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Muriel Bowser Takes D.C. Democratic Nomination for Mayor By LaTrina Antoine and Maria Adebola AFRO Staff Writers Ward 4 Council member Muriel Bowser prevailed over embattled Mayor Vincent Gray to take the Democratic nomination for mayor in the April 1 D.C. primary. She faces a general election in November against at least one contender, At-Large Council member David Catania (I). With 89 percent of the precincts reporting about midnight, Bowser, 41, a fifth generation Washingtonian, was leading Gray 44 percent to 32 percent. Council member Tommy Wells came

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Community Joins Family

Vigil and March for Missing D.C. Girl

D.C. Public School Student Accepted to Five Ivy League Universities

By Maria Adebola Special to the AFRO

Can We Make It to the ‘Promised Land?’ Muriel Bowser is the Democrat’s choice to run for mayor in November.

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Martin Luther King and Malcolm X avenues in Southeast on March 31 to pray for the safe return of the missing child. The event, which included a march, occured just hours after police confirmed that the main suspect in the abduction had been found dead. While police remain hopeful, they

say they are not certain whether Relisha is alive or dead. In response to the Relisha Rudd is still missing. news, Trayon White organized a walk and home.” prayer vigil for her safe Relisha’s grandparents return. “The reality is that and great grandmother joined this happens all the time in the marchers as they handed our community,” said White. fliers to residents, displayed “This event is not about me, it’s not about us. It’s about the signs, and chanted, “Bring her home.” After walking community, [and] it’s about the baby, and her coming Continued on A4

Trip to Restroom Ends with Black Texas Student’s Arrest, Felony Assaults Charges

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By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief The wealth gap between African Americans and Whites has expanded in recent years and is not likely to narrow without significant reductions in Black unemployment and changes in a system that favors the wealthy over poor and middle class Americans, according the National Urban League’s 38th annual State of Black America report entitled “One Nation Underemployed: Jobs Rebuild America.”

Marc Morial is president and CEO of the National Urban League.

The report was scheduled to be released April 3. In a statement, Marc H. Morial, president and CEO of the National Urban League, said: “The 2014 State of Black America and corresponding Equality Index indicate that while each state and city has its own economic recovery story to tell, the consistent refrain is that there is an urgent and growing disparity between the few who are reaping the rewards of economic recovery and the majority who are still reeling from aftershocks of the Great Recession.” Morial added, “While ‘too big to fail’ corporations went into the bail-out emergency room and recovered to break earnings and stock market records, most Americans have been left in ICU with multiple diagnoses of unemployment, underemployment, home Continued on A6

By Zachary Lester AFRO Staff Writer All Paris High School senior Joquan Wallace wanted was to go to the restroom. He got his teacher’s permission to leave class and decided to go to one some distance away because he wanted more privacy. A school police officer apparently followed him and later questioned Wallace about going to the

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By Angela Swinson Lee Special to the AFRO Though money wasn’t up for grabs, some District of Columbia parents were just as anxious for the results of the recent lottery. This time, it was for school enrollment. The District of Columbia

Public Schools and select charter schools allowed parents to fill out one application this year for

Columbia Public Schools PK3 and PK4 programs, public schools outside of boundaries or feeder schools,

parents were required to submit separate applications. Alisha Berry, who lives in Ward 7 in southeast, just happened to be online searching for schools for her 3-year-old, daughter Jonae, when she came – Alisha Berry across the Web site about the and specialized public high school lottery. Prior to that schools. In previous years, Continued on A3

To be completely honest, when I found out I had to enter her into a lottery, I felt a little discouraged because I wanted her to go to a good school.” enrollment in public charter schools, District of

Joquan Wallace restroom, authorities said. Wallace told the AFRO that Officer Joey McCarthy told him he had looked under the door to the stall while Wallace went to the restroom Continued on A4

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arrested him but didn’t use excessive force, a jury found Monday, awarding him $119,000 in damages. The all-White jury of four men and four women reached a split verdict in 22-year-old Jordan Miles’ lawsuit against officers Jordan Miles was awarded David Sisak, Michael $101,000 in compensatory Saldutte (sal-DOO’-tee) and damages and $6,000 from Richard Ewing. They found each officer. the officers liable for falsely arresting Miles but found them not liable for using excessive force to beat him. The jurors awarded Miles $101,000 in compensatory damages and $6,000 from each officer for punitive damages for acting “maliciously and wantonly.” Miles had claimed the officers confronted him in January 2010 while he was walking to his grandmother’s house to spend the night. He says they assumed he was a drug dealer because of his race and dreadlocks and beat him. At the time, he was an 18-year-old senior at Pittsburgh’s performing arts high school and had no history of police trouble. The officers say they got rough with Miles because he fought with them while they mistakenly thought he had a gun.

MIT Historian Sues U.S. Intelligence Agencies over Mandela Files

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) doctoral candidate Ryan Shapiro filed a lawsuit in a Washington, D.C. federal court March 25 against several U.S. intelligence agencies for their failure to cough up documents related to world-renowned Ryan Shapiro filed a anti-apartheid activist lawsuit against several U.S. and former South African intelligence agencies. President Nelson Mandela.   The National Security Agency (NSA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI),

the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) have not complied with Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests for records about the spy agencies’ alleged involvement in Mandela’s 1962 arrest and his placement on the U.S. terror watch list until 2008, among other things, Shapiro said.   “I think it will be explosive if we can get evidence that the CIA was involved in Mandela’s arrest,” the 38-year-old social rights activist said.   “It is well-known that the U.S. government has a sad history of suppressing movements for social justice at home and abroad for a very long time” in the interest of “national security,” he added. “[And] this blinkered understanding of national security and the actions taken in its name have been hidden from the American public.”   Shapiro, a historian who focuses on political functioning of national security and the policing of dissent, said while it is generally accepted—though unproven—that U.S. spy agencies supported the apartheid regime in Africa and, specifically, were involved in the freedom fighter’s arrest, much of that remained unreported by the press, even in the torrent of coverage following Mandela’s death in December.

Nick Cannon’s ‘Whiteface’ Album Promotion on Instagram Labeled Offensive Nick Cannon’s use of “Whiteface” to promote his new album titled “White People Party Music” has turned cyberspace into a battle zone.  On March 24, Cannon introduced Connor Smallnut, his White alter ego complete with plaid shirt, skull cap, blond hair and white skin on Instagram.   “It’s official… I’m White!!! #WHITEPEOPLE PARTYMUSIC#Wppm in stores April 1st!!!!!! Nick Cannon’s use of Dude Go Get It!!! JoinTheParty!!!!” he posted “Whiteface” to promote his new album has turned along with a photograph. cyberspace into a battle The character drew zone.

criticism from many quarters, with some claiming there is a double standard when it comes to racial comedy.  “OK, so someone makes a White joke and its funny, but someone makes a black joke and [it’s] like the zombie apocalypse [sic] is about to take over the human race,” said one Instagram user. “Cue the backlash and faux outrage,” said CNN anchor Don Lemon in his weekly commentary segment on the “Tom Joyner Show,” mocking the irate responses.   “Yes, it is a double standard, and rightly so,” he added. “Why? Very simply – because of slavery, because of Jim Crow, because of segregation. Because Blackface was created to mock a group of people who had no power and to further stereotype them as animals, as monkeys and as less than human. Blackface was used as a way for White people to get jobs by performing as offensive representations of Black people. Real Black people never got the jobs. They just hired White people in Blackface.”   Political analyst Jason Johnson of Hiram College called any outrage about Cannon’s promotion move “fake,” but he also criticized Cannon’s gimmick as being based on outdated stereotypes.   “The idea that club or electronic music is ‘White music’ is fairly dated as well. “It’s a very 1990s ‘White Men Can’t Jump’ kind of joke that really isn’t relevant today in a world where rap, rock and electronica audiences and acts are across the racial and cultural spectrum,” Johnson told the AFRO.

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Head Over Heels at Hampton D.C. Public School Student

On March 21, Hampton University hosted the closing luncheon of its 36th annual Conference on the Black Family. The event, deemed “Head Over Heels,” paid tribute to five women for successfully balancing their communications careers and family values in style. In attendance was Dr. Andrew Billingsley, former president of Morgan State University and vice president of Academic Affairs at Howard University and his wife Amy Billingsley, whose daughter Bonita Billingsley Harris was one of the communications professionals honored.

Accepted to Five Ivy League Universities

By LaTrina Antoine Special to the AFRO Next year jitters are a little different for one Black high school student raised in D.C. He was accepted to five Ivy League colleges for the 2014-2015 school year. Avery Coffey grew up in a single-parent home in Ward 8, one of the poorest areas of the city. Now, however, he has a choice of Avery Coffey is still deciding between attending Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Brown and the universities. the University of Pennsylvania. Four of the universities that accepted him have already offered financial aid packages, however a package from Harvard is still pending. Coffey, 17 attends Benjamin Banneker Academic High School in Northwest and has a

“He has a choice of attending Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Brown and the University of Pennsylvania.”

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The family of Dr. Billingsley (second from left); Angela, Dr. Bonita Billingsley Harris, one of the communications professionals honored; Harris’ husband Elisha; and Amy Billingsley.

4.3 grade point average. He also plays four sports including baseball, basketball, tennis and soccer. According to Fox News, he wants to major in finance. “I guess probably the CEO of an investment (or management consulting) firm. I guess pretty much overseeing acquisitions or transactions between large companies, hopefully, Fortune 500 companies,” Coffey told Fox. News reports indicate Coffey is still deciding between the universities, but told Fox he is leaning toward Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania. Coffey is coming from one of D.C.’s aspiring academic high schools known for having a rigorous academic curriculum. Banneker’s 439 students are not allowed to bring a cell phone into the school building or go to their lockers during the school day, Fox News said. The school is the only D.C. Public School authorized to offer students the opportunity to earn the prestigious International Baccalaureate Diploma (IB). According to Banneker’s website, the IB Diploma Programme incorporates the best elements of several national educational systems with a focus on academic rigor, an international perspective and the interrelationship of all knowledge.

Lt. Gen. Ferrell Promoted to Chief Information Officer By Margaret McBride Special to the AFRO WASHINGTON - Robert S. Ferrell was recently promoted to lieutenant general by Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno. Ferrell, the Army’s new Chief Information Officer/G-6 and the first African-American to hold the position, is responsible for leading Army network modernization. “The CIO/G-6 is even more important today as the Army stands up a cyberforce and establishes the Cyber Center of Excellence at Ft. Gordon,” said Odierno in a ceremony at Fort McNair, Washington, D.C. As the CIO, Ferrell directly advises the Secretary of the Army on strategic direction and objectives for and supervises Army command, control, communications, computers and information technology functions. As the G-6, Ferrell serves as the Army Chief of Staff’s top advisor regarding network, communications and Signal operations, and related security, force structure and equipping issues. Ferrell oversees a $10 billion annual budget. “To ensure that the Army can provide an expeditionary and decisive land power,” said Ferrell, “we will continue to enhance Army cyber capabilities, modernize our combat training centers and installations, transition network services and applications to a cloud environment, and strengthen information assurance and cyber security.” Ferrell’s career spans more than 35 years. He most recently served as commander, U.S.

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search, Berry was unaware of a lottery. As soon as she learned, she got busy trying to find the best schools for her daughter. Her first choice was Eagle Academy. She learned early Monday morning that Jonae did not get in, but placed number nine on the waitlist. “To be completely honest, when I found out I had to enter her into a lottery, I felt a little discouraged because I wanted her to go to a good school. I didn’t want her to go to a neighborhood school. The process seems disheartening. It’s not an easy process to go through,” Berry said. While Berry remains hopeful that her daughter will get into a good school, she said her biggest fear is the cost. She has her heart set on a charter school because she said she believes it is better for her daughter. “I believe the curriculum is better and classroom sizes seem to be smaller. Charter schools seem more structured to me,” Berry said. Berry’s desire mirrors that of many District parents. Currently, charter schools educate 44 percent of students in D.C. public schools and have a higher graduation rate than traditional public high schools, 79 percent compared with 58 percent, according to Dan Cronin, managing

director of Apple Tree Schools. Ramona Edelin, executive director of the DC Association of Public Charter Schools, said that the choice of schools in the District gives parents the opportunity to find a good fit for their children and a school that will motivate their child. “You may find one family that has one child in a charter school that focuses on math and technology and another one in a school that focuses on the arts and dual languages,” Edelin said. As for charter schools, Edelin said, increasingly students who graduate from them do better. “They are performing better on the tests, becoming better citizens and are more engaged in their communities.” Rachele Penn Martin had

a little more success with the lottery. Her 3-year-old daughter Alexandra was selected for the Capitol Hill Montessori School. A former early childhood educator, Martin has always been impressed with the Montessori approach and its independence building. While Peabody Elementary School was her first choice, she is pleased with her daughter’s placement. While Martin admits that she initially had her doubts about the lottery, overall, she said it is a fair process. “The interesting thing is that you don’t necessarily get into the neighborhood school. That is not a given,” Martin said adding that it gives students in neighborhoods with poor schools and opportunity to be exposed to better schools.

