute arrested in the ensuing uprising at Freeman Field, Illinois on the 22nd, according to Field and three were court-martialed. Dan Haulman’s latest “Tuskegee Airmen Haulman’s chronology shows all were Chronology,” a detailed history of the group vindicated in 1995. available online. President Truman’s 1948 executive Haulman is chief of the Organizational order integrating the armed forces did not Histories Branch of the Air Force Historical take effect immediately, or smoothly. The Research Agency at Maxwell Air Force Air Force integrated first, beginning in Base in Montgomery, Alabama. April 1949 and ending in 1951, according On Mar. 22, the Tuskegee Airmen to historian and retired Air Force Col. Foundation celebrated the 75th anniversary Alan Gropman, author of “The Air Force of the 99th’s activation with a press Integrates.” conference at Moton Field in Tuskegee. What stands firm is the 332nd Fighter One week later, Bryton Entertainment Group’s outstanding combat record in will present the documentary “In Their North Africa and Europe, which Gen. Ron Own Words: The Tuskegee Airmen!” in a Fogleman, the Air Force’s 15th chief of nationwide 7 p.m. showing on March 29 in staff, praised, lauding the airmen at the select theaters. 1995 Tuskegee Airmen Convention. The fortitude of these individuals to “The men and women of the Tuskegee stand strong in the face of adversity was experience broke forever the myths that Courtesy photo a key factor in establishing the first Black allowed segregation, inequity, and injustice Some of the Tuskegee Airmen featured in the documentary, ‘In Their Own Words: The Tuskegee military aviation units composed of pilots to exist with a thin veil of legitimacy… Airmen!’ and support personnel trained at Tuskegee ’Service before self’ was more than just a Army Air Field and other locations. administrative staff, nurses, and other support personnel phrase to the Tuskegee Airmen. It was a way of life,” Gropman Leon Johnson, a retired U.S. Air Force Reserve brigadier contributed to the Tuskegee Experience and are known as said, quoting the general’s remarks from a 1996 Air Force general and president of the Tuskegee Airmen Foundation, documented original Tuskegee Airmen. Many members of the Magazine article. By Monica Smith Special to the AFRO

Prince Says He’s Writing Retrospective a Memoir, Performs for Gang Starr’s ‘Hard to Earn’ Deserves More Love NYC Audience it is Premier who carries the album, with his production. “Speak Ya Clout” featuring Lil Dap (Group Home) and 1994 was the year that New York Jeru the Damaja is the perfect example City reclaimed the throne of hip-hop, of Premier’s wizardry. with the help of Nas and The Notorious As Jeru summons Lil Dap to rap, the B.I.G. But it was a duo that didn’t hail entire beat changes, as Dap flows over from the Big Apple that would largely the cool sounds of brass instruments contribute to the revival of East Coast and a serious bass line. rap. Aside from the melodic jazz Producer DJ Premier, from Houston, samples, Premier’s signature calling and rapper Guru, from Boston, card, is his sampling for hooks. Jay-Z combined to form Gang Starr, one of once said “You made it a hot line, I hip-hop’s most unique and innovative made it a hot song” – which sums up rapper-producer combos. Through Premier the producer. One liner’s from the early 90s’, the duo released artists like Da Youngstas, EPMD, and several solid projects, but none as Run-DMC are used for catchy hooks groundbreaking as 1994’s “Hard to and bridges. Earn.” Despite Guru’s monotone Gang Starr was, and still voice and syrupy flow, his is, more appreciated by the lyrics are fresh and song topics industry and the underground relatable. He takes time to world than the mainstream. tell a story and point out how For as acclaimed as DJ Premier important an emcees sound is is, he is seldom given the on “Mostly tha Voice”. proper due he is deserved. Pair Guru scares off wannabe that with the late Guru’s laid emcees with weak voices with back demeanor and it’s easy to lines like “a lot of rappers got see why the two aren’t more flavor, and some got skills but decorated. There were a ton if your voice ain’t dope than of more charismatic emcees you need to CHILL”. parading across television Despite being 17 tracks screens in 1994, but Gang long, Hard to Earn remains Starr’s music speaks for itself. fresh throughout, with Although the duo’s prior Premier’s eccentric beats and projects were enjoyable, “Hard to Guru’s braggadocious rhymes. Earn” is Gang Starr’s best work. The weak spot of the album Rather than enlist several chartis “F.A.L.A,” as Big Shug topping rappers for features, ruins a great beat with a belowCourtesy image average verse. It’s a shame that the duo elected to stay inside Gang Starr’s groundbreaking “Hard to Earn” album the Gang Starr Foundation. Nas and Mc Eiht appear on the Members of the Gang Starr skit for “Aiiight Chill…” but Foundation include Group Home, Jeru say Muhammad Ali, you say Cassius don’t drop a verse on the album. the Damaja and Big Shug, who serve as Clay. I say butter, you say Parkay” Nevertheless, Guru and Premier the sole features on the album. are sure to take many listeners down cement their respective spots in hip-hop It was apparent that staying true memory lane. with an album whose sales don’t reflect to yourself was the Gang Starr motto, With all due respect to the late Guru, its quality and uniqueness. By Maliik Obee Special to the AFRO

Prince is writing a memoir to be released next year.

Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP, File

By The Associated Press Prince announced he’s writing his memoir, told the audience he was leaving to change clothes and came back to perform songs for the feverish New York City crowd. Prince said on March 18 that his book — with the working title “The Beautiful Ones” — will be released next year by publishing house Spiegel & Grau. “If you don’t mind, I’m going to go home and change real quick and come back and party with y’all,” Prince said. And he did. He returned to the dark room to perform for the audience, which included Harry Belafonte, Trevor Noah, R&B singer Maxwell, journalists and music industry players. Now in another ensemble, Prince performed on piano from the second level of the venue, as the crowd looked up and sang along to songs like “When Doves Cry,” ‘’If I Was Your Girlfriend,” ‘’Let’s Work,” ‘’Hot Thing” and “All the Critics Love U In New York.” “New York, do you want to play with me?” yelled Prince, who was getting help from a DJ when performing. “You know how many hits we got? You know how long we gon’ be here? It’s time to jam!” Dancers also were on the second level with Prince, and at one point he put his leg over the railing and stuck his microphone out to the crowd. Before his performance, the pop icon said Spiegel & Grau made him “an offer I can’t refuse.” He added that the book will start with his first memory. “This is my first (book). My brother Dan is helping me with

explaining the albums hit single “Mass Appeal.” Premier lays down his signature sample-heavy jazz-infused beat and Guru attacks “posers” who will conform to achieve success. Lines like “And you’d be happy as hell to get a record deal, maybe your soul you’ll sell to have mass appeal” speak to Guru’s unapologetic demeanor. Premier showcases his ability to take elements of jazz to create enjoyable beats throughout, especially with the lead single “DWYCK”. Nice-N-Smooth make an appearance, as emcee Greg Nice drops one of the most memorable verses in hip-hop history. Lines like “Ooh-la-la ah oui oui I

it. He’s a good critic and that’s what I need. He’s not a ‘yes’ man at all and he’s really helping me get through this,” Prince told the audience. “We’re starting from the beginning from my first memory, and hopefully we can go all the way up to the Super Bowl,” he said. Prince performed at the Super Bowl in 2007. At one point Prince asked the crowd: “You all still read books right?” The audience roared loudly. According to a press release about the memoir released Friday,

“Prince will take readers on an unconventional and poetic journey through his life and creative work.” It says the book will include stories about Prince’s music and “the family that shaped him and the people, places, and ideas that fired his creative imagination.” The 57-year-old Minneapolis-born Prince is one of the most successful musical acts of all-time. He has released four albums in the last 18 months, including two on the Tidal streaming service last year. New York-based Spiegel & Grau is an imprint of Penguin Random House. The book will be released in the fall of 2017.

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REGISTER OF WILLS 2015ADM1372 Date of Publication: TYPESET: Mar 16 Loretta 12:11:21Carswell EDT 2016 03/18, 03/25,Wed 04/1/16 March 18, 2016 03/11, 03/18, 03/25/16 Decedent Name of newspaper: NOTICE OF Afro-American APPOINTMENT, Superior Court of Washington NOTICE TO the District of Law Reporter CREDITORS District of Columbia Tyrone T. Watson AND NOTICE TO PROBATE DIVISION Personal UNKNOWN HEIRS Washington, D.C. Representative Yvonne Carswell, whose 20001-2131 address 9419 Worrell Administration No. TRUE TEST COPY Ave, Lanham, MD 2016ADM247 REGISTER OF WILLS 20706, was appointed Eloise Y Spicer personal representative Decedent 3/18, 3/25, 4/1/16 TYPESET: Tue Mar 15 13:39:09 EDT 2016 of the estate of Loretta NOTICE OF Carswell, who died on APPOINTMENT, August 21, 2015 with a NOTICE TO Superior Court of will, and will serve withCREDITORS the District of out Court supervision. All AND NOTICE TO District of Columbia unknown heirs and heirs UNKNOWN HEIRS PROBATE DIVISION whose where-abouts are Carmela Purvis, whose Washington, D.C. unknown shall enter their address is 4824 Fort Tot20001-2131 appearance in this ten Drive, #203, Administration No. Washington, DC 20011 , proceeding. Objections 2016ADM209 was appointed personal to such appointment (or Charles David representative of the to the probate of deHatcherson Jr. estate of Eloise Y Spicer, cedent´s will) shall be Decedent who died on January 26, filed with the Register of NOTICE OF 2012 without a will, and Wills, D.C., 515 5th APPOINTMENT, will serve without Court Street, N.W., 3rd Floor NOTICE TO supervision. All unknown W a s h i n g t o n , D . C . CREDITORS heirs and heirs whose 20001, on or before AND NOTICE TO whereabouts are un- September 11, 2016. UNKNOWN HEIRS Angla M Ross and Flor- known shall enter their Claims against the deence A Ross, whose ad- a p p e a r a n c e i n t h i s cedent shall be predres is 1907 Brooks proceeding. Objections sented to the underto such appointment signed with a copy to the Drive #204 Capital shall be filed with the Register of Wills or filed Heights MD 20743/ 5004 Kimi Gray Ct. SE., Register of Wills, D.C., with the Register of Wills Washington, DC 20019, 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd with a copy to the underwas appointed personal Floor Washington, D.C. signed, on or before representative of the 20001, on or before September 11, 2016, or estate of Charles David September 18, 2016. be forever barred. PerHatcherson Jr., who died Claims against the de- sons believed to be heirs on April 23, 2015 without cedent shall be pre- or legatees of the dea will, and will serve with- sented to the undercedent who do not reout Court supervision. All signed with a copy to the ceive a copy of this notice

