NJG | Vol. 124, No. 41 - October 17, 2024

New Journal and Guide Will Mark 124th Anniversary By Honoring 7 Hampton Roads NAACP Branches

By Brenda H. Andrews Publisher New Journal

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For 124 years, the New Journal and Guide has been publishing weekly as a dedicated voice of the Black community. On Saturday, October 19, we will pause to celebrate our longevity and resilience with gratitude as

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one of the nation’s oldest Black-owned businesses by hosting our 10th Annual Impacting Lives Breakfast Ceremony at the Norfolk Waterside Marriott. Over the past decade of Impacting Lives, we have awarded many well-known and unsung heroes whom we chose because of their positive impact on the lives of citizens in Hampton Roads.

This year’s honorees are the seven branches of the NAACP in the cities we serve – Norfolk, Portsmouth, Chesapeake, Virginia Beach., Suffolk, Hampton and Newport News. Like the Black Press we represent, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) has spent 115 years on the battlefield advocating on

V-P HARRIS’ MEDICARE PLAN WOULD AID AT-HOME CARE

By Stacy M. Brown

Correspondent

has announced a major policy proposal to expand Medicare to include longterm, at-home care services. The proposal marks a notable shift for the public health insurance program, traditionally limited to older Americans.

The proposal marks a notable shift for the public health insurance program, traditionally limited to older Americans.

Harris said, highlighting caregivers’ emotional and practical challenges. “We’re talking about declining skills, but their dignity, their pride, has not declined.”

“Taking care of a parent means picking out clothes that are soft enough, making meals that are easy for them to eat, and finding ways to bring a smile to their face,”

Harris announced ABC’s The View, a popular daytime talk show, emphasizing the program’s potential impact on the “sandwich generation” – the more than 105 million Americans providing care for children and aging parents. The proposed program aims to relieve the burden on families relying on Medicaid, which covers the largest portion of the nation’s long-term care services.

If approved, the initiative would significantly broaden Medicare’s scope. Currently, Medicare only covers at-home care under limited circumstances, typically following a hospital stay. According to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Medicaid spent $207 billion on longterm care services in 2021,

covering everything from nursing homes to home health aides, as Harris emphasized. Harris explained that the expansion would be funded through enhanced Medicare prescription drug negotiations and payment limitations to pharmacy benefit managers. Medicare’s recent negotiation efforts with drug manufacturers are expected to save the government approximately $98.5 billion over the next decade.

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BOLD AGENDA FOR BLACK MEN AMONG NEW HARRIS ROLL OUTS

By Stacy M. Brown

Senior National Correspondent

@StacyBrownMedia

NNPA NEWSWIRE

Vice President Kamala Harris has unveiled an extensive agenda designed to dismantle systemic barriers and foster new opportunities for Black men across America. The agenda, announced on October 14, spotlights wealth-building, health equity, criminal justice reform, and expanded education and job training access. Her plan follows recent controversial remarks by former President Barack Obama, who addressed concerns about voter turnout among Black men and stressed the importance of participating in the election.

Obama’s comments in Pittsburgh were roundly criticized as scapegoating Black men, though he emphasized the

Harris’ plan follows recent controversial remarks by former President Barack Obama, who addressed concerns about voter turnout among Black men.

high stakes of the 2024 election, noting that some African-American males might hesitate to vote. He suggested that part of the reluctance could stem from discomfort with the idea of a woman president. Harris’s plan aims to address the specific needs of Black men, with initiatives focused on financial empowerment, healthcare, and education. As part of her outreach to Black men, the Harris-Walz campaign is launching several community-centered events. The “Black Men Huddle Up” initiative

will feature NFL and NCAA watch parties in battleground states, where Black men can discuss the upcoming election and its implications for their communities. In addition, the campaign will host a series of Economic Freedom Talks, with notable Black entrepreneurs discussing strategies for business growth and financial independence. Harris’s team is ramping up its Shop Talk series, Brother to Brother canvass events, and launching new testimonial ads.

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behalf of Black Americans for justice, freedom, equity and manifestation of the American Dream for all people regardless of race, creed or color. It is a great honor for the New Journal and Guide to shine a light on our local branches of the NAACP who yet continue as the first line of defense when civil rights abuses occur. It is often a thankless assignment they are missioned to undertake. Breakfast guests will enjoy the music of international gospel violinist Eric Taylor and NAACP ACT-SO youth soloist Tramaine Spruill. Also, the oratorical performance of Nathan Richardson as abolitionist Frederick Douglass and the poetry of NJG columnist Sean Bowers. see Impacting, page 7A OMAHA, NEB. Omaha Star Publisher and Owner Terri Sanders is reaching new heights with her newspaper that continues weekly publication as she announces plans to develop a journalism institute that will ensure the

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Controversy: Bath & Body Works Apologizes After Claims of Klan Resemblance

By Stacy M. Brown

Senior National Correspondent

NNPA NEWSWIRE

Bath & Body Works is facing backlash after releasing its holiday themed “Snowed In” candle, which some social media users claim resembles imagery associated with the Ku Klux Klan. The Columbusbased retailer swiftly apologized and announced it would be removing the candle from shelves.

The controversy erupted when a Reddit user posted an image of the candle featuring a closeup snowflake design set against a maroon background. Although intended as a winter motif, some users noted a striking resemblance to the pointed hoods associated with the KKK, leading to terms like “klandle” and “KKKandle” circulating online.

“I know it’s one of those paper snowflakes, but I can’t be the only one who sees ‘it,’ right?” asked the Reddit user. The post quickly gained traction, with users on platforms like X questioning how the design passed quality checks. “Wait, how did nobody at Bath & Body Works clock the klandle?” one user exclaimed.

In response to the criticism, a spokesperson for Bath & Body Works stated, “We are committed to listening to our customers and to addressing mistakes, even those that are unintentional. We apologize to anyone we’ve offended and are working to remove this item from our stores while evaluating our process going forward.” While some criticized the oversight as insensitive, others dismissed the controversy, arguing that society is becoming overly sensitive. “This isn’t just a branding mistake; it’s a reminder of how sensitive cultural symbols can be,” commented one user. Meanwhile, another argued, “People see ‘racism’ in everything nowadays.”

This incident is not Bath & Body Works’ first brush with controversy. In 2022, the company faced criticism for a Black History Month collection featuring kentecloth-inspired packaging, some considered cultural appropriation.

Bath & Body Works, which became an

While some criticized the oversight as insensitive, others dismissed the controversy, arguing that society is becoming overly sensitive. “This isn’t just a branding mistake; it’s a reminder of how sensitive cultural symbols can be,” commented one user.

independent public company in 2021 and operates over 1,850 locations across the U.S. and Canada, reported $7.4

billion in revenue last year.

“Let’s hope they take this as a lesson in awareness and responsibility,” one user noted.

October 16, 1965

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Half Loaf Or New Plant For Booker T?

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When the Norfolk School Board meets on October 21, it may come up with the answer awaited by scores of Negro parents and pupils. Does Booker T. Washington High School have a new plant in its future or will it be a complex with one half new and the another half remodeled?

There is no agreement on the cost on remodeling and expanding it. The consensus of an architectural and engineering firm which prepared plans, a contractor and a professional estimator is that a new plant would cost just $1 million over the price for a remodeling project.

That figure of course would not include the cost of seven acres of additional land required for a new plant.

The site the school occupies now is 7.9 acres. Remodeling and expanding would require 17.2 aces, according to Lulbin, McGaughy and Associates, the architects and engineers, while a new plant will require 24.2.

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The firm has noted that last year it estimated that remodeling would cost $2.2 million, which might have to be adjusted upward due to cost of material.

Members of the Committee “For A Better Booker T,” led by P. Bernard Young Jr., are responsible for lobbying the board to consider a new plant, an insistence they hope will prevail.

Nixon Calls For Dr. King To Step Down RICHMOND (Dr.) Martin Luther King, Jr., although fine as a revolutionary, should step aside from leading the civil rights movement, according to former Vice President

Va. NAACP Convenes; Ga. Begins Voter Drive

By Rosaland Tyler Associate Editor New Journal and Guide

After hundreds attended the NAACP’s 89th annual state convention at Williamsburg’s Double Tree by Hilton on Oct. 11-13, Georgia’s NAACP launched a radio ad campaign to boost voter turnout.

At Virginia’s recent annual meeting, hundreds attended workshops and town hall meetings and also heard several keynote speakers including Melanie Campbell, president/CEO of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, Gregory Neal Jackson Jr., deputy director of the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention, and the Rev. Dr. Carlon Lassiter, pastor, Saint John Baptist Church.

Meanwhile, hundreds of miles away in Georgia, the NAACP state chapter launched a $20 million radio ad-buy in Georgia, as part of a nine-state campaign, in an effort to boost Black voter turnout in the state. The ad campaign focuses on media markets in Albany, Atlanta, Augusta, Columbus, Macon, and Savannah. It aims to mobilize Black voters, stop disinformation and voter suppression.