Army Communications-Electronics Command at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md. Previous assignments include Army units in Korea and Europe, and deployments to Bosnia and Iraq. Ferrell has commanded at every level from company to brigade and has served in critical units, such as the 2nd Infantry Division, the 82nd Airborne Division, the 1st Cavalry Division, Special Operations Command and 5th Signal Command. From Alabama and New Jersey, Ferrell Courtesy photo enlisted in the Army and attained the rank of sergeant before leaving active duty to Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odlerno and pursue his undergraduate degree at Hampton Ferrell’s wife, Monique, pin three-star University in Virginia. After graduation in shoulder boards to Ferrell’s uniform. 1983, he was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Army Signal Corps. He has earned master’s degrees from both Central Michigan University and the U.S. Army War College.

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for about half an hour, they stopped at a parking lot and sang, “He’s got the whole world in His hands.” Then White led the group in prayer. “I just want whoever, anybody [that] sees her to bring her home,” said Relisha’s grandmother Melissa Young as she cried. Relisha’s great grandmother, Mary Young, shared those same sentiments. Relisha’s step-grandmother Belinda Wheeler, who helped raise her, said she never thought Tatum was a threat. Before Relisha was abducted, she had heard about him, but nothing that made her think he was dangerous. “I hate to even think of the worst,” said Wheeler. “At this point, just bring her back, one way or the other.” Relisha was last seen by her mother, Shamika Young on Feb. 26, when she allowed Tatum, 51, a janitor at the homeless shelter where her family was staying, to take her home. Relisha was reported missing on March 19 by a social worker from her school after she went to the shelter to find a “Dr. Tatum,” who had sent several excuse notes concerning Relisha’s absence from school. An amber alert was issued March 20, the day after the social worker confirmed “Dr. Tatum” never existed. It has been reported that Relisha was spotted March 1 at a motel on New York Avenue with Khalil Tatum, 51, a janitor at the homeless shelter where Relisha lived with her mother and three siblings. Tatum, identified as the main suspect in the abduction, was reportedly seen March 2 buying a shovel, contractor-sized garbage bags and lime, then later was spotted in Kenilworth Park. Relisha’s mother Shamika Young, absent from the vigil, reportedly said she trusted Tatum was a good man. Reports say she did not report Relisha missing because she feared authorities would take away her other children. Bernadette Chatman, a D.C. resident, said she came out to

Body Found in Kenilworth Park Identified as Tatum, Abduction Suspect By Maria Adebola Special to the AFRO

The body of an adult male found March 31 in Kenilworth Parkside Recreation Center has been identified as Khalil Tatum, the main suspect in the abduction of 8-year-old Relisha Rudd. Metropolitan Police Chief Cathy Lanier said the body was found within the 700-acre search area of Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens. Officials said it appeared Tatum died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. They also reported that the body had been in that location for at least 36 hours. Lanier said in a news conference that over the past several days, the city has used hundreds of police officers, firefighters, cadets, divers, search dogs, and overhead aerial surveillance to search through the 700-acre park that contains several bodies of water. “Our primary focus here Officials said it appeared was to find Relisha and we had sort of set out to find her with the most advanced strategic plan Tatum died from a selfwe could come up with to search every inch of this 700-acres,” Lanier said. “As we speak we inflicted gunshot wound still have search teams and volunteers that are gathering and getting ready to go and continue to the head. that search.” The search for the missing girl has been ongoing since March 27 but was slowed last weekend due to heavy rain. Last week, Lanier said although the search of the park is a recovery effort, officials are holding hope that she is still alive. The search for Relisha is expected to go on for several days and police are asking anyone who has seen her or with any information to call 911 or the FBI. the vigil because she has grandchildren and it hurts to think that it could have been one of them. “I’m out here to support the fact that he needs to send her home to us. They say it takes a village to raise one child, so I am a part of the village,” she said. During a press conference held on April 1, D.C. police Chief Lanier announced that authorities have found nothing to help in their search for Relisha. The little girl was last seen with Tatum on March 1.

The news comes after confirmation that the adult male body found March 31 in Kenilworth Park was identified as Tatum. Authorities said he appeared to have been dead for at least 36 hours. Authorities have been searching the park for Relisha since March 27.Lanier said that volunteers would continue searching the 700-acre park, but if no clues had surfaced by April 2, she would likely pull the searchers the next day.

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in third with 12.6 percent. The primary, which took place for the first time in April, drew smaller-thanusual numbers of voters. Statistics from the D.C. Board of Elections show that 83,000 voters cast ballots in the primary, including 72,500 who voted on April 1. Bowser got a boost from a scandal involving Gray that ramped up last month when D.C. businessman Jeffrey E. Thompson pleaded guilty to orchestrating a shadow campaign on Gray’s behalf in 2010 and told prosecutors that Gray was aware of the illegal activity. Gray has denied any wrong doing. Though he has not been charged, many voters found it difficult to vote for Gray when he may be indicted. Bowser, who has no scandal in her past, cast herself as the candidate whose integrity had not been impugned, an alternative to Gray who would operate with integrity if elected. In other primary victories, D.C. Council chairman Phil Mendelson was reelected; longtime Ward 1 Council member Jim Graham was defeated by community activist Brianne Nadeau; incumbent Anita D. Bonds was reelected to her At-Large

seat; Ward 3 incumbent Mary Cheh went unchallenged; and in Ward 5, incumbent Kenyan McDuffie claimed victory. The Ward 6 seat vacated by Tommy Wells when he threw his hat in the mayor’s race was won by Charles Allen, Wells’ former chief of staff. Voters and candidates alike were forced to wait longer than anticipated when the Board of Elections failed to release the results until almost midnight even though the polls closed at 8 p.m. BOE officials said the delay was caused by some problems with the way some poll workers operated voting machines and concerns that results in some precincts needed to be verified. Bowser held her postprimary event at the Imagine Southeast Public Charter School in Southeast Washington. She said she held it there to fulfill a promise she made to Ward 8 residents. There has been some concern among some of the city’s Black residents, especially those who live east of the river, that a Bowser administration might not focus as much on their needs as Gray did. Bowser pledged that if she wins in November, she would be responsive to all the city’s

residents. She also took the opportunity to thank her family and parents, whom she credited with her success. “We did it!” she told cheering supporters at the charter school. “Today signifies a resounding affirmation of the values we share.”

and even-handedness in development. Reginald Hogart, of Southeast, was still undecided as he headed to vote. “I’m looking for someone who has some moral restraint about them and a person who won’t cave in to political enticements,” he said.

don’t have a foundation, that’s why they’re bouncing off the walls.” While several voters said they were sticking with Gray because they thought he would be more responsive to Blacks, some said race played no decision in their choice. At the Dorothy I. Height

“…many voters found it difficult to vote for Gray when he may be indicted.” Gray, at his post-campaign event at the Hyatt Regency in Northwest, thanked his supporters and some members of his administration and noted some of the successes of his term. He pledged to keep working for the nine months he has left in his administration. The next mayor won’t take office until January 2015. Black voters on April 1 highlighted a wide range of concerns that drove them to the polls, including the effect of the changing demographic on issues and services that affect them, affordable housing, improvement of schools in economically challenged communities, jobs for Black men and teens

Constance Green, who voted at Francis Stevens Education Center in Northwest, said she liked both frontrunners. “I hope we can have a government we can trust,” she said. “Housing is a major issue. There are a lot of people being displaced in D.C. Without good housing you can’t raise your kids properly. The city needs to be improved for all residents. It really bothers me that people don’t feel like they have a place here.” Sharmán Perkins, a student at the University of the District of Columbia said that she voted for Bowser. “I am interested in education for kids and parental guidance,” she said. “Some of these kids

Public Library in Northeast Washington, Roscoe L. Jackson said he cast his ballot for fourth-place finisher Council member Jack Evans because he thought the long-time city lawmaker had the best record with low-income residents. “Skin don’t mean nothing,” Jackson said, referring to Gray and Bowser being Black like him. “I’m voting experience.” Roy White, 76, who stood outside the Dorothy I. Height-Benning Library just after noon on April 1, said he was disturbed at the low turnout. He said he moved to the District from Georgia in 1961 for better opportunity— including the right to choose his elected leaders.

“There was a time when Black people couldn’t vote in Georgia,” he said. “In Atlanta, they would throw out a ballot if it was from a Black person— throw it out. I always vote. Many people were dying and marching to give me the vote.” White said his major concerns with the city are on issues of over development; housing for senior citizens; and affordable housing. He said he was concerned that Blacks were being locked out of the city’s boom. “When the contractors come in, you see all these buildings…You see every color on the scaffolds except Black.” Several older Black residents said they wish D.C. Council member Marion Barry had run again, like the Rev. Aubrey R. Wilkins, 65, pastor of Allen House Ministries at the Allen House Apartments in Northeast. “Despite everything that has happened to him, Marion Barry was the best male mayor we have ever had,” she said. “He had a heart for God, which made him have a heart for others.” Zachary Lester, Enitan Aigbomian, Taryn Findley, Ariel Medley and Courtney Jacobs contributed to this report.

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and noticed that his feet were not facing in the direction they would have been if he had been sitting down. The next thing he knew, Wallace, 19, was being detained by the officer and school Principal Gary Preston in an incident that has kicked up quite a storm in Paris, a town of about 25,000 in northeast Texas. By the time the incident was over, Wallace had been charged with two felony counts of assault of a public servant for allegedly fighting with McCarthy and Preston after he was hassled about the restroom he chose to use. As a result of that Feb. 24 incident, Wallace was expelled from Paris High School, where he was set to graduate later this year. He’s been forced to attend an alternative school and is worried that the controversy may negatively affect his chances of getting an athletic scholarship to college. “I can’t believe all of this happened,” said Wallace. “It didn’t have to be all of this. I just went to the bathroom. I can’t believe all of this happened just because I went to the bathroom.” A Paris, Tex., civil rights activist named Brenda Cherry is asking for the public to sign a petition that she posted on Change.org asking the local prosecutor to drop charges and school officials to readmit Wallace to Paris High so that he can graduate with his classmates, including his sister, who is also a senior this year. Cherry described Wallace as a “well-behaved student” who excelled in track and football. He had no criminal history and had several colleges considering him for scholarships, she said. “He’s a good young man,” Cherry said. “He says ‘Yes, ma’am, no ma’am.’ He’d never been written up before this… He had no suspensions or anything else. He’s a good student

who was about to graduate and then all this happened. Now he’s worried that the colleges won’t look at him.” Wallace’s attorney, Sharon Reynerson of Lone Star Legal Aid, said she is preparing to file an administrative complaint with the U.S. Department of Education this week alleging that he was discriminated against because he is Black. She wants Wallace’s record cleared.

“He’s a good student who was about to graduate and then all this happened. Now he’s worried that the colleges won’t look at him.” — Brenda Cherry “This is one of those things that will ruin his future,” she said. Cherry and Reynerson said Paris High School has been accused several times of unfair treatment of Black students. It is the same school where Shaquanda Cotton, then 14 and a freshman, was accused of the same charge as Wallace after an altercation with a hall monitor in 2005. Cotton, who claimed the hall monitor pushed her first, was sentenced to seven years in prison. She was released after one year after a national outcry focused media attention on the town and the Paris Independent School District (PISD). In a blog Cherry writes for the Paris Texas Chronicle, Cherry indicates that Wallace told her that after McCarthy confronted him, he headed back to the classroom, only to

be confronted by the officer a second time, along with the principal. “Mr. Preston told me to go to the office. I said let me get my stuff. School was about to be let out and I didn’t want to leave my phone and stuff at school.” Wallace said as he was heading to get his things, the principal and the police officer “grabbed me and put me in a headlock.” Neither Preston nor McCarthy could be reached for comment. Online records show Wallace was booked into the Lamar County jail at 4:07 p.m. on Feb. 24 and released at 8:38 p.m. The charges require a $5,000 bond each. Wallace’s parents took him to a local hospital. A photo Cherry took showed what appeared to be a mark on his back. According to Cherry, initial written statements from McCarthy and Preston did not mention the officer questioning Wallace about the restroom. “As a matter of fact, McCarthy made it seem like his problem was that Joquan was not in class,” Cherry said. Students who were inside the last-period class wrote statements substantiating Wallace’s claim that he was manhandled. Cherry said she was hoping for 500 signatures on her Change.org petition. “I was shocked when I went back on it and saw this week that 20,000 people had signed it,” she said. She wants PSID Superintendent Paul Jones to allow Wallace to return to school and for Lamar County prosecutor Gary D. Young to drop the charges. “Stop the school to prison pipeline.”