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Standard Probates $125.00 Brian Roberts AND NOTICE TO AKA UNKNOWN HEIRS Yvonne Carswell, whose Brian K Roberts TYPESET: Wed Mar 23 12:13:42 EDT 2016 CIVIL NOTICES Decedent address 9419 Worrell 1425 K Street, NW A va. e , Name L a n h aChanges m , M D 202-879-1133 $ 80.00 20706, was appointed Suite 350 Washington, DC 20005 Superior Court of b. Real Property $ 200.00 personal representative the District of of the estate of Loretta Attorney NOTICE OF District of Columbia Carswell, who died on APPOINTMENT, PROBATE DIVISION August 21, 2015 with a FAMILY COURT NOTICE TO Washington, D.C. will, and will serve withCREDITORS 202-879-121220001-2131 out Court supervision. All AND NOTICE TO Administration No. unknown heirs and heirs DOMESTIC RELATIONS UNKNOWN HEIRS 2016ADM243 whose where-abouts are whose Lloyd W Alward unknown shall enter their Earlisa K Roberts,202-879-0157 address is 45 V Street, AKA appearance in this NW, Washington, DC Lloyd William Alward proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or 20001 was appointed Decedent a. Absent Defendant $ 150.00 to the probate of depersonal representative Mindy Felinton cedent´s will) shall be of the estate of Brian 932 Hungerford Dr. $ 150.00 b. Absolute Divorce TYPESET: Wed Mar 23 12:13:19 filed with the Register of Roberts AKA Brian K Suite 29A c. Custody Divorce $150.00 Roberts, who died on Rockville, MD 20850 Wills, D.C., 515 5th April 22, 2014 with a will, Attorney Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Superior Court of and will serve without NOTICE OF Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . the District of All un- ext.APPOINTMENT, 20001, on or your beforead, Court To place call supervision. 1-800-237-6892, 262, Public NoticesDistrict $50.00 & up of Columbia September 11, 2016. known heirs and heirs NOTICE TO PROBATE DIVISION depending on size, Baltimore Legal Notices are $24.84 per inch. Claims against the de- whose whereabouts are CREDITORS Washington, D.C. cedent shall be preunknown shall enter their AND NOTICE TO 892 20001-2131 sented to the under- a p p e a r a n c e1-800 i n t h (AFRO) is UNKNOWN HEIRS Administration No. signed with a copy the of proceeding. Objections Berry, whose adFor toProof Publication, pleaseLeslie call 1-800-237-6892, ext. 244 2014ADM1033 Register of Wills or filed to such appointment (or dres is 3620 ConnectRose C West with the Register of Wills to the probate of de- icut Ave., NW #22, DC, with a copy to the undercedent´s will) shall be 20008, was appointed AKA signed, on or before filed with the Register of personal representative Rose Calbert West Decedent LEGAL September 11, 2016, or Wills, D.C., 515 5th NOTICES of the estate of Lloyd W be forever barred. Per- Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Alward AKA Lloyd Wil- Elton F Norman Esq The Norman Law Firm sons believed to be heirs W a s h i n g t o n , D . C . liam Alward, who died on PLLC or legatees of the de- 20001, on or before December 4, 2015 with a 8720 Georgia Ave. Ste cedent who do not re- September 4, 2016. will, and will serve with- 703 ceive a copy of this notice Claims against the de- out Court supervision. All S i l v e r S p r i n g , M D by mail within 25 days of cedent shall be preunknown heirs and heirs 20910 its first publication shall sented to the underwhose whereabouts are Attorney so inform the Register of signed with a copy to the unknown shall enter their NOTICE OF Wills, including name, Register of Wills or filed a p p e a r a n c e i n t h i s APPOINTMENT, address and relation- with the Register of Wills proceeding. Objections NOTICE TO ship. CREDITORS with a copy to the under- to such appointment (or Date of Publication: AND NOTICE TO signed, on or before to the probate of deMarch 11, 2016 UNKNOWN HEIRS September 4, 2016, or be cedent´s will) shall be Name of newspaper: forever barred. Persons filed with the Register of Edwina Findley DickAfro-American erson , whose address is believed to be heirs or Wills, D.C., 515 5th Washington legatees of the decedent Street, N.W., 3rd Floor 1304 W 2nd Street, #550 Law Reporter Los Angeles, CA 90026, who do not receive a W a s h i n g t o n , D . C . 13:46:13Yvonne EDT 2016 Carswell copy of this notice by mail 20001, on or before was appointed personal Personal within 25 days of its first September 25, 2016. representative of the Representative publication shall so in- Claims against the deestate of Rose C. West AKA Rose Calbert West , form the Register of cedent shall be pre- who died on July 2, 2014 TRUE TEST COPY Wills, including name, sented to the under- without a will, and will REGISTER OF WILLS and relationsigned with a copy to the serve without Court suTYPESET: Wed Mar 23 address 12:14:00 EDT 2016 ship. Register of Wills or filed pervision. All unknown 03/11, 3/18, 3/25/16 Date of Publication: with the Register of Wills heirs and heirs whose March 4, 2016 with a copy to the under- whereabouts are unSuperior Court of Name of newspaper: signed, on or before known shall enter their the District of Afro-American September 25, 2016 , or a p p e a r a n c e i n t h i s District of Columbia Washington be forever barred. Perproceeding. Objections PROBATE DIVISION Law Reporter sons believed to be heirs to such appointment Washington, D.C. Earlisa K Roberts or legatees of the deshall be filed with the 20001-2131 Personal cedent who do not re- Register of Wills, D.C., Administration No. Representative ceive a copy of this notice 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd 2014ADM818 by mail within 25 days of Floor Washington, D.C. Brian Roberts TRUE TEST COPY its first publication shall 20001, on or before AKA REGISTER OF WILLS so inform the Register of September 25, 2016 Brian K Roberts Wills, including name, Claims against the deTYPESET: Wed Mar 23 12:13:42 EDT 2016 Decedent cedent shall be pre03/4, 03/11, 03/18/16 address and relation1425 K Street, NW sented to the undership. Suite 350 signed with a copy to the Date of Publication: Washington, DC 20005 Superior Court of Register of Wills or filed March 25, 2016 Attorney the District of with the Register of Wills Name of newspaper: NOTICE OF with a copy to the underDistrict of Columbia Afro-American APPOINTMENT, signed, on or before PROBATE DIVISION Washington September 25, 2016, or NOTICE TO Washington, D.C. Law Reporter be forever barred. PerCREDITORS 20001-2131 Leslie Berry sons believed to be heirs AND NOTICE TO Administration No. Personal or legatees of the deUNKNOWN HEIRS 2016ADM243 Representative cedent who do not reEarlisa K Roberts, whose Lloyd W Alward ceive a copy of this notice address is 45 V Street, AKA TRUE TEST COPY by mail within 25 days of NW, Washington, DC Lloyd William Alward REGISTER OF WILLS its first publication shall 20001 was appointed Decedent so inform the Register of personal representative Mindy Felinton 03/25, 4/1, 4/8/16 Wills, including name, TYPESET: Wed Mar 23 12:13:19 EDT 2016 of the estate of Brian 932 Hungerford Dr. address and relationRoberts AKA Brian K Suite 29A ship. Roberts, who died on Rockville, MD 20850 Date of Publication: Superior Court of April 22, 2014 with a will, Attorney March 25, 2016 the District of and will serve without NOTICE OF Name of newspaper: District of Columbia Court supervision. All unAPPOINTMENT, Afro-American PROBATE DIVISION known heirs and heirs NOTICE TO Washington Washington, D.C. whose whereabouts are CREDITORS Law Reporter 20001-2131 unknown shall enter their AND NOTICE TO Edwina Findley Administration No. appearance in this UNKNOWN HEIRS Dickerson 2014ADM1033 proceeding. Objections Leslie Berry, whose adPersonal to such appointment (or dres is 3620 Connect- Rose C West Representative AKA to the probate of de- icut Ave., NW #22, DC, TRUE TEST COPY cedent´s will) shall be 20008, was appointed Rose Calbert West REGISTER OF WILLS filed with the Register of personal representative Decedent Wills, D.C., 515 5th of the estate of Lloyd W Elton F Norman Esq Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Alward AKA Lloyd Wil- The Norman Law Firm 03/25, 4/1, 4/8/16 Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . liam Alward, who died on PLLC 20001, on or before December 4, 2015 with a 8720 Georgia Ave. Ste September 4, 2016. will, and will serve with- 703 Claims against the de- out Court supervision. 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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Foreign No. 2016FEP17 Date of Death August 30, 2015 Corinne A Sheaffer AKA Corinne Ann Sheaffer Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS Michael K Sheaffer and Valerie Sheaffer whose addresses are 644 Independence Ave., SE, Washington, DC 20003 were appointed personal representatives of the estate of Corinne A Sheaffer (AKA Corinne Sheaffer) , deceased by the Register of Wills Court for Lancaster County, State of Pennsylvania., on September 14, 2015, Service of process may be made upon Michael K Sheaffer at 644 Independ e n c e Av e . , S E , Washington, DC 20003 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: 638 G Street SE, Washington, DC Square 0877 Lots 0910 &0911 (Garage) Claims against the decedent may be presented to the undersigned and filed with the Register of Wills for the District of Columbia, Building A, 515 5th St., NW., 3rd Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001 within 6 months from the date of first publication of this notice. Valerie L Sheaffer Michael K Sheaffer Personal Representative(s) TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS Date of first publication: March 11, 2016 Name of newspapers and/or periodical: The Daily Washington Law Reporter The Afro-American

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2015ADM1325 Claudia Lee Decedent Steven Schiff 10507 Beechknoll Street Rockville, MD 20854 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Steven Schiff, whose address is 10507 Beechknoll Street, Rockville, MD 20854 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Claudia Lee, who died on October 10, 2013 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 September 11, 2016. 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 September 11, 2016, 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: March 11, 2016 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Steven Schiff Personal Representative

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2015ADM000603 Mildred Edwards Decedent Anita Isicson Esq 4616 Fessenden St., NW Washington, DC 20016 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Anita Isicson, Esq, whose address is 4616 Fessenden St., NW, Washington, DC 20016, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Mildred Edwards, who died on October 11, 2010 without a will, and will serve with 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 September 18, 2016. 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 September 18, 2016, 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: March 18, 2016 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Anita Isicson Personal Representative

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2016ADM196 Zawdu Bekele Decedent Bruce E Gardner, Esq The Gardner Law Firm, PC 1101 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Suite 600 Washington, DC 20004 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Betelehem Bekele, whose address is 6256 William Edgar Drive., Alexandria, VA, 22310, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Zawdu Bekele, who died on June 24, 2015 without a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before September 11, 2016. 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 September 11, 2016, 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: March 11, 2016 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Betelehem Bekele Personal Representative

