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Frazier-Williams has been a New York Life agent since 2015, and is associated with New York Life’s South Florida General Office (GO) in Sunrise.

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Frazier-Williams holds degrees from Florida International University; Northwestern University and Florida A&M University. She serves on several community and business organizations including Women Business Development Council of South Florida, Women of Color Empowerment Institute and Charity Ladies Club of Carver Ranches. She was most recently recognized by the City of Lauderhill as a “Woman of Distinction and Achievement” during Women’s History Month 2017.

Why this Black non-profit organization refuses to give at-risk youth free backpacks and school supplies supplies!

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Chokwe Antar Lumumba (l) is sworn-in, becoming Jackson’s youngest mayor. Court of Appeals Judge Latrice Westbrooks ( right) administers the oath of office to Lumumba as his wife Ebony looks on.

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By Othor Cain (The Mississippi Link/NNPA Member) Chokwe Antar Lumumba became the youngest mayor in the history of Jackson, Miss., when he was sworn-in last month in front of a standing roomonly crowd at Jackson’s Convention Center Complex.

Lumumba, 34, defeated the business-friendly incumbent Mayor Tony Yarber after losing to him in a special election in 2014. The seat was left vacant when Lumumba’s father, Chokwe Lumumba, died after serving less than a year in office.

Lumumba called his victory a celebration of the city’s unity.

“It’s about our collective efforts to move Jackson forward,” Lumumba said to a cheering crowd.

A blessing deferred isn’t a blessing denied.

Even though he had hoped to fulfill the unexpired term of his father in 2014, Lumumba said he was grateful for losing to Yarber, during his first campaign.

“I’m actually grateful that we lost the election in 2014, not because the sincerity was not there, not because we didn’t believe we would have done a good job, but, we’ve been able to appreciate far more what’s going on with the city of Jackson, and I’ve been able to appreciate more within myself,” Lumumba shared during an interview with “Democracy Now!” Lumumba continued: “People have to remember, in 2014, not only did I bury my father in a two-month time span and then enter into an election, my wife was pregnant with our first child. And so there was a world of change. You had a first-time candidate, who had not run for junior class

Black colleges still waiting: Trump’s promise Written by Andrew Kreighbaum

Orrin Hudson teaching at-risk youth life lessons at a recent back-to-school success rally.

But during back-to-school season, he refuses to donate free backpacks and school supplies.

He comments, “Providing free backpacks and school supplies is a temporary solution to a prominent crisis, but what my organization is doing is long-term. I believe that we should invest in intellectual capital for young people because that is what creates the highest return.

“When Hudson says “intellectual capital,” he is referring to training young people to develop critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making skills. “We can’t keep treating the symptoms of what’s wrong in our urban communities; We need to treat the root problem,” he adds.

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Proverbs 16:2 says, “All a person’s ways seem pure to them, but motives are weighed by the LORD.”

By Bobby R. Henry, Sr.

Trump promised best effort ever for HBCUs but has left top position at key advocacy office unfilled for longer than any previous administration did.

And his pledge to move office to White House remains unfulfilled.

The White House today marked a milestone in leadership on historically Black colleges and universities, although probably not the kind President Trump had in mind when he promised in February that support of those institutions would be an “absolute priority.”

A new administration hasn’t made it to August without having named a leader of the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities since that office was launched under President Carter. But Trump has not named a leader for the office.

The initiative is a modestly staffed administrative unit in the Department of Education — and the administration has been slow to fill politically appointed positions throughout the federal government. But this position was the focus of a heavily touted executive order on HBCUs that Trump signed in February after hosting leaders of historically Black colleges in the Oval

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KIMBROUGH Office. And naming an executive director for the initiative and making progress on moving it into the White House — the only concrete promise in that executive order — would have been a start toward his promise to outdo previous administrations.

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By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Bill Cosby has hired former Michael Jackson attorney Tom Mesereau to lead his defense team going into the November retrial of the comedian’s sexual assault case.

Mesereau, who will be joined by Kathleen Bliss of Nevada and Sam Silver of Pennsylvania, successfully defended “Baretta” star Robert Blake in the murder of his wife more than 10 years ago.

But, it was the silver-haired attorney’s defense and advocacy of the King of Pop that probably stands out as his best courtroom accomplishment.

Jackson, facing multiple counts of child molestation, had replaced his former attorneys Mark Geragos and Benjamin Brafman—two prolific lawyers—with Mesereau before the start of his 2005 trial in Santa Maria, California.

Mesereau won over a local jury by painting the accuser and his family as grifters and almost every witness against Jackson as having a monetary motive.

Jackson won acquittal on 13 counts and, even following his death four years later, Mesereau continued to defend the singer’s name.

Cosby spokesman Andrew Wyatt declined to comment on the hire, only sending a press release noting the move, which comes one day ahead of a planned pre-trial conference in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

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Dick Gregory dies at 84

By Stacy M Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Legendary civil rights activist and comedian Dick Gregory died on Saturday.

He was 84.

Friends, family and celebrities took to social media to honor the icon and innovator of the Black community.

“It is with enormous sadness that the Gregory family confirms that their father, comedic legend and civil rights activist Mr. Dick Gregory departed this earth tonight in Washington, DC,” said Christian Gregory, his son, in a statement posted

on Facebook. “The family appreciates the outpouring of support and love and respectfully asks for their privacy as they grieve during this very difficult time.”

On Facebook, Roland Martin, a journalist and host of NewsOne on TV One said that he had enormous respect for Gregory.

“He was honest, truthful, unflinching, unapologetically Black. He challenged America at every turn. RIP,” wrote Martin.

“He was one of the sweetest, smartest, most loving people one could ever know,” said

Steve Jaffe, Gregory’s publicist of 50 years, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Jaffe added, “I just hope that God is ready for some outrageously funny times.”

Singer John Legend tweeted that, “Dick Gregory lived an amazing, revolutionary life. A groundbreaker in comedy and a voice for justice. RIP.” Filmmaker Ava DuVernay tweeted that Gregory “taught us and loved us.”

Quoting legendary entertainer Richard Pryor, sports writer Myron Medcalf tweeted, “Dick Gregory was the greatest, and he was the first. Somebody had to break down that door.”

Symbols o tr ed and r acism off ha hatr tred racism should no ener ated nott be v vener enera Trump administration’s refusal to condemn the public display of Confederate symbols emboldens the hateful groups that seek to divide our country.

By NAACP Interim President & CEO Derrick Johnson.

For too long, the American people have lived side by side with the emblems of white supremacy, oppression and segregation. Their continued presence in our public sites and buildings is highly offensive to millions of Americans – regardless of ethnicity – and also serves as a painful reminder of the racial, ethnic and religious hatred that have marred this country’s history.

Today, we are dealing with a President who believes that to take down these symbols is to change “history” and “culture” and an Attorney General who believes that to remove the Confederate flag from public buildings is to “delegitimize the fabulous accomplishments of our country.” We ask: how does it benefit our country to preserve an archaic and treaso nous Confederate culture which sought to devalue, diminish and profit off the suffering of Black citizens? The Civil War is a part of our history, but those symbols belong in text books so we may learn from our past mistakes and grow from them. Symbols of hatred and racism should not be venerated.

This administration’s refusal to condemn – and in some instances blatantly defend the public display of these Confede rate symbols –serves only to em bolden and mobilize the hateful groups that seek to tear our country apart. As was evident in Charlottesville, the remnants of the Confederacy will continue to evoke hatred and inspire domestic terrorism until they are removed. Leaders of the Ku Klux Klan and other white supremacists groups continue to praise the actions and rhetoric of our

CONFEDERATE GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE President, further illustrating that he is on the wrong side of the moral compass.

Striking down these statues, flags, and memorials will not solve all the challenges concerning race and equality in America, but it will symbolize an end to the reverence and celebration of values that have divided us for too long. Baltimore, home of our national headquarters, just removed several confederate statues and moments.

The NAACP commends the

Charm City and the other towns, states and universities that have taken steps to rid themselves of these shameful monuments.

The mechanisms that aim to spread hate, terror and injustice take on many forms – from discriminatory laws and unfair systems, to racist symbols and confederate statues. As the nation’s foremost civil rights organization, the NAACP will continue to fight the constructs whose sole purpose is to make America hate again.

NAA CP mourns the passing of Civil Rights NAACP Icon, W rit er and Comedian Dic k Gregor Writ riter Dick Gregoryy Submitted by Malik Russell BALTIMORE—The NAACP mourns the death of comedic legend and civil rights icon Dick Gregory, who passed away today at age 84. Gregory broke down the barriers of segregation in American comedy and entertainment, and consistently lent his celebrity status to the ongoing fight for civil rights.

The author of numerous books, comedy and spoken word albums, Gregory recently released a new book, Defining Moments in Black History: Reading Between the Lies.

Noted as an independent researcher and scholar of a variety of unorthodox knowledge, he segued from his position as one of the nation’s leading comics, to a civil rights activist after friend and former NAACP Mississippi state field secretary Medgar Evers was assassinated in 1963 by a white supremacist.

“Dick Gregory was an activist and creative genius who knew the struggle for liberation could

GREGORY only take flight if prominent individuals like himself leveraged their considerable influence, and joined the masses on the front lines of the dismantling of Jim Crow,” said NAACP Board Chairman Leon W. Russell. “We have lost one of the most important voices of social justice vigilance

in the last 50 years. His intellectual style of humor defied racist stereotypes, eschewed buffoonery and provided white America rare insight into the unquestionable humanity of Black people,” added Russell.

Gregory would frequently march alongside the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and considered late Muslim leader Malcolm X a friend. Later in his career, he would spend time on Radio One’s WOL-AM in Washington, DC with media magnate and good friend Cathy Hughes, providing analysis of the Black struggle, and advocating African American economic self help, health and nutrition.

“Our brother in the struggle, Dick Gregory will be sorely missed,” said NAACP interim President Derrick Johnson. “He, along with people like Harry Belafonte and Paul Robeson, pioneered the use of celebrity as a tool to push for social justice. Our community and nation owes a great debt to him for his decades of work to eradicate racism.”

This photo was taken of Dick Gregory during a rally against police brutality at the African American Civil War Memorial in Washington, D.C. (Elvert Barnes/Flickr) Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. the president and CEO of the National Newspaper Publishers Association, also paid homage to Gregory.

“We salute and honor the living legacy of freedom fighter Dick Gregory. RIP,” Chavis wrote on Twitter.

Gregory had been in a Washington, D.C. area hospital battling an undisclosed illness.

However, as late as Thursday, family members were said to have been upbeat about his recovery and he even had plans to appear at a show on Saturday in the nation’s capital.

Born Richard Claxton “Dick” Gregory in St. Louis, Missouri on Oct. 12, 1932, Gregory became a comedian and civil rights activist whose social satire changed the way Whites perceived African American comedians, according to his biography.

Dick Gregory entered the national comedy scene in 1961 when Chicago’s Playboy Club (as a direct request from publisher Hugh Hefner) booked him as a replacement for white comedian, “Professor” Irwin Corey. Until then Gregory had worked mostly at small clubs with predominantly Black audiences (he met his wife, Lillian Smith, at one such club), according to his biography.

“Such clubs paid comedians an average of five dollars per night; thus Gregory also held a day job as a postal employee.

His tenure as a replacement for Corey was so successful — at one performance he won over an audience that included southern White convention goers — that the Playboy Club offered him a contract extension from several weeks to three years,” Gregory’s biography said. “By 1962, Gregory had

become a nationally known headline performer, selling out nightclubs, making numerous national television appearances, and recording popular comedy albums.”