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Jazz Flutist Bobbi Humphrey to Perform at THEARC

Building Bridges Across the River at THEARC will hold their final Double Time Jazz concert of the Spring on April 25 featuring Jazz flutist, Bobbi Humphrey. Sponsored WC Smith & the DC Commission On the Arts & Humanities, the concert series offers a schedule of offer world-class jazz performances to the communities east of the Anacostia River for affordable prices, as well as serves as a catalyst for inter-generational dialogue and collaboration. The first Double Time Jazz concert of 2014 featured the Grammy Award Winning band, Snarky Puppy; the second highlighted the string stylings of musician and songstress, Shana Tucker. Last year, Double Time Jazz at THEARC held a tribute concert to jazz legend, Donald Byrd, with a very special performance by The Blackbyrds. For three decades now, Humphrey has been playing her special brand of music to audiences around the world. Jazz great, Dizzy Gillespie first discovered Humphrey during a talent contest at Southern Methodist University, and encouraged her to pursue a musical career in New York City. After following his advice, she received her big break while performing at the Apollo Theatre on Amateur Night. She eventually began playing regularly throughout the city, and even met and performed with music legends including Duke Ellington, Lee Morgan and Stevie Wonder. This will be her second time at THEARC Theater during the Double Time Jazz concert series. For more information, visit: www.thearcdc.org.

Air Force Airman Devon T. Ross graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas. The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills. Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College Devon T. Ross of the Air Force. Ross is the son of Ann Thomas of Washington, D.C. He is a 2012 graduate of Suitland High School, Forestville, Md.

D.C. Tap Festival 2014

Tap dance masters from D.C. and abroad will convene April 10 for the annual D.C. Tap Festival. The four-

day event will feature master classes, jam sessions, student showcases and performances. For more information: Dctapfestival.com

District Heights, Md. 100 Black Men of Prince George’s County to Host 2014 MLK Breakfast The 100 Black Men of Prince George’s County will host the third annual Martin Luther King Jr. Prayer Breakfast on April 12 at the District Heights Community Center. Tracee Wilkins of News 4 will be the keynote speaker. For more information: 100princegeorges. com

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Ministers Form National Task Force to Repeal ‘Stand Your Ground’ Laws By Maria Adebola Special to the AFRO

Enough is enough, says Rev. Dr. R.B. Holmes, noting the list of young Black people dead or in jail in states where “stand your ground” laws are in place. “Our young Black boys are being senselessly killed just for being Black teenagers,” said Holmes, who on March 25 announced the formation of the National Pastor’s Task Force, a nation wide coalition of 40 Black ministers who want to repeal or revise “stand your ground” laws. “We have begun the fight in Florida and pledge to carry it across the nation,” said Holmes, pastor of the Bethel Missionary Baptist Church in Tallahassee, Fla. and vice chairman of a Florida task force created in the wake of the shooting death in February 2012 of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin by neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman. The coalition’s call for repeal of state laws allowing lethal force in self-defense is the latest organized opposition to “stand your ground” laws. On March 23, the Congressional Black Caucus issued a similar call. Holmes was joined in his announcement at the National Press Club by the parents of Martin and Jordan Davis, an unarmed teenager who was killed in November 2012 at a Florida gas station amid a dispute over loud music coming from a vehicle in which Jordan was a passenger. Michael Dunn, a White man, was tried for the shooting he said he committed out of fear of being attacked. “Black and Brown boys do not benefit from the stand your

ground law,” said Sybrina Fulton, mother of Trayvon Martin. Fulton said the movement to scrub the law will bring awareness to the issue that profiling still exists in America and added that she is very optimistic that the “stand your ground” law can be changed. On March 20, a bill to repeal the “stand your ground” law was rejected by Florida lawmakers. Also present were the parents of former U.S. airman Michael Jiles who was sentenced to 25 years in prison for firing warning shots at a White attacker. The group has the support of civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump, and former Fulton County (Ga.) Juvenile Court Chief Judge Glenda Hatchett. “We have real victims, Trayvon Martin was real, [and] Jordan Davis was real,” Trayvon Martin’s mother said Crump. “I’m reminded Sybrina Fulton speaks of Ron Davis that said he and about her support to his son Jordan were watching eradicate “stand your the interviews with Trayvon ground” laws. Martin, [and] watching the

Dr. R.B. Holmes at the National Pastors Task Force announcement to repeal ‘stand your ground’ laws rallies with Trayvon Martin, never knowing just a few months later that he will be sitting in the same chair that Sabrina Fulton, Tracy Martin had to sit in burying their 17-year-old child. We are talking about our children, and if we don’t stand for our children nobody is going to stand for our children.”

Memphis Activist to Host Lecture on Hip Hop at Howard University School of Divinity Event Will Commemorate 46th Anniversary of MLK’s Death By AFRO Staff

Kenneth T. Whalum Jr. will speak on hip hop and related societal issues.

Memphis community activist, the Rev. Kenneth T. Whalum Jr. will speak on hip hop and related societal issues on April 5 at the Howard University School of Divinity. Whalum’s lecture will also acknowledge the 46th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination. King was killed on April 4, 1968 in Memphis. “I believe Memphis owes the world a debt that we are delinquent in paying, and I don’t think even the election of a Black President has been as effective as it would have been had Memphis obeyed the instructions Dr. King gave Black folks in his Mountaintop sermon in Memphis on April 3, 1968,” Whalum said in a statement. In that harrowing sermon Whalum says

that Dr. King admonished Blacks to support Black-owned businesses, to withdraw their financial support from institutions that do not reinvest into the Black community and also cautioned black clergy not to become self-

“I believe Memphis owes the world a debt that we are delinquent in paying…” —Kenneth Whalum absorbed. “Basically, we’ve failed on all three counts,” Whalum said. Many in today’s society cite hip hop music and its culture as a stumbling block to

urban America’s progress but Rev. Whalum disagrees. “It is easy to condemn hip-hop for the condition of our society,” Whalum says. “But if the church is condemning our own young people for being who they are, what role do we play in making them who they’ve become, where they are going and what alternatives do we have to offer them?” Whalum, author of the book Hip Hop is Not Our Enemy, is a graduate of Morehouse College, Temple University School of Law and the Memphis Theological Seminary. Born and raised in the inner city of Memphis, Tennessee, Dr. Whalum has dedicated his life to proclaiming social justice for the citizens of Memphis, especially those who cannot speak for themselves: the children. For more information, visit: Divinity. howard.edu.

State of Black America Continued from A1

losses and foreclosures, low or no savings and retirement accounts, credit denials, and cuts in education and school funding.” The 2014 Equality Index is a yardstick used to measure how well African Americans are doing relative to Whites. In computing the Equality Index, 30 percent of the final score is based on economics, while health and education each gets 25 percent and social justice and civic engagement each receives 10 percent on a 100 percent scale. “That means rather than having a whole pie (100 percent), which would mean full equality with Whites in 2014, African Americans [with an index of 71.2 percent] are missing about 29 percent of the pie,” the authors said, explaining the Equality Index. In other words, the larger the Equality Index, the closer Blacks are to reaching parity with Whites. The Equality Index has declined from 73 percent in 2006, to 72.1 percent in 2010 to 71.2 percent in 2014. However, authors

caution that the overall figure might reflect progress in some areas and retrenchment in others. Relative to last year’s Black Equality Index: the civic engagement index improved from 99.9 percent to 104.7 percent; economics dipped from 56.3 percent to 55.5 percent; social justice declined from 56.9 percent to 56.8 percent; and health (76.8 percent) and education (76.8 percent) remained unchanged. The report also found: Black median household income ($33,764) is about 60 percent of Whites ($56,565), down from 62 percent before the recession; and 28.1 percent of Blacks live in poverty vs. 11 percent of Whites. Unlike African Americans, Hispanics saw their Equality Index with Whites increase slightly, from 74.6 percent in 2013 to 75.8 percent in 2014, which was 4.6 percent higher than African Americans. In a chapter titled “Policies of Exclusion Perpetuate the Racial Wealth Gap,” Thomas M. Shapiro wrote: “The dramatic and widening gap in household wealth along racial lines in the United States reflects policies and institutional practices that create different opportunities for whites and African Americans. Personal ambition and behavioral choices are but a small part of the equation.” Shapiro wrote, “In gross terms, the difference in median wealth between America’s white and African American households has grown stunningly large. The wealth gap almost tripled from 1984 to 2009, increasing from $85,000 to $236,500. The median net worth of white households in the study grew to $265,000 over the 25-year period compared with just $28,500 for the Black households.” He said five factors account for two-thirds of the proportional increase in the racial wealth gap: number of years of home ownership, average family income, employment stability, college education and financial support and inheritance. According to Shapiro, home ownership accounts for 27 percent of the growth in the racial wealth gap. He said reasons home equity rises dramatically faster for Whites include: White families buy homes and start acquiring equity eight years earlier than Black families because they are more likely to receive family assistance or an inheritance for down payments; a larger up-front payment by White homeowners lower interest rates; residential segregation places an artificial ceiling on home equity in non-White neighborhoods; and the home ownership rate for White families is 28 percent higher than rates for Blacks. “Hard evidence shows in stark terms that it is not just the last recession and implosion of the housing market that

contributed to the widening racial wealth disparities,” Shapiro wrote. “Past policies of exclusion, such as discriminatory mortgage lending, which continues today, ensure that certain groups reap a greater share of what America has to offer while others are left out.” No one expects the wealth gap to narrow without some reduction in unemployment. Valerie Rawlston Wilson, an economist in the National Urban League’s Washington bureau, noted in her introduction that “More than one-third of unemployed workers have been out of work for six months or longer and one in four has been jobless for a year or longer. Though the unemployment rate declined by 1.2 percentage points from January to December 2013—the largest decline over a single year since the recovery began—labor force participation also reached a 35-year low in

“In gross terms, the difference in median wealth between America’s white and African American households has grown stunningly large.” December. This downward trend in labor force participation raises concerns about underutilization of America’s labor capacity, or underemployment.” She explained, “If we factored in the number of people who want and are available for work (but are not actively looking for a job) along with the number of unemployed workers actively looking for a job, and those who are working part-time out of necessity (but would prefer full-time work), the actual rate of underemployment was 13.1 percent at the end of 2013, nearly double the official unemployment rate.” And things are even worse for African Americans. “For African Americans, these challenges are even greater,” she wrote. “Though the Black unemployment rate briefly and narrowly dipped below 12 percent for the first time since 2008 at the end of last year, 42 percent of Black unemployed workers are long-term unemployed and 28 percent have been jobless for at least a year. The rate of underemployment for African Americans was 20.5 percent, compared to 11.8 percent for white workers and 18.4 percent for Hispanic workers.” For the first time, the State of Black America provides an Equality Index for 77 major metropolitan areas. The report provided charts for Black-White income equality and unemployment equality.