This effort comes after the National Office and the Georgia State Conference of the NAACP sent a letter in August to U.S. Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke asking her to investigate voter suppression efforts that allow individuals to cancel someone else’s voter registration without their knowledge.

Most recently, Georgia made headlines when three voting rights groups asked a federal judge to order the state of Georgia to reopen voter registration for November’s elections, after Hurricane Helene stopped voter registration.

According to news reports, the groups filed a recent lawsuit in federal court in Atlanta. Plaintiffs argued that the

damage and disruptions from Hurricane Helene unfairly deprived people of the opportunity to register before Georgia’s registration deadline expired. Plaintiffs sought to have registration reopened through Oct. 14, at a time that has historically shown a spike in Georgia voter registrations

“The significance of Black voters throughout Georgia’s history cannot be overstated,” said Derrick Johnson, President and CEO of the NAACP, in a recent statement. “Black communities remain resilient in the wake of rampant and repeated attempts to suppress our right to vote. We will not allow anyone to undermine our democracy or take away our ability to use our voices to vote. We will not be discouraged and I am confident that Black voters in Georgia will show up and show out from the start of early voting through Election Day.”

According to Gerald Griggs, president of the Georgia State Conference of the NAACP, “The fight for democracy has deep roots in Georgia – and this election, we must continue that fight,” Griggs said.

“With 16 electoral votes, Georgia could very well play a decisive role in the outcome of the presidential election, and reject Project 2025 for good. From local races to the White House, our votes can and will decide the fate of our state and country. In a race likely to be decided by only a handful of votes, every single vote will matter in Georgia. That’s why the NAACP is laser-focused on turning out every single eligible voter in our state.”

The NAACP radio ads will target young Black voters, ages 18-35, and urge them to vote and encourage others in their community to vote too. The community-themed ads feature a young woman encouraging her father to vote in the upcoming election. In another, a group of men at a barbershop discuss the importance of voting in the upcoming election.

From The Guide’s Archives

Richard M. Nixon.

“Dr. King was an effective leader in the revolution that has burst through many barriers that the Negroes faced, but he ought now to re-evaluate his role,” Nixon said.

“The period has passed when demonstrations and marching in the streets were needed to obtain rights for America’s Negro citizens,” he told the Richmond Newsman Carl Shires in an exclusive interview, made during the former VP’s two-day campaign trip through Virginia to bolster state GOP candidates in the Nov. 2 election.

“Such tactics now are hurting the course of reconciliation and those who still are calling for such methods are rendering a disservice to the Negro.”

Nixon suggested there were others, more capable of taking over the civil rights leadership, such as Roy Wilkins, of the NAACP, and Whitney Young, of the National Urban League.

Nixon also said King should “lay off Vietnam,” a subject King has recently included among his criticisms, particularly on negotiations to end the war there.

October 16-22, 2002

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Last Residents Leave Condemned Complex

By Leonard E. Colvin

PORTSMOUTH

Last spring when the owners of Fairwood Homes decided to close the small WWII-era housing complex rather than conform to Portsmouth’s building codes, Lucinda Pitts knew she would be the last to leave.

The city told Portsmouth Partners, Inc., the owners of the sprawling low-income housing community, in a suit filed against them, that if they did not rehab the homes, they would evict

the residents and shutter the houses for demolition.

Pitts and her neighbors were caught off guard when the owners in late May told the landlords that all of the homes had to be vacated and boarded up by June 30.

Many of the residents were poor with children who had little or no money, and even worse, no credit.

Fairwood Homes was a scarce source of affordable housing in this city. The units were ragged, with rickety floors and the walls and windows which did not keep the cold out in the winter, or the cool air of the air conditioners, if they had one, in the summer from the going out.

Pitts’ home was one of the first condemned weeks earlier. Unlike many of her neighbors, Pitts had the money to move, but finding a landlord who would accept her anemic credit rating was another story. She did leave her home. But she did not leave Fairwood Homes. Her family was dispersed to the homes of family and friends while Pitts camped out on the couch of a neighbor.

She is awaiting word from some flexible landlord to accept her application for a new dwelling and vowed to establish a vigil at Fairwood Homes until every resident has left.

“I had to be the last person to leave. I knew the city and the landlord had the potential to make the lives of these people miserable,” said Pitts, who was the civic leader of the community. “So, I decided to stay put and make sure that no mischief would be directed at the people.”

Eastern Shore Community Celebrates Improvement EXMORE, VA

If a journey of many miles begins with one single step, then the residents of the New Road Community of Exmore initiated a move in 1992 to secure a basic housing need that most

Americans take for granted, including indoor toilets.

Exmore is located in Northampton County on Virginia’s Eastern Shore, one of the state’s poorest areas.

New Roads, a Black community, was complacent, as residents had lived 40 years behind other white and Black neighbors who lived in nearby neighborhoods.

During the era of Internet, it was common to see adults and children hauling buckets of water from community wells to their dilapidated homes, while white residents enjoyed indoor plumbing.

But Eva Hopkins, an Exmore resident, was not so complacent with the lack of federal, state and county monies to build a sewage system for New Roads residents.

Many whites and some Blacks on the city’s Westend had septic tanks. The town council refused the New Roads leadership’s initial demands for them, claiming that part of the funding formula called for the city to accept 75 percent of the money in grants and 25 percent in loans to be repaid. Hopkins and members of the New Roads leadership had assumed initially that the battle they had joined would be a short one.

But it was not as they fought and secured better conditions in recent years.

Book Highlights Era of Black Baseball

By Leonard E. Colvin

Major League Baseball is staging its 99th World Series – the Fall Sports Classic to determine which team will be the America’s Champions. During the League’s playoff games, contemporary fans of the sport have watched the likes of Barry Bonds and others play a game with a long and storied history. American’s historical

memory, however more than often, excludes the history of African-American ball players. Their talents helped to foster the game’s evolutions during the time of Jim Crow segregation and legalized second class citizenship. Barred from playing in the All-White major leagues, Blacks formed their own teams, conferences, rivalries, histories and heroes.

However, Negro League Baseball, as it is called, died under the weight of desegregation. As Blacks were hired to play for formerly All White major league teams, the Negro League died a slow death.

Older Black Americans know of the Golden Age of Black Baseball. It is the education of the younger generations of Black and white people, that motivated Darnell J. Howard to write “Sunday Coming: Black Baseball in Virginia,” published by McFarland and Company. The book, details the old Negro League and heroes, such as Satchel Paige, Cool Papa Bell and others who played for Black teams, such as the Atlanta Black Crackers, Chicago American Giants, the Daytona Marcos and the NY Black Giants.

Norfolk native Sam Allen, who was reared in the Lindenwood section, recalls seeing Norfolk teams compete, and very strongly against the best teams in the Negro League. Allen played for a number of local teams before leaving Norfolk in the late 1950s to join the Kansas City Monarchs in 1957; then the Raleigh Tigers in 1958; and then the Memphis Red Sox in 1959. Allen led the Negro League in runs scored in 1958. “I could not believe it. I was playing for a Negro League team,” said Allen. “Only a few men got a chance to play at that level. But I did and it was a great feeling I will cherish forever.”

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Nebraska’s Only Black Newspaper Is Developing A Black Journalism Center

By Stacy M. Brown Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia

NNPA NEWSWIRE

In North Omaha, the legacy of The Omaha Star lives on, steadfast through decades of change and challenge. Since 1938, Nebraska’s only Blackowned newspaper has been a voice for the community, and now, under the leadership of Terri Sanders, it’s poised to become a national cultural landmark.

“Paper’s been going 87 years. We have never missed a publication day. So, we can’t start with me,” Sanders said in a telephone conversation with NNPA Newswire. The mother of former vice-presidential advisor and MSNBC News journalist Symone D. Sanders-Townsend, Sanders said she remains committed to preserving Omaha’s beacon of Black journalism.

Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., NNPA President and CEO, emphasized, “The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) congratulates Terri Sanders and The Omaha Star for outstanding service and leadership of the Black Press of America. Now there will be a national museum dedicated to the Black Press because of Sanders’ leadership.”

The Omaha Star is a member of the NNPA, the trade association representing more than 200 AfricanAmerican-owned newspapers and media companies across the country. The NNPA is commonly known as the Black Press of America.

Since its inception, The Omaha Star has seen only five publishers, all Black women – a testament to the resilience and continuity that Sanders proudly upholds. She took the reins almost resistantly

but with a sense of duty in 2020, right as the pandemic disrupted daily life, presenting her with an immediate trial by fire. “Our ad dollars were hit hard,” Sanders recalled. She said the performing arts had been a core part of the Star’s advertising base, but theaters went dark during the pandemic. “But we kept publishing every two weeks, as we always had,” she declared.