Gregory’s biography continued: “It’s important to note that no biography of Gregory would be complete without mentioning that he and his beloved wife, ‘Lil,’ had ten children, who have become highly respected members of the national community in a variety of fields.

They are: Michele, Lynne, Pamela, Paula, Stephanie (a.k.a. Xenobia), Gregory, Christian, Miss, Ayanna and Yohance.”

While a student at Sumner High School in St. Louis, he led a March protesting segregated schools. Later, inspired by the work of leaders such as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and organizations such as the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), Gregory took part in the Civil Rights Movement, using his celebrity status to draw attention to such issues as segregation and disfranchisement, according to his biography.

“When local Mississippi governments stopped distributing Federal food surpluses to poor Blacks in areas where SNCC was encouraging voter registration, Gregory chartered a plane to bring in several tons of food,” the biography said.

“He participated in SNCC’s voter registration drives and in sitins to protest segregation, most notably at a restaurant franchise in downtown Atlanta, Georgia. Only later did Gregory disclose that he held stock in the chain."

Gregory’s autobiography, “Nigger,” was published in 1963 and it became the number one

best-selling book in America.

Over the decades it has sold in excess of seven million copies.

He explained his choice for the title in the foreword of the book, where Dick Gregory wrote a note to his mother, his biography explained.

“Whenever you hear the word ‘Nigger’,” he said, “you’ll know they're advertising my book.”

Through the 1960s, Gregory spent more time on social issues and less time on performing, his biography noted. He participated in marches and parades to support a range of causes, including opposition to the Vietnam War, world hunger and drug abuse.

Dorothy Leavell, chairman of the NNPA and publisher of the Crusader Newspaper Group, said that this was a sad moment and a great loss to America, especially Black America.

“Dick Gregory was a personal friend, but also a voice for Black America which has now been stilled,” said Leavell. “Dick was also a close friend to the Black Press and the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA).”

Leavell continued: “While we mourn this loss , we are grateful for the many contributions he made that have helped us all.”

Chavis agreed.

“Dick Gregory epitomized the rare combination of being an intellectual genius and one of our greatest social visionaries,” Chavis said. “The National Newspapers Publishers Association deeply mourns the passing of freedom fighter Dick Gregory.”

There is a limit on how much information you can keep bottled up.

-- Dick Gregory

Will Father Augustus Tolton, Missouri-born, first African American priest in U.S., become a saint?

By Kelly Moffitt Father Augustus Tolton was born into slavery just outside of Hannibal in Ralls County, Missouri in 1854. He would go on to become the first recognized African American priest to be ordained by the Roman Catholic Church in the United States in 1886 at the age of 31.

The road to that point in his life alone was tough. Rejected from every seminary he applied to in the United States because of the color of his skin, Tolton had to travel to Rome to study and become ordained. Although he initially expected to be sent to Africa as a missionary, he was surprisingly sent back to the Midwest to serve the African American community in Quincy, Ill. He would go on to serve in Chicago as well.

Tolton is being considered for sainthood. The formal canonization proceedings began in 2011 and continue today, waiting to be fully evaluated by the Vatican.

On Tuesday’s St. Louis on the Air, Auxillary Bishop Joseph Perry, of the Archdiocese of Chicago, joined the program to share information about the canonization process. Perry is the official guiding the process of

Father Augustus Tolton was born into slavery in Missouri in 1854 and would eventually become the first African-American priest in the United States, serving Quincy, Ill.. canonization along, making the case for Tolton.

Also joining the program was Chuck Scholz, the former mayor of Quincy, Illinois, anattorney at Scholz and Scholz, LLP. His grandfather attended Tolton’s church, and Scholz also believes Tolton should be canonized.

Augustus Tolton was the first openly-identified AfricanAmerican priest to serve the Roman Catholic Church in the U.S. He was a former slave, born in Missouri. We look back on his life and the efforts being

made today to canonize him as a saint on St. Louis on the Air. “Canonization is the highest honor the Catholic Church can bestow upon a Christian,” Perry said. “It allows that person’s name to be invoked in an act of worship and allows that person’s name to be listed with the saints known worldwide and even locally where he has significance for certain groups of people.”

The process of research into Tolton’s life took four years, amounting to about 5,000 pages. Currently, various Vatican officials are putting together a “positsio,” a heavily-documented biography of Tolton’s life showing what made him an extraordinary Christian, which will be reviewed by a historical and theological commission.

That “positsio” is expected to be completed by summer’s end.

After the review, a group of Cardinals will review the information and provide their thoughts to the Pope on whether Tolton should be canonized. The pope will then decree Tolton had lived a virtuous life, making him a “venerable.”

There are two more stages that Tolton must pass to become a saint. First, “beatification,” which proves Tolton performed at least one miracle. And then, finally, sainthood, where two miracles must be proven.

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Hampton student builds bridge between young Black girls and the sciences Courtesy of Jermaya Patterson founder of BDGS SAVANNAH, GA. – Hampton University senior Jermaya Patterson didn’t waste one minute of her summer vacation.

Instead of living a life of leisure, she’s given back to her hometown by helping young girls through a program she founded: “Black Girls Do STEM” (science, technology, engineering and mathematics). The free program launched June 5 at a YMCA in Savannah, Ga. “When I ended my junior year, this year, I called my mom and said we have to do this,” Patterson said.

Within weeks, Patterson and her mother had the organization up and running complete with guidelines, an application, and the organization’s new logo.

“Ms. Patterson is a prime example of what we teach here at Hampton University,” said Dr. Jermel Watkins, chair of Hampton University’s Biological Sciences Department. “She has taken her knowledge from the classroom and used it to impact change. She is an exemplary mentor and role model.

Our department couldn’t be more proud to call her one of our own.”

Patterson would meet with the girls twice a week through out the summer.

“We started them off with eneral science including scientific methods and safety rules,” Patterson said. “Then, we dove right in with chemistry, using baking soda and vinegar and blowing up balloons. Later, we moved on to some zoology.”

On the engineering front, Patterson had the kids building miniature bridges and a rain shelter.

Patterson, studying to become a veterinarian, knew the exact career path she wanted to take since fourth grade when she had the opportunity to play

with some animals during a science class.

“I wanted to give the girls some type of hands on experience that would allow them to say, ‘when I was in second, third, or fourth grade, I had the opportunity to build bridges and now I know that I want to be a civil engineer’,” she said.

Initially, Patterson admits the girls were not very interested in the science behind making ice cream or building bridges.

However, as time went on and the work they did was more “hands-on,” she noticed their interest started to grow.

“A little girl said, ‘you make science fun for me.’ That’s exactly what I wanted to hear.

I want science to be fun,” Patterson said. “That is what we are doing.”

(Photo Courtesy of Jermaya Patterson, founder of BDGS) Clar k A tlant a a war ded $1 .5 Clark Atlant tlanta aw arded $1.5 million pr os tat e cancer r esear ch FAMU Nursing School receives $1.3M to focus on enhancing pros ost ate resear esearc merican men,” said Chaudgr ant health care in rural and underserved communities hary.

By Clark Atlanta University ATLANTA The Center for Cancer Research and Therapeutic Development (CCRTD) at Clark Atlanta University, together with the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) and Vancouver Prostate Centre, has been awarded a $1.5 million grant by the Department of Defense Prostate Cancer Research Program to develop groundbreaking drugs to aid in the treatment of castration-resistant prostate cancer, the deadliest form of the disease.

Dr. Jaideep Chaudhary, professor in the Department of Biological Sciences and interim associate dean, School of Arts and Sciences, will be the principal investigator for CAU. Dr. Chaudhary will conduct preclinical trials of newly designed drugs emanating from this collaborative research project.

DR. CHAUDHARY “This grant is extremely significant for the Cancer Center as it addresses our mission of developing treatments for prostate cancer, which disproportionately affects African A-

As of 2013, the most recent year for which statistics exist, Black men had the highest rate of contracting prostate cancer, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The CDC also found in the same year Blacks have a higher death rate from prostate cancer than other ethnic groups.

CCRTD is one of the leading cancer research centers in the nation focused solely on treating and eliminating prostate cancer in Black men. The Center was established at CAU in 1999 through combining the joint strengths of the Departments of Biological Sciences and Chemistry. It has strategic partnerships with colleges, universities and laboratories worldwide, including Emory University, Morehouse College, Cornell University and iThemba LABS in South Africa.

SWAC to discontinue football championship game

By News Wire The Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) today announced that it will forgo its football championship game following the 2017 Toyota SWAC Football Championship.

“With the creation of the Celebration Bowl as a national showcase for HBCU football, the Council of Presidents and Chancellors decided to suspend the championship game format after the 2017 season,” said Commissioner Duer Sharp. “By focusing on the Celebration Bowl, we can continue to grow the AFRCB as an HBCU classic for the teams and fans of both conferences and for HBCU football nationally.”

The championship game will be played on Saturday, Dec. 2, 2017 at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas. The SWAC champion will earn an invitation to play in the Air Force Reserve Celebration Bowl at the new Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta on Saturday, Dec. 16, 2017. Established in 2015 and recognized as one of the premier events in HBCU college

The Florida A&M University (FAMU) School of Nursing has launched new efforts to increase opportunities to prepare students to work as health care professionals in rural and underserved communities.

The Academic-Practice Partnerships Enhance Advanced Learning (APPEAL) project is supported by a new two-year, $1.3 million grant received by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) this summer.

The goal of APPEAL is to advance the health and life success of Florida communities through the diversification of health professions. To accomplish this objective, the nursing school will form academicpractice partnerships with primary care clinical practice sites centered in medically underserved and rural communities to train and increase the number of Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs) working in those areas.

APRNs can serve as direct providers of patient care in the state of Florida, offering services such as preventing, diagnosing and treating illnesses, as well as prescriptive capabilities.

According to Henry C. Talley, Ph.D., dean of the School of Nursing and principal investigator for the grant, the AP-

PEAL project is the perfect opportunity to advance the school’s mission.

“A key component of the School of Nursing’s mission is to educate nurse leaders and scholars, generate new knowledge, and improve health and health care, all in service to the global community,” Talley said. “The HRSA grant and our new APPEAL project position us to not only train the next generation of nursing professionals on how to serve rural and underserved communities but also allows us to help eliminate health care disparities for families and individuals who deserve the best care available despite their financial status or location.”

Talley added, “Using evidence-based strategies, the School of Nursing will use the grant to provide intense training, academic support, community-based partnerships, and scholarship development as well as service learning opportunities to APRN students and preceptors (instructors) as a mechanism for integration into clinical practice.”

Through partnerships, APPEAL will also aim to provide hands-on training for advanced practice nursing students to prepare them for successful entry into the workforce and improve the competencies of clinical preceptors located in community-based, primary care set-

TALLEY tings in rural and under-served areas.

Celebrating its 80th anniversary, the FAMU School of Nursing was recently recognized as one of the top nursing schools in the country by leading education research publisher SR Education Group.

The publication recognized the school’s online Master of Nursing Program as the No. 16 most affordable program in the country. SR also highlighted the school’s offering of clinical expertise and experience through promoting local clinical work that prepares students for workplace realities in nursing.

North Carolina A&T breaks sponsored research record with and Community Health, received a $2-million grant from $62.5 million in grants, contracts the Merck Foundation to adBy North Carolina AT&T State University

COMMISSIONER SHARP football, the Celebration Bowl features the champion of the SWAC versus the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) champion.

Beginning in 2018, the SWAC football championship title will go to the team with the best regular season conference record. The conference office, along with SWAC administra-

tors and coaches, will work to solidify a tie-breaker procedure, scheduling and other factors that contribute to dissolving the championship format.