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COMMENTARY

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Last Crusade

In remembrance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. who at the age of 39 was assassinated in Memphis, Tenn. on April 4, 1968, the Hawaii Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Coalition and the “Hawaii Needs a Raise Coalition” partners are planning a “People’s Walk,” 3:30 p.m., April 4. There will be a moment of silence and statewide, the church bells will ring at 6:01pm, the time Dr. King was assassinated. In 1967, Dr. King embarked on what would be his last crusade. Encouraged by President Johnson’s War on Poverty and the “Great Society legislative package,” with the help of our own Rep. Tom Gill, (D-HI). This legislative package brought into fruition the Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965, the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 and the resulting Office of Economic Opportunity. But after passage of Civil Rights Acts in 1964 and 1965, King began challenging the nation’s fundamental priorities. He maintained that civil rights laws were empty without “human rights” -- including economic rights. For people too poor to eat at a restaurant or afford a decent home, King said, anti-discrimination laws were hollow. Noting that a majority of Americans below the poverty line were white, King developed a class perspective. “True compassion,” King declared, “is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring.” Dr. King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) began organizing “The Poor People’s Campaign,” an effort to gain economic justice for all people. However, before the completion of the “Great Society” the Johnson administration turned its full attention to the war in Vietnam. Sen. Robert F. Kennedy asked Marian Wright Edelman to “Tell Dr. King to bring the poor people to Washington to make hunger and poverty visible since the country’s attention had turned to the Vietnam War and put poverty and hunger on the back burner.” In the last months of his life, Dr. King crisscrossed the country to assemble “a multiracial army of the poor” that would descend on Washington. The campaign was met with hostility from the start. The administration read the campaign as a potential siege on Washington. In 1967, Dr. King spoke out against the Vietnam War, and

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became a staunch critic of overall U.S. foreign policy, which he deemed militaristic. In his “Beyond Vietnam” speech on April 4, 1967 -- a year to the day before he was assassinated -- King called the United States “the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today.” Time magazine called it “demagogic slander that sounded like a script for Radio Hanoi.” King spoke on April 3, 1968, at the Mason Temple COGIC in Memphis. He called for unity, “The Power of Economic Withdrawal,” and nonviolent protest, while challenging the United States to live up to its ideals. “We are asking you tonight to go out and tell your neighbors not to buy Coca-Cola in Memphis. Tell them not to buy Sealtest milk. Tell them not to buy Wonder Bread. As Jesse Jackson has said, up to now only the garbage men have been feeling pain. Now we must kinda redistribute that pain.” Dr. King continued, “Now not only that, we’ve got to strengthen black institutions. I call upon you to take your money out of the banks downtown and deposit your money in Tri-State Bank. We want a ‘bank-in’ movement in Memphis.” By the end of the 43 minute speech there was no doubt why the power structure wanted to do away with him. At 6:01 pm April 4, 1968, in less than 24 hours, from the time of the speech, while campaigning for Black sanitation workers in Memphis, Dr. King was assassinated on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel. In spite of the hole in her heart, not long after that fateful day, Coretta Scott King and Rev. Ralph Abernathy decided to move ahead with the campaign. The next month, thousands of demonstrators gathered at the National Mall demanding federal action to alleviate poverty as SCLC leaders, joined by the National

Can We Make It to the ‘Promised Land?’ April 4 marks the 46th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on a balcony in Memphis. Black America and people of goodwill in the nation and the world were stricken by grief, frustration and anger at the murder of this great man of justice and peace. Indeed, rebellions erupted in urban centers across the nation by people who could not fathom how an apostle of non-violence could be struck down so Ron Daniels viciously and violently. It was NNPA Columnist clear that America was at yet another crossroad in the quest to achieve racial, economic and social justice. Despite constant death threats, Dr. King never flinched in his determination that this nation should be made to live up to its creed. The night before he was murdered, he reluctantly mounted the podium at the Mason Temple Church in Memphis and seemed to have a premonition of his impending demise. Yet, he proclaimed that he was not afraid dying. In the most memorable part of his oration he took the audience to the “mountaintop” with him and declared that he had “seen the promised land.” Sensing that his life would be cut short he said, “I may not get there with you. But

I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the Promised Land.” As we reflect on King’s courage and optimism in the shadow of death, the question is: Can we make it to the Promised Land? Clearly Dr. King was speaking to the long suffering sons and daughters of Africa in America when he referenced “we as a people.” But given his fervent belief in the promise of the Declaration of Independence and Constitution, there is little doubt that he also believed that one day America as a nation must arrive at the Promised Land. Dr. King also knew that for the “promise” to be realized Black people and people of good will in the “beloved community” would have to struggle to achieve its fulfillment. There would be trials and tribulations because there were forces deeply committed to restricting economic and political democracy to an elite “few” to the exclusion of the “many” in this society. As Dr. King peered over into the Promised Land, he saw a nation that embraced his concept of an Economic Bill of Rights modeled after Franklin D. Roosevelt’s “Four Freedoms,” where every human being would have a decent standard of living: a land where no-one would lack for a job with a living wage or guaranteed annual income, quality affordable housing, healthcare and education. To get to the Promised Land, Dr. King was preparing a Poor People’s Campaign to galvanize the “many” to struggle for an Economic Bill of Rights even in the face of the fierce resistance of the “few” at the commanding heights of capital and finance. To get to the Promised Land, Dr. King also warned that the people, those who aspired to create the change must themselves undergo a

Welfare Rights Organization, lobbied Congress to introduce an “Economic Bill of Rights” that would include $30 billion for the creation of employment programs and low-income housing and a guaranteed minimum annual income for all Americans. Now, 46 years later, we find that the United States is still in need of an Economic Bill of Rights. Hawaii is one of the most expensive cities in the United States. We are in desperate need of a minimum wage raise, as well as affordable housing. While we in Honolulu will not walk to Washington, D.C., we will walk to the Hawaii State Capitol and make our wishes and issues known. MarshaRose Joyner is president emeritus of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Coalition of Hawaii and can be reached at mrjoy@hawaii.rr.com.

change, a personal “revolution” that would translate into creating a just and humane society. Hence he proclaimed, “I am convinced that if we are to get on the right side of the world revolution, we as a nation must undergo a radical revolution of values. We must rapidly begin the shift from a ‘thing-oriented’ society to a ‘person-oriented’ society. When machines and computers, profit motives and property rights are considered more important than people, the giant triplets of racism, materialism and militarism are incapable of being conquered.” The people must create a “moral movement” to get to the Promised Land and that movement cannot countenance a system incompatible with “person-oriented” values. Therefore, those who would get to the Promised Land must challenge and change systems of oppression and exploitation; they must advance a politics of social transformation. As Dr. King put it, “True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it comes to see that the edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring.” As we witness the calculated, mean-spirited assault on Blacks, labor, women and poor and working people by rightwing extremists, the explosive growth in mass incarceration within the prison-jail industrial complex and the ever increasing concentration of wealth in the hands of the few, we must continue to be inspired by Dr. King’s view from the mountaintop. Black people in particular must be dedicated to leading ourselves and the downtrodden/dispossessed to the Promised Land. Ron Daniels is president of the Institute of the Black World 21st Century and Distinguished Lecturer at York College City University of New York.

Maryland HBI Presidents: Please Stand Up

My dear esteemed Maryland HBI presidents Neufville, Wilson, Burnim and Bell; I speak to you as an oppressed nationality, a 44-year supporter and activist of civil and human rights, and an historically black institution (HBI) faculty member. As you know, Judge Catherine Blake still found vestiges of segregative practices in the Maryland higher education system on Oct. 7, 2013. Blake provided general remedies for addressing them. More Dr. Kenneth exactly, she directed the Morgan plaintiffs and defendants to negotiate remedies that included “expansion of mission and program uniqueness and institutional identity at the HBIs.” Blake further said that “it is also likely that the transfer or merger of select high demand programs from traditionally white institutions (TWI) to HBIs will be necessary.” The ruling’s aim is to bring about comparability and competiveness between TWIs and HBIs. Negotiations are now under way. Various news articles summarized your sentiments just after Judge Blake’s ruling. The Baltimore Sun said that your comments

were “cautiously optimistic.” The Diverse Issues in Higher Education headlines read “HBCU Presidents Tread Lightly After Maryland Lawsuit Decision.” Since that time we have heard little from you. If my university, Coppin, is an indication of your enthusiasm and action towards identifying duplicative programs and supplying needed information to adhere to Judge Blake’s ruling, there exists lethargic motion. It makes it appear that you are going along with the State’s sentiments , tactics and arguments. David Burton, president of the Coalition for Equity and Excellence coined a phrase, “carry the water of the status quo.” I find this phrase applicable to those of you, who testified at the hearing and your public statements. He did not aim it at you, but rather at a naysayer commenting on the relevance of the partial victory of the Coalition’s lawsuit. All signs indicate that the State is still positing the wrongness of Judge Blake’s decision and will continue its posture in the judge’s ordered negotiations. In quoting Diverse Issues in Higher Education, this is what William E. Kirwan, chancellor of the University System of Maryland said shortly after Blake’s ruling. “In my own opinion, I think the system has been very supportive of creating unique programs at the HBCUs [Historically Black Colleges and Universities] whenever possible and has been very careful to avoid program duplication. There are obviously some programs that are in high demand in the economy.” A. Dwight Pettit, former USM Board of Regent member in a recent AFRO commentary titled, “State and Maryland University

Officials Echo Scary Sounds of Centuries Past,” documented sentiments and attitudes of the State and its supporters. Petit said, “Statements by state legislators and representatives of the University system of Maryland (USM) in defense of Maryland’s dual system of higher education sound much like the rhetoric of the 1860s.” He named names. I add Gov. O’Malley to Pettit’s list. The bottom line is the State is negotiating in bad faith. The bills put forth by Del. Aisha Braveboy and Sen. Joan Carter Conway to help address the lawsuit issue will never see the light of day in this legislative session. Key legislators do not support them. Gov. O’Malley does not support them. I implore you to read Petit’s commentary. You are a tipping point to these negotiations. Insist that the State follow Judge Blake’s instructions. Take a strong stand. You know there is a massive and maximum need for the State to do everything possible to level the playing field for HBIs. Mobilize your schools to do the research required to satisfy Blake’s guidelines. This is not a time to step lightly or speak softly. Blacks have had to uncompromisingly pursue our civil rights – our human rights since the failure of Radical Reconstruction. Take heart from two selfless Marylanders, Frederick Douglass and Gloria Richardson. Douglass said. “If there is no struggle, there is no progress.” This is a struggle. You are central to this struggle. Anoint yourselves with the tenacity and militancy of Gloria Richardson. Join the growing movement of HBI students, faculty, staff and plaintiff supporters. Dr. Kenneth Morgan is a professor at Coppin State University.

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The Whitney M. Young Karen Price-Ward, Jr. Achievement Award Southwest Airlines and is presented to Katie Ledecky, Olympic Justine Love, CBS Radio gold medalist in distance swimming DC Councilman Tommy Wells, Jerry Moore, by Walter Oliver, senior vice Craig Muckle, Safeway; Dr. Willie Jolley, George Lambert and Rushern Baker president, Human Resources, General Dynamics “GWUL on the Move”, A Salute to Health and Fitness was the theme of the 42nd Whitney M. Young, Jr. Memorial

Kim Horn, Gala general co-chair, president, Kaiser Permanente Mid-Atlantic States

Former chairman of the board of directors, Jerry Moore and his family

Mrs. Alex Barron with Retired Lt. Gen. Kip Ward

Dinner held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Northwest, Washington, D.C. where achievement awards were presented to: Katie Ledecky, Olympic gold medalist; Joel Ward, Washington Capitals and Catana Starks, NCAA Division 1 Men’s Golf Team coach. The evening kicked off with a silent auction, followed by a very energetic live auction which was orchestrated by the emcees, NBC4 Anchors Jim Vance and Chris Lawrence along with Karen Price-Ward of Southwest Airlines. Scholarship recipients were presented by the sponsors: Safeway; Pepsi Beverages; Giant Foods; GWUL Thursday Network and the Charlotte Elizabeth The AFRO team with guests: Elaine Fuller, Yancey Eights Trust. Special greetings was given by DC Mayor Edgar Brookins, Felecia and Benjamin Vincent Gray and Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Phillips; (seated) Rev. Dr. E. Gail Baker. This gala marked the new leadership of the GWUL: Anderson Holness and Ebony Andrews, Michael P. Akin, chair, board of directors and George Lambert, Miss Black DC USA. president/CEO, GWUL

Remarks by Gala general chairs, Michael Gooden, Wells Frago and Roger Krone, president, Network and Space Systems, Boeing

George Lambert, President/CEO, GWUL with the 2014 Scholarship Recipients Dr. Willie Jolley with former president/CEO of GWUL, Maudeen Cooper

The Whitney M. Young Jr. Trailblazer Award being presented to Catana Starks, first African-American female coach in the NCAA Division 1 Men’s Golf by Alex Barron, regional general manager, Walmart

Accepting the Whitney M. Young Pioneer Award on behalf of Joel Ward, the Washington Capitals by Todd Heavner, Director of Community Relations, Enterprise Rent-A-Car

Michael Akin, chairman of the board of directors, GWUL gives welcome with some of the board members looking on

George Lambert and Michael Akin present gifts to Jim Vance and Chris Lawrence Danielle Brown, Rahila Danjuma, Ramona Stanley, Bernadette Curtis- Lambert, Louise Brown, Allan R. Brown and Guy Lambert; (seated) Janice Bryan and Joyce Woodson

A sizzling dance presentation

Hazel Trice Edney

Photos by Rob Roberts

(Back row) Beverly Roberts, Catherine Thomas, Dr. E. Faye Williams and G. Sapphire Harris; (front row) Theodora Brown, Claudette Haynes and Black women leaders gathered at the National Press Pamela Nelson

Greetings by Marvin K. Clark, Business Banking Division, Wells Fargo

Club on March 20 for the Statewomen for Justice panel discussion, the annual commemoration of Women’s History Month, convened by Hazel Trice Edney, founder of TriceEdney Communications & News Wire. The event drew an audience of 200, mostly women. National Urban League President Marc Morial spoke to the group and congratulated Obama for focusing on young Black men. Dr. Julianne Malveaux

Students from The Maya Angelou PCS with Hazel Trice Edney (center)

Black Women for Positive Change: Ruth Marshall, Marilyn Harris, Eunita Winkey, Emily Ward, Dr. Stephanie Myers, Karen Portman, Karen Carrington and Joycelyn Daniels

Panelists included Julianne Hazel Edney with Malveaux, a drawing winner Melanie Campbell, president/CEO of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, and Barbara Arnwine, president and executive director of the Lawyer’s Comittee for Civil Rights Under Law. The program was entitled “How to Move From Chaos to Community: Our Response to My Brother’s Keeper.”

