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A bigger and better Bike Week? Organizers of event in Black community hoping to bring in more vendors and boost economy BY ANDREAS BUTLER DAYTONA TIMES
Bike Week 2017 rolls into town this weekend and area merchants and organizers are hoping this one will bring more vendors, bikers and money into the Black community. The annual biker event starts March 10 and ends March 19. “We don’t really know until the weekends. We always hope to have more vendors. They usually arrive later in the week. Right now we have a good number of vendors,” said Barbara Turner-
Hymes, entertainment coordinator for the Second Avenue Merchants Association (SAMA). The goal is to grow the event to its past glory and even better.
‘Like Mardi Gras’ SAMA is a non-profit organization created by several business owners along MMB. SAMA organizes the Bike Week festivities along MMB. C/Style Entertainment & Productions handles the entertainment. “Our goal is to always have it grow. It’s difficult because it costs money to do the event. People don’t know about the cost. We want this to be a festival-type event like Mardi Gras. Our hope is that the community and city come out and support us and welcome the bikers, especially along the Avenue (Mary McLeod Bethune Boulevard),”
Turner-Hymes commented.
‘Clean adult event’ Once again, Mary McLeod Bethune Boulevard (MMB), historically known as Second Avenue or The Ave., will be filled with Biker festivities over the next two weekends. In the past, thousands of bikers and and locals have congregated to the area during Bike Week to relax, listen to music, and patronize food and merchandise vendors. The second weekend is usually the busiest of the two. Referred to as the world’s largest motorcycle event, hundreds of thousands of bikers descend on the area in March. The economic impact of Bike Week in Volusia County is reportedly about $75 million. African-American organizers See EVENT, Page 2
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Bikers are rolling into town for the major motorcycle event. This marks the 76th anniversary of Bike Week.
A lesson in Florida’s Black heritage
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Seniors with the Oasis program at the John H. Dickerson Center board a bus on Feb. 24 for the east coast Black Heritage Trail Tour.
B-CU students and local senior citizens spend a day exploring AfricanAmerican history on the east coast. FROM STAFF REPORTS
To celebrate the close of Black History Month, Daytona Beach’s Leisure Services Department in collaboration with Bethune-Cookman University’s College of Liberal Arts spent a day touring some of Florida’s Black history sites on the east coast. History professor Dr. Anthony Dixon and about 50 students from his African-American history and Florida history classes were part of the Black Heritage Trail bus tour. Joining them were 55 senior citizens from the Leisure Services Senior Oasis Program at the John H. Dickerson Center. The sites included the fol-
‘Eye-opening experience’
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WINTER SPRINGS – Former Daytona Beach resident Dr. Valarie Greene King, a pioneer in educational and workplace diversity that has become standard operating procedure in top-performing schools and businesses, died Feb. 26 after a decade-long battle against breast cancer. She was 70. Born in Hawthorne, Fla., to James R. Greene and Mildred Barlow Green, her family moved to High Springs, then Titusville, then Cocoa, where her father served simultaneously there as principal of Monroe High School and as president of Carver Junior College. (Carver was an all-Black junior college, as community colleges Dr. Valarie Greene King were called then, during Florida’s era of racial segregation. It is now known as Eastern Florida State College.)
Homecoming queen After she graduated from Cocoa’s Monroe High School in 1963 – where she was elected homecoming queen and then Miss Monroe High – the family moved to Daytona Beach in 1964 after both her parents were hired by then-Bethune-Cookman College. Her father became an instructor and supervised student interns; her mother was the school’s librarian who also taught English. King went on to earn a bachelor of arts degree in psychology from Atlanta’s Spelman College, then earned a master of education degree in counselor education from North Carolina Central University and a Ph.D. in counseling psychology from the American University. During a 35-year career as an administrator, counselor and psychologist, she worked at BethuneCookman College (now University); Southern Methodist University, Dallas; and the University of Central Florida, Orlando.
lowing in Jacksonville: Kingsley Plantation, the historic Durkeeville community, Edward Waters College and the Ritz Museum. St. Augustine sites were Fort Mose Historic State Park, the Lincolnville Historic District and the Accord Florida Civil Rights Museum. The purpose of the Feb. 24 trip was “to bridge the gap between the academic examination of history and the public awareness of the affected community.’’ The trip brought together two generational views of African-American history and the uniquely different attitudes and reflections of their meaning and significance.
The older group was more inquisitive and experienced more of an emotional reaction to the historic spots than their younger student counterparts.
Diversity pioneer Dr. Valarie King dies at 70
World traveler The group pores over artifacts at the Lincolnville Museum in St. Augustine.
According to her sister, former Daytona Beach City Commissioner Cassandra Greene ReynSee KING, Page 2
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Henry hosts open house
How to research your roots at a Volusia County library Discover your heritage at the Volusia County Public Library system, which will offer six introductory genealogy programs in March. Genealogy librarians Kim Dolce and Richard Burrow will discuss the tools and techniques for genealogy research during these free programs at the county’s six regional library branches: • 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 14, Ormond Beach Regional Library, 30 S. Beach St. • 10 a.m. Wednesday, March 15, Daytona Beach Regional Library at City Island, 105 E. Magnolia Ave. • 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 15, DeLand Regional Library, 130 E. Howry Ave. • 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 21, Deltona Regional Library, 2150 Eustace Ave. • 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 22, New Smyrna Beach Regional Library, 1001 S. Dixie Freeway • 2 p.m. Thursday, March 23, Port Orange Regional Library, 1005 City Center Circle Reservations are not required. For more information, call one of the library branches.