Despite the challenges, Sanders wasted no time updating the paper’s approach. She amplified its digital presence and reinstated beloved features like Family of the Week, a fixture from founder Mildred Brown’s era. “Imagine a paper

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the Omaha Star is more than a newspaper – it’s a community anchor, a storyteller, and a testament to Black resilience.

that’s 85 years old; original subscribers weren’t around anymore. Young people didn’t know what the Omaha Star was,” Sanders explained. By photographing families on their porches and sharing their stories, she re-engaged the community, making the newspaper a familiar part of daily life again.

Her journey to leading the Star began long before she held the title of publisher. Sanders previously led the Red Plains Black History Museum, where she revived its operations after a twodecade closure. “The building was almost condemned, but we used to say, ‘the building is closed, but the museum is open,’” Sanders recalls. Her determination to preserve Black history eventually brought her to the Omaha Star, where she was asked to step in as interim publisher as a board member

of the Mildred D. Brown Memorial Study Center. What began as a temporary role quickly became a fulltime commitment as Sanders took charge during a pivotal moment for the paper.

In 2023, determined to ensure the Star’s future, Sanders established the Omaha Star Institute and purchased the newspaper outright. She focuses on transforming the paper’s historic headquarters into a world-class journalism museum serving as a national destination for Black history.

“I wrote a grant solely for the Omaha Star. They said, ‘Put your dreams on paper and dream big,’” she recalls, having secured $830,000 from the state to jumpstart renovations on the North Omaha building, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. see Omaha, page 7A

Medicare

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While the vice president did not specify the program’s total cost, her campaign noted that athome care is generally about $3,000 cheaper monthly than nursing home care.

The proposal also addresses the Medicaid “spend down” requirement, which can force families to exhaust personal assets

Men

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These testimonials ads hope to reach Black voters in states like Pennsylvania, Georgia, and Michigan.

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Specifically, Harris’s agenda promotes education, training, and mentorship programs to equip Black men with the skills needed to succeed in high-demand fields. Her plan emphasizes registered apprenticeships and credentialing programs, which would provide handson training for jobs in sectors like cybersecurity, renewable energy, and healthcare. She also seeks to eliminate unnecessary college degree requirements for 500,000 federal jobs, making these roles more accessible to Black men who may not have pursued higher education. Toincreasetherepresentation of Black male teachers – a crucial role model for young

before qualifying for Medicaid assistance. This aspect of the plan resonates with many in the sandwich generation, who often find themselves in difficult financial positions while trying to care for loved ones. Reflecting on her own experience caring for her late mother, Shyamala Gopalan Harris, who passed away in 2009, Harris spoke about the program’s importance for preserving independence and dignity. “It’s about dignity for that individual. It’s about independence for that individual,” she said.

Black students – Harris said she plans to invest in teacher training programs through the Department of Education. By collaborating with HBCUs and MSIs, the Democratic presidential nominee hopes to build a pipeline for Black male educators, addressing the severe underrepresentation in this profession, where only 1 percent of teachers are Black men. Research has shown that Black students benefit academically and socially when they have Black male teachers, yet structural barriers have prevented many from entering the field. Harris also supports the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program to attract and retain Black male teachers, ensuring they have a pathway to long-term careers in education. Other areas Harris has outlined are: Forgivable Loans and Wealth Creation; Financial Protections in the Digital Economy; Health Equity and Addressing Medical Debt; Criminal Justice Reform and Economic Opportunities in Legal Cannabis; and, Affordable Housing, Homeownership, and Financial Literacy.

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This article appeared in the December 20, 1930 issue of the Norfolk Journal and Guide documenting an illustrious achievement of the paper. We are proud that our history and that of other Black History stories have been preserved on microfilm and digital files available at many libraries or at Proquest.com

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THE MEDIA FAVORS TRUMP

By Wornie Reed, Ph.D.

Remarkably, the media keeps finding ways to favor Trump. Yes, they sane wash Trump’s inexplicable ramblings. And yes, they fail to note many of his outrageous lies.

But they have continued their pattern of going further. They cover the Trump campaign more than the Democrat opponent, just as they did in 2016 when it was Trump versus Hillary Clinton.

In the final weeks of the current presidential campaign, major newspapers are giving Trump’s federal criminal indictment for alleged crimes related to the January 6 insurrection only a fraction of the coverage they gave former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server in 2016.

Media Matters reviewed print coverage in five major newspapers – the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, USA Today, the Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post – for stories mentioning Trump’s indictment in the week following U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan’s October 2, 2024, unsealing of special counsel Jack Smith’s latest filing, which revealed damning new evidence of the former president’s alleged crimes. Media Matters researchers found that the papers ran 26 combined articles mentioning Trump’s indictment in the week after the unsealing of Smith’s filing. However, those same papers published 100 combined articles – nearly four times as many – that mentioned Clinton’s server in the week after then FBI Director James Comey’s notorious October 28, 2018,

Why does an insurrectionist and convicted felon get more favorable press treatment than the Vice President?

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This differential news coverage matters. Obsessive news coverage of the Clinton server issue in the final weeks of the 2016 presidential campaign helped Trump to victory. Comey eventually announced that no charges were warranted in the Clinton case. However, the damage had already been done. Post-election analysis of the polling data confirmed that Comey’s announcement and the subsequent deluge of news coverage swung the election in Trump’s favor. I reported on that data analysis here.

Once again, comparatively speaking, Trump is getting a pass.

On Tuesday, October 8, in the Columbia Journalism Review, Ian Bassin and Maximillian Potter outlined Trump’s longstanding attack on the U.S. media as “fake news,” an attack that is ongoing and obvious. They note that in his attacks on the media, Trump is following the pattern of authoritarians like Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who attacked media critics with audits, investigations, and harassment until he “drove independent media from the field.” They also note the observation of Timothy Snyder, a scholar of authoritarianism, that power is often freely given to an authoritarian in anticipation of punishment, what Snyder calls “anticipatory obedience.”

In Public Notice, Noah Berlatsky listed the many articles claiming that Harris is

avoiding the press, including most recently a social media post from Politico’s Playbook that read: “After avoiding the media for neigh [sic] on her whole campaign, Kamala Harris is…still largely avoiding the media.”

Berlatsky pointed out that Harris has taken questions from reporters as she campaigns. She has sat down with the National Association of Black Journalists, CNN, Spanish language radio station Uforia, and Action News in Pennsylvania, in addition to the presidential debate with ABC News. And she appeared on 60 Minutes.

With Trump refusing to participate in another presidential debate, Vice President Harris accepted CNN’s invitation to a live, televised town hall on October 23 in Pennsylvania.

In the announcement, HarrisWalz campaign chair Jen O’Malley Dillon noted that Trump has confined his recent appearances to conservative media.

Trump backed out of the 60 Minutes interview and has appeared only on the shows of loyalists. Yet, as Berlatsky points out, he is not receiving criticism similar to that of Harris. Indeed, observers note that Trump has tended to get far more favorable coverage than his mental slips, open embrace of Nazi racism, fantastical lies, and criminal indictments deserve.

Why does an insurrectionist and convicted felon get more favorable press treatment than the Vice President?

Federal Review of Tulsa Massacre Will Keep History Alive

By Marc H. Morial

To Be Equal

(TRICEEDNEYWIRE.COM)

“We acknowledge descendants of the survivors, and the victims continue to bear the trauma of this act of racial terrorism. We have no expectation that there are living perpetrators who could be criminally prosecuted by us or by the state. We honor the legacy of the Tulsa Race Massacre survivors, Emmett Till, the Act that bears his name, this country and the truth by conducting our own review and evaluation of the massacre. In the words of Ida B. Wells, one of this nation’s most staunch antilynching advocates, ‘The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.” – Assistant U.S. Attorney for Civil Rights Kristen Clarkes ◆◆◆

For nearly 100 years, few Americans knew the story of one of the most heinous acts of racial terrorism in our history. Pages were ripped from surviving copies of the local newspaper to erase it from the archives.

It was only in the last few years that Oklahoma public schools added the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre to the official curriculum.

Now, an official investigation the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Justice Department will shine the light of the federal government on the Massacre, bringing some measure of justice for the descendants of the victims.

The review is a longoverdue opportunity to

confront the legacy of racial terrorism, and of the enduring economic scars Black Americans bear to this day. As many as 300 people were slaughtered, with 800 or more seriously injured. About 10,000 people were left homeless as houses, church, school and business were burned to the ground.

One of the nation’s most affluent Black communities was wiped out, almost overnight, along with its wealth of about $200 million today’s dollars. No one ever was prosecuted, no restitution ever was made.

Certainly, the specter of shame hangs over this troubling chapter of history, but that’s not the most likely reason it was so long suppressed. Critical race theory suggests that America’s social and economic inequities are the result of deliberate policy choices, and that different policy choices could produce a more equitable society.

