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• ‘Barry High Jewel Miller, mother of Eric Garner’s daughter Legacy, holds back tears during a rally outside the U.S. Attorney’s office, calling for the prosecution of NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo in the chokehold death of Garner, on Feb. 24, in New York. Miller joined a group of supporters calling on U.S. Attorney Robert Capers to indict Officer Pantaleo. See story on page A3.

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By James Bentley AFRO Associate Editor jbentley@afro.com Carla D. Hayden, CEO of Baltimore’s Enoch Pratt Free Library, was nominated by President Barack Obama to be the 14th Librarian of Congress on Feb. 24. Carla D. Hayden was appointed as the CEO of the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore, Maryland in 1993. Hayden was previously nominated by President Obama to be a member of the National Museum and Library Services Board in January

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2010 and was confirmed by the Senate in June 2010. Before joining the Pratt Library, Hayden was the Deputy Commissioner and Chief Librarian of the Chicago Public Library from 1991 to 1993. Prior to that, she was an Assistant Professor for Library and Information Science at the University of Pittsburgh from 1987 to 1991. Prior to that, she was the Library Services Coordinator for the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago from 1982 to 1987. Hayden started her career with the Chicago Public

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little empathy or contact with Blacks. Scalia was appointed to the Supreme Court in 1987 While the late U.S. by President Reagan and Associate Supreme died on Feb. 13. He was a Court Justice Antonin Scalia close ideological colleague was regarded as a great legal of fellow Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, the only Black on the high court. However, research conducted by the AFRO suggests that Scalia, during his decades of service on the Supreme Court, didn’t hire one Black clerk. Numerous media outlets reported that Scalia’s law clerks – Dr. E. Faye Williams served as pallbearers at the public viewing of the body on Feb. mind among conservatives, 19 in the U.S. Supreme it would seem that in his Court Building and many chambers, in the courtroom, outlets showed images and in the District, he had Continued on A3 By James Wright Special to the AFRO jwright@afro.com

“It seemed that while on the court, Listen to Afro’s “First Edition” Scalia went out of his way not to vote in the best interests Join Host Sean Yoes of Black people… Monday-Friday 5-7 p.m. on 88.9 WEAA FM, the period.” Voice of the Community. 17

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Library as the Young Adult Services Coordinator from 1979 to 1982 and prior to that as a Library Associate and Children’s Librarian from 1973 to 1979. Hayden served as President of the American Library Association from 2003 to 2004. In 1995, she was the first African American to receive Library Journal’s Librarian of the Year Award in recognition of her outreach services at the Pratt Library,

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President Barack Obama nominated Carla D. Hayden to be the new Librarian of Congress.

‘Media Matters’ Fights Criminalizing Images of Black Youth By Shantella Y. Sherman Special to the AFRO ssherman@afro.com

Images of young Black and Latino youth in the media, according to new research, have become ritualistically stereotypical,

characterizing young nonWhites as violent, troubled, and in need of swift and harsh punishments. Media Matters for America, a non-profit organization that monitors conservative misinformation, recently held a panel discussion to

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Ben Carson Says Obama Unlikely to Identify with Most Blacks By Kamau High AFRO Managing Editor khigh@afro.com Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson on Feb. 23 said that President Barack Obama was raised “White” and that it is unlikely that Obama identifies with most Blacks. “He’s an “African” American. He was, you know, raised White. Many of his formative years were spent in Indonesia. So, for

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Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson says that President Obama does not identify with other Blacks.

him to, you know, claim that, you know, he identifies with the experience of Black Americans, I think, is a bit of a stretch,” Carson told Politico. Earlier in the interview Carson, when asked if he experienced a sense of pride when Obama was sworn in as the first Black president, said, “You know, I did not. I mean, like most Americans, I was proud that we broke the color barrier when he was Continued on A4

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Albert Woodfox pumps his fist as he arrives on stage during his first public appearance at the Ashe Cultural Arts Center with Parnell Herbert, right, in New Orleans, Feb. 19 after his release from the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, La. earlier in the day.

The last inmate of a group known as the “Angola Three” pleaded no contest Friday to manslaughter in the 1972 death of a prison guard and was released after more than four decades in prison. Albert Woodfox and two other men became known as the “Angola Three” for their decades-long stays in isolation at the Louisiana Penitentiary at Angola and other prisons. Officials said they were kept in solitary because their Black Panther Party activism would otherwise rile up inmates at the maximum-security prison farm in Angola. Woodfox consistently maintained his innocence in the killing of guard Brent Miller. He was being held at the West Feliciana Parish Detention Center in St. Francisville, about 30 miles north of Baton Rouge. He was awaiting a third trial in Miller’s death after earlier convictions were thrown out by federal courts for reasons including racial bias in selecting a grand jury foreman. Woodfox, who turned 69 on the same day he was released from custody, spoke to reporters and supporters briefly outside the jail before driving off with his brother. Speaking of his future plans, he said he wanted to visit his mother’s gravesite. She died while he was in prison, and Woodfox said he was not allowed to go to the funeral. As to whether he would have done anything differently

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back in 1972, Woodfox responded: “When forces are beyond your control, there’s not a lot you can do. Angola was a very horrible place at the time and everybody was just fighting to survive from day to day.” In a press release earlier Friday, Woodfox thanked his brother and other supporters who have lobbied over the years for his release. “Although I was looking forward to proving my innocence at a new trial, concerns about my health and my age have caused me to resolve this case now and obtain my release with this no contest plea to lesser charges. I hope the events of today will bring closure to many,” he said. The other Angola Three inmates were Herman Wallace, who died a free man in October 2013, just days after a judge granted him a new trial in Miller’s death, and Robert King, who was released in 2001 after his conviction in the death of a fellow inmate was overturned. Woodfox appeared close to freedom in recent years. U.S. District Judge James Brady ordered his release in June and barred a third trial, saying the state could not try Woodfox fairly more than 40 years after Miller’s death. But the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned Brady, setting up a third trial.

Former NYC Mayor Dinkins Hospitalized for Pneumonia By The Associated Press

Former mayor David Dinkins is being treated for pneumonia at a New York City hospital. A spokeswoman for the 88-year-old Dinkins said Friday that he was at New York Presbyterian Hospital being treated for a lung infection. Spokeswoman Lynda Hamilton says Dinkins is (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow, File) resting and “is going to be In this 2014 file photo, fine.” former New York Mayor There was no word on David Dinkins attends when he might be released. a memorial service for Dinkins was treated actress Ruby Dee at The for pneumonia at the same Riverside Church in New hospital in 2013. York. He was the first Black mayor of the nation’s largest city. The Democrat served one term, from 1990 to 1993.

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which included an afterschool center for Baltimore teens offering homework assistance and college and career counseling. Hayden received her B.A. from Roosevelt University and her M.A. and Ph.D. from the Graduate Library School of the University of Chicago. “This is truly a great honor to be nominated by President Obama to lead the nation’s library, the Library of Congress,” said Hayden in a statement. “It is my privilege to serve the Enoch Pratt Free Library and the citizens of Baltimore for more than 20 years, during which time we restored its worldrenowned reputation. I want to thank the Pratt librarians and staff, the Board, our donors and partners,

and most importantly our patrons for entrusting in us their trust to provide equal access to a variety of programs, services and resources to people across Baltimore and the State of Maryland.” According to the Enoch Pratt Free Library’s Director of Communications, Roswell Encina, The Pratt Library’s Board of Directors and Trustees will start a nationwide search for a permanent CEO once Hayden has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate. President Obama said in a statement, “Michelle and I have known. Dr. Carla Hayden for a long time, since her days working at the Chicago Public Library, and I am proud to nominate her to lead our

nation’s oldest federal institution as our 14th Librarian of Congress. Dr. Hayden has devoted her career to modernizing libraries so that everyone can participate in today’s digital culture. She has the proven experience, dedication, and deep knowledge of our nation’s libraries to serve our country well and that’s why I look forward to working with her in the months ahead. If confirmed, Dr. Hayden would be the first woman and the first African American to hold the position – both of which are long overdue.” Maryland Congressman Elijah Cummings said in a statement, “I can think of no better public servant for the position of Librarian of Congress than Dr. Carla Hayden. For

more than 20 years, Dr. Hayden has served as Chief Executive Officer of the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore, one of the oldest free public library systems in the United States. Under her leadership, the Pratt Library has transformed from an aging system into a world class, 21st century institution of information and technology. A champion for bridging the digital divide, Dr. Hayden has developed library branches throughout Baltimore City where communities can come together to learn, share information and exchange ideas. Dr. Hayden possesses the experience and character to uphold the rich traditions of the Library of Congress, while bringing innovation and creative

leadership to one of our nation’s treasures, and I support her historic, groundbreaking nomination.” Maryland Congressman Chris Van Hollen said, “I applaud President Obama’s nomination of Dr. Carla Hayden to serve as Librarian of Congress. As a past president of the American Library Association and current CEO of Baltimore’s Enoch Pratt Free Library, Dr. Hayden has enriched countless lives in Maryland and across the country by fighting for equal access to information for all, especially for young minds. I am confident that she will be a strong steward of the Library of Congress and serve the American people as well as she’s served her community in Baltimore.”

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17, brought leading experts together to help alleviate what some called the ‘skepticism based on implicit bias,’ fostered by how everyday news stories are presented. Mervyn Mercano, executive director of Blackbird, a strategic communications organization, said a shift is required in the narrative of how Americans talk about people of color and how those representations in the news foster public sentiments against Blacks as less than human. “In the 1990s the term Super-Predators was coined to describe a generation of fatherless, godless, jobless, AP Photo/Gerald Herbert young Black kids who from “They are not just gangs of kids anymore. They are often elementary school on would the kinds of kids that are called ‘super-predators.’ No be packing guns rather than conscience, no empathy. We can talk about why they lunches to take to school. ended up that way, but first we have to bring them to And even though no such heel.”-Hillary Clinton in 1994 group developed, 45 states enacted tougher and more “Negative associations are also aggressive policies toward Black and Latino exaggerated — particularly criminality, young people who they deemed incorrigible,” unemployment, and poverty. The idle Black Mercano said. “Hilary Clinton [in 1996]used male on the street corner is not the “true face” these terms. She said these Super Predators of poverty in America, but he is the dominant should be brought to heel, as if she was one in the world as depicted by media,” the talking about dogs. The challenge is to get report found. “Positive associations limited accurate and humane treatment in the media to sports, physical achievement in general, for Black young people because it erodes their virility, and music offered a limited range of citizenship and their access otherwise.” qualities to the exclusion of a variety of other

NY Hospital to pay $1M to family of Eric Garner By The Associated Press The hospital center that dispatched paramedics and treated Eric Garner as he died after being placed into a chokehold by police has agreed to pay $1 million to the family, according to court records obtained Feb. 24 by The Associated Press. The settlement with Richmond University Medical Center is confidential and wasn’t part of the $5.9 million agreement announced by the city in July. But the figure was disclosed in court documents filed in Surrogate’s Court on Staten Island that outline how the money will be dispersed to his family. Garner left no will. The figure is the maximum

claim allowed under the hospital center’s liability insurance policy, according to court papers. The hospital center had no comment on the settlement, according to spokesman William Smith. Garner’s lawyers didn’t immediately respond to a message seeking comment. Garner, a 43-year-old Black father of six, died during the encounter on July 17, 2014. Video of the arrest that has been widely circulated online shows the asthmatic, overweight man yelling, “I can’t breathe!” after a White officer wraps his arm around Garner’s neck and he’s wrestled to the ground by police. Emergency workers arrive after officers call 911,

check his pulse and make sure he’s breathing before placing him on the stretcher. “Sir, it’s EMS. We’re here to help you. We’re getting the stretcher, all right?” one worker says to Garner when they arrive at 3:36 p.m. He does not answer. Later, when a bystander asks on video why they aren’t trying to resuscitate him, an officer says it’s because Garner is breathing. “The EMTs did not conduct the appropriate examination” of Garner at the scene and “failed to provide him with the necessary lifesaving procedures,” according to the court documents. Hospital records, also filed in the documents, say Garner went into cardiac arrest on the stretcher. The medics tried to resuscitate Garner in the ambulance and doctors again performed CPR at the emergency room. By 4:15, he had no pulse, and he was declared dead at 4:34 p.m. The medical examiner determined his death was caused by the chokehold and restraint by police, coupled with acute asthma, obesity — Garner weighed 395 pounds and was 6-foot-2 — and heart disease. Two paramedics and Continued on A4

everyday virtues and distorted the humanity of Blacks.” While Mercano examined the manner in which Black victims often get maligned in news stories, with their backgrounds, clothing, and language scrutinized to produce less empathy in viewers, it also demonized Blacks and Latinos as the cause of their own victimization. Christina Lopez, a researcher, with Media Matter for America told the AFRO that the loose association made by news editors and producers of Blacks as criminals and Latinos as gangbangers, disease carriers, and illegal residents, not only distorts the reality of the news, but also constitutes producing misinformation. “The media needs major improvements and this matters beyond being politically correct because there is a lasting impact on the lives of real people when policies are made using these distortions,” Lopez said. “Who news reporters place microphones in front of is important. There has to be Black and Latino participation on the political Sunday news shows where narratives get spun and become public policies – and they have to be given an opportunity to speak on things other than immigration, race, and protest issues.”

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of a Black man performing those duties. However, a public information specialist of the Supreme Court told the AFRO that the reports were incorrect. “The officers of the U.S. Supreme Court police force served as pallbearers [to the Scalia viewing],” said Annie Strong, a public information office employee, responding to an AFRO email inquiry. When asked whether Scalia had any Blacks clerking for him at any time, Strong responded by saying “Justice Scalia had more than 100 law clerks during his tenure on the court. The court does not maintain the other records you seek,” she said. Supreme Court justices and other judges in the federal judiciary are not bound by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which outlaws discrimination in employment based on race. Supreme Court law clerks generally come from Ivy League and well-recognized law schools throughout the nation and have already clerked for a year for a well-respected federal judge. The paucity of Black law clerks isn’t the only area in Scalia’s life that lacks contact with Black Americans. “It seemed that while on the Court, Scalia went out of his way not to vote in the best interests of Black people or women period,” said Dr. E. Faye Williams, an attorney, and president and CEO of the National Congress of Black Women. “A good example is his vote on the constitutionality of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 [VRA].” In the landmark case of Shelby County vs. Holder in 2013, Scalia joined the 5-4 majority that struck down two key provisions of the VRA that provided federal oversight to prevent state discrimination relating to

election laws. Williams said that Scalia’s vote in the Shelby case showed his insensitivity toward Blacks. “It was very clear that this law was constitutional and he voted against it,” Williams said. “I am sorry he passed and I feel for his family, but I am a harsh judge of him as a Supreme Court justice.” However, Ralph Chittams Sr., the Black senior vice chairman of the D.C. Republican Party, said Scalia was a “trailblazing legal scholar and jurist.” “Without a doubt, Scalia was one of the most brilliant minds to sit on the court,” Chittams told the AFRO. “He was one of the finest conservative scholars on the court.” Chittams said that Scalia was right in the Shelby decision. “The opinion regarding that decision simply said that the wording of the sections needed to be revised to reflect current circumstances,” he said. “Scalia voted to have the Congress to revisit and revise the Voting Rights Act.” Johnny Barnes is the retired executive director of the District’s ACLU office. He told the AFRO that Scalia attended a few banquets that the national ACLU, generally regarded as a progressive legal advocacy group, held in the District. “He was on the stage at those banquets,” Barnes said. “He was a good friend of Nadine Strossen, who was the president and CEO of the national ACLU at that time.” Barnes said that while Scalia was brilliant, his ideas on civil rights weren’t progressive. “When Scalia wrote a decision on mostly any issue, he didn’t take into account modern times,” he said. “He didn’t see the Constitution as a living, breathing document but viewed it in the past.”

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What They’re Saying About Carson on ... “Ben Ben...Obama must have identified with us because we elected him. You we are not identifying with so stop go away.”

– Milton Dockery “Every debate, Ben Carson talks about not bashing his running mates but you bash the best thing that ever happened to black people in politics...OUR PRESIDENT!!”

– Calvin Hodge

“Ben, Ben, Ben!! You got it twisted!! It’s YOU, MOST Blacks REFUSE to identify with! I’m one of them, too! Gifted hands, but a moron mind!”

– Robin Butts “Ben “coon” Carson is suffering a whole new form of delusion if he thinks he can speak intelligently about Black people who can identify with any degree of the Black experience. This Oreo is so removed from the Black experience his nickname should be Casper!”

– Redd Birds “He’s right. What has Obama done that makes blacks think Obama can relate outside of taking pictures with black people while in office? Instead of bashing Carson why don’t somebody please explain how Obama relates to black people other than the obvious ? Let me/us know when someone can explain....”

