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Another shooting, another memorial service B-CU pays tribute to student fatally shot at off-campus event BY DAYTONA TIMES STAFF
“Your life matters.’’ A simple sentence that carries a lot of weight. It was pronounced by local retired Judge Hubert Grimes Wednesday at a service at Bethune-Cookman University in memory of Don’Kevious Johnson, a student from Belle Glade who died from a gunshot wound at an off-campus party on Feb.13. Johnson, 23, a sophomore psychology major, died after he was shot in the head during a fight outside of the Indigo Lakes Golf Club in Daytona Beach. Don’Kevious Justine CunningJohnson ham, 20, of New York, also was shot in the head. Tre Jamal Williams, 21, of Palmetto, was shot in the back. Lamont Postell Jr., 23, who was not a B-CU student, has been with one count of first-degree murder and two counts of attempted first-degree murder. Johnson also was on the BCU Wildcats’ football team for one season in 2014. He played football at Glades Central High
School, then spent one year at Alabama State University before joining B-CU’s football team. “Every life is precious. Every life matters. Don’Kevious’ life matters. Tre’s life matters. Justine’s life matters. Your life matters,” said Grimes, who has spent decades trying to help juveniles stay out of trouble.
No codes, colors Grimes was one of the speakers at a campus memorial service Wednesday that brought together students, faculty, staff as well as community residents and leaders. “Too many of our young people today want to define themselves by things such as telephone area codes. The 305, the 561, the 863, the 904, etc. But my friends, you’re not defined by that, nor are you defined by the colors; red, blue, and all the others. You’re not defined by the places you come from such as the east coast or west coast. That’s not who you are,’’ Grimes added. Cheryl Lawson-Young, B-CU’s public safety compliance and prevention manager, echoed those words Wednesday during the service. “We are all from the same blood. And that’s not the Bloods, not the Crips, not the Latin Kings, and not all the other area codes,” she remarked. “The only blood that we let rain at Bethune-Cook-
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Bethune-Cookman students provide comfort through song at Wednesday’s memorial service. Retired Judge Hubert Grimes (standing, far left) spoke at the service. man University and this community is the blood of Jesus.” She added, “If you want to recognize your area code, go back home where you came from because we’re all Wildcats here.”
2015 shooting deaths The tragedy comes five months after the deaths of two female students at the hands of a shooter.
Timesha “Lisa” Carswell, 21, and Diona McDonald, 19, both B-CU students from Michigan, died on Sept. 17, 2015 after being shot by 27-year-old York Zed Bodden, a convicted felon during a rental dispute at the Carolina Club Apartments in Daytona Beach. Student Micah Parham was critically injured and lost an eye in that shooting. Bodden, from Miami, was ar-
BLACK HISTORY MONTH 2016
Exhibits, videos highlight achievements of African-Americans in Daytona and beyond BY DAYTONA TIMES STAFF
Daytona produces Black History videos In recognition of Black History Month, the City of Daytona Beach has compiled four videos that highlight local people and places. They focus on the Midtown community, Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune, Jackie Robinson Ballpark and the city’s Black History Trail. The videos can be viewed on the city’s website. The city’s presentation notes that in the late 1800s, Midway was the largest community where Blacks lived, worked, played and prayed. The boundaries of Midway were along Second Avenue, which today is Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Boulevard, the railroad tracks to the east and Nova Road on the west. Another video is about Dr. Bethune, who founded the Daytona Educational and Industrial Training School for Negro Girls in 1904. The school opened with just five little girls whose parents paid 50 cents per week tuition. Today the school is Bethune-Cookman University in the heart of Daytona Beach. Jackie Robinson Ballpark in downtown Daytona Beach also is featured. It’s the site where the baseball great integrated modern professional baseball. Originally named the Daytona City Island Ballpark, it was renamed Jackie Robinson Memorial Ballpark in 1990. On its website, the city notes that a group of historians and citizens spent countless hours a few years ago assembling the community’s Black Heritage Trail “so that future generations are reminded of the important role that African-Americans played in the history and development of our community.’’ There are 18 sites highlighted in a Black Heritage Trail booklet.
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A student views the Emmett Till Traveling Exhibit now on display at Mount Carmel Missionary Baptist Church in Daytona Beach.
rested there on Sept. 18 and allegedly hanged himself the next day in his cell at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.
Seven more shot On Feb. 23, 2015, Ladell Pleasure was charged with discharging a firearm on school property in a shooting on campus that Please see B-CU, Page 2
NAACP to tackle crime during Feb. 25 forum BY DAYTONA TIMES STAFF
The Daytona Beach branch of the NAACP is hosting a community forum on Thursday, Feb. 25, which will include discussion on local crime prevention and public safety. The forum will begin at 6 p.m. at Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church, 580 George Engram Blvd. Cynthia Slater, president of the local NAACP, has invited Daytona Beach Police Chief Mike Chitwood to be one of the speakers at the event. She’s also hoping that Dr. Edison Jackson, president of Bethune-Cookman University, will attend.
‘In crisis’ In speaking about the Feb. 13 shooting that claimed the life of B-CU student Don’Kevious Johnson and other recent shootings in Daytona Beach, Slater said, “I believe that we are a community in crisis at this point and leaders and the community as a whole have to deal with and come to the realization that gun violence is plaguing the Black community.’’ “A violent and criminal element has taken over this community, and in all of my life as a resident of Daytona Beach, I have never seen the number of shootings and homicides that involves African-Americans like what has happened within the last few years,” she told the Daytona Times this week.
‘A matter of Black lives’ Slater continued, “We say ‘Black Lives Matter,” but I say, ‘It’s a matter of Black lives.’ It’s a matter of Black lives when there is no respect for life, so much so that young people don’t care about the consequences of their actions. “It’s a matter of Black lives when a simple argument or disagreement turns into gun violence and the murder of innocent people; it’s a matter of Black lives when guns get into the hands of unstable and/or drug induced people. We are faced with a sense of urgency, and we must end the violence that is devastating our community.’’ Please see NAACP, Page 2
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R2 Sunshine House tour set for March 2 The Children’s Home Society of Florida, North Coastal Division, will host a tour of the Sunshine House on Wednesday, March 2, at noon. Sunshine House provides services to siblings and children with special needs within the foster care system. During the tour, guests can: • Check out the newly installed computer lab • Learn more about the services offered by Children’s Home Society • Hear inspiring success stories • Find out how to volunteer and get involved to make a difference in the lives of at-risk youth The tours typically take 30-45 minutes and are located in DeLand. RSVP to Diane Olsen to get the confidential address. Call 386304-7600 ext. 227 or email diane. olsen@chsfl.org.