To recognize the Black wealth that was taken by force is to recognize that a massive debt is owed. White resentment of Black Tulsa’s wealth was the most likely

WHERE YOU GET YOUR NEWS FROM?

By Dr. Julianne Malveaux (TRICEEDNEYWIRE.COM)

I was sitting on a bench outside the Los Angeles Union Station, waiting for a friend to pick me up. I had taken a lovely and relaxing train ride from San Diego to Los Angeles and was basking in the afterglow of a few hours untethered to purpose, peoplewatching, ruminating, and enjoying the higher than usual heat.

I was all spread out on the bench, and startled when a seasoned sister asked if I minded moving my things so she could sit. So I moved them and she plopped down and began talking, even as I tried to read at my book. Her monologue commanded attention, though, so I put my book aside to listen.

Sis talked about all the deals she got in the garment district and proceeded to show them to me. A purse she got for eight dollars, a shawl, and a romper for her granddaughter. Then she said, I should not be shopping, but it’s better than drinking or drugging.

Okay. I look at her, now, fully. She is walnut brown with snow white hair. Just a few years older than me, I wonder if this is my future. Junk shopping and talking a mile a minute to a stranger. She says she paid too much

for the shawl she bought, and she really doesn’t need it. I can buy it from her at a discount, she says, half of what she paid for it. I declined the offer, and hoped the conversation would shut down but it did not. Sis got onto the subject of inflation and started talking about high prices. They are coming down, I say. Not enough, she says, and talks about the price of eggs, a sore point for everyone. In October 2014, egg prices averaged $1.95 a dozen. According to the St. Louis Fed, they peaked at $4.83 in January 2023. This August, they were $3.20 a dozen.

I have enough sense to know that this sister does not want to hear about supply chains or economic trends, so I just listen, hoping my friends will come soon.

I was mentally drifting from the conversation, when my

Where do you get your news from? How does it shape your views? How will it affect your vote? And how many of us have the fortitude to enter into challenging conversations to debunk Fox lies.

seatmate jolts me to attention. That’s why I’m voting for Trump, she says. He can handle “the inflation” better than she can. Really? I say. What makes you think that. Well, isn’t she a communist, sister says. Where did you hear that from. The news, she says. Don’t you watch the news? I laugh. I watch the news nearly 24/7 I tell her. What do you watch? she asks. Mostly CNN and MSNBC, I say. See, I watch Fox. Humph! I almost spit out my water. And Tucker Carlson says she is a communist. Do you fact check any of this, I ask. Not really. They say it all the time, it must be true. Why would they lie? see News, page 7A

Pages were ripped from surviving copies of the local newspaper to erase the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre from the archives.

catalyst for the massacre, not the probably fictitious assault of a 17-year-old white girl by a 19-year-old Black shoeshiner.

According to the Chicago Defender, “A rumor has been extant for some time to the effect that it was the desire of white industry or of private citizens to appropriate the lands which the Race had gained possession of. Since the area had become a segregated district to them, the value had increased and white speculators saw a chance for immense profits if they could only drive the inhabitants out.”

As a child of the Jim Crow south, I’m all too familiar with the suppression of the “hard history” of slavery, white supremacy, and racial injustice, and the mythology of the Lost Cause – the fictitious claim that the Civil War was not fought over slavery, but against the encroachment of Federal power.

The 1619 Project, the New York Times’ acclaimed examination of slavery’s role in shaping the American present, was met with hysterical backlash that fueled an insidious frenzy of censorship legislation. see Tulsa, page 7A

The Plastics Inside of You Right Now

By Ben Jealous (TRICEEDNEYWIRE.COM)

If you are reading this indoors, there is a good chance there are hundreds of invisible plastic particles floating around in the room you are in. There is also a good chance you may be breathing some of them in. And we are not just breathing in plastic pollution. We are eating it and drinking it. To add insult to injury, much of that plastic pollution came from items like plastic water bottles that consumers thought would be recycled. The world’s largest producer of plastic polymers for single-use plastics is ExxonMobil. Right now, Attorney General Rob Bonta of California of California, along with the Sierra Club and other environmental groups, is suing ExxonMobil for their years-long campaign of deception about the recyclability of plastic products.

In discussing the suit, Attorney General Bonta told a story of a 14-year old who “was just distraught over the fact that all of the plastic items that she carefully selected to make sure they have the chasing arrows on it and then make sure that after she used it, she placed it thoughtfully and diligently in the blue container for recycling – that 95 percent of the time, that item was not recycled.”

The world produces about

430 million tons of plastic each year. Much of that is single-use plastic that ends up in the environment. About 22 million pounds of plastic enter the Great Lakes alone each year, with half of it going into Lake Michigan. And the plasticcontaminated water from lakes, rivers, and streams ends up in our drinking water and our oceans. Globally, about 12 million tons of plastic enter our oceans each year. That is a garbage truck worth of plastic every minute. Plastics do not decompose. They just break down into smaller and smaller pieces of plastic, down to tiny particles called microplastics and nanoplastics. As a result, microplastics are everywhere and in everything. The plastic bags and bottles that find their way into landfills and waterways eventually become microplastics. Microplastics are also tiny enough to be airborne.

As our awareness of plastic contamination in every facet of our lives and part of our bodies grows, let us remember Big Oil produces petrochemicals behind plastics.

Dr. Sherri A. Mason is a leader in plastic pollution research who has called attention to freshwater contamination from microplastics. She has pointed out, “Because we find plastic pollution within fresh water throughout the planet, it’s not surprising that we find it in our tap water. In 2017 we examined 159 samples of tap water collected from 14 different countries. Eighty-eight percent of these samples showed evidence of microplastic contamination, with an average of 5.5 particles per liter. Almost all (98 percent) of these particles were microfibers, which suggests that air is the primary source of contamination.” see Plastics, page 7A

Marc H. Morial

Dr. Julianne Malveaux

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Ms. Lisa Godley of

WHRO will serve as the Mistress of Ceremony.

Many persons have made outstanding contributions to the continuing publication of the Journal and Guide tradition as we observe 124 years, notably, P.B.

Omaha

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Sanders’ plans for the museum are ambitious. She envisions a space that honors Black journalists, features historical exhibits, and preserves the personal quarters of founder Mildred Brown, which remain remarkably intact. Next door, Sanders is creating the Mildred Brown Strolling Park, which will include a “walk of fame” to honor Black Omaha legends, including media mogul Cathy Hughes and Father John Markoe, who was instrumental in Omaha’s integration efforts.

The park will also include a historical marker dedicated to the Omaha DePorres Club, a civil rights group that Father Markoe led in close partnership with the Omaha Star.

Bringing this project to

Tulsa

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The Department of Justice review of the Tulsa Massacre is being conducted under the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act, which allows the Justice Department to investigate fatal civil rights crimes that occurred on or before Dec. 31, 1979. Since the passage of the Act the Department

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Exhale. I write down a couple of things for her to check out. I tell her they are lying. I ask if she voted for Kamala before, since she has been on a statewide ballot thrice before, both as Attorney General twice, and United States Senator. My seatmate says, yes, I voted for her, but I did not know she was a communist. But she isn’t, I exclaim, perhaps a bit loudly. Well, if you are going

Plastics

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Plastics get into our waterways in a variety of ways – “microbeads” in shampoos and laundry detergents, small pellets used in pre-production manufacturing known as “nurdles,” and more ways. Nurdles are a major source of the microplastic contamination in the Great Lakes because many manufacturing facilities in the region use them. All that plastic then enters the food chain. One way is that it breaks down into tiny plastic grains that are mistaken as algae and microplankton by fish.

Over the past four years studies have found microplastics in human placentas, breast milk, and liver. More recent research over the past year has now

Young, Sr. (the founding publisher, who, over a 50year tenure, fostered the growth of a newsletter into one of the nation’s premier Black weeklies and for whom a Norfolk public housing community is named); his sons, P.B. Young, Jr., Thomas Young and Bernard Young ; photographer Southall Bass; photojournalists John Q. Jordan and John Hinton; Chief Reporter Emeritus Leonard E. Colvin; and Owner/

life is a pair of pioneering contractors: Blair-Freeman, the only two Black women contractors in Nebraska, who specialize in historic buildings. Working with Architectural Offices, they’re preserving the building’s historic character while transforming it into a space that will educate and inspire future generations.

“It’s symbolic that we’re the only Black women-led publication in Nebraska, and now we’re working with the state’s only two Black women contractors. It’s come full circle,” Sanders said with pride.

As she steers this massive $3 million project, Sanders also reflects on the strength of the Black women who led the Omaha Star before her. “All of the publishers have been Black females. I’m the fifth,” she shared, emphasizing that this legacy of Black female leadership has always been central to the paper’s mission.

She’s determined to keep

has opened at least 138 investigations and closed 122 of them.

