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MY TRUTH

By Cheryl Smith

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Another year is rapidly coming to a close and I can’t help but to recap the past year and look forward with anticipation.

2018 was a very exciting year for me because there were so many exciting memories and milestones. Six books completed in a life where I tried to make it matter. Four books completed as a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. where service is a priority.

I said hello to my newest grandchild, JD, and I said farewell to some very special people including 100 year-old Alyce Goff.

There have been some disappointments and many causes for celebration.

Everyone can’t handle the emotional rollercoaster. Sometimes help is needed.

Which brings me to my truth.

December has always been challenging for me since 1969.

I remember opening gifts that Christmas morning and hearing the phone ring. Next thing I

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knew the joy was gone because the news from the phone call was that my 93-year-old grandfather, Remer Smith, had died.

Christmas Day was never the same.

Then over the years, I’ve endured other losses that have

The Godfather and me! sent me into deep thought; like the death of my father on December 8, 2004 and my Godmother, Liz, who this December marks a decade since she departed.

And most who really know me, know of my fondness for the Godfather of Soul, James Brown.

You see, growing up Mr. Brown was there for me in times when I really felt alone.

He could put a smile on my face and a song in my heart.

As a 10-year-old; I remember going to a concert with relatives in Florida. After the concert, we were escorted backstage and given the choice of meeting five nappy-headed, smelly boys, or the Godfather and the songbird, Lyn Collins.

I chose the Godfather.

After we met and said a few words, he kissed me on my cheek. I was overjoyed! In fact I said then I would never wash my cheek again, but I forgot which cheek it was.

I also met Ms. Collins and I was told that I met the boys also, but if I did I don’t recall the boys.

Can you guess who those boys were?

Well anyway, decades later, I had a phone interview with Mr. Brown. It was wonderful. I told

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When I told Mr. Brown that my father lived about an hour and a half away from his home in Augusta, GA, he invited me to visit the next time I was in town.

Oh how I looked forward to that visit!

As our interview came to a close, he asked me if I was coming to his concert in Grand Prairie. I told him “no” but he asked me to.

Unfortunately I had already given my tickets to super writer Vincent Hall, but Mr. Brown said no worries, he had me covered.

I went to the concert alone and had a great time.

When I visited him in his dressing room, we had a great time. Before I departed he kissed me on both cheeks so I wouldn’t forget this time!

I had such a good feeling and that feeling was with me a few year’s later when I received word of his passing.

So many people called to see how I was doing. That two years prior my dad had passed just added to the feeling I was

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ing here filled with mind-altering chemicals; well, the need for psychological intervention is important.

For that and other reasons, mental health is a component of the Realizing the Dream Healthy Living Expo at the African American Museum on January 21, 2019.

We need to address the issues WHAT: our families and comRealizing the Dream effecting munities. Mental illness is real.

Healthy Living Expo It’s nothing to be ashamed of.

Sometimes you need someone to talk you through the WHERE: challenging times in life and African American sometimes you need medicaMuseum tion.

Sure folks point to December but every month can be chalWHEN: and the Center for DisMonday, January 21, lenging ease Control reports that De2019 10a-6p cember is not the month when most suicides occur.

That is why we should all be Still the holiday cheer does make one reflect on those not open to counseling.

There is so much going on in there to share the times, which the world that it is sometimes could lead to depression. hard to navigate effectively.

There is help. Let’s get it and Also, when you consider all the chemicals that enter our bodies give it! and how many babies are comexperiencing.

While some would never understand the connection, it doesn’t take understanding to show concern.

And sometimes in our busy world, we don’t take time to be concerned about others and what they are going through.

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Opening Ceremony-City Hall WHEN: January 9, 2019 @ 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm WHERE: Dallas City Hall 1500 Marilla St Dallas Texas COST: Free CONTACT: 214-6708418 The City of Dallas Martin Luther King, Jr. Planning Committee invites the community to its Inaugural Wreath Laying Ceremony celebrating the life and legacy of Dr. King. The keynote speaker for this event will be Dr. Frederick Douglass Haynes, III a passionate leader and social activist.

Youth Summit WHEN: January 12, 2019 allday WHERE: TBD The Youth Summit is a one-day interactive conference for high school students to engage with other students while addressing the challenges faced within their local communities.

Faith Forward Dallas (An Interfaith Prayer Service) WHEN: January 14, 2019 Free Admission Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Celebration

WHEN: January 15, 2019 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm WHERE: Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Ctr 2922 Martin Luther King Boulevard Dallas TX 75215 COST: Free CONTACT: 214-670-8418 Celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. King.

The keynote speaker for this event will be Dr. Michael W. Waters, former Martin Luther King Advisory Board Chair, social activist, and Pastor of Joy Tabernacle Church. The birthday celebration will allow an opportunity for the community to rejoice in song and dance, as well as lay wreaths or flowers at the first original likeness of Dr. King located in the heart of the Sunny South Dallas community.

Art of Oppression WHEN: January 16, 2019 @ 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm WHERE: Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center (Activity Room B) 2922 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd COST: Free CONTACT: 214-6708418

Hosted by Miles of Freedom, this event will highlight the importance of art and showcase work from individuals who are incarcerated. King Shakur is a featured guest speaker.

From Entry-Level to Executive: A Millennial Networking Event WHEN: January 16, 2019 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm WHERE: Dallas Executive Airport 5303 Challenger Dr Dallas Texas 75237 COST: Free CONTACT: City of Dallas Millennials will have the opportunity to network with executives who have had a rapid rise in their career at an early age. This evening is a chance to bring like-minded young professionals who are native to Dallas or newcomers under one roof to demonstrate the power of an inclusive and connected community. Headshots and professional development opportunities will be available.

Workforce and Educational Opportunity Fair WHEN: January 17, 2019 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm WHERE: J Erik Jonsson Central Library 1515 Young Street Dallas TX 75201 COST: Free Job fair featuring on-site hiring

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as well as a showcase of workforce skills and credentialing programs to support job-seekers in preparing for new opportunities. The event will be hosted in partnership with Workforce Solutions of Greater Dallas.