Funds available for sickle cell services Volusia County has received $25,000 to provide sickle cell disease services in fiscal year 20151016.
Is child support taxable income? BY CASEY BOND RUTH SURREAL GOBANKINGRATES.COM
In 2013, the most recent year for which data is available, the amount of child support owed in the United States was $32.9 billion, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Of that, $22.5 billion was received, the bureau said in a January report. Whether you are on the paying or receiving end of child support, it’s important to know whether the money is taxable. If you make child support payments, can you write them off? If you receive payments, do they count as taxable income? The short answer is no. Child support payments are not taxable. The parent making payments cannot deduct the payments from his taxable income, and the parent receiving payments is not required to declare the money as income.
Child tax exemption What about claiming the child tax exemption? You cannot necessarily claim a child as your dependent for tax purposes even if you are covering most of the child’s expenses. In most cases, the custodial parent — the one who spends the most time with the child — is the one entitled to the tax
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Emmett Till Traveling Exhibit A traveling exhibit tells the tragic story of Emmett Till, the Chicago 14-yearold who was brutally beaten and murdered in 1955 in Money Miss. The Emmett Till Traveling Exhibit, organized by Delta State University, is at Mount Carmel Missionary Baptist Church in Daytona Beach until Feb. 29. The church is at 703 George Engram Blvd. To view the exhibit, call 386-753-4526 or email robinsonvalencia01@gmail. com.
Evening with Sheila Johnson Daytona State University’s WDSC TV 15 will air an
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Children and family organizations may apply for funds. They must be incorporated in the State of Florida and registered with the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services as a nonprofit tax-exempt organization and be able to demonstrate a minimum of one year of successful service delivery. Additional criteria regarding eligible services, agency capacity, and financial stability are also applicable. Services to be provided include, but are not limited to, education, counseling, case management, electrophoresis and supportive services. Applications must be submitted by 4 p.m. Feb. 19. They are available at www.volusia.org/ community_assistance/applications or by contacting Children and Families Program Coordinator Brittany Scott at bscott@ volusia.org or 386-736-5955, ext. 12959.
Stetson students preparing tax returns Stetson University students who have been specially trained are preparing income tax returns for individuals and families as part of the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program. Student volunteers will pre-
credit, even if that parent does not provide more than half of the child’s financial support. While it is possible for the non-custodial parent to claim the child tax exemption, some fairly stringent conditions apply. For one, there must be a written agreement signed by the custodial parent stating that she will not claim the child as a dependent on her taxes. Both parents must also sign an 8332 form from the IRS, and that form must be attached to the non-custodial parent’s tax return. To avoid future conflict, the parents generally contract who claims which child and make that specification in a judgment during divorce proceedings, said attorney and accountant Matt Skarin.
Work it out Unfortunately, the IRS also does not allow parents to split the tax exemption, even in cases of joint custody. However, parents may agree to negotiate the tax exemption on a yearly basis, with one spouse claiming it one year, the other claiming it the next. Such an arrangement will obviously impact a parent’s budget. Single parents would, therefore, benefit from adopting some specific budgeting strategies for single parents. Whatever a couple decides, it’s important to make arrangements before the final decree of divorce to ensure that all standards have been met. Casey Bond and Ruth Surreal write for GOBankingRates.com, a leading portal for personal finance news and features, offering visitors the latest information on everything from interest rates to strategies on saving money, managing a budget and getting out of debt.
interview with Sheila Johnson, America’s first Black billionaire, on Feb. 26 at 10 p.m. She also is the founder and CEO of Salamander Hotels & Resorts, cofounder of BET, is a classically trained violinist, and has a stake in professional sports teams. The show titled “An Evening with Sheila Johnson,’’ was taped at the historic Art Institute of Chicago and hosted by veteran PBS “NewsHour’’ journalist Gwen Ifill. For more information, visit www.DaytonaState. edu/WDSC.
Blacks in Civil War exhibit “Hot Lead, Cold Steel, Americans in uniform from Harper’s Ferry to Appomattox’’ continues at the African American Museum of Arts in DeLand. The exhibit focuses on African-Americans who
pare returns on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings from 6-8 p.m., now through April 14 in Room 318 of Stetson’s Lynn Business Center in the School of Business Administration, 345 N. Woodland Blvd. in DeLand. Returns will not be prepared during the students’ spring break, Feb. 29-March 4. Returns are prepared by appointment only. To make an appointment, call the United Way by dialing 211 and then selecting option 2; wait for an operator to answer. To have a return prepared, clients must bring photo IDs, their social security card (not just the number), their tax forms, information about health insurance coverage and other information. If filing jointly, both spouses must be present. Returns are generally filed electronically and refunds should be received within approximately 21 days. VITA volunteers do not prepare returns involving rental properties or income earned abroad.
‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ talks scheduled Dr. Andrew Gordon and Mary Jane Henderson will share insights into “To Kill a Mockingbird” as part of the Volusia County Public Library system’s
Big Read program. Gordon, a professor emeritus of English at the University of Florida, will speak at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 23, at the Port Orange Regional Library, 1005 City Center Circle, Port Orange. He will point out the similarities and differences between the movie and the novel, explore the novel’s meaning and societal impact, and discuss post-slavery segregation and racial conciliation. Henderson, a local attorney and former judge, will explain how criminal justice in the South has changed since the 1930s during a presentation at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 24, at the DeLand Regional Library, 130 E. Howry Ave., DeLand. Reservations are not required for the free programs. The presentations are part of the Volusia County Public Library system’s Big Read program, which is celebrating “To Kill a Mockingbird” to Feb. 29. For a complete list of programs, visit www.volusialibrary.org/ TheBigRead. For more information, call Karen Poulsen at 386-248-1745.
Volunteer Fest in DeLand on Feb. 27 Volunteers for Community Im-
pact (VCI) will host its annual Volunteer Fest on Feb. 27. It will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Volusia County Extension (next to the fairgrounds) in DeLand. Volunteer Fest will showcase volunteer opportunities available throughout Volusia County while providing a family-friendly atmosphere that includes music, Zumba, food, face painting, balloon animals, moon bounce, children’s activities and door prizes. Admission is free and a complimentary lunch will be provided by the Cabot Cheese Community Tour 2016. For more information, call 386-334-7826, ext. 116 or email rpaul@vcifl.org.