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elected, but I also recognized that his experience and my experience are night-and-day different. He didn’t grow up like I grew up by any stretch of the imagination.” Carson, who finished sixth out of six in the South Carolina primary and fourth out of five in the Feb. 23 Nevada caucus, grew up poor in Detroit before going to Yale and the University of Michigan Medical School. Obama was born in Hawaii, and spent several of his early years in Indonesia with his mother and step father before returning to Hawaii. Obama graduated from Columbia University and worked as a community organizer in Chicago before going on to Harvard Law School. Carson is not the only Republican candidate to make the president’s race an issue. On Feb. 19 Donald Trump, who leads in the polls and recently won both the South Carolina primary and the New Hampshire primary, said at a rally captured by The Washington Post, “Now, he’s [Obama’s] African American… If I were African

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two emergency medical technicians were initially suspended without pay by the hospital, but they were reinstated into roles that did not involve patient care. They have since returned to the job, according to hospital officials. Also detailed in the documents is a proposal for how to disperse the money. Garner’s widow will received about $2.4 million. His children will receive sums that range from $195,000 to $996,000. His mother, Gwen Carr, will receive $124,000 for acting as administrator of his estate, and the law firm that represented the family will receive $2.3 million, or one-third, which is a common attorney fee. The family’s first attorney, Sanford Rubenstein, fired amid an unrelated sex assault investigation where he was eventually cleared, also requested an undisclosed sum, which the family is disputing. A judge set a hearing for March 16 to formalize the proposal. No criminal charges have been filed in Garner’s death, which helped galvanize a national movement on police treatment of minorities, but a federal probe continues. Officers have been called before a federal grand jury in Brooklyn. Officer Daniel Pantaleo, who put his arm around Garner’s neck, has said he was using a legal takedown maneuver, not a chokehold which is prohibited under police policy.

American, I wouldn’t like him very much. I will do more for the African American people than Barack Obama has ever done. I will do more in one year. I will do more for the African American people in one year than Barack Obama has done in his seven years, soon to be eight years — and then, by the way, he’s out and thank goodness.” Carson, for his part, does not say that racism is extinct. Just that he’s only experienced it from progressives and the left. When asked the last time he felt the sting of racism in the interview with Politico he said, “Well, you don’t have go too far. I think the way that I’m treated, you know, by the left is racism.” He added, “Yeah. Because they assume because you’re Black, you have to think a certain way. And if you don’t think that way, you’re “Uncle Tom,” you’re worthy of every horrible epithet they can come up with; whereas, if I weren’t Black, then I would just be a Republican.

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Obama: Guantanamo Bay Undermines Security, Must be Closed

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The Obama administration released its long-awaited plan to close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and transfer remaining detainees to a facility in the United States.

By The Associated Press President Barack Obama on Feb. 23 proposed to “once and for all” close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and transfer remaining detainees to a facility in the U.S., though his plan does not specify where. Obama said that despite significant political hurdles and congressional opposition he is making one last effort to shutter the facility. “I don’t want to pass this problem on the next president, whoever it is. Are we going to let this linger on for another 15 years?” he said, in an appearance at the White House. “Keeping this facility open is contrary to our values. It undermines our standing in the world. It is viewed as a stain on our broader record of upholding the highest standards of rule of law.” Obama’s proposal ducks the thorny question of where the new facility would be located and whether Obama could complete the closure before he leaves office. The plan, which was requested by Congress, makes a financial argument for closing the controversial detention center. U.S. officials say it calls for up to $475 million in construction costs that would ultimately be offset by as much as $180

million per year in operating cost savings. The proposal is part of Obama’s last effort to make good on his unfulfilled 2008 campaign vow to close Guantanamo and persuade lawmakers to allow the Defense Department to move nearly 60 detainees to the U.S. But with few specifics, the proposal may only further antagonize lawmakers who have repeatedly passed legislation banning any effort to move detainees to the U.S. Rep. Mac Thornberry, R-Texas, chairman of House Armed Services Committee, has said his panel would hold a hearing on a closure plan. But he sent a letter to Obama warning that Congress has made clear what details must be included in any plan and that anything less than that would be unacceptable. U.S. officials say the plan considers, but does not name, 13 different locations in the U.S., including seven existing prison facilities in Colorado, South Carolina and Kansas, as well as six other locations on current military bases. They say the plan doesn’t recommend a preferred site and the cost estimates are meant to provide a starting point for a conversation with Congress. The seven facilities reviewed by a Pentagon assessment team last year were: the U.S. Disciplinary Barracks and Midwest Joint Regional Corrections Facility at Leavenworth, Kansas; the Consolidated Naval Brig, Charleston, South Carolina; the Federal Correctional Complex, which includes the medium, maximum and supermax facilities in Florence, Colorado; and the Colorado State Penitentiary II in Canon City, Colorado, also known as the Centennial Correctional Facility. According to the officials, the U.S. facilities would cost between $265 million and $305 million to operate each year. The annual operating cost for Guantanamo is $445 million, but the officials said the Cuba detention center will need about $225 million in repairs and construction costs if it continues to be used. They said it will cost between $290 million and $475 million for construction at the various U.S. sites, depending on the location. Late last year, other U.S. officials said that the assessments done by the Pentagon team suggested that the Centennial Correctional Facility in Colorado is a more suitable site to send detainees whom officials believe should never be released. Those officials were not authorized to discuss that matter publicly, so spoke on condition of anonymity. Members of Congress have been demanding the Guantanamo plan for months, and those representing South Carolina, Kansas and Colorado have voiced opposition to housing the detainees in their states. “I remain committed to blocking the transfer of Guantanamo detainees anywhere in the United States, especially Fort Leavenworth,” Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., said in a statement Tuesday. “We must safeguard the missions on Fort Leavenworth, the nearly 14,000 military and civilian personnel and their family members, and the thousands of Kansans who live in the Leavenworth community.” The administration is currently prohibited by law from moving Guantanamo Bay detainees to the United States. Obama has long opposed that prohibition and the White House has not ruled out the possibility that the president may attempt to close the prison through executive action. The plan submitted Tuesday does not address that option, officials said.

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On Track with the Greater Washington Urban League

Finding Your Entrepreneurial Groove With a Start-Up Entrepreneurship drives business, whether it’s the corner shop or a Fortune 500 corporation. Because the federal government isn’t always known for its innovation or appetite for risk, people may not realize that in recent years, the nation’s capital has become a major force in the startup world, rivaling Silicon Valley and New York City. Black UpStart runs bootcamps here in the George H. District for African American Lambert Jr. entrepreneurs. There’s even a “stealth start-up” in the White House basement called US Digital Service. I am proud and excited that the Greater Washington Urban League is playing a part in this dynamic environment. We just named our first Entrepreneur-In-Residence. Marcus Johnson, founder and CEO of FLO Wine, is also an acclaimed jazz pianist and recording artist. As Eldridge R. Allen, director of my organization’s Entrepreneurship Center Program told me, “Marcus is the perfect choice. This is not based on his fame and success, but more on his entrepreneurial spirit and his commitment to helping others in their entrepreneurial development and success. He knows where they are because he’s been there.” Johnson started his career as a jazz musician, but he always paid as much attention to the dollars and cents as to melody and tempo. “Everything you do is a business,” he says. “When music pays your bills, it’s a business.” Recognizing that education would further his ambitions, he persisted in school, earning a BA from Howard and continuing on to earn law and business degrees from Georgetown University.

I asked Johnson how he would summarize the advice he plans on giving the entrepreneurs that attend our clinics. His response: “If you’re going to do it, do it big. Own the company.” He went on to say that many Blacks miss out on the benefits of starting a company because of fear of failure. This fear, he says, is universal, but it’s exponentially greater when no one in your family or social network has succeeded before you. A lot of startups fail; the secret is not to personalize it. As Johnson says, the real failure happens when people end up saying, “Let me put my dream under the pillow. I’ll get to it tomorrow.” Entrepreneurship is about persistence and changing course if necessary. Johnson’s FLO is a perfect example. He was on the brink of building his own recording studio in the first years of the century, just when the bottom fell out of the music industry. Then he tried to start a jazz club but couldn’t raise the necessary financing. Finally, he hit upon the right business model at the right time. “Wine is the number one alcoholic beverage that women drink,” he says. “Women became our target market.” Today, FLO supplies wine in seven states to a thousand accounts. The purpose of the workshops is to demystify entrepreneurship for the curious. If you have an idea, or you’re

It’s Time for Paid Leave in D.C. According to published reports, the city is experiencing a population boom for the first time in decades. With this comes a baby boom. Young people are moving to the city and they will want to stay here and raise families. At the same time, our city is experiencing a growth in the number of baby boomers who are reaching retirement age. For all of us -- newcomers, retirees and everyone else living and working in the District of Columbia, at some point, we will face the need for time away from work to recover from an illness or care for a new or ailing family member. We often hear the phrase, “think globally and act locally” and that’s exactly what the Committee of the Whole at the D.C. City Council was doing by introducing the D.C. Universal Paid Leave Act of 2015 last fall. This legislation fills a huge void by creating a paid family and medical leave program for all who live or work in the District of Columbia. Sadly, the United States is the only industrialized nation without paid leave. And according to a survey of 170 nations by the United Nation’s International Labor Organization, the U.S. joins Papua New Guinea and Oman as the only three countries with no paid maternity leave. Because of its unique role of operating as both a municipality and a state, with the passage of this bill, the District of Columbia would join California, New Jersey and Rhode Island in offering women and men who work paid family leave. Hawaii and New York offer personal medical leave through the states’ temporary

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disability insurance program. As an employer operating a national nonprofit, the passage of Universal Paid Leave Act would afford my organization the opportunity to support our employees in a truly meaningful way when they are confronted with personal illnesses or family emergencies. This happens because by pooling together resources formed among employers, the burden isn’t completely on us. In fact, this type of insurance pool has proven results for employers. None of us should have to decide between the family we love and a job we need. Taking time off to support family life, recover from surgery or welcome a new baby is difficult for all workers. But some have it even harder. In the District of Columbia, single women are the sole breadwinners in 37 percent of families. This number is even larger for Black women and Latinas. In these cases, workers without any other income or paid family leave are in a no-win situation. The proposed wage 100% replacement rate structure that is capped at $1,000 plus 50% of the average weekly wages in excess of $1,000 up to $3,000 gives women and men -- especially low wage workers -- the cushion they need to respond to their families’ needs. The D.C. Council’s 16 weeks of leave, which can be taken all at one time or intermittently, takes seriously the amount of time it takes to recover from serious illnesses or to bond with new babies and help them thrive. This amount of time for paid leave also sets a new standard for other legislative bodies to match – a leadership role that the District is proud to play for the nation.

To be Hated for Telling the Truth

In American society, we claim to support freedom of speech as a cornerstone of our democracy. Yet, when it comes to certain kinds of information, the freedom celebrated by many first amendment absolutists mysteriously disappears. If materials threaten the basis for White supremacy, censorship suddenly becomes justifiable. A teaching tool created by my organization – the African American Policy Forum (AAPF) – was recently subject to this form of censorship in Henrico County, Va. As part of Black History Month at Glen Allen High School in Henrico County, Ravi Perry, president of the National Association of Ethnic Studies, showed AAPF’s Unequal Opportunity Race video at an optional-attendance assembly. In consultation with school officials, Perry developed a program to facilitate dialogue with students about contemporary racial issues that responded to a recent instance of racism at the school. Despite its accurate representation of historical events and ongoing racial inequities, the video has been demeaned as a “White guilt video” by a vocal minority, egged on by national outlets such as Fox News. Far more alarming than this backlash is School Board Chair Micky Ogburn’s apology. Denouncing the content as “racially divisive,” Ogburn proclaimed that “school leaders have been instructed not to use the video in our schools.” The tactics employed by those attacking and censoring us are as old as the Republic. It was once punishable by death to permit Blacks to read and write,

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squelching our capacity to contest the logic of an inhumane system. Materials that challenged the moral basis for slavery were not only banished but those who wrote them were punished by law. This ugly past is brought to bear in the present moment through the banning of the Unequal Opportunity Race. The 4-minute video uses an age-old metaphor showing our society as a race that is rigged from start to finish, highlighting the conditions on the track that advantage White runners and disadvantage Black and Brown participants. Through calling attention to the conditions on the racetrack – including slavery, genocide, poor schooling, the wealth gap – the video displays that regardless of the character of the individual runners, the track’s conditions determine who will win. Since the controversy has received national attention, we have also been receiving a barrage of hate messages. This mirrors the historical pattern of legal censorship sanctioning extra-legal harassment and even violence. Throughout American history, vigilante suppression led to printing presses being shut down and abolitionists being killed. Ida B. Wells was run out of town because she dared to question prevailing beliefs used to justify lynching. These acts of terror were justified as expressions of White supremacy – ideas deemed too threatening to the status quo were quashed by any means necessary. Many Americans believe that racial repression is firmly locked in the past, and that ugly suppression tactics are forever lost to history. In fact, today’s racial discourse is replete with cries that the real racial victims are White people, and the villains are social

good at what you do and want to try being your own boss, this is a way for you to find out more about the financial, legal, and practical steps necessary to achieve your dream. “I always have plants around me,” Johnson tells me. “If you take care of them, they take care of you.” Asked what office décor has to do with entrepreneurship, he smiles. “It’s a natural law. If you plant seeds in fertile ground and nurture them, they can’t help but grow.” George H. Lambert, Jr. is the President and CEO of the Greater Washington Urban League.

Paid leave in the District of Columbia has the potential to increase economic security and impact inequality for city residents most in need of a break when hard times come to visit. With nearly 12 years of experience and analyses in California and five years in New Jersey, we have gained some useful insights. Researchers in California and New Jersey have found that women who take family leave are more likely to see a wage increase and less likely to need public assistance or welfare. In fact, in New Jersey, women who had taken the leave were far more likely to be working nine to twelve months after the birth of their child than those women who had not. Likewise, these women were thirty-nine percent less likely to receive public assistance, and fifty-four per cent more likely to have seen an increase in their wages. Men aren’t left out either. In California, some 26 percent of claims taken to bond with a child were filed by dads in 2013, up from 17 percent in 2004 when the program started. I strongly urge the D. C. City Council to pass the Universal Family Leave Act and the Mayor to sign it. The Universal Family Leave Act is a responsible law and if passed it will permit workers to be good parents, caring family members and effective workers. Melanie L. Campbell is the national convener of the Black Women’s Roundtable and the President and CEO of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation. the nation’s largest coalition of black led-organizations and business leaders.

justice advocates who insist on holding a “divisive” dialogue about race in America. Perhaps it is because they know little of their country’s history that those who buy into this notion of “reverse racism” don’t see that the very tactics they use to deny race-based inequality prove the that racial repression isn’t a problem of the past. As our experience demonstrates, both structural racism and censorship of content that seeks to dismantle the status quo are very much alive and well. What is revealing about this moment is not simply a spirited debate about a YouTube video. Far more disturbing is that White discomfort with the Unequal Opportunity Race is spilling over into public policy. Through official banning of the video, we see the same logic employed by those who engaged in “massive resistance” half a century ago against efforts to remove white power from law in states such as Virginia. We see an emboldening of voices that were once written off as offensive or radical, which in the age of Donald Trump are seen as mainstream. To put it plainly, in acceding to White demands for racial comfort, legally-backed censorship is now taking place in Virginia. This is not just avoidance of an uncomfortable topic. It is outright repression in the maintenance of White power. Kimberlé Crenshaw, Professor of Law at Columbia University and UCLA Law Schools, and Executive Director of the African American Policy Forum; and Luke Charles Harris, Professor of American Politics and Constitutional Law at Vassar College, and Program Director of the AAPF, are the co-creators, writers and producers of The Unequal Opportunity Race Video.

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Pr. George’s, Howard & Montgomery Counties Local Heroes

Ramone Messam Turns Young Dreams Into Reality For Black History Month, the AFRO presents a series of articles highlighting important community heroes. This week we sit with Ramone Messam, who helps young people in Prince George’s County, Montgomery County and Howard County fulfill their musical dreams. By Charise Wallace Special to the AFRO Born and raised in Prince George’s County and Montgomery County, Ramone Messam and his brother, Andrew, knew that their passion was the music and entertainment industry. But once they realized that the young talents surrounding them were in dire need of assistance, they changed their focus. Ramone, along with Andrew, started the Kno-Effort music and production company, which has grown to five employees over the past several years. It all started with their desire to present immaculate visuals that would benefit their up and coming music careers. Their first effort as musicians was a song called “KnoEffort” that Andrew wrote and recorded in the studio. “When a person is multi-talented, you become invincible to the point

when everything you do is with no effort,” said Ramone in explaining the title. Where Kno-Effort stands out from other production companies is in their support of young people of color who have a dream they want to fulfill. “The first thing is, unity,” said Ramone. “The people who actually have the power to give back they don’t necessarily help out. I’m not saying everybody but the majority. If people would do that more a lot of the artists would be better off. Some of the people who do have the power they’re looking to sell a dream to an artist. Their looking for the money rather than helping out. One of the things that we wanted to do as a company is helping out up and coming talent and we will never sell dreams. Those are the rules we abide by.” It began three years ago when the company began uploading cyphers, or groups of young people rapping, that garnered 100,000 views on YouTube. With titles like “P.G County” and “Montgomery County Cypher,” the videos offered insight into what it was like to grow up in the District, Maryland and Virgina. The success led the team to focus primarily on high school students and their dreams to make it in the music business. Two years later, the “High School Cypher” was born, which focused on the Prince George’s County and

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Ramone and Andrew Messam, of Kno-Effort, offer young people the chance to work on their musical skills. Montgomery County high school students. Kno-Effort worked with students at their individual high schools to create music videos to publicize their rapping, singing, dancing and other talents to tell a story in an educational environment.

The “High School Cypher” has over 100,000 views on YouTube, catching the attention of students from all-across the Maryland and D.C area. The video has been cited by several mainstream hip-hop publications and radio stations.