Originally introduced in 1999, the SWAC championship game was originally played at Legion Field in Birmingham, Ala., for 14 years before moving to Houston in 2013.

Hampt on Univ er sity ttoo mar ear ounding, 40th Hampton Univer ersity markk 150 yyear earss sinc sincee ffounding, anniv er sary of Pr esident Dr illiam RR.. Harv anniver ersary President Dr.. W William Harveey ‘Celebrating a legacy and a legend of Excellence’ to include year-long series of events, activities HAMPTON, VA. – Hampton University, a dynamic, progressive institution of higher education and a leader among the nation’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU’s), has begun preparations for twin celebrations in 2018 – the university’s 150th anniversary of its founding as Hampton Institute in 1868, and a celebration of the unparalleled executive tenure of Dr. William R. Harvey, HU’s president for the past 40 monumental years.

“Celebrating a Legacy and a Legend of Excellence” is the theme of a combined series of events and observances over

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the coming year. The celebration, with planning and preparation led by Hampton University students, administrators, faculty, alumni, sponsors and the Hampton community, begins this month.

“We look forward to celebrating with the global comm-

unity, residents of the Commonwealth, and anyone who values educational excellence,” said Dr. William R. Harvey, Hampton University President. “As we embark upon the university’s 150th anniversary and my 40th anniversary as president of Hampton, we’ll reflect on the stellar achievements and undeniable progress that this university has accomplished. ” “We welcome the participation of businesses, organizations and other partners who wish to support this once-in-alifetime observance,” Harvey said. “We look forward to producing leaders who will change the world in the next 150 years.”

Already the state’s third most productive public research university, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University took in a school-record $62.5 million in research contracts and grants in 201617, school leaders announced recently.

External research funding at North Carolina A&T now has more than tripled over the past 16 years, growing from $18.4 million in 2001 to $62.5 million in 2017. The super-majority of A&T research awards come from federal sources — the most competitive arena for research funding.

The growth also comes during a period in which federal spending on research decreased as a percentage of national gross domestic product and during which across-the-board budget cuts caused by sequestration produced significant decreases in available research funding.

“The outstanding work of our faculty not only brought in more support for our research programs than in any previous year, but made significant contributions to the advancement of science, particularly in the STEM disciplines in which A&T’s work is so well known,” said Chancellor Harold L. Martin Sr. “As we prepare to begin construction on a new engineering complex and continue to realize more of the research benefits from last year’s academic reorganization, we hope to build on this new milestone, delivering even more scientific, educational and economic impact in the months and years ahead.”

Principal investigators received 259 awards across campus from such federal funders as the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes

CHANCELLOR MARTIN of Health, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, NASA, the U.S. Department of Defense, the U.S. Department of Labor and the U.S. Department of Education. Support from private sources came from Intel, Duke Energy, Honeywell, the Merck Company Foundation, Lockheed Martin, Science Applications International Corp. and a range of other partners.

Those awards not only benefit the research in question and the university, but the local and state economies, as well.

A study published in 2014 in the journal Science, for instance, showed that about 30 percent of federal research funding is spent on local vendors for goods and services – about half of that in the university’s home county and about half in its home state.

Among the many A&T projects driving growth in 2016-17: · Steven Knisley, Ph.D., chair of Chemical, Biological and Bioengineering in the College of Engineering, was awarded a $2-million grant through the National Science Foundation to create a N.C. A&T-based “RED Team,” which aims to revolutionize how engineering curriculum is taught at the college level. · Goldie Byrd, Ph.D., -who holds the Nathan F. Simms Endowed Professorship in Biology and directs The Center for Outreach in Alzheimer’s, Aging

dress literacy, care management, training and research in Alzheimer’s and other agingrelated diseases. Byrd is also principal investigator on a collaborative project on academic leadership in STEM disciplines that received $225,183 in funding from the National Science Foundation. · Kimberly Erwin, Ph.D., -- Department of Educator Preparation in the College of Education, is principal investigator on a project that aims to increase the number of highly-qualified teachers produced for high-need K-12 public schools in rural communities that are often under resourced.

The U.S. Department of Education funded the project with a $3.6-million grant. · Agriculture -- More than one-third of the total sponsored research funding at N.C. A&T supports research programs in the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences where researchers develop new and improved techniques for growing crops, poultry and livestock, as well as functional uses of foods and biomass for energy.

These projects impact not only local and state farmers, but have global agricultural economy applications.

“Our faculty are competing for research support at the highest levels with peers from across the country, and their growing success is transforming our scientific programs,” said Barry Burks, vice president for Research and Economic Development at A&T. “In addition to the vital scientific questions they are answering, faculty researchers are contributing to the growth of our research centers, helping our graduate programs grow and playing a strong role in enhancing the university’s standing and reputation nationwide. I’m very proud of their success.”

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Tournament

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, Zeta Rho Omega Chapter and the AKAdemic Foundation are hosting the Seventh Annual Strike For A Cure Bowling Tournament, on Friday, Aug. 25, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., at SpareZ, 5325 S. Univ. Dr., Davie, Fla. There are costs for adults and children which include two hours of bowling, bowling shoes, food/soft drinks and a charitable contribution to Women In Distress of Broward County Inc. For additional info contacthealth@zetarhoomega.org or pay at www.AKA2017Strike.eventbrite.com.

Showcase

Pompano Beach Cultural Center announces Summer Season Alyona Ushe to showcase Cultural Alliance Members and Community Spirit. All events will be held at the Pompano Beach Cultural Center, 50 S.W. First Ave., Pompano Beach, Fla. · Sunday, Aug. 27 at 7 p.m.

- American Roots of Jamaican Music: The Legacy presented

by Rootz of Music.

For cost and additional info call Kay Renz at (561) 6548151.

Meeting Historical Dorsey-Riverbend Civic Association Homeowners meeting on Monday, Aug. 28, at 7 p.m., at North Fork Elementary School, 101 N.W. 15 Ave., Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Monthly meeting is held on the fourth Monday of each month at 7 p.m. For more info call (954) 445-0244.

Happening at African-American Research Library and Cultural Center

Event Day Of Dignity on Saturday, Sept. 2, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Samuel Delevoe Park, 2520 Sistrunk Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Event to offer health and human services to people in need. For more info contact Nandee Shabazz at (954) 272-0490.

Conference African-American Research Library and Cultural Center, 2650 Sistrunk Blvd., Fort Lauderale, Fla. For more info call (954) 357-6210. · Writer Workshop on Saturday, Aug. 26, from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. All ages are welcome to join writer’s workshop. Learn about character development and techniques to improve your story. For more info call Darcia at (954) 357-6170. · Zumba Workout on Saturday, Sept. 26 from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Lose weight while having fun. All ages are welcome to join instructor Maxine for a free Zumba workout! · Biz Tech 411 presents Become a radio star -The Nuts & Bolts of Podcasting on Saturday, Sept. 26, at noon. Michelle Y. Talbert, guest speaker. Complimentary entry, limited seating ; refreshments will be provide. · Charles Mills Art Exhibit on display now! The collection will be on display from Aug. 14 to Sept. 22, 2017. Exhibit reception on Saturday, Aug. 26, at 5:30 p.m. For more info call (954) 357-6282.

Meeting Greater Faith CCHTL Inc., host pastor Elder Randy Robertson, coordinators Elder Wayne & Evangelist Barbara Harden host the Evangelism Camp Meeting Outreach Day on Saturday, Sept. 9, from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., at 2301 N.W. 22 St., Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Free food, giveaways, clothes and school supplies. For additional info call Barbara Harden at (954) 254-9648

Seniors Prom (Save the Date) The 9th Annual Seniors Prom is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 7, from 5. to 10 p.m., at the Bahia Mar Hotel and Resort, 801 Seabreeze Blvd., Fort Lauderdale Beach, Fla. Tickets are now available at MODCO, 1530 Sistrunk Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Must be 55 or older to attend. The Broward Citizens for Seniors, Inc., members also have tickets. For additional info sponsorship, call (954) 288-8702 or (954) 303-4900. The Seniors Prom is sponsored by the Broward Citizens for Seniors, Inc., a non-profit community organization.

Songfest

The Women of Color Empowerment Institute, Inc., announces the Seventh annual Women of Color Empowerment Conference on Friday, Sept. 810, at the Westin Fort Lauderdale Beach Resort, 321 N. Fort Lauderdale Beach Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, Fla. For tickets ,info and sponsorship, contact Jibrielle Polite at (954) 7689770 or (954) 900-3494.

Touch Weekly Events

· Labor of Love Day - Save the date for a neighborhood revitalization event on Monday, Sept. 4, 2017 from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., at NW Ninth Ct., Fort Lauderdale, Fla (Between NW 27th Ave. & NW 28 Terr. · Community Resource Fair on Saturday, Sept. 9, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Franklin Park 2501 Franklin Dr., Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The Broward County School’s Haitian Families Support Services presents a Community Resource Fair. There will be health information, school resources, face painting, giveaways, food, games and much more! For additional info contact Tina Hudson, Navigator Program Coordinatior at (954) 5619681 x 1226 or THudson@BRHPC.org.

Mount Hermon A.M.E. Church, and our Pastor, Reverend Henry E. Green, Jr., cordially invite the public to our 2017 Songfest on Saturday, Sept. 16, at 6 p.m., at 401 N.W. Seventh Terr., Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The renowned and anointed Reverend Kevin Desire will be the Featured Musician/ Artist at the Voices of Praise Choir 2017 Songfest. The theme for this year’s Songfest production is: Songfest 2017: "Sing Praises To God, Sing Praises To Our King, Sing Praises.” Psalms 47:6 NIV. Reverend Kevin Desire, a Miami-Dade native, is a Composer/Arranger of over 477 songs. He has traveled across the United States, Nassau (Bahamas), Toronto (Canada), Europe, & Lilongwe, Malawi (Southern Africa) with his music. He is an Ordained Minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church and has been involved in Youth Ministry since the age of 10. Rev. Desire currently serves as the 11th Episcopal District of the A.M.E. Church, Director of Music & Christian Arts.

Arts. For more info contact Barbara Scruggs at (954) 2578019.

Miss FAMU

The FAMU Broward Alumni Chapter would like to invite all FAMU Alumna residing in Broward County who have held the title of MISS FAMU to please contact the chapter for an opportunity to be featured in the 2018 upcoming FAMU Broward Chapter Distinguished Alumni Calendar. For more info please call (954) 4393864.

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Aging & Disability Resource Center for Broward County, Inc., Events

* Aging & Disabiltiy Resource Center of Broward County presents The 25th Annual Minority Elderly Conference on Friday, Sept. 8, 2017 in the Conference Center at Broward Health North, 201 E. Sample Rd., Deerfield Beach, Fla. Preregistration is required. Sessions are offered in English, Spanish, and Creole. For time and cost and additional info call (954) 745-9567, Ext. 10247. * The Aging and Disability Resource Center will hold its 28th Annual Swing for Seniors Golf Tournament on Friday, Oct. 27, 2017 at 9 a.m., at the Inverrary Country Club in Lauderhill.

For cost and additional info contact Denise Jones at (954) 745-9567 x10216. email: jonesd@adrcbroward.org or visit the ADRC website at www.adrcbroward.org.

Registration Register your Black Owned Business online by visiting sflbbd.com. We also have premium listing options listed online. The deadline to register to be included in the second edition of sflbbd is Saturday, Sept. 30. Email us right away at info@sflbbd.com if youhave questions that cannot be answered by visiting our website.