Library to show ‘Carmen Jones’ The 1954 classic movie “Carmen Jones,’’ starring Dorothy Dandridge and Harry Belafonte, will be shown Feb. 23 at the Daytona Beach Regional Library at City Island, 105 E. Magnolia Ave., Daytona Beach. The event is sponsored by the Friends of the Daytona Beach Library. More information: Call 386257-6036, ext. 16235.
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B-CU students write on a ribbon with messages that promote ending gun violence.
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from Page 1 injured three students. Daytona Beach police said at the time that Pleasure was one of two shooters who exchanged gunfire that apparently stemmed from a feud involving students and non-students from South Florida. The students, who were considered bystanders during that shooting, sustained non-life threatening injuries. On April 3 of that year, another shooting occurred involving four students. They were shot at a house party near the campus.
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fought in the American Civil War to achieve their own liberation. The exhibit will be at the museum through March 26. Entrance and parking are free. The museum is at 325 S. Clara Ave., DeLand. For more information, contact Mary Allen at 386736-4004 or art@africanmuseumdeland.org. The website is www.africanmuseumdeland.org.
Black History Reality Program in Palm Coast The 13th Annual Youth Black History Reality program by the African American Cultural Center in Palm Coast is at 4 p.m. Feb. 21 at The Cultural Center, 4422 U.S. Highway 1 North. This year’s theme of “The Struggle Continues” provides a stage for young people to communicate the contributions of prominent African-Americans. The program is free but do-
Vincent Tyrone Smith was accused of the shootings but authorities said there was insufficient evidence to prosecute him. They added that the witnesses and the victims refused to cooperate with officers. At Wednesday’s memorial service, Dr. Edison Jackson, president of B-CU, offered words of comfort but also told the students – “We have to do better.’’ “We serve a good God, and I want to say to all those with cameras,” he said, directing his comments to the news media present. “This is what we do every Wednesday. We come together to praise God. We come together to recognize how good God is in
Felix Reyes, a communications major at Bethune-Cookman University, contributed to this report.
in a shooting at the Biarritz Club on Pearl Street. Martell Smith, 23, was injured. Four people were injured at that same nightclub in September 2015 after a man opened fire after a fight in the parking lot. “The Black community of Daytona Beach and Bethune-Cookman University has a rich history, and we’re better than what’s
happened in our city lately, but we have to come to the realization that there are problems within our individual societies and nothing will get better until we fix it,” Slater added. The Feb. 25 forum hosted by the NAACP also is to address civic engagement, employment opportunities, education and equal protection.
nations will be accepted to support the center’s scholarship program. For more information, call 386-447-7030.
Orange City festival The Sixth Annual Orange City African American Festival takes place Feb. 26 and 27 at Mill Lake Park, 207 E. Blue Springs Ave., Orange City. It will include a battle of the bands, brain bowl tournament, poster contest, sweet potato pie bake off and entertainment featuring the Vibe Band. Health screenings will be available, and the festival will include college recruiters, financial institutions and employment professionals. Black heritage events in Orange City begin on Feb. 26 at 6 p.m. with a talent and gospel program at Volusia International Bible Fellowship, 300 W. Blue Springs Ave.
our lives.’’ “I’m amazed how sometimes when a misfortune takes place that the media will say that it happened near Bethune-Cookman University. Now if one must look at the incident that took place, it’s closer to Embry-Riddle and Daytona State than it is to BethuneCookman University.” He offered to the crowd, “Love one another and don’t let anyone take your joy’’ and “We are going to make it despite of the opposition.”
More information: www. ocaahf.com or call 407314-1033 or 407-456-0610.
Daytona State presents ‘Ghosts of Amistad’ The documentary “Ghosts of Amistad: In the Footsteps of the Rebels’’ will be aired on Feb. 19 at 10 p.m. and Feb. 20 at 2 a.m. on Daytona State College’s channel, WDSC TV15. The documentary by Tony Buba is based on Marcus Rediker’s book, “The Amistad Rebellion: An Atlantic Odyssey of Slavery and Freedom.’’ It chronicles a trip to Sierra Leone in 2013 to visit the home villages of the people who seized the slave schooner Amistad in 1839, to interview elders about local memory of the case, and to search for the long-lost ruins of Lomboko, the slave-trading factory where their cruel trans-Atlantic voyage began. The film uses the knowl-
edge of villagers, fishermen and truck drivers to recover a lost history from below in the struggle against slavery. For more information, visit www.DaytonaState. edu/WDSC.
Civil Rights exhibit explores pivotal moments An exhibit highlighting Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement continues through April 17 at the Southeast Museum of Photography. “The Civil Rights Movement Restored’’ exhibit brings together images by seven documentary photographers taken from three distinct portfolios that captured pivotal moments of the Civil Rights Movement in America. The museum, a service of Daytona State College, is located at 1200 W. International Speedway Blvd. (Mori Hosseini Center, Building 1200).
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Locals feast on jazz, grits, eggs and more at annual AACS event Upon the jazz lovers entering the Cultural Center on Saturday, Rob’s JazzExpress already was revved up rockin’ a signature song! And, that will mean that you tell somebody that Robert Whiting was on guitar, Robert Banks on drums, and Michael Scott, on bass. They would momentarily showcase a jazz medley – joined by versatile vocalist Kevon Re’mon’te – for the 14th Annual Jazz Breakfast put together by the Omni Committee of the African American Cultural Society (AACS). Get the word out that the Jazz Breakfast was sensational! Adding to the flavor was the brilliancy of “One Hundred Ways” and “Route 66.” The Jazz Breakfast had derived from a love of the jazz genre by the Omni Committee’s founding chairman, the late Bill Dabney. Support to the Cultural Center – and the cultural programs funded by the event’s revenues – intensified a desire to support the Jazz Breakfast as well as connect to the gift of love by celebrating Valentine’s Day. Some of Whiting’s friends came across the back roads from Gainesville for a soldout spectacular and the breakfast cuisine prepared by Caterer J. C. Curry with sausage, ham, eggs, grits and pancakes. Whiting is the trio’s bandleader while serving as co-chairman of the AACS board of directors. As smooth as silk, Baltimore native Re’mon’te took to the stage delivering the classics for baby boomers and beyond. The Palm Coaster emerged singing “Night and Day,” “Ain’t No Sunshine When She’s Gone,” “My Funny Valentine,” Stevie Wonder’s “You Are the Sunshine of My Life,” and a little bit of Al Green’s executing “Let’s Stay Together.” Re’mon’te and Rob’s JazzExpress hit it off after playing for only a week together, and, consequently, were relentlessly in tune. In Whiting’s travels along the jazz circuit, he invited Re’mon’te to take part in the sessions whenever the opportunity arose.