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Farmer Place, Fort Washington, MD 20074 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Mildred R. Martin, who died on November 25, 2015 witha will, and will serve without TYPESET: Wed Mar 23 Court 12:15:26 EDT 2016 supervision. All unLEGAL NOTICES known heirs and heirs LEGAL NOTICES whose whereabouts are Superior Court of unknown shall enter their the District of appearance in this District of Columbia proceeding. Objections PROBATE DIVISION to such appointment (or Washington, D.C. to the probate of de20001-2131 cedent´s will) shall be Administration No. filed with the Register of 2016ADM191 Wills, D.C., 515 5th Herbert Ray Beverly Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Decedent Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . Scott L. Little 20001, on or before 3814 Deep Hollow Way September 25, 2016. Bowie, MD 20721 Claims against the deAttorney cedent shall be preNOTICE OF sented to the underAPPOINTMENT, signed with a copy to the NOTICE TO Register of Wills or filed CREDITORS with the Register of Wills AND NOTICE TO with a copy to the underUNKNOWN HEIRS signed, on or before Cary Beverly, whose ad- September 25, 2016, or dress is 132 R Street, be forever barred. PerNE, Washington, DC sons believed to be heirs 20002, was appointed or legatees of the depersonal representative cedent who do not reof the estate of Herbert ceive a copy of this notice Ray Beverly, who died on by mail within 25 days of March 8, 2015 without a its first publication shall will, and will serve with- so inform the Register of out Court supervision. All Wills, including name, unknown heirs and heirs address and relationwhose whereabouts are ship. unknown shall enter their Date of Publication: a p p e a r a n c e i n t h i s March 25, 2016 proceeding. Objections Name of newspaper: to such appointment Afro-American shall be filed with the Washington Register of Wills, D.C., Law Reporter 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Novella G. Jackson Floor Washington, D.C. Personal 20001, on or before Representative September 25, 2016. Claims against the de- TRUE TEST COPY cedent shall be pre- REGISTER OF WILLS sented to the underTYPESET: Wed Mar 23 12:14:24 signed with a copy to the 03/25, 04/1, 04/8/16 Register of Wills or filed 12:16:31 EDT 2016 with the Register of Wills Superior Court of with a copy to the underthe District of signed, on or before District of Columbia September 25, 2016, or PROBATE DIVISION be forever barred. PerWashington, D.C. sons believed to be heirs 20001-2131 or legatees of the deAdministration No. cedent who do not re2016ADM267 ceive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of Peggy J. Kornegay its first publication shall Decedent so inform the Register of Clarissa T. EdwardsWills, including name, Law Office C Thomas address and relation- Chartered 2402 Lenfant Square ship. SE Date of Publication: Washington, DC 20020 March 25, 2016 Attorney Name of newspaper: NOTICE OF Afro-American APPOINTMENT, Washington NOTICE TO Law Reporter CREDITORS Cary Beverly AND NOTICE TO Personal UNKNOWN HEIRS Representative C h a r l e s K o r n e g a y, whose address(es) is TRUE TEST COPY 2406 Lenfant Square SE, REGISTER OF WILLS Washington, DC 20020 wasappointed personal 03/25, 04/01,Wed 04/8/16 TYPESET: Mar 23 12:15:00 EDT 2016 representative of the estate of Peggy J Kornegay, who died on July Superior Court of 7, 2015 without a will, the District of and will serve without District of Columbia Court supervision. All unPROBATE DIVISION known heirs and heirs Washington, D.C. whose where-abouts are 20001-2131 unknown shall enter their Administration No. appearance in this 2016ADM261 proceeding. Objections Daniel Luther Rucker to such appointment Decedent Date of First Publication shall be filed with the Thomas P Hartnett, Superior Court of March 25, 2016 Register of Wills, D.C., Esq the District of Names of Newspapers: 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd 209 Pennsylvania Ave District of Columbia Washington Floor Washington, D.C. SE PROBATE DIVISION Law Reporter 20001, on or before Washington, DC 20003 Washington, D.C. Washington September 25, 2016. Attorney 20001-2131 AFRO-AMERICAN Claims against the deNOTICE OF Administration No. Richard Gary Bone cedent shall be preAPPOINTMENT, 2015ADM1521 221 46 Street NE sented to the underNOTICE TO Lillie B Gamble Washington, DC 20019 signed with a copy to the CREDITORS Decedent Signature of Register of Wills or filed AND NOTICE TO NOTICE OF Petitioners/Attorney with the Register of Wills UNKNOWN HEIRS APPOINTMENT, with a copy to the underWanda Rene & Danyela NOTICE TO TYPESET: Wed Mar 23 12:15:53 EDT 2016 03/25, 04/1/16 signed, on or before Vick, whose address is, CREDITORS September 25, 2016, or were appointed personal AND NOTICE TO be forever barred. Perrepresentative of the UNKNOWN HEIRS Superior Court of sons believed to be heirs estate of Daniel Luther Willie B Donaldson, the District of or legatees of the deRucker , who died on whose address is 5001 District of Columbia cedent who do not re16:35:24 EST 2016 March 27, 2015 without a Box Turtle Court ,Indian PROBATE DIVISION ceive a copy of this notice will, and will serve withHead, MD 20640 was apWashington, D.C. by mail within 25 days of out Court supervision. All pointed personal repre20001-2131 its first publication shall unknown heirs and heirs sentative of the estate of Administration No. so inform the Register of whose whereabouts are Lillie B Gamble, who died 2016ADM234 Wills, including name, on October 28, 2015 Barbara Ann Chappell unknown shall enter their address and relationappearance in this without a will, and will Lehman ship. proceeding. Objections serve without Court suDecedent Date of Publication: to such appointment pervision. All unknown NOTICE OF March 25, 2016 shall be filed with the heirs and heirs whose APPOINTMENT, Name of newspaper: Register of Wills, D.C., where-abouts are unNOTICE TO Afro-American 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd known shall enter their CREDITORS Washington Floor Washington, D.C. appearance in this AND NOTICE TO Law Reporter 20001, on or before proceeding. Objections UNKNOWN HEIRS Charles Kornegay September 25, 2016. to such appointment Frances Lehman, whose Claims against the dePersonal shall be filed with the address is 1336 Otis cedent shall be preRepresentative Register of Wills, D.C., Place NW, Washington, sented to the under515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd DC 20010 was appointed TRUE TEST COPY Floor Washington, D.C. personal representative signed with a copy to the REGISTER OF WILLS Register of Wills or filed 20001, on or before of the estate of Barbara with the Register of Wills September26, 2016. Ann Chappell Lehman, with a copy to the under03/25, 04/1, 4/8/16 Claims against the dewho died on September signed, on or before cedent shall be pre8, 2015 without a will, sented to the under- and will serve without September 25, 2016, or signed with a copy to the Court supervision. All un- be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs Register of Wills or filed known heirs and heirs with the Register of Wills whose whereabouts are or legatees of the decedent who do not rewith a copy to the underunknown shall enter their ceive a copy of this notice signed, on or before a p p e a r a n c e i n t h i s by mail within 25 days of Sepetmber 26, 2016, or proceeding. Objections be forever barred. Per- to such appointment its first publication shall so inform the Register of sons believed to be heirs shall be filed with the Wills, including name, or legatees of the deRegister of Wills, D.C., address and relationcedent who do not re- 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd ship. ceive a copy of this notice Floor Washington, D.C. Date of Publication: by mail within 25 days of 20001, on or before March 25, 2016 its first publication shall September 25, 2016. so inform the Register of Claims against the de- Name of newspaper: Wills, including name, cedent shall be pre- Afro-American address and relationsented to the under- Washington Law Reporter ship. signed with a copy to the Wanda Rene Rucker Date of Publication: Register of Wills or filed Danyela Vick March 25, 2016 with the Register of Wills Personal Name of newspaper: with a copy to the under- Representative Afro-American signed, on or before TRUE TEST COPY Washington September 25, 2016, or REGISTER OF WILLS Law Reporter be forever barred. PerWillie B Donaldson sons believed to be heirs 03/25, TYPESET: Wed Mar 23 12:14:42 EDT 2016 4/1, 4/8/16 Personal or legatees of the deRepresentative cedent who do not receive a copy of this notice Superior Court of TRUE TEST COPY by mail within 25 days of the District of REGISTER OF WILLS its first publication shall District of Columbia so inform the Register of PROBATE DIVISION TYPESET: Wed Mar 23 12:37:13 EDT 2016 3/25, 4/1, 4/8/16 Wills, including name, Washington, D.C. address and relation20001-2131 ship. Administration No. Superior Court of Date of Publication: 2016ADM275 the District of March 25, 2016 Mildred R Martin District of Columbia Name of newspaper: Decedent PROBATE DIVISION Afro-American Novella G. Jackson Washington, D.C. Washington 4209 Farmer Place 20001-2131 Law Reporter Fort Washington, MD Administration No. Frances Lehman 20744 2016ADM253 Personal Attorney Dorcas Clark Crosby Representative NOTICE OF Decedent APPOINTMENT, NOTICE OF TRUE TEST COPY NOTICE TO APPOINTMENT, REGISTER OF WILLS CREDITORS NOTICE TO AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS 03/25, 4/1, 4/8/16 UNKNOWN HEIRS AND NOTICE TO Novella G. Jackson, UNKNOWN HEIRS whose address is 4209 Syande Crosby, whose Farmer Place, Fort address is 2528 13th Washington, MD 20074 Street, NW, Washington, was appointed personal DC 20009, was aprepresentative of the pointed personal repreestate of Mildred R. Marsentative of the estate of tin, who died on NovemDorcas Clark Crosby , ber 25, 2015 witha will, who died on February 14, and will serve without 2016 with a will, and will Court supervision. All unserve without Court suknown heirs and heirs pervision. All unknown whose whereabouts are heirs and heirs whose unknown shall enter their whereabouts are unappearance in this known shall enter their proceeding. Objections appearance in this to such appointment (or proceeding. Objections to the probate of de-

Syande Crosby, whose address is 2528 13th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20009, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Dorcas Clark Crosby , who died on February 14, 2016 with a will, and will TYPESET: Wed Mar 16 14:12:13 EDT 2016 LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICES serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose Superior Court of whereabouts are unthe District of known shall enter their District of Columbia appearance in this PROBATE DIVISION proceeding. Objections Washington, D.C. to such appointment (or 20001-2131 to the probate of deAdministration No. cedent´s will) shall be 2016ADM237 filed with the Register of Leonard A Coombs Wills, D.C., 515 5th Decedent Street, N.W., 3rd Floor NOTICE OF Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . APPOINTMENT, 20001, on or before NOTICE TO September 25, 2016. CREDITORS Claims against the deAND NOTICE TO cedent shall be preUNKNOWN HEIRS sented to the underLauren Cameron and signed with a copy to the Crystal L Miller and Register of Wills or filed Lynette C Coombs and with the Register of Wills Anthony C Rodriguez , with a copy to the underwhose addresses are signed, on or before 1216 Longfellow St. NW, September 25, 2016 , or Washington, DC 20011 be forever barred. Per814 Crittenden St., NE, sons believed to be heirs Washington, DC 20017 or legatees of the deand 9313 Woddberry St., cedent who do not reLanham, MD 20706 were ceive a copy of this notice appointed personal re- by mail within 25 days of presentatives of the its first publication shall estate of Leonard A so inform the Register of Coombs, who died on Wills, including name, 16:38:36 March 10,EST 20142016 without a address and relationwill, and will serve with- ship. out Court supervision. All Date of Publication: unknown heirs and heirs March 25, 2016 whose whereabouts are Name of newspaper: unknown shall enter their Afro-American appearance in this Washington proceeding. Objections Law Reporter to such appointment (or Syande Crosby to the probate of dePersonal cedent´s will) shall be Representative filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th TRUE TEST COPY Street, N.W., 3rd Floor REGISTER OF WILLS Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . TYPESET: Wed Mar 23 20001, on or before 03/25, 4/1, 4/8/16 September 18, 2016. Claims against the decedent shall be pre- SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF sented to the underCOLUMBIA signed with a copy to the PROBATE DIVISION Register of Wills or filed Washington, D.C. with the Register of Wills 20001-2131 with a copy to the underAdministration No. signed, on or before 2016ADM50 September 18, 2016, or be forever barred. Per- Estate of sons believed to be heirs Kenneth Roger Bond or legatees of the de- Deceased cedent who do not re- N O T I C E O F S TA N DARD ceive a copy of this notice PROBATE by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall Notice is hereby given so inform the Register of that a petition has been Wills, including name, filed in this Court by Richaddress and relation- ard Gary Bond for standard probate, including ship. the appoint-ment of one Date of Publication: or more personal repreMarch 18, 2016 sentative. Unless a comName of newspaper: plaint or an objection in Afro-American accordance with SuperWashington ior Court Probate DiLaw Reporter Lauren Cameron vision Rule 407 is filed in Crystal L. Miller this Court within 30 days Lynette C Coombs from the date of first pubAnthony C Rodriguez lication of this notice, the Personal Court may take the acRepresentative tion hereinafter set forth. 0 In the absence of a will or proof satisfactory to TRUE TEST COPY the court of due execuREGISTER OF WILLS tion, enter an order determining that the decedent TYPESET: Wed Mar 23 12:16:13 EDT 2016 died intestate 03/18, 03/25, 4/1/16