“We feel like we’re definitely helping all the up and coming local talent,” said Ramone. “By giving them a platform to voice their opinion, whether that be school, politics or something else. If highschoolers see other high-schoolers rapping about something positive it’s going to influence them to be a part of the whole project that we’re doing. We’re making a positive impact by showing that its cool to rap about school, it’s cool to see your mother is happy to see you graduate.” Also, Ramone makes sure everything is G-rated. “There’s more of a challenge for the cyphers,” said Messam. “It’s easy to talk about money, drugs, cars, guns a lot of things you don’t have, but it’s hard to rap about school and positivity, because a lot of them take that challenge and turn into a hot verse.” Ramone and his team are also focused on the future. “We’re working on a “bike life” documentary and we’re going to be working on our female cypher that’s going to be catered to fashion, so we have a lot on our hands right now,” he said. For more information go to knoeffort.com. To read all the articles in the AFRO’s Black History Month series go to afro.com/section/hallowedgrounds

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Washington Suburban Local Heroes

New Suburban Sanitation Commission CEO Pushes for Employee Progress For Black History Month, the AFRO presents a series of articles highlighting important community heroes. This week we sit with Carla Reid, CEO and general manager of the Washington Suburban Sanitation Commission. She is the first Black woman to hold the position. By Lauren Poteat Special to the AFRO Carla A. Reid, with more than 30 years’ experience in the field, takes the lead as the first Black woman general manager and CEO of the Washington Suburban Sanitation Commission. Since being appointed in January, Reid has hired the commission’s first deputy general manager of strategic partnership, whose goals are to build company moral and forge better working relationships between departments. “The people part of what I do is so critical in every way,” Reid told the AFRO. “If the people that work for me are properly trained and happy, then they’re able to do a great job at making customers happy as well and provide better contributions to the organization.” During the blizzard that hit the metropolitan area in late January, many commission employees were not allowed to go home. The large amounts of snow required around the clock monitoring of water levels to

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“My vision for WSSC is to become a world class utility. When people think of a great utility company, I want them to think of WSSC and the way that we perform that separates us from other utilities.”

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ensure that pipes did not burst. “This was my biggest challenge yet. For five days straight my team and I lived at the office during the storm,” she said. “We couldn’t go home, we had to watch the meters and the water levels. We had to make sure our pipes were okay and ensure the people were safe.” Within the coming year, Reid and her team plan to take the company to the next level of excellence by improving customer service, building and maintaining relationships with stakeholders, elected officials and business partners by producing quality products, and increasing reliability. To ensure this goes smoothly, the commission’s office now takes part in frequent “Lakeside chats” or meetings adopted from Presidents Roosevelt’s, “Fireside chats” to discuss company morale, statistics, programming and performance. “My vision for WSSC is to become a world class utility,” Reid said. “When people think of a great utility company, I want them to think of WSSC and the way that we perform that separates us from other utilities.” Reid served as the commission’s deputy general manager from 2005 to 2006, director of Montgomery County’s permitting services department from 2007 to 2011 and deputy chief administrative officer in Prince George’s County. To read all the articles in the AFRO’s Black History Month series go to afro.com/section/hallowed-grounds

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BALTIMORE-AREA

Election 2016

Baltimore Voting Registration Deadline Nears

Race and Politics

Baltimore Teen Accepted into Prestigious Disney Dreamers Program

Battle for Police Reform, Handgun Penalties Begins

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There are approximately 122,136 people who are not registered to vote in Baltimore City. By Akira Kyles Special to the AFRO The deadline for registering to vote in Baltimore is less than 40 days away. April 5 is the deadline to register to vote in Baltimore. As of January, there were 368,625 registered voters in Baltimore, according to the State Board of Elections. Baltimore City has a population of 622,793, according to the U.S. Census. Of those, 132,032 are under the voting age of 18. That means that there are approximately 122,136 people who are not registered to vote, more than enough to sway an election. One of the lowest mayoral primary election turnouts was in 2011 when only 23 percent of registered voters, or 12 percent of the population, voted, according to Splice Today. Years before weren’t much better with 28 percent of registered voters participating in 2007 and 34 percent in 2003, according to Splice Today. During the presidential election primary in 2012, Baltimore only had a 14.75 percent turnout, even lower than the 23 percent that voted in the mayoral primary election. Black Girls Vote founder and CEO, Nykidra Robinson, thinks these numbers are sad but also said these numbers reflect a dissatisfaction within Baltimore. Black Girls Vote is a recently formed Baltimore based organization that offers education to Black women on

public policy decisions. “I think people are tired of voting and not seeing results,” said Robinson, in an interview with the AFRO. While Washington D.C. has a similarly sized population as Baltimore with 658,893 people, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, D.C has more registered voters with 438,373 people on the rolls, according to the D.C. Board of Elections. In the 2012 presidential election Washington D.C. had a low voter turnout of 16.98 percent, two percent more than Baltimore, according to the D.C. Board of Elections. Like Baltimore, Washington, D.C. is a predominantly Black city. Max Hilaire, associate

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17-year-old Ahmad Jeremiah Pearl is a student at Calvert Hall College High School.

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By Zenitha Prince Senior AFRO Correspondent zprince@afro.com The envelope came just a week before Christmas, delivering the best holiday gift Ahmad Jeremiah Pearl—and his mother— could imagine. “The second my mom opened the envelope she started screaming,” Jeremiah recalled of the moment she realized he had been accepted into the Disney Dreamers Academy Class of 2016. “I was literally speechless and a few tears came to my eyes,” the 17-year-old said. “I was not expecting it.” His mother, Coppin State University professor Tenyo Pearl, said the news was even more welcome—though surprising— since a previous application had been rejected and because of how limited the program’s spaces were. “Out of 10,000 applicants they only accepted 100…isn’t God good!” Pearl said. She added, “This is an exciting and wonderful opportunity that I wish all young people in Baltimore could have [because] while it is OK to have a dream, you need a plan of action.” And the Disney Dreamers program helps young people to develop that plan. Created in 2008 by Disney in partnership with comedian

and television host Steve Harvey and Essence magazine, the Dreamers Academy encourages young people with demonstrated creativity and eagerness to pursue their dreams along the pathway to success. During the four-day event at Disney World in Orlando, Fla., the 100 high-schoolers are treated to inspirational guest speakers, immersive learning experiences and networking opportunities all with an eye toward supporting their dreams. “Having this experience can help me develop friendships and skills that can prepare me for what God has called me to do in life,” Jeremiah said. “And I hope I can inspire other kids to find their calling.” A student at Calvert Hall College High School in Baltimore, Jeremiah said his dreams are to attend college and to pursue a career as an actor, television host, radio personality and philanthropist. Those dreams, he said, were fostered by his mother—a single parent and educator who home-schooled him and exposed him to experiences such as the theater and to international travel to places including Japan—and his grandmother, the Rev. Reba Fitchett. “From an early age they instilled that idea of service and the power of giving back to other people,” Jeremiah said. The

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For Black History Month, the AFRO presents a series of articles highlighting important local heroes from the paper’s archives. This week we spotlight Fern Scotland, the first Black woman to inducted into the Greater Baltimore Bowling Hall of Fame.

Local Baltimore Heroes from the AFRO Archives

For Baltimore’s Fern Scotland, It was a long road to bowling’s pinnacle By AFRO Staff

Nov. 15, 1986 National Edition Until last Saturday, the illustrious roaster of the Greater Baltimore Bowling Hall of Fame was an all-white compilation of women enshrinees. That 17-year monopoly ended on Nov. 1 with the induction of Fern Louise Scotland, she becoming the first black woman so honored as were George Lee and the late Dave Gregory among the men in 1979. For her it was a long, testing journey to recognition. As presenter Rose Beall described her: Scotland was born in Cattaragus County, Salamanca, New York, on April 8, 1919. At age six, Fern and her family migrated to Baltimore. She was raised in the Druid Hill Avenues and

Hoffman Street areas. Fern attended the Baltimore Public School Systems and was graduated from Frederick Douglass High School in 1936. She returned to New York briefly when she Fern Scotland, an attended New York inspiration for blacks. City College. AFRO Archives Photo Upon settling back in Baltimore, Fern graduated the Cortez-Peters Business School. She has attempted many vocations during her lifetime including Continued on B2

Baltimore Homicides Spike Over Deadly Weekend By James Bentley AFRO Associate Editor jbentley@afro.com Baltimore just saw its most violent weekend of 2016. The third weekend of February counted 5 Baltimoreans among its victims. Two people were murdered in a double shooting on the afternoon of Feb. 20. The two men, Anthony Daniels, 20, and Quindell Ford, 15, of Baltimore died at the hospital after being shot around 1:40 p.m. on Feb. 20 on the 2300 block of West Lafayette Avenue, police said. About a mile away from where that shooting occurred another Baltimorean was stabbed and later succumbed to his wounds at the hospital. Police said Christopher Carter, 19, was fatally stabbed in the chest by Elera Osaro, 20, of Nottingham following an argument over money around 2:30 a.m. on Feb. 21 on the 700 block

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Elera Osaro, 20, was charged with murder in the death of Christopher Carter, 19.

of West Lafayette Avenue. Osaro has been arrested, charged with murder and was being held in the Central Booking and Intake Facility pending a bail hearing. Osaro currently has a case pending in Baltimore City for malicious destruction of property. Later that same day, police said, a 20-year-old man died at the hospital after being shot multiple times around 1:30 p.m. on the 2300 block of Denison Street near Walbrook Junction. Police have not yet publicly identified or released the victim’s name. That same night, Gerard Hill Jr. a 22-year-old man died at the hospital after being shot multiple times around 8 p.m. on the 1700 block of Hilton Street in the Rosemont community. Police said the investigations of the last two murders remain ongoing.

Past Seven Days

We’re roughly a third of the way through the 2016 legislative session in Annapolis and there Sean Yoes is growing Senior AFRO dissension Contributor among activists and legislators who seek law enforcement reform in the state. On Feb. 23, divergent groups including family members of people killed by police officers, heads of police unions, police chiefs and children protesters (draped in crime scene tape) descended upon the state capital, as debate began over 27 bills aimed at some measure of law enforcement reform. Even William Porter, the first officer to stand trial connected to the death of Freddie Gray attended the hearings. The focus of many is on House Bill 1016, which was crafted to amend Maryland’s Law Enforcement Officers Bill of Rights (LEOBOR), the first and many argue, the strongest set of protections for law enforcement officers in the nation. The bill is the product of a legislative task force known as the Public Safety and Policing Work Group. “The problem is that they got most of that information... from folks who are affiliated with law enforcement. A lot of folks did a lot of good work, came up with some okay ideas, but also came up with some problematic ideas,” said Lawrence Grandpre, director of research for Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle (LBS), a Baltimore-based grassroots think tank. Grandpre made his comments during, “First Edition,” Tuesday evening. “The biggest example of this is a provision which basically means that if you have a police officer accused of doing something wrong when they go through...the internal trial board...and there is only police officers who serve on that trial board,” Grandpre added. “So, it’s literally the police policing the police.” As of now, HB 1016 has the full support of Speaker of the House Mike Bush. LBS supports legislation that will be introduced by Del. Jill Carter (D-41st), which LBS said will include a provision that would require at least one civilian member of the internal trial board that would determine discipline for officers accused of misconduct. Baltimore City Police Commissioner Kevin Davis is wearing a couple of different Continued on B2

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Baltimore youngster said he has been involved in acting from a young age after seeing a production at the Arena Players theater and the power of the actors to make people laugh. He is also an Eagle Scout candidate, junior journalist with WMAR-TVâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Teen Media Project, varsity football player, peer minister and a student of the year candidate for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS). His busy schedule, he said, is a blessing. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Being involved

in so many activities means Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not getting caught up with the traps and negative things in the world,â&#x20AC;? he said. As a student representative for LLS, Jeremiah is leading a team in the effort to raise $10,000 by the end of March to help find a cure for leukemia and lymphoma. His involvement, he said, is in tribute to his aunt, former Baltimore Public Schools teacher Doretha Mattie Galloway, and other deceased loved ones who died from cancer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Just the fact that

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m helping people get a second chance at life is enough,â&#x20AC;? he said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;and I know my loved ones are looking down at me and smiling.â&#x20AC;? Professor Pearl, who is currently pursuing her doctorate, said she hopes Jeremiahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s storyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;especially in light of the pervasive negative stories about Black malesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;will help inspire other Baltimore youth, and also their parents. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I hope this can be inspirational to other single mothers [and fathers] that what you put into your children you will get back,â&#x20AC;? she said.

tournaments. Fern never had an unsanctioned league in her bowling center. In 1980, due to the unavailability of loan money, Fern reluctantly gave up ownership of the bowling center. Prior to the existence of the Maryland State WBA, Fern served on the Virginia State WBA holding the office of 3rd vice president and 2nd vice president. While a member of Virginia State, Fern bowled in every Virginia State tournament. She has a service record on the Baltimore WBA Board of Directors of Sgt-at-Arms ten years, and 19 years as a director. She is still serving women tenpin bowlers in this capacity. She was a board member of the Chesapeake Bay Bowling Senate of the NBA and also secretary-treasurer of the Baltimore Bowling Proprietors Association. She was a member of the Board of Governors of the Maryland State Proprietors Association and a member of the Baltimore Bowling Council since its inception and she served that council as chairman for several years. Fern was instrumental in encouraging blacks to bowl. Prior to 1952, she bowled under the National Bowling Association sanction because at that time the American Bowling Congress prohibited blacks from becoming members. Prior to the passage legislation in the middle 1950s which changed this situation, Fern was requested not to become a part of the Baltimore Bowling Proprietors Association, even though

she was an owner-operator of a bowling center. After the passage of this legislation, she was allowed to become a member. During her active involvement with the Chesapeake Bay Bowling Senate of the NBA, Fern helped bring its membership up from 40 to over 300 members. During her operation of the New Walbrook Bowling Center, Fern was responsible for many youth leagues and ran a youth travel league for the BBPA. She is a certified bowling instructor and also a Brunswick certified automatic pinsetter mechanic. During her 25 years as owner-operator of New Walbrook Bowing Center, Fern started the leagues, acted as a secretary of many, and did the mechanical work on the equipment as well as prepared the lanes for normal operations. Not only an active promoter of the sport of tenpin bowling, for many years Fern performed very well on the lanes. She was invited to bowl in and usually placed somewhere in the money in most local association tournaments. She was Baltimore WBAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s scratch and handicap champion for All Events in 1959. For her dedication and service to women tenpin bowlers in the Baltimore area, Baltimore Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bowling Association is proud to induct Fern L. Scotland into its hall as a member in the Meritorious Service category.

country really donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t possess the conflict resolution skills that we need them to possess in the first place,â&#x20AC;? said Davis, who characterized himself as one of the more progressive police chiefs in the nation during the interview. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And the immediate availability of a firearm I think really takes some occasions that should, maybe in days gone by, should be a fist fight at most, it takes it to a gun battle,â&#x20AC;? Davis added. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And we have so many acts of violence in the city that are just spontaneous eruptions of emotion that without that immediate accessibility to a firearm, I think that conflict is otherwise resolved.â&#x20AC;? Also during the show, Natasha Pratt Harris, associate professor and Criminal Justice Program coordinator at Morgan

State University, argued the handgun legislation may be necessary, but preventative measures are more vital. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I consistently say that we need to see this as an absolute emergency...saying, `How do we make sure children who are going back and forth to school, how to we make sure elderly siblings -- like just happened yesterday, who were going to the bus stop-- arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t injured and really looking at that piece to protect our communities,â&#x20AC;? she added. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Not so much focusing on punishing and punishing and punishing, when we know that hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t worked.â&#x20AC;? Sean Yoes is a senior contributor for the AFRO and host and executive producer of First Edition, which airs Monday through Friday, 5-7 p.m. on WEAA 88.9.

new to African-Americans compared to Caucasians. Legally they have made it

primary election is being held alongside the presidential primary election on April 26, with early voting beginning April 14 and going through April 21. Effective March 10, Maryland citizens that have been convicted a felony

Fern Scotland Continued from B1

domestic service, a riveter for General Motors, and a proprietor of a bowling center which she also managed. At the present time, Fern is employed as an engraver at Capitol Pro Shop. In 1940 Fern enrolled in swimming classes at the YMCA and there she met her devoted friend, Estella M. Finks. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Peanuts,â&#x20AC;? as Estella is known, was the first to introduce Fern to bowling, encouraging her to join a duckpin league at the YMCA. In 1943, Fern attempted to bowl tenpins at the Strand Bowling Alley under the leadership of Stanley Jackson of the National Bowling Association. After years of competing in the Eastern Major League and local leagues under the sanction of the NBA, Fern had to set aside her bowling career for a few years. She again became involved in bowling in her continuing efforts to make a successful way of life, when she and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Peanutsâ&#x20AC;? purchased the New Walbrook Bowling center on West North Avenue in 1955. During the 25 years as an owner-operator of the New Walbrook Bowling Center, Fern actively promoted and encouraged participation in the Baltimore WBA local tournaments. She put together many teams and was the sponsor of several of the teams. If you were a league member in her center, Fern made certain you bowled in the local association

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lobbying hats during this legislative session. He is against pending legislation that would increase the influence of police unions in the disciplinary process. But, Davis is supporting legislation brought forward by Sen. Catherine Pugh (D-40th), which would require anybody caught with a loaded handgun to be locked up for at least a year. Davis laid out his argument for the handgun legislation on First Edition, Feb. 23. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The choice a person makes to arm himself with a firearm before he leaves his house, whether itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sticking that gun in your waistband or sticking that gun under the front seat of your car is problematic for our community because young people whether itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in Baltimore or any other major city or major county in the

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professor and chairperson of political science at Morgan State University, offered one

reason African-Americans tend to vote less. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Voting is relatively

BEFORE THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF MARYLAND IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF THE BALTIMORE GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY FOR ADJUSTMENTS TO ITS ELECTRIC AND GAS BASE RATES CASE NO. 9406

extremely difficult for AfricanAmericans to gain access to polls. Over the years I think African-Americans have not really benefitted from participating in the electoral process,â&#x20AC;? said Hilaire. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Those who they have helped elect have become

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Those who they have helped elect have become quite complacentâ&#x20AC;Śâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Max Hilaire

NOTICE OF EVENING HEARINGS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT Evening hearings for the purpose of receiving public comment in connection with Baltimore Gas and Electric Companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s application for an increase in its electric and gas base rates and other rate adjustments are hereby scheduled as follows: Thursday, March 3, 2016, beginning at 7:00 p.m.