Emmett Till’s murder, and his mother’s decision to allow the world to see his brutalized corpse, galvanized the Civil Rights Movement. Time magazine named it one of the 100 influential images of all time, writing, “For almost a century, AfricanAmericans were lynched with regularity and impunity. Now, thanks to a mother’s determination to expose the barbarousness of the crime, the public could no longer pretend to

to get mad, I am going to go sit someplace else. Stay, I say. My friends will be here soon. And I really want to understand why Fox is your primary source of news. We chat a bit more, but she is not budging. Fox tells her the Vice President is a Communist and she believes it. And talking to me isn’t going to change her mind.

This reminds me of the obtuse Kellyann Conway, the former Trump aide who said “we have our own facts” when caught in a lie. Or JD Vance who says he will make up stories about immigrants eating

found them in people’s lungs, testicles and brains.

The studies that found microplastics present in testicles found them in every single sample analyzed. Scientists think it could be linked to downward trends in sperm counts and fertility.

The microplastics found in human brains were found in the olfactory bulb, suggesting they could be getting inhaled through the nose. Phoebe Stapleton, a professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology at Rutgers University, told CNN, “I really do think that plastics are going to be in every place in the body that we look. This is just more evidence.”

We know plastic contamination is toxic. Plastic is made from petrochemicals that, in addition to reproductive health issues, can cause cancer, endocrine disruption, neurological

Publisher Dr. Milton A. Reid, whom I succeeded in 1991 as Owner, Publisher and CEO. The New Journal and Guide publishes each Thursday and has a readership that extends throughout the United States and abroad. We report news and information at the local, state, national and international levels that affect the AfricanAmerican community. Our main distribution area is Hampton Roads.

that tradition alive, working with young people to pass on the art and craft of journalism through training programs at the Omaha Star Institute.

For Sanders, the Omaha Star is more than a newspaper – it’s a community anchor, a storyteller, and a testament to Black resilience.

“Everybody says, ‘newspapers are dead.’ Not true, they are not. But you have to understand the value of a newspaper,” she said, pushing back against modern cynicism. With the museum expected to open in 2025, Sanders sees a bright future for the Star and a legacy that will resonate far beyond Omaha. “This will be a national treasure, not just for Omaha,” Sanders exclaimed. “We plan to use our office space to teach journalism to a younger generation. We will not be silent; we will tell our stories. That’s the power of the Omaha Star.”

ignore what they couldn’t see.”

The public no longer can pretend to ignore the Tulsa Massacre. Assistant U.S. Attorney for Civil Rights Kristen Clarke said there is “no expectation that there are living perpetrators who could be criminally prosecuted by us or by the state,” but an official report on the investigation will “reflect the Justice Department’s exhaustive efforts to seek justice, at bare minimum, [and] prevent these victims and the tragic ordeals they endured from being lost to history.”

pets if it brings attention to the immigration crisis. Where do you get your news from? How does it shape your views? How will it affect your vote? And how many of us have the fortitude to enter into challenging conversations to debunk Fox lies. We have just a few weeks to get the facts out there. My train station conversation reminded me of the gulf that separates so many of us. Two Black women of a certain age, with a very different lens on truth.

Dr. Julianne Malveaux is a DC based economist and author.

disorders, immune disorders, and more.

As our awareness of plastic contamination in every facet of our lives and part of our bodies grows, let us remember Big Oil produces petrochemicals behind plastics. So add that to the list of ways –in addition to pollution, climate change, and the megastorms the climate crisis produces – the fossil fuel industry is taking a disastrous toll on our health.

The lawsuit to hold ExxonMobil accountable is a good start in addressing the problem, but we also need to address the microplastic contamination that is already so prevalent. And we need to change and reduce our use of plastics. Ben Jealous is the Executive Director of the Sierra Club and a Professor of Practice at the University of Pennsylvania.

RIBBON CUTTING HELD FOR NEW SICKLE CELL CLINIC

By Dianne Creekmore Special to the New Journal and Guide

HAMPTON ROADS

On Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024 at 6

p.m., the long awaited and overdue

Sentara-EVMS Comprehensive Sickle Cell Program came to fruition.

Like giving birth, finally, we got to see the results of our community activism efforts to bring about support and justice for our sickle cell patients in the Hampton Roads area.

The room was filled to capacity with everyone from Sickle Cell Warriors, CEO’s, Congressmen, Virginia General Assembly Delegates, Freedom Virginia, CHKD, The American Red Cross, Sickle Cell Community Based Organizations, Doctors, Nurses, Social Workers, Sickle Cell Advisory Board Members, Family and Friends. All came out to celebrate the grand opening of our new Comprehensive Sickle Cell Clinic.

The new clinic offers a range of services to support the health and well-being of sickle cell patients, including comprehensive care and in-house psychiatry services.

The clinic aims to provide accessible and specialized care to improve the quality of life for those living with sickle cell disease.

Patients can now schedule appointments during the following times: Monday: Afternoon; Tuesday: Morning; Wednesday: Afternoon; Thursday: Morning (with Pain Medicine and Rehabilitation); and, Friday: Morning and Afternoon.

Dianne Creekmore is Chair of the Sickle Cell Family & Peer Advocates of Tidewater, a community organization dedicated to enhancing, enriching, and enlightening the lives of individuals and families affected by sickle cell disease.

For more information about the new clinic and to schedule an appointment, please visit [www. evmsMedicalGroup.com](http:// www.evmsmedicalgroup.com) or contact clinic at (757) 447-8980

Ribbon-cutting makes new Sickle Cell Clinic officially open!

Photo: ErnestLowery

VOTER ALERTS

Important Dates For The November 5 Election Cycle:

• Sept. 20-Nov. 2 – Early voting at all general registrar’s offices. Dates and times vary by jurisdiction.

• Oct. 16 – Same-day registration begins. Anyone registering and voting at the same time will have to cast a provisional ballot.

• Oct. 25 – Last day to request an absentee ballot by mail or online

• Nov. 2 – Last day of early voting

• Nov. 5 – ELECTION DAY

REGISTER TO VOTE

$9M GRANT WILL ALIGN

3 SCHOOL DISTRICTS, 2 COLLEGES WILL ADDRESS REGION’S TEACHER SHORTAGES

ISLE OF WIGHT, VA

The Tidewater Consortium, consisting of Isle of Wight County Schools, Portsmouth Public Schools, and Suffolk Public Schools in collaboration with Norfolk State University and University of Maryland, has been awarded approximately $9 million through the Teacher Quality Partnership (TQP) grant from the U.S. Department of Education. This significant funding will directly address the region’s ongoing teacher shortage and empower staff members to become future educational leaders.

Dr. Theo Cramer, Superintendent of Isle of

The TQP grant is designed to improve teacher preparation, strengthen recruitment efforts, and retain skilled educators.

Wight County Schools and the Grant Principal, highlighted the transformative potential of the grant, stating, “This funding provides critical financial support as we work to ensure that our schools are staffed with well-qualified teachers. These resources will enable us to launch innovative initiatives that not only alleviate the teacher shortage but also cultivate leadership within our educational staff

– initiatives that wouldn’t be possible without this grant.”

The TQP grant is designed to improve teacher preparation, strengthen recruitment efforts, and retain skilled educators, with a special focus on underserved communities. By partnering with Norfolk State University, the consortium will secure teacher certification and administrative certification aimed at developing effective

teachers and fostering leadership skills among current staff, ensuring the next generation of educators is prepared to lead and inspire.

In addition to addressing the immediate shortage of teachers, this grant will support initiatives that promote professional growth and leadership development, equipping educators with the knowledge and skills to take on key roles in shaping the future of education in the region. This holistic approach is intended to create a sustainable pipeline of talent that serves students and communities in the long term.

Political Lawsuits Won’t Silence My Fight

By Don Carey Special to

the New Journal and Guide

Over the past several months, I’ve found myself at the center of a political firestorm, facing lawsuits and attacks aimed at silencing my voice as I run for mayor of Chesapeake. These lawsuits, filed by political operatives, are more than just personal attacks on my candidacy –they are part of a larger effort to stop the work I’ve been doing to address the issues that matter most to Chesapeake’s families: flooding, crime, education, and affordable housing.

These kitchen table issues – things like making sure our children can safely walk to school, ensuring neighborhoods aren’t left to deteriorate, and finding solutions to our city’s flooding crisis – are the real challenges facing our community. And that’s why my opponents are fighting so hard to get me off the ballot.

The

first lawsuit came from a majority of my own City Council colleagues, who voted to challenge my candidacy in court. The issue?

An outdated provision in the city charter requires a council member running for mayor to resign by June 30. But here’s the kicker: this provision was written when elections were held in May and hasn’t been

updated since we switched to November elections. My council term ends on December 31. Yet, instead of working together to update this provision, they decided to weaponize it to kick me off of council.

