NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH EDITION
COMPLIMENTARY
Unapologetically Delivering News To Communities Of Color in Westchester & Surrounding Areas
TRUMP WANTED ‘FACTS’ BEFORE CALLING OUT RACISTS. WHEN I WAS ON TRIAL, HE DIDN’T CARE. BY YUSEF SALAAM story on page 8
Black Law Enforcement Rally In Support of Colin Kaepernick
LATINAS WHO SHINE IN MEDIA
LISA REYES BY AJ WOODSON
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SEPTEMBER 2017
BILL BELLAMY, ADELE GIVENS & TALENT TALK DICK GREGORY’S LEGACY BY SAMANTHA HUNTER PAGE 10
Milagros Lecuona Attempts To Make History As First Hispanic Mayor In Westchester White Plains Common Councilwoman Lecuona Hopes to Be White Plains First Female Mayor
COVER STORY PAGE 12
BY AJ WOODSON
With the Brooklyn Bridge and New York City skyline as their backdrop, retired NYPD officer, Francesco Vincent “Frank” Serpico known for whistleblowing on police corruption in the late 1960s and early 1970s joined close to 100 current and former officers, Saturday at a rally in support of quarterback Colin Kaepernick who still finds himself without a team to play for. Because Colin Kaepernick took a knee, these members of black law enforcement dressed in black t-shirts with #IMWITHKAP on the front let him and the world know they have his back... (Continued on Page 11)
Black Westchester Stands With Sen. Andrea Stewart Cousins
WILLIE COLON
THE SALSA SOCIAL ACTIVIST We don’t have to go to the south to be reminded of racist white people. They’re right here in New York. The disrespectful race based language of Daniel Loeb, who is a top donor to Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo and many other politicians is unacceptable on many levels. For Loeb to compare Senator Cousins to the KKK, then apologize and blame it on their passion for Education insults our intelligence and our suffering as Black people at the hands of a racist organization like the KKK. Makes us wonder what they think about women and black people behind closed doors. All monies from Mr. Leob should be returned; racist money should not be accepted in the Democratic Party from Gov. Cuomo on down. (Con’t on Page 7)
BW’S LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR SOCIAL ACTIVISM Willie Colon is a living example that music and activism can in fact go hand in hand. A beacon for the policially engaged salsa fan, Colon has always refused to compromise on his music or morals. He is most known as a musician who has had an enormous influence on contemporary Latin jazz. He is one of the pioneers of salsa, in the early 1970s and recieved the Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award from from the Latin Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences... (Con’t on Page 19)
BIG PUN
Legacy of A Latino Lyricist Starting with the end and working backward, the world was in shock when the news came that Big Pun suffered a fatal heart attack on February 7, 2000 in the Crowne Plaza Hotel, White Plains, at the age of 28 years old. In a time most stories like this ended with a hip-hop artist dying by some act of senseless violence, if there was anything positive to find, many were happy that he wasn’t shot to death. What made taking his death so hard was hearing the lyrics of his current single; “It’s so hard (It’s hard work, baby)/ Yeah (I just copped 100 pounds, I’m tryin’ to live, I ain’t goin’ nowhere).” Despite the loss of weight, a heavyweight in hip-hop was gone. It’s So Hard featuring Donell Jones (Con’t. on page 13)