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quite complacent and have not been able to deliver to their communities as such, whether presidential candidates or state-wide senatorial candidates. You have not seen that much of a significant difference in the well-being of African-Americans,â&#x20AC;? he added. This year, the mayoral

and have completed their sentence will be eligible to vote. The move came after the legislature over-turned a veto by Governor Larry Hogan earlier this month. Marvin L. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Docâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Cheatham, Sr., president of the Matthew A. Henson Neighborhood Association and a former member of the Baltimore

election board, welcomed former felons being given the right to vote but warned that turnout was key. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Just giving our brothers and sisters their voting rights wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make the difference by itself,â&#x20AC;? said Cheatham. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When we successfully register former felons turnout will increase.â&#x20AC;? Black Girls Vote hopes to increase voter turnout in a number of ways. Those include providing ponchos and umbrellas if it rains on Election Day, possibly distributing free food to voters, and offering day care to voters with children. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just trying to make voting convenient but also make it fun and engaging,â&#x20AC;? said Robinson. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re encouraging people to not just go to the polls but go to the polls with a purpose. Everything we do is tied to policy, so letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s be strategic about the poll and voting.â&#x20AC;?

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COMMUNITY CONNECTION Send your events to tips@afro.com. For more community events go to afro.com/baltimore-events. ‘For Colored Girls who have Considered Suicide when the Rainbow is ENUF’ at Park School The winter production at The Park School of Baltimore is “For Colored Girls who have Considered Suicide when the Rainbow is ENUF” by Ntozake Shange. The play will be performed Feb. 25 through Feb. 27 at 2425 Old Court Road, Pikesville, Maryland 21208. For more information go to parkschool.net. City of Baltimore MBE/WBE Certification Workshop If you are a minority or woman business owner in the Baltimore market area and your company is not a City-certified MBE or WBE, or if you are interested in the requirements for certification, attend the MBE/WBE Certification Workshop on Feb. 25 from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the War Memorial Building, Paul C. Wolman Assembly Hall, 101 N. Gay Street, Baltimore, MD 21202. The workshop will be presented by Courtney M. Billups, Chief of the Law Department’s Minority and Women’s Business Opportunity Office, the City’s official certification office. The workshop will cover requirements for City MBE/WBE certification as well as how to avoid common errors. The workshop is free to attend and seating is limited. For more information, call the Mayor’s Office of Minority and Women-Owned Business Development at 410-396-3818. Voter Registration with Mt. Lebanon Baptist Church Mt. Lebanon Baptist Church will be hosting two Voter Registration events. The first, with the Gamma Omicron Omega Chapter of IOTA Phi Theta Fraternity as co-host, will take place on Feb. 27 at Mondawmin Mall from noon to 4 p.m. The second will take place on Feb. 28 at Mt. Lebanon Baptist Church at 2812 Reisterstown Rd, MD 21215 from 2 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Call 410-669-1800 for details. Sealant Saturday 2016 Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC) and the Maryland Dental Hygienists’ Association are hosting Sealant Saturday 2016. Come between the hours of 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. on February 27 in the Dental Arts Center at CCBC Dundalk, 7200 Sollers Point Road, to receive sealants. Ages 6 to 17 years are welcomed. Each child must have a parent or legal guardian in order to be treated. This is a free event. To register call 443-840-3340.

“It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting…Before a dream is realized, the Soul of the World tests everything that was learned along the way. It does this not because it is evil, but so that we can, in addition to realizing our dreams master the lessons we have learned as we have moved toward that dream. That’s the point at which most people give up…. At this point tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams, because every second of search is a second’s encounter with God and with eternity.”-Paulo Coelho As we close out the month of the official recognition of African- American’s contributions in Black History, we remember those who have made a difference but whose influence may have gone unnoticed. “Until lions have their own historians, the tale of the hunt will always glorify the hunters.”-African Proverb People like Emily Perez, who at age of 23, was the first female African-American Cadet Command Sergeant Major of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point who died in combat in the Iraq war; or John Wesley Gilbert, the first African-American to receive a master’s degree from Brown University and the first African-American classical scholar and archaeologist who discovered the ancient Greek city, Eretria, and produced the first map of the ancient structure. The next time you watch a western, remember George McJunkin, an African -American cowboy in New Mexico, who discovered the Folsom Site in 1908. His discovery changed archaeology, showing that people had inhabited North America 7000 years earlier than previous archaeologist had thought. Thank George Crum, an AfricanAmerican man, the next time you bite into a potato chip for inventing the first potato chip. “Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.”-Harriett Tubman “Keep on Trucking” At 15 years of age Lorenzo “Truck” Simpson’s dreams are becoming a reality when he won his sixth ringside national silver glove championship. A native Baltimorean Lorenzo, is the son of Danica Carroll and Lorenzo Simpson, said he learned a valuable lesson at the championship fight when he was knocked down for the first time in his career in the last round. “It just goes to show you that I can’t relax at all until that final bell.” Lorenzo’s coaches Calvin Ford and Kenny Ellis at Upton Boxing Center are so proud of Truck, who has been competing in boxing tournaments since the age of 10, and the positive recognition he brings for Baltimore and the Upton gym. In 2008 Daryl and Rochelle Smith’s dream was realized when they found Deeandro, an organization focused on motivating youths and young adults through mentorship, youth advocacy and charitable contributions to local youth programs. The mission of the

organization is to support youth by highlighting their talent and empowering their decision-making through real world experiences and mentorship. “We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, selfdiscipline, and effort.”-Jesse Owens This is the fifth year for their Dreams of Tomorrow Youth and Jazz concert at the Gordon Center with young musicians Keith Davenport, Darren Guest, Brandon Gatewood, Chekera “Star” Barrett and Jordan and Jayla Waters. Also performing at this spectacular event will be Isaac Parham, Rodney Kelly, Secret Society Band, Meredith Seidel, Ki Ki Merritt, Tiara Waters, Suga Shang, Duane Nelson, Amij, Jheni Gibson and Manny Sullivan with a special appearance by 5-time Emmy winner Ashanti Floyd. Baltimore comedian Greg Alexander will be the host for this outstanding evening on Apr. 3. Go to dreamsdoexist.com or call 410-984-8444 for more information. “You’ve heard of the three ages of man…youth, age and you’re looking wonderful.”-Francis Cardinal Spellman Ed “Caddy” Oliver thought he was giving his sister away in marriage when he arrived at his surprise 80th birthday party attended by more than 200 people. The spry 80 year old was, as folks say, casket sharp in a black tailor made suit as he greeted family and friends. The deejay kept dancers on the floor with the latest line dances and old school moves including the cha cha. Guests dined on baked and fried chicken, fish, macaroni and cheese, Swedish meatballs and other delicious items. Among the guests were members of the Wednesday Group, former post office coworkers and union representatives. Special thanks to Caddy’s daughter Sharon and grandson Darryl Strange for coordinating an awesome evening. “If it’s your birthday, make some noise!” Happy birthday to William “Smoky” Robinson, John Gilliam, Gabrielle Gilliam, Edna Smith, Alice Taylor, Dr. Heyward Burrell, Gerald “Captain” Brown”, William Jackson, Cori Ramos, Rev. Joan Wharton, Rev. Maurice Blackwell, Tony Randall, and a special birthday to our Leap Year birthday friends Terrence “Mickey” Shields, and Jai Matthews. “I’m not here for a long time; I’m here for a good time.” Rest in paradise Big Ang. Sending our prayers and condolences to Patricia Stokes and family on the death of her husband Edward Stokes. “Even when the polls are open to all, Negroes have shown themselves too slow to exercise their voting privileges. There must be a concerted effort on the part of Negro leaders to arouse their people from their apathetic indifference.... In the past, apathy was a moral failure. Today, it is a form of moral and political suicide.”-Martin Luther King Jr. Please vote. Many have died so you could vote and it’s free! Valerie and the Friday Night Bunch Aleut a Continua

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Comcast, Smithsonian Channel and Major League Baseball partnered to present the premiere screening of “The Hammer of Hank Aaron.” The Black History Monthly special was held at the Reginald F.

Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture, Feb. 17. “The Hammer of Hank,” depicts the glorious but struggling life of famed baseball player Henry Aaron during the era of segregation. Panelists included David

Royle, Executive Vice President, Programming and Production Smithsonian Channel and Damion Thomas, Sports Curator, Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture.

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Patterned after New Orleans Mardi Gras festivities, the Pi Omega Chapter of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity kicked into high gear at their 65th Annual Mardi Gras MasQUErade 2016 at the Hilton Hotel in downtown Baltimore on Feb. 6. The Pi Omega Foundation, the fundraising arm of the chapter, provides scholarships, mentoring and social action programs throughout the Baltimore metropolitan Adolph McDonald

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ARTS & CULTURE

Courtney B. Vance Channels Cochran in ‘People v. O.J. Simpson’ By Maliik Obee Special to the AFRO Actor Courtney B. Vance has achieved longevity on the big and small screens, with a career spanning nearly three decades. Vance is in the spotlight for his role as Johnnie Cochran in the FX series “American Crime Story: The People v. O.J Simpson,” a mini-series detailing the events of 20 years ago when the former football star O.J. Simpson was charged with, and ultimately acquitted of, the murder of his White wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her White friend Ron Goldman. On October 3, 1995 Vance was in Toronto with “Scandal” star Tony Goldwyn while shooting the television film “The Boys Next Door.” The two actors watched the O.J. Simpson verdict together, Vance celebrated Simpson’s acquittal, while Goldwyn was “horrified.” (Courtesy photo) “We had to talk about the Courtney B. Vance talks about experience of Black people” playing Johnnie Cochran in FX’s said Vance in an interview ‘People v. O.J. Simpson.’ with the AFRO, “he doesn’t know my journey.” The racial divide of the O.J. Simpson trial has reared its ugly face in recent high-profile cases, such as that of Freddie Gray and Mike Brown.

According to Vance, the blame is on both sides of the spectrum, and people of color have to change just as much as Whites. “We’re not blameless, things are happening in the Black community that don’t need to be happening.” A reenactment of such a pivotal moment in American history is not to be taken lightly, which caused Vance to reflect on Cochran’s influence and legacy. In addition to Simpson, Cochran defended high profile figures such as Sean Combs, Todd Bridges, Snoop Dogg and Marion Jones among others. Cochran died from a brain tumor in 2005. “When Johnny spoke, Black people, White people, news media, they all listened” said Vance. In preparation for his role, Vance didn’t watch film on Cochran – he read. “I told myself I’m just going to read everyday” said Vance, “I would be able to find and catch his spirits.” Vance’s book of choice? 1997’s “The Run of His Life: The People versus O.J. Simpson” by Jeffrey Toobin. Toobin, a legal analyst, wrote about the case for The New Yorker and reported several key developments in the case in 1995. When asked about his star-studded supporting cast, Vance praised his team, saying “we went there.” “We got underneath the material, the actors let go and let loose.” Over the course of Vance’s career, he has made over 50 film and television appearances, getting his start in the theater. In 1987, Vance won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in the timeless story of “Fences”. Vance has appeared alongside several box office titans such as Denzel Washington, Forest Whitaker and his current co-star Cuba Gooding Jr. He is also known for his long running role as the Assistant District Attorney on “Law & Order: Criminal Intent.” Having done it for so long he is humble enough to know the ups and down of show business. “There’s times when don’t nobody want you” said Vance, “I’m wonderful regardless if I’m waiting or not.” The series “The People v. OJ Simpson: American Crime Story” airs every Tuesday on FX at 10 p.m. EST. 4 of 7 episodes have aired so far.

Oscars

Who Will Win, Who Deserves to Win, Who Was Snubbed By Kam Williams Special to the AFRO It’s unfortunate that there’s a dark cloud hanging over the Oscars because of the absence of any Black actors or actresses among the nominees for the second year in a row. What’s worse is the way the controversy is creating a rift in the Hollywood community. A number of Black icons like Jada Pinkett Smith and Spike Lee have called for a boycott. In response, some of their colleagues have pushed back just as forcefully against what they say would amount to participation trophies for members of ethnic groups. Pinkett Smith is ostensibly upset that her hubby Will’s excellent work as a physician in “Concussion” was overlooked. If he’s looking for accolades, he’d do better to play a violent outlaw, which is what it generally takes for a Black male to catch the Academy’s eye. And Black females fare far better when they portray someone who’s homeless than someone who’s wholesome, as was the case on 9 of the 10 occasions when a sister was nominated for Best Actress. Contributing to the brouhaha was Best Actress nominee Charlotte Rampling who dismissed the complaints by Blacks as “racist against whites.” The British star of 45 Years even went so far as to suggest that “maybe Black actors did not deserve to make the final list.” Should the glaring omission of minorities be considered just a case of sour grapes or might it be symptomatic of a deep-seated societal problem? Perhaps, what needs to be revisited is the question of what criteria the Academy relies upon in assessing the quality of a performance. For example, think back to 2001 when “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” was nominated for 10 Oscars, but none in any acting categories, despite a number of superb performances. You can’t but help wonder whether the outcome might have been different, if Whites had played the lead roles. After all, the industry has historically preferred to have Caucasians play Asian characters, even Charlie Chan and Fu Man Chu. Consequently, we’ve witnessed everyone from Rex

Best Picture

Will Win: The Revenant Deserves to Win: Spotlight Overlooked: Creed, Desert Dancer and Kingsman: The Secret Service

Best Director

Will Win: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (The Revenant) Deserves to Win: Thomas McCarthy (Spotlight) Overlooked: Ryan Coogler (Creed), Richard Raymond (Desert Dancer) and Matthew Vaughn (Kingsman: The Secret Service)

Best Actor

Will Win: Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant) Deserves to Win: Eddie Redmayne (The Danish Girl) Overlooked: Jake Gyllenhaal (Southpaw), Michael B. Jordan (Creed), Will Smith (Concussion) and Johnny Depp (Black Mass)

Best Actress

Will Win: Brie Larson (Room) Deserves to Win: Brie Larson (Room) Overlooked: Freida Pinto (Desert Dancer), Amy Schumer (Trainwreck) and Greta Gerwig (Mistress America)

Best Supporting Actor

Will Win: Sylvester Stallone (Creed) Deserves to Win: Mark Rylance (Bridge of Spies) Overlooked: Michael Keaton (Spotlight), Idris Elba (Beasts of No Nation) and Samuel L. Jackson (Kingsman: The Secret Service)

Best Supporting Actress

Will Win: Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl)

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Look for ‘The Revenant,’ starring Leonardo DiCaprio, to take the top prize at the Oscars. Harrison to Mickey Rooney to Peter Sellers donning yellowface and adopting offensive accents to present a perverted image of Asians. In fact, in less enlightened times, numerous Whites appearing in yellow, brown and blackface have been nominated for Oscars, including H.B. Warner as an Asian in “Lost Horizon,” Marlon Brando as a Latino in “Viva Zapata!,” Jennifer Jones as an Asian in “Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing,” Laurence Olivier as a Black man in “Othello,” and Susan Kohner as a Black woman in “Imitation of Life,” to name a few. Let’s be honest, things have improved substantially over the years. And yes, there is still far to go. But Oscar voting is very subjective and unlikely to change substantially until Hollywood fully embraces colorblind casting and the ranks of Academy reflects the diversity of the general population. If, despite all of the above, you are still tempted to tune in to the Oscars, I hope my predictions below help you prevail in an office or online pool. The 88th Academy Awards will air live on ABC on Feb. 28 at 8:30 p.m. ET/5:30 p.m. PT, and will be hosted by Chris Rock. Deserves to Win: Rooney Mara (Carol) Overlooked: Alicia Vikander (Ex Machina), Lola Kirke (Mistress America) and Kiersey Clemons (Dope)

Best Original Screenplay

Will Win: Spotlight Deserves to Win: Spotlight Overlooked: Dope, Mistress America and Trainwreck

Best Adapted Screenplay

Will Win: The Big Short Deserves to Win: Room Overlooked: Kingsman: The Secret Service, Desert Dancer and Me & Earl & the Dying Girl

Predictions for the Balance of the Categories

Animated Feature: Inside Out Foreign Language Film: Son of Saul Documentary Feature: Amy Cinematography: The Revenant Costume Design: Mad Max: Fury Road Production Design: Mad Max: Fury Road Film Editing: Mad Max: Fury Road Makeup and Hairstyling: Mad Max: Fury Road Original Score: The Hateful Eight Best Song: Til It Happens to You (The Hunting Ground) Sound Editing: Mad Max: Fury Road Sound Mixing: Mad Max: Fury Road Visual Effects: Star Wars: The Force Awakens Animated Short: Sanjay’s Super Team Documentary Short: Body Team 12 Live Action Short: Ave Maria