Competition

The City of Pembroke Pines Recreation & Cultural Arts Department and the Arts & Culture Advisory Board are proud to announce the Third Annual Art Competition. Applications are currently being accepted at Studio 18 in the Pines. Accepted artwork will be exhibited at Studio 18 in the Pines from Sept.

25 to Nov. 9, 2017. The winners of the competition will be announced at the Art Competition Reception on Friday, Oct. 6.

2017. Application deadline is Friday, September 15, 2017 at 5 p.m. For more info at (954) 961-6067.

Concert

The Second annual concert across America to end Gun Violence on Sunday, Sept. 24, from 4 to 6 p.m., at Park Vista Community High School Auditorium, 7900 S. Jog Rd., Lake Worth, Fla. Free admission.

Speakers- author/motivational speaker Khaliah Camacho-Ali; author/criminologist Thomas Gabor “Confronting Gun Violence in America”; Rabbi Barry Silver, Congresswoman Lois Frankel, Poet Nate Hopwood and more. For more info call (561) 561-2080.

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Meet the Jamaican woman who is the oldest person in the world at age 1 17 — and her 9 7-y ear -old son!

11 97-y 7-year ear-old

Violet Mosses Brown from Jamaica eats whatever she wants. It seems to have worked well for her because she is now the oldest living human in the world and has no major illnesses.

Imagine being born in the year 1900 and not only still living but also still enjoying the company of her 97-year-old son. Brown received the title of oldest human in the world recently when the last honoree died at the age of 117. Both honorees were women.

Her secret to long life In spite of her age, Brown stays active by reading and attending church. She also loves to sing, and she can recite a poem she learned in grade school more than a hundred years ago.

Brown thinks young people have it too easy today. She worked hard as a dressmaker, domestic helper, and a farmer.

She said sometimes it makes her cry to think how hard she had to work. She remembers when she had to walk three miles barefooted to fetch water and be home in time to go to school by 9 a.m. \ What she eats Brown does not eat pork or chicken but she eats just about anything else. The Jamaica Observer recently stated that she “likes fish and mutton and sometimes she will have cow foot.” She also likes locally grown produce such as sweet potatoes, breadfruit, oranges and mangoes.

If you had to sum up what Brown attributes to her longevity, it would be hard work, devotion to the Baptist church and respect for family, life and people in general, according to Brown. She also adds, “Thank God for what he has given to me.”

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The last tw o Black -Owned gr ocer two Black-Owned grocer oceryy stores in America?

Many major Black-owned grocery stores and grocery store chains have closed in recent years due to fierce competition.

Aside from several still-existing mom and pop grocery stores, there are just two major Black-owned grocery stores left in the country according to BBnomics.com Here they are: #1 - Calhoun Foods Grocery in Montgomery, AL: has more than five supermarkets and over 300 employees throughout Alabama. It was founded by Greg Calhoun in 1984. #2 - Apples and Oranges Fresh Market in Baltimore, MD: Michele Speaks-March and her husband went from the funeral business to the grocery business in 2013. Their goal is to provide healthy food choices for residents of East Baltimore and the surrounding area.

In Greensboro, NC, there is also Renaissance Community Coop, which is planning to help local African Americans create a democratically owned and controlled grocery store in the Northeast part of town that sells healthy foods at affordable prices. They also have a commitment to locally sourced foods, community education and dignified jobs.

What about the grocery store owned by the guy from The Wire?

In 2013, actor Wendell Pierce (best known for his roles in The Wire and Treme) opened a grocery store in New Orleans called Sterling Farms. Initially it was very successful, and First Lady Michelle Obama even made a personal appearance to support the store’s grand opening. Unfortunately, the store closed after just one year due to poor performance.

But is it really true? Are there really just two Black-owned grocery stores left in the entire country? If you know of one, please email us at info@blackbusiness.org UPDATE: After publishing this blog post, we received an email saying that Leon’s Thriftway in Kansas City, MO is also a Black-owned grocery store owned by entrepreneur Leon Stapleton, who opened the store back in the late 60’s. He is currently 90 years old, and so day-to-day operations are run by his children and grandchildren.

We also received an email saying that Circle Foods in New Orleans is Black-owned, and also the Giant Eagle in the East Hills section of Pittsburgh, PA is reportedly independently owned by an African American.

"This isn't a revolution of Black against white; this is a revolution of right against wrong. And right has never lost."

-- Dick Gregory

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Fishing Family: Legacy of the Ferguson Flock

(Cont'd from FP) of danger; only their ominous eyes peering from the surface of the water. Water moccasins were far more prevalent and threatening than alligators.

But in spite of these threats, Ma Ferguson pressed on almost every weekend to “bring home the bacon and fry it up in a pan.” She was the phenomenal woman long before Maya elevated the term to national and international epic proportions.

My brother Ben vividly remembers this encounter. Ma hada encounter with a television reporter who spotted her one day while she was fishing in a canal. “Ma’am, now you know you can’t eat the fish you’re catching because they’re full of mercury,” said the reporter. As the sacrificial mother and perpetual provider of nine children, Ma politely replied, “I don’t care if these fish are filled with Mercury, Fords, Cadillacs, or Chevrolets! I need to feed my family!” And the rest was history.

Our childhood experiences also took us into the awe-inspiring depths of the Atlantic Ocean. I remember one time we were fishing down in the Florida Keyes when my younger sisters, Louise and Precious, and I were arguing about who was the best swimmer. Our parents were being guided by our boat’s fish finder when they stopped at the perfect spot for snapper, yellowtail, grunts, and grouper. My sisters and I were still boasting about who was the best, when out of nowhere, my father pushed all three of us overboard and proceeded to start the engine and pull off.

Only a few yards away, he yelled out across the Atlantic, “Now, let’s see who’s the best swimmer!” We stroked liked Michael Phelps and all made it to the boat without incident.

Needless to say, we never had that argument again, at least not while on a boat. I’ll let you guess who made it to the boat first! A few years ago, my family encountered the most extraordinary experience ever.

My sister-in-law Lauvlie with her thick Philippine accent shouted to everyone, “Hey! Look at that giant sting ray!” By the time everyone saw it, their eyes glazed over with shock, coupled with speechless, but instant and desperate prayers. The beastly aquatic animal disappeared under the boat and everyone froze in terror fully realizing that a fateful capsize may be imminent. But THANKS BE TO GOD FROM WHOM ALL BLESSINGS FLOW, the 25-30 feet whale shark surfaced far on the other side of the boat and continued on its merry way, apparently in search of food plankton and small fish - versus the then Fearful Fergusons. In her typical feisty fashion, postrecovery from shock, Ma was reported as having said something like this to her eldest offspring, the captain of the

vessel, “Now, that whale shark didn’t even splash! So why are your pants all wet?” I suppose one could say that Henry was the clear winner of the Most Fearful Fishing Ferguson Award!

This spirit of competition runs through the Ferguson Family in all that we do, like the blood running though our veins. As children, we competed against each other academically to drive us to excellence.

As adults, we competed against each other to be the first one to call Ma to wish her the best on holidays. Fishing is no exception. We always had fun [and still do] with friendly challenges and the hopes of being the one who caught the most fish or the biggest fish. In fact, fishing has become the only area where we continue to compete. Those early days of fishing in the Florida Keyes have become a family tradition, thanks to the values and virtues inspired by our beloved parents, who both now enjoy watching us carry the traditional torch from the windows of Heaven.

My siblings have come from as far as Brussels and Anchorage to meet up for our Annual Family Fishing Flock. We continue that legacy today and have taught our children, grandchildren and great grandchildren the love and leisure of deep sea fishing. That leads me to our most recent 2017 expedition and the reporter who joined the flock.

Although in prior years, we recorded and tracked our individual catches with markings such as one-cut on the tail, one-cut on the head, two-cuts on the tail, etc. for bragging rights. But our brother Henry from Alaska, also our El Capitan, started a new tradition three years ago by added a huge fish-topped trophy to those bragging rights for the person who caught the biggest fish.

The trash-talking started, text messages flew back and forth, laugh-out-loud video vignettes from aquariums showed up in emails, internet research for the best homemade chum flourished, and the contest was underway. My sister Precious channeled our Mom’s spirit and even cleared a space on a credenza in Ma’s house especially for the trophy she was prophesying to win. But it was our niece from Charlotte who talked the most trash. She had won the trophy two years in a row and was claiming a three-peat victory. Truth-be-told, though, Monique stole the trophy from my sister Louise and me the year before. You see, I hooked a bull shark on a second newly bought Penn rod & reel that I had idly in the ocean for the ‘big kahuna’ to eventually hit while actively fishing with another. Well, Louise quickly grabbed the rod when the big kahuna struck. She successfully brought it in after a tough fight. Then all of a sudden the rules of the game changed to

the biggest ‘edible’ catch. We bowed out gracefully and allowed Monique to have the trophy with the whopper of a grouper she snagged; but it was nowhere near the size of that shark Louise reeled in. Now let’s fast forward to present day.

Each year, about 30-40 of us mobilize at our favorite inn in the Florida Keyes with a few in dockside rooms for ease of access to boat duty: loading, disembarking the day’s catch, cleaning the boat, and preparing it for the next day’s trip.

Others occupy much larger rooms to accommodate more family members for enriching and late-night reunion experiences. We all mobilize under the large waterfront tikki hut and around the waterfront for meals. My sister Penny and I usually take on our mother’s role to ensure meals, snacks, beverages, coffee, and cocktails are plentiful. Her husband Jamey collaborates with brothers-in-law Captain Henry and Chummaker Ben to get the boat ready and serve as deckhands when it’s anchor time. The younger children enjoy fishing from the dock or frolicking in the pool with the tutelage and oversight of those adults who remain on shore. We like to reminisce and laugh about the stories of prior years, including the one about the Masterful Millennials [my son Matthew and his friend Ryan Evans] who both had their brand new iPhones swallowed up by the Atlantic. “Nemo phone home,” became a memorable phrase.

Each of our three days of 2017 deep sea fishing yielded a diverse harvest of ‘edible’ fish of all sizes and species. On Day 1, a nice-sized red snapper was the standard to beat. On Day 2, however, the competition became fierce when Ben pulled in his almost 30 inch grouper.

Precious showed up that afternoon and boldly asked, “Who do I have to beat?” We told her Ben was at the top of the leader board and she confidently shouted, “He’s going down!”

Sure enough, someone later sends a video via text from our second boat, owned by my nephew Derrick. Precious caught a huge snapper that superseded Ben’s catch, toppling him to second on the leader board. I think even Nemo heard Precious’ screams of excitement, shrills of victory and infectious laughter knowing that she now has the biggest catch as the sun was beginning to set and the end of the competition was drawing near. Ben did, however, win the ‘Ugliest Catch” with a Moray eel that jutted sharp fangs as its body coiled around the line once out of the water. What a hideous sight!

Congrats, again, Big Brother!

Because several members of our family have to leave the Keyes mid-day Sunday in preparation for work on Monday, the trophy is awarded at dinner on Saturday night, even though we have a full day of fishing on Sunday for those re-

maining. Our baby sister Precious was presented with the coveted trophy for the Biggest Catch, denying Monique a three-peat. Everyone raised their glasses in a congratulatory toast to Precious for her prophetic win. In her acceptance speech, she proudly proclaimed, “Mama, I told you I was bringing home the trophy just for you.” And she raised her glass in a toast to Ma. Well, let’s circle back to Miss Self-Proclaimed Three-Peat. As fate would have it, on Sunday she caught a monstrosity of a snapper, but AFTER the competition was over. She struggled with all her might to reel in whatever was on the other end of her line and my brother, her dad, insisted that a ‘daddy grouper’ had taken her line under a rock and she was simply hung. “Cut your line and give it up,” was his advice.