Another lawsuit followed from Nelson Velez, chairman of the Virginia Tea Party. His argument was the same –because I didn’t resign by June 30, I shouldn’t be allowed to run. But let’s be real here: this wasn’t about following the rules. Because anyone could see that the intent of the law was on my side. It was about getting rid of me because I represent a threat to the power structures that have been in place in Chesapeake for too long . What’s most troubling is that while these operatives use hard-earned tax dollars to attack me and prop up Mayor West, they continue

Working Families

to overlook the real issues facing our city. For months, I’ve been advocating for solutions to the flooding that plagues neighborhoods. I’ve been standing up for residents who want safe communities, free from crime and drugs. And I’ve been working for solutions to the lack of affordable housing in the city. These are the issues that matter to Chesapeake families.

Rather than debating the real issues facing Chesapeake, my opponents have chosen to weaponize the court system in an attempt to silence me. What’s even more disheartening is that during a time when our city needs strong, mature leadership, Mayor West is once again absent, failing to stand up and be the leader Chesapeake deserves.

The truth is, Chesapeake’s political establishment are afraid of what I represent. I stand with the forgotten families – the ones stuck in traffic, struggling with crime in their neighborhoods, and watching their communities flood. They know that if I’m elected mayor, I will fight for them, and that terrifies and the establishment.

Thankfully, the court saw through these politically motivated lawsuits and dismissed both cases. I can now continue my campaign and bring attention to the issues that matter. But this

New CEO Appointed At Hampton Roads Community Health Center

PORTSMOUTH

Hampton Roads Community Health Center recently announce the appointment of Michel Bilé as its new chief executive officer. After a careful and thoughtful selection process, the Board of Directors named Bilé to replace longtime CEO Barbara L. Willis, who retired in February. Bilé brings more than 15 years experience in healthcare leadership, most recently serving as Interim CEO of Hampton Roads Community Health Center. Prior to the appointment, Bilé was HRCHC’s chief financial officer for ten years. Bilé has a 20-year plus track record in financial management, strategic planning, organizational leadership and building key partnerships.

“We are excited about the wealth of knowledge and energy he will bring to our health center,” says Board Chairperson Mary Gore. “We are confident Michel Bilé will provide the vision, leadership and dedication needed to guide our health center towards continued success and growth. We also look forward to the innovative strategies he will bring and we are confident that through his leadership, we will continue to make a meaningful impact on the health and well-being of the communities we serve.”

Bilé is a Certified Public Accountant who holds an MBA and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Old Dominion University. He was recognized as Best CFO for a Large Nonprofit

Organization by Virginia Business Awards in 2018. Hampton Roads Community Health Center provides primary healthcare, pediatrics, obstetrics-gynecology, internal medicine, integrated behavioral health and comprehensive dental care. As a federally qualified outpatient primary care practice, HRCHC serves the Hampton Roads community, including the insured, Medicaid and Medicare- eligible, the uninsured, underinsured and the homeless.

In 2023, HRCHC served 13,439 unique patients with 34,492 patient visits. Headquartered in the Barbara L. Willis Wellness Center in Portsmouth, HRCHC has four additional locations throughout Norfolk.

Hello and welcome to The Bridge Corner. Delaying Drawing Trumps

Fit in a major suit, only in Diamonds. Responder would rebid 3NT.

3) The contract is 3 NT and West is the declarer.

4) North makes the opening lead with the Q Spade.

5) Declarer needs nine tricks but only has seven sure tricks. Declarer can hope to develop an extra Club trick either by playing the Ace and Queen so that the Jack is good or by trying the finesse – leading toward the Club A Q J combination and hoping that South has the Club K.

6) The Diamond suit should provide four tricks as long as the Diamonds divide relatively evenly.

7) Declarer should make his 3 NT contract.

fight isn’t over. The political machine is still working against me, and they’re counting on the people of Chesapeake to remain silent. But I believe the people will not be silenced.

I won’t back down. I will continue to fight for the people of Chesapeake, for the families who deserve better, and for the future of our city. And on November 5, we have the chance to elect a mayor who will work for the people, not the political establishment. Together, we can bring real solutions to the issues that affect all of us.

ABOUT DON CAREY

Don Carey is a dedicated public servant, a current member of the Chesapeake City Council, and a passionate advocate for transparency, integrity, and progress in local government. He is running for Mayor of Chesapeake to ensure that every citizen has a voice and that the city thrives under strong, principled leadership. You can learn more about his campaign at www.votedoncarey.com.

October Is Domestic Violence Awareness Month

Grove Church Program To Raise Awareness

PORTSMOUTH

In recognition of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Grove Church will present its 3rd Annual “A Fashion Show with A Purpose” from 3-5 p.m. on Saturday, October 19, 2024. Presented by the Church’s We Are Our Sisters’ Keeper (WAOSK) Women’s Ministry, the event will feature a dazzling fashion show, an engaging “Domestic Violence: Facts and Fiction” panel discussion, and educational resources provided by the YWCASHR. Tickets are available for $10 and event proceeds will support survivors of domestic violence.

The fashion show will feature female and male volunteer models from Grove’s congregation and the surrounding community.

The panel discussion, moderated by Grove’s Leading Lady Retired Navy Captain Shelley Kay-Marriner, will feature Norfolk Assistant Chief of Police Michele Naughton, YWCA-SHR Executive Director Michelle EllisYoung, AMEND Program Facilitator Aurthor C. Williams, and Sentencing Options, LLC CEO & President Dr. Vanessa C. Jenkins. WAOSK was established in 2019 under the leadership of Grove’s Leading Lady Captain Shelley KayMarriner, USN, Ret., to inspire women to cultivate a deeper relationship with Christ and to develop a circle of sisterhood. The ministry presents events regularly that empower women to thrive holistically.

For All Of Our Silent Sisters

Delores Dudley

BY DELORES DUDLEY HAMPTON ROADS ʼ POET,

She was an innocent girl who adored her loved ones and every friend, and she loved her little dog that loved to play Catch at any time without end,

So she would take the time to run and romp with him daily you see until the daylight grew dim and the two of them came on home to their wonderful family,

And there was mom and dad and granny and her younger brother too, and LOVE that was so genuine and warm and so most definitely true,

And all of her life she had known only this, a lifestyle of peace and of grace, So she was not able to recognize this, new man and the EVIL that she was going to face,

For most are men who are very insecure, and they need to feel that they must always control all others but especially you, for in their eyes, you are in some way a statued prize, a trophy girlfriend or wife needed to complete their public image which must say, ”I am the most successful man among our crew,

So, all you have to do is to cook and clean and show me love when I want and otherwise stay out of my sight, for you are just my lovely puppet and romantic roommate on a certain night. You see most abusers, because they are mentally ill, they are like two, different men, and one of them at times will see you as a friend while the other will silence your voice and never let you have a choice about anything because he will become the sole master of you, and you will speak only when he allows or tells you to.

The abuser will first treat you like a very special and lovely queen, but in time once you ʼ ve been with him for a while, the dream will turn into a nightmarish scene.

1) West opens the bidding with 1 Diamond. West is the describer and East is the responder and the captain.

2) East, the responder bids 1 Heart. Opener’s hand is in the maximum range and is balanced. Opener rebids 2NT. Responder’s hand is minimum. The partnership doesn’t have a Golden

Tidewater Bridge Club’s winning players in the October 9, 2024 game:

Larry Caplin – Lawrence Owes - Rose Ward

Elizabeth Lyons – Lillye Holley - Wilma Horne

Aldis Raymond – Leon Ragland - Sandra Starkey

Gillis Watson - Gene Payne – Wanda Miller

TIDEWATER

BRIDGE CLUB: Richard A. Tucker Memorial Library 2350 Berkley Ave., Extension –Norfolk, VA 23523.

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Hidden as if he was a fellow wearing a medal of gold for a meritorious act of a hero that she would want to know, and he, at first, did do all that was right.

My, my how he put on a show for her to believe, but that is what every abuser will do, but soon he will cause you to heavily grieve.

So beware for if it feels that he is just too good to be true, RED FLAG! For he is setting you up for a NIGHTMARE that TRULY will DESTROY YOU!

Do not fall for the flowers, the candy and dinner in fancy places nor the tickets to shows that you most wanted to see, and do not fall for the expensive jewelry that of pure gold to make your family and friends say “Well off, he must be.”

For many abusers from the surface have the money, the houses and the cars, but as soon as they trap you, you soon will have both internal and external scars,

There will be lies told and very often verbal abuse and horrible beatings, and there will be a fuss after fuss after fuss, and you will begin to question:

“Whatever happened to us?”

Well the answer is that you were and remained “you” while he turned into a very, angry and unstable person that is unable to be honest or true,

And on his own, he is a threat, a modern day Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, so you must save yourself by getting away. You must not let that monster walk by your side.