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Vocalist Kevon Re’mon’te, left, is shown performing at the Jazz Breakfast with Bandleader Robert Whiting of Rob’s JazzExpress.
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sic were really nice. I loved it!” said AACS member Ivy Scott, who came the distance from her home now located in Port Orange. Re’mon’te is most talked about. He was featured on stage in January at the Ormond Beach Performing Arts Center with vocalists Stan Alston and William Cintron in “A Tribute to the Great American Voices.” He has performed the classic hits everywhere – including having worked with lead vocal Cuba Gooding, Sr., of The Main Ingredient – and performing center stage at European Village, Flagler Beach, and in Jacksonville. Re’mon’te has a wonderful stage presence. He presents soulful, vocal styling
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Chairman John Reid, second row, third left, and his committee had the right formula for a successful Jazz Breakfast. like Nat King Cole, Lou Rawls, Marvin Gaye and Ray Charles. Jean Blythe, Scott’s former Palm Coast neighbor, said the breakfast was wonderful. “I keep telling everybody about it, that the people were nice, and the music was wonderful,” she said. “...My eggs and sausage were all right with me... It must have been about 200 people there.” The Omni Production Team obviously had the right formula for a successful Jazz Breakfast. The team members were: Chairman John Reid, Lynda Baten, Jean Tanner, Sondra Henderson, Seconia Reid, Joe Matthews, Shirley Hinds, Dora Campbell, Janice Williams, Erma Brooks and Alfreda Brown.
Youth to portray famous Blacks during show The Youth Black History Reality Show boasts as one of the most lucrative programs affording the opportunity of learning the rich heritage of African-Americans. The show - sponsored by the Youth Black History Reality Committee of the African American Cultural Society - lives up to its billing of a rich history and scholarships awarded to college-bound students. Students from local churches, sororities and the community itself perform in scenarios involving the contributions of African-American achievers - like Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm, NAACP activist/composer James Weldon Johnson, and historian Carter G. Woodson, etc. Jeanette Wheeler, Youth Black History Reality Chair, said there’s no doubt that President Barack Obama will be stopping by – portrayed by students in a scenario – since it is the president’s last term in office. Wheeler also expects Congressman John Lewis to arrive the same way. A seed planted by Wheeler, a decade and a half ago, has sown the reality of students volunteering in the community, increasing their knowledge of AfricanAmerican history, and receiving scholarships to support their post-secondary, educational goals. The Youth Black History Reality Show has scored financial support with monies earmarked for scholarships for graduating students. Students can qualify by writing an essay, participating in the Youth Black History Reality Shows, and becoming involved in volunteer work. Students must have GPAs of no less than 2.5 with acceptance at a college. To make a donation or acquire more scholastic details, call 386-447-3218. Scholarship donations, moreover, are accepted online at www.aacspc.eventbrite. com. The 13th Annual Youth Black History Reality Show is open to the public, Feb. 21, 4 p.m. at the African American Cultural Society, 4422 U.S. 1 North, Palm Coast. A freewill offering will be collected to help raise the scholarship monies. This year’s theme is titled: “The Struggle Continues,’’ and “I think you will agree - by watching television – as to what’s going on
in the world,” Wheeler said in a pitch last month at the membership meeting.
Black History Revival at First Church The Rev. Gillard S. Glover, pastor of the First Church of Palm Coast, is pleased to announce that the First Church initial Black History Revival will be held Feb. 24, 25 and 26, at 7 p.m. The revival will be held in the multipurpose facility of the church, located at 91 Old Kings Road North. The preacher for each night of the revival will be nationally renowned activist and scholar, the Rev. G. Vincent Lewis. Rev. Lewis’ ministry spans more than 30 years, during which he has served in the following positions: Pastor of Social Justice, “The House of Hope Atlanta (Greater Travelers Rest Baptist Church),” Decatur, Ga.; Chief Ministerial Officer, Antioch Missionary Baptist Church of Carol City, Miami; Senior Pastor, First Institutional Baptist Church, Tallahassee; and Associate Pastor, Christian Education, Bethel Baptist Institutional Church, Jacksonville. The theme for the revival is: “Living The Legacy of Black History: The Half Has Not Been Told” (I Kings 10:7). On Feb. 24 and 25, the Ministry of Praise and Worship will be provided by the First Church Ensemble. On Feb. 26, the Ministry of Praise and Worship will be provided by the St. Paul A.M.E. Church, St. Augustine; and Mount Calvary Baptist Church, Palm Coast. More information may be obtained by calling the church at 386-446-5759.
Mt. Calvary to present slave songs, spirituals Historians tell us that in the quest for psychological space and spiritual peace, the expressions of music, speech and dance were further developed by enslaved Africans in America. The celebration of the African Slave Songs and Spirituals will be presented at the Mt. Calvary Baptist Church, under Pastor Edwin Coffie’s leadership. That’s Feb. 21, 6 p.m. at 75 Pine Lakes Parkway South, Palm Coast. The program is free and open to the public. For further details, call 386-4475719. ••• As always, remember our prayers for the sick, afflicted and bereaved.
Celebrations Birthday wishes to: “BJ” Jones, Lilieth Vaz, Feb. 18; Mamie Cauley, Feb. 19; the Rev. Gillard S. Glover, Feb. 20. Happy anniversary to James and Ruby Sims, Feb. 20.
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The Republican primary’s poisonous legacy With last week’s primary in New Hampshire, this year’s momentous presidential contest has now begun in earnest. At last, the political world has actual votes in actual ballot boxes to focus on. But looming behind all the critical issues of policy and process that are – and are not – going to be discussed is an ominous, multi-part question: What are the American people going to do about Donald Trump’s poisonous political legacy?
Bad combination There’s no question he’s already left one that’s unprecedented in presidential-campaign politics: a combination of carnival-barker bluster, street-hustler shiftiness, and a deliberate embracing of ignorance of even simple policy matters – along with overt racism and the crudest public language possible this side of outright profanity. That’s Donald Trump’s political platform. No political extremist has ever before attempted to show all those “qualities” simultaneously at the national level. Nor have we ever had such dramatic evidence that apparently so many White conservatives are eager to participate in such a degrading hustle. The latest proof there’s no brake on Trump’s – and his mob of supporters’ – slide to deeper levels of cesspool politics came the day before the primary. Then, at a rally in Salem, N.H., Trump took up the disgusting insult of Ted Cruz a woman shouted from the audience.
‘Terrible’ term According to the account of it in the Washington Post, after the women shouted the insult, Trump said to the audience, “She just said a terrible thing.
