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THURSDAY, JULY 26 - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 2018

Here’s What James Brown Would Say to the Founder of Papa’s John Pizza If He Were Still Alive “Papa Gotta Get a Brand New Bag”

NAACP Lifts American Airlines Travel Ban

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If you’re looking to take a flight soon, the NAACP says that you can go back to adding American Airlines to your itinerary, with....

Analyzing Obama’s

A M E S S A GE F ROM OU R PU BL IS H E R

Mandela Day Speech

By Ryan Velez Following Trump’s embarrassing conference with Vladimir Putin, CNN reports on Barack Obama’s passionate speech on democracy in South Africa, part of an event honoring

Norton, Chavis Vow to Seek Legislation After GAO Report

By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) In a blistering response to a new report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) that revealed federal agencies spend very little advertising dollars with minority-owned businesses, D.C. Democratic Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton said that she would work with minority publishers to press her colleagues in Congress “to demand greater spending on minorityowned outlets…to reach minority audiences that most traditional outlets do not.”

Holmes Norton said that she requested the GAO report to learn more about the disparities in federal advertising contracts. “[The GAO report] showed, as we expected, that the federal government has a long way to go to ensure equal opportunities for minority-owned news

Nelson Mandela shortly before what would have been his 100th birthday.

“The politics of fear and resentment and retrenchment began to appear. And that kind of politics is now on the move. It’s on the move at

a pace that would have seemed unimaginable just a few years ago,” he told the crowd of around 15,000 people in Johannesburg.

While not mentioning Trump by name, Obama has made it clear where (Cont’d on page 7)

What is the Sweet Potato Pie, Politics & Ice Cream event?

How One Man’s Work Unearthed a Mass Grave of Black Prisoners in Texas

‘Give us this day our daily bread.’

Matthew 6:11 (NASB)

By Bobby R. Henry, Sr.

Longtime D.C. delegate Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton said that she would work with the NNPA and the NAHP to pressure Congress to demand greater federal adverting spending with minority-owned publishers. This photo was taken during a congressional panel discussion on judicial diversity. (Freddie Allen/AMG/NNPA)

outlets,” Holmes Norton said. “As the nation’s largest advertiser, the federal government has an obligation to provide advertising opportunities (Cont’d on page 7)

By Ryan Velez Today, most people see Sugar Land, Texas as an ideal place to live, a Houston suburb known more for its cul-de-sacs and shopping malls than anything else.

However, this is built on top of a brutal history of plantations and prison camps

that earned the city the name “Hellhole on The Brazos.”

The Washington Post reports on one man’s journey to unearth a piece of this past.

For Reginald Moore, a Black man, it was about being a “voice for the voiceless” as he puts it. His interest in this history started after (Cont’d on page 7)

The Westside Gazette Editorial Board (WEB) is sponsoring Sweet Potato Pie Politics & Ice Cream.

On Saturday, August 18, 2018, the Westside Gazette Editorial Board (WEB) will feature political candidates running in local and state races to come before voters during a three- hour political forum from 9 am – 12 noon, hosted at the Mt. Hermon AME Church, 401 N.W. 7th Terrace in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

The Westside Gazette’s Editorial Board or The WEB political forum, aptly titled, (Cont’d on page 2)

History Teacher Steps NNPA President Extols the into Politics to Run for Black Press, Black Voters at NAACP Convention Congress pregnant at 17, she went into college and became a history teacher. Now at age 45, Hayes wants to make history and she recently said, “I know what it’s like to go to bed to gunshots outside; I know what it’s like to wake up in the morning to a dead body in the hallway. No (Cont’d on page 7)

politics, a career path that was not commonly sought after by girls in Waterbury’s Berkeley Heights public housing project. She was amongst the few girls who

By Victor Ochieng dreamt of coming out of Johana Hayes, who was named a community ravaged by the National Teacher of the Year addiction and gunfire. And in 2016 by President Barack desperate to get out and Obama, is now set to make history as the first African Paramount TV President American woman to represent Connecticut in Congress.

Loses Job Over Comments The 45-year-old history On Black Women teacher is planning to enter The Grio reports that Paramount TV President, Amy Powell, was fired ...

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By Stacy Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., the president and CEO of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), delivered a rousing speech about the importance of the Black Press and the Black vote, during the 109th NAACP Annual Convention in San Antonio, Texas.

The NNPA is a trade group that represents more than 200 Black-