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nia 94127 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Anita Ashok Datar, deceased by the Register of Wills for Montgomery County, State of Maryland on December 10, 2015, Service of process may TYPESET: Mar 08 12:09:50 ESTWed 2016 12:08:00 ESTTue 2016 TYPESET: Mar 09 15:23:29 EST Jeremy 2016 be made upon LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICESD R a c h l i n , E s q . , 11 0 0 Connecticut Ave, NW, Superior Court of Superior Court of Suite 340, Washington, the District of the District of DC 20036 whose desDistrict of Columbia District of Columbia ignation as District of PROBATE DIVISION Columbia agent has PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. been filed with the RegisWashington, D.C. 20001-2131 ter of Wills, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. Claims against the deAdministration No. cedent may be pre2016ADM169 2015ADM1226 sented to the underJames A Leslie Lucy Estelle Austin signed and filed with the Decedent Decedent Register of Wills for the NOTICE OF NOTICE OF District of Columbia, APPOINTMENT, APPOINTMENT, Building A, 515 5th NOTICE TO NOTICE TO Street, NW., 3rd Floor, CREDITORS CREDITORS Washington, DC 20001 AND NOTICE TO AND NOTICE TO within 6 months from the UNKNOWN HEIRS UNKNOWN HEIRS date of first publication of Ivory L. Leslie , whose Thelma Evans, whose this notice. address is 5612 Street address is 7707 Old NW, Washington, DC, Chapel Drive, Bowie, MD Sanjeev Datar 20011 was appointed 20715 was appointed Personal personal representative personal representative Representative(s) of the estate of James A of the estate of Lucy EsTRUE TEST COPY Leslie, who died on telle Austin, who died on REGISTER OF WILLS September 21, 2011 August 9, 2009 with a Date of first publication: without a will, and will will, and will serve with March 11, 2016 serve without Court su- Court supervision. All unName of newspapers pervision. All unknown known heirs and heirs and/or periodical: heirs and heirs whose whose where-abouts are The Daily Washington whereabouts are ununknown shall enter their Law Reporter known shall enter their a p p e a r a n c e i n t h i s The Afro-American appearance in this proceeding. Objections proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or TYPESET: Wed Mar 09 3/11, 3/18, 3/26/16 to such appointment to the probate of deshall be filed with the cedent´s will) shall be Register of Wills, D.C., filed with the Register of Superior Court of 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Wills, D.C., 515 5th the District of Floor Washington, D.C. Street, N.W., 3rd Floor District of Columbia 20001, on or before Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . PROBATE DIVISION September 11, 2016. 20001, on or before Washington, D.C. Claims against the de- September 11, 2016. 20001-2131 cedent shall be pre- Claims against the deAdministration No. sented to the undercedent shall be pre2016ADM164 signed with a copy to the sented to the underRegister of Wills or filed signed with a copy to the Juanita C Roberts Decedent with the Register of Wills Register of Wills or filed NOTICE OF with a copy to the under- with the Register of Wills APPOINTMENT, signed, on or before with a copy to the underNOTICE TO September 11, 2016, or signed, on or before CREDITORS be forever barred. Per- September 11, 2016, or AND NOTICE TO sons believed to be heirs be forever barred. PerUNKNOWN HEIRS or legatees of the de- sons believed to be heirs cedent who do not re- or legatees of the de- Mark E P Roberts, whose ceive a copy of this notice cedent who do not re- address is 215 Whittler by mail within 25 days of ceive a copy of this notice Street, NW, Washington, its first publication shall by mail within 25 days of DC 20012 was appointed so inform the Register of its first publication shall personal representative Wills, including name, so inform the Register of of the estate of Juanita C address and relation- Wills, including name, Roberts, who died on ship. address and relation- June 5. 2010 without a will, and will serve withDate of Publication: ship. March 11, 2016 Date of first publication- out Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs Name of newspaper: March 11, 2016 whose whereabouts are Afro-American Name of newspaper: unknown shall enter their Washington Afro-American appearance in this Law Reporter Washington proceeding. Objections Ivory L Leslie Law Reporter Personal Thelma Evans to such appointment Representative Personal shall be filed with the Representative Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd TRUE TEST COPY Floor Washington, D.C. REGISTER OF WILLS TRUE TEST COPY 20001, on or before REGISTER OF WILLS September 11, 2016. TYPESET: Wed Mar 23 17:10:21 EDT 2016 Claims against the de3/11, 3/18, 3/25/16 03/11, 03/18,Wed 03/25/16 TYPESET: Mar 09 15:23:04 EST 2016 cedent shall be presented to the underSuperior Court of signed with a copy to the Superior Court of the District of Register of Wills or filed the District of District of Columbia with the Register of Wills District of Columbia with a copy to the underPROBATE DIVISION PROBATE DIVISION 12:07:41 EST 2016 signed, on or before Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. September 11, 2016, or 20001-2131 20001-2131 be forever barred. PerAdministration No. Administration No. sons believed to be heirs 2015ADM000513 2015ADM1324 or legatees of the deEstate of Martha J Irish cedent who do not reJudy M Butler Decedent ceive a copy of this notice AKA William A Bland, Esq by mail within 25 days of Judy M Perrine 1140 Connecticut Ave., its first publication shall Decedent NW #1100 so inform the Register of Bonita Jones-Moon Washington, DC 20036 Wills, including name, Esq Attorney address and relation1100 Connecticut Ave. NOTICE OF ship. NW APPOINTMENT, Date of Publication: Suite 340 NOTICE TO March 11, 2016 Washington, DC 20036 CREDITORS Name of newspaper: Attorney AND NOTICE TO Afro-American NOTICE OF UNKNOWN HEIRS Washington APPOINTMENT, William A Bland, whose Law Reporter NOTICE TO a d d r e s s i s 11 4 0 Mark E P Roberts CREDITORS Connecticut Ave, NW, Personal AND NOTICE TO #1100, Washington, DC Representative UNKNOWN HEIRS 20036, was appointed Bonita Jones-Moon, Espersonal representative quire, whose address is of the estate of Martha J TRUE TEST COPY 1100 Connecticut Ave., Irish, who died on August REGISTER OF WILLS NW., Washington, DC 22, 2015 without a will, 03/18,Wed 03/25/16 TYPESET: Mar 09 20036, was appointed and will serve without 03/11, personal representative Court supervision. All unof the estate of Judy M known heirs and heirs Superior Court of Buttler AKA Judy M Per- whose whereabouts are the District of rine, who died on May 23, unknown shall enter their District of Columbia 2009 without a will, and a p p e a r a n c e i n t h i s PROBATE DIVISION will serve with Court su- proceeding. Objections Washington, D.C. pervision. All unknown to such appointment 20001-2131 heirs and heirs whose shall be filed with the Administration No. whereabouts are un- Register of Wills, D.C., 2016ADM214 known shall enter their 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd appearance in this Floor Washington, D.C. Michael Ray Hastings Decedent proceeding. Objections 20001, on or before NOTICE OF to such appointment (or September 11, 2016. APPOINTMENT, to the probate of de- Claims against the deNOTICE TO cedent´s will) shall be cedent shall be preCREDITORS filed with the Register of sented to the underAND NOTICE TO Wills, D.C., 515 5th signed with a copy to the UNKNOWN HEIRS Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Register of Wills or filed Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . with the Register of Wills J i m m i e E H a s t i n g s , 20001, on or before with a copy to the underwhose address is 3416 B Street SE, #201, September 11, 2016. signed, on or before Claims against the de- September 11, 2016 or Washington, DC 20019, cedent shall be pre- be forever barred. Per- was appointed personal sented to the under- sons believed to be heirs representative of the signed with a copy to the or legatees of the deestate of Michael Ray Register of Wills or filed cedent who do not re- Hasting , who died on with the Register of Wills ceive a copy of this notice September 2, 2015 withwith a copy to the under- by mail within 25 days of out a will, and will serve signed, on or before its first publication shall without Court superviSeptember 11, 2016, or so inform the Register of sion. All unknown heirs be forever barred. Per- Wills, including name, a n d h e i r s w h o s e sons believed to be heirs address and relation- whereabouts are unknown shall enter their or legatees of the de- ship. appearance in this cedent who do not re- Date of first Publication: proceeding. Objections ceive a copy of this notice March 11, 2016 to such appointment by mail within 25 days of Name of newspaper: shall be filed with the its first publication shall Afro-American Register of Wills, D.C., so inform the Register of Washington 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Wills, including name, Law Reporter address and relationWilliam A Bland Floor Washington, D.C. ship. Personal 20001, on or before Date of Publication: Representative Sepetember 11, 2016. Claims against the deMarch 11, 2016 cedent shall be preName of newspaper: TRUE TEST COPY sented to the underAfro-American REGISTER OF WILLS signed with a copy to the Washington TYPESET: Wed Mar 09 15:22:16 EST 2016 Register of Wills or filed Law Reporter 03/11, 03/18, 03/25/16 with the Register of Wills Bonita Jones-Moon Esq with a copy to the underPersonal SUPERIOR COURT OF signed, on or before Representative THE DISTRICT OF September 11, 2016, or COLUMBIA be forever barred. PerTRUE TEST COPY PROBATE DIVISION sons believed to be heirs REGISTER OF WILLS Washington, D.C. or legatees of the de20001-2131 cedent who do not re03/11, 3/18, 3/25/16 Foreign No. ceive a copy of this notice 2016FEP24 by mail within 25 days of Date of Death its first publication shall November 20, 2015 so inform the Register of Anita Ashok Datar Wills, including name, Decedent address and relationNOTICE OF ship. APPOINTMENT Date of Publication: OF FOREIGN March 11, 2016 PERSONAL Name of newspaper: REPRESENTATIVE Afro-American AND Washington Law ReNOTICE TO porter CREDITORS Jimmie E Hasting Sanjeez Datar whose adPersonal dress is 95 Manor Drive, Representative San Francisco, California 94127 was appointed TRUE TEST COPY personal representative REGISTER OF WILLS of the estate of Anita Ashok Datar, deceased 03/11, 03/18 , 3/25/16 by the Register of Wills for Montgomery County, State of Maryland on December 10, 2015, Service of process may be made upon Jeremy D Rachlin, Esq., 1100 Connecticut Ave, NW, Suite 340, Washington, DC 20036 whose designation as District of Columbia agent has been filed with the Regis-