Avis Thomas Lester, Kristi Love and Hazel Trice Edney Alana Hill and Faye Hyslop of the Black Public Relations Society, DC Chapter

Thomas Graham, VP, Pepco Holdings and Trystin Kier Francis, CEO/ Chief of Design, Trystin Kier Company

Marc Morial, Omarosa Manigault and Dr. Stephanie Myers

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Clinton, Md. Sailor Serves Aboard Navy’s Newest Amphibious-Assault Ship By MC1 John Scorza PCU America (LHA 6) Public Affairs A graduate of Gwynn High School is serving in the U.S. Navy as part of a hand-selected crew charged with bringing the Navy’s newest and most advanced amphibious assault ship into service. Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Fuels) 3rd Class Andre Pearson, from Clinton, Md., is serving aboard the amphibious assault ship America, currently under construction with Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Miss. When construction and sea trials are complete, and the Navy officially accepts the ship from the builder, the ship will be placed into commission and will become USS America. After commissioning, the ship will be homeported in San Diego. Pearson and the rest of the 900-person crew are slowly bringing the ship to life, overseeing construction, testing new equipment, training on new systems and executing trials at sea. The crew will eventually grow to more than 1,200 Sailors and nearly 1,900 embarked Marines when the ship is at sea. When complete, USS America will be 844 feet long and 106 feet wide and will weigh nearly 45,000 tons. Twin gas turbine engines will push the ship through the water at more than 22 knots. As one of the Sailors who will commission the ship, Pearson is getting a firsthand look at the improvements the Navy has incorporated into the design of the ship: a more fuel-efficient gas turbine propulsion plant, increased capacity for – Petty officer Andre Pearson aviation operations, advanced weapons systems, and sophisticated electronics and communications suites. As the crew grows and works toward the end goal of joining the fleet in late 2014, Pearson and other America Sailors know they are building a legacy that will last beyond their lifetimes. Pearson said it is an exciting time to be in the Navy and to be helping build a crew and a ship from scratch, which was something he never expected to be doing just a couple years ago. The 20-year-old Sailor realizes the historical value of what it means to not only be selected to be part of a commissioning crew but to help commission a ship named after his country. “I’m really excited to be assigned to a ship named America,”

“It’s a great feeling to know that you we’re part of the original crew helping to bring the ship to life. This is my first ship, and I’m honored to be part of its history.”

Petty officer Andre Pearson

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said Pearson. “Everyone feels a lot of pride in being here – no matter what your job is on board. It’s a great feeling to know that you we’re part of the original crew helping to bring the ship to life. This is my first ship, and I’m honored to be part of its history.” Pearson is not only honored to be a part of the America commissioning crew but thankful for the chance to do something he loves. “I take a lot of pride in what I do,” said Pearson. “Essentially, my job is about making sure that the fuel we have is clean. If we don’t do that, we can do a lot of damage to aircraft.” “Petty officer Pearson has been a model Sailor since he reported on board America,” said Senior Chief Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Fuels) Allan Thomas, Air Department’s V-4 (aviation fuels division) leading chief petty officer. “He is an exceptionally outstanding individual whose performance, initiative and

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enthusiasm have been noticed by his superiors and set him apart from his contemporaries. He has a very bright future in the Navy.”

Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

If you think it’s difficult for Congress to pass legislation these days, imagine what it took to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964, a law that celebrates its 50th anniversary By Shirley Jones this year. As we reflect on the Act and what it took to get it passed, we should first imagine the southern lobby against it. If you think President Obama had it hard with the Tea Party opposition to his healthcare reform, imagine the opposition President John F. Kennedy and in turn President Lyndon Johnson faced from southerners. Now imagine the blood, sweat, and tears from civil rights leaders like Dr. King, Fred Shuttlesworth, Congressman John Lewis, Julian Bond, Vivian Malone, Ella Baker, and the everyday foot soldiers of the movement that it took to make this sweeping legislation a reality. We can’t commemorate the anniversary without considering the impact of important events like the NAACP’s challenge to “separate but equal” schools in 1954, the Greensboro sit-ins in 1960, and the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham in 1963. Those events and others like them shaped the Civil Rights Movement and in turn shaped this legislation. On February 28, 1963, President John F. Kennedy issued a special message on civil rights from the White House which was “intended to examine how far we have come in achieving first-class citizenship for all citizens regardless of color, how far we have yet to go, and what further tasks remain to be carried out.” The President believed the task at hand, 100 hundred years after President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, was to pass much needed civil rights legislation. It has been widely reported,

however, that President Kennedy was torn between his personal beliefs and his political ambitions. While he seemed to believe that African Americans deserved equality, he had directly interceded only in a few instances of highly publicized violence and defiance. So, much of the Civil Rights Movement had proceeded without his visible support. Why? The astute Massachusetts senator turned President knew in the early years of his first term that he needed southern support in the Congress for his overall domestic and foreign agenda. And, in the latter part of his first term, Kennedy worried about his bid for reelection in 1964. But, with all of the highly publicized acts of violence in the South, Kennedy knew that the time was ripe for civil rights legislation. And so, on June 19, 1963, just one week after the murder of civil rights activist Medgar Evers, Kennedy sent a special message on civil rights to the Congress along with a proposed Civil Rights Act of 1963 addressing voting rights, public accommodations, desegregation of public schools, continuation of the Civil Rights Commission, nondiscrimination in federally assisted programs, and establishment of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Following President Kennedy’s assassination on November 22, 1963, Vice President Lyndon Baines Johnson (LBJ) said “No memorial oration or eulogy could more eloquently honor President Kennedy’s memory than the earliest possible passage of the Civil Rights Bill…” He intensified efforts at passage and ultimately signed the most sweeping civil rights legislation since Reconstruction, legislation that was even stronger than that originally proposed by President Kennedy. Shirley A. Jones, Esq. is president of the Region XI Council of Blacks in Government.

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ARTS & CULTURE

Tom Joyner Fantastic Voyage Provides Plentiful Funds for HBCUs Photo by Rance Elgin

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George Clinton brought the funk to the pool deck on the Fantastic Voyage in Nassau, Bahamas.

nce again Tom Joyner, his crew and a hall of fame list of entertainers embarked on the annual Fantastic Voyage, the proceeds from which benefit HBCUs nationwide. This annual event, now completing its 15th year is books as the Ultimate Party with a Purse, hosted more than 3,000 passengers on board the Carnival Conquest for eight days and seven nights. Passengers were entertained by the likes of Robin Thicke, Nelly, George Clinton, Ice Cube, Katt Williams, Bobby Brown, Ralph Tresvant, Johnny Gill, Chante Moore, Charlie Wilson, John Legend, KEM and many more from the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s. Evangelist Dr. Bobby Jones was joined by Erica Campbell, Vashawn Mitchell, Tosha Cobbs, Willie Moore Jr. and James Fortune for a concert filled with the spirit and love on the first night of the cruise. Katt Williams was funnier than ever on the pool deck stage on the Fantastic Voyage in St. Thomas, US VI.

Nelly electrified the crowd on the pool deck at the Sail Away concert at the Tom Joyner Foundation Fantastic Voyage presented by Ford March 16, 2014.

Chante Moore was stunning on the Fantastic Voyage presented by Ford performing 2 nights on the main stage.

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Over 500 guests auditioned and were narrowed down to a group of 30 to audition for actor, director, screenwriter, playwright, producer and author Tyler Perry. Perry chose 1 winner to be featured in an upcoming project as well as 14 other talented guests for parts in current and future projects. The Tom Joyner Foundation not only raised money with the cruise, but also hosted art auctions to generate funds for scholarships and other initiatives to contribute to keeping students in HBCUs. Ford featured two 2014 Ford vehicles on the ship, the Fusion and Focus ST and is giving a vehicle away to one Tom Joyner Morning Show listener as part of the 2014 Win Any Ford Giveaway. Details here http://bit.ly/1cGwpoO Ford, The Islands of the Bahamas, Crest, Denny’s, The Home Depot Retool Your School Program, The Single Moms Club and Walmart presented empowering seminars and events encouraging healthy lifestyles, promoting self-awareness, caring for yourself and loved ones including “Empower Your Beauty” with Derek J from The Real Housewives of Atlanta.

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The AFRO Opened its House to the Community By AFRO Staff It’s nice to be reminded of a hidden treasure. That was the mission of the Evening in the Archives, March 24, at the AFRO‘s Baltimore office on Charles Street, when supporters, subscribers, community leaders and friends and former employees dropped by for warm conversation and a stroll through history. The first stop was the historic Clean Block Room. No one born in Baltimore before 1970 can forget the white marble steps that demanded weekly scrubbing, daily during the summer and sometimes twice a day. No one can forget the painted tires that screamed, “We’re an AFRO Clean Block,.” So oohhs and aahhs were heard at the sight of historic articles and photos from those days. Those who waited their turn for tours renewed acquaintances from schools and neighborhoods. Some had served on boards together or belonged to the same clubs or sororities. They were glad to see each other. And they were glad to visit the Archives together. The Archives is a treasure, though not really that hidden because scholars and researchers turn often to the aged pages of Black history collected one week at a time over the past 121 years. Academic institutions and keepers of history rely heavily on what the original writers and photographers must have thought to be stories for the day - the simple reporting of

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famed sportswriter Sam Lacy and cartoonist Thomas Stockett were some of the highlights of the tour. One onlooker said, “You guys need a museum to showcase all of these treasures.” Another guest remarked, “I could just live here!” The tour ended with a look at some of the unique archival materials including signed photos and correspondence from Frederick Douglass, W.E.B. DuBois and the original manuscript of The Big Sea by the renowned Langston Hughes.