Candle Lighting Ceremony WHEN: January 18, 2019 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm WHERE: Martin Luther King, Jr. Recreation Center 2901 Pennsylvania Avenue Dallas Texas 75215 COST: Free The Alpha Sigma Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha, Inc. hosts this annual ceremony which features a keynote speaker, entertainment, highlighting of essay contest winners, and a candlelit processional that concludes at the Martin Luther King statue on the campus of Martin Luther King Community Center.

Millennial Action Day WHEN: January 19, 2019 @ 9:00 am – 1:00 pm WHERE: Throughout Dallas COST: Free Dallas Millennials will join together for a day of community service to give back to Dallas and move us closer to Dr. King’s

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37th Annual MLK Celebration Gala WHEN: January 19, 2019 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm WHERE: Hyatt Regency Dallas 300 Reunion Blvd COST: $120 The 37th Annual MLK Celebration Gala will feature keynote speaker Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, an invocation by Most Reverend Edward J. Burns, awards presentations, and performances. This year’s theme is “Reconciliation: Moving the Dream Forward.”

To purchase tickets using a credit card, please call 214-671-1505 to make a payment over the phone.

“Selma” Screening at the Texas Theatre January 20, 2019 @ 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm WHERE: Texas Theatre 231 W. Jefferson Blvd Dallas COST: Free CONTACT: Texas Theatre In conjunction with the City of Dallas’ Annual celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr., the Dallas Holocaust Museum will host a screening of Selma. The film is based on the 1965 voting rights marches from Selma to Montgomery led by Dr. King and other Civil Rights leaders.. Run time: 128 Minutes 36th Annual Emmy Award Black Music & Civil Rights Movement Concert WHEN: January 20, 2019 @ 7:30 pm WHERE: Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center 2301 Flora St. Dallas TX 75201 CONTACT: The Black Academy of Arts and Letters Musical tribute with gospel songs honoring the life and legacy of Dr. King.

Half-Off Admission to Dallas Holocaust Museum WHEN: January 21, 2019 all-day WHERE: Dallas Holocaust Museum 211 N. Record St. #100 Dallas Texas 75202 CONTACT: (214) 741-7500 Admission will be half-off at the Dallas Holocaust Museum, an intimate museum dedicated to teaching the lessons of the Holocaust and memorializing its victims.

The mission of the Dallas Holocaust Museum/Center for Education and Tolerance is to teach the history of the Holocaust and advance human rights to combat prejudice, hatred, and indifference. combat hatred and injustice.

Martin Luther King Day March/Parade WHEN: January 21, 2019 @ 10:00 am WHERE: Starting at Holmes St. and Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd COST: Free CONTACT: 214-670-8418 Floats, marching bands, dance troops, and vehicles participate in a march/parade down Martin Luther King Blvd for 200,000 spectators.

For more information about the parade, please visit www.dallasmlkcenter.com/2019mlk-parade.

Realizing the Dream: Healthy Living Expo WHEN: January 21, 2019 @ 10:00 am – 6:00 pm WHERE: African American Museum of Dallas 3526 Grand Ave. Dallas Texas 75210 COST: Free admission, call 214-9410110 for vendors Making New Year’s resolutions for 2019 to lose weight, get out of debt, end an unhealthy relationship or seek help for depression? Learn how to improve your health physically, mentally, spiritually, financially, socially and holistically at the 2nd Annual Realizing the Dream Healthy Living Expo on January 21, 2019, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the African American Museum in Fair Park immediately following the historic Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Parade. Bring the entire family for a fun, informative community event featuring vendors, health screenings, educational workshops, food,

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entertainment, and giveaways!

Admission is FREE. City-Wide Worship Service WHEN: January 21, 2019 @ 11:00 am WHERE: Friendship West Baptist Church 2020 W. Wheatland Rd. Dallas 75232 COST: Free CONTACT: African American Pastors Coalition The citywide worship service is hosted

by African American Pastors Coalition (AAPC), of which Pastor Carter serves as President. The AAPC, as a timeless model of ministry, demonstrates Christ’s relevance in the world by networking diverse ministries to effect change. The goal is to unite and mobilize member pastors for prophetic ministry that results in liberating and empowering the larger community.

Dallas Dinner Table WHEN: January 21, 2019 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm WHERE: Throughout Dallas area CONTACT: Dallas Dinner Table The Dallas Dinner Table organizes dinners as an annual event on the third Monday of January to coincide with the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Holiday which provides an opportunity to hear and share diverse perspectives about the impact of race on the daily lives of DFW residents. Register by visiting: www.dallasdinnertable.com National Day of Racial Healing WHEN: January 22, 2019 all-day WHERE: Nationwide

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Let us say #SheToo for women who can’t

The Last Word

By Dr. Julianne Malveaux

McKenzie Adams wanted to be a scientist. The gregarious 9-year-old Alabama girl was just that, a girl, a little girl, a brown-skinned baby girl with braids or, in one picture, just a side ponytail. She wanted to be a scientist, and her family described her as “bubbly” but bubbles burst, sometimes in the worst way. McKenzie hung herself in her grandmother’s home in the face of racist bullying and taunting, which included the vile directive to kill herself. Her fellow students didn’t like the fact that she was friends with a white boy, and we don’t know enough to know whether the deathly hazing came from Black or white students. All we know is that a child is dead, a baby black girl is dead. Her suicide has shaken me to my very soul.

Cleo Manago and I talked about this on December 12 on Roland Martin’s Unfiltered program. What I observed are the many ways that African American women are the targets of racist hatred. The man who occupies the People’s House on 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue feels free to diminish and demean Black women, and his vendetta against American Urban Radio journalist April Ryan is obscene. But he is not the only one. Our culture rejects Black women, rarely affirming our womanhood and attractiveness unless it is in a way that glorifies our bodies, not our person. Why is this important?