State Rep. Patrick Henry held an open house at his South Palmetto Avenue office in Daytona Beach on March 3. Attending the event were constituents, family members and friends. Henry, a former Daytona Beach city commissioner, was elected last year to the Florida House of Representatives District 26. He is on the following state committees: Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee, Agriculture & Property Rights Subcommittee, Government Accountability Committee, Health Innovation Subcommittee, as well as the Oversight, Transparency & Administration Subcommittee.
Collections, databases Above: Patrick Henry greets guests at his Daytona Beach office. Left: Daytona Beach Mayor Derrick Henry, the state representative’s brother, was among the guests. PHOTOS BY DUANE C. FERNANDEZ SR./ HARDNOTTSPHOTOGRAPHY. COM
“We want to expand it every year and make it bigger and better. Why not come out? What else are you going to do? Come see the scenery and enjoy the atmosphere,’’ he urged.
Bike show and more
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There will be plenty of activities over the next two weeks for bikers who want to hang out along Mary McLeod Bethune Boulevard.
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are hoping some of that impact will felt by Blackowned businesses. “We are looking at getting more people involved
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from Page 1 olds, King got the urge to travel from their mother. “Our great aunt, Leila Barlow, was an English professor at Alabama State University who traveled alone through Europe in 1939 with just one black dress,” Reynolds remembered. “Aunt Leila took my mother under her wing, and Valarie got the travel bug from Mama. Valarie was always interested in learning about other cultures.” In the 1970s, she traveled to Europe and Africa for the first time during her tenure as an instructor at Bethune-Cookman. Her experiences and interest in travel and other cultures eventually led to a career focused on including people from diverse cultures in every aspect of organizations – something that had never been a priority in American education or business.
Army veteran During a pause in her career in education, King served a three-year tour of duty in the U.S. Army with the rank of captain as a clinical psychologist at William Beaumont Army Medical Center, El Paso, Texas, and DeWitt Army
to help the event grow including residents, community leaders, businesses, cultures and sponsors. This will not just be us but all people like on the beachside,’’ said Chester McNorton of C/Style Entertainment & Productions. “We want to attract all people. Second Avenue is
a historic hub of activity in the Black community. You see similar events in Black communities across the country that are thriving. We want that,’’ he continued. McNorton said the goal is to make Bike Week “an enjoyable and clean adult event.’’
Hospital, Fort Belvoir, Va. There, she was executive officer and chief of clinical psychology services. She also was a member of the U.S. Army Drug and Alcohol Activity at the Pentagon, with responsibilities for working with the Air Force and Navy for developing and implementing certification criteria and procedures for military and civilian counselors.
UCF Community Veterans History Project, which began operations during the 2010-2011 academic year. After her retirement from UCF, she launched a consulting firm, TacticalDiversity.com, which continued her work on inclusion, strategic diversity planning, stress management, career development and culturally competent leadership.
At UCF
Won awards
King was the founding director of the University of Central Florida (UCF) Office of Diversity Initiatives, serving in that role for more than 24 years. She was an acclaimed leader in the field of workplace diversity and inclusion, and her leadership led UCF to be nationally renowned as a champion for promoting and sustaining innovative diversity efforts. “Valarie was nationally recognized as a leader in designing innovative programs to further inclusivity in higher education,” said Rick Schell, vice president and chief of staff at UCF in a posting on UCF’s website. “The Leadership Enhancement Program she began at UCF has been emulated at other schools.” One of her final projects before retiring from UCF was a partnership with the Library of Congress and the university to establish the
King was widely recognized as a pioneer in the field she helped developed and was cited as one of 25 Outstanding Women Leaders Making a Difference in the March 2012 issue of Diverse Issues in Higher Education. In 2013, she was selected as an inaugural recipient of the Pharos Award given by the Commission on Diversity and Excellence of the Association of Public and Land Grant Universities, the nation’s oldest higher education association with member institutions in all 50 states. She was a member of many professional, community and service organizations, including Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. and The Links, Inc.
Kept going “She never stopped traveling,” Reynolds said. The
This year’s event will feature a custom bike show brought by Kory Souza Originals, which specializes in custom bikes. Winners will receive prizes. Souza Originals debuted during Biketoberfest with a smaller bike show but will bring more than 200 custom bikes to Bike Week. Bike Week will include a stepping event presented by the Pepper Steppers and Sexy & Smooth Gliders. They also performed at Biketoberfest. More stepping groups are expected to participate. An R&B band also is scheduled to perform. Daytona’s own Big Franc of Big Franc Radio will be part of the festivities. Franc was a member of the early 1990s Daytona hip-hop group Break Down that had the hit single “Dip Baby Dip.’’ Also performing is De-
All 13 library branches offer a variety of genealogy resources, including how-to books and access to public computers. The Daytona Beach Regional Library at City Island and the DeLand Regional Library have dedicated rooms that house in-depth genealogy collections with city directories, family history books, newspaper microfilm and computers. Library card holders can use the library’s free genealogy databases, which include Ancestry.com, HeritageQuest.com, 3Fold.com and American’s Historic Newspapers. The databases are available on the library’s website, www. volusialibrary.org. Ancestry.com can be accessed only at library branches. Most of the regional libraries also host genealogy groups that hold monthly meetings and have members who will help others with their searches. Check the calendar at www.volusialibrary.org for upcoming meeting and topics.
Land’s Diamond Prince of Vibes Productions. He is a writer and producer in the R&B, reggae and country genres.