Usually with faith and GODʼS LOVING GRACE and family and friends and therapists, some safe plan can be made to keep you safe and may help him to find a way to get rid of his, personal evil within, for if he does not confront it, and become whole, he may one day kill your body and no matter what ever happens, remaining with him will most definitely destroy your soul.

PLEASE NEVER STAY.

PLEASE WHEN IT IS SAFE, PLEASE GET AWAY!

Don Carey

Souls To The Polls

CHESAPEAKE

The Chesapeake NAACP, the Chesapeake Coalition of Black Pastors and the Chesapeake Ministers Coalition coordinated efforts to transport voters to the polls on October 6 for the only Sunday early voting day in the city.A steady stream of Chesapeake residents showed up at the Registrar’s Office to cast their votes early. In photo are Chloe Jones (NAACP) and Bishop Kevin White. Photo: Courtesy

Dispose

Hazardous

Waste & More At Norfolk’s Waste Collection Event

NORFOLK

Norfolk residents can dispose of hazardous waste, electronics and plastics and more on Oct. 26 during Norfolk Beautiful’s Special Waste Collection Event from 9 a.m. to noon at Azalea Baptist Church (3314 E. Little Creek Rd.). This drive-through and drop-off event offers Norfolk residents the opportunity to properly dispose plastics, electronics/e-waste and household hazardous waste (HHW) such as paint, batteries, pesticides, cooking and automotive oils, propane tanks and more, free of charge.

Proof of residency may be required.

Also, residents can bring personal documents for secure, on-site shredding. Plus, Friends of Norfolk’s Environment will be giving away trees to residents with proof of address while supplies last. This event is hosted by Azalea Baptist Church with partners from SPSA Norfolk, Goodwill Hampton Roads, ShredIt, City of Norfolk Waste Management for providing services and volunteers on site from Keep Norfolk Beautiful and Camellia Shores Civic League. For more information, visit www.norfolk.gov/knb.

HARGROVE IS APPOINTED INTERIM CEO OF STOP, INC.

Special to the New Journal and Guide

Perry Hargrove, the current chairman of the organization’s Board of Directors, was named as the interim CEO of STOP, Inc., as of September 24. He was named the Interim CEO by his fellow board members due to Regina P. Lawrence’s retirement on September 30. She served the organization for 50 years, 14 of them as CEO.

A member of the Board since 2007, he has also served as its secretary for 12 years and as Board Chairman the past three.

“I am truly grateful to the STOP Board for recognizing that the staff needed someone

who already knows who they are, what they do…someone who truly understands our current challenges and is prepared to work with the Board and applicable staff to meet those challenges,” Lawrence wrote in an E-mail to the staff and the Media announcing the appointment.

“Interim CEO Hargrove has a ‘unique’ perspective from both the Board Chairman and CEO vantage points, after working directly with me as CEO for the past fourteen (14) years,” she continued in the E-mail.

Hargrove, a native of Norfolk, had a long career in the military, serving in the U.S. Army from 1978 to 2003.

Born in the Berkley section of Norfolk, Hargrove

graduated from Lake Taylor High School in 1974 and later West Point West Military Academy in 1978.

Hargrove said he was recruited to the Board of STOP, Inc., by the late George Banks, who was a leader on the Board in 2007.

He has a 30-year military career in Military Intelligence, serving in a wide variety of challenging command and staff positions in the U.S. and overseas.

He is a community activist in Southside Norfolk, serving on the Beacon Light Civic League from 2005-2015.

Hargrove, 70, said he would not apply for the CEO position of STOP Inc. Instead, he will spearhead a search for a new STOP, Inc. CEO in

cooperation with the Board. He said that he would lead the Agency until a new CEO is selected and then help during the transition period. Stop, Inc., which opened its doors in 1965, is one of Virginia’s oldest Community Action Agencies. It was given birth during the 1960s “Great Society” administration of President Lyndon B. Johnson. It was designed to help provide educational, fiscal, and other support services to help the disadvantaged become selfsufficient.

“I am very optimistic about the future of STOP, Inc now,” said Hargrove. We must look forward to the future and STOP, Inc.’s continued work.”

NEW MACEDONIA UCC WILL HOST PROGRAM FOR FRANKLINTON CENTER

NORFOLK

The New Macedonia Christian United Church of Christ will host a Musical Tribute and Fundraiser for the Franklinton Center at Bricks on November 17. The morning worship service will take place at 11 a.m., with the sermon by Rev. Traci Blackmon.

The Musical Tribute is from 3-4:30 p.m. at the church. To commemorate this special event, a booklet is being created to showcase the impact Franklinton Center has made throughout its history and the roles Mother Yvonne V. Delk and Rev. Dr. Henry Simmons have played as active board members. The Franklinton, located in Whitakers, N.C., is a conference center where local, regional, national and international justice advocates, leaders and truth seekers continue to learn and do the work needed to transform lives.

When Future Generations Ask, “Ladies, What Did You Do In 2024 To Prevent 45?”

By Sean C. Bowers

Will your answer be one of honesty, integrity, and established honorable American values? Or will it be a self-serving one only out for the best deal, interest rates, gas prices, tax-breaks, in a regulation limited, reduced, or free format, “the-people-bedamned, all-ahead-full profits at warp speed,” mentality?

Most importantly, did you protect or reject democracy, based on proven truths, and vetted information or verifiable facts in the face of clear issues distortion contortion? The day of un-(W) reckoning comes with a clear MAN-DATE on NOVERMBER 5th.. Once in a lifetime we have an opportunity to be a part of positive transformative change. We can begin to confront and reject the pay-for play trans-ACTional-ism of 45, the Religious Right and the Republicans’ LIEBASED perspectives of FOX NEWS, OAN, and the NOTAS-BRIGHT-BARTS, as they thought they were.

The vote is a sacred PRIVATE RIGHT. When every woman steps into the booth, sends that early mail-IN VOTE envelope, only you will know what you actually did, how you stood your ground for the rights of all our female relatives down the generationalriver-stream from you?

Don’t be “that woman,” who kow-tows to her sexist, misotheistic husband’s or boyfriend’s commands. Don’t be “that chick,” who turns tail, and turns off the future faucets of opportunity and especially the SAME rights you grew up taking advantage OF or taking FOR GRANTED. Simply put, ALL your daughters’ and granddaughters’ Rights should always be equal to or greater than, or the same as yours, and every man’s, in perpetuity.

You can vote your mind, body, and choice, ensuring that your female relatives never have to go through this hot mess again. The true power is in your hands again.

All those sexist relatives, bosses, and acquaintances, will never HAVE to know that you voted your conscience and your conscientiousness, your right to determine what is best for you, and your own body. FULL STOP! At the heart of all this is the most basic FREEDOM PRINCIPLE,” to do what YOU want, aspire to, or desire. Men have been okey-doe-keying you, brow-

beating you, physically beating you, controlling you, using you, lying to you (supposedly for your own protection,) helping themselves to you, and your vast womanly resources – all while your feet swell, you carry and raise their children, you are paid less, respected less, abused more, and are taken for granted by those SAME men whenever they try to tell you what to do, or how to live YOUR LIFE. They will always be those preaching “their” way. Will your WILL be strong enough to rise up enough and forever through off the YOKE of centuries? Women, you are NOT cattle, and you never have been.

You hold in your hands the voting equivalency of a “getout-of-(MAN)-jail-free” card for ALL WOMEN, a once-ina-lifetime generational event of cosmic landscape leveling, that can be the first step to true, equity of equality, prosperity, and global peace.

The beauty is that, all the sexist, masochistic, shapeshiftermale-grifters will then be out in the open with nowhere to hide, FULLY (S)exposed for the male mental midgets (sorry, little people) and for what their “total control” philosophy represents and is. Dooming woman to always remain second-rung, afterthoughts has never been GOOD men looking out for and protecting women. Know your worth, and exorcise it! Vote freedom, and free yourselves from the very same entanglements men try to keep as advantages over you. Your own bodies are NON-NEGOTIABLE! Justice is choice, rights, and free speech for womankind. That has been the real issue at the forefront of the equality conversation, and movement since the beginning. In short, ladies, men will double down on restricting, redistricting, even more rights to be taken away from you, should you not seize the second and perhaps final opportunity for real meaningful female leadership at the top. You

In short, ladies, men will double down on restricting, redistricting, even more rights to be taken away from you, should you not seize the second and perhaps final opportunity for real meaningful female leadership at the top.

are more than prom queen at the sock hop.

If you want men to continue all ahead full to disrespect you, devalue you, reduce you, shortchange you, cheat you, NO SO ART-ifically limit you, restrict you, control and profit off you, a vote for 45, will reaffirm your SERVITUDE, permanently. If, however, you want out of the old-Boy network, the me too-ed net-worthlessness you are currently being held back in the Supreme Courted-emptiness, tethered to like dogs a VOTE for VP HARRIS, a compassionate and effective leader. You can safely swim to equality, off of “Only-White-Men-Matterisland,” for good. It is a long way home outside afterwards. Inside, only you will ever know how you voted, to be counted, to save yourselves, and all of mankind, from themselves. Power up ladies, or be prepared to continue laying down forever looking up, AT WHAT YOU COULD, WOULD, AND SHOULD, HAVE BEEN.