But she kept insisting, “I’m not hung ; I can feel it!” So, she kept reeling and sweating, sweating and reeling. I begged my brother to help her. So, he eventually started to manually pull in her braided line with brute strength and realized that his eldest daughter was about to out-fish him once again.

Monique was not giving up or giving in to this fighting fish and continued to reel feverishly with her dad’s much-needed assistance. We all shouted, cheered and clapped once the snapper was safely onboard.

While she only received an honorary three-peat from her dad, Lauvlie, Matthew, Ashlee, and me, she was rewarded with a nice, ice-cold Red Stripe. Next year grasshopper…next year!

Footnote: As a footnote to this Ferguson Family Fishing story, it’s important to mention that we invited publisher of the Westside Gazette and my high school classmate, Bobby Henry, to join us on the 2017 Annual Family Fishing Flock. He and one of his out-of-town friends joined us, while his wife Bertha and her friend enjoyed the diverse on-land excursions, including conducting their own experiment on the best Key Lime pie in the Keyes. Bobby opened the first outing on Friday with prayer for our safety and those prayers were certainly answered. I think they thoroughly enjoyed themselves, in spite of his friend getting sea sick. One of my family members said, “Bobby should’ve also prayed for fish because he sure didn’t catch many.” I reminded them of our mother’s favorite saying to my brother Ben when she was pulling in snapper after each and every cast and he wasn’t even getting a bite. She’d quip, “You aren’t holding your mouth right!” Get your mouth right, Bobby and we’ll see you next year! Captain Henry, our faithful leader and fishing aficionado, can’t wait!

If your family has a fantastic fishing story, please send it to The Westside Gazette for consideration at: wgazette@thewestsidegazette.com ATTN: Fishing Families.

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Letter to the Editor

Florida Legislators make the right choice to help children of incarcerated parents The Florida Legislature heard our plea on behalf of children of incarcerated parents in Broward County. Thanks to renewed funding from the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ), Big Brothers Big Sisters of Broward County now can serve an additional 70 children who face more adversity than a person should see in a lifetime. We’re very grateful to be able to provide strong and enduring, professionally supported, one-to-one mentoring relationships to this extremely vulnerable group of kids. We know – and independent research proves out – that mentoring will result in a powerful, positive change that will define these children for a lifetime. Many thanks to our legislators for doing the right thing.

— Ana M. Cedeno, President and CEO, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Broward County

Black women are not to blame for our community’s problems Mary McLeod Bethune

By Nichole Richards I am often annoyed when some of the ills of the Black community are blamed on the lack of male leadership in the home and family.

Let’s be clear, I believe the disproportionate amount of Black men circulated in the prison industrial complex is intentional and has had a profound

impact on the inner workings of our community. I also believe Manhood is a set of behaviors and beliefs that are passed down and taught by men to men and the destruction of that educational process has left a gaping wound that women cannot fill. Black men are definitely needed.

However, I find the “single Black mother as community destroyer” argument racist and based on some serious misogynistic tenor. In fact, the very argument is a white argument (The Negro Family: The Case for National Action by Patrick Moynihan) and it is disheartening that it is perpetuated by our own community against the very women who are simply attempting to hold things together, given the above imprisoning strategy.

Our community speaks on womenheaded families as if they are new phenomena, a sudden tear in the community fabric, but matriarchal structured households and societies have always existed among Black people since ancient times and some even prospered under female leadership (i.e.

Hatshepsut of Kemet, Queen Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba, the Ashanti Empire’s Yaa Asantewaa).

Perhaps I feel so strongly because my own family is comprised of mostly Black Southern women each carrying bits and pieces of strength from a mighty matriarch named Bertha. She is treated with sacredness and there is a profound level of respect and want for her words and love for her laughter. The Florida chapter of our family began in the early 1950s when Bertha, then a teenager, carried a newborn baby (my grandmother) and ran away from coastal Georgia to the heat and muck of South Florida. That is the blood we are all infused with and it shows. The women in my family are powerful, resilient, and witty, with Bertha’s high cheekbones. We look like her, talk like her, and move like her. We converse with her in an effort to think like her. We handle business like her.

As Bertha walks slower and lingers in bed longer, forgets names and holy recipes, we are all dealing with the reality of her impending transition.

We have been very blessed. It has been 33 years since someone in our family passed. But the thought of Mama being that next passing is a bit too much to bear and we are spending more and more time in prayer, contem-

plating the lessons she taught us and how she showed up as a Black woman in America.

It is not easy being a Black woman in this country, particularly a poor one.

But Bertha led our family through many struggles on her own with dignity and taught us all to do the same in our own mini-families. Bertha is what our community would call a “Big Mama”, the gentle, but correcting matriarch that feels our senses with nostalgia. We all have one so it is safe to say every Black family has been female-headed at some point in time.

Some, like mine, are still led by a woman and have been for over 60 years.

So let’s not treat Black single Moms as something new that shockingly came into fruition within the last twenty years. Let’s not assert that single mothers are the cause of our community’s most pressing problems. Let’s not overlook the number of single mothers working multiple jobs on the weekends and overnight to feed, cloth, and shelter their children. Let’s not hold accusatory stances that fill Black mothers with shame and guilt, having a profound effect on mental health and, thus, the mental health of her children. We can’t adopt the racist “welfare queen” caricature as truth and admonish families that need assistance.

It is important for our community to insulate our women and children with support, love, and respect. Again, Black women have led some families for centuries so we cannot point the finger solely at them for our community’s struggles. Could it be the changing and increasingly individualistic nature of the Black community that could be the problem? Or could it be that, perhaps, the number of grandfathers, uncles, male cousins, and male community members that typically filled the void of a missing father is dwindling? It is counterproductive at this point in our history to support an argument that divides us. It befits us to focus on the true root of community’s problems (racism) and work with Black women instead of policing their bodies and minds.

Be free, people ~Nichole

Deserves ‘Capitol’ Recognition-Perry Thurston and Bethune Cookman University

By Perry E. Thurston, Jr. The violence resulting from the recent white nationalist demonstration in Charlottesville, Va., has cast a harsh spotlight on Confederate memori als and re-opened the old, divisive wounds of race and racism.

While local communities across the country brace for demonstrations over the removal of the controversial monuments, the National Statutory Hall Collection in the U.S. Capitol remains home to a largely overlooked memorial to the old Confederate States of America.

Twelve of the 100 statues commemorating prominent individuals from the fifty states memorialize people who either fought for the Confederacy or were active in Confederate politics.

There are no Blacks representing any state in the Hall.

Currently, Florida is represented in the Hall by two men: Dr. John Corrie, a Florida physician who is considered the father of refrigeration and air conditioning, and Edmund Kirby Smith, a St. Augustine native who became a general in the Confederate Army.

Fortunately, Gov. Rick Scott and the Florida Legislature have already agreed to replace the Smith statue.

Several names were offered, but the choice is easy for me and many others: Mary McLeod Bethune.

During the recent legislative session, I was proud to sponsor the resolution that would bring Bethune’s likeness to the Hall. It passed out of the Florida Senate unanimously only to languish in the Florida House. I have refiled the resolution and expect a better outcome next year.

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In the TTrrump administration Charlottesville revealed Republican and Democratic hypocrisy – who is the dumbest?

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By Clarence McKee

As a Black American, I never took the time to really educate myself on who the individuals were on many of the statues in parks and prominent places in various cities throughout the U.S. I never got upset or angry about many symbols that White people identified as culture, and as their heroes.

But in Charlottesville, Virginia, I began to understand what many of these individuals represented, and I am appalled. All statues that represent symbols of hatred should be removed.

But Trump has a different opinion of what confederate statues and symbols of hate represent.

In tweets Trump argued, “history and culture of our great country is being ripped apart by the removal of beautiful statues.” He referenced efforts to remove monuments to Confederate General Robert E. Lee and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson because of their fighting against the United States for slave-owning states in the Civil War. “Who’s next, Washington, Jefferson?” he asked; “So foolish!”

Many Americans who are racist in their thinking don’t believe they are racist.

One thing that the Charlottesville tragedy laid bare for all to see was the hypocrisy of Republicans and Democrats on race and violence.

First the Republicans.

It seems that every major national and state-wide Republican of note rushed to condemn the white supremacy represented by those in Charlottesville protesting the removal of a statue of Robert E. Lee. The question for them: now that you have joined the anti-racism chorus and criticized President Trump for his responses on the matter, what have you done in your own spheres of influence to fight racism and foster racial dialogue?

For Congressional Republicans, Senators, Governors and candidates for statewide office who have been so quick to condemn racism: How many Blacks are on your senior staffs, especially those of you who have significant Black populations in your Districts or states?

How many of you have Black political consultants who share in the lucrative contracts of your campaign committees and have town meetings in your Black communities?

As to Senator John McCain, RNev., and Mitt Romney who have commented on Charlottesville, if you are so concerned about race relations, why

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did your presidential campaigns all but ignore Blacks?

The list of Black Republicans for local, state, and national office who have advised me of how their candidacies and constituencies have received the back of the hand from local, state, and national Republican campaign organizations is too extensive to list.

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Traumatized white supremacists acting out

By Kevin Palmer The reason believers in white supremacy are becoming unhinged is because they have been traumatized by a government report.

A January 2017, VOX.com article captioned, White fear of demographic change is a powerful psychological force, stated, “In August 2008, the Census Bureau released a report which predicted by 2050, minorities would make up more than 50 percent of the population and become the majority.”

Moreover, when Yale psychologist Jennifer Richeson heard about the report on NPR (National Public Radio), she remembers thinking, “This is probably freaking somebody out.” By “somebody” she means white people.

The article went on to say, Richeson’s studies on interracial interactions had taught her that when (white) people are in the majority, the sense of their race is dormant. But the prospect of being in the minority can suddenly make white identity – and all the historical privilege that comes with it – salient (most important). And, she guessed, the prospect of losing majority status was likely to make (white) people uneasy.”

Indeed, a result of this uneasiness was explained in an August 19, 2017, Guardian article captioned, The storm around America’s statues isn’t about history. It’s about whiteness. The article stated, “That (confederate) statue represents an idea of whiteness they refuse to relinquish; it is a part of a politics that trades on fears, ongoing cultural wars that scapegoat black and brown people and policy decisions deeply rooted in racial animus.”

Therefore, it is time for the white supremacist to let go and practice the biblical principle which says, “Love your neighbor as yourself.”

The Justice Department takes on Affirmative Action Under Trump, Justice Department Resumes Fight for White Privilege Charlene Crowell says that despite the progress we have made, even more work remains to be done before everyone is afforded the promises of America.

By Charlene Crowell (NNPA Newswire Columnist) As millions of students return to school, the nation’s Justice Department (DOJ) is beginning an investigation that could potentially sue universities over affirmative action admissions policies. As first reported by “The New York Times,” the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division will carry out this effort to determine whether white applicants were discriminated against.

For Black people and other ethnic and racial minorities, this investigation seems like window-dressing to deny millions of students a quality education in the name of injustice.

Such actions also signal a more subtle message is to roll back to the progress achieved in broadly affording students of all races and ethnicities the benefits that higher education derives. Among education and civil rights advocates a strong belief holds that everyone benefits when obstacles to educational opportunity are overcome.

“The American Dream offers each new generation the opportunity to build on the successes of previous ones,” wrote Nikitra Bailey, an executive vice president with the Center for Responsible Lending, in a related oped.