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Many say Trump has tapped into his supporters’ “anger.” But what he’s actually tapped into is their venom, their bigotry, their wanting to dominate others, their wanting to be cruel. That’s what their No fun and games addiction to his language Of course, there’s something more sinister than juvenile dirty of crudeness, insult hijinks at work here. For one thing, it’s easy to imagine the and cruelty particularly furor that would have erupted across the political and media toward people of color spectrum if this despicable spectacle had occurred at a Demoshows. cratic campaign rally. Or at a ralYou know what she said?” before turning to the woman and commanding her to “Shout it out.” The woman did so, but, the Post account went on, her voice “still couldn’t be heard throughout the cavernous arena. ‘Okay, you’re not allowed to say and I never expect to hear that from you again,’ Trump said with mock seriousness, like a father reprimanding a child. ‘She said-I never expect to hear that from you again! She said: “He’s a pussy.” That’s terrible.” The Post story noted that at
We continue to play decisive roles? I listen to the news about the 2016 presidential election religiously. What amazes me is that so many have just discovered that Blacks and Latinos will play such a decisive role in the 2016 election. Didn’t we do that in 2008, 2012 and many other elections? Okay, so Blacks and Latinos know how to vote in our best interest time and again. Unfortunately, many who’re not Black or Latino get credit for various victories the day after elections. They know they have fallen short in the best interest of our people. Doesn’t it make sense for those who give resources for voter registration and get-out-the vote efforts to rush to get those resources to Black and Latino groups? We’d vote as we always do for justice and human rights. With more resources, we’d be in a better position to get more voters
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like ourselves out on Election Day. Wouldn’t it also make sense for those who pay millions of dollars for newspaper and electronic media advertising to give the bulk of that money to Black and Latino media?
Short memories I get disgusted listening to the daily drum about how our vote is key to somebody’s victory while I look over the record of those candidates – and find how short their memories are once they’ve won on the strength of our vote.
Maurice White, American music’s ‘shining star,’ is gone Every man has a place In his heart there’s a space And the world can’t erase his fantasies Take a ride in the sky On our ship, fantasize All your dreams will come true right away And we will live together Until the twelfth of never Our voices will ring forever, as one – “Fantasy,” Earth, Wind & Fire In an era of pop music defined by rock star excess, one group was “into healthy food, meditation, taking vitamins, reading
this point “The crowd of several thousand burst into cheers, applause and laughter, while reporters asked one another if they had heard that right.” Later, it stated that Trump “made a show of distancing himself from the insult he had just repeated: ‘You’re reprimanded, okay?’ Smiling, he then polled the audience: Can she stay? Can she stay? The answer: A roaring yes.” This is the character of the frontrunner for the Republican Party nomination for the presidency. And of the people who support him. One online reader of the Post article responded: “This is why the most awful thing some Republicans can call you is ‘politically correct.’ They want to cuss and snicker like teenagers in a locker room. It felt cool once, didn’t it?”
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philosophical books, being students of life.” Maurice White, who died last week at 74, was only 30 when Earth Wind & Fire released its first album in 1971 – young, but a decade older than his bandmates and his brother and co-founder, Verdine.
ly with a predominantly Black audience. And one can also accept that during the last presidential-election cycle, even when Trump was riding the crest of his “birther”driven campaign against President Obama, such a stunt would likely have forced him from the primary contest. But last week no Republican Party official or other GOP candidate mentioned the outrageous stunt at all, let alone denounced it. Indeed, public attention to the incident barely survived that evening’s news cycle.
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This was partly because of the primaries occurring the next day. But it’s also a powerful testament to how used the Republican electorate and the media have gotten-especially during this primary round-to hearing GOP candidates’ promises to be cruel. Those boasts, along with crude language and behavior, have become the dominant “values” the Republican electorate has pledged allegiance to, and it’s stripped the frightened Republican establishment of any sense of decency.
For that, however, one can’t blame Trump and his howlers alone. His leading the GOP presidential primary shows the profound damage done to the American political tradition by the Republican Party’s decades of thinly-disguised racist appeals and its stoking for the last eight years the “Obama Derangement” rhetoric of conservative politics. What kind of future for American politics as a whole does that suggest?
Venom, not anger
Lee A. Daniels is based in New York City. His essay, “Martin Luther King, Jr.: The Great Provocateur,” appears in “Africa’s Peacemakers: Nobel Peace Laureates of African Descent (2014)”, published by Zed Books. His new collection of columns, “Race Forward: Facing America’s Racial Divide in 2014,”, is available at www. amazon.com. Click on this story at www.flcourier.com to write your own response.
Many say Trump has tapped into his supporters’ “anger.” But what he’s actually tapped into is their venom, their bigotry, their wanting to dominate others, their wanting to be cruel. That’s what their addiction to his language of crudeness, insult and cruelty particularly toward people of color shows. This isn’t “populism” – a virtually meaningless term in the modern political era. Trump’s supporters want to reconstruct that old, dirty American tradition: White rule.
ing candidates for reasons other than how that candidate can serve and improve the quality of life for the masses. These leaders violate the trust placed in them by misleading others into casting votes which may not be in their interests. In both major parties, I see people – including Black people – shamelessly disavowing the good done by President Obama, while supporting candidates who have never and will never do anything for the good of our community. I vote in every election, but will never give my support to anyone Examine every candidate who has not demonstrated a conIt may sound like I’m speaking sistent record of speaking and actonly about candidates running for ing on behalf of our underserved president, but I’m not. In every communities. election, we must examine the reDr. E. Faye Williams is nacord of all those for whom we are tional chair of the Nationasked to vote. al Congress of Black Women, A few examples I am deeply saddened when I Inc. Contact her via www.naWhere were they during the examine the presidential nomi- tionalcongressbw.org. Click on British Petroleum oil spill? The nating process and see how ma- this story at www.flcourier.com underserved of that event haven’t ny so-called leaders are endors- to write your own response. We have to take some of the responsibility because too many of us commit our votes because we “like” somebody without understanding the person in question has a history of doing little or nothing to help our communities. It’s not too late for us to do our homework. Let’s not be one-issue voters. Let’s really study and examine the record of people for whom we are voting. We shouldn’t limit our examination only to how they have voted, but look at what they’ve done. Look at the entire record of candidates when they weren’t trying to get elected. We must ask what kind of consistent service and support they’ve provided in our community. Did we see them in our community before the election in question? Did we hear them speaking out on issues where we’re heavily impacted all the time?
yet been compensated. What are these candidates doing to make that happen? Flint, Mich., is not the first city that’s had toxic water or toxic fumes damage the health of our people. Where’ve these candidates stood historically to correct these problems? Where’ve these candidates stood on criminal justice reform? Where’ve they stood on restoring the Voting Rights Act? Promises alone are insufficient to make us run to the polls to give them our vote if they’ve done nothing to address or correct the problems.