AFRO publisher, Jake Oliver, focuses on founders whose portraits line the walls.

an event, the explanation of a new policy or law, the addition of a back story. Nationally-recognized filmmakers, television producers and authors have called upon the AFRO Archives for images and materials they can’t find Bound volumes of past anywhere else. papers line the shelves in Informative tours that began with art along one area of the Archives. the hallways were conducted by Murphy family descendents CEO and publisher, Jake Oliver and Benjamin Phillips, AFRO president, telling their own personal stories about how it was to literally “grow up with the AFRO.” Guests were amazed at the shelves of unwieldy tomes that hold golden moments as well as painful details of the struggle of Black people in this country. The archivist, JaZette Marshburn made sure to educate her guests not only on the important history the AFRO captured but also the AFRO’s “A TRUE HERO own story. The powerful OF OUR TIME!” -Melissa Silverstein, Indiewire’s Women and Hollywood and important photography, articles and ads of a bygone era lined the walls; the original technology used by AFRO staff “ was on display. The offices of

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HBCU NEWS John Lewis to Address UMES Grads

Rep. John R. Lewis will deliver the commencement address May 16 at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s spring 2014 graduation exercises. Lewis joins a distinguished list of civil rights activists who have accepted invitations to speak to UMES graduates, including former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt, Supreme Court

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Rep. Lewis joins a distinguished list of civil rights activists who have accepted invitations to speak to UMES graduates. Justice Thurgood Marshall and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Lewis, 74, is the lone surviving speaker among those who addressed an estimated 250,000 protesters at the August 1963 March on Washington, where King delivered his signature “I

Nigerian master artist Tunde Odunlade led a hands-on workshop at Bowie State University, March 25, with about 40 students and staff in the art of batik, using wax and dye on textiles. The event was sponsored by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art and Bowie State. Odunlade gives some one-on-one tips to Jamarie Spencer, of Laurel, Md., a junior visual communications and digital media arts major. Have A Dream” speech at the Lincoln Memorial. Today, Lewis enjoys a prominent role as a senior Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives, where he has served since 1987. He is dean of Georgia’s congressional delegation. With the nation reflecting on the 50th anniversaries of the Washington march a year ago and adoption of the 1964 Civil Rights act, Americans have been reminded of Lewis’ role on the front-lines of the movement and the difficulties that he, King and their fellow activists encountered. Lewis was arrested some 40 times, endured physical attacks and sustained serious injuries during non-violent marches in opposition to segregation and campaigning for equal voting rights for blacks. A cameraman captured Alabama police on film in March 1965 unmercifully beating Lewis in Selma, which brought the repression that African-Americans were enduring into America’s living rooms on the TV evening news. As chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in the 1960s, Lewis befriended the late John A. Wilson, a firebrand contemporary from Princess Anne. Wilson led protests in the community as a Maryland State College undergraduate and like Lewis, eventually won election to public office, serving as a Washington, D.C. city council member. Lewis is the co-author of the widely acclaimed MARCH, a graphic-novel memoir of his Civil Rights-era experiences. The unique comic book-style presentation was atop the New York Times sales tracking list and has received numerous awards. Lewis’ official congressional biography notes more than 50 of the nation’s colleges and universities have awarded him an honorary degree, including Brown, Columbia, Duke, Harvard, Howard, Princeton, the University of Pennsylvania, Morehouse College, Clark-Atlanta University, Brandeis University, his alma mater, Fisk University and Troy (Ala.) State University, the historically black institution near his birthplace. Those institutions honored Lewis in recognition of his role as a leader whose life’s work has placed him “at the vanguard of progressive social movements and the human rights struggle in the United States.”

Award-Winning Bowie State Professor Named Visiting Fellow at Harvard

A Bowie State University professor will develop a massive open online course (MOOC) to teach people how to effectively report the news using mobile devices, as one of five 2014 Visiting Fellows from Harvard University’s prestigious Nieman Foundation for Journalism. Starting March 24, Allissa Richardson, lecturer of journalism, began two weeks as a scholar-inresidence, building the online class as a free tool to teach veteran journalists, citizens, and journalism students how to effectively report news using only Allissa Richardson will tablets, mp3 players or develop an online smartphones. course for a Mobile She started working Journalism class. on the course in fall 2013 and will continue her work at Harvard, as well as giving talks on mobile journalism and exchanges ideas with other Visiting Fellows. “Mobile journalism is an increasingly vital skill for the public to have. In times of crisis, the ordinary citizen journalist who is armed with a smartphone is often the only eyewitness we have,” said Richardson said. “When more people know about how to gather and interpret news that happens around them, the media ecosystem becomes a richer, more diverse place.” Professor Richardson has been widely recognized for her innovations in mobile journalism. She was named a 2013 Apple Distinguished Educator for her creative teaching style, enabling Bowie State to receive Apple equipment and software for the mobile journalism lab she established in the Department of Communications. She was also named the 2012 National Association of Black Journalism Educator of the Year. The Nieman Foundation of Journalism works with the Fellows on a project designed to enhance journalism in unique ways. The visiting fellowships are specifically designed for individuals interested in working on special research projects designed to advance journalism. The foundation educates leaders in journalism and raises the standards of the profession by convening scholars and experts in all fields.

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SPORTS

Wizards Struggle with Mediocrity as Playoffs Near By Stephen D. Riley Special to the AFRO Win one, lose one. Win two, lose two. Win three, lose three. The Washington Wizards’ season has been up and down, but mostly evenkeeled for the young group. The consistent inconsistency has allowed the Wizards a ticket to the Eastern Conference Playoff race. Emerging backcourt stars John Wall and Bradley Beal have been marvelous at times as individuals but rarely together as a duo. The front court has dealt with numerous injuries and the team’s defense has sometimes taken nights off. However, Washington is currently in the sixth spot in the Eastern Conference race and another up and down week did nothing to alter their current standing.

After an abrupt exile from the Philadelphia Eagles, diminutive but explosive receiver DeSean Jackson is looking for a new home.

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Where Will DeSean Jackson Land? By Perry Green and Stephen D. Riley AFRO Sports Desk After an abrupt exile from the Philadelphia Eagles, diminutive but explosive receiver DeSean Jackson is looking for a new home. Released last week due to multiple issues the Eagles’ brass apparently held secret about Jackson, the Eagles cut the three-time Pro Bowler after signing him to a five-year, $51 milliondollar deal in 2012. With Jackson available and still in his prime at just 27 years old, the market should be ripe for Jackson to cash in, provided conflicting reports about alleged gang ties and poor behavior prove to be inaccurate. Should the rumors result as false, the former big play Eagle should be on a new team next year. But where? The AFRO Sports Desk debates this question. Riley: If I’m Jackson, I would try to entertain a role as the continued favorite target of Michael Vick in New York. While their time in Philadelphia was short-lived, both Vick and Jackson made it count during an explosive tenure. The glaring lights of New York should be enough to flirt with any prestigious

free agent and with Jackson still in his prime and still holding a connection to the former Eagles signal caller, a reunion in the Big Apple doesn’t seem like such a bad idea. New York and Jets head coach Rex Ryan definitely wouldn’t have a problem bringing in a talented, but perhaps troubled receiver. They made the same move to acquire former Steelers receiver Santonio Holmes

a super-fast, diminutive, but aggressive wide-out. With both men in the prime of their careers, a relationship could be intriguing considering the strides that Philadelphia made last season. The Jets aren’t going anywhere no matter who starts at quarterback, whether it’s Vick or Geno Smith. The Panthers have already proved they’re going places. Signing with an emerging Carolina team

With Jackson available and still in his prime at just 27 years old, the market should be ripe for Jackson to cash in… in 2010. Despite an 8-8 record, New York played with some poise last season but the lack of weapons stalled the offense too often. New York’s already signed former Bronco receiver Eric Decker so pairing him with Jackson could be dynamite. Green: No team fresh off a winning season last year has a more dire need for a receiver than the Carolina Panthers. Strong-armed signal caller Cam Newton just lost his best receiver in Steve Smith. Ironically enough, Jackson fits the same mold as

makes the most sense for the displaced Jackson.  Riley: Carolina would definitely be an option but the relationship that Jackson already has with Vick could be the deciding factor. Jackson isn’t going to sign some mega deal after the team just cut him for behavioral issues so playing under a one-year, incentives-based contract makes the most sense so he can try to parlay that into a bigger deal the following season. It would be similar to the path former Buccaneer

Something to Share

I decided to take a break from the “Sam Lacy - He Made a Difference” series this week to share some events and some stories I have been privy to living with my Pop. When I was a kid, we lived in a nice neighborhood with a gas station on the corner. I mention the gas station because it plays a part in my life I think you may find amusing. When I was a kid, boys went from short pants to knickers to long pants. Every boy had a blue suit in the closet reserved for church and special occasions. As this story unfolds, I had already made the annual trip downtown to purchase my blue suit for the year. I was fortunate enough to have an aunt who had a vested interest in me. The role of godmother had been taken, so I was given her last name as my middle name. Wanting to do something special for me, she took me shopping and purchased a gray suit. Anxious to show off my new garb, I waited until everyone was gone from the house, and suited up for school. I was running a bit late, so I cut through the alley and jumped the fence at the gas station. I hit a pool of oil and slid about ten feet in my new suit. I will let you

Aqib Talib followed after his jettison in Tampa Bay to his revival in New England to his spanking new mega-contract in Denver. Vick’s already under a one-year deal and would like nothing more to make noise for a year and turn that into one last deal. With a desperate Vick and a need of both to prove themselves, the traditional warm-up period would be nonexistent between the former teammates, allowing the both of them to get straight to the point and start putting up numbers.    Green: He could take the same type of deal down to Carolina. He wouldn’t have the familiarity with Newton as his new trigger man but I’m sure the two would hit it off immediately. I honestly wouldn’t mind him coming to “Chocolate City,” D.C. and signing with Washington. He would be just the explosive player Robert Griffin III could use in this new explosive offense new head coach Jay Gruden is supposed to be installing. I just rather see Jackson link up with a younger star quarterback that he can establish a long-term relationship with. Regardless, Jackson is one of my favorite receivers in the NFL to watch so I’ll be watching him wherever he goes.

Sun., March 23 – Wizards Fall to Denver, 105102 A road game against the Denver Nuggets on March 23

The consistent inconsistency has allowed the Wizards a ticket to the Eastern Conference Playoff race. continued to expose a lack of consistency from the Wizards. A season-high 24 turnovers fueled Denver’s offense as they turned Washington’s miscues into a 105-102 victory. Wall scored just 15 points and handed out five assists but turned it over eight times in the game. Beal led the team with 21 points and collected seven rebounds but it wasn’t enough as Washington exited a four-game road trip with a 1-3 record.

Wed., March 26 – Hot-Shooting Suns Beat Wizards, 99-92 Washington arrived home to square off

with the sizzling Phoenix Suns on March 26 but a hot-shooting Phoenix team missed just one free throw as a team and nailed 14 three-pointers en route to a 99-92 win. The Suns shot 50 percent from deep and built a 25-point second half lead before Washington charged back to cut the lead to four points in the middle of the final quarter. But Phoenix kept Washington at bay with some crisp passes, orchestrated movement and hot shooting. With his team trailing and frustrating fans, Wall scored 24 of his game-high 29 points in the second half as Washington got into a groove. Wall attacked the basket with reckless abandon and simply ran past defenders at time on his way to the basket. Washington was trailing by just three points before Wall’s ex Kentucky teammate Eric Bledsoe nailed a deep three pointer to put Phoenix up six and seal the game.

Fri., March 28 – Washington Routs Pacers, 91-78 A Friday night clash against the Indiana Pacers had

meaning for the home standing Wizards. With a shot at revenge against a team that averaged close to a 24-point margin of victory in the prior two contests. And, with a losing streak of their own to snap, Washington stormed out the gate before building a 20-point second-half lead on the way to a 91-78 win. Wall dictated the action with 20 points and eight assists and five players scored in double figures for the Wizards in a much-needed victory. Washington’s defense was crucial down the stretch as it often forced Pacers’ star Paul George (6-of-22 shooting) into a bevy of bad shots while limiting Indiana to just 35 percent from the field and 15 percent from long range.

imagine the ending to this episode. In the same time frame, my buddies and I decided to cut school and go fishing. As we were preparing to return home, I slipped and fell in the water. Cutting school was a felony in my household, so I had to hurry home. Cutting through the same gas station, I bumped into this guy standing at the gas pump talking to the attendant. Guess who? Yep, Sam Lacy. On a trip to Tucson, Ariz., I befriended a guy named Billy Norsworthy. In the evenings I would go out and hang out with him and his buddies. In this crowd was a young lady named June, who captured my heart. One evening we decided to cross the border into Nogales, Mexico. Wanting to show off for June, I treated everyone to some of the local cuisine. Since we had been told not to cross the border, we didn’t stay long. When I returned to the house where we were staying, I walked in and promptly threw up half of Mexico on Sam’s shoes. Busted again! In the interest of creating a little mild mischief, we bought pea shooters. We discovered the best ammunition for the shooters was navy beans. Having no money, I went to the neighborhood store and slipped a bag of the beans under my shirt. I was fully armed and ready for war. Spotting one of my buddies in the line of fire, I took a shot. At that moment an adult passed, and took the shot right in the neck. Damn, this guy is everywhere. The fact that he had been a victim of friendly fire didn’t bother Sam, but he did ask me where I got the beans. One look at his face inspired me to fess up. He took me to the store and made me tell the manager that I had stolen the beans. They made an arrangement for me to work off my debt after school. Sweeping the sidewalk in front of a super market every day after school for a week seemed to be a bit much, especially for a 19-cent bag of navy beans. But, living with Sam Lacy, if you did the crime, you did the time. More next week.