Because beauty is currency in our

capitalist society, and a woman without currency is at the bottom of the societal totem pole. What, you might ask, does that have to do with public policy? The demonization and denigration of Black women seep into the ways we are dealt with in the public space, and even in the workplace.

Little McKenzie could not take being called ugly, Black, and more.

She was not immunized from the ways we live in a racially hostile space. She could have been a scientist. Instead, she is dead. She is not the only young Black child who has died by her own hand.

Earlier this year, US News and World Report writer Joseph P. Williams reported that suicide rates among Black children were rising.

He highlighted children, both male and female, promising young people who ended their own lives. According to Williams, “More elementary aged African American children have been taking their own lives, and Black boys and girls between the ages of 5 and 12 are doing so at roughly twice the rate of white kids the same age.”

Researchers say they don’t know why young Black children are killing themselves, but if we speculate we can factor in mental illness, family dysfunction, unstable socioeconomic conditions and, in my opinion, hostility to African American people that many Black children cannot help but internalize. How might young Black people process the killing of Tamir Rice? The murder of Sandra

Bland? In Baltimore, the vicious killing of Freddy Gray? Some young people might look at these incidents, and the barrage of episodes directed at Black people, and wonder if there is a safe space for them.

Part of the challenge with Black children and suicide is that Black people are not accustomed to sharing their feelings. Indeed, mental health issues are often dismissed among African Americans. Folk are told

to “pray” about depressed feelings, forgetting that prayer without works is dead. Adults and children are advised to shrug it off when there is no shrugging to do. The feelings of dystopia, nihilism, and depression that many African Americans experience because of the hostility they experience by merely living in their skin shows up in suicides, but also in homicides and in other acting out. And while young Black men may indulge in senseless violence, young Black women too often turn their pain inward not outward.

Gender stereotypes are not always appropriate. Both Black girls and

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boys are killing themselves. Both Black girls and boys are working out some of their pain through violence.

According to some data, Black girls are now involved in violent incidents with each other almost as often as Black boys (blame the housewives, just kidding). Both Black girls and Black boys are being marginalized and demonized by a racist, patriarchal, predatory capitalist system.

Suicide is currently a national phenomenon, one of the top ten causes of death in the United States. There are one hundred and twenty-three suicides per day in this country, with 70 percent of suicides being white men. African Americans are far less likely suicides than whites are, but the numbers among African Americans are growing, and the numbers among African American children are growing alarmingly. While I am riveted by the suicide of McKenzie Adams and outraged about the societal treatment of Black women and girls, data suggest that Black boys are more likely to experience suicide than Black girls are. We are letting Black children down, abandoning them to bullies and brazen racism. Why? Black children are experiencing the same stresses that Black adults are. But they are children, and they should be protected. So many of us say that we celebrate our children, their amazing resilience, their artistry, their music, and their song. We must protect them as well as celebrate them. The alarming rise in young Black suicides suggests that too many will be young, gifted and dead.

Julianne Malveaux is an author and economist. Her latest book “Are We Better Off? Race, Obama and Public Policy” is available via www.amazon. com for booking, wholesale inquiries or for more info visit www.juliannemalveaux.com

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“Finder” finds birth family after 50 years EXCLUSIVE Monique Stone’s exceptional gift for “finding things” seems to have morphed into a lifelong profession.

She has spent the better part of six years searching for and finding earth stones and raw materials to create her HIP-NIQUE recycled jewelry creations.

For the past 12 years she has been finding stray cats and dogs and reuniting them with their owners through her non-profit animal rescue organization, Stray Savers.

She has also organized search parties to find missing persons; once returning safely home an intellectually-challenged man missing for 10 days, and also finding one of her best friends 11 days after she went missing. In that unfortunate case, her friend was found murdered in a nearby field.

Over the span of 30 years, Stone has also been finding homes for homeless people in transition, personally housing them until they got back on their feet. Additionally she has been finding solutions to the senior citizens home repair crisis and insurance claim issues through her Public Adjusting and Remodeling Company, The Pro-Team.

Clearly, she has been busy, spending 12 years also finding artistic and educational opportunities for the youth of Dallas through her other Oak Cliff based non-profit organization, Angel Faces, Inc. Now, the semi-retired woman of many talents says she’s finding peace in writing about everything she has found. The published author has written six books, four stage plays and two screenplays.

From “Cats Are Cool, Dogs Are Dope” and “Homeless to Hired,” to her autobiography “Renaissance Queen,” Stone is well within her rights to celebrate her findings.

However, for the past 50 years, Stone has been on an amazing personal journey to find the four most important people in her life: two of whom she never even got the chance to meet, her biological parents.

Stone followed every miniscule clue using her unique gift for finding; she researched and requested documents from the late 50’s and gathered an arsenal of information that led her to several milestone discoveries.

She also solicited the help of two highly instrumental liaisons in Germany and even

participated in DNA testing. Her lifelong pursuit just recently ended after she found all four missing relatives and inadvertently discovered the “find” of her lifetime.

Stone, whose birth name is Ulrike Elisabeth, was born in Germany in 1958 to a young German girl and an African American Army soldier. Her mother, an 18-yearold German girl, became pregnant by her

father, a 21-year-old African American Army soldier.

After Stone’s mother reached her eighth month her parents took her to St. Annaheim Girls Home in Mannheim to deliver.

Stone’s mother (who was not married to Stone’s father due to his unfortunate death in the war) was unable to return to her parents’ home with baby.

So, she unwillingly gave Stone up for adoption. Eighteen months later the baby was adopted by Sergeant Stone, an African American Air Force soldier and his English wife Patricia; who took her to Madrid, Spain.

It was then that she met the other sixyear-old German-African American boy that the Stone’s adopted a year earlier, and underwent a name change.

In 1962, the Stone family was transferred to Selfridge Air Force Base, just outside of Detroit, MI. Soon after, Sgt. Stone received transfer orders to Okinawa, Japan. Unwilling to live in Japan or raise the Stone children alone, Patricia left their two adopted children with a neighbor and disappeared.