‘Different morality’
Wind and Fire’s signature sound. Trained as jazz musicians, the band fused soul, funk, gospel, blues, and rock in a style both unique and uplifting.
“We really looked up to Maurice,” Verdine White said. “He had done a lot more things than we had. Maurice was interested in establishing a credibility of a different morality about musicians and their lifestyles.” By 1971, Maurice White was an experienced studio drummer, having played throughout the 1960s on the records of Etta James, Muddy Waters, the Dells, the Impressions and other artists signed to Chess Records. At the Afro-Arts Theater, a cultural hub for the late-1960s Black consciousness movement in Chicago, former Sun Ra Arkestra former trumpeter Phil Cohran introduced White to the kalimba – an African thumb piano that would feature prominently in Earth
‘Universal love’ “We were coming out of a decade of experimentation, mind expansion and cosmic awareness,” Maurice White said “I wanted our music to convey messages of universal love and harmony without force-feeding listeners’ spiritual content. “Being joyful and positive was the whole objective of our group.” Parkinson’s disease forced White to stop touring with Earth, Wind & Fire in 1995, but he remained a major force as a producer and composer for pop, jazz and dance artists, film and the stage. White’s influence on American
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music is so pervasive, hardly an artist in the last five decades has not been touched in some way by his genius. Innovators like White not only break down barriers and open new doors, they create entirely new structures and invite the rest of the world in. “The light is he, shining on you and me,” White’s brothers wrote. His work was infused with light – “shining bright to see what you can truly be” in “Shining Star,” or “chasin’ the clouds away” in “September.” Illuminating, life-giving, guiding the way – just like White himself.
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Black in exclusive club of Rolls-Royce dealers Leap of faith led Thomas Moorehead to grand success in auto sales industry BY ERIC EASTER URBAN NEWS SERVICE
The first African-American Rolls-Royce car dealer got there through hard work and perseverance, but only after disappointing his family. Thomas Moorehead’s parents thought the key to respectability was a Ph.D. Both teachers, they lived by an old-school axiom that the one thing you never can take away from a man is an education. Yet, with just a few credits and a dissertation to go, Moorehead abandoned his doctoral program, and his parent’s wishes, for an uncertain shot at learning the automobile business from the bottom up. It was a leap of faith, an offer from a fraternity brother and mentor, James Bradley of Bradley Automotive Group, who promised to make Moorehead a millionaire in five years — if he took the risk. But it wasn’t the promise that attracted Moorehead: “Teaching was a guarantee of a long career, but I always had a passion for business,” he noted.
Took a chance His road to success required two years of apprenticeship with Bradley, the mortgaging of his home and the depletion of his savings to enter a training program, then eventually owning his first dealership, selling Buicks in Omaha, Neb. Moorehead built a strong reputation as someone dedicated to customer service, an essential value of the Rolls-Royce brand. That reputation, and his sales record as owner of Sterling BMW in Virginia, sparked an invitation from Rolls-Royce Motor Cars to join the exclusive club of only 33 dealers and 130 dealerships around the globe, an opportunity he accepted without hesitation. The business, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars of Sterling, is the sole Rolls-Royce dealership in greater Washington, D.C., and covers much of the mid-Atlantic — from Virginia to southern Pennsylvania. It sits just across from BMW of Sterling and MINI of Sterling,
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Thomas A. Moorehead is CEO and president of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Sterling and owns BMW of Sterling and MINI of Sterling in Virginia. his other successful dealerships, a fact that fills him with immense pride. “These are the best cars in the world, and I’m honored to be able to bring them to my customers,” Moorehead says as he looks across his lot.
Humble beginnings His dealerships thrive in one of the region’s wealthiest communities, filled with prosperous government contractors, newly minted millionaires from tech start-ups and the Washington Redskins’ nearby training facility. But the opulence that Moorehead markets is a long way from his roots in Monroe, La., a town of 38,000 with a historic poverty rate twice the already poor state’s average. During his youth, Monroe Colored High was the sole choice for Black students in that segregated city. It was a time when, accord-
ing to Moorehead, families like his could “offer you their good name, but not money.” That upbringing drives a sense of humility that led Moorehead to keep his own name off the dealership’s logo. “I always say the boss is the customer, not me. I don’t get caught up in having my name on the door,” he explained. “Actually, most customers who come in think I’m just another salesman, and that’s fine with me.”
Low-key approach In a world where demanding buyers have been known to add millions of dollars’ worth of custom details to their cars to reflect their personalities (fur-lined shoe-holders, built-in picnic baskets, crystal cufflink holders), Moorehead’s low-key manner is a studied contrast – a contrast he believes helps him sell more cars. “I can talk about the features
of the cars all day but, ultimately, people are buying good service,” he said. At age 71, Moorehead still relies on the daily advice of mentors, who include Hall of Fame homerun great (now car dealer) Hank Aaron and former National Urban League president John Jacob. He calls them “instrumental” in shaping his business’s success. “They marked their careers by quietly getting the job done, but also being the best at what they do.”
Achievements While giving a tour of his office, Moorehead seems slightly embarrassed as he points to pictures of himself with presidents Obama and Clinton and an array of famous business leaders. That changes when he points out two items of which he’s most proud. The Laurel Wreath Award, Kap-
pa Alpha Psi Fraternity’s highest honor for lifetime achievement. And then something much less distinct: a small cardboard sign that lists more than a dozen vendors who, he says, have contributed to his achievements — architects, decorators, contractors, cleaning-service owners and even the guy who printed the sign. All are African-Americans, and fraternity brothers, people for whom he has paid forward the gift that Bradley gave him. “This is really what it’s all about, bringing other people up and giving something back,’’ he added.
For more information on Thomas Moorehead’s philanthropic efforts go to www.themooreheadfoundation.org.