Talent search “I want to do something like a ‘Daytona’s Got Talent’ to get out and expose local artists. It hasn’t really gained momentum. If it doesn’t, I’ll just use the talent that I have. Anybody locally wishing to perform should contact me. They cannot use profanity or get naked. They can take off some clothes but not get butt naked,” added McNorton. Other activities will include a spades contest with prizes. Authors from the F.R.E.S.H. Book Festival, which was created by Donna Banks-Gray, also will be on hand. “Each author will be there promoting their books and education. This is the first time for this,” McNorton added.
Caution about kids McNorton is advising parents to think before allowing their children to be
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A young Valarie Greene’s travels to Africa and Europe piqued a lifelong interest in culture that led her to become an early advocate for diversity and inclusion in American schools and businesses. two sisters often journeyed together. “She lived cancer-free for seven years after her initial diagnosis. After the cancer came back, she still went to the Super Bowl last year in California after she fell in love with (Carolina Panthers quarterback) Cam Newton. She lived longer than the doctors thought she would, and she fought until the end.” Dr. Valarie Greene King
was preceded in death by both her parents and another sister, fellow educator Janet D. Greene, formerly the head speech pathologist of the state of Connecticut. Survivors include her son, Steven Randolph King; her sister, Cassandra Greene Reynolds; a niece and nephew, Stacey Y. Reynolds-Carruth (Robert) and Michael James Greene McLaughlin, Sr.
around Bike Week activities. “This is for adults. It’s hard to keep children away. If parents were going to stay with their children, it’s one thing. We don’t feel good about them running around,” he explained. “Bike Week attracts everybody. You have pedophiles and so on. We don’t do background checks. All we need is for one child to disappear and it would be something. If we had something for kids and something happens, we would be liable.’’ He continued, “We try to get them out and control it by the music that we play. When they get too many in numbers, we go back to the old-school music, which pans them out. When you get too many kids, they get rowdy. Also, that pushes older folks away.” Added Turner-Hymes, “My concern is safety first. This isn’t billed by the Chamber of Commerce as an event for children. You have so many people here.’’ The organizers are hoping to add events for youth in the future.
(Kezia); grandnephews and grandnieces Robert C. Carruth, III, Gabriel Clinton Carruth, Cassandra Diane Carruth; Michael James Greene McLaughlin, Jr. and Charles McLaughlin; and host of cousins, including the Barlows, Cherrys, Greenes, Langs, and Taylors, as well as many friends and colleagues. Funeral services will be held Sunday, March 12, at 3 p.m. at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, 2021 W. State Road 426, Oviedo. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to the Dr. Valarie Greene King Memorial Fund at the UCF Foundation in support of the Leadership Enhancement Program sponsored annually by the Office of Diversity and Inclusion benefitting UCF faculty and staff seeking professional development. Make checks payable to UCF Foundation, Inc., Attn.: Dr. Valarie King Fund, 12424 Research Parkway, Suite 250 Orlando, FL 32826. For credit card donations, go to https://www. ucffoundation.org/give-toa-ucf-program. For “Designation,” select “Other” and paste this information: Dr. Valarie King Fund. Complete other billing and name information as instructed, then click “Donate Now.”
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Cast members take their bows after prioritizing the issues that young people are facing today.
‘Ms. Jackie’s Bus’ a vehicle for young people to understand their own challenges “Ms. Jackie’s Bus,” a dramatic play, is a showstopper, crystalizing what our kids are going through today – their struggles, issues, fears, choices and decisions. Playwright/director Anthony “Tony” Felton premiered his latest take on the pain and the drama dialogued in a two-act play, resonating song, dance and comedy. The play prioritizes the loneliness, misunderstandings and the coping skills employed by young people in today’s society. Alongside Felton is his assistant director, Melinda Morais. “Ms. Jackie’s Bus’’ was presented during a matinee and evening performance last month at the Ormond Beach Performing Arts Center. It received rounds of applause from the reveling audiences. “The events that you see tonight are actually based on true occurrences that are happening here in the state of Florida,” Felton said. “We use fine arts as a mentoring tool with our young people,” he asserted.
Part of a series A Facebook page affirms that they’ve gotten up close and personal with some of those issues confronting our students, bus drivers, administrators and law enforcement. “Ms. Jackie’s Bus” touches on
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sexuality, accountability, racism and liberation. “The play is going to be part of a series,” lighting and sound technician/layout artist Adrienne Hassell Felton, who also is the playwright/director’s wife, mentioned in a press release. “The youth need a voice, and Just 4 U provides mentoring through theater.” The show is a presentation of Just 4 U Productions, Inc. – a 501©(3) nonprofit; the proceeds from donations and ticket sales support theatrical workshops and scholarships. The production company is indicative of assisting the targeted adolescents in developing the necessary social proficiencies to meet the unprecedented challenges. They believe theater is an ideal medium to attract and mentor. Touting the credits of Just 4 U Productions are the executive board: Anthony C. “Tony” Felton, co-founder and president; Adrienne Hassell Felton, co-founder and executive secretary; and Stephanie Robinson, treasurer. “I wrote this play, but this is a
Alexis Williams, portraying Priscilla, prepares to sing Yolanda Adams’ “Open My Heart.” series of plays that will be dealing with relevant issues among young people,” Tony Felton said. “These young people will write the script, and I’ll oversee it.”