Sgt. Stone set out to find someone who could take the children in temporarily.

After a trial run with several families they

were taken in by Sgt. Lee, and wife Vernell in 1963.

The Lees were an Army family, with two children of their own, from South Texas.

Sgt. Stone, who promised he would return to get them failed to do so before the Lee’s were transferred from Michigan back to Texas in 1964.

Believing her father was unaware that they had moved, 11-year-old Stone sent a letter to the Red Cross pleading with them to help her find him. The Red Cross was indeed successful in getting the letter forwarded to Sgt. Stone and he soon after spoke to young Stone on the phone.

Sgt. Stone promised to send for her and her brother soon, saying that he would explain the circumstances behind their separation at that time.

In the summer of 1972, 13-year-old Stone and her 17-year-old brother were reunited with Sgt. Stone. To her surprise he had a new wife and was living with their five children in Omaha, Nebraska.

In addition, Sgt. Stone revealed for the first time that they were not his biological children. In fact, she and her brother were not even related. Obviously distraught, young Stone questioned him as to the whereabouts of her adoptive mother, Patricia, and she asked about her birth parents.

Sgt. Stone confessed that he lost touch with his first wife. He said he knew next to nothing about her “real” parents. Sgt. Stone then gave young Stone an envelope containing her official German birth certificate. It read “des kinder, Ulrike Elisabeth, der mutter Hannalore Rosinke and Geburtstag 15.

2. 1958 Mannheim.” Disappointingly, there was no mention of her mother’s address or father’s name.

Nine years later, Stone, now 22 was excitingly expecting her first child. With her due date just around the corner she found herself having to prove her citizenship or face deportation.

Thankfully, she was able to get her naturalization papers and a few documents pertaining to her adoption from The Department of Immigration. Stone now felt she had enough information to start the search for her biological mother.

She wrote to the Director of St. Annaheim Girls Home, The Children’s Orphan-

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Hannalore Rosinke, 21 age and The Family Courts listed on the documents, requesting any information on her mother.

But all of her written requests, that were meticulously translated into German, were denied. Stone’s year-long pursuit lost momentum and so she put the search for her biological mother on pause.

Then in the summer of 1982, Stone and her one-year-old son took a visit to her adopted father’s home in Omaha. While there, Stone found a document which belonged to Patricia, with a London, England address.

Stone sent another letter and soon after Patricia called Stone while she was still visiting in Omaha. Stone and Patricia communicated for 10 years before her adopted mother was well enough, after a series of surgeries to travel.

One day Stone was combing through photos of her life to share with Patricia upon their reunion.

She came across a picture of her brother previously stationed in Germany. He was pointing at the American Embassy sign on its building.

Stone enthusiastically took the photo of her brother as a “sign” and decided to ask The American Consulate in Germany for help. Too excited at the time to write and wait for correspondence, Stone called the American Embassy in Germany.

The Consulate told Stone that her request was not customarily in line with their protocol, but, they were touched by her story and agreed to see what they

Eugene Treadwell, 21 could find. A few weeks later, The Consulate called Stone to let her know they had found her birth mother, Hannalore. They also obtained her mother’s permission to give her phone number to Stone.

Amidst the tearful conversation that had to be interpreted by an SMU Language Professor in 1992, Stone learned that she had six younger brothers and sisters. Stone’s mother, who didn’t speak any English, told the interpreter that her father was an Army soldier from the United States.

Before he left on his last mission he promised he would come back to them but never returned. He was killed in the war.

Unable to speak too much of her past with her now husband and their children nearby at the time, Hannalore promised that once they met face to face she would privately answer all of her questions.

Stone, now a self-employed remodeling contractor began to save every spare dime for the trip. By March of 1996, she had finally saved enough money for herself, her 12-year old son and her 18-month-old daughter’s trip to Germany.

Stone was ecstatic about meeting her mother and siblings in person. She was especially excited to finally learn her father’s name and to get a glimpse of the man he was.

But as fate would have it, Hannalore died before they arrived, taking what she was going to tell Stone to her grave.

Heartbroken, Stone and her children still made the trip that September to Germany as planned. Although Stone didn’t get the

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Monique Stone, 21 chance to meet her biological mother, she did find comfort in meeting her siblings, their children and many other close relatives.

After visiting her mother’s gravesite and collecting photos of her mother, Stone and children returned to the United States.

Upon arriving home, depression sunk in as the hope to find her father dwindled away.

And so, Stone moved on with her life as a single parent and focused on her remodeling business and raising her two children.

Then one night, Stone had a troubling dream.

She heard her mother’s voice repeating what she had told her over the phone years earlier.

“Before he left on his last mission, he promised he would come back to them, but never returned. He was killed in the war.”

Stone awoke from the dream and began to wonder, “What if he hadn’t been killed in the war? What if he never returned because he didn’t want to see them again?

What if her mother just made up the story thinking it would make her feel better about the whole situation? What if he didn’t even know of her existence?

“Or, what if he survived and wasn’t able to get back to them? Hannalore presumed him dead, but had he really been killed?”

“Even if it were true that her father was deceased, he could have brothers, sisters, aunts or uncles still living,” Stone surmised. “Maybe his parents are still alive or

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maybe he had children before he left in Houston for many years and had the States.” a prominent, long-standing career Suddenly the urge to find her bioas a remodeling contractor and ship logical father and family was re-born. channel welder. He attended Prairie Even though she knew it would be View College for two years before next to impossible without a name, enlisting in the Army in 1955. she decided to still pursue it.

On a dangerous military misSo, for the next 20 years, Stone ension in 1958, Eugene was critically gaged every veteran in conversation wounded. who she came across, hoping that they There he was, in the freezing snow, or someone they knew were stationed unable to move; drifting in an out of in Aschaffenburg in 1957 and knew consciousness. He was rescued three her father. Her quest over the years days later, stabilized and shipped yielded close clues, but nothing defiback to the United States. nite.