The Afro-American, February 27, 2016 - March 4, 2016

Retrospective

Black Moon’s ‘Enta Da Stage’ Is Overlooked in Hip Hop History By Maliik Obee Special to the AFRO 1993 was a pivotal year in hip-hop, with Wu-Tang teaching us to “Protect Ya Neck” and Snoop opting to go “Doggystyle.” 2pac was still finding his way in 93’ when he told the world to “Keep Ya Head Up.” Eazy-E dedicated an entire album to his beef with Dr. Dre and Geto Boys replaced Willie D with New Orleans legend Big Mike. In the midst of several heralded albums released in 93’, Black Moon released a classic of their own with “Enta Da

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Stage.” The Brooklyn group consisted of Buckshot, 5ft Accelerator and DJ Evil Dee of Da Beatminerz. In retrospect, it is easy to see why Black Moon was slept on. Hip-Hop groups were at a premium at the time, including the aforementioned Wu Tang, Naughty by Nature, and Onyx to name a few. Most of the groups had more memorable members and arguably better music. The fact that the group released the album through Nervous Records – a relatively unknown label at the time that specialized in house music may also be to blame for obscurity. It also may have been easy to confuse Black Moon with one of the Boot Camp Clik groups they were affiliated with like Smif-N-Wessun or Heltah Skeltah not to mention the similarly named but stylistically different Black Sheep. Nevertheless, “Enta Da Stage” is a better album than its subpar sales indicate. The premise of the album is hardcore street raps explaining why Black Moon is not to be taken lightly. With the two emcees being well below 6 feet tall, it’s safe to say they had something of a Napoleon complex. DJ Evil Dee and Beatminerz partner Mr. Walt lace the group with hard-hitting beats, experimenting with an assortment of samples that worked well. The eerie production sounds like it wasn’t mastered, which only adds to the grit and harshness of the album. Buckshot is solo on 10 of the album’s 14 tracks, but his confidence and charisma ooze through every verse. 5 Ft. Accelerator is only featured on 3 tracks, but his unorthodox flow and raspy voice compliment Buckshot well. “How Many MC’s” is an incredibly infectious Beatminerz production accompanied by Buckshot’s boastful rhymes. The sample of jazz musician Grover Washington coupled with the heavy bassline keeps your head nodding. “Act Like U Want It” is one of the premier tracks on the album, with a beat that sounds like it was more fitting for Kwamé than Black Moon. Buckshot flips the jolly beat into his rags to riches story. Lines like “Back in the days I was a stone cold hood, and now I’m just a paid hood that’s still up to no good” exhibit Buckshot’s unapologetic demeanor. The timeless “Who Got da Props?” is the leading single

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Black Moon released a classic album in 1993. and standout track, with its catchy chorus and mesmerizing beat. Buckshot navigates through the track with a lyrical precision. While most of the album is exclusively Buckshot, “Black Smif-n-Wessun” introduced the world to the group of the same name. Smif-n-Wessun and Buckshot take turns letting listeners know how it goes down in Brooklyn. The only true feature outside of the Boot Camp Clik family is Mobb Deep’s Havoc. The Queens emcee appears on “U da Man” dropping lines like “A rhyme ain’t a rhyme if it ain’t crime related.” The album version of “I Got Cha Opin” pales in comparison to the jazzier remixed version featured in the video, making it the album’s only weak track. Enta Da Stage is an instant trip to the turbulent 90’s, dropping you off into the bowels of Brownsville and Bushwick. The album may not be better than some more celebrated albums of the 90’s, but it certainly belongs in your collection.

D.C. Art Exhibit Spotlights Carnival Celebrations By Shantella Y. Sherman Special to the AFRO ssherman@afro.com

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For millions of people across the globe, Carnival serves as a time for celebrations leading up to the Christian observance of Lent. And while its historical traditions have shifted from a nonmeat Italian (Catholic) festival, it is often associated with fast-paced music, dance, and colorful parades, but the African influences are often overlooked. A new exhibit Carnaval: Celebrations of the African Diaspora, being held at the Pepco Edison Place Gallery in Northwest D.C. from Feb. 2 - March 11, offers an insight into those African influences. Virginia historian Kamau Rutledge said the Carnival tradition borrows heavily from traditional African religions and customs, including the ring shout and call and response communication. For instance, he said, Carnival festivities in Caribbean nations often include ancient African traditions of parading and moving in circles through villages in costumes and masks. “When we see carnival imagery today, the focus is on the tantalizing, the movements of scantily-clad dancers, but in every aspect

of their movements there is something spiritual that has nothing to do with sex,” Rutledge told the AFRO. “Circling villages was believed to bring good fortune, to heal problems, and chill out angry relatives who had died and passed into the next world.” In addition, Carnival traditions Courtesy photo borrow from the Nanno V. Smith’s work Fireball, is African tradition among the works about Carnival of putting together at Pepco’s Edison Place Gallery in natural objects Northwest, through March 11. (bones, grasses, beads, shells, fabric) to create a piece of sculpture, a mask, or costume — with each object or combination of objects representing a certain idea or spiritual force. “Culturally and historically masks and headdresses of the African people are used ceremonially,” Winfred Wallace, who works in mixed media art, told the AFRO. “As an African American, I used the mask decoratively because of the disconnect caused by the Diaspora of Africans to the Americas. I work intuitively to give dimension and texture to my pieces. I embellish them with extra fibers, textile pens, markers, paints, crayons, buttons, hand- made beads and found items.” TWO CLASSICS, ONE CAST.

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February 27, 2016 - March 4, 2016, The Afro-American

College Basketball

SPORTS

Howard University’s James Daniel is the Nation’s Leading Scorer State all have tried to deny him the basketball and make it tough for him to get his shot. However, it hasn’t worked. Daniel began the season for Howard by scoring over 30 points in four of his first six games and hasn’t been stopped yet. He has led the nation in scoring since December and is averaging nearly 28 points per game. Daniel may be the single most dangerous player in Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference with his ability to win a game by himself. “If there’s one guy who can do it “Jaybird” can do it,” said Howard coach Kevin (Courtesy: Howard Sports Information) Nickelberry. “The bigger the Howard University’s James Daniel is their all time leading scorer and leads the nation stage the better he plays”. at over 27 points per game. Nickelberry noticed his future star while coaching at By Mark F. Gray Hampton University during Special To The AFRO summer camp. He watched Daniel grow from an undersized shooter who had range beyond his years. Before he was a The game plan has been the same all season every time teenager Daniel stood out as a scorer who had a knack for Howard University junior guard James Daniel takes the floor. making shots. During his days at Phoebus High in Hampton From Tommy Amaker at Harvard to Todd Bozeman at Morgan he served notice of things to come by earning Tri State Player

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Does the Addition of Markieff Morris Push Wizards into Playoffs? Over the last few years, the Washington Wizards have been trying to manually create a “stretchfour” to help with spacing for John Wall and Bradley Beal, with few results. The presence of a power forward who can both hold his own in the paint and stretch the floor with deep shooting has been a coveted addition, but one that has been difficult to obtain. The Feb. 18 trade deadline allowed Washington to finally acquire a player prepared to handle that position. Washington shipped forwards Kris Humphries and DeJuan Blair as well as a top-eight protected draft pick to Phoenix in exchange for 6-foot, 10-inch Markieff Morris. Morris adds post play, length, athleticism and spacing (32 percent shooting from three-point range this season) to the (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) Wizards—but can he add Washington Wizards forward Markieff Morris, right, drives against his twin brother, them to the playoffs? Perry Detroit Pistons forward Marcus Morris. Green and Stephen D. Riley of the AFRO Sports Desk debate the question. Riley: Washington is only 2.5 games behind eighth-seeded Chicago for the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference, and Morris’s arrival gives them a shot in the arm. Morris has engaged in a nasty dispute with Phoenix’s front office this season, but he just averaged career-highs in points, rebounds and assists in last season. In his first full campaign as a starter he averaged 15.3 points, 6.2 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game in the 2014-2015 season. Washington’s getting healthy and now they’ve added more talent to their front court. I can easily see them finishing higher than the eighth seed. Green: Morris has been a major disappointment this season, franchise feud or not. He recently got into a shoving match with Suns point guard Archie Goodwin and threw a towel in former Suns coach Jeff Hornacek’s face. He has talent, but he’s been such a malcontent I don’t see how he’ll spark a Wizards team that has suffered from their own chemistry issues this year. Morris would have been better served going to a team with more structure. When you look at the Wizards, you see a team with a losing record and a head coach on the hot seat. Morris’ addition not only won’t help Washington make the postseason—it could potentially rip the team apart. Riley: Phoenix’s front office reneged on a verbal promise it made to Morris and his twin brother, Marcus, that the two would play together as long as they took less money on the contract extensions they both signed. Both twins could have garnered more money on the open market but they returned to Phoenix under false pretenses. Markieff had a right to be upset with the franchise. Marcin Gortat and Jared Dudley, who played with Morris in Phoenix and rejoin him now on the Wizards, vouched for Morris’ character. Morris was already coming into his prime as a player, so a change of scenery plus playing with Wall should be enough to not only revive Morris’ disappointing season, but the Wizards’ as well. Green: Morris is a good player who definitely has a place in the NBA, but his emotional outbursts were enough to detract from his reputation. There are so many problems for the Wizards that Morris alone won’t be enough to solve the situation. The team still lacks consistent focus, doesn’t play consistently good defense and too often has to deal with injuries to Beal and third-year forward Otto Porter. Morris will be a welcomed addition to the roster simply because he has talent, but he won’t be the Wizards’ season-savior.

of the Year honors as a senior in 2013. “I watched him grow from a little kid making shots in camp to one of the best shooters in the Tidewater area,” said Nickelberry. Daniel became Howard’s all-time leading scorer with 38 points against Maryland-Eastern Shore on February 16. It was a mark that stood for 50 years and with another year of eligibility his record could last into the next century. He will finish this regular season with over 1,800 points and, barring injury, he figures to make a run at the MEAC all time mark of 2,225 held by Tom Davis of Delaware State next year. Daniel is also the first Bison basketball player to score over 1,000 points in his first two seasons. The statistics don’t tell the real story of Daniel’s greatness. In three years he has been the catalyst for teams that have been plagued by injuries. This season Howard lost the other half of their backcourt James Miller and starting power forward Samuel Mangum who have not played since mid-December. That forced Daniel to elevate his scoring but he leads the Bison in assists. “I’ve never been one to make excuses,” Daniel said. “You have to go out and play with who is healthy and make it work. I just knew I had to step my game up and try to stay in tight mode. It’s about the end result”. Daniel is a prolific scorer who is masterful at directing Howard’s offense as well. Considering that on many occasions his teammates have not been able to cash in on the way he sets them up, he could be amongst the nation’s leader in that category also. Nickelberry acknowledges that Daniel is not the atypical point guard but he’s not trying to change his game after the injuries that have set them back. “I’ve got the same confidence in him that he has in me,” said Daniel. “He’s does a great job putting us in position to be successful”. The impact of Daniel’s legacy will live as the player who turned the program around. In the last 29 years Howard has won 10 or more games only six times. However, three of those seasons have been with Daniel on the floor. There already seems to be a place for his retired jersey number in the rafters of Burr Gym after his career.