A young cast The young people got to show off their acting skills alongside a few adults. Ms. Jackie, portrayed by Anissa “Shantel” Davidson, is a school bus driver, identified as experiencing a difficult childhood. She considers herself to be the surrogate mother of those assigned to her bus. The bonafide Ms. Jackie is Tony Felton’s sister, Jacqueline Midyette, for whom the title of this heart-rendering play is named. Amber (TaShaye Brown), a sophomore at Flagusia High School, is a product of an abusive past, a past that left her with
a speech impediment. Kendrick (Darrell DeVore/Ken White) is a senior football star athlete, born and raised in Daytona Beach. However, does Kendrick allow the distractions to derail a promising future? Priscilla (Alexis Williams), an honor student, who is loved by her teachers, has a secret. She would never do anything to disappoint her parents. Kierlyn (Walker Powell), a senior football star athlete, keeps Kendrick focusing on track, a promise he made to Kendrick’s mom. Trina (LaToya HeadspethTate), a friend of Ms. Jackie, is a fellow bus driver and a traditionalist who comes from an era where kids know their place. Other cast members opening the door to where Felton is taking the audience are: Mi’chael Wyatt, who portrays Mr. Moore;
Raquelle Maybin Wyatt, who plays Mrs. Moore; Nia Alexandria Felton, Kaila; Maya Antoinette Felton, Sarah; Oslyn Bryant, Rosa-lee; Shaunte White, Josie; Angel Hopkins, Zeva; Donna Decina, Mrs. Presley; and Mark Wiggins, Cornelius. Felton portrays School Principal Staples. Capturing the special effects were: photographer Robin Banks of Dejzan Photography; William “Billy” Amado, stage manager/ stage designer; Kathleen McCullough, set designer; Kevin Senior, assistant stage manager; Bert Harrison, backstage manager; Mattie DeVore, stage crew staffer; Diane Matta, wardrobe/ prop mistress; graphic artist Ron Bryant of Cut-n-Edge Cartoons; Sunny Delaney, head makeup artist/assistant prop mistress; and other makeup artists: Adrienne Harvey, Raquelle Maybin Wyatt, and TaShaye Brown, along with videographer Carlos Hernandez. The “Ms. Jackie’s Bus” cast should consider other engagements, but as a touring production so even more theatergoers can see the world of unprecedented challenges that are facing our young people. ••• As always, remember our prayers for the sick, afflicted and bereaved.
Celebrations Birthday wishes to Errol Hooke, March 10; Loretta Pete, Lorraine Trapp, March 13; Ruthie Saunders, Stanley Henderson, March 14. Happy anniversary to John and Sybil Lucas, March 10; and Kwando and Imani Kinshasa, March 11.
Baldwin film sparks local dialogue The Cinematique Theater in Daytona Beach is showing the Academy Award-nominated film “I Am Not Your Negro,’’ about the renowned author James Baldwin, through March 16. On March 5, there were two screenings of the documentary. The screenings were followed by a community discussion led by professors from BethuneCookman University and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Students also were involved in the discussion. At the time of Baldwin’s death in 1987, he left behind only 30 completed pages of a manuscript that was supposed to be about the lives and assassinations of his friends – Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. In the documentary, filmmaker Raoul Peck envisions the book James Baldwin never finished.
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On March 5, moviegoers listen to panelists, which included students and professors.
Audience members engage in dialogue with the panelists after the screening of “I Am Not Your Negro’’ at the Cinematique Theater in Daytona Beach.
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VISUAL VIEWPOINT: TRUMP AND OBAMA’S ‘WIRETAPPING’
Will Congress turn back the clock on fair housing? When future generations read the history of the nation’s first Black president, I believe there will be greater acknowledgement of his administration’s significant accomplishments. For now, however, a strategic war is underway to dismantle the progress President Obama achieved. General market media have extensively reported on reforms or repeals of the Affordable Care Act, Wall Street reform and the future of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. A key Obama regulation regarding fair housing is also again under assault on Capitol Hill.
Critical rule A 2015 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) rule finally delivered on the promises first made with the 1968 enactment of the Fair Housing Act. To advance the purposes of the Act, federal agencies and federal grantees were also to forge inclusive and diverse communities to reverse America’s housing history of segregation and Jim Crow. Known as Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH), the HUD rule requires that cities, counties and states receiving funds for housing and community development engage in a planning process to help them take meaningful and deliberate actions to overcome historic segregation patterns, promote fair housing choice and create inclusive communities free from discrimination. Two HUD tools
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were shared to assist communities in the planning process: Data and Mapping and an Assessment of Fair Housing.
Affects key programs AFFH affects all public housing authorities and three other popular HUD programs: Community Development Block Grants, Emergency Solution Grants, and Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS. From its beginning, HUD’s AFFH rule was met with attack and multiple legislative attempts to repeal it. The latest attempt is The Local Zoning Decisions Protection Act of 2017. If enacted, it would nullify the HUD rule. The bill would also ban federal funds from being used for any federal database that contains geospatial information on community racial disparities and disparities in access to affordable housing. In the U.S. House of Representatives, the bill has already attracted 24 co-sponsors from 14 states. Half of the lawmakers’ support for the repeal comes from only four states: California, Florida, Tennessee and Texas. A companion bill was also introduced in the Senate with one cosponsor.
Private prisons resurrection represents pay-to-play Twenty-four hours after the election of Donald Trump, the stock prices of America’s privately-run prisons soared. This came as no surprise to private prison operators or to criminal justice reform advocates. In Trump, privately-owned prison companies rightly presumed that they had a staunch ally of their business model and motives in 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
Supports privatization As a candidate, Trump publically praised and supported private prisons. With his appointment of Jeff Sessions – a wellknown criminal justice hardliner – as attorney general, Trump’s words would inevitably transform into the torrent of policies we have been confronted with since his inauguration that reverse strides in criminal justice reform.