So Stone’s mother had not made Fast forward to March of 2018. Sixup that story for Stone’s benefit. She ty-year-old Stone and her two chilpresumed him dead after he failed to dren – now 37 and 25, embarked on a return to them. family DNA testing journey.

Unfortunately, because Stone’s At the time, Stone didn’t have much parents were not married, the milfaith in or knowledge of the capaciitary would not share whether he At 16, Monique Stone, wanted to know who her par- survived that dangerous mission. ty of the relative-finding tool. Stone knew it would reveal the obvious, ents were. Her situation was not an isolated one. Many Then, communication between her European and African ancestry. cases are similar and there are so many more that ar- Stone’s parents was lost and opBut when she read her report en’t. portunities for Treadwell to travel You have children born in to a relationship that was back to Germany never manifestthat summer she instantly found 1034 relatives in the U.S. alone who forbidden because of ethnicity or religion. But there ed. were also those born to the victims of rape. shared the same DNA with her.

Now, years after his recovery The term “war babies” was used when referring to and back on Texas soil Eugene Overwhelmed, she reached out to the top 60 relatives with the high- those children born during or after World War II. married and became the loving faRape has been used as a form of warfare. Congolese ther of eight more children. Stone est percent of shared DNA and sent them all a standard message through Dr. Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad were honored for was now the eldest of 15. Eugene campaigning against sexual violence as a weapon of died in 2007 at the age of 73. the DNA testing site.

“Hello, my name is Monique and war; receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, 2018.

To Stone’s surprise, her new famSadly the rapes are still occurring today. Often, the ily gave her more than a glimpse of I’m looking for the family of my African American father who served woman has been shamed, ostracized, and in some who her father was. Beyond the in the Army and was stationed in countries, murdered, for her victimization. captivating photos of his military There are stories of military men who were not rap- and civilian life they exhibited Aschaffenburg, Germany in 1957.”

Within hours, message after mes- ists, who went back in search of their children. And Mo- in the flesh their father’s tradesage came pouring in. Two messag- nique’s story is one of many who sought their parents. mark smile, personality and good es came in from her first and second looks…as did she.

Stunned, Stone immediately called the cousins, who happened to be mothAnd everyone who knew him er, Ada Smith and daughter, Pamela Wil- phone number her cousins provided. summed up the essence of who he was in After a long conversation, Eugene’s sis- nine little words, “He was a good man and ke-Dove. ter JoAnn Dawson confirmed her brother’s an awesome father.”

Both cousins responded that the person tour of duty in Germany and agreed to she was looking for had to be their older Contrary to Stone’s belief growing up, meet that weekend and take a DNA test. cousin, Eugene. her father did know of her existence.

Six weeks later, the test results came back They said Eugene was the only male in Her new family admitted that her dad reporting a higher percentage of shared spoke fondly of her on many occasions the military at that time, but he was not killed in the war. He had only recently DNA than even Stone’s first cousin. throughout the years.

This confirmed her to be Stone’s aunt passed.

He just didn’t know how to find her.

It was also revealed that their family was and her aunt’s deceased brother Eugene Maybe he was hoping she would find him. born and raised in South Texas and the was confirmed as Stone’s biological father.

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Bumblebee When the movie starts a civil war is raging on Cybertron, the Transformers home planet. Autobot leader Optimus Prime, who only has Bumblebee is a Transformers prequel set in the 1980s and it’s a bit different from previous Transformers movies.

While it still has the great CGI special effects, Bumblebee has a different feel to it.

First, Michael Bay is not directing this installment.

It’s directed by Travis Knight who is probably best known for his 2014 animated film The Box Trolls.

It also features a teenage girl as the main character, Charlie (played by Hailee Steinfeld), who’s lost her father and is trying to adjust to her life with a new step-father, as a young girl on the verge of turning 18.

Also, the 1980s era setting gives the movie the feel of some classic 80s movie like Back to the Future and ET. It also includes a pretty gnarly 80’s soundtrack.

a small part in the movie, sends his young lieutenant B-127 on a mission to earth to secure a base and to wait for the arrival of the Autobots on their new home. But “Bumblebee” is followed to earth by two Decepticons who injure him and damage his voicebox leaving him unable to speak.

Young Charlie finds him in a trash pile at the marina and takes him home to re-

build him but quickly finds out he’s not your average VW Beetle.

The two Decepticons who traveled to earth to destroy Bumblebee, one voiced by Angela Bassett, convince the government agents on the trail of Bumblebee, led by John Cena, to allow them access to US satellites to track down the rebel Autobot. One of the flaws of the movie is Cena’s character.

He’s a bit one dimensional as the federal agent in charge.

Bumblebee is a chance for the fan-favorite Autobot to show what he’s got.

While I kept waiting for more Autobots to come to his assistance in this movie, he is a one-man army.

The movie has a lot of heart. It’s funny and the scenes with Bumblebee and Charlie are the best parts of the movie. For me, this is the best of the Transformers movies.

The movie is rated PG-13 for violence and has a run time of 1 hour and 53 minutes. On my “Hollywood Popcorn Scale” I rate Bumblebee a LARGE.

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QUIT PLAYIN’

By Vincent L. Hall

Just do what you did “What has been is what will be, legislation in 2019. Call it whatever and what has been done is what will you want, but let’s recycle, refurbish be done; there is nothing new under or reimagine the Workers Progress Administration of 1935. It put the sun!

8.5 million people to work over an – Ecclesiastes 1:9, NIV Ecclesiastes 1:9 is one of the most quotable scriptures in the bible.

Whether you wear holy garments, or you’re a committed layperson, this verse aligns with most of our personal experiences. Ain’t nothing new; everything under the sun is recycled, refurbished or reimagined.

This wisdom even seeps into the synapses of atheists, agnostics and them folks my mama calls “heathens.” For the unchurched there is a parallel idiom; “Don’t reinvent the wheel.” B-Movie” actor and former President Ronald Reagan made it personal; “Dance with the one that brung ya!” Proven past practices are schematics for future successes.