AKA Herbert Dubois Quarles Decedent Steven E Bullock 600 Maryland Avenue , SW, Suite 400 East Washington, DC 20024 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Willie Thornton, whose address is 8904 TonBridge Terrence, Adelphi, Maryland 20783, wasappointed personal representative of the estate of Hebert D Quarles, who died on December 8, 2014 withoutlegal a will, and will serve Payment Policy for notice without Court superviadvertisements. Effective immediately, The Afro American Newspapers will require prepayment for AFRO Classified minimum ad rate is $26.54 per sion. All unknown heirs publication of all legal notices. Payment will be accepted ofhchwecks, credit card or money a n din hthe e i form rs w ose col. inch (an inch consists of up to 20 words). order. Any returned checks will be subject to a $25.00whereabouts processing feeare and unmay result in the suspension Mail in your ad on form below along with known shall enter their of any future advertising a pat p eour a r adiscretion. nce in this CHECK or MONEY ORDER to: proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or WASHINGTON AFRO-AMERICAN CO. to the probate of deTYPESET: Tue Feb 09 15:38:37 EST 2016 1917 Benning Road, N.E. TYPESET: Tue Feb 16 15:35:06 EST 2016 shall be LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICES cedent´s LEGALwill) NOTICES LEGAL NOTICES filed with the Register of TYPESET: Tue Feb 09 14:12:34 EST 2016 Washington, D.C. 20002-4723 This Notice must5thbe Wills, D.C., 515 SUPERIOR COURT OF mailed postmarked within Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Superior Court of Attn: Clsf. Adv. Dept. Superior Court of 15a days THE DISTRICT OF W s h i nof g tits o nfirst , Dpublica.C. the District of the District of tion to each heir and qualCOLUMBIA 20001, on or before AuDistrict of Columbia District of Columbia ified 19, beneficiary of the PROBATE DIVISION gust 2016. Claims PROBATE DIVISION trust and the any other person PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. against decedent Washington, D.C. w h obe w o u l d b to e the an Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 shall presented 20001-2131 interested person within 20001-2131 Foreign No. undersigned with a copy Administration No. the meaningof D.C. Code, Administration No. 2016FEP6 to the Register of Wills or 2016NRT4 sec. 20-101(d) 2016ADM62 Date of Death filed with the Register of Jo Anne McFarlane Datewith of Publication: November 10, 2015 Wills a copy to the Doris J. Carmon Decedent February 19, 2016 Maxie B Holmes undersigned, on or be- Decedent NOTICE OF Name of newspaper: NOTICE OF Decedent fore August 19, 2016, or EXISTENCE OF Afro-American APPOINTMENT, NOTICE OF be forever barred. PerREVOCABLE Washington Law NOTICE TO APPOINTMENT sons believed to be heirs TRUST Reporter CREDITORS OF legatees of the deJ o A n n e M c F a r l a n e or Perkins AND NOTICE TO FOREIGN PERSONAL do not re(name of deceased set- cedent whoKeith Personal UNKNOWN HEIRS REPRESENTATIVE tlor) whose address was ceive a copy of this notice Representative 1844 Kenyon Street, NW, by mail within 25 days of Sean Carmon, whose AND TRUE COPYshall address is 7127 9th St Washington, DC 20010 its NOTICE TO first TEST publication REGISTER WILLSof NW, Washington, DC created a revocable trust so CREDITORS inform theOF Register 2/26,name, 3/4/16 20012 was appointed Jinai Holmes whose ad- on December 1, 2000, Wills, 02/19, including dress is 2813 64th Ave- which remained in exis- address and relation- personal representative of the estate of Doris J nue Cheverly MD 20785 tence on the date of her ship. Carmon, who died on was appointed personal death on December 3, Date of Publication: 2015, and Keith Perkins, October 31, 2001 withrepresentative of the February 19, 2016 whose address is 1844 outa will, and will serve estate of Maxie B Name of newspaper: with Court supervision. Holmes , deceased by K e n y o n S t r e e t , N W, Afro-American TYPESET: Tue Feb 09 14:11:19 EST 2016 Washington, DC 20010 is All unknown heirs and the Orphan’s Court for Washington the currently acting heirs whose wherePrince George’s County, trustee, hereinafter the Law Reporter State of Maryland. on Trustee. Communications Willie Thornton abouts are unknown Superior Court of December 29, 2015. Personal shall enter their appearto the trust should be the District of Service of process may mailed or directed to Keith Representative ance in this proceeding. District of Columbia Objections to such be made upon Deborah Perkins, 1844 Kenyon PROBATE DIVISION appointment (or to the Holmes 3905 24th Street Street, NW, Washington, TRUE TEST COPY Washington, D.C. probate of decedent´s N E Wa s h i n g t o n D C DC 20010 REGISTER OF WILLS 20001-2131 will) shallEST be filed with the 20018 whose designa- The Trust is subject to TYPESET: Tue Feb 23 12:38:58 2016 Administration No. Register of Wills, D.C., tion as District of Colum- claims of the deceased 02/19, 02/26, 03/4/16 2016ADM59 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd bia agent has been filed settlor’s creditors, costs of Lillie Brown Curry Floor Washington, D.C. with the Register of Wills, administration of the setTYPESET: Tue Feb 09 14:11:01 Superior Court of Decedent 20001, on or before AuD.C. tlor’s estate, the expenses Legal Advertising Rates the District of Marialice Williams, Esq gust 12, 2016. Claims The decedent owned the of the deceased settlor’s District of Columbia 1922 First Street NW against the decedent f o l l o w i n g D i s t r i c t o f funeral and disposal of reEffective October 1, 2008 Superior Court of PROBATE DIVISION Washington DC 20001 shall be presented to the Columbia real property: mains, and statutory the District of Washington, D.C. Attorney undersigned with a copy 218 Rittenhouse Street allowances to a surviving District of Columbia 20001-2131 NOTICE OF to the Register of Wills or NW Washington, DC spouse and children to the PROBATE DIVISION PROBATE DIVISION Administration No. APPOINTMENT, extent the deceased setfiled with the Register of 20011 Washington, D.C. 2016ADM105 NOTICE TO Wills with a copy to the (Estates) CREDITORS Claims against the de- tlor’s residuary probate 20001-2131 estate is inadequate to Mary Frances Taylor undersigned, on or becedent may be preAdministration No. Decedent AND NOTICE TO 202-332-0080 fore August 12, 2016, or sented to the under- satisfy those claims, 2014ADM1326 John E Reid Esq UNKNOWN HEIRS be forever barred. Persigned and filed with the costs, expenses, and PROBATE NOTICES 5335 Wisconsin Ave sons believed to be heirs Eugenia A Robinson , Carter McKinley Smith Register of Wills for the allowances. NW, #700 whose address(es) is Jr Claims of the deceased or legatees of the deDistrict of Columbia, settlor ’s creditors are Washington, DC 20015 cedent who do not re4008 Blaine Street, NE, Decedent Building A, 515 5th a. Order Nisi $ 60 perWashington, insertion DC 20009, $180.00 3 Gordon weeks barred as against the Attorney Marilynper Cain ceive a copy of this notice Street, NW, 3rd floorTrustee and the trust propGeorgia Avenue, NOTICE OF by mail within 25 days of b. Small Estates (single publication $ 60 perappointed insertionpersonal re- 7603 Washington, D.C. 20001 erty unless presented to NW, Ste 304 APPOINTMENT, presentative of the estate its first publication shall within 6 months from the the Trustee at the address c. Notice to Creditors NOTICE TO of Lillie Brown Curry, who Washington, DC 20012 so inform the Register of date of first publication of provided herein on or beAttorney CREDITORS on June 13, 2015 $180.00 1. Domestic $ 60 perdied insertion per 3 weeks Wills, including name, this notice. fore June 3, 2016, 6 NOTICE OF AND NOTICE TO with a will, and will serve address and relationmonths after the date of 2. Foreign $ 60 per insertion $180.00 per 3 weeks APPOINTMENT, UNKNOWN HEIRS without Court superviship. Jinai Holmes the first publication of this TO Barbara H Moore, whose Date of Publication: All unknown heirs $360.00NOTICE d. Escheated Estates $ 60 persion. insertion per 6 weeks Personal notice). An action to conCREDITORS address is 1359 Morris February 12, 2016 and heirs whose Representative(s) test the validity of this trust e. 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Objections against the decedent Court supervision. All unthe District of Trustee’s name and ad- to such appointment shall be presented to the known heirs and heirs 202-879-0157 District of Columbia Superior Court of dress, and the time al- shall be filed with the undersigned with a copy whose whereabouts are PROBATE DIVISION the District of lowed for commencing a Register of Wills, D.C., to the Register of Wills or unknown shall enter their Washington, D.C. proceeding. District of Columbia 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd filed with the Register of a p p e a r a n c e i n t h i s a. Absent Defendant The Trustee may proceed Floor Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 PROBATE DIVISION proceeding. Objections Wills with a copy to the $ 150.00 to distribute the trust propAdministration No. Washington, D.C. to such appointment (or 20001, on or before Auundersigned, on or be- $ 150.00 b. Absolute Divorce erty in accordance with gust 26, 2016. 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Code, Name of newspaper: Administration No. Willie A Linthicum , who its first publication shall TRUE TEST COPY Administration No. 2016NRT4 2015ADM855 B Moon , who died on sec. 20-101(d) died on May 3rd 2013 so inform the Register of Afro-American REGISTER OF WILLS 2016ADM59 Jo Anne McFarlane Samuel Lorenzo MilFebruary 8, 2014 without Date of Publication: with a will, and will serve Wills, including name, Washington Lillie Brown Curry Decedent ligan TYPESET: Tue Feb 09 14:11:01 a will, and will serve with- February 19, 2016 without Court superviaddressEST and 2016 relationLaw Reporter 02/12, 02/19, 02/26/16 Decedent NOTICE OF Decedent out Court supervision. All Name of newspaper: ship. Barbara H Moore sion. All unknown heirs Marialice Williams, Esq EXISTENCE OF NOTICE OF unknown heirs and heirs Afro-American Date of Publication: Personal a n d h e i r s w h o s e 1922 First Street NW REVOCABLE APPOINTMENT, whose whereabouts are Washington Law Superior Court of February 12, 2016 Representative whereabouts are unWashington DC 20001 TRUST NOTICE TO unknown shall enter their Reporter known shall enter their the District of Name of newspaper: Attorney Jaop pAenanr ea nM CREDITORS c ec Fianr l tahni es a p p e a r a n c e i n t h i s District of Columbia Keith Perkins Afro-American TRUE TEST COPY NOTICE OF (name of deceased setAND NOTICE TO proceeding. Objections proceeding. Objections PROBATE DIVISION Personal Washington REGISTER OF WILLS APPOINTMENT, tlor) whose address was UNKNOWN HEIRS to such appointment (or to such appointment (or Washington, D.C. Representative Law Reporter NOTICE TO Nikki Mitchell, whose ad1844 Kenyon Street, NW, to the probate de- TRUE TEST COPY to the probate of de20001-2131 Marilyn Cain Gordon, dress is 12107 Beltsville CREDITORS Washington, DC of 20010 cedent´s will) shall be cedent´s will) shall be Administration No. REGISTER OF WILLS Esq 02/26, 3/4, 3/11/16 Drive, Beltsville, MD , created a revocable trust AND NOTICE TO filed with the Register of TYPESET: Tue Feb 16 15:35:35 EST 2016 filed with the Register of 2014ADM1326 02/19, 2/26, 3/4/16 Personal 20705 was appointed on December 1, 2000, UNKNOWN HEIRS Wills, D.C., 515 5th Wills, D.C., 515 5th Carter McKinley Smith Representative personal representative which remained in exisEugenia A Robinson , Street,onN.W., 3rdofFloor Street, N.W., 3rd Floor of the estate of Samuel whose address(es) is Jr tence the date her W a s hon i n gDecember t o n , D . C 3, . Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . Lorenzo Milligan, who 4008 Blaine Street, NE, Decedent TRUE TEST COPY death Superior Court of 20001, on Keith or before Audied on June 9, 2015 Washington, DC 20009, Marilyn Cain Gordon 20001, on or before Au2015, and Perkins, REGISTER OF WILLS the District of without a will, and will gust 12, 2016. Claims gust 12, 2016. Claims whose address is 1844 District of Columbia appointed personal re- 7603 Georgia Avenue, serve without court suKagainst e n y o n the S t r edecedent e t , N W, against the decedent NW, Ste 304 02/12, 02/19, 02/26/16 PROBATE DIVISION presentative of the estate pervision. All unknown shall be presented to the Washington, DC 20010 is shall be presented to the Washington, D.C. of Lillie Brown Curry, who Washington, DC 20012 heirs and heirs whose the currentlywith acting undersigned a copy undersigned with a copy Attorney 20001-2131 whereabouts are un- died on June 13, 2015 trustee, hereinafter the to the Register of Wills or to the Register of Wills or NOTICE OF Administration No. with a will, and will serve known shall enter their Trustee. filed withCommunications the Register of filed with the Register of APPOINTMENT, 2015ADM73 without Court superviappearance in this to thewith trust should be Wills a copy to the Wills with a copy to the NOTICE TO Herbert D Quarles proceeding. Objections sion. All unknown heirs mailed or directed undersigned, ontoorKeith be- AKA undersigned, on or beCREDITORS a n d h e i r s w h o s e to such appointment (or Perkins, 1844 fore August 12, Kenyon 2016, or H e r b e r t D u b o i s fore August 12, 2016, or AND NOTICE TO to the probate of de- whereabouts are unStreet, NW, barred. Washington, be forever Per- Quarles be forever barred. PerUNKNOWN HEIRS cedent´s will) shall be known shall enter their DC 20010 sons believed to be heirs Decedent sons believed to be heirs Marilyn Cain Gordon, filed with the Register of a p p e a r a n c e i n t h i s The Trust is of subject to or legatees the deor legatees of the deSteven E Bullock Wills, D.C., 515 5th proceeding. Objections whose address is 7603 claims the do deceased cedent ofwho not re- 600 Maryland Avenue , cedent who do not reStreet, N.W., 3rd Floor to such appointment (or Georgia Avenue, NW, settlor’s creditors, costs of ceive a copy of this notice ceive a copy of this notice Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . SW, Suite 400 East to the probate of de- Ste 304, Washington, administration of the setby mail within days of Washington, DC 20024 by mail within 25 days of 20001, on or before June cedent´s will) shall be DC 20012, was, aptlor’s estate, the25 expenses itsthe firstdeceased publication shall Attorney its first publication shall 4, 2016. Claims against filed with the Register of pointed personal repreof settlor’s the decedent shall be Wills, D.C., 515 5th so inform Register of so inform the Register of sentative of the estate of NOTICE OF funeral andthe disposal of represented to the under- Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Carter McKinley Smith, Wills, including name, Wills, including name, APPOINTMENT, mains, and statutory signed with a copy to the address and relationaddress and relationJr. , who died on August NOTICE TO allowances to a surviving Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . Register of Wills or filed ship. and children to the ship. CREDITORS spouse 20001, on or before Au- 6, 2010 without a will, with the Register of Wills Date ofthe Publication: Date of Publication: and will serve without AND NOTICE TO extent deceased setwith a copy to the under- gust 12, 2016. Claims Court supervision. All unFebruary 12, 2016 Brenda Linthicum Craft tlor’s residuary probate UNKNOWN HEIRS against the decedent signed, on or before June Name of Name of newspaper: known heirs and heirs estate is newspaper: inadequate to Willie Thornton, whose 4, 2016, or be forever shall be presented to the Afro-American Afro-American satisfy those claims, address is 8904 barred. Persons believed undersigned with a copy whose whereabouts are Washington Washington costs, expenses, and TonBridge Terrence, to be heirs or legatees of to the Register of Wills or unknown shall enter their Law Reporter allowances. Law Reporter Adelphi, Maryland the decedent who do not filed with the Register of a p p e a r a n c e i n t h i s Claims ofMarcus the deceased A Moon 20783, wasappointed Brenda Linthicum Craft receive a copy of this no- Wills with a copy to the proceeding. Objections settlor ’s creditors are Personal Personal personal representative tice by mail within 25 undersigned, on or be- to such appointment (or barred asRepresentative against the Representative of the estate of Hebert D days of its first publica- fore August 12, 2016, or to the probate of deTrustee and the trust proption shall so inform the be forever barred. Per- cedent´s will) shall be Quarles, who died on erty unless TRUE TESTpresented COPY to TRUE TEST COPY Register of Wills, includ- sons believed to be heirs filed with the Register of December 8, 2014 withthe Trustee atOF theWILLS address REGISTER REGISTER OF WILLS ing name, address and or legatees of the de- Wills, D.C., 515 5th out a will, and will serve provided herein on or berelationship. without Court supervicedent who do not re- Street, N.W., 3rd Floor fore June 3, 2016, 6 Date of Publication: 02/12, 02/19, 02/26/16 02/12, 02/19, 02/26/16 sion. All unknown heirs ceive a copy of this notice W a s h i n g t o n , D . C . months after the date of December 4, 2015 and heirs whose by mail within 25 days of 20001, on or before Authe first publication of this Name of newspaper: whereabouts are units first publication shall gust 12, 2016. Claims notice). An action to conYou know Afro-American against the decedent known shall enter their test the validity of this trust Nikki Mitchell so inform the Register of shall be presented to the appearance in this must be commenced by you’re in the Personal Wills, including name, undersigned with a copy proceeding. Objections the earliest of (1) Representative address and relationto the Register of Wills or to such appointment (or ship. December 3, 2016 (one know... filed with the Register of to the probate of deyear from date of death of Date of Publication: TRUE TEST COPY Wills with a copy to the cedent´s will) shall be the deceased settler) or When you read REGISTER OF WILLS February 12, 2016 undersigned, on or befiled with the Register of (2) June 3, 2016(6 months Name of newspaper: fore August 12, 2016, or Wills, D.C., 515 5th from the date of first pubthe AFRO! 12/4, 12/11, 12/18/15 Afro-American be forever barred. Perlication of this notice) or Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington sons believed to be heirs (3) ninety days after the Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . Law Reporter Trustee sends the person 20001, on or before AuEugenia A Robinson or legatees of the dea copy of the trust instrugust 19, 2016. Claims Personal cedent who do not rement and a notice informagainst the decedent Representative ceive a copy of this notice