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Only six months ago, private prison operators were fighting for their fiscal survival after Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates issued a memo in August that directed the Federal Bureau of Prisons to phase out its use and reliance on private prisons. Yates’ memorandum was issued on the heels of a report that concluded private prisons provided limited cost savings, f any; that they were less safe for both inmates and prison staff than in federally-run prisons; and that due to several policy initiatives – including reducing excessive
Truth is coming to light The Bible (John 8:32) tells us, “Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” It looks like a lot of things in the Trump administration are beginning to come to light. I pray that all the American people will be set free because many have been shackled by the ‘alternative facts’ of the current administration. So much is coming to light that some nights I can’t get to sleep. I have to stay awake to try to keep up. Truths that were hidden just keep on coming out.
Protecting information First, there was the breaking New York Times story that, be-
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fore leaving office, President Obama’s White House officials rushed to preserve intelligence of Russian hacking to prevent the Russian-Trump details from being scrubbed from the scrutiny of future investigations. Next came the story regarding newly selected Attorney General Jefferson B. Sessions having avoided mentioning his meetings with Russian officials to
Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona, the House bill’s lead sponsor, shared in a prepared statement why he feels so strongly about appealing the rule.
‘Utopian’ ideology “The AFFH rule marks President Obama’s most aggressive attempt yet to force his utopian ideology on American communities disguised under the banner of ‘fairness.’ This overreaching mandate is an attempt to extort communities into giving up local zoning decisions and reengineer the makeup of our neighborhoods.” For civil rights, housing and consumer advocates, the unique Black American experience was deliberately engineered – but from a different perspective: to deny housing opportunity, voting rights, economic mobility and even quality employment or education. “By attacking the AFFH rule, Rep. Gosar and other bill sponsors are seeking to re-codify housing discrimination into U.S. law,” noted Maya Rockeymoore, president and CEO of Global Policy Solutions, a social change strategy firm. “By disallowing the collection of federal data by place, race and other key demographics, the bill’s sponsors seek to prevent local governments from making their communities the best places to live by limiting their ability to use critical data and information to inform their community planning decisions.”
drug offense sentencing guidelines for low-level drug defendants –the number of people in federal prisons has been on a decline over the last four years, eliminating the need for private prisons.
Stocks popular again Yet, the stock prices of the two largest private prison operators, CoreCivic (formerly known as the Corrections Corporation of America) and Geo Group have skyrocketed since Election Day. CoreCivic, which donated $250,000 to Trump’s inauguration events, has seen its share prices shoot up 140 percent. Geo Group, which also donated $250,000 towards Trump’s inaugural events and another $225,000 donated by a Geo Group subsidiary to a pro-Trump super PAC, has seen a near 100 percent rise. They enjoyed another profit-boosting bump after Sessions’ Senate confirmation. If the fortunes of private prison operators are direct reflections of the harshness or equitableness of our nation’s criminal justice policies, one can assume that the Trump administration means to make America’s federal prisons full again.
the Senate Judiciary Committee while under oath during his confirmation hearings. He tried to evade the actual question asked by Senator Al Franken. Even Republicans began calling for Mr. Sessions to recuse himself during any investigation about possible wrongdoing on the part of the Trump campaign for president. Senator Tom Cole (R-OK) was pathetic in his defense against truth coming to light. He passed it off as Democrats just trying to explain why they lost the election, reasoning that Democrats just had a flawed candidate! I guess he’s slept through the last two years while we have been overwhelmed by flaws of the Trump campaign, now administration.
A vile list There’s been racism, sexism, ridicule of the disabled, anti-
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Supported segregation Until the 1968 Fair Housing Act, local zoning laws across the country supported segregation along with redlining Black communities to exclude borrowers from mortgage and home improvement loans along with a litany of bad real estate practices that denied opportunities to build family wealth. Omitting Black neighborhoods from multiple listing services, door-to-door ‘block- busting’ that attempted to create a sense of fear from lost property values due to integration, and restricted covenants that explicitly excluded many minorities from ever buying property in designated areas – were all the kinds of tactics used to preserve segregated housing before the Fair Housing Act. Fortunately, a growing coalition of progressive interests is conveying to Congress their firm
Private-prison operators stand ready to profit from large-scale incarceration and increased immigration enforcement. Last year, more than 60 percent of Homeland Security detainees were reportedly held in privately-owned prisons. Trump has also called for the construction of more jails along the Mexican border to accommodate the expected upsurge in the detainee population. Recently, the White House signaled “greater enforcement” of federal laws against recreational marijuana use, which could translate into greater numbers of inmates in our federal prisons.
One paragraph All it took was a one-paragraph memorandum addressed to the acting director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons for Sessions to reverse the previous administration’s directives on for-profit prisons: “I hereby rescind the memorandum dated August 18, 2016, sent to you by former Deputy A ttorney General Sally Q. Yates, entitled “Reducing our Use of Private Prisons.” In that memorandum, former DAG Yates directed ‘that, as each contract reach-
Semitism, exploitation of Native American lands, lies about President Obama, alternative facts, meanness of spirit, and the list goes on! Everything Mr. Trump hasn’t already falsely blamed on President Obama, Republicans have been wrongly blaming on all Democrats! The day after the election, I told my worried friends “God has got this!” Every day God sheds more light on truth for us! Writer Frank Vogl wrote, “Truth. It’s more important now than ever.” He went on to say that fact-checkers are needed, and that they’re needed more than ever. He referred to the New York Times ad regarding truth during the recent Oscars by saying, “... The New York Times is the target of White House abuse...The truth is under attack. The truth is worth defending. The truth requires taking a stand.” I wonder how long it will be
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intent to preserve HUD’s rule. Led by the National Fair Housing Alliance, to date more than 950 academicians, individuals and advocacy organizations spanning national, state, and local levels in civil rights, fair housing, affordable housing have joined the battle to preserve an essential component of the Fair Housing Act. Speaking for the coalition working to preserve the AFFH rule Shanna L. Smith, president and CEO of the National Fair Housing Alliance said, “It reflects the strongly held American value that everyone deserves access to the opportunities they need to flourish, regardless of the color of their skin or the zip code in which they grow up.”