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C4 The Afro-American, March 26, 2016 - April 1, 2016

Baltimore

LEGAL NOTICES

TYPESET: Wed Mar 23 15:38:32 EDT 2016

LEGAL NOTICES

HOUSING AUTHORITY OF BALTIMORE CITY REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS VENDING MACHINE SERVICES RFP NUMBER: B-1813-16 The Housing Authority of Baltimore City (”HABC”) is requesting proposals from interested and qualified vendors to provide vending machine services to HABC’s residents at various developments. PROPOSALS WILL BE DUE no later than 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, April 29, 2016 A non-mandatory pre-proposals conference will be held on Thursday, April 14, 2016, at 10:00 a.m., at 417 E. Fayette Street, Room 416, Baltimore, Maryland, 21202. HABC has established a minimum goal of twenty percent (20%) of the total dollar amount of the proposed contract for Minority Business Enterprise (”MBE”) utilization, applicable to all minority and non-minority businesses proposing to provide the requested services as the prime contractor. No goal has been established for participation of Women-owned businesses (”WBEs”), however, HABC strongly encourages and affirmatively promotes the use of WBEs in all HABC contracts. Responders shall also comply with all applicable requirements of Section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, 12 U.S.C. Section 1701u. The RFP may be obtained on or after Monday, April 4, 2016, at the following location:

TYPESET: Wed Mar 23 15:37:55 EDT 2016 CITY OF BALTIMORE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS OFFICE OF ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCITON NOTICE OF LETTING Sealed Bids or Proposals, in duplicate addressed to the Board of Estimates of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore and marked for Water Contract No. 1278-Old York Road and Vicinity Water Main Replacement will be received at the Office of the Comptroller, Room 204, City Hall, Baltimore, Maryland until 11:00 A.M. on Wednesday, April 20, 2016. Positively no bids will be received after 11:00 A.M. Bids will be publicly opened by the Board of Estimates in Room 215, City Hall at Noon. The Contract Documents may be examined, without charge, in Room 6 located on the first floor of the Abel Wolman Municipal Building, 200 N. Holliday Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202 as of Friday, March 28, 2016 and copies may be purchased for a non-refundable cost of $100.00. Conditions and requirements of the Bid are found in the bid package. All contractors bidding on this Contract must first be prequalified by the City of Baltimore Contractors Qualification Committee. Interested parties should call 410-396-6883 or contact the Committee at 4 South Frederick Street, 4th Floor, Baltimore, Maryland 21202. If a bid is submitted by a joint venture (”JV”), then in that event, the document that established the JV shall be submitted with the bid for verification purposes. The Prequalification Category required for bidding on this project is B02551Water Mains Cost Qualification Range for this work shall be $5,000,000.01 to $10,000,000.00 A ”Pre-Bidding Information” session will be conducted at the 3rd Floor Large Conference Room of the Office of Engineering & Construction, Abel Wolman Municipal Building on April 1, 2016 at 10:00 A.M. Principal Item of work for this project are: Installation of approximately 15,150 linear feet of 3-inch, 4-inch, 6-inch, 8-inch, 10-inch, 12-inch, and 16-inch existing water mains, fittings, valves, and appurtenances with new 3-inch, 4-inch, 6-inch, 8-inch, 10-inch, 12inch, and 16-inch ductile iron Class 54 water main, fittings, valves, and appurtenances. Replacement of existing galvanized water service line with new copper pipes, replacement of small residential meter settings and meter vaults, roadway paving, sidewalk restoration, curb and gutter replacement, erosion and sediment control, and maintenance of traffic as required. The MBE goal is 9% The WBE goal is 2% WATER CONTRACT NO. 1278 APPROVED: Bernice H. Taylor Clerk, Board of Estimates

NOTICE OF LETTING Sealed Bids or Proposals, in duplicate addressed to the Board of Estimates of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore and marked for Water Contract No. 1347-AMI/R Urgent Need Metering Infrastructure Repair & Replacement, Various Locations (Up to 2” Water Service) will be received at the Office of the Comptroller, Room 204, City Hall, Baltimore, Maryland until 11:00 A.M. on Wednesday, April 6, 2016. Positively no bids will be received after 11:00 A.M. Bids will be publicly opened by the Board of Estimates in Room 215, City Hall at Noon.The Contract Documents may be examined, without charge, in Room 6 located on the first floor of the Abel Wolman Municipal Building, 200 N. Holliday Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202 as of Friday, March 28, 2016 and copies may be purchased for a non-refundable cost of $100.00. Conditions and requirements of the Bid are found in the bid package. All contractors bidding on this Contract must first be prequalified by the City of Baltimore Contractors Qualification Committee. Interested parties should call 410-396-6883 or contact the Committee at 4 South Frederick Street, 4th Floor, Baltimore, Maryland 21202. If a bid is submitted by a joint venture (”JV”), then in that event, the document that established the JV shall be submitted with the bid for verification purposes. The Prequalification Category required for bidding on this project is B02551 Water Mains Cost Qualification Range for this work shall be $5,000,000.01 to $10,000,000.00 A ”Pre-Bidding Information” session will be conducted at the 3rd Floor Large Conference Room of the Bureau of Water & Wastewater, Abel Wolman Municipal Building on March 30, 2016 at 1:30 P.M. Principal Item of work for this project are: Remove dirt/trash/debris from existing small meter vaults, replace/install meter settings and meter vaults, renew/replace existing water supply services, remove and replace top slab, replace/install shutoff valve on existing meter settings, install/replace small/large sectional vault, temporary and permanent pavement and sidewalk restoration, as required. The MBE goal is 14% The WBE goal is 6% WATER CONTRACT NO. 1347 APPROVED: Bernice H. Taylor Clerk, Board of Estimates

To advertise in the AFRO Call 410-554-8200

THE ENTIRE SOLICITATION DOCUMENT CAN BE VIEWED AND DOWN LOADED BY VISITING THE CITY’S WEB SITE: www.baltimorecitibuy.org

HOUSING AUTHORITY OF BALTIMORE CITY REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS VENDING MACHINE SERVICES

PROPOSALS WILL BE DUE no later than 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, April 29, 2016 A non-mandatory pre-proposals conference will be held on Thursday, April 14, 2016, at 10:00 a.m., at 417 E. Fayette Street, Room 416, Baltimore, Maryland, 21202. HABC has established a minimum goal of twenty percent (20%) of the total dollar amount of the proposed contract for Minority Business Enterprise (”MBE”) utilization, applicable to all minority and non-minority businesses proposing to provide the requested services as the prime contractor. No goal has been established for participation of Women-owned businesses (”WBEs”), however, HABC strongly encourages and affirmatively promotes the use of WBEs in all HABC contracts. Responders shall also comply with all applicable requirements of Section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, 12 U.S.C. Section 1701u. The RFP may be obtained on or after Monday, April 4, 2016, at the following location: Housing Authority of Baltimore City Division of Fiscal Operations, Purchasing Department 417 E. Fayette Street, Room 414 Baltimore, Maryland 21202 Attention: John Airey, Chief of Contracting Services Tel: (410) 396-3261 Fax: (410) 962-1586 Questions regarding the RFP should be directed in writing to the address and individual indicated above, and must include the reference: HABC RFP Number B-1813-16.

CAREER CORNER

TYPESET: Wed Mar 23 15:35:42 EDT 2016

ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

APPROVED: Rudolph S. Chow, P.E. TYPESET: Wed Mar 23 15:39:11 EDT 2016 Director of Public Works

April 13, 2016 *PERIODIC MAINTENANCE OF OPERABLE WALLS B50004505 *SCRAP TIRE COLLECTION, DISPOSAL AND RECYCLING SERVICES B50004534 April 20, 2016 *PEST CONTROL SERVICES B50004500 *SINGLE STREAM RECYCLING B50004514

CITY OF BALTIMORE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION NOTICE OF LETTING Sealed Bids or Proposals, in duplicate addressed to the Board of Estimates of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore and marked for FTA NO. MD-04-0033 CONTRACT NO. TR14306 HIGHLANDTOWN TRANSIT STOP IMPROVEMENTS will be received at the Office of the Comptroller, Room 204 City Hall, Baltimore, Maryland until 11:00 A.M. April 27, 2016. Positively no bids will be received after 11:00 A.M. Bids will be publicly opened by the Board of Estimates in Room 215, City Hall at Noon. The Contract Documents may be examined, without charge, at the Department of Public Works Service Center located on the first floor of the Abel Wolman Municipal Building, 200 N. Holliday Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202 as of March 28, 2016 and copies may be purchased for a non-refundable cost of $50.00. Conditions and requirements of the Bid are found in the bid package. All contractors bidding on this Contract must first be prequalified by the City of Baltimore Contractors Qualification Committee. Interested parties should call (410) 396-6883 or contact the Committee at 3000 Druid Park Drive, Baltimore, Maryland 21215. If a bid is submitted by a joint venture (”JV”), then in that event, the document that established the JV shall be submitted with the bid for verification purposes. The Prequalification Category required for bidding on this project is A2602 Bituminous Concrete Paving. Cost Qualification Range for this work shall be $300,000.00 to $499,999.00. A ”Pre-Bidding Information” session will be conducted at 10:00 A.M. on April 19, 2016 at 417 E. Fayette Street, Charles L. Benton Building, 7th floor. Principal Items of work for this project are 5” Concrete Sidewalk 8,993 SF and Bus Shelter 6 EA. The DBE goal is 24% APPROVED: Bernice H. Taylor, Clerk TYPESET: Wed Mar 23 15:38:32 EDT 2016 Board of Estimates

The Housing Authority of Baltimore City (”HABC”) is requesting proposals from interested and qualified vendors to provide vending machine services to HABC’s residents at various developments.

CITY OF BALTIMORE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS OFFICE OF ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCITON

Sealed proposals addressed to the Board of Estimates of Baltimore will be received until, but not later than 11:00a.m. local time on the following date(s) for the stated requirements:

Questions regarding the RFP should be directed in writing to the address and individual indicated above, and must include the reference: HABC RFP TYPESET: Wed Mar 23 15:38:50 EDT 2016 Number B-1813-16.