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filed with the Register of January 10, 2014 without Wills with a copy to the a will, and will serve withundersigned, on or beout Court supervision. All fore August 26, 2016, or unknown heirs and heirs be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs whose whereabouts are or legatees of the de- unknown shall enter their cedent who do not re- a p p e a r a n c e i n t h i s ceive a copy of this notice proceeding. Objections ESTTue 2016 TYPESET: Feb 16 15:41:23 ESTTue 2016 by mail within days of to such appointment (or TYPESET: Tue Feb 16 15:38:29 TYPESET: Feb 16 15:40:21 ESTTue 2016 TYPESET: Tue Feb 23 12:38:39 EST 25 2016 Feb 16 15:39:59 ESTTue 2016 TYPESET: Feb 16 15:39:33 EST 2016 the probate of deNOTICES LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICES TYPESET: LEGAL NOTICES itsLEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICES first publication shall toLEGAL so inform the Register of cedent´s will) shall be Superior Court of Wills, including name, filed with the Register of SUPERIOR COURT OF Superior Court of Superior Court of Superior Court of Superior Court of the District of address and relation- Wills, D.C., 515 5th THE DISTRICT OF the District of the District of the District of the District of District of Columbia Street, N.W., 3rd Floor ship. COLUMBIA District of Columbia District of Columbia District of Columbia District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . Date of Publication: PROBATE DIVISION PROBATE DIVISION PROBATE DIVISION PROBATE DIVISION PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before AuFebruary 26, 2016 Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Washington, D.C. gust 12, 2016. Claims Name of newspaper: 20001-2131 20001-2131 20001-2131 20001-2131 Administration No. 20001-2131 against the decedent Afro-American Administration No. Administration No. Administration No. Administration No. 2016ADM84 Administration No. shall be presented to the Washington 2015ADM1422 2016ADM125 2016ADM127 2016ADM131 Alice I Wells 2015ADM1153 undersigned with a copy Law Reporter David Proctor Estate of Decedent Rita D. Reid George Gordin Jr. Susie C Bumbrey Mary Haggins to the Register of Wills or Decedent Mary Jane Kirby NOTICE OF Decedent Decedent Decedent Personal filed with the Register of NOTICE OF Deceased APPOINTMENT, NOTICE OF NOTICE OF NOTICE OF Representative Wills with a copy to the APPOINTMENT, NOTICE OF NOTICE TO APPOINTMENT, APPOINTMENT, APPOINTMENT, undersigned, on or beNOTICE TO CREDITORS STANDARD NOTICE TO NOTICE TO NOTICE TO fore August 12, 2016, or TRUE TEST COPY CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO PROBATE CREDITORS CREDITORS CREDITORS be forever barred. PerREGISTER OF WILLS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Notice is hereby given AND NOTICE TO AND NOTICE TO TYPESET: Tue Feb 16 15:36:02 EST to 2016 AND NOTICE TO sons believed be heirs Terry Wells-Friez, whose that a petition has been UNKNOWN HEIRS UNKNOWN HEIRS UNKNOWN HEIRS UNKNOWN HEIRS or legatees of the deaddress is 621 Constitu- filed in this Court by Ross 2/26, 3/4, 3/11/16 Theresa Joyner , whose Robert C Solomon/ Caryl cedent who do not re- tion Ave., NE, Washing- W Koenig for standard Robert E. Childs, Jr., address is 646 1/2 I Aaron E Price, Sr. Esq, whose address is 9604 Street, SE, Washington, whose address is 717 D Gordin Solomon, whose ceive a copy of this notice ton, DC 20002, were ap- probate, including the Superior Court of J a c q u e l i n e D r . F t . DC 20003, was apaddress is 1507 Trillium St, NW , Suite 300, by mail within 25 days of p o i n t e d p e r s o n a l the District of appointment of one or Washington, MD 20744 pointed personal repre- Washington., DC 2004, Lane, Blacksbury Va its first publication shall representative of the more personal repreDistrict of Columbia was appointed personal 24060 / 3804 Brandon sentative of the estate of was appointed personal so inform the Register of estate of Alice I Wells, sentative. Unless a comPROBATE DIVISION Ave, Roanoke VA 24018, Wills, including name, who died on April 24, plaint or an objection in representative of the David Proctor , who died representative of the Washington, D.C. was appointed personal address and relation- 2015 without a will, and accordance with Super- estate of Rita D. Reid, on October 9, 2015 with- e s t a t e o f S u s i e C 20001-2131 who died on November out a will, and will serve Bumbrey , who died on representative of the will serve without Court ship. Administration No. 12, 2015 without a will, without Court supervi- August 22, 2013 without estate of George Gordin, supervision. All unknown ior Court Probate DiDate of Publication: 2016ADM78 vision Rule 407 is filed in and will servewithout sion. All unknown heirs a will, and will serve with Jr., who died on January Ellen Franklin Taylor heirs and heirs whose February 12, 2016 whereabouts are un- this Court within 30 days Court supervision. All un- a n d h e i r s w h o s e Court supervision. All un16, 2016 with a will, and Decedent Name of newspaper: known shall enter their from the date of first pubknown heirs and heirs whereabouts are unknown heirs and heirs will serve without Court Elise N Milstein , Esq Afro-American lication of this notice, the appearance in this whose whereabouts are known shall enter their whose where-abouts are supervision. All unknown 1629 K Street, NW #300 Washington Court may take the acproceeding. Objections unknown shall enter their a p p e a r a n c e i n t h i s heirs and heirs whose Washington, DC 20006 unknown shall enter their Law Reporter proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or tion hereinafter set forth. whereabouts are un- Attorney Charles A Stinger Jr. to the probate of de- 0In the absence of a will a p p e a r a n c e i n t h i s to such appointment a p p e a r a n c e i n t h i s proceeding. Objections known shall enter their proceeding. Objections Personal cedent´s will) shall be or proof satisfactory to NOTICE OF shall be filed with the appearance in this Representative filed with the Register of the court of due execu- to such appointment Register of Wills, D.C., to such appointment (or APPOINTMENT, shall be filed with the proceeding. Objections to the probate of deNOTICE TO Wills, D.C., 515 5th tion, enter a order deter- Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd cedent´s will) shall be to such appointment (or TRUE TEST COPY CREDITORS Street, N.W., 3rd Floor mining that the decedent Floor Washington, D.C. 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd to the probate of defiled with the Register of REGISTER OF WILLS AND NOTICE TO Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . 20001, on or before Audied intestate Floor Washington, D.C. gust 19, 2016 . Claims Wills, D.C., 515 5th cedent´s will) shall be UNKNOWN HEIRS 20001, on or before Au- 0 Appoint a supervised TYPESET: Tue Feb 16 15:36:21 EST 2016 20001, on or before Aufiled with the Register of Linda Michelle Taylor , 02/12, Street, N.W., 3rd Floor 02/19, 02/26/16 gust 19, 2016. Claims personal representative against the decedent gust 19, 2016. Claims Wills, D.C., 515 5th Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . against the decedent whose address is 2000 Register of Wills against the decedent shall be presented to the 20001, on or before AuStreet, N.W., 3rd Floor Huntington Avenue, Apt shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy Clerk of the shall be presented to the to the Register of Wills or gust 19, 2016. Claims Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . Superior Court of undersigned with a copy 203, Alexandria, Virginia Probate Division undersigned with a copy filed with the Register of against the decedent 20001, on or before Au- 22303,was appointed the District of to the Register of Wills or to the Register of Wills or Wills with a copy to the shall be presented to the gust 26, 2016. Claims personal representative District of Columbia filed with the Register of Date of First Publication filed with the Register of undersigned, on or be- undersigned with a copy against the decedent of the estate of Ellen PROBATE DIVISION Wills with a copy to the February 19, 2016 undersigned, on or be- Names of Newspapers: Wills with a copy to the fore August 19, 2016, or to the Register of Wills or shall be presented to the Franklin Taylor , who died Washington, D.C. Washington fore August 19, 2016, or undersigned, on or be- be forever barred. Per- filed with the Register of undersigned with a copy on August 13, 1996 with20001-2131 Law Reporter be forever barred. Perfore August 19, 2016, or sons believed to be heirs Wills with a copy to the to the Register of Wills or out a will, and will serve Administration No. sons believed to be heirs Washington be forever barred. Per- or legatees of the de- undersigned, on or befiled with the Register of with Court supervision. 2015ADM770 or legatees of the de- AFRO-AMERICAN sons believed to be heirs cedent who do not re- fore August 19, 2016, or Wills with a copy to the All unknown heirs and Eula M Flood cedent who do not re- Randy Alan Weiss, Esqor legatees of the de- ceive a copy of this notice be forever barred. PerAugust 26, 2016, or be h e i r s w h o s e Decedent ceive a copy of this notice Weiss LLP cedent who do not re- by mail within 25 days of sons believed to be heirs forever barred. Persons whereabouts are un- Dennis Eshman., Esq by mail within 25 days of 1750 K Street, NW, ceive a copy of this notice its first publication shall or legatees of the debelieved to be heirs or known shall enter their 1629 K Street NW, Suite its first publication shall Washington, DC 20006 by mail within 25 days of so inform the Register of cedent who do not relegatees of the decedent a p p e a r a n c e i n t h i s 300 so inform the Register of Signature of its first publication shall Wills, including name, ceive a copy of this notice who do not receive a proceeding. Objections Washington., DC 20006 Wills, including name, Petitioners/Attorney so inform the Register of address and relation- by mail within 25 days of copy of this notice by mail to such appointment Attorney address and relationship. Wills, including within 25 days of its first shall be filed with the NOTICE OF its first publication shall TYPESET: Tue Feb 16 15:41:00 EST 2016name, ship. 02/19, 2/26/16 address and relation- Date of Publication: publication shall so in- Register of Wills, D.C., APPOINTMENT, so inform the Register of Date of Publication: February 19, 2016 ship. form the Register of NOTICE TO Wills, including name, February 19, 2016 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Name of newspaper: Date of Publication: Wills, including name, Floor Washington, D.C. CREDITORS Name of newspaper: address and relationAfro-American Superior Court of February 19, 2016 address and relation- 20001, on or before AuAND NOTICE TO Afro-American ship. Washington the District of Name of newspaper: ship. UNKNOWN HEIRS Washington Date of Publication: gust 19, 2016. Claims Law Reporter District of Columbia Afro-American Date of Publication: Dennis Eshman, Esq, Law Reporter February 19, 2016 Theresa Joyner against the decedent PROBATE DIVISION Terry-Wells Friesz Washington February 26, 2016 Name of newspaper: Personal shall be presented to the whose address is 1629 K Washington, D.C. Personal Law Reporter Name of newspaper: Afro-American Representative undersigned with a copy Street, NW., Suite 300, 20001-2131 Representative Robert E.Childs, Jr. Afro-American Washington, DC 20006, Washington to the Register of Wills or Administration No. Personal Washington were appointed personal TRUE TEST COPY Law Reporter filed with the Register of 2016ADM128 TRUE TEST COPY Representative Law Reporter representative of the REGISTER OF WILLS Aaron E. Price Sr., Esq Wills with a copy to the Eleanora E Winston Robert C. Solomon undersigned, on or be- estate of Eula M Flood, REGISTER OF WILLS TYPESET: Tue Feb 16 15:39:09 EST 2016 Personal Decedent TRUE TEST COPY Caryl Gordin Solomon fore August 19, 2016, or who died on December 2/19, 2/26, 3/4/16 Representative NOTICE OF REGISTER OF WILLS Personal be forever barred. Per- 10, 2014 without a will, APPOINTMENT, 02/19, 02/26,Tue 3/4/16 Feb 16 15:38:10 EST 2016 Representative sons believed to be heirs and will serve with Court TYPESET: Superior Court of TRUE TEST COPY NOTICE TO TYPESET: Feb 16 15:40:43 2016 02/19, 02/26,Tue 03/04/16 supervision. All unknown the EST District of REGISTER OF WILLS or legatees of the deCREDITORS TRUE TEST COPY heirs and heirs whose District of Columbia cedent who do not reSuperior Court of AND NOTICE TO REGISTER OF WILLS whereabouts are unPROBATE DIVISION the District of ceive a copy of this notice UNKNOWN HEIRS TYPESET: Feb 09 14:10:16 EST 2016 Superior Court of Washington, D.C. District of Columbia 02/19, 02/26,Tue 3/4/16 by mail within 25 days of known shall enter their Mildred M Henderson , the District of 02/26, 03/4, 03/11/16 PROBATE DIVISION 20001-2131 TYPESET: Tue Feb 23 12:39:51 EST 2016 shall a p p e a r a n c e i n t h i s its first publication whose address is 1975 District of Columbia Washington, D.C. Administration No. so inform the Register of proceeding. Objections Teasel Court., Wood20001-2131 PROBATE DIVISION Superior Court of 2016ADM116 Wills, including name, to such appointment (or bridge , VA, 22192 apAdministration No. Washington, D.C. the District of Carol J Ready address and relation- to the probate of deSuperior Court of 2008ADM657 pointed personal repre20001-2131 cedent´s will) shall be Ethel P Williams Decedent District of Columbia ship. the District of sentative of the estate of Administration No. NOTICE OF filed with the Register of Decedent PROBATE DIVISION Date of Publication: District of Columbia Eleanora E Winston, who 2016ADM122 APPOINTMENT, Wills, D.C., 515 5th Washington, D.C. NOTICE OF February 19, 2016 PROBATE DIVISION died on December 30, ANDREW LAKE APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO Street, N.W., 3rd Floor 20001-2131 Name of newspaper: Washington, D.C. 2015 without a will, and Decedent NOTICE TO CREDITORS W a s h i n g t o n , D . C . Administration No. Afro-American 20001-2131 will serve without Court CREDITORS NOTICE OF AND NOTICE TO 20001, on or before Au2016ADM53 Washington Administration No. supervision. All unknown AND NOTICE TO APPOINTMENT, UNKNOWN HEIRS gust 19, 2016. Claims Wilson E Brown Law Reporter UNKNOWN HEIRS 2016ADM150 heirs and heirs whose NOTICE TO Taunya Jenkins , whose Decedent Linda Michelle Taylor against the decedent Nathan Neal, whose ad- whereabouts are unMary A Long CREDITORS address is 13219 Hampshall be presented to the Ferguson Evans Esq dress is Law Offices of Personal Decedent known shall enter their AND NOTICE TO t o n F a r m L a n e , Nathan A Neal, PLLC, undersigned with a copy 601 Pennsylvania Ave Representative Mary Haggins a p p e a r a n c e i n t h i s UNKNOWN HEIRS Brandywine, MD 20613, to the Register of Wills or 209 Kennedy Street., Attorney proceeding. Objections Marcus Lake, whose ad- was appointed personal NW NW, Washington, DC filed with the Register of Suite 900 South TRUE TEST COPY NOTICE OF to such appointment 20011 was appointed Wills with a copy to the Successor/ personal re- shall be filed with the dress is 210 10th ST SE representative of the Building REGISTER OF WILLS APPOINTMENT, W A S H I N G T O N D C estate of Carol J Ready, undersigned, on or be- presentative of the estate Register of Wills, D.C., Washington, DC 20004 NOTICE TO 20003, was appointed TYPESET: Tue Feb 09 14:10:41 EST19,2016 fore August 2016, or of Ethel P Williams, who 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd personal representative who died on December Attorney 02/19, 02/26, 3/4/16 CREDITORS 26, 2015 with a will, and died on November 11, be forever barred. PerNOTICE OF AND NOTICE TO Floor Washington, D.C. of the estate of Andrew sons believed to be heirs 2007 without a will, and 20001, on or before Au- L a k e , w h o d i e d o n will serve without Court APPOINTMENT, UNKNOWN HEIRS will serve with Court susupervision. All unknown or legatees of the deSuperior Court of NOTICE TO Mary Haggins, whose gust 19, 2016. Claims November 22, 2015 with- heirs and heirs whose All unknown cedent who do not re- pervision. the District of CREDITORS heirs and heirs whose address is 2414 Kirkland against the decedent outa will, and will ser- whereabouts are unceive a copy of this notice whereabouts are un- shall be presented to the vewithout Court superviDistrict of Columbia AND NOTICE TO Avenue, Forestville, MD by mail within 25 days of known shall enter their undersigned with a copy sion. All unknown heirs known shall enter their PROBATE DIVISION UNKNOWN HEIRS 20747 was appointed appearance in this appearance in this its first publication shall Washington, D.C. C a rol Brown-King, to the Register of Wills or a n d h e i r s w h o s e personal representative so inform the Register of proceeding. Objections filed with the Register of whereabouts are un- proceeding. Objections whose addressis 802 St. 20001-2131 of the estate of Mary A to such appointment (or to such appointment (or Wills, including name, Administration No. Wills with a copy to the known shall enter their to the probate of de- Aubin St., Detroit, MI Long, who November 7, the probate of deaddress and relation- to 2014ADM126 48207 was appointed cedent´s will) shall be undersigned, on or be- a p p e a r a n c e i n t h i s 2015 without a will, and cedent´s will) shall be ship. Charles A Stinger Jr. filed with the Register of fore August 19, 2016, or proceeding. Objections filed with the Register of personal representative will serve without Court Date of Publication: Decedent of the estate of Wilson E Wills, D.C., 515 5th be forever barred. Per- to such appointment Wills, D.C., 515 5th supervision. All unknown February 19, 2016 Clarissa T Edwards Brown, who died on Street, N.W., 3rd Floor shall be filed with the Street, N.W., 3rd Floor sons believed to be heirs heirs and heirs whose Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . Name of newspaper: Law Office C Thomas October 10, 2015 without or legatees of the de- Register of Wills, D.C., W a s h i n g t o n , D . C . whereabouts are un20001, on or before Au2402 Lenfant Square Afro-American cedent who do not re- 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd 20001, on or before Au- a will, and will serve withknown shall enter their gust 19, 2016. Claims SE Washington, DC Washington ceive a copy of this notice Floor Washington, D.C. gust 19, 2016. Claims out Court supervision. 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MBE/WBE/DBE Subcontractors and Suppliers Ulliman Schutte Construction, LLC, Rockville, MD is interested in receiving quotes from qualified City of Baltimore MBE/WBE/DBE subcontractors and suppliers for the SC918S Advanced Site Preparation for Headworks at Back River WWTP bidding on March 9, 2016. Opportunities are available for Specifications Divisions 1, 2, 3, 5, 9, 13, 31, 33 & 40. Please Fax quotes to 301-545-0810. Contact telephone 301-545-0750. Ulliman Schutte Construction, LLC 7615 Standish place, Rockville, MD 20855 www.ullimanschutte.com TYPESET: Wed Feb 24 13:46:24 EST 2016 Equal Opportunity Employer NOTICE: ALLAN MYERS submitting bid 3/09/16 as prime contractors for the Sanitary Contract 918S for the Advanced Site Preparation for Headworks Improvements at the Back River Wastewater Treatment Plant Project for the City of Baltimore. Allan Myers encourages participation of Minority and Women Business Enterprise (M/WBE) subcontractors and suppliers. For technical or general questions, please contact Tom Jacoby at 610/584-3476 or tom.jacoby@allanmyers.com, or faxed quotations should be sent to 610-584-8205 by 3/7/16.EST 2016 TYPESET: Wed Feb 24 13:45:20 ADDENDMUM FOR CERTIFICATION OF PUBLICATION CITY OF BALTIMORE OFFICE OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS PUBLIC NOTICE PROJECT #1246R- AUTOMATED TRAFFIC VIOLATION ENFORCEMENT SYSTEM On January 22, 2016, the Office of Boards and Commissions advertised for services of firms in connection with the titled project, on behalf of the Department of Transportation. The Department has requested to amend the original advertisement as follow. 1.Date Change- Respondents interested in submitting a response to this modified advertised RFP, must submit the Original copy plus five (5) additional copies to 4 South Frederick Street, 4th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21202 until 12:00 P.M., on March 9, 2016. 2.MWBOO goals have been revised by the Baltimore City Minority And Women´s Business Opportunity Office. MBE Goal: 4% WBE Goal: 1% 3.An addendum to the original request for proposals will be provided to all pre-proposal conference attendees. All other information in the original advertisement of January 22, 2016 remains the same. Kumasi Vines Acting Bureau Chief Issue Of : February, 19, 2016 Afro-American Baltimore Sun Daily Record TYPESET: Wed Feb 24 13:45:02 EST 2016 The Baltimore Times HOUSING AUTHORITY OF BALTIMORE CITY REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS PROPERTY MANAGEMENT SERVICES RFP NUMBER: B-1810-16 The Housing Authority of Baltimore City (”HABC”) is requesting proposals from interested and qualified firms to provide property management services for certain properties owned by HABC. PROPOSALS WILL BE DUE no later than 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, April 4, 2016. A non-mandatory pre-proposal conference will be held on Wednesday, March 16, 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.