Charlene Crowell is the deputy communications director at the Center for Responsible Lending.
es the end of its term, the Bureau should either decline to renew that contract or substantially reduce its scope in a manner consistent with law and the overall decline of the Bureau’s inmate population.’ The memorandum changed long-standing policy and practice, and impaired the Bureau’s ability to meet the future needs of the federal correctional system. Therefore, I direct the Bureau to return to its previous approach.” This 14-word statement of rationale should send a chill down your spine: “impaired the Bureau’s ability to meet the future needs of the federal correctional system.” You may diverge from Sessions on policy, but you cannot fault his logic. If we the people complacently allow the Trump administration to criminalize and harshly penalize low-level crimes, and engage in the mass arrests and detention of undocumented immigrants in our name, the administration will need the extra bed space to warehouse all those bodies.
Marc Morial is president and CEO of the National Urban League.
before those who know the truth will help to bring it to light. Many people still look to America as the standard-bearer of truth. Unfortunately, lies and corruption are being normalized so quickly that too many have resolved in frustration that it’s “just the way things are.”
How long? How long will Americans be willing to exist under the weight of “alternative facts,” instead of seeking the truth and taking a stand that says, “enough is enough”? To bring their reign to a swift end, all who can do so must bring truth to the light from its darkness.
Dr. E. Faye Williams is national chair of the National Congress of Black Women, Inc. Contact her via www.nationalcongressbw.org.
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Bethune-Cookman University students and faculty members pose in front of the Fort Mose Historic State Park’s Visitor Center in St. Augustine.
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The dialogue was more sentimental from the older group. Gloria Nedd, a member of the Dickerson Community Center Senior Oasis group, said this about being on the grounds of the Kingsley Plantation slaves quarters. “We are really blessed to stand here and see how far we have come as a people. It’s an eye-opening experience. All I can say is the struggle was real and God is good.’’ Here’s a little history on some of the stops.
Kingsley Plantation The Kingsley Plantation (also known as the Zephaniah Kingsley Plantation Home and Buildings) is the site of a former estate in Jacksonville named for an early owner, Zephaniah Kingsley, who spent 25 years there. It is located at the northern tip of Fort George Island at Fort George Inlet, and is part of the Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve managed by the U.S. National Park Service. The plantation was originally 1,000 acres, most of which has been taken over by forest; the structures and grounds of the park now comprise approximately 60 acres. The longest span of ownership was under Kingsley and his family, a polygamous and multiracial household controlled by and resistant to the issues of race and slavery. Free Blacks and several private owners lived at the plantation until it was transferred to the state in 1955. It was acquired by the National Park Service in 1991. The most prominent Zephaniah Kingsley wrote a defense of slavery and the three-tier social system that acknowledged the rights of free people of color that existed in Florida under Spanish rule. Kingsley briefly served on the Florida Territorial Council, planning the transition when Florida was annexed by the United States. During his time on the council, he attempted to influence Florida lawmakers to recognize free people of color and allow mixed-race children to inherit property. Marriages between White plantation owners and African women were common in East Florida. The Spanish government provided for a separate class of free people of color, and encouraged slaves to purchase their freedom. Slavery under Spain in Florida was not considered a lifelong condition and free Blacks were involved in the economic development of the region, many of them owning their own slaves.
Fort Mose Historic State Park It was established in 1738 by Colonial Spanish Florida’s Governor Manuel Montiano. Fort Mose gave sanctuary to Africans challenging enslavement in the English colony of Carolina. Approximately 100 Africans lived at Fort Mose, forming more than 20 households. Together they created a frontier community which drew on
More than 50 B-CU representatives took part in the tour of historic sites on Florida’s east coast.
Above: A senior views photos of the Ku Klux Klan at the Lincolnville museum. Left: The bus takes a dirt road to the Kingsley Plantation in Jacksonville.
Drawings show the floor plan of Fort Mose. a range of African backgrounds blended with Spanish, Native American and English cultural traditions. A Maroon Fort Mose, a maroon community, was legally sanctioned by the Spanish government making it the first free African settlement to legally exist in the United States.