RFP NUMBER: B-1813-16

APPROVED: Rudolph S. Chow, P.E. Director of Public Works TYPESET: Wed Mar 23 15:38:13 EDT 2016

City of Baltimore Department of Finance Bureau of Purchases

Housing Authority of Baltimore City Division of Fiscal Operations, Purchasing Department 417 E. Fayette Street, Room 414 Baltimore, Maryland 21202 Attention: John Airey, Chief of Contracting Services Tel: (410) 396-3261 Fax: (410) 962-1586

County Auditor Detention Officer Engineer I, II, III Facilities Maintenance Mechanic II Facilities Mechanic II Maintenance Worker II Mechanical Technician I, II & Senior Office Support Assistant II Permits Processor I Police Communications Manager Police Officer, Entry Level Public Information Officer Secretary III Stormwater Management Maintenance Inspector Visit our website at www.aacounty.org for additional information and to apply on-line. You may use the Internet at any Anne Arundel County library, or visit our office at 2660 Riva Road in Annapolis. Deadlines to apply posted on website. AEO/DF/SFE

A Non - Mandatory Pre-Bid Conference will be conducted on April 4th, 2016 at 2:00 PM.

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2016ADM279 Elizabeth E Hayden AKA Elizabeth Ellen Hayden Decedent Michael D Breads, Esq 8737 Colesville Road, LL-100A Silver Spring, MD 20910 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Henry E Forde, whose address is 1964 Rosemary Hill Dr, #B3, Silver Spring, MD 20910, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Elizabeth E Hayden, AKA, Elizabeth Ellen Hayden, who died on July 7, 2015 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 September 25, 2016. 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 September 25, 2016, 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: March 25, 2016 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Henry E. Forde Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 03/25, 4/1, 4/8/16

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY INVITATION TO BID INVITATION NO. 150030 RAW WASTEWATER PUMP STATION 2 UPGRADES

TYPESET: Mar 23 Water 12:50:05 The DistrictWed of Columbia and EDT Sewer2016 Authority (DC Water) is soliciting bids for Invitation No. 150030:The following listing enumerates the major items of work included in the contract: DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY *Rehabilitation of raw wastewater pumps, removal and replacement of INVITATION TOcurrent BID drives and replacement select motors, removal of the existing eddy with variable frequency drives. INVITATION NO. 150030 *Installation of new instrumentation, raw wastewater pump control panels, RAW WASTEWATER field instruments, DCU, RIO andPUMP UPS. STATION 2 UPGRADES The District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority Water) is soliciting *Replacement of electrical equipment throughout the(DC pump station, includbids for Invitation following listingand enumerates themotor major ing but not limitedNo. to 150030:The 4160V switchgear, lighting panelboard, items of work included in the contract: exciter controls, and batteries. *Rehabilitation of raw wastewater pumps, removal andlead replacement of *Removal and disposal of identified asbestos material and based paint select motors, removal of the existing eddy current and replacement in accordance with applicable laws, regulations anddrives ordinances. with variable frequency drives. *Demolition of existing equipment, piping, supports, valves, appur*Installation of handling, new instrumentation, raw units, wastewater pump control panels, tenances, air air conditioning electrical components and field instruments, DCU, RIO and UPS. wiring, and control components as indicated in the specifications and Drawings. *Replacement of electrical equipment throughout the pump station, including but not cleaning limited toof4160V and panelboard, motor *Pressure interiorswitchgear, surfaces inlighting the basement and basement exciter controls, and batteries. mezzanine. *Removal and disposal of identified asbestos material and lead based *Site modifications to include stormwater drainage improvements andpaint rein accordance with applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. habilitation to roadway structures. *Demolition of the existing equipment, piping, supports, valves,of appur*Renovation of facility including but not limited to, construction a new tenances, air handling, air conditioning units, electrical components and electrical room, renovations to existing restrooms, replacement of memwiring, and control components as indicated in the specifications and brane roof, replacement and repair of various architectural items. Drawings. *Repair of identified structural deficiencies. *Pressure cleaning of interior surfaces in the basement and basement mezzanine. *Relocation of existing air intakes to allow construction of a natural gas fired HVAC system. *Site modifications to include stormwater drainage improvements and rehabilitation to roadway structures. *Infill of existing skylights on the roof to construct structural appurtenances to support new roof mounted HVAC units. *Renovation of the facility including but not limited to, construction of a new electrical room, renovations existing restrooms, replacement of mem*Renovation of plumbing andto process service water system. brane roof, replacement and repair of various architectural items. *Installation of integrated fire detection and alarm system connected to *Repair of fire identified deficiencies. plantwide alarm structural system and portable fire extinguishers throughout the facility. *Relocation of existing air intakes to allow construction of a natural gas fired HVAC system. to raw wastewater pump suction and discharge expansion *Modifications joint, installation of bolting on discharge piping, siphon piping and painting *Infill existing skylights on the roof to construct structural appurtenances of all of piping. to support new roof mounted HVAC units. 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help raise awareness about that developmental disability. For Walker’s life to prematurely end in such a way is a paradox to how he lived. Though aggressive and cocky on the field he was humble and unassuming off it. That he would lose his life riding a dirt bike without a helmet not far from his high school in Miami is as unfathomable as it is heartbreaking to those who knew him. “He wasn’t a reckless guy that would put himself at risk at all,” said Wade. “This is one of those things where he was messing around in the moment”. Walker’s death may serve to galvanize momentum for Baltimore’s push to build a dirt bike park so riders can enjoy their passion safely. “Tray Walker, our cornerback of the Ravens, passed after riding on a dirt bike. This is exactly what we don’t want to happen here in Baltimore,” Baltimore City Councilman William “Pete” Welch told reporters.

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There was a presence about former Baltimore Ravens cornerback Tray Walker when he stepped onto the Texas Southern campus in August 2011. Walker brought a swagger from the dominant Miami Northwestern High School program to Houston despite Texas Southern being the only school to offer him a scholarship. He was a raw talent with an infectious personality and a confidence about him that defined his career. “We were all so proud of G. Newman Lowrance via AP Images him,” said Devan Wade, of KTSU-FM, who has been their Baltimore Ravens Cornerback Tray Walker. football radio analyst for 25 in that edge he was something special.” years. “He repped Texas Southern with pride and Like most Miami Northwestern players Walker was the example of how big things can happen never lacked confidence from the moment he when you are given an opportunity”. stepped on campus. His high school program “Right now the sadness is overwhelming”. has one of the richest traditions in America Walker, who died March 18 following injuries having produced 24 NFL players including suffered in a dirt bike accident in Miami, came current Minnesota Vikings quarterback Teddy to personify what being an HBCU student athlete Bridgewater and Oakland Raiders receiver Amari was. Texas Southern gave Walker a chance to Cooper. However, Texas has its own high school play college football when all doors leading to the tradition but Walker didn’t back down from the NFL had been closed. The work ethic that gave competition and ultimately became a starter for team officials hope that he could contribute to the the Tigers. Most importantly he earned the respect Ravens on the field this year was the same that of his teammates, coaches, and the entire athletic made him draft worthy talent. department. “He was tall and was able to match-up with “Tray was an outstanding student athlete the bigger receivers in the SWAC [Southwestern and an equally impressive young man off the Athletic Conference],” Wade said. “At first he field while here at Texas Southern,” said Charles relied on his raw talent but then he focused on his McClelland, TSU athletic director. attention to detail and became one of the best”. After Walker was drafted by the Ravens he “When he came in he was confident, made a commitment to help children with autism. sometimes over confident.,” said Wade. “He was a He promised that after he settled in to the NFL life quiet kid on campus but could really turn things up for one season he would become a spokesman and a notch when he was on the field. Once he reigned

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Frances Cress Welsing Remembered By Shantella Y. Sherman Special to the AFRO ssherman@afro.com

D.C. Voter registration deadline is May 15.

Race Begins for D.C. Delegate & Council Seats Photo by Shantella Sherman

Spring is in the air. The cherry blossoms have bloomed in D.C. again along the Tidal Basin.

Thousands recently filled the sanctuary of the Metropolitan AME Church in Northwest D.C. to pay tribute to the life of renowned scholar, psychologist Frances Cress Welsing. The race theorist, who spent a lifetime examining systemic racism and its impact on the mental well-being of Blacks, died Jan. 2, after suffering from a stroke. She was 80 years old. The Rev. Willie Wilson celebrated Welsing during the ceremony on March 19 for establishing what he termed “guerilla hermetics” or the ability to impact those suffering under White supremacy, teach them how to Continued on D2

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Leon T. Andrews Jr., wants to unseat Ward 4 council member Brandon Todd. By James Wright Special to the AFRO jwright@afro.com On March 16, candidates for the D.C. delegate and Wards 2, 4, 7, 8 and the atlarge race for the D.C. Council submitted their petitions to the District’s Board of Elections to get on the June 14 ballot for the Democratic, Republican, and Statehood Green parties. The spokeswoman for the board of elections told the AFRO that the petitions may be challenged by other candidates or residents until March 28.

“Ward 8 needs someone on the city council that will fight for us.” – Aaron Holmes While almost all the candidates who picked up petitions to run in the June primary turned in their signatures, one Ward 7 hopeful, Ed Potillo, didn’t and that surprised many observers. “I dropped out of the race for health reasons,”Potillo told the AFRO in a brief interview. The Ward 7 Democratic Party nomination race promises to be one of the city’s hottest races with former D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray seeking re-election to the seat he held from 2005-2007 and with D.C. Council member Yvette Alexander fighting to hold on to it. Other candidates who may appear on the ballot for the Ward 7 Democratic nomination are Delmar Chesley and Grant Thompson. There are no candidates for the Ward 7 Republican and Statehood Green nominations. In Ward 8, D.C. Council member LaRuby May will Continued on D2

D.C. Public Service Commission D.C. Police Not Approves Exelon-Pepco Merger Proactive Enough, Community Says By James Wright Special to the AFRO jwright@afro.com

The Exelon Corporation and Pepco Holdings merger received approval from the District of Columbia Public Service Commission recently. On March 23, public service commissioners Joanne Doddy Fort and Willie L. Phillips voted to support the merger, while the chairman, Betty Ann Kane, opposed it. The merger is valued at $6.8 billion and is now official with Maryland, New Jersey, Delaware, The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the U.S. Justice Department on board. The merger will make Exelon the largest energy utility in the midAtlantic region. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D), who opposed the merger in August 2015, but supported an October 2015 settlement agreement with District government officials that was rejected by the commission earlier this year, issued a short statement of disapproval on the final agreement. “It appears the Public Service Commission favors government and commercial ratepayers over D.C. residents,” the mayor said. “Instead of a three-year rate increase reprieve we negotiated, it appears that D.C. residents will be hit with a rate increase as soon as this summer.” Commissioners Fort and Phillips liked the benefits that Exelon offered that included a $72.8 million Customer Investment Fund, including $25.6 million in rate base credits; $11.25 million in funds for energy efficiency and energy conservation programs, especially for lowincome residents and $21.55 million to promote the District’s sustainability agenda through pilot projects to modernize the electric grid to accommodate more distributed energy -D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser resources. D.C. Council members Mary Cheh (D-Ward 3), Charles Allen (D-Ward 6) and Elissa Silverman (I-At Large) tweeted their general disapproval of the commission’s decision to approve the merger. A Pepco spokesperson said, in a statement, that the company “must carefully review the commission’s order.” “Once we have had the chance to do so, we will have more to say about what it means and our next steps,” the statement said.