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2013ADM1189 Isabella H. Dixon Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Freddie D. Lindsay, whose address 813 M a d i s o n S t . , N W, Washington DC was appointed personal representative of the estate of Isabella H. Dixon, who died on October 7, 1995 without a Will and will serve with Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before October 4, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before October 4, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: April 4, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Freddie D. Lindsay Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM109 George Bernard Riddick A.K.A. George Bernard Riddick III Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Melinda Retasha Riddick, whose address is 3204 G Street, SE Washington, DC 20019 was appointed personal representative of the estate of George Bernard Riddick a.k.a. George Bernard Riddick III, who died on January 21, 2014 with a Will and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . 20001, on or before October 4, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before October 4, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: April 4, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Melinda R. Riddick Personal Representative

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM278 Anna E. Byrd Decedent Clarissa T. Edwards 2402 L’enfant Square SE Washington, DC 20020 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Keith A. Byrd, whose address is 400 M Street NW, Washington,DC 20001 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Anna E. Byrd, who died on March 12, 2011 with a Will and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose where-abouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . 20001, on or before October 4, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before October 4, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: April 4, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter 13:21:06 EDT 2014 Keith A. Byrd Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2013ADM33 Sallie G. Adell Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Elizabeth Hilton, whose address is 1321 Southview Drive, Apt 104, Oxon Hill, MD 20745 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Sallie G. Adell, who died on June 8, 2009 with a Will and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . 20001, on or before October 4, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before October 4, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: April 4, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Elizabeth Hilton Personal Representative

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM208 Thomas P. Melady Decedent Robert L. Pillote, Jr. Esq 6010 Executive Blvd Suite 900 Rockville, MD 20852 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO 13:26:06 EDT 2014 UNKNOWN HEIRS Margaret B. Melady, whose address is 3016 Tilden Street, NW Apt 401, Washington, D.C. 20008 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Thomas P. Melady, who died on January 6, 2014 with a Will and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose where-abouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . 20001, on or before October 4, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before October 4, 2014 or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: April 4, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Margaret B. Melady Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM305 Ercelle M. Edwards Decedent James E. McCollum Jr. Esq 7309 Baltimore Ave., Suite 117 College Park, MD 20740 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO 13:30:08 EDT 2014 CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Yvonne Forrest and Kim Edwards, whose addresses are 4903 Addison Road, Apt 201, Capitol Heights, MD 20743 & 11005 Birch Way, Clinton MD 20735 were appointed personal representatives of the estate of Ercelle M. Edwards, who died on November 24, 2010 without a Will and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before October 4, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before October 4, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: April 4, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Yvonne Forrest Kim Edwards Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 04/04, 04/11, 04/18/14

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM269 Monica Sanowar Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Bruce Sanowar, whose address is 2480 16th St. NW Apt 917,Washington DC 20009 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Monica Sanowar, who died on October 4, 2013 without a Will and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before October 4, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before October 4, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: April 4, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Bruce Sanowar Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia i PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 13:19:58 EDT 2014 2014ADM273 Grace E. Baylor Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS H a r o l d C . D a t c h e r, whose address is 2028 E Street N.E. Washington, DC 20002 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Grace E. Baylor, who died on October 22, 2011 with a Will and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . 20001, on or before October 4, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before October 4, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: April 4, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Harold C. Datcher Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS

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TYPESET: Mar 18 03/21, 03/28,Tue 04/04/14 Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM241 Beverly A. Murphy Decedent William A. Bland 1140 Connecticut Ave, NW #1100 Washington, DC 20036 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS 13:29:36 EDT 2014 AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Joseph A. Murphy and Alexus T. Murphy, whose addresses are 2748 Lorring Drive, #203, District Heights, MD 20747 were appointed personal representatives of the estate of Beveryly A. Murphy, who died on January 5, 2013 without a Will and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before September 21, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before September 21, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: March 21, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Joseph A. Murphy Alexus T. Murphy Personal Representatives TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM276 Verna S. Williams Decedent Theodora H. Brown, Esquire EDT 2014 14:14:45 3127 Cherry Road, NE Washington, DC 20018 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Donald L. Williams, whose address is 1731 Otis Place, NE, Washington, DC 20018 was were appointed personal representative of the estate of Verna S. Williams, who died on August 30, 2013 without a Will and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose where-abouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before October 4, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM95 Louise Hunter Decedent NOTICE OF 15:33:50 EDT 2014 APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Mary T. Blakeney and Carl S. Blakeney whose addresses are 4311 3rd St. SE, Washington, D.C. & 1538 A St. NE, Washington D.C. 2002 were appointed personal representatives of the e s t a t e o f L o u i s e V. Hunter, who died on February 10, 2011 without a Willand will servewithout Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose where-abouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before September 21, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before September 21, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: March 21, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Mary T. Blakeney Carl S.Blakeney Personal Representatives

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Cornelia A. Hider Dennis A. Hider Personal Representatives TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 04/4, 04/11, 04/18/14 TYPESET: Tue Apr 01 Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 15:12:31 EDT 2014 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM288 Corine Newman Decedent William A. Bland Esq 1140 Connecticut Ave. NW #1100 Washington, DC 20036 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Jacqueline RobinsonRoss, whose address is 3701 Connecticut Ave. NW. #824, Washington, DC 20008 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Corine Newman, who died on July 28, 2013 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . 20001, on or before October 4, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before October 4, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: April 4, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Corine Newman Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 04/04, 04/11, 04/18/14

TYPESET: Tue Apr 01 13:19:27 EDT 2014 LEGAL NOTICES Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM139 Lillie R. Matthews A.K.A. Lillie Robinson Matthews Decedent Lawrence N. Cooper, Esq 1029 Vermont Avenue, NW, 3rd Floor Washington, DC 20005 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Dorothy D. Sayles, whose address is 4321 4th Street, NW, Washing13:20:42 ton, DC EDT 200112014 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Lillie R. Matthews a.k.a. Lille Robinson Matthews, who died on October 8, 2013 with a Will and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . 20001, on or before October 4, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before October 4, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: April 4, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Dorothy D. Sayles Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 04/4, 04/11, 04/18/14

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who died on December 26, 2013 without a Will and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before October 4, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or beLEGAL NOTICES fore October 4, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: April 4, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter

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Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Donald L. Williams, whose address is 1731 Otis Place, NE, Washington, DC 20018 was were appointed personal representative of the estate of Verna S. Williams, who died on August 30, 2013 without a Will and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose where-abouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the LEGAL NOTICES Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before October 4, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before October 4, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: April 4, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM228 Theodore D. Anderson Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Carol A. Adams, whose address is 8015 Mandan Road #302 Greenbelt, MD 20770 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Theodore D. Anderson, 13:30:38 2014 28, who diedEDT on January LEGAL NOTICES 2014 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . 20001, on or before September 21, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before September 21, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: March 21, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM262 Gladys Beverly Hider Decedent Keith A. Anderson 211 47th Street NE Washington, DC 20019 13:29:07 AttorneyEDT 2014 NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Cornelia A. Hider and Dennis A. Hider whose address is 332 15th Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002 were appointed personal representatives of the estate of Gladys Beverly Hider, who died on December 26, 2013 without a Will and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before October 4, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before October 4, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM251 Catherine Males Decedent W. Alton Lewis 1450 Mercantile Ln. Ste 155 Largo, MD 20774 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Patricia M. Green, whose address is 11709 Carol Ann Court, Upper Marlboro, MD 20744 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Catherine Males, who died on January 31, 2014 without a Will and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose where-abouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before September 21, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before September 21, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: March 21, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIVIL DIVISION Civil Action No. 2008 CA 004364 L(RP) Melaku Tefera PLAINTIFF v. Havilah Property Services, LLC, and Fabco Investment Corporation, and District of Columbia, and All Unknown owners of the property described below, their heirs, devisees, personal representatives and executors, administrators, grantees, assigns or successors in right, title, interest, and all persons having or claiming to have any interest in leasehold or fee simple in the property and premises situate, lying and being in the District of Columbia described as: Square: 5125, Lot:883, which may also be known as a 1032 44th Street, N.E., Washington, DC 20019. DEFENDANTS

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM252 Phyllis Goldman Margolius Decedent Jennifer Margolious Fisher 4201 Connecticut Ave, NW Suite 600 TYPESET: Tue Mar 18 Washington, DC 20008 Attorney I N T HNOTICE E S U POF ERIOR APPOINTMENT, COURT NOTICE TO OF THE DISTRICT OF CREDITORS COLUMBIA AND TO CIVILNOTICE DIVISION UNKNOWN Civil ActionHEIRS No. Philip N. Margolius, 2008 CA 004364 L(RP) whose address Melaku Tefera is 2101 Connecticut PLAINTIFF Ave, NW, Apt. 55, Washington, DC v. 20008was appointed Havilah Property personal LLC, representative Services, of the estate of Phyllis and Goldman Margolius, who Fabco Investment died on February 20, Corporation, 2014 with a Will and will and serve without Court suDistrict of Columbia, pervision. All unknown and heirs and heirs whose All Unknown owners of whereabouts are unthe property described known shall enter their below, their heirs, devia p p e apersonal r a n c e i nreprethis sees, proceeding.and Objections sentatives executo such appointment (or tors, administrators, to the probate of degrantees, assigns or cedent´s will) shalltitle, be successors in right, filed with the Register of interest, and all persons Wills, D.C., 515 5th having or claiming to Street,any N.W., 3rd Floor have interest in W a s h i n gort o n ,simple D . C .in leasehold fee 20001, on or before the property and premSeptember 21,and 2014. ises situate, lying beClaims against the deing in the District of cedent shall be as: preColumbia described sented 5125, to theLot:883, underSquare: signed the w h i c h with m a ya copy a l s oto b e Register filed known asofaWills 1032or 44th with the Register of Wills Street, N.E., WashingwithDC a copy to the underton, 20019. signed, on or before DEFENDANTS September, 21, 2014, or be forever AMENDED barred. PerSECOND sons believed be heirs ORDER to OF or legatees of the dePUBLICATION cedent who do notD.C. reIn accordance with ceive a copy this notice Official Codeof§47-1375, by mail within 25 days t h e o b j e c t o f t h i sof its first publication shall proceeding is to secure so inform the Register of the foreclosure of the Wills, including name, right of redemption in the address and described relationreal property ship. as Square: 5125, Lot: Date of Publication: 883, which may also be March 21, known as2014 1032 44th NameN.E., of newspaper: Street Washington, Afro-American DC 20019, which propWashington erty was sold by the Law Reporter Mayor of the District of Columbia to the Plaintiff Philip N. Margolious in this action. Personal The Amended Complaint Representative states, among other things, that the amounts TRUE TEST necessary forCOPY redempREGISTER WILLS tion have notOF been paid. Pursuant to the Chief 03/21, 03/28, 04/04/14 Judge´s Administration Order Number 02-11, it is this 4th day of March, 2014. ORDERED by the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, that notice be given by the insertion of a copy of this order in The Afro-American Newspaper, a newspaper having a general circulation in the District of Columbia, once a week for three (3) successive weeks, notifying all persons interested in the real property described above to appear in this Court by the 14th day of May, 2014, and redeem the real property by payment of $505.89, together with interest from the date of the real property tax certificate was purchased: court costs, reasonable attorney’s fees: expenses incurred

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SECOND AMENDED ORDER OF PUBLICATION In accordance with D.C. Official Code §47-1375, the object of this proceeding is to secure the foreclosure of the right of redemption in the real property described as Square: 5125, Lot: 883, which may also be known as 1032 44th Street N.E., Washington, DC 20019, which property was sold by the Mayor of the District of Columbia to the Plaintiff in this action. The Amended Complaint states, among other things, that the amounts necessary for redemption have not been paid. Pursuant to the Chief Judge´s Administration Order Number 02-11, it is this 4th day of March, 2014. ORDERED by the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, that notice be given by the insertion of a copy of this order in The Afro-American Newspaper, a news14:08:39 EDT a2014 paper having general circulation in the District of Columbia, once a week for three (3) successive weeks, notifying all persons interested in the real property described above to appear in this Court by the 14th day of May, 2014, and redeem the real property by payment of $505.89, together with interest from the date of the real property tax certificate was purchased: court costs, reasonable 14:08:00 EDT attorney’s 2014 fees: expenses incurred in the publication and service of process: and all other amounts in accordance with the provisions of D.C. Official Code §47-1361 through 1377 (2001 ed.), or answer the Amended Complaint, or, thereafter, a final judgment will be entered foreclosing the right of redemption in the real property and vesting in the plaintiff a title in fee simple.