Lincolnville Historic District A Black dentist and NAACP representative named Robert Hayling from the historic subdivision of Lincolnville initiated the protest actions that eventually ended discrimination in St. Augustine. Lincolnville, established in 1866, was the major Black residential subdivision in St. Augustine, and many of its residents were politically active. The historic district contains a large col-
lection of 19th and early 20th century residences and churches. In 1963, Hayling organized campaigns against local segregated public facilities catering to tourists. He also urged the White House not to support the 400th anniversary of the founding of St. Augustine set to take place in September 1965. When both efforts failed, he appealed to the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) for help. The SCLC called on New England universities to send volunteers to the city for March 1964 demonstrations and asked Lincolnville residents to provide food and lodging. By the end of one week of protests, police had arrested hundreds of demonstrators, including a delegation of rabbis and the 72-year-old mother of the governor of Massachusetts. White vigilantes terrorized
local businesses that dared to serve African-Americans. In early June, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. went to St. Augustine and took part in a sit-in at Monson’s Motor Lodge. The same month, the SCLC arranged for baseball star Jackie Robinson to address a civil rights rally in Lincolnville. The publicity surrounding these two events hastened Congress’ passage of the Civil Rights Act on June 20, 1964. According to the Durkeeville Historical Society, the community was an African-American streetcar suburb around the first decade of the 20th century. It was founded in the 1930s when Blacks were barred from living in many parts of the city. Those who came together to create Durkeeville were middle class and working class individuals. Some were doctors, lawyers, educators and business people
and ordinary laborers. They created a neighborhood that sheltered and nurtured many during a challenging time. By the 1980s, Durkeeville struggled with urban blight, poverty and crime associated with inner-city neighborhoods. A number of the remaining long-term residents formed the Durkeeville Historical Society and collaborated with city officials to revitalize this historic section of Jacksonville. Durkeeville still remains one of Jacksonville’s most intact and pedestrian-friendly working-class neighborhoods.
Andreas Butler and Duane C. Fernandez Sr. of the Daytona Times contributed to this report. More information on the Black Heritage Trail can be accessed from myflorida.com.
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Mainland track team continues to build success HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS
BY ANDREAS BUTLER DAYTONA TIMES
Mainland High School School has built up its track-and-field program in recent years. The Buccaneers boys’ team has won back-to-back district titles. Last season they won a regional title for the first time in school history and finished fifth in the state in Class 3A. Mainland’s girls squad finished as district runner-up last season. “We are definitely a team on the rise. Traditionally, Flagler Palm Coast and Spruce Creek have been the most dominant programs locally. We’re trying to get our program to that level and better,” said Head Coach Terry Anthony. Anthony, who is also an assistant football coach and former girls head basketball coach. is now in his 10th year heading the track program.
Largest track team Several factors have contributed to the program’s success in recent years. Anthony explained, “We have grown because kids are coming out and having fun. We work hard. I have three simple rules. They are: Work hard, get better and have fun. We’ve been able to do that over the years and it has shown on the track. Also the boys team has gotten more football players to participate in recent years.” Success has led to a growth in participation. “This is the largest team in our history. We have over 140 kids combined on both our boys and girls teams. Both teams are strong in sprinting and jumping events,” Anthony noted.
Killins’ legacy The boys program lost Adrian Killins, who won state titles in the 200-meter dash the past two years. “You don’t replace him. He put the program back on the map over the past four years. The hope is that we have five guys who can step in. We lost 30 to 40 points per meet with the loss of Adrian. That covers the 100 and 200 as well as the 4x100 and 4x200 relays,” stated Anthony. Mainland still has a ton of talent on the boys side in track beginning with junior D’ Marcus Adams, who medaled in the long jump at state last year. Adams is also a threat in the 110-meter hurdles and 4x400 relay. “We have the best long jumper in the state with Adams right now. He already has posted the best jump in the state this year at over 24 feet. We also have five guys that have jump 22 feet or better in long jump,” said Anthony.
Other jumpers, sprinters The Buccaneers also have junior Elijah White (mid-distance); junior Steffan Mallory (sprints/ jumper); junior Jhii Taylor jumper/hurdles/sprints); sophomore Lindon Cooper (jumper/hurdles); junior Juwan Wright (sprints), senior C.J. Wilson (jumper/sprints); junior Brian Jenkins (sprints/middistance); sophomore Shawn Daffin (sprinter) and senior Deryl Bush (sprints/jumper) and senior Roman Mack (sprints/throws). Anthony believes in this squad. “Of course we want a state title, but our first goal is to repeat as district champs and go from there. That is where it all starts. We lost a lot from last year, but we have a lot of guys coming in that are capable,” he related. “We have a lot of football players coming in that will help us. We are looking for a strong showing.”
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Mainland boys and girls track teams pose after a practice.
Young girls team On the girls side, the Buccaneers feature sophomore Shaniya Wilder (sprints); senior Kayla Littlefield (sprints/hurdles); senior Josilin Mobley (sprints); senior Shannon Ruane (sprint/jumper); senior Danielle Hernandez (sprints); sophomore Lawren Berry (sprints); junior D’Najah Smith (sprints); junior Leann Kent (jumper); sophomore Asia Hubbert (sprints); sophomore Alexis Headen (distance); sophomore Genesis Bivens (distance); senior Jasmine Hadley (throws) and senior Samoya Calvin (jumper). “We are looking for the girls to turn the corner and get that district championship. It’s going to be a battle, but they’re capable. We have such a young team on the girls side. They’ll eventually get better,” added Anthony. Anthony likes the work being put in by Mobley. He said, “Josilin is working her butt off. She wants to be a dominant runner. She is getting there.”
Mainland’s D’Marcus Adams races to the finish line during a recent race. He leads a talented group of sprinters and jumpers for the Buccaneers.
‘Good sprinters’ Sustaining success in a sport like track is no easy task. Anthony explained, “Every year somebody gets better. Last year I was blessed to have Malcolm Reed transfer in and run the 400. That can happen each year. Transfers coming in or out can make or break your program. “Track is an individual sport. Other than the relays, it’s all on you. It’s hard to maintain. We’ve been blessed lately. Florida is built on speed. We have some good sprinters. We just have to continue to work and get better to get where we want to be.”