By Briana Thomas Special to the AFRO The rise in the District’s violent crime rate continues, leaving some residents feeling that the Metropolitan Police Department needs to engage more with the community. Young residents like Nicolas Johnson, 22, told the AFRO March 20 that police need better ways to implement crime prevention. “They need to keep people in the neighborhood aware of their surroundings, and let them know ways to protect themselves,” Johnson said. He shared that when he lived in Northwest D.C. he witnessed

“It appears the Public Service Commission favors government and commercial ratepayers over D.C. residents.”

First D.C. School to Open with One-toOne Class Ratio By Shantella Y. Sherman Special to the AFRO ssherman@afro.com Fusion, a private school boasting a one-toone (teacher to student) classroom ratio, will open in D.C. on June 15. The first of its kind

“…maybe they should be more proactive and ask residents what exactly is going on.” – Jordan Ferguson

in the area, Fusion is set to offer a holistic and customized approach to learning for each student. The school’s intake would include students in grades 6th to 12th. “In D.C.’s highly competitive educational system, Fusion Academy will be a muchContinued on D3

a police standoff in Brookland off of 18th street. “It says a lot about the dangers of us living in our own backyards.” As of March 23, the District holds a 17 percent increase in violent crime, according to Metropolitan Police crime statistics. This increase includes a March 16 homicide of a Maryland resident from Prince George’s County. As of March 23, there have been 24 homicides in

2016. Police released a video March 18 of two suspects and a vehicle of interest in the fatal Northeast shooting of Darnell Lee Richardson, 29, of Cheverly, Maryland. Officials said, Richardson was found lifeless in the driver’s seat of a vehicle near I-295 and Benning Road around 8:50 p.m. The victim was transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner and it was later determined that the shooting happened in the 3400 block of Benning Road, police said. Aquita Brown, spokesperson for the department, told the AFRO March 21 that no arrests have been made in the case and detectives are actively investigating. She said there is a reward up to $25,000 for anyone who provides information leading to a conviction. “Instead of us having to call the police all the time to have them come out, maybe they should be more proactive and ask residents what exactly is going on,” Jordan Ferguson, 27, told the AFRO March 20. Ferguson, who works in Democratic politics in Northwest, said he used to live near an abandoned house on the corner of Georgia Avenue and Lamont Street NW. He and his roommates grew tired of neighboring drug abusers and wanted police to better surveil the houses within the area. He suggests authorities hold listening sessions and resident seminars so police can patrol the community based on the residents’ needs. “I know they have some seminars, but they need to be better advertised so people attend.” The police department hosts online community discussion groups to share Continued on D2

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AG Cautions D.C. Consumers on Tax Scams By Shantella Y. Sherman Special to the AFRO ssherman@afro.com

The Internal Revenue Service has increased its efforts to ward off scam artists who prey upon the unsuspecting. Calling the scams “a major threat to taxpayers,” D.C. Attorney General Karl A. Racine Courtesy Photo cautioned residents to be D.C. Attorney General vigilant against fraudulent Karl A. Racine cautioned schemes that are common residents to be vigilant during tax season. against fraudulent “At the Office of the schemes. Attorney General, we work hard every day to protect consumers from those who want to defraud District residents of their hard-earned dollars,” Racine said in a statement. “Some con-artists use tax-filing season, when millions of Americans are sharing important financial information via the mail and online, to take advantage of consumers. That’s why we have identified below some of the most common fraud schemes that crop up during tax season.” Racine posted tips on six scams that had the potential to hit District residents and devastate their finances on the dc.gov website. The tips include: Phone Fraud: Taxpayers may receive telephone calls – which can often be aggressive in tone and contain threats – from criminals posing as Internal Revenue Service (IRS) agents. The calls often threaten prosecution if the taxpayer does not immediately pay a fine, which can total thousands

of dollars. These callers also threaten arrest, deportation, the revocation of licenses, and other negative consequences as a result of purported tax debts. In most cases, if a taxpayer owes back taxes, the IRS does not first contact the taxpayer by phone; rather the IRS will usually first contact those who owe taxes via mail. The IRS also does not demand immediate payment, cash payments, or ask for credit-card or debit-card numbers over the phone. Phishing: Phishing is the practice of disguising fake emails or setting up fake websites as legitimate ones in an effort to steal personal information. The IRS generally does not first make contact with taxpayers through emails, text messages, or social-media outlets. Consumers should not click on any links in electronic messages claiming to be from the IRS if the message arrived without warning. Identity Theft: Taxpayers should always be vigilant about identity theft, but particularly during tax season. Criminals sometimes file fraudulent returns using someone else’s Social Security number in order to claim their refunds. In the most recent three fiscal years, IRS investigators helped convict approximately 2,000 identity thieves. Return Preparer Fraud: While the vast majority of tax professionals provide honest tax-preparation services, some dishonest preparers set up shop during tax-filing season to perpetrate refund fraud – including identity theft and other schemes that defraud taxpayers. Return preparers are a vital part of the U.S. tax system. Legitimate preparers of federal returns should have an IRS Preparer Tax Identification Number (PTIN). Anyone with a valid 2016 PTIN is authorized to prepare federal tax returns.

Inflated Refund Claims: Taxpayers should be wary of any tax preparer who promises outlandishly large refunds. Taxpayers should also avoid any preparer who asks them to sign a blank return, promises a large refund before examining their tax records, or who charges fees based on a percentage of the refund. These kinds of fraudsters often attract victims using flyers, advertisements, phony storefronts, and word-of-mouth via community and religious groups.

“…we work hard every day to protect consumers from those who want to defraud District residents of their hard-earned dollars.” –Karl Racine Fake Charities: Taxpayers should always be vigilant to avoid organizations masquerading as legitimate charities to attract donations from unsuspecting contributors, but particularly during tax season. If you believe you have been the victim of an IRS or Charity Scam, please call the Attorney General’s Office of Consumer Protection at (202) 442-9828. Racine said he urges anyone who believes they have been the victim of such schemes, to contact the Consumer Protection Hotline at 202-442-9828 or send an e-mail to consumer. protection@dc.gov.

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face a stiff nomination challenge from former D.C. State Board of Education member Trayon White. May barely held off White in the April 28, 2015 special election to replace the late D.C. Council member Marion S. Barry and both of them are looking to square off again. However, Ward 8 political newcomer Aaron Holmes wants to give his residents a fresh face. “There are 70,000 Ward 8 residents and it is time to change the narrative,” Holmes told the AFRO. “We must come together around the ideas that move our ward, and this great city, forward and exercise our democratic right against those who hold us back.”

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LaRuby May will be challenged by former D.C. State Board of Education member Trayon White for the Democratic nomination for the Ward 8 council seat.. Holmes said that “Ward 8 needs someone on the city council that will fight for us.” He said his opponents articulate the problems of the ward “very well” but don’t implement programs to solve those problems. Lesser known candidates

who may appear on the ballot include Maurice T. Dickens, Bonita Goode, and Christopher Hawthorne. Just as in the Ward 7 race, there are no Republican and Statehood Green party candidates for the primary. It appeared that D.C.

Council member Brandon Todd (D-Ward 4) would have no opponents in his bid for re-election. However, Leon T. Andrews Jr., who ran against Todd in the April 28 special election to take D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s (D) council seat, is challenging the freshman council member. “I am running to be the next representative for Ward 4 on the council because we need someone who knows how to legislate and practice oversight,” Andrews, who has worked with the National League of Cities and is a former staffer with U.S. Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.), said. “The ward also needs an independent representative that is not beholden to the mayor or to big contributors.”

Ron Austin and Calvin Gurley are seeking the Ward 4 Democratic nomination, also. Ward 4 resident Robert White who ran for an at-large seat on the D.C. Council as an independent in 2014 is challenging D.C. Council member Vincent Orange (D-At Large). Orange served on the D.C. Council from 1999-2007 as a Ward 5 representative and was elected in an April 2011 special election as an at-large member. Despite Orange’s years of experience, White said his campaign to unseat the incumbent is “going well.” “We are getting support from a lot of people throughout the city,” he said. “While it is always difficult to take on an incumbent, it

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protect themselves, and fight against race-related adversity without outside influence. “Dr. Welsing was the Harriet Tubman of racism and White supremacy, leading Black people and people of color out of the grips of bigoted systems,” Rev. Wilson said. “We used to believe that if we weren’t being lynched or physically assaulted, we were not experiencing racism; it wasn’t until Dr. Welsing, that

“She saw something in me that I didn’t see in myself.” – WPFW radio host Rhozier “Roach” Brown we began to talk about racism in terms of it being an allencompassing system.” Welsing provided psychiatric services to the D.C. government, including St. Elizabeth’s Hospital for 27

helps when the incumbent is unpopular. We are running a strong campaign with a good message of good government and inclusion.” Other candidates for the At-Large position include, David Garber for the Democratic nomination and Republican Carolina Celnik, and two Statehood Green candidates, G. Lee Aiken and Asha Carter. D.C. Council member Jack Evans (D-Ward 2) and D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) face no opposition in the primary. However, perennial candidate for delegate, Natale Stracuzzi of the Statehood Green Party, faces no opposition in his primary and there is no GOP candidate for the position.

Continued from D1 years. It was at St. Elizabeth’s that many in attendance of her memorial service spoke most passionately about her legacy. Charged with examining the court’s cadre of detainees to determine their fitness for trial, execution, and treatment (usually lobotomies), Welsing designed a methodology among the mostly Black inmates to determine how race impacted their commitments that ultimately saved their lives. “They wanted to give me the electric chair, but in order to get life instead, I needed at least one therapist to advocate on my behalf that I was no threat,” WPFW radio host Rhozier “Roach” Brown said at Welsing’s service. “Dr. Welsing was able to get the sentence reduced to life, but then during my confinement, St. Elizabeth’s was going to give me a frontal lobotomy because I was organizing the inmates. I understood that the hospital was using these operations not as treatment, but as punishment. Once again, Dr. Welsing kept that from happening. She saw something in me that I didn’t see in myself.”

public safety, community announcements and meeting dates, crime statistics, safety concerns, and safety tips on their website. According to the website, the email discussion groups were created in 2004 to facilitate an open forum to improve relationships between the community and police officers. Members can join by subscribing to the Yahoo Groups site pertaining to their ward.

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Family and friends paid tribute to Frances Cress Welsing at a memorial service at Metropolitan AME Church in Northwest D.C. March 19.