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The NABJ should consider a name change Raynard Jackson says that diversity of thought was nowhere to be found at the NABJ’s annual convention in New Orleans.

By Raynard Jackson (NNPA Newswire Columnist) Last week, I was scheduled to attend the annual convention of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) in New Orleans, but, after receiving a copy of the agenda with the list of speakers, I decided to cancel my trip.

I think the NABJ should change its name to the National Association of “Liberal” Black Journalists, because that is truly what they are, as an organization. I have, for years, told their

leadership that they are perceived by Republicans to be closely allied with the Democratic National Committee (DNC). I have even offered to personally arrange for them to meet with leaders of the Republican Party, so that they could begin to cultivate the necessary relationships to be viewed credibly by Republicans, but NABJ leadership has absolutely no interest in being a “professional” group; they would rather be a “partisan” group, instead.

Check out the list of speakers from last week’s convention.

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Bethel Missionary Baptist Church 2211 N.W. 7th Street, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33061 Church: (954) 583-9368 Email: bethelmbchurchfl@att.net

Reverend Jimmy L. English PASTOR WORSHIP SERVICES Sunday Worship ............................................................. 8 a.m. & 11 a.m.

Sunday School ........................................................................... 9:30 a.m.

Wednesday (Prayer Service & Bible Study) ............................... 7:30 a.m.

Saturday (Women Bible Study) ............................................................ 8 a.m.

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Westside Gazette New Birth Baptist Church The Cathedral of Faith International Bishop Victor T. Curry, M.Min., D.Div. Senior Pastor/Teacher 2300 N.W. 135th Street Miami, Florida 33167

ORDER OF SERVICES Sunday Worship ........................................................ 7:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m. & 7:00 p.m.

Sunday School ....................................................................................................... 9:30 a.m.

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New Mount Olive Baptist Church 400 N.W. 9th Ave., Ft. Lauderdale 33311 (954) 463-5126 ● Fax: (954) 525-9454 CHURCH OFFICE HOURS Monday - Friday 8:00 - 4:00 p.m.

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Senior Pastor WORSHIP SERVICES & BIBLE STUDY Sunday .................................................... 7:15 a.m. 9:00 a.m. & 11:00 a.m.

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Wednesday Noonday Service .................................. 12:00-12:30 p.m.

Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting ............................................ 6:30 p.m.

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The WITNESS of “The WILL” Sunday Worship Experiences ................................................................ 7:45 and 11:00 a.m.

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Obituaries Harris Chapel United Methodist Church Rev. Stanley Melek, M.Div E-MAIL:stanley.melek@flumc.org 2351 N.W. 26th Street Oakland Park, Florida 33311 Church Telephone: (954) 731-0520

SERVICES Sunday Worship ................................................. 7:30 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.

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Mount Calvary Baptist Church 800 N.W. 8th Avenue Pompano Beach, Florida 33060 Church Telephone: (954) 943-2422 Church Fax: (954) 943-2186 E-mail Address: Mtcalvarypompano@bellsouth.net SCHEDULE OF SERVICES SUNDAY

New Member Orientation ........................... 9:30 a.m.

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Mount Hermon A.M.E. Church Rev Henry E. Green, Jr. PASTOR 401 N.W. 7th Terrace, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33311 Phone: (954) 463-6309 - FAX 954 522-4113 Office Hours: Tues. - Fri. 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.

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SUNDAY CHURCH SERVICES Worship Service ................................................................................... 10 a.m.

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Dr. James B. Darling, Jr., Pastor/Teacher WORSHIP SERVICES Worship Service ............................................................................................................ 10:15 a.m.

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Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church, Oakland Park "The Miracle On 33rd Street" 420 N.E. 33rd Street Oakland Park, Florida 33334 Church: (954) 563-3060 Email: mtzion420@gmail.com

Rev. George A. Hardy, Pastor SERVICES Sunday Church School ................................................................... 8:45 a.m.

Sunday Morning Worship ........................................................... 10:00 a.m.

Tuesday Night (Family Prayer & Bible Study) ........................... 7:00 p.m.

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DAWSON Funeral services for the late Kenbourne “Bello” Dawson 55 were held August 19 at McWhite’s Funeral Home Chapel.

GORDON Funeral services for the late Linford Alvin Gordon - 81 were held August 19 at New Life Fellowship center with Bishop Richardo Gordon officiating. Interment: Sunset Memorial Gardens.

GOLDWIRE Funeral services for the late Brian Steven Goldwire – 40 were held August 19 at McWhite’s Funeral Home with Bishop Elect Joseph A. Williams officiating.

ROBINSON Funeral services for the late Travis Tramaine Robinson – 33 were held August 19 at James C. Boyd’s Memorial Chapel with Pastor W.J. Gaskins officiating.

Funeral services for the late Joseph Montgomery - 50 held August 19 at McWhite’s Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Edward Woodbury officiating. Interment: Glenwood Cemetery, Riviera Beach, Fla.

RIVERS Funeral services for the late Agnes Washington-Rivers – 74 were held August19 at Lighthouse Worship Center with Pastor Jeffery Chance officiating. Interment: Sunset Memorial Gardens.

SINKFIELD Funeral services for the late Min. Anthony Quinn “Quinny” Sinkfield – 61 were held August19 at Agape Worship Center with Apostle Darnell Mack officiating. Interment: Sunset Memorial Gardens.

WILLIAMS Funeral services for the late Brenda Ann Williams - 64 were held August 19 at Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church with Bishop Maurice Robinson officiating. Interment: Sunset Memorial Gardens.

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Q & A: What does Reverend Deal say this week!

'It’s your soul and spirit given by God' Question: What is meant by the “innerman” of a person?

Answer: The ‘inner-man’ or the ‘inwardman’ is the soul and spirit given to each by God. It is God’s conscience and God’s image in us that enables one to communicate with God. Through the inner-man is the Faith we have to view the unseen: God, heaven, angels, glory, and so on….’Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen’ (Heb 11:1). What the inner-man sees is far higher, more complex and much more advanced than what the physical eyes see. Paul calls the unseen ‘eternal’ and the seen ‘temporal’.

In traveling through our Christian journey, we must rely on our faith not to look at the things which are seen. It is essential to look at the things which are not seen. God is found only in the unseen or the invisible world. The things which are seen, such as physical sufferings, or wealth and poorness is temporary.

The unseen, God’s presence, is eternity. 2nd Corinthians 4:18 says ‘while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal’. What the inner-man “sees” surpasses what the physical eyes see.

Reverend David Deal is the senior pastor at Every Christian’s Church in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Reverend Deal can be reached at the Westside Gazette, 545 NW Seventh Terrace, Fort Lauderdale, Fla 33311, or by email at David.deal55@gmail.com

Spirituality in Health Care: ind Seek and y e shall ffind ye When patients’ spiritual needs are met, outcomes improve.

BATSON Funeral services for the late Lela Batson - 96 were held August 19 at Harris Chapel United Methodist Church with Pastor Stanley K. Melek officiating. Interment: Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens Central.

ALLIE Funeral services for the late Icilda Allie were held August 19 at First Church of God with Rev. Milton W. Davidson officiating. Interment: Lauderdale Memorial Park.

BONNER Funeral services for the late Amos Stephen Bonner – 82 were held August 19 at Saint Andrews Catholic Church with Rev. Monsignor Michael A. Souckar officiating.

BEAL Funeral services for the late Sister Maude Beal - 71were held August19 at New Bethel Primitive Baptist Church with Elder John Everett officiating. Interment: Sunset Memorial Gardens.

CARTER Funeral services for the late Mildred Lee Carter – 89 were held August 19 at Roy Mizell & Kurtz Worship Center with Pastor R.S. Moncrief officiating. Interment: Sunset Memorial Gardens.

So God sent Jesus here to die for our sins But we still need to pray and ask forgiveness for our sins?

Why didn't he just kill the devil and do away w/ the problem?

-- Dick Gregory

By Anna Medaris Miller Nothing could dull the woman’s pain. Every time the medical team asked her to rate it on a scale of 1 to 10, “she would uncontrollably sob,” remembers Dr. Sheri Kittelson, medical director for the University of Florida Health Palliative Care Program.

Not only heart-wrenching for the clinicians to experience, the patient’s pain complicated her treatment since moving, bathing, feeding and otherwise caring for her proved excruciating.

“We couldn’t meet her need,” says Kittelson of the 30something mother who was hospitalized with a terminal illness.

But that began to turn around when representatives from the hospital’s Arts in Medicine program helped the patient – who turned out to be a talented artist –

launch a project painting birdhouses, which she gifted to her young daughter. Since her physical pain had been intensified by the emotional pain of knowing she’d leave the little girl motherless, the project helped alleviate it so much that she required fewer medications from there on out.

“You can give morphine or whatever, but for some patients, there is no amount of medicine that will control their pain – it’s existential, spiritual, emotional; it comes from other things,” Kittelson says.

Indeed, research shows that spirituality – which can be defined as anything that gives peoples' lives meaning, be it faith, family, nature, art or even sports – is a patient need that affects health care decision-making.

When spirituality is tended to, it can improve patient outcomes including quality of life and can reduce the cost of care.

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Virginia’s last Black-owned bank is gone after nearly 100 years in business. What happened?

Founding directors of First State Bank in Danville, Va. (Photo credit: Virginia Center for Digital History)

Lumumba becomes youngest mayor of Jackson, Miss.

(Cont'd from FP) on, an agenda of a people’s platform, one that was not only, you know, symbolic of his work in his short term as mayor, but symbolic of a lifetime of work, that he subscribed to and also ultimately dedicated his family toward,” said Lumumba.

During Lumumba’s swearing-in service, on the same stage where his father stood on and was sworn-in, just four years ago, he became overwhelmed with emotions.

“A son only holds his father’s hand for a short while, but he holds his heart forever,” he said as he fought back tears. “I can’t help, but to be emotional today.”

The young mayor also paid homage to his mother.

“My mom’s spirit was infectious, she was the first person to tell me that I was brilliant,” said Lumumba. “If you had the privilege of knowing her or meeting her, she is someone that you would never forget.”

In Chicago, earlier this summer, speaking at the People’s Summit, Lumumba shared his thoughts about “the people’s platform.”

“From the moment we announced, we worked hard and aggressively on an agenda that included social justice, economic democracy and making certain that the people had a voice,” he said. “That’s our story, and we’re sticking to it.”

Lumumba said that he plans to implement “people’s assemblies,” that speak directly to his campaign promise to the community that he serves.

“When I become mayor, you become mayor,’” he said, echoing a campaign. “These assemblies will give residents an opportunity to participate in the decision-making process.”

Attorney and die-hard Jacksonian Carlyn Hicks described Lumumba in a post on her Facebook page: “My brother, my friend, and now…our mayor.

The youngest mayor in the history of our city, an advocate’s advocate, a man’s man of integrity and candor, and a thoughtful, critically-thinking mind of sheer brilliance.”

Lumumba said in Chicago that all eyes were on Jackson.

“So what happens in Jackson, Mississippi, impacts each and every one of us. And so we have to make the decision that

we’re going to start controlling the way electoral politics proceed. We’ve made the decision that we’re going to be the most radical city on the planet, that we’re going to make certain that we change the whole scope of electoral politics,” said Lumumba. “No longer will we allow an individual to step before us and tell us all of the great things that they’re going to accomplish on our behalf, only to find that nothing in their past demonstrates a sincerity, a willingness or an ability to do so.”

Tackling the city’s budget is top priority for Lumumba, who is also known as a social justice activist and attorney.