its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: March 21, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American 14:08:00 EDT 2014 TYPESET: Tue Mar 18 16:52:32 EDT 2014 TYPESET: Tue Mar 18 14:12:39 2014 LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICES Washington LEGALEDT NOTICES Law Reporter in the publication and service of process: Superior Court ofand Patricia K. Roberts Superior Court of all other amounts in the District of Personal the District of accordance with the District of Columbia Representative District of Columbia provisions of DIVISION D.C. Official PROBATE PROBATE DIVISION Code §47-1361 D.C. through Washington, TRUE TEST COPY Washington, D.C. 1377 20001-2131 (2001 ed.), or anREGISTER OF WILLS 20001-2131 swer the AmendedNo. Administration Administration No. TYPESET: Tue Mar 18 Complaint, or, thereafter, 2014ADM218 03/21, 03/28, 04/04/14 2014ADM221 a final B. judgment Lonnie Quick will be Alphonzo A. Dozier entered foreclosing the Decedent Decedent Superior Court of right of redemption NOTICE OF in the Bradley A. Thomas the District of realAPPOINTMENT, property and vesting 1629 K. Street, NW District of Columbia in the NOTICE plaintiff aTO title in fee Suite 300 PROBATE DIVISION simple. CREDITORS Washington, DC 20006 Washington, D.C. AND NOTICE TO Attorney 20001-2131 UNKNOWNMagistrate HEIRS NOTICE OF Administration No. J.E. Beshouri AddieJudge L. Owens whose APPOINTMENT, 2014ADM243 address is 4216 Will NOTICE TO Clarence Carlos Cade 03/21, 03/28 & 04/04/14 Street, Southern MD CREDITORS Decedent Facility, MD 2043 was AND NOTICE TO NOTICE OF appointed personal reUNKNOWN HEIRS APPOINTMENT, presentative of the estate Carolyn D. Thomas, NOTICE TO of Lonnie B. Quick, who whose addressis 4611 CREDITORS died on January 10, 2014 Brookfield Dr., Suitland, AND NOTICE TO with a Will and will serve MD 20746 was apUNKNOWN HEIRS without Court supervi- pointed personal represion. All unknown heirs sentative of the estate of Cecilia Blue, whose adand heirs whose where- Alphonzo A. Dozier, who dress is 12308 Hillantrae abouts are unknown died on January 7, 2014 Dr, Clinton, MD 20735 shall enter their appear- without a Will and will was, appointed personal ance in this proceeding. serve without Court su- representative of the estate of Clarence CarObjections to such pervision. All unknown appointment (or to the heirs and heirs whose los Cade, who died on probate of decedent´s whereabouts are un- January 23, 2014 with a will) shall be filed with the known shall enter their Will and will serve withRegister of Wills, D.C., a p p e a r a n c e i n t h i s outCourt supervision. All 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd proceeding. Objections unknown heirs and heirs Floor Washington, D.C. to such appointment whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their 20001, on or before shall be filed with the September 21, 2014. Register of Wills, D.C., a p p e a r a n c e i n t h i s Claims against the de- 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd proceeding. Objections cedent shall be pre- Floor Washington, D.C. to such appointment (or to the probate of desented to the under- 20001, on or before signed with a copy to the September 21, 2014. cedent´s will) shall be Register of Wills or filed Claims against the de- filed with the Register of with the Register of Wills cedent shall be pre- Wills, D.C., 515 5th with a copy to the under- sented to the under- Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . signed, on or before signed with a copy to the September 21, 2014, or Register of Wills or filed 20001, on or before be forever barred. Per- with the Register of Wills September 21, 2014. sons believed to be heirs with a copy to the under- Claims against the deor legatees of the designed, on or before cedent shall be precedent who do not re- September 21, 2014, or sented to the underceive a copy of this notice be forever barred. Per- signed with a copy to the by mail within 25 days of sons believed to be heirs Register of Wills or filed its first publication shall or legatees of the de- with the Register of Wills so inform the Register of cedent who do not re- with a copy to the underWills, including name, ceive a copy of this notice signed, on or before address and relation- by mail within 25 days of September 21, 2014, or be forever barred. Pership. its first publication shall sons believed to be heirs Date of Publication: so inform the Register of or legatees of the deMarch 21, 2014 Wills, including name, cedent who do not reName of newspaper: address and relation- ceive a copy of this notice Afro-American ship. by mail within 25 days of Washington Date of Publication: its first publication shall Law Reporter March 21, 2014 so inform the Register of Name of newspaper: Wills, including name, Addie L. Owens Afro-American address and relationPersonal Washington ship. Representative Law Reporter Date of Publication: TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM231 Gwendolyn Colston A.K.A. Gwendolyn Roberta Colston Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Dolores C. Craig, whose address is 1651 Varnum Place, NE, Washington, DC 20017 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Gwendolyn Colston A.K.A. Gwendolyn Roberta Colston who died on September 26, 2013 with a Will and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose where-abouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of deMagistrate cedent´s will) shall be Judge J.E. Beshouri filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th TYPESET: Tue Mar 18 14:09:45 EDT 3rd 2014Floor Street, N.W., 03/21, 03/28 & 04/04/14 Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . 20001, on or before Superior Court of September 21, 2014. the District of Claims against the deDistrict of Columbia cedent shall be prePROBATE DIVISION sented to the underWashington, D.C. signed with a copy to the 20001-2131 Register of Wills or filed Administration No. with the Register of Wills 2014ADM245 with a copy to the underGloria R. Sabatini signed, on or before A.K.A. September 21, 2014, or Gloria Rita Sabatini be forever barred. PerDecedent sons believed to be heirs Anthony P. Interdonato or legatees of the de12604 Glen Road cedent who do not rePotomac, MD 20854 ceive a copy of this notice Attorney by mail within 25 days of NOTICE OF its first publication shall APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO so inform the Register of CREDITORS Wills, including name, AND NOTICE TO address and relationUNKNOWN HEIRS ship. Anthony P. Interdonato, Date of Publication: whose address is 12604 March 21, 2014 Glen Road was, apName of newspaper: pointed personal repre- Afro-American sentative of the estate of Washington Gloria R. Sabatini A.K.A. Law Reporter Gloria Rita Sabatini, who died on January 28, 2014 Delores C. Craig with a Will and will serve Personal without Court superviRepresentative sion. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are un- TRUE TEST COPY known shall enter their REGISTER OF WILLS appearance in this proceeding. Objections 03/21, 03/28, 04/04/14 to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . 20001, on or before September 21, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before September 21, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: March 21, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter

Cecilia Blue TYPESET: Tue Mar 18 14:13:11 EDT 2014 Personal 03/21, 03/28, 04/04/14 Representative Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2013ADM655 Ann M. Roberts Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Patricia K. Roberts whose address is 12802 Foxhound Court, Upper Marlboro, MD 20772, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Ann M. Roberts 5 3 0 0 2 n d S t . N W, Washington Dc 20011, who died on March 22, 2013 with a Will and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . 20001, on or before September 21, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before September 21, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: March 21, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Patricia K. Roberts Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 03/21, 03/28, 04/04/14

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2013ADM1184 James E. Watkins Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Chkeada Cole, whose address is 12618 Pavilion Court, Upper MArlboro, MD 20020 was appointed personal representative of the estate of James E. Watkins, who died on August 30, 2013 without a Will and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose where-abouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before September 21, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before September 21, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: March 21, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Chkeada Cole Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS

TYPESET: Tue Apr 01 03/21, 03/28, 04/04/14 Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM109 George Bernard Riddick A.K.A. George Bernard Riddick III Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Melinda Retasha Riddick, whose address is 3204 G Street, SE Washington, DC 20019 was appointed personal representative of the estate of George Bernard Riddick a.k.a. George Bernard Riddick III, who died on January 21, 2014 with a Will and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose

CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Melinda Retasha Riddick, whose address is 3204 G Street, SE Washington, DC 20019 was appointed personal representative of the estate of George BernLEGAL a r d R i dNOTICES dick a.k.a. George Bernard Riddick III, who died on January 21, 2014 with a Will and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their 14:14:19 a p p e a r aEDT n c e 2014 in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . 20001, on or before October 4, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before October 4, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: April 4, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM199 Lester D. Claytor Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Vincent Wayne Claytor whose address is 2423 Artesian Lane, Bowie, MD 20716, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Lester D. Claytor, who died on December 29, 2013 with a Will and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th 14:15:13 EDT 3rd 2014Floor Street, N.W., Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . 20001, on or before September 21, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before September 21, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: March 21, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Vincent Wayne Claytor Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER TYPESET: OF TueWILLS Mar

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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Foreign No. 2014FEP29 Date of Death February 13, 2014 Bernetha McLamore Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN PERSONAL R E P R E S E N TAT I V E AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS Edith McLamore-Shelton whose address is 7003 Whitney Ave, District Heights, MD 20747 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Bernetha McLamore, deceased, on February 27, 2014, by the Register of Wills Court for Prince George’s County, State of Maryland. Service of process may be made upon Persandra McLamore Ward 1814 Minnesota Ave, SE #2, Washington, D. C. 20020 whose designation as District of Columbia agent has been filed with the Register of Wills, D.C. The decedent owned the 13:21:06 f o l l o w i nEDT g D i2014 strict of Colombia real property: 1814 Minnesota Ave SE Claims against the decedent may be presented to the undersigned and filed with the Register of Wills for the District of Columbia, 500 Indiana Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20001 within 6 months from the date of first publication of this notice. Edith McLamore- Shelton Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS Date of first publication: March 21, 2014 Name of newspapers and/or periodical: The Daily Washington Law Reporter The Afro-American 03/21, 03/28, 04/04/14

TYPESET: Tue Apr 01 13:28:03 TYPESET: EDT Tue 2014 Mar 25 15:04:21 TYPESET: Tue 2014 Mar 25 17:22:51 LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICES LEGALEDT NOTICES Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM280 Etta M. Kennedy Decedent Thomas H. Queen, Esq 530 Eighth Street, SE Washington, DC 20003 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS L u t h e r i n a R . Wa l k , whose address is 1488 Minter Road, Chester, SC 29706 was, appointed personal representative of the estate of Etta M. Kennedy, who died on February 20, 2014 with a Will and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . 20001, on or before October 4, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of 14:13:46 2014 Wills withEDT a copy to the undersigned, on or before October 4, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: April 4, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Lutherina R. Walk Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM249 Cleo Williamson Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Mark C. Williamson, whose address is 1419 1/2 22nd St, SE, Washington DC 20020 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Cleo Williamson who died on April 3, 2012 withouta Will and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose where-abouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . 20001, on or before September 28, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before September 28, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: March 28, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Mark C. Williamson Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM229 William A. Ford Decedent Darryl F. White 302 Mississippi Ave Silver Spring, MD 20910 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Elvis Ford, whose address is 46 Mallard Lane, Richmond Hill, Georgia 31324 was appointed personal representative of the estate of William A Ford, who died on September 22, 2012 without a Will and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before September 28, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before September 28, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: March 28, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Elvis A. Ford Personal Representative

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2011ADM309 Howard Ashmon Sr. Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Louise Ashmon Owens, whose address is 1529 Upshur St. NE, Washington, DC 20011 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Howard Ashmon Sr., who died on November 14, 2006 with a Will and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall 14:15:46 EDTenter 2014their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . 20001, on or before September 28, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before September 28, 2014 or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: March 28, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM295 Joseph N. Grano, Jr. Decedent Donald R. Dinan, Esq 600 14th St. NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC 20005 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Vivian Grano, whose address is 5440 Lakefront Boulevard, Apt. D, Del Ray Beach, FL 33484 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Joseph N Grano, Jr., who died on November 24, 2013 without a Will and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before October 4, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before October 4, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: April 4, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter

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the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM223 Etta V. Foster A.K.A. Etta Victoria Foster NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Channie L. Bell, whose address is 3643 13th Street NW, Washington DC 20010 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Etta V. Foster A.K.A. Etta Victoria Foster, who died on January 17, 2014 with a Will and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . 20001, on or before September 28, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before September 28, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: March 28, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Channie L. Bell Personal Representative

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