The power is in your hands and your mind. Are you woman enough to do it? Or is what they are telling you, good enough for you? WAG the tail and head of your men-dogs by being the neck, that MAKES all wags possible. Vote HARRIS and then smile demurely, knowingly. HOW THEY GONNA EVER KNOW? Your vote, your call! Answer the call. This is LAST CALL!

Sean C. Bowers has written for The New Journal and Guide, CHAMPIONING overcoming racism, sexism, classism, and religious persecution. More of his work can found by searching “Sean C. Bowers” on the NJ&G website, on social media at Linkedin.com or by email V1ZUAL1ZE@aol. com NNPA 2019 Publisher of the Year, Brenda H. Andrews (NJ&G 38 years) has always been his publisher.

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By Rev. Dr. Archie L. Edwards, Sr.

SUBMISSION IN CHRIST MOMENTS of MEDITATION

Ephesians 5:21-33

Christians have differing views as to what the Bible teaches about male-female relationships. The verses from Ephesians in this study bring us to one of the most sensitive – and sometimes controversial –areas of Christian behavior: the relationship between husbands and wives. This is particularly true in view of the rise of feminism in recent decades.

In the United States, there is an on-going struggle to bring about equality of treatment for all people, regardless of sex, race, religion or ethnic origin. The first 10 amendments to the Constitution, which we refer to as the Bill of Rights, were adopted in 1791 because of dissatisfaction with the scope of the guarantees against the abuse of governmental authority found in the body of the Constitution. Through the years since

then, additional rights have been included in later amendments, particularly following the civil war. Currently, efforts are being made by some individuals and groups in the United States to bring about the adoption of an equal rights amendment guaranteeing the rights of women. This has elicited considerable, sometimes heated, discussion among Christians who have differing views as to what the Bible teaches about malefemale relationships. The verses from Ephesians in today’s study are sometimes cited in this connection, even though they do not deal with relationships between men and women in general, but specifically with relationships between Christian husbands and wives. Our purpose in this study is not to espouse any partisan view on the broad political and social questions that are currently being debated. Rather, we shall

try to examine this passage carefully in its context, to understand what it says about the relationships between believing husbands and wives. The beginning point is a recognition that submission to Christ is the basis for all other relationships.

SUBMISSION WITHIN THE FAMILY OF GOD. It is important to recognize that the submission that Paul refers to (5:21) is an outcome of the work of the Holy Spirit in the heart of a believer. Two things should be noted in this verse. First, the meaning of ‘submit.” The word was originally a military term describing the way in which a soldier accepted a position or rank under another soldier. Believers need to realize that submission is required within the family of God if we are successfully to carry out our battle against the devil and his schemes (6:1117). Second, such submission is motivated by a reverence for Christ. By submitting to the will of the Father, Jesus set the example for us (John 15:10). He expects His followers, first of all to submit to Him, and then to reflect that spirit of submission in their dealings with one another – and specifically, in the relationship between believing husbands and wives.

SUBMISSION WITH THE FAMILY OF MAN. Ephesians 5:22-24 instructs a Christian wife to place

herself under her husband’s leadership just as she has placed herself under that of the Lord. This presupposes an attitude on the husband’s part similar to that of Christ toward His church. Given that kind of spirit a believing wife should not find it difficult to accept her husband’s leadership “in everything” (v. 24).

The man is the “head” of the woman in the same way that Christ is the “head of the man and that God the Father is the “head” of Christ (1 Corinthians 11:3). Some claim that to be the “head” is to be superior. But scripture does not teach that a husband is superior to his wife any more than it teaches that God the Father is superior to Christ. What is involved here is the matter of order. In any society, human or divine, there must be order if there is not to be chaos. This is what we know of the God head – Father, Son and the Holy Spirit. The three are one, the three are equal and yet there is order among them. This orderly character of God is to be reproduced in the church (1 Corinthians 14:40) and in the way in which Christian husbands and wives relate to one another.

To live in orderly fashion in the marriage relationship means that, given mutual submission (Ephesians 5:22) and husbandly love (vv. 2533), a Christian wife is to

accept and honor the authority of her Christian husband, just as the church is to accept and honor the authority of Christ. This does not mean that husbands and wives should not discuss the issues that arise or that the husband’s view should automatically prevail. But when, after free and open give-and-take, consensus has not been reached, the ‘head” should assume the decisionmaking responsibility –along with responsibility for the consequences of those decisions.

SUBMISSION BALANCED BY SELFGIVING LOVE. Turning now to the Christian husband, Paul has a word for him that balances the word he had for the wife. The husband’s obligation to love his wife is just as binding as the wife’s obligation to submit to her husband. The love to which Paul refers throughout verses 25-33, is the same self-giving agape love with which Christ loved and gave Himself for the church (v. 25). Paul proceeds to recount what Christ has done for the church. He gave Himself up for her in His atoning death in order that He might make her holy (v. 26). The ultimate destiny of the church is that she will be united to Christ ‘as a radiant church” (v. 27), totally devoid of anything that would mar her holiness. Christ’s love is so great that He gave up His own life in order to bring about this

result. This is exactly the way in which husbands ought to love their wives (v. 28). Here Paul returns to the body/ head analogy. By nature we love our bodies and care for them by nourishing and protecting them (vv. 29b-30). And this is how husbands should love and care for their wives. The marriage relationship takes precedence, in God’s plan, over every other human tie, even that of parent and child (v. 31). Paul records his recognition that there is much about human marriage that in the past had escaped human understanding (v. 32). But now, with the coming of Christ and the calling out of the church, we have been given a greater insight into this mystery.

To conclude this topic, Paul reiterates what he had earlier written to both marriage partners, this time giving first mention to the husband’s responsibility to “love his wife as ... himself” and telling the wife to “respect” her husband (v. 33). All this places on Christian couples both a great responsibility and a great privilege. In their marriages they are to reflect the divinely established relationship of sacrificial love and willing submission that exists between Christ and the church. Such a relationship is not easily achieved, but it should be every believing husband’s and wife’s goal.

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“JOHN LEWIS: A LIFE”

You give, and you give, and you give. No problem. If you can be of service to your community, then that’s what you’ll do. You’ll volunteer where you’re needed. You’ll offer up your time to organize events and gather other helpers. You’ve dedicated your life to public service because, as in the new biography, “John Lewis: A Life” by David Greenberg, you’ve got it to give.

Born into a large but poor family in 1940, John Lewis grew up dodging chores in his father’s fields, in favor of time spent reading anything he could get his hands on. Lewis’s extended family – numbering in the hundreds – never minded much. They knew young John as someone who had big plans for getting off the farm and making something of himself.

Though he was already a victim of Jim Crow laws, and racism kept him from the books and education he craved, Greenberg says that “John’s teenage years coincided with the emerging civil rights movement ...” and that became Lewis’s focus. He avidly follow the radio broadcasts of Martin Luther King, Jr., who

“John Lewis: A Life” by David Greenberg © 2024, Simon & Schuster $35, 704 pages

became a beacon for him.

When it was time to choose a college, Lewis attended the American Baptist Theological Seminary in Nashville, but he “began ... to ‘drift away’” from the church because it frowned on his interest in the NAACP. He chose another church and eventually made a name for himself there as a gentle, level thinker and a leader.

By 1960, Lewis had become more active in the effort for equality; in 1961, he met Dr. King, who “had a high opinion of Lewis ...” King, in fact, offered Lewis a job but Lewis “felt committed to

SNCC,” and turned the great man down. Still, Lewis kept in contact with King after he went to work with Robert Kennedy in 1968. He was organizing on behalf of Kennedy in Indianapolis when Dr. King was assassinated; he was in New York when Kennedy was shot ...

It’s almost impossible in a small article like this to explain the breadth and depth of John Lewis’s days, or of this book. There’s so much to learn, so many anecdotes to explain his work and his life. Since distilling what author David Greenberg offers won’t do justice to either subject or saga, just know that “John Lewis” is about as comprehensive as it gets.

Using archives and other, newer sources,

Greenberg dives into Lewis as a whole, taking us back even before he was born. Readers who’ve spent considerable time studying the politician will be pleasantly surprised to find new information here; those who are familiar with Lewis’s Civil Rights work or his politics will devour the until-now unfamilar parts, making each page a pleasantly dramatic new discovery, like a treasure hunt with an old friend. Be aware that Greenberg peoples this account of Lewis’s life and his career abundantly, which can be overwhelming unless you devote your time well. “John Lewis” is a book for students, historians, biography-lovers, political fans, and activists. Find it for yourself. Consider it for gift-giving.

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