In the third quarter of 2007, 2.81 percent of auto loans were 30 days past due. In 2015 it was 2.53 percent. The 60-day delinquency rate is virtually the same at less than 1 percent. Subprime borrowers — those with credit scores below 600 — take out a smaller chunk of auto loans today than in 2007, 24 percent instead of 28 percent. “In today’s market we’re pretty much where we were back prerecession. The level of subprime borrowing is even a little more conservative than it was pre-recession,” Zabritski said in a telephone interview, adding that most subprime customers pay on time. “Just because you’re subprime doesn’t mean you’ll absolutely go delinquent.” Loans are getting longer because car shoppers are seeing higher sticker prices on new vehicles — and more are opting for high-end models loaded with expensive features. “Because cars cost more, consumers need to finance more of the vehicle in order to make that purchase, and that drives the monthly payment up,” Zabritski said. DON BARTLETTI/LOS ANGELES TIMES/TNS
Matthew Zietara looks at a new Honda Civic at Norm Reeves Honda in Cerritos, Calif. There were record new-car sales in 2015, but some fear that loose credit standards for car loans could backfire if there is an economic downturn.
Analysts warn against long-term auto loan trend BY RICK POPELY CHICAGO TRIBUNE (TNS)
After a year of record new-vehicle sales, automakers, dealers, and the banks and finance companies that issue car loans are jubilantly exchanging high-fives. Analysts list several reasons for record sales of 17.5 million vehicles in 2015, including an improving economy and job market, low interest rates, cheap gas and growth in leasing. New-car sales also are being driven by easy credit: Consumers, many with marginal credit ratings, are borrowing high-
er amounts and for longer loan terms than ever before. Experian, one of the three major credit bureaus, says that the average loan for a new vehicle in the third quarter was $28,936, up by more than $1,100 from a year earlier, and the average loan was for 67 months. What’s more, consumers are trying to keep monthly payments affordable by stretching out the payments. Seventy-one percent of new-vehicle loans were for longer than five years and nearly 30 percent were longer than six years. In addition, 29 percent of new vehicle loans were issued to bor-
rowers with credit scores below prime (660 or lower). Potentially millions of consumers will owe more than their vehicle is worth for years and will still be making payments after the warranties run out. When they get the new-car itch again, they might have little or no equity in the vehicle they want to trade in.
Potential losses Few within the auto or banking industries express concern about these trends, but others warn that loose credit that puts consumers in hock longer and for higher amounts could backfire in the future, especially if there is an economic downturn. Among those waving a caution flag is Thomas J. Curry, comptroller of the currency, head of
the federal agency that regulates banks. In an October speech to financial services executives, Curry warned that longer loans are “exposing lenders and investors to higher potential losses.” “Although delinquency and losses are currently low, it doesn’t require great foresight to see that this may not last. How those auto loans, and especially the nonprime segment, will perform over their life is a matter of real concern to regulators. It should be a real concern to the industry,” he said.
Higher sticker prices Melinda Zabritski, senior director of automotive financial solutions for Experian, argues that delinquency rates on auto loans are lower now than before the recession.
Analyst: Go cheaper “Most people who are buying a car are trying to negotiate monthly payments. If you can’t put more money down, and you’re increasingly having higher vehicle cost, the only way to keep that payment modest is to push out the term.” Greg McBride, chief financial analyst for Bankrate.com, said there is another way, but it’s one that many consumers don’t want to hear: Buy a cheaper car. He offers this “tough love” advice: “Look at the total cost. Don’t look at what you can afford based on a monthly payment alone. Shop around for your financing because there’s a vast disparity in rates available on loans. The best rates are below 2 percent, but you could easily pay 12 percent,” he said. “And negotiate the price of the car separate from the financing.”
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B-CU softball rookies named top MEAC players of the week SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
A pair of Bethune-Cookman softball rookies earned the MidEastern Athletic Conference’s first weekly honors as Deidra Genera was named the league’s Pitcher of the Week and Brianna Sanders collected MEAC Rookie of the week honors, the league announced Monday. B-CU who went 3-2 during its opening weekend, collected wins over Morgan State (13-5), Liberty
(8-0) and Akron (3-2). Genera (Norwalk, Calif.), earned all three Wildcats wins during five appearances. She posted a 0.70 ERA in 20.0 innings pitched and struck out 18, including seven looking. Sanders (San Marcos, Calif.) went 8-for-17 at the plate, including a 3-for-4 performance against Morgan State, over last weekend. She recorded one triple, and four RBIs while finishing 4-for-4 on the bases and batting
.471 in five games. Bethune-Cookman takes to the field next in Cathedral City, California, as the Wildcats take part in the first of two Mary Nutter Collegiate Classics on the west coast. B-CU opens play Friday, Feb. 19, taking on Pacific and LSU, respectfully.
Track team nets South Regional rankings Bethune-Cookman’a track and field program continues to pick up exposure this week as both the men’s and women’s team garnered attention with South Regional rankings released Monday afternoon by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association NCAA Division I Regional Index. On the men’s side, the Wildcats currently rank ninth in the South
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Region with 114.05 points. The team jumped three spots from their previous position, leaping ahead of Kennesaw State and Georgia Tech, respectfully. Ole Miss, Florida and Georgia serve as the region’s top three teams. Individually, Malik Lewis (Holly Hill), Ed’Ricus Williams (Warrenton, Ga.), Kenneth Fisher (East Point, Ga.) and Michael Til-
Griffey named honorary starter at Daytona 500 Recently elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, Ken Griffey Jr. will be the honorary starter for Sunday’s Daytona 500. Griffey, who lives in Central Florida, received a record-breaking 99.32 percent of the vote (437 of 440) by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. He played 22 seasons — 13 with the Seattle Mariners, nine with the Cincinnati Reds and less than one season with the Chicago White Sox. In his 22 seasons, Griffey was a 13-time All-Star, 10-time Gold Glove winner and 1997 American League MVP; he is also ranked sixth on the career home run list (630). “We’re honored to welcome baseball great Ken Griffey Jr. as the honorary starter for the Daytona 500,” Daytona International Speedway president Joie Chitwood III said. “We’re looking forward to having such a legendary athlete wave the green flag on the first Great American Race in the world’s first motorsports stadium.”
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ler (Gibsonton) all rank in the top 10 of the South Region for their respective events. Lewis is eighth, while Williams has the highest ranking, sitting second in the high jump. Fisher, the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Men’s Outstanding Field Athlete from the weekend’s Indoor Championships, is third in the long jump. Meanwhile, it is Tiller sitting fifth regionally in the triple jump. On the women’s side, senior Summer Brown (Litchfield Park, Ariz.) ranks seventh in the South Region for the pentathlon. As a team, the women’s squad is 19th in the region, up five spots after a fifth place showing at the MEAC Indoor Championships over the weekend in Landover, Maryland.
Information for this report is courtesy of B-CU Athletics.
Daytona 500 to interrupt Votran service SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
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Former baseball player Ken Griffey Jr., is pictured at the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., on May 3, 2014.