“Shortly after we take office, we have to pass a budget. And so, it’s important that we have the right people in place,” said Lumumba. “We have a transition team that’s in place right now, looking at the issues which Jackson is facing, making certain that we don’t make plans just off conjecture, but a factbased analysis of where we find our city, and bringing together not only people who have the acumen and ability and skill to do the job, but people who have a passion, a passion which goes

Black colleges still waiting: Trump’s promise (Cont'd from FP) leadership would have value in demonstrating the administration’s commitment to Historically Black Colleges (HBCUs).

“That becomes the next step in saying HBCUs are important,” he said.

Kimbrough said he couldn’t assign one signature policy achievement to the work of the initiative. Rather, it provides a voice advocating for the interests of HBCUs within the administration.

“I look at it as another opportunity to share the message of HBCUs as well as to have someone, in a way, lobbying for HBCUs every day within the federal government. So I think that’s a tremendous opportunity,” he said.

The office hasn’t had consistent long-term leadership since John Sylvanus Wilson, President Obama’s first executive director appointee, left to become president of Morehouse University. Since Wilson’s departure in 2012, three different executive directors have overseen the initiative.

But Kimbrough said the initiative has clear opportunities to find “wins” for HBCUs. Among them, he said, the executive director could push for the extension of a special Title III aid program for HBCUs launched under George W. Bush and extended under Barack Obama.

That might help a narrative that has become extremely negative for the White House despite early overtures to HBCUs. In May, Trump suggested that a key financing program for HBCUs might be unconstitutional before spokesmen quickly backtracked. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos months before drew heavy backlash when she referred to HBCUs, which were originally established because African Americans were denied access to higher education,

as “pioneers” of school choice.

And when DeVos gave the commencement address to graduates of Bethune-Cookman University (B-CU) in May, students loudly booed and jeered throughout her speech.

Many in media reports cited those comments from DeVos on HBCUs as well as cuts to higher ed programs that serve Black students in the proposed Department of Education budget.

The Thurgood Marshall College Fund, which represents the country’s public HBCUs, has pursued a strategy of heavy outreach to the Trump administration and provided input on the executive order. Thurgood Marshall President and CEO Johnny C. Taylor Jr., who declined to comment for this article, has argued that partnering with the administration helped to preserve dedicated funding for HBCUs in the White House even as massive cuts were proposed for programs elsewhere in the federal government. And Taylor has argued the relocation of the HBCUs initiative to the White House is a long sought for and significant win for Black colleges.

But Trump has passed on speaking to major African-American organizations like the NAACP and the Urban League.

And on top of every controversy involving Black colleges in his administration is the fact that Trump is a historically unpopular president with African Americans. Kimbrough said the White House would do well to select a leader for the initiative with unquestionable credentials among the HBCUs community who could hit the ground running.

Leonard Haynes, who led the initiative under President George W. Bush, said the fact that it would be relocated to the White House has implications for identifying the right person for the job. He said the leader of the initiative should have ex-

cellent interpersonal skills and should understand how the resources of federal agencies can be leveraged to benefit HBCUs. The relocation of the initiative would also have implications for the executive director’s dealings with federal agencies, Haynes said.

“When I was the director, I would say, ‘I’m coming from the Department of Education,’” he said. “Now, whoever the executive director is says, ‘I’m coming from the White House,’ and that gets you immediate attention.”

Haynes worked with the White House in crafting the February executive order and has had discussions with the administration about selecting an executive director. While rumored to be under consideration for the job, he said he was not interested in reprising that role himself. Whoever is named, Haynes said, should put together a comprehensive plan for their first 100 days and consult the leaders of HBCUs across the country to figure out a handful of key priorities they would like to see the initiative address.

A White House spokesman said the administration has several finalists for the position but no decision has been made.

The relocation of the initiative from the Department of Education would take place after the new executive director is installed.

Kim Hunter Reed, the executive director of the Colorado Department of Higher Education, said the power of the initiative comes through its ability to convene various federal offices.

“Our HBCUs have tremendous value,” she said. “The leadership in that office has the opportunity to really build relationships and resources to accelerate important work.”

One of the biggest opportunities for that work every year comes through the HBCU Week

First State Bank was formed by a group of African Americans in rural Virginia in 1919. Almost hundred years later, First State Bank is the last Blackowned bank in Virginia to disappear. What happened? And, what has happened to all of the Black-owned banks across the nation?

A story of survival First State Bank had survived both the Great Depression and the Civil Rights era. The bank fought for civil rights, even paying bail for protesters who were arrested and building a park for black residents when Virginia denied them from using the Staunton River State Park. Black-owned banks like First State Bank also helped local farmers, and enabled the Black community to buy homes and even go to college. beyond just the way we see electoral politics, but a passion to change people’s lives.”

What does the name Lumumba mean?

Many have; many do; and many will, mispronounce and misspell Lumumba’s name, including this writer. When asked the origin and meaning of his name, he shared a quick historical perspective with democracynow.org: So, my father changed his name when he was in law school, and accepted a name that he believed to be more culturally identifiable.

Chokwe is the name of a tribe in the Angola region, a tribe that was resistant to the slave trade. The name Chokwe means “hunter.” Antar is the name of a historic poet and warrior who died while saving a woman from drowning; Antar means “poet” and “warrior.” Lumumba, given that name from our namesake, Patrice Lumumba, the former prime minister of the Congo, Lumumba means “gifted.”

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Conference organized by the White House initiative. Work organizing the conference, which takes place in September, has been ongoing for the past year. Still, Kimbrough said the White House needs to have a leader in place by that point.

Whoever is named to the post would also have to be ready to work through the fraught relationship between African Americans and this administration.

“There is some risk. And I think people understand that,” he said. “A really good person has to say, how do I assure people in the African American community that I am still committed to the causes of the African American community, knowing that there might be some things that the president does that might be diametrically opposed to the interests of African Americans?”

So what happened?

Apparently, Black-owned banks which often have five or less branches — and sometimes just one branch — have trouble competing with the bigger banks like Wells Fargo, Bank of America, U.S. Bank, and others.

The dwindling number of Black-owned banks has spurred action from people like Dr. Melina Abdullah, a California State University professor and one of the co-founders of the Black Lives Matter movement, and Rapper Killer Mike, who started a drive last year to get one million people to each deposit $100 at Black-owned banks. The message was clear;

Black-owned banks need more support.

But their efforts have simply not been enough!

The numbers continue to dwindle In 1986, there were 44 Black-owned banks in the United States. But now, according to USA Today, only 23 remain and the state of Virginia now has no Black-owned banks at all.

First State Bank was recently taken over by Casey Crawford, a former Carolina Panthers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers tight end. Crawford has renamed the bank Movement Bank, and will be the bank’s president and CEO.

Vir ginia k-o wned irginia ginia’’s las lastt Blac Black -owned bank is gone, bought b y by for mer NFL Pla yer ormer Play Casey Crawford, a former Carolina Panthers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers tight end, has recently taken over the First State Bank in Danville, Virginia and renamed it Movement Bank, the Richmond TimesDispatch reports.

Crawford will serve as the chairman of Movement Bank’s board, and is the bank’s majority shareholder, owning 94 percent of the bank’s stock. He will also be the bank’s president and CEO. Until Crawford bought it, First State Bank was the last Black-owned bank in the state of Virginia. It was founded in 1919 when almost all of the state’s banks refused to serve Black Americans.

The loss of Virginia’s last Black bank comes just a little over 100 years after Booker T. Washington praised the state for being full of Black banking pioneers.

“Here, the first Negro bank was established, and now there are more banks operated by Negores in Virginia than in any other state,” Washington said in Richmond, Virginia in 1913, “I understand that there are altogether 12 such banks. Richmond has the distinction of having the first Negro bank in the country that is run by a woman.”

Under its Black ownership, First State Bank had an incredibly resilient history, surviving both the Great Depression and hardship during the Civil Rights era. The bank played a key role in local civil rights protests throughout the 1960s, paying the bail of arrested protesters.

The bank also fought for civil rights in the courts. One of its early presidents, Maceo Conrad Martin, sued the state of Virginia in 1948 after being denied access to Staunton River State Park. As a result of the suit, the state created a “separate but equal” park for its Black residents.

The loss of Black banks in Virginia follows a national trend. The number of Blackowned banks has decreased sharply.

CRAWFORD According to the USA Today, in 1986, the nation had 44 Black-owned banks. Now only 23 remain.

Activists hope to do something about that.

Last month, Dr. Melina Abdullah, a California State University professor and one of the co-founders of the Black Lives Matter movement, said, “Wells Fargo and Citibank … they’re putting the dollars that you give them in the institutions that keep us oppressed. If you are not going to bank Black, you are funding white supremacy.”

Rapper Killer Mike began a drive with the goal of getting 1 million people to each deposit $100 at Black-owned banks last year; Solange announced not long after that she was moving the entirety of her fortune to a Black-owned institution.

Terri Williams, president of the nation’s largest Blackowned bank, OneUnited said that by supporting Black banks, Black Americans are supporting their communities.

“The cities we serve are black and brown,” Williams said, “And on the income side, many are people who are struggling. We have people in their 50s and 60s who tell us they’ve never set foot in a bank. They didn’t feel welcome. They didn’t feel banking was for them.”

If you’d like to support your local Black-owned bank by opening an account, the FDIC has a list of those that remain in business.

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LEGAL NOTICES Why the running game is still the key for Miami Dolphins Playoff run PUBLICATION OF BID SOLICITATIONS Broward County Board of County Commissioners is soliciting bids for a variety of goods and services, construction and architectural/engineering services. Interested bidders are requested to view and download the notifications of bid documents via the Broward County Purchasing website at: www.broward.org/purchasing.

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IN THE COUNTY COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA CASE NO: 17-10235 (40-90) DIVISION: SANDRA ELIZABETH WILLIAMS, Petitioner and ROBERT EARL WILLILAMS, Respondent

NOTICE OF ACTION FOR DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE (NO CHILD OR FINANCIAL SUPPORT) TO: ROBERT EARL WILLIAMS Address/Residence Unknown YOU ARE NOTIFIED that a action for dissolution of marriage has been filed against you and that you are required to serve a copy of your written defense, if any, to it on Sandra Elizabeth Williams, address is 1406 Northwest 11 Place, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 33311 on or before September 25, 2017, and file the original with the clerk of this Court at 201 Southeast Sixth Street, Room 4130 Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301 before service on Petitioner or immediately thereafter. If you fail to do so, a default may be entered against you for the relief demanded in the petition.

Copies of all court documents in this case, including orders, are available at the Clerk of the Circuit Court’s office. You may review these documents upon request.

You must keep the Clerk of the Circuit Court’s office notified of your current address: (You may file Notice of Current Address, Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Form 12.915.) Future papers in this lawsuit will be mailed to the address on record at the clerk’s office.

WARNING: Rule 12.285, Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure, requires certain automatic disclosure of documents and information. Failure to comply can result in sanctions, including dismissal or Dated August 11, 2017 Brenda D. Forman, Clerk of the Circuit Court Corinne Wilson, Deputy Clerk August 17, 24, 31, Sept. 7, 2017

By D’Joumbarey A. Moreau (Photos by Ron Lyons) It’s 2017, and the era of running backs seems like it’s coming to an end in the NFL. Two weeks ago at the Hall of Fame ceremonies, important words were spoken. San Diego Chargers legendary running back LaDainian Tomlinson uttered these words while he was in Canton, Ohio. “Running backs today, they don’t have the same opportunity,’’ Tomlinson said. “They’re throwing the ball a lot more today than what they did when I played. Running backs don’t have the opportunity to get the yards, to get the touchdowns, to build a Hall of Fame career.