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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 S.C. No. 890-Quad Avenue Wastewater Pumping Station Force Main Replacement will be received at the Office of the Comptroller, Room 204, City Hall, Baltimore, Maryland until 11:00 A.M. on Wednesday, March 30, 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, February 26, 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 B02552 Sewer Construction Cost Qualification Range for this work shall be $4,000,000.01 to $5,000,000.00 A ”Pre-Bidding Information” session will be conducted at the 300 Abel Wolman Municipal Building, Large Conference Room, 200 N. Holliday Street, Baltimore, MD 21202 on March 7, 2016 at 10:00 A.M. Principal Item of work for this project are: *2,500 LF + of 36-in DIP Force Main and Cathodic protection *Gravity Sewer junction chamber, entry port vault, air/vacuum release valve with vault *500 + LF of 48-inch DIP *250 + LF of 30-inch DIP *2-30 in plug valves with actuators and valve, vault, and electrical and controls upgrades *250 LF of 8-in gravity sewer with 45 VLF of 60-in manholes *Temporary Bypass Pumping/Piping *Update of the SCADA system for the pumping and metering stations

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:

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By Shantella Y. Sherman Special to the AFRO ssherman@afro.com A federal jury handed down a guilty verdict in the indictment of Kensington, Maryland physician William Crittenden III. Crittenden faced charges including the unlawful distribution of oxycodone and alprazolam, and eight separate counts of unlawfully distributing oxycodone. Federal law makes it illegal for licensed health care professionals, such as doctors or pharmacists, to knowingly sell or give prescription drugs to someone who does not have either a valid need

“Pharmaceutical pills can be just as harmful as illegal drugs when they are used without proper oversight.” – Rod J. Rosenstein or valid prescription for the drugs. According to court documents, Crittenden served as a medical director at Healthy Life, reportedly writing prescriptions for narcotics to customers without a legitimate medical need. Crittenden was paid $1,500 a day by the managers of Healthy Life – more than $104,500 over the course of just a few months. He was convicted of knowingly providing prescriptions to oxycodone-addicted individuals, as well as lowlevel dealers. “William Crittenden prescribed opioid drugs to people who had no medical need for the drugs. Pharmaceutical pills can be just as harmful as illegal drugs when they are used without proper oversight,” United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein said in a news release. He announced the guilty verdict on Feb. 22. According to Deborah C. England, a San Franciscobased litigator who writes extensively about the illegal opiate trade, the easy access through which oxycodone is secured magnifies its popularity. Nicknamed “hillbilly heroin,” the synthetic opiate has ushered in an entire industry of bogus “pain management clinics,” similar to Healthy Life that facilitate the pill mill. In an interview with the AFRO, Rosenstein described a culture of growing addiction, facilitated by physicians who operate in the same character as traditional pushers. “Drug addiction is fueled by doctors and pain clinics that prescribe drugs for people without a legitimate medical need,” said Rosenstein. “Some patients Continued on D2

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A commission has recommended that Ballou High School be renamed for former D.C. Mayor Marion S. Barry Jr. He passed away in 2014. By James Wright Special to the AFRO jwright@afro.com Sylvia Cyrus, ASALH executive director; Ronald A. Stroman, deputy postmaster general, USPS; Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, president of ASALH and Jon Jarvis, National Park Service director unveiled Feb. 20 the commemorative stamp of Bishop Richard Allen, founder of the A.M.E. Church. Photo by Rob Roberts

By Shantella Y. Sherman Special to the AFRO ssherman@afro.com Carter G. Woodson, the founder of Negro History Week – later to become Black History Month – noted that providing Black youth with access to historical information and education would diminish the “false and belittling propaganda type of history which had been handed to them by Whites, and would build up the Black child’s self and race knowledge as well as his self-respect.” It was through the Association for the Study of African American Life and History’s annual luncheon on Feb 20 at the Renaissance Hotel in Northwest D.C. that the mission of casting-off stereotypical Black representations was reinvigorated. Now entering its second century of existence, ASALH

continues to document the accomplishments of Black Americans in building the nation, as well as recording, protecting, and disseminating the everyday narratives that capture Black life. “Since I was a child ASALH was a part of my life since my father worked with Dr. Woodson and helped edit the Journal (of Negro History) after his death,” Higginbotham told the AFRO. “Naturally, I feel a certain amount of pride to continue that great work, in addition to a sense of responsibility I feel to lead this organization well.” For Higginbotham, who received the 2014 National Humanities Medal from President Obama, ASALH’s mission of making and keeping history relevant in the lives of Black youth is even more necessary today. “It is crucial for young people today to understand their place in the community and the world by having a clear understanding of what their legacies are and how important their forefathers and foremothers were to the Continued on D2

For Black History Month, the AFRO presents a series of articles highlighting important local heroes from the archives. This week we spotlight Fredrick M. A. Pitcher, who was the first Black man to be a pilot for Western Air Lines.

Local D.C. Heroes from the AFRO Archives

DC man is first pilot with Western Air Lines By AFRO Staff

July 9, 1966 Fredrick M. A. Pitcher, 34, of Los Angeles, has completed training as a flight officer for Western Air Lines, assigned to Western’s Los Angeles base. A native of Washington, D.C., he is the first colored pilot to qualify in the W.A.L. training program. Pitcher attended Howard University and the University of Pennsylvania. From 1950 to 1954 he flew with a U.S. Navy anti-submarine squadron patrolling the East Coast. He is a qualified aircraft and powerplant mechanic and worked at his craft for Western Air Lines. Prior to his flight assignment as a second officer on a 122-passenger Boeing 720B fanjet. * * * He also was the first colored graduate of the flight engineers’ ground school, Fowler Aeronautical, Burbank, Calif. During a 16-month stay in Alaska, Pitcher operated KFAR-TV broadcasting station and while with the Burroughs Corporation, he established overseas computer training schools for the MFS Division. A student of languages, Pitcher’s interests also include photography, sports, music, electronic design and aircraft design. He holds various technical ratings in radio, radio-telephone and radar operation. His mother, Mrs. Sylvia Pitcher-Hardy resides at 412 “O” Street N.W., Washington, D.C., and is locally recognized for her work with the O Street civic organization.

D.C. police arrested two men in the Feb. 12 shooting of a father and his small child inside a Southeast, D.C. barbershop while a third suspect remains on the loose. According to police

reports, three men began shooting inside Wrenn’s Barbershop on 8th Street in the early afternoon on Feb. 12. The three attackers then fled the scene. The father was struck in his lower body and his toddler also suffered a gunshot wound, police reported. Both

victims were treated at a District hospital and released. Lt. Sean Conboy, a spokesperson for the department, told the AFRO Feb.21 that police arrested Terrance Atchison, 21, Southeast, on a D.C. Superior Court warrant on Feb. 17, and Barry Bloomfield, 27,

“I think the alumni and the students should have a say on changing the name of Ballou.” – Rev. Oliver Johnson

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Two Arrested in D.C. Barbershop Shooting By Briana Thomas Special to the AFRO

The possible renaming of Ballou Senior High School in Ward 8 to Marion S. Barry Senior High School has drawn some strong reactions from community members and alumni of the institution. On Nov. 23, 2015, the D.C. Commission to Commemorate and Recognize the Honorable Marion S. Barry Jr. recommended that the current administration rename Ballou Senior High School in honor of Barry. The commission had other recommendations such as renaming Good Hope Road S.E. in Ward 8, the new University of the District of Columbia student center in Ward 3 and either a bust or statute in the John A. Wilson Building located in Ward 2. However, changing Ballou’s name has generated the most discussion. “I think the alumni and the students should have a say on changing the name of Ballou,”

Southwest, on a D.C. Superior Court warrant on Feb. 18. Both suspected shooters are being charged with assault with a dangerous weapon, police said. Officials are still searching for the third shooter, Anthony Chambers, 25. An arrest warrant has been issued. Continued on D2

the Rev. Oliver Johnson, a parent of two graduates from the high school, said. “I talked to both of my children, who are graduates of Ballou about this and while they were fond of Marion Barry, they aren’t too sure about the name change.” The commission held a public hearing on Aug. 19 at the Southeast Tennis and Learning Center in Ward 8 to get public input on how to honor Barry and many of the speakers supported Ballou being renamed in honor of the former mayor. Monique Goldston, who graduated from Ballou in 1997, doesn’t support the name change. “Ballou has a history with that name,” Goldston, who lives across the street from the school, said. “Marion Barry did a lot for the city as a whole and he should be remembered for something bigger than just a Continued on D2

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Luma Lab to Run Howard University Tech Incubator By Shantella Y. Sherman Special to the AFRO ssherman@afro.com Howard University and D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced the installation of a new Luma Lab operation as a D.C.-based incubator on Howard’s campus. As the District’s first venture capital hub for start-ups and emerging companies, the incubator’s goal is to support underrepresented entrepreneurs and businesses that provide innovative products and services to underserved communities.

“Homegrown innovation in the District is expanding, and our tech sector is growing,” said Bowser at a Feb 16. press conference. “I remain committed to supporting our entrepreneurs and startups so that every resident has a chance to benefit from the innovation economy. And I am confident that this partnership with Howard University and Luna Labs will keep D.C. on the cutting edge.” Luma Lab was chosen from an elite group of technology and entrepreneurship

organizations to run the innovation hub. In addition to offering technology and entrepreneurship training, the hub will offer affordable coworking space, networking events, mentorship, and strategic connections to Silicon Valley, investors, and partners. The hub will also provide tiered services and programs to its member companies, Howard students, staff, and faculty, as well as the broader Shaw and D.C. communities. “We believe the new incubator helps us build an

ecosystem that makes D.C. a known hub for technology and innovation,” said Joaquin McPeek, director of communications for the Deputy Mayor of Planning and Economic Development. “More importantly, it addresses the needs of local startups and underrepresented entrepreneurs in the District, which is critical as we aim to foster more inclusion and equity throughout the city.” The District contributed nearly $1 million in grant funds to construct over 8,000 square feet of cutting edge workspace within Howard’s

Wonder Plaza retail center in the 2300 block of Georgia Avenue. Luma Lab CEO Aaron Saunders said, “Working closely with Howard University and Mayor Bowser’s office, we will improve the technology landscape in Washington, D.C. by providing the underserved community with the right tools and access to technology partners and a seat at the digital table as successful creators, innovators, and entrepreneurs.” The incubator is expected

A Luma Lab Incubator at Howard University could help support small businesses and underrepresented communities gain an edge in technology. to launch in Fall 2016, with the possibility of early programming on Howard’s campus.

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Continued from D1 building of this great nation,” Higginbotham said. “Their roles in society today are directly connected to those their ancestors played in the past.” ASALH’s 2016 honorees included Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer David Levering Lewis, who received the Woodson Scholars Medallion; National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) Chair Ingrid Saunders Jones, who received the Living Legacy Award; and Louis Hicks, who received the Mary McLeod Bethune Service Award.

“Since I was a child ASALH was a part of my life…” – Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham Keynote speaker Karsonya Wise Whitehead, associate professor of African and African American Studies at Loyola

University, said ASALH had a great responsibility in sharing the past, however tumultuous, with young people to equip and arm them for a new generation of struggle. “We are living in a time when Black people are being shot for simply living and breathing, and moving while being Black,” she said. “This is a crisis point and we have a great responsibility because if you know the history, or you’ve lived the history, or you’ve studied the history of this country, you are a keeper of our historical record.”

Name Change Continued from D1

high school.” Christopher Barry, a member of the commission commemorating his late father, is circulating a petition and is active on social media promoting the name change. Barry, who ran and lost in the April 2015 special election to take his father’s council seat, said that Ballou isn’t a name that a predominantly Black high school should have. “Who was Frank W. Ballou? Christopher Barry asks rhetorically. “What I have heard is that he was a segregationist and didn’t believe in Black education.” Ballou served as the superintendent of the D.C. public schools from 1920-1943 when racially segregated schools were District law. Ballou Senior High School was opened in 1960 when the Congress Heights neighborhood in which it sits was predominantly White. Christopher Barry said that “Barry High School” would be one of the few landmarks for Blacks in the city. An anti-name change group held a public meeting at Ballou on Feb. 18. Isabelle Jenkins, a longtime D.C. resident tried to attend the meeting but when she revealed that she supported the name change, she was told by an organizer that she shouldn’t participate. Jenkins exploded in indignation. “Who do they want to name the school after, George Wallace or Bull Conner? Jenkins

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Former D.C. Mayor Marion Barry was instrumental in making Ballou’s recent improvements a reality. The school was one of Barry’s last projects as the council representative for Ward 8.

told the AFRO. “Heck, Marion Barry has done so much for this city that I think the White House should be named after him… Barry helped to secure funds for the re-building of this school. Without his intervention, the students and faculty wouldn’t have this nice shiny building to come to every day.” Karen Lucas, a leader in the anti-name change group and a 1988 Ballou alumnus, suggested another high school be named in honor of Barry. “The new Empowering Males High School should be named for him,” Lucas said, speaking of the all-male public secondary institution that will open in the fall in Ward 7. D.C. Council member LaRuby May (D-Ward 8) hasn’t commented publicly about the name change but her chief opponent, former Ward 8 State Board of Education member Trayon White, is a 2002 graduate of Ballou and supports the name change. Bowser will make the decision on the school’s name change and the D.C. Council must approve it. “Mayor Bowser hasn’t set up a definite date on deciding on the Barry Commission’s recommendations,” said LaToya Foster, Bowser’s senior communications officer. “The mayor is committed to honoring Mr. Barry in a way that symbolizes his great accomplishments and contributions to the city.”

Md. Medic Convicted Continued from D1

become addicted, and others sell the drugs on the streets. Doctors who irresponsibly write opioid prescriptions are acting like street-corner drug pushers.” According to evidence presented during Crittenden’s 11day trial, Healthy Life managed two Maryland locations – in Owings Mills and Timonium – and both attracted “large and unruly crowds that reportedly caused disturbances outside the locations, used narcotics inside the clinic, and engaged in narcotics transactions in the parking lot.” Misuse and abuse of prescription drugs has gained increasing attention in recent years, with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reporting in 2013 nearly 16,000 American deaths

resulting from accidental prescription painkiller overdoses. “The question for a lot of people is whether or not a licensed professional should be handled in the same manner as a street dealer and the answer is either a resounding ‘yes,’ or a call for them to given even stiffer penalties,” retired law professor Mariah Early told the AFRO. “There is a code of conduct, ethics and standards that set professional members of society apart from others. When doctors who have taken the Hippocratic Oath to do no harm, systematically endanger their clients, they have betrayed a sacred trust and are worse than dealers on the street.” Crittenden faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison. A date for sentencing has not been announced.

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As of Feb. 24, there were 15 homicides in D.C., a slight decline from 16 at the same time last year. D.C. resident, Deborah Evans-Bailey, told the AFRO Feb. 21 that she supports the

continuing installation of security cameras throughout commercial and residential areas and said it is a necessity for safety. In 2004, EvansBailey, 52, lost her 23-yearold daughter due to an act of

violence. Kendra Smith was sitting in a car outside of her home with a neighborhood

“There are a lot of people who are walking around wounded, because their children have been murdered for one reason or another. It’s just awful.”

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She added that the murderer was never caught by police. “There are a lot

– Deborah Evans-Bailey friend in Southeast when she was shot and killed. “There is no such thing as wrong place wrong time when you’re sitting at home.”

of people who are walking around wounded, because their children have been murdered for one reason or another. It’s just awful.”

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WASHINGTON AREA

COMMUNITY CONNECTION Washington, D.C. ‘Spit Dat’ Features Poet Michael D. Martin The SpitDat open mic is hosting an event on Feb. 25 at 8 p. m. at the Emergence Community Arts Collective center, 733 Euclid Street N.W. Sign-up for open mic performance spots starts at 8:30 p. m. The week’s event features prominent poet Michael D. Martin and is free and open to the public. Donations and early arrival are encouraged. ‘Let It Shine: The American Civil Rights Movement’ show The Children’s Program of the Essential Theatre in collaboration with the Bright Star Theatre Company will present, “Let It Shine: The American Civil Rights Movement,” a show highlighting the important events and achievements of the Civil Rights Movement. The show will be on Feb. 26 at 4 p. m. at the William O. Lockridge- Bellevue Neighborhood Library, 115 Atlantic Street S.W. Admission is free, but seating is on a first-comefirst-served basis. For more information email info@ theessentialtheatre.org, bellevuelibrary@dc.gov, or call 202-328-0569.

Arlington, Va. ‘Networking In The City’ Candice Nicole Public Relations is sponsoring a “Networking In The City” event on Feb. 27 from 6:30 p.m. – 9:30 p. m. at the Arlington Arts Center, 3550 Wilson Blvd. Networking in the City is for local entrepreneurs, freelancers and like-minded members in D.C. metropolitan area. Tickets cost $5, which includes a gift bag. For more information, visit charmthemevents. com or networkinginthecity. eventbrite.com.

Cheverly, Md. Publik Playhouse Tribute to B. B. King The Publick Playhouse for the Performing Arts presents a “Tribute to the Music of B. B. King” on Feb. 27 starting at 8 p. m. The tribute highlights the music and life of the legendary blues musician B. B. King with the Brencore

B. B. King

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Blues Allstar Band playing classic tunes such as “How Blue Can You Get,” “Every Day I Have The Blues,” and “Why I Sing The Blues.” The show is located at 5445 Landover Road and tickets start at $30 for adults, and $25 for seniors, students, or groups of 20 or more. For more information, contact Sonya Kitchens at sonya. kitchens@pgparks.com or 301-377-7800 or contact Jenna Ward at jenna.ward@ pgparks.com or 301-2771710.

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Rev. Myrtle Bowen

The Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall Gospel Service hosted its annual Black History Month Celebration and Keeper of the Community Awards Feb. 6 at the base’s Memorial Chapel. Rear Admiral Sylvia Trent-Adams, U.S. deputy surgeon general; M. Tia Johnson, assistant secretary of Legislative Affairs, U.S. Department of Homeland Security; Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, president, ASALH; the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Prince William County Chapter and Kappa Epsilon Psi Military Sorority, Delta Chapter were recognized for their achievements and community service. Rev. Myrtle Bowen, pastor of Contee A.M.E. Zion Church was the guest speaker.

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Kappa Epsilon Psi Military Sorority; Kappa Lambda Chi Military Fraternity, Beta Chapter and the National Coalition of 100 Black Women (NCBW) Prince William County Chapter

Rear Admiral Sylvia TrentAdams, deputy surgeon general

Rev. Myrtle Bowen and Preston Wells

Patricia Coates and Jimmy Coates

Roy Betts, executive council and senior communications manager, USPS and Dr. Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Victor S. Thomas Professor of History and African American Studies at Harvard University and ASALH president

Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Grace Hollis and Rev. Myrtle Bowen, Contee A.M.E. Zion Church and Air National Guard chaplain

Connie V. Andrews, NCBW and M. Tia Johnson, assistant secretary, Office for Legislative Affairs United State Department of Homeland Security Edgar Brookins, AFRO general manager and Alice H. Howard

The recipients of the 2016 Keeper of the Community Award: Kappa Epsilon Psi Military Sorority (Patricia Coates accepting), M. Tia Johnson, Rear Admiral Sylvia Trent-Adams, Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, and NCBW Prince William County Chapter President Alice Howard

The JBM-HH Gospel Service Praise Team

Beverley Drake

Renee’ “Starlynn” Allen , emcee

Dylan Murphy, Miss D.C. Teen 2016 and Deshauna Barber, Miss D.C. 2016

Michelle Reynolds

Miss Trinidad & Tobago United Nations 2015 Kenisha Salvary and Miss Senior DC 2015 Wendy Bridges