Inasmuch as our roads and bridges are crumbling as our water and sewer lines are corroding, we need to put some money into infrastructure that will create new jobs for our economy.

Now that Congress finally passed the First Step Act of 2018, we’ll need a lot more jobs. Nothing stifles the pace of recidivism like good, honest work.

Even before that jail reform measure was enacted, we were heading toward recession. Donald Trump whipped out the American Express and gave his fellow millionaires and corporations a big gift. They got the tax cuts that will create trillion dollar deficits. The rest of us “Average Joes and Josephines” are stuck with the wrapping paper.

So let’s reenact another piece of

eight-year period. Let’s just do what we did!

The WPA erected more than 100,000 buildings, 80,000 bridges, and 2/3 million miles of highway and road improvements.

Democratic President, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, issued an unprecedented executive order that bears repeating.

The WPA put millions back to work, put Roosevelt in our history books and put common sense to the test. This national initiative was a comprehensive and compassionate plan that eased the suffering of America. We aren’t hurting yet, but Trumps tariff games, a stumbling stock market and global instability are about to take their toll.

There were also some creative programs administered under the auspices of the WPA. There was the Federal Art Project, the Federal Writers’ Project, and the Federal Theatre Project. A shade less than 10,000 drawings, paintings, and sculptured works were produced and many of the public buildings that were erected were fancied with murals and art.

Theatrical productions introduced new and innovative thinking.

There were some 4,000 musical performances each month. The WPA also established and deployed an education program and supervised the activities of the National Youth Administration, which sought and

succeeded at training and employing young Americans for almost 10 years.

Remember back before Reagan took all of the social worth out of social programs?

Each state had large strategically placed mental hospitals that cared for a range of mental and birth maladies. It provided a safe haven for those who suffered and reduced the burden that local police agencies face today. Criminal activity is just a fraction of the job officers do every day.

For example, the Dallas County Jail capacity is roughly 6700 inmates. Approximately 40% of those booked in must be treated for mental ailments. Dallas County was already modeling the process, but the new “Sandra Bland Act” makes it mandatory. Drug addiction could be addressed on a wholesale basis.

Homelessness would reduce dramatically. Human capital is infrastructure too. Saving Americans will save America!

We got potholes and busted water mains and gas line explosions and outdated airports and overly congested roadways and a litany of other fixable issues. We could create a program that recaptures .60 on a dollar. We can create a market for entrepreneurs and small business.

We can remake the “middle class.”

There’s nothing new under the sun, so let’s do what we did in our brightest days.

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zarre behavior over the last two years and shutting down the government at Christmas, while his own party still controls each branch Speaking the Truth of it, the institutions

By Beto O’Rourke that we need for our The government of the democracy to funcgreatest country the world tion (and to ensure no man is has ever known, the wealth- above the law) will be overiest, most powerful nation on whelmed. the planet: closed until furFrom a President who ther notice. promised action, we got disThis shutdown – hundreds traction. of thousands of our fellow But my concern for the Americans working with- country goes beyond the imout pay during the holidays, mediate pain and dysfuncbasic government functions tion that this shutdown will no longer available to the cause. Beyond even ensuring taxpayers who fund them – that this President is held acdidn’t have to happen. The countable. What’s happening Senate passed a compromise now is part of a larger threat government funding bill two to us all. days ago, 100–0. The men If our institutions no lonand women who can’t agree ger work, if we no longer on what to name a post office have faith in them, if there’s were able to unite and unani- no way to count on governmously agree on how to fund ment even functioning (three the entire government. shutdowns this year alone), But maybe it was intended then perhaps ultimately we to happen. become open to something Maybe in the face of an else. Whatever we choose investigation that seeks the to call it, whether we openfacts surrounding allegations ly acknowledge it at all, my of collusion with a foreign fear is that we will choose government and obstruction certainty, strength and preof justice within our own dictability over this constant government… as one aide af- dysfunction, even if it comes ter another pleads guilty… as at the price of our democracy the stock market tumbles… (the press; the ballot box; the as men and women intent courts; congress and repreon keeping their dignity and sentative government). their conscience flee his adIf there were ever a man ministration… perhaps the to exploit this precarious President calculates that by moment for our country and adding to the blizzard of bi- our form of government, it’s

Trump. Sending 5,400 troops to U.S. border communities during the midterm elections. Organizing Border Patrol “crowd control” exercises in El Paso on election day.

Defying our laws by taking children from their parents, keeping kids in tent camps, turning back refugees at our ports. Calling the press “the enemy of the people” and celebrating violence against

members of the media. Pitting Americans against each other based on race and religion and immigration status.

Inviting us to hate openly, to call Mexican immigrants rapists and criminals, to call asylum seekers animals, to describe Klansmen and neo-Nazis as very fine people.

Seeking to disenfranchise fellow Americans with made up fears of voter fraud. Isolating us from the other great democracies as he cozies up to dictators and thugs. Lying again and again. Making a mockery of the United States – once the indispensable nation, the hope of mankind.

So we can engage in the immediate fights about blame for this latest shutdown… fall into his arguments about a wall, or steel slats, at a time of record border security and

in the face of asylum seekers – our neighbors – fleeing the deadliest countries in the world… we can respond to his name-calling and grotesque, bizarre behavior… or we can pull up, look back at this moment from the future and see exactly what is happening to our country.

We are at risk of losing those things that make us special, unique, exceptional, those things that make us the destination for people the world over, looking for a better life and fleeing countries who lack our institutions, our rule of law, our stability.

If ever there was a time to put country over party it is now. This is not about a wall, it’s not about border security, it’s not about Democrats and Republicans. It’s about the future of our country – whether our children and grandchildren will thank us or blame us. Whether we will lose what was fought for, made more perfect, by the men and women who risked and lost their lives at Antietam, on Omaha beach, in Jackson, Mississippi… whether we will be defined by greatness and ambition or pettiness and fear. Whether we will continue to live in the world’s greatest democracy, or something else.

