WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2017
AN AMERICAN PRINT MEDIA PUBLICATION
National Millennial community works to dispel stereotypes about young people Chevrolet recently partnered with the National Millennial Community and sent out groups of influential young people to destinations around Seattle, Washington
to execute think tank-style discussions on topics related to the success of today’s multicultural millennials. The National Millennial Community (NMC) is a
progressive and diverse group of millennials that works to dispel negative stereotypes about the generation and represents the 80 million young people in this country
by conducting think tanks, seminars and engagement opportunities with the CEOs of major corporations. The community’s members n Stereotypes, see page 3
BLACK WOMEN, DEMOCRAT DOUG JONES WIN ALABAMA SENATE RACE
SAN FRANCISCO
NATIVE BECOMES 1ST BLACK WOMAN MAYOR
Democrat Doug Jones stuns Moore, Trump and the RNC to win Sessions’ senate seat
By Paul Elias San Francisco native London Breed became the city’s acting mayor Tuesday following the sudden death of Mayor Ed Lee, and is the first African-American woman to lead the city in the midst of a seemingly endless technology driven economic boom.
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REED, 43, is a lifelong San Francisco resident who was raised by her grandmother in the city’s predominantly black and lower-income Western Addition neighborhood, part of the same district she now represents as a city supervisor. She said she and Lee bonded over their shared experience of growing up in public housing. “He was from the dawn of his career an advocate for the powerless,” Breed told
reporters and a crowd of several hundred city workers who gathered to honor Lee in City Hall. Breed, like Lee a Democrat, graduated from a San Francisco public high school and earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Davis and a master’s degree in public administration from the University of San Francisco. She got her start in politics as an intern in the city’s housing department during the tenure of Mayor Willie Brown that ended in 2004. Brown has not held public
office since then but continues to exert considerable influence on city politics, and helped elect Lee. Nationally, Breed’s political positions on issues like funding housing projects for the homeless and support for marijuana legalization are viewed as solidly liberal. But within the insular politics of San Francisco, she has had to defend her credentials from attacks from the left that she is a moderate and beholden to Brown, Lee and other traditional Democrats. n Mayor, see page 3
Summit for black boys and young men teaches ways to succeed Hundreds of teens came together in Milwaukee for a summit on the challenges young African-American males face and the paths to personal success. About 600 African-American boys and teenagers attended the twoday Black Male Youth summit at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee earlier this month, Milwaukee Public Radio reported. The students’ teachers encouraged them to participate because they are focused on college and careers. The annual summit aims to help African-American males identify challenges they face, such as unemployment, poverty and mass incarceration, and find ways to achieve personal success. George Walker, 12, attends Maryland Avenue Montessori School in Milwaukee. He said he’s afraid police officers may profile him when n Summit, see page 2
By Stacy M. Brown A heavy African American turnout in Alabama’s special election propelled underdog Democratic candidate Doug Jones to victory, in a hotlycontested race against the flawed, yet heavily-favored, Republican candidate Roy Moore. Black voter The New York Times turnout played a reported that Jones defeated key role in getting Moore 49.9 percent to Jones elected 48.4 percent for Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ vacated United States Senate seat. According to CNN exit polling, 68 percent of White voters, including 72 percent of White men voters and
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NASA celebrates legacy of first Black American astronaut on anniversary of his death
Myrlie Evers’ thoughtful speech sets tone for 2 museums By Emily Wagster Pettus Myrlie Evers could have been bitter and left Mississippi forever after a white supremacist assassinated her husband, state NAACP leader Medgar Evers, outside the family’s Jackson home in 1963. Yet, as the state commemorated its bicentennial, Mrs. Evers gave a thoughtful and inspirational speech to dedicate two
museums that tell the complex history of, as she intentionally said, “the state of my birth.” The Museum of Mississippi History and the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum are two distinct entities under a single roof. They are in downtown Jackson, a short walk from the state Capitol. Mrs. Evers is a Vicksburg native and is now n Evers, see page 8
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Robert Henry Lawrence, Jr. was the first African American astronaut.
By Erick Johnson Fifty years ago, a tragic accident ended the groundbreaking career of Major Robert H. Lawrence, Jr., a Chicago native and stellar Air Force pilot who became America’s first Black astronaut. On December 8, 2017—the 50th anniversary of his death—NASA honored his oftenignored legacy and contributions to the n Astronaut, see page 2