Brown said that Welsing often counseled patients scheduled for execution until days before their deaths, encouraging them, while fighting with administrators to stave off the decisions. Welsing also maintained a private practice in the District, treating what many describe

as racism-induced malaise – depression, aggression and acting out in children and young adults, as well as anxiety. Journalist and attorney Claude Matthews said, throughout their 45-year friendship, he remembers most of her interactions with

children and the elderly. “She had the ability to talk to everybody and make everyone feel they were the focus of her attention whether it was the parking lot attendant, someone at the hospital, or a child,” Matthews said. “She made you feel that in those 30 seconds or 40 seconds

that there was nothing more important than her time with you.” Welsing’s memorial was held a day after what would have been her 81st birthday, with family members, including her sister Lorne Cress Love, in attendance. A Chicago-native, Welsing gained notoriety for her theory of racism-white supremacy known as the “Cress Theory of Color Confrontation.” Her 1991 book “The Isis Papers: The Keys to the Colors” defined cast racism as a global White fear of genetic annihilation.

March 26, 2016 - April 1, 2016, The Afro-American

D.C. Org and Aaron’s House Homeless By Taj Brayboy Howard University News Service

Some families in Ward 8 are celebrated new beginnings during the week of March 20. Princess Alleyen, whose family has been struggling with homelessness and unemployment, is one of them. Alleyen’s is one of 28 formerly homeless families who received a home stocked with new furniture, including leather sofas, love seats, beds and tables, thanks to a collaboration

“This will be the spark my family and others need to get ahead in our lives.” – Princess Alleyen between the city and Aaron’s, the nation’s largest appliance and furniture rental company. “I am so grateful,” Alleyen said during a press conference March 21 announcing the gift. “This will be the spark my family and others need to get ahead in our lives.”

Through Jobs Have Priority, an organization that to the dedication and big hearts helps D.C. residents find employment, and support of our associates.” from Aaron’s and Mayor Muriel Bowser (D), Alleyen, Tyson expressed his surprise her partner, Jason Tyson, and their two sons, ages and appreciation for Aaron’s 19-months and 11, can now look back on more than gift. a year of being homeless instead of it being a part of “My family and I weren’t their everyday reality. expecting much from Aaron’s,” The organization provides apartment-style shelter said Tyson, who is a courtesy for families who have experienced homelessness, driver assisting low-income many of which are single-parent households caring families with their transportation for two to three young children, Bowser said. Many needs thanks to Jobs Have have at least one family member with a mental, Priority. “So, to see what they developmental or physical disability, she added. gave us really is moving, and Photo by Diandra Bolton, Howard University exciting.” At an Aaron’s community outreach event March News Service 21, 100 employees installed more than $60,000 worth Alleyen said she is still Princess Alleyen and her daughter of new living room and bedroom furniture in units at looking for a job through Jobs an apartment complex located at 2601 Naylor Road in August were at the site of the Have Priority and is working family’s new apartment March southeast Washington. with the program to learn how 21 that came with furniture from The company’s CEO Robert Kamerschen said to budget the family’s finances Aarons. Aaron’s is planning more projects in D.C. and other and manage a household. cities. “Every single resident in our “Aaron’s believes that caring starts with respect,” he said city deserves a safe and dignified home, and Aaron’s is supporting during the press conference. “This donation and our efforts us in achieving this goal by supplying high-quality furniture for across D.C. demonstrate a civic commitment that began with families,” she said. “The goal is to do this in every ward in the our founding more than 60 years ago and endures today thanks district before 2016 is over.”

WASHINGTON AREA

COMMUNITY CONNECTION Easter Egg Hunt & Spring Extravaganza An annual Easter egg hunt and extravaganza will be hosted by Psi Nu Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity and Nannie J. Lee at the Nannie J. Lee recreation center, 1108 Jefferson St. The event is scheduled to occur on March 26 from 1p.m. to 5 p.m. with egg hunts occurring at 2 p.m., 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. The event is open to children of all ages 2 years old to 10 years old.

Quantico, Va.

Air Force Women Awards Program The National Coalition of 100 Black Women Prince William County Chapter will present its 3rd annual awards program on March 26 at The Clubs at Quantico, 3017 Russell Rd. from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Lt. Col. Myrtle Bowen, reserve chaplain for the U.S. Air Force will be the guest speaker. The program is geared towards saluting Distinguished Women of Courage and Honor in the United States Air Force. Entry for NCBW-PWCC members is free, entry nonmembers is $25.

Washington, D.C.

Screening of Dunbar High Documentary Gumshoe Rumpus Productions is scheduled to host a premiere screening of Dunbar: The Alchemy of Achievement, An Oral History of America’s First Black Public High School” on March 31at 6 p.m. at E Street Cinema, 555 11th St. NW. The screening will be about the history of Dunbar High School and its notable graduates, including interviews with Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.), Former D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray and PulitzerPrize Winning {Washington Post} writer Colbert I. King. There will be a Q&A after the film. Tickets cost $10 and seating is limited. 8th St. Arts Park Dance studio Dance Place is scheduled to host an” Arts Park at N.E. DC 8th St.” on March 31. The alley will have artistic surfacing, lighting, community gardens, and public art commissions. The space is anticipated to become a venue for cultural programming that includes performances, visual arts, horticulture, creative play and more. The event is scheduled to run from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. To RSVP, email artspark@ danceplace.org or call 202-269-1600.

Obituary Juanita E. Pinkney, a resident of Southeast Washington, D.C. passed away in Chula Vista, California on Jan. 25. Pinkney was the last of seven children born to Erma and Tillman Jacobs in southern New Jersey on October 29, 1944. After graduating from Woodstown High School, she attended Delaware State College, then Bowie State University, where she studied to be a teacher. She worked as a teacher and reading specialist in the Washington,

D.C. and Prince George’s County, Maryland school systems for more than 40 years until her retirement in 2009. She was also a member of Phi Delta Kappa, the international organization for professional educators. According to members of her family, Pinkney enjoyed spending holidays with her family on beaches in the Caribbean. Pinkney was preceded in death by her parents and siblings Ella, Etta, James, Marvin, and Donald. Juanita E. Pinkney

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She is survived by her husband of 44 years, Alfonso; daughter, Mardi; granddaughter, Adara; sister, Dorothy; and a host of nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held at 12:30 p.m. April 23 at Ft. Lincoln Funeral Home located a 3401 Bladensburg Rd. in Brentwood, Maryland.

Fusion

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needed breath of fresh air, offering flexible, customized learning for students whose needs aren’t met by traditional K-12 schools,” said Laura DeLima, head of school at Fusion Academy D.C. “We’re delighted to bring this proven one-toone approach to the area, helping every kind of learner become college-ready in a safe, enjoyable, low-stress environment.” Fusion Academy D.C., located at 3007 Tilden St. NW, Suite N100, will be the first of what Fusion expects to be several schools in the area, with campuses anticipated in Tyson’s Corner and Alexandria, Virginia in the coming year. The school’s footprint currently includes 37 locations in seven states across the U.S., including California, Connecticut, Illinois, New Jersey, New York, Texas and Virginia. For one local organization, the introduction of Fusion and its customized approach to learning will complement local programs supporting children so that they do not fall through the cracks. “In working with families at Vive, we often come across young people who are struggling with school issues –

“Fusion Academy will be a muchneeded breath of fresh air…” – Laura DeLima behavioral, academic, truancy, etc. The best outcomes tend to come from a combination of support at home and a good match between the young person’s needs and their educational program,” said Christopher Lee, clinical team lead at Vive Family Support Program in D.C. The program provides therapeutic mentorship, parent coaching and counseling. “Fusion’s emphasis on providing one-on-one instruction well mirrors our values at Vive of showing up for our families and providing the individualized support required at that moment.”

According to the school’s website, Fusion was founded in San Diego, California out of frustration with the status quo in traditional K-12 schools. The one-to-one approach to teaching proved to unlock academic potential, while opening opportunities for emotional and social growth. The decision to open in D.C. was based on research that indicated there was a strong need in the area for a one-on-one educational option. Joy Freeman, a retired D.C. educator said the idea of moving young people into an one-on-one learning environment can definitely be rewarding and would return many District students to a community-model of learning where their teachers know them and their families, live in the same neighborhoods, and offer one-on-one tutoring and mentoring within the larger community. “I think my only reservation, which will be answered more fully when I attend a few open houses with Fusion, is who provides the instruction,” she said. “With a majority of students being of color, there needs to be faces among the administrators and teachers that resemble the children.”

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2016 Impact Leader

The Greater Washington Urban Award, Tina Frundt, founder Courtney’s House League held its 44th Annual Whitney M. Young Jr. Memorial Gala on March 11 at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Northwest D.C. The theme of the event was “Unsung Heroes: Celebrating Heroes in Our Community.”

Debbie Jarvis, VP, Corporate Citizenship and Social Responsibility Pepco Holding, Inc. and Marc K. Battle, VP Pepco Region Potomac Electric Power Company

Lavern Chatman, Leigh Adams Slanghter, Gloria Lawlah-Walker, Kimberly Jeffries Leonard ,Tish Hyter, Gina Adams and Linda Ross

Gail Charity, Rodney Palmer, Faye Webber Candice Mitchell and Paul Webber

Jim Vance, NBC Photos by Rob Roberts Kendra Oates, president GWUL Thursday Network/ Young Professionals Guy Lambert, WPGC

Patti LaBelle (center) with scholarship presenters and recipients D.C. Council member Brandon Todd (D-Ward 4), Sherry Newman and Alexandria Mayor William D. Euille

(standing) LaShaunne David, Willie Jolley, AFRO staff: Edgar Brookins, Vetta Ridgeway and LaTrina Antoine (sitting) Mele and Michael Melton and Felicia MurphyPhillips

George H. Lambert, Jr., president and CEO GWUL and Ted Leonsis, founder, chair and CEO Monumental Sports & Entertainment

Joe Clair, WPGC and Michael Akin, chairman, Greater Washington Urban League Board

Kaya Henderson, chancellor of D.C. Public Schools, George H. Lambert Jr. and Tonya Vidal Kinlow

A. Scott Bolden, Partner Reed Smith, LLP and Corporate Community Uplift Award recipient Gina Adams, senior vice president government affairs, FedEx

Urban Nation Choir

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser

Thomasina Yearwood, Thurgood Mashall Center and Dr Joseph N. Yearwood III

Safeway scholarship recipients and Craig Muckle

UNCF’s (United Negro College Fund) and Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser hosted the 4th Annual UNCF Mayor’s Masked Ball March 5 at the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill in Northwest D.C. A. Scott Bolden, Sodexo and Mount Zion Baptist Church were honored for their dedication and support of UNCF’s work. Courtesy photos

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser

Morris Day

Victor Varga, senior commercial and litigation counsel, Vonage and wife Christina Varga; UNCF president and CEO Michael L. Lomax and Roli Points, enterprise service director, Vonage and husband Eric Points

Nikki Strong, WHUR

Emmanuel Bailey, president of DC09 and vice chair of Mayor’s Masked Ball and guest with Michael Lomax, UNCF president and CEO

Gayle Smith-Howard, Grand Hyatt Capitol Hill

George Lambert, president and CEO, GWUL and wife

Alan Masarek, CEO, Vonage, chairman sponsor of the 2016 UNCF Washington Mayor’s Masked Ball

Mayor Bowser and Karen Price, Southwest Airlines