In the short term – let’s pass the funding bill that was agreed to by the Senate 100–0 just a few days ago. Send it to the President with the confidence that we represent the people of this country and

that we are willing to override his veto if he cannot respect their will. Show that government can work, that we can see past our immediate differences to serve the greater good. To put country over party. To put country over one man. To do what we were sent here to do.

In the longer term – we must strengthen all of our institutions at the very moment they are called into question.

Some clear opportunities for Congress: Ensure that our representatives in government reject PAC money, corporate and special interest influence. Demand that they hold town halls in our communities, listen to and respond to their constituents.

Show America that they are working for us and for no one else.

Take action on the most urgent issues of our day: climate change, healthcare, endless war, income inequality, immigration, the vibrancy of rural communities and inner cities, education and criminal justice reform. Define the goal in each area, build the coalition to achieve it, find the common ground (between parties, between branches of government), and move forward. Prove that our system of government – whatever its problems – is still the best thing under the sun.

It’s action vs. distraction.

One will save our democracy, the other will lead to its end.

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Unnecessary and Imprudent Behavior From the Capitol

By Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson

The shutdown of our federal government, the result of President Trump’s intemperance and incongruent request for $5 billion dollars to construct a wall at our nation’s southern border, is callous and blatantly unfair to nearly 800,000 federal workers whose lives have been disrupted.

It is yet another example of the lack of empathy by some of those in power in Washington for people who do not have resources beyond the pay that they expect to receive for the work that they perform, many of them living from one pay pe-

riod to the next.

The sad thing is that the president knew full well that support for the money he demanded did not exist in the Senate. Rather than face reality he chose to listen to rigidly-partisan members of the media and some in Congress who suggested to him that he could forget about their support in the 2020 presidential election if he did not draw a line in the sand.

And that is exactly what he did. He drew a line in the sand, dragging his shoe across the landscape as the winds began to whip up sand and toss it in the

faces of federal workers, ending any thought of a joyful holiday season for many of them.

Those who encouraged President Trump to ignore the reality that he faced reminded him that he had promised voters in the 2016 primary and general elections that he would build a wall and that Mexico would pay for it.

For their part, Mexican government officials informed him immediately that they would not pay for a wall. So much for promises! Disgustingly, this shutdown is rooted in a campaign promise, and the fear that those who believed it will turn against the president if it appears as though he misled them.

What is taking place is no way to run a government, and it certainly is no way to treat the dedicated men and women who

come to work each day to ensure that government functions properly.

The president seems to believe in the colloquium, “my way or the highway.” Someone needs to tell him that government is not a one-way thoroughfare. It is more like a two-lane highway where there are proper rules of behavior and order.

Those that prudently navigate it do not simply remove their hands from the steering wheel when it appears that things are not going their way. That leads to chaos! That leads to government shutdowns and harm to innocent people.

Congresswoman Johnson represents the 30th Congressional District of Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives.

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My dysfunctional family

Dear Alma, I need advice about a terrible family situation that involves me and all of my siblings, and it’s breaking us apart. I am one of nine children. We were all born and raised in the South. My parents farmed their land and taught us how to do it, too. We never liked it and couldn’t wait to leave, go up North and go to college. We all attended various colleges and universities and never returned home…all but one of my brothers.

He stayed in North Carolina and helped my parents until they died. After they died he moved into the house on the property and has been living there ever since. He has kept up the property and paid the taxes on it.

Now my brothers and sisters want to sell the farmland and split the money. My brother who stayed says the house should be his and he doesn’t want to sell it.

We are totally divided. Six of my siblings have decided to take my brother to court and force him to sell the land. Only the one brother says we shouldn’t sell.

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J.C., Houston, Texas Hey J.C.,

Close your eyes, think back to the time when your daddy was farming his land, mama at the window, both watching their children grow – chests pressed, full of pride.

Your father worked hard to tend the land and leave something to his children. Now everything he worked for is about to be jeopardized, and for what?

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and sisters – yes, I said trifling – are fighting each other like you’re on an episode of Judge Judy. That is ridiculous and just plain sad.

Your mama and daddy gave all they had, and what are ya’ll doing? Trying to give it away for some coins that will be spent in a month’s time.

Your brother didn’t take the bus up to the city and try to tell you and your siblings what to do with your space, time and dimes, so don’t try to regulate his life now.

Give him the house, period. Take the rest of the land and divide it evenly. Each person can do what he or she wants with his or her portion. It’s just that simple. You might not like it, but when your brother sacrificed, stayed home and properly maintained and cared for the house, your parents and the land, he earned extra.

Your brothers and sisters are so focused on a few grains of sand that they are missing the beach in all its magnificence. There are other ways to make money. Taking your brother to court is not one of them. Grow up and act like mama and daddy are still watching, chest pressed, full of pride.

Alma

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Kwanzaafest 2018 at DeSoto Civic Center Bluebonnet Room 211 E. Pleasant Run Rd. 6pm-9pm. Free Admission with can goods for DeSoto Food Pantry.

Holiday Lights Trolley Ride at Big D. Fun Tours 5465 E. Mockingbird Ln. Dallas 6pm. www. bigfuntours.com Dec. 1-31, 2018

Dallas in the time of Martin Luther King, Jr. at Hall of State at Fair Park 3939 Grand Ave. Tue.-Sat. 1-5pm Sun. 1-5pm. Now to Jan. 27, 2019.

Senior Line Dancing at Latino Cultural Center 2600 Live Oak St. Dallas. 10am-12pm.

Paws N’ Claws at Enchant Christmas 1000 Ballpark Way, Arlington 5pm.

First Day Hike at Cedar Hill State Park – Texas Parks and Wildlife 1570 FM-1382 W. 2pm-3pm. Start the New Year right with a 1 mile hike with a Park Ranger!

Sherna Armstrong Band Live at The Free Man Cajun Café & Lounge 2626 Commerce St. Dallas. 7pm-10pm.

Lyfe Jennings at The House of Blues 2200 N. Lamar St. Dallas. 8pm.

2015 Natalie Cole singer died.

S.E.E. Vision Planning & Release!