Speedweeks will bring heavy traffic to Volusia County, and Votran riders should expect numerous delays, interruptions and route deviations. Detours began Thursday, Feb. 18, and will continue through to the Daytona 500 on Sunday, Feb. 21. Detours may change without notice when traffic becomes congested, causing buses to be rerouted to secondary roads.
Routes 11, 18 and 19 detours are affected through Saturday, Feb. 20. There will be no service to the Daytona Beach International Airport, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and the Daytona Flea Market. On Sunday, Feb. 21, route 10 will not serve the Daytona Flea Market and will have route deviations and schedule adjustments. After the Daytona 500 race, there will be no service on International Speedway Boulevard west of Clyde Morris Boulevard for up to two hours. Riders may learn more by visiting votran.org.
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Jackie Robinson West coach Darold Butler, right, and players, make their way along Michigan Avenue during a parade following their Little League World Series second-place finish on Aug. 27, 2014 in Chicago.
Parents of little leaguers sue ESPN and Smith EURWEB
The parents of former Jackie Robinson West (JRW) Little Leaguers are taking ESPN and sports commentator Stephen A. Smith to task for the role they played in the scandal the Chicago team faced when it was stripped of its championship title in 2014. According to DNAinfo. com, former Jackie Robinson West coach Darold Butler and the parents filed a lawsuit on Feb. 11 against Stephen A. Little League InternationSmith al, ESPN and officials from the local league under allegations that they profited off the disgraced team while knowing of its ineligible players. In addition to ESPN and Smith, former league president Bill Haley and Evergreen Park whistleblower Chris Janes are named
in the suit. In the complaint, Butler and the other team officials allege the Little League International organization publicized the boundary maps and player addresses to gain favorable publicity for itself as well as profit from the team’s success. The suit mentions that Little League International did this without making the parents being aware that JRW fielded ineligible players who lived outside the team’s designated boundaries.
Stripped of honor News of the parents’ lawsuit comes a year after Jackie Robinson West was stripped of its championship last year after Little League International ruled JRW officials allowed ineligible players to make the roster. Janes initially brought the situation about the residency of some of the players to light, which resulted in Little League International’s investigation. As for ESPN’s involvement, the suit alleges the network defamed Butler and others by saying they fabricated residency documents and deliberately assembled JRW’s ineligible teams. In a section about ESPN’s “First Take,” the suit goes on to say that Smith mentioned on national television that Butler “threw” his players “into the wind.”
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Former NBA All-Star Tracy McGrady has joined ESPN as an analyst and will make regular appearances on its new daily NBA show. McGrady will appear on “The Jump,” an afternoon show hosted by Rachel Nichols that was to debut this week. The seven-time All-Star also will contribute analysis to news and information programming, including “SportsCenter.” McGrady last played in the NBA in the 2011-12 season.
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Morehouse College student Jajuan Chain and Georgia State University student Samaria Muhammad listen as civil rights veteran Lonnie King explain principles.
Civil rights icon shares wisdom with young activist BY EDNA KANE-WILLIAMS TRICE EDNEY NEWS WIRE
When Jajuan Chain, a history major at Morehouse College in Atlanta, needed to interview someone for a class assignment, he reached out to 1960s civil rights icon Lonnie C. King Jr., a founding member of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and founding chairman of the Committee on Appeal for Human Rights. After their first encounter, neither King, 79, nor Chain, 22, ever expect-
ed that within weeks they would become mentor and protégé working on an organizational project involving Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and other universities in Atlanta that Chain believes will impact the rest of his life. Chain says that King is taking the time to share his experience to train him as a young leader. And their collaboration is working. “We want more than a movement,” Chain said. “We want something that’s going to last for generations, something that’s go-
ing to have substance that will not only have a national impact, but an international impact.”
Angry with elders Unlike King and Chain, clarity and understanding between young and older generations has not always been the case during recent uprisings against police killings of unarmed African-Americans over the past several years. Photographer Sheila Pree Bright, who documented recent demonstrations in Ferguson, Mo., and Baltimore, has been an eyewit-
ness to the friction. “Based on my experience from being on the ground, a lot of young people are angry at the elders from the civil rights movement,” she said. “They said that it seems that after Dr. King got assassinated they dropped the ball and they feel like they are fighting the same fight that their parents and grandparents were fighting.”
Powerful together Bright recently organized a forum featuring young activists on a panel and elders in the audience. She discovered that the youth needed to be heard. But when young people also listen, they are sometimes “lost for words when asked how they are going to do certain things...We
don’t know how powerful we are together.” That’s where the wisdom of the elders come in, Chain said. “If you want to go far, you really have to learn from someone who’s done it before you. They may not be caught up in the same social evolution as you with technology and other things. But they understand the principles, and that’s something that I’ve been adopting in my life.” So far, King says he has taught Chain and his coleaders key battle strategies and how to organize people to make lasting change. “Marches and rallies don’t solve problems, but basically raise people’s awareness of what’s going on,” King noted. “You’ve got to have that backdrop of organization if you’re talking about institutional change.”
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Following King’s advice, Chain is organizing a multiracial student group consisting of Blacks, Latinos and forward-thinking White students who may have different perspectives on the same problem. Seeing his vision coming together, Chain says he is amazed at what he is achieving by listening to King. “He’s showing us how to create a mass organization and how to organize people. And he’s shaping me on how to be a more profound leader and how to develop well thought-out ideas,” Chain added. “He’s actually molding me to become a leader. And I’m truly grateful for that.”
During each class led by Daytona State mathematics faculty members, students will receive a packet of problems pertaining to a specific topic. The students will work on the problems, which instructors will review and discuss, as well as answer questions. In addition, each session will feature a drawing for a TI Graphing Calculator, free to a lucky student. Class dates, topics and instructors are: • March 26 – Arithmetic (Gabi Booth) • April 2 – Algebra (Linda Waymire) • April 9 – Geometry (Dr. Jay Stryker) • April 16 – Statistics (Brianna Kurtz) • April 23 – Word Problems (Dr. Rodney Taylor) • April 30 – Practice Test (Robert Dwarika) For questions, contact Professor Erika Blanken at 386506-3919 or Erika.Blanken@ DaytonaState.edu.
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Daytona State College’s Mathematics Department has scheduled six free math-prep sessions to help Flagler and Volusia students feel more confident taking the test. The SAT is a globally recognized college admission test accepted by four-year colleges and universities in the U.S. The classes will be held on Saturdays from 10 to 11:30 a.m., March 26 through April 30, on the Daytona Beach Campus, room 209, McKinnon Hall (building 600), 1200 W. International Speedway Blvd. Registration is recommended.