Mainland has a corps of strong jumpers, including Keylon Kennedy, Jordan Bailey, Nathaniel Dell and C.J. Wilson.
Palm coast sports clinic free to youth 6-16
Nike introduces sports hijab collection with input from Muslim athletes EURWEB.COM
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On the heels of its newly launched plus-size apparel for women, Nike is becoming even more inclusive with the reveal of its forthcoming Nike Pro Hijab for Muslim women athletes. Global Nike spokeswoman told Al Arabiya English that the product was “designed as a direct result of our athletes telling us they needed this product to perform better, and we hope that it will help athletes around the world do just that.” Nike Pro Hijab features a single-layer pullon design made from lightweight polyester in dark, neutral colors. The fabric’s tiny holes will make it breathable while remaining opaque, a requirement for hijabwearing women. Nike called the mesh material its “most breathable fabric.”
The design process took 13 months, and the final product will be available in spring 2018. “The Nike Pro Hijab may have been more than a year in the making, but its impetus can be traced much further back, to an ongoing cultural shift that has seen more women than ever embracing sport,” a statement from Nike says, according to Al Arabiya English. Nike said the hijab is already being worn by Emirati figure skater Zahra Lari. “I was thrilled and a bit emotional to see Nike prototyping a Hijab,” Lari said in a statement. “I’ve tried so many different hijabs for performance, and … so few of them actually work for me. But once I put it on and took it for a spin on the ice, I was blown away by the fit and the light weight.”
Nike said the hijab is already being worn by figure skater Zahra Lari.
Children and teens ages 6-16 are invited to participate in a free NCCAA Youth Sports Clinic on Saturday, March 18, 9 a.m. to noon, in Palm Coast. Youth will choose a clinic from one of the five sports offered, learning new skills and practicing the sport. Instruction will be provided by national Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) student-athletes and their collegiate coaches. The sports are soccer, baseball, basketball, volleyball and golf. Check-in will be at 9 a.m., with the sports clinics beginning at 9:30 a.m. The golf sports clinic will be held at Palm Harbor Golf Club, 100 Cooper Lane, and all other sports at Indian Trails Sports Complex, 5455 Belle Terre Pkwy. The free sports clinic is being offered by Palm Coast Parks & Recreation. Space is limited, and advance registration is recommended. Register online at www.palmcoastgov.com/register or in person at Frieda Zamba Swimming Pool offices, 339 Parkview Drive, Palm Coast. On-site registration will be available on March 18 only if space is still available. For more information, call 386-986-2323.
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MARCH 9 – MARCH 15, 2017 ise to Chicago children a few months ago as a result of an admitted emotional reaction,” Chance said. “Our kids should not be held hostage because of political positioning. “This isn’t about politics, this isn’t about posturing. This is about taking care of the kids. Everybody and their momma knows about what’s going on in Chicago, it’s constantly talked about. But we’re about to enhance the conversation,” the rapper said.
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Students hold up a check for $1 million dollars from Chance the Rapper, right, who holds a press conference at Westcott Elementary School in Chicago’s Chatham neighborhood on March 6.
Chance the Rapper gives $1 million to Chicago school system BY MONIQUE GARCIA AND JUAN PEREZ JR. CHICAGO TRIBUNE/TNS
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Hours after Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner offered two options to provide $215 million to help the cash-strapped Chicago Public Schools, Chance the Rapper put up $1 million to support arts
programming in the district. The rapper called his donation a “call to action” and asked for matching contributions from the city’s business community. While promising via Twitter to present a plan for the school system, Chance at his South Side news conference said it wasn’t his job to propose policy. Instead, he still leveled a series
of criticisms against the Republican governor following a meeting with Rauner last week the rapper described as “unsuccessful.”
Quiet celebration “Gov. Rauner can use his executive power to help get Chicago’s children the resources they need to fulfill their God-given right to learn,” the musician said. “Gov. Rauner still won’t commit to give Chicago’s kids a chance without caveats or ultimatums.” Both of the paths offered by Rauner’s office on Monday require action from lawmakers at a time when the governor’s spent nearly two years deadlocked with Democrats who control the General Assembly.
School officials have quietly celebrated Chance’s use of his celebrity status to discuss the district’s financial plight, with help from savvy social media posts that have rocketed across the Internet.
Rapper and activist Born Chancelor Bennett, the rapper has a history of criticizing government and speaking out against politicians, even Mayor Rahm Emanuel, whom his father worked for at City Hall. Chance said the governor pulled back on an “important commitment” to ease the district’s enormous pension burden with $215 million in assistance. “Gov. Rauner broke his prom-
Chance the Rapper’s news conference Monday was at the Westcott Elementary School, a highly rated campus in the West Chatham neighborhood that educates students who are almost exclusively Black and poor. In addition to his $1 million donation, Chance donated $10,000 to Westcott. Westcott’s population of roughly 400 students was set to lose $96,840 of its funding this year, according to the school system, as part of a $46 million budget freeze that hit hundreds of buildings but landed hard on schools with mostly poor and minority students. Chicago Public Schools reversed course last month and widened its year-end budget gap by refunding some $15 million of that money. That still means Westcott stands to lose about $75,000, according to the district.
Drop in programs Westcott’s principal, Monique Dockery, said that cut means the school will have to drop a variety of after-school programs, math and reading tutoring and professional development. “I don’t have a lot of nickel and dime kind of people working,” Dockery said. “They love the children.” Overall, slightly more than a third of the students who could have attended traditional elementary and high schools in Westcott’s CPS network actually did so.
Chicago Tribune’s John Byrne contributed to this report.
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