At Southside on Lamar 1409 S. Lamar St. Dallas. 10am-2pm.

Triple Crown NYE 2019 at Union Station 400 S. Houston St. Dallas 8pm-2am. www. eventbrite.com

Photo Shoot Fashion Show at FITNZ 360 4312 Live Oak St. Dallas. 4:30pm-6pm.

January 1st Bowl Games – Fiesta, Rose & Sugar Bowls at Lava Cantina The Colony 5805 Grandscape Blvd. 11:30am.

January 2 NPHC-Dallas 2019 Monthly Meetings at African American Museum 3536 Grand Ave. Dallas 6:30pm Wednesdays.

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January 3

New Year’s Eve with Tony Rock at Addison Improv 4980 Belt Line Rd. #250.

Times vary Tickets: www.improvaddison.com

Soul Jazz Thursdays Feat: Natural Change Band at Sandaga813 813 Exposition St. Dallas. 8pm-12am

December 28 3rd Day of Kwanzaa Ujima

Free Health Screening at Friendship-West Baptist Church 2020 Wheatland Rd. Dallas. After each Sunday service 8:30am-1pm. Location: B123.

Dates until 10-6-19.

Congratulations to Dareia Tolbert and Eli Jacobs on their wedding.

December 30-31

NYE 2019 Smooth Jazz Weekend Dallas Jazz Series at Hilton Garden Inn 400 N. Ervay #130455, Dallas Packages available.

December 26

New Year’s Eve Weekend at The Potter’s House of North Dallas 10501 Main St. Frisco. 30th 9 & 11:30 am 31th 7pm.

KWANZAA 12-26-1-1 1st day of Kwanzaa

CATER to you Tuesdays at Allure Cigar & Jazz Lounge 110 S. Cockrell Hill, DeSoto. 6pm-11:59pm.

Dallas Zoo Lights at Dallas Zoo 650 S. R.L. Thornton Fwy. 5pm-9pm.

2015 Meadowlark Lemon “Clown Prince” of Harlem Globetrotters, died.

DC Youngfly at Temptations Arlington Lounge 3701 S. Cooper St. 8pm-2am.

7th Day of Kwanzaa Imani

Pre New Year’s Eve Smooth Jazz Day Party Feat: Natural Change at Dallas C Complex-Mercury Studios 6301 Riverside Dr. Irving Bldg. #4 stage #123. 5pm.

Prairie Lights Holiday Light Experience Prairie Lights at Lynn Creek Park on Joe Pool Lake 5610 Lake Ridge Pkwy. Grand Prairie 6pm. 12-30.

Qualified Home- Builders for City of Dallas HIPP Contact: City’s Home Repair; 214670-3644 housinginspections@dallascityhall.com

January 1 New Year’s Day

#Gold’s Vision Board Party! at Sweet Dance Movement 3207 W. Camp Wisdom Rd. Dallas. 3pm-5pm. Eventbrite.

December 27

Slavery at Jefferson’s Monticello: Paradox of Liberty at African American Museum 3536 Grand Ave. Dallas 10am-5pm. Ends 12-31-18.

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1954 Denzel Washington, Oscar winning actor born in Mt. Vernon, NY

Shelly Carrol at Chocolate Secrets 3926 Oak Lawn Ave. Dallas 7:30pm-11pm.

Celebrity Paint & Wine Party at AC Hotel Downtown Dallas 1712 Commerce St. 7pm-10pm Tickets: www.raytennyson.com One Nation Under a Groove: Freedom & Funk Concert Reloaded at The Free Man 2626 Commerce St. Dallas

December 30 5th Day of Kwanzaa Nia

Gary Owen DFW-NYE Takeover III at The Theatre at Grand Prairie 101 Performance Pl. 9pm Doors open at 8pm.

Night Watch Worship Service at Friendship-West Baptist Church 2020 Wheatland Rd. Dallas. 7pm & 10pm. Tickets: Eventbrite.

FSD New Year’s Eve Party at Forever Swing Dallas Event Venue 2021 N. Hampton #175. DeSoto. 9pm-3am.

2019 Public Hearings for HUD Grants at City of Dallas – City Hall 1500 Marilla St. 7pm-9pm.

Dallas Fashion Week// January 3-62019 Courtyard Marriott 1201 Raiford Rd, Carrollton. 8pm-11pm each day.

January 4

Watch Night Service at Pilgrim Rest Missionary Baptist Church 1819 N. Washington Ave. Dallas. 10pm-12am.

NYE ‘Watch Night’ Celebration 2018 Feat: Angela Blair-Jefferies. Pastors Shaun and Marian Rabb at New Light Church 9314 Elam Rd. Dallas. 10pm.

The Power of Laughter Heals the Soul – Men’s Edition at Clarence Muse Café 1309 Canton St. Dallas 7:30pm, Sat. 7:30pm.

Mystique at the Mansion-Frisco Verona Villa 6591 Dallas Parkway. 9pm-2am.

January 5

Men’s Huddle Fellowship at Sankofa Kitchen 3333 W. Camp Wisdom #118, Dallas.

6:30pm. All me are invited.

Kappa Alpha Psi “Diamond Affair” Mega J5 @ House of Nupes-108 years of… at House of Blues N. Lamar St. Dallas 10pm.

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DECEMBER 28, 2018

Trinity (TX) Chapter The Links, Incorporated

S AV E T H E D AT E 12th Annual

Saturday, March 2, 2019 Hyatt Regency Dallas Benefitting So SMAART, Scholarships and Community Outreach

Celebrating 25 Years of Friendship and Service

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Do you know this man?

POLICE have not apprehended “Pookie” the serial rapist.

We know he has attacked members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. and there is a $5,000 reward offered by Crime Stoppers.

HE IS A SERIAL RAPIST

He targeted members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. but this is more than about a sorority. We’re talking about a community.

Come on PEOPLE! Don’t you CARE? Will it matter when it is your sister, mother, aunt or grandmother or maybe YOU?

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