Keep in mind, that Tomlinson is walking into the Hall of Fame because of the emphasis on the running game. It’s also one of the reasons why he’s one of the greatest to ever play the position.

Although in today’s NFL it’s rare for running backs to serve as the main feature of the team, in Miami, it’s much different. Last year the Miami Dolphins ran their way to a wild card berth after winning 10 games. The biggest factor in their success was their running game. Last year starting running back Jay Ajayi ran for a career-high 1,272 yards and eight touchdowns. Ajayi also posted an outstanding 4.7 yards per carry average. Ajayi

After facing an early season concussion, Ajayi has been slowly working his way back into the fold of the Dolphins running game. On Thursday

made the Pro Bowl and made the NFL Top 100. To say the Dolphins won’t be looking for him to repeat that success would be foolish.

against the Baltimore Ravens, Ajayi ran for a pedest rian negative two yards on only two carries. The important aspect is making sure Ajayi

starts the regular season healthy. “It was good, good to get back out there with the team.

(It was) nice to get first reps of the new year� said Ajayi after Thursday’s game.

However, because of the success of last year, it’s no surprise that this year we expect the Dolphins to continue the trend with their running game. Since most teams will have a game plan ready for the Londoner, Miami will have to use other weapons in the stable including second-year running back Kenyan Drake.

This preseason, fans and observers of the Dolphins should keep a close eye on the game on the running game Miami implements.

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CORRECTION: An earlier version of this article quoted Nicholas A. Szokoly, a partner in the Baltimore firm of Murphy, Falcon & Murphy saying that Flint was under a ‘no drink’ order, today. Although Szokoly was quoted accurately, his statement was inaccurate. The city of Flint is not under a ‘no drink’ order, today.—FA

Appeals court says Flint water lawsuit can continue their budget and these charges and fees come at the exact time that they couldn’t use the water.”

Szokoly continued: “Not only did [the bills] come during the period in which they were getting contaminated water and having their children poisoned, but the water bills kept coming and they were told not to drink the water by an EPA mandate and they were also told

A recent court ruling cleared the way for tens of thousands of Flint residents to continue their lawsuit against Michigan state and local officials.

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By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) The United States 6th Circuit Court of Appeals’ reversal of a federal court’s decision in two lawsuits filed by Flint, Michigan residents over the contamination of their drinking water, has emboldened lawyers and their plaintiffs, who said residents of the predominately African American city still are being billed for dirty water they cannot use.

“The court’s decision means that the trial court’s dismissal of the case was legally incorrect and the appeals court has sent it back,” said Nicholas A. Szokoly, a partner in the Baltimore firm of Murphy, Falcon & Murphy, who represents Flint residents in a class-action suit. “A lot of our case deals with the fact that residents in Flint have been charged three-times the national rate for water, because the city is trying to balance

Steve Bannon’ s Bannon’s run at the White House ends Steve Bannon, most controversial Trump advisor, leaves White House Post

Chief of Staff Steve Bannon was recently dismissed from his post. This photo was taken during the 2017 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland.

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By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Civil rights leaders and members of Congress praised the dismissal of Chief Strategist Steve Bannon from the White House; Bannon’s exit is just the latest departure from the chaotic Trump Administration, that has yet to win a major legislative victory.

Bannon seemed to be in good spirits after the White House announced that he would be leaving the coveted post.

In an interview with The Weekly Standard, Bannon said that he felt “jacked up.”

“Now I’m free. I’ve got my hands back on my weapons,” Bannon told The Weekly Standard. “Someone said, ‘it’s Bannon the Barbarian.’ I am definitely going to crush the opposition. There’s no doubt. I built a f***ing machine at Breitbart. And now I’m about to go back, knowing what I know, and we’re about to rev that machine up. And rev it up we will do.”

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that if they didn’t pay their bill, they’d have a lien placed on their home and face foreclosure.

That’s not America.”

In a press release about Flint’s water system, the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality said that the latest round of testing showed that 90 percent of the Tier I samples from Flint’s water system were at or below 6 parts per billion (PPB), which is less

than half of the 15 PPB federal action level.

“Flint’s water has tested well below standards for over a year,” the press release said.

“Out of an abundance of caution, residents are encouraged to use water filters in areas where construction activities are taking place to remove service lines.”

During a press conference in late July, Flint Mayor Karen

Weaver said that residents expressed concerns about the planned closures of a number of sites that distribute water filters, bottled water and testing kits.

Weaver said that she shared those concerns with Michigan’s Governor Rick Snyder.

“The future of the nine Flint water distribution sites has been the subject of speculation

since the state settled a lawsuit with the Concerned Pastors for Social Action and others,” MLive.com reported. “While the settlement guarantees the replacement of 18,000 lead and galvanized service lines, it also allows for community resource sites run by the state to start shutting down under certain circumstances.”

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Dr. Hadiyah-Nicole Green: FACES of the South

By Lauren Helmer (Photographer : Eric & Jamie Photography) After 11 years of patience and perseverance in the lab, Dr. Hadiyah-Nicole Green’s groundbreaking laser technology cancer treatment, which induces 100 percent tumor regression in mice, is having its day in the sun. She was recently awarded a $1 million grant from the Veterans Affairs’ Office of Research & Development to take her findings to clinical trials. The young assistant professor at Atlanta’s Morehouse School of Medicine Department of Physiology is not your typical lab rat. She’s graceful and elegant in one moment, bubbly and playful the next, then she’s back in the lab, forging through the complexities of one of the most challenging diseases of our time. We are honored to welcome today’s FACE of the South, Dr. Hadiyah-Nicole Green.

“I want to be a good steward over this [cancer-fighting laser], and I want it to be available to people that don’t have insurance, to people that are underinsured who may not have other alternatives, who can’t afford the pharmaceuticals, who have been sent home to die,” says Dr. Green. “If I don’t protect it, nobody else will.”

When did you know that science was going to be your career?

Was there an “aha” moment that clarified this as a life passion for you?

My freshman year at Alabama A&M University, I had changed my major three times. I was coming out of calculus, and a lady named Ayesha Fields, who was working on her Ph.D. in physics at the time, pulled me aside and basically said, “You must be pretty smart taking calculus as a freshman. I bet you can do physics.”

She told me that if I majored in physics, then I could probably go into any other major later, so I thought it was the perfect major for someone who was undecided. And like that, I became a physics major. She went on to become the 50th African-American female in the United States to get a Ph.D. in physics, and then I became the 76th.

After graduation, I went back home to St. Louis [MO], and my aunt, who raised me with my uncle, announced that she had cancer and that she would rather die on her own terms than experience the side effects of chemotherapy and radiation. I was her caregiver. Seeing cancer eat her from the inside out changed me.

Three months after she passed, my uncle was diagnosed with esophageal cancer, and I was his caregiver while he went through

chemo and radiation. Seeing him lose 150 pounds and all of his hair, that is when I really became filled with the conviction that there has to be a better way.

When did you get the idea for your laser treatment?

During a freshman internship at NASA, one of the scientists explained that satellites from outer space can tell whether a dime is face-up or face-down. And I said, “If a satellite can tell whether a dime is face-up or face-down, then why can’t we treat cancer in a specific region of the body?”

That didn’t make sense to me as a physicist. So after my aunt died, I sketched out what I thought would be a good idea for using lasers to treat cancer.

Then I went to grad school at the University of Alabama at Birmingham to figure out how to use lasers to treat cancer.

That was my sole objective. It was singular and focused, and that was all I wanted to do in life. That is when I knew that this was my passion, my purpose, my ministry — this was it.

“If I never got tenure, if I never got promoted, but I pushed my cancer treatment to the point where it actually was available and helped save human lives, I would feel like I had done my duty on this planet,” says Dr. Green.

Describe in layman’s terms the groundbreaking technology you’ve developed to target cancer cells.

So if chemotherapy and radiation is like dropping an atom bomb on the country, then laser treatment is like zoning in on a specific house. It uses laseractivated nanoparticles, which are tiny particles in a solution that heat up when they are excited by the laser. So anything other than the targeted nanoparticle won’t be affected by the laser. And it works in mice! One of the technologies is an intratumoral therapy that, after a single 10-minute treatment over the course of 10 to 15 days, results in a 100 per-

cent reduction in the tumor volume. It is currently working better than most treatments available at the hospital.

Describe the most exciting moment you’ve ever experienced in a lab.

It was the first time I did the treatment that is working at 100 percent tumor regression. I was trying to get the other, more complicated system to work, and I was like, “I don’t know why we have to go through that process anyway. I’m just going to inject the nanoparticles intratumorally and see what happens.” I did it and came back the next day, and half of the tumor had

shrunk. I was like, “Oh, my God. Honey, I shrunk the tumor!” I was like, “I can’t believe this is actually happening!!”

“Oh, I love Michelle Obama,” says Dr. Green. “She inspired my yellow dress. She rocks.”

What does it take to be a successful scientist?

Perseverance, hard work, dedication, attention to detail, the curiosity and the desire to figure out something and good study habits What is most challenging about your job?

I have faced challenges with racism. That was harder to go through than the academic part and the actual experiments.

That was the part that ate away at me the most. I’d go home and cry and say, “I wish I didn’t have to deal with this.” And my family would say, “When you

finish quitting tonight, get back up in the morning and go back at it and stay focused.” It was not easy, but I didn’t think about, after the fact, how many people would be inspired because I just didn’t quit.

What is most rewarding?

As a result of all of this media exposure, little girls wrote black history month reports about me, portrayed me in their programs and said they want to be scientists like Dr. Green when they grow up. That has been the most rewarding part about all of this.

“The part that I’m transitioning to now is the exciting part,” says Dr. Green. “I think it’s just a matter of getting the right approvals before we can try it in humans. I know it’s ambitious, but I’m hoping the intratumoral therapy could happen in the next year.”

Why is it important to you to mentor and set a positive example for young women and particularly Black women?

When it relates to Black women, I think that the images that we see portrayed on TV and in the media have historically not been the most positive.

I think it’s important for little girls to see positive role models that look like them. And I wouldn’t be here if I didn’t have people who mentored me. That really mattered. I know some people who weren’t encouraged, and when you don’t water a flower, it dies.

Shifting gears, how do you like to spend your free time?

I love traveling. I have climbed the Great Wall of China, been to Kyoto and seen a ceremony of the geishas, visited the gardens in Singapore, seen the ruins in Greece and the Louvre in Paris. A lot of those experiences were afforded to me because of the science conferences. And I love live music, and I love, love, love to dance!

When she gets to the pearly gates, Dr. Green hopes her maker greets her with, “Well done, my faithful and loyal servant. Well done.”

If you could go back 10 years, what advice would you give yourself?

Don’t worry! Don’t stress! It’s going to be just fine!

What would people be surprised to know about you?

I think people assume that I’m like Sheldon, and I’m like, no, I’m the hotter, cooler version! And people are usually surprised that I was Miss A&M. Any, guilty pleasures?

I’m gluten-free 99 percent of the time, but my guilty pleasure is a chocolate brownie.

And I sleep with my phone ringers off. I like to just zone out and shut everybody out and rest.

“Beyonce’s work ethic is untouchable,” says Dr. Green. “If she puts the hours into her music the way she does, then I can go hard in the lab.”

What is your best piece of advice?

Don’t let someone else’s limitations define your reality, and don’t let them tell you what’s not possible. It may not be possible for them, but it may be very possible and realistic for you.

With the exception of faith, family and friends, what are three things that you cannot live without: Comfortable shoes and clothes; good, healthy food; and good hugs from good people.

Visit Dr. Green’s website at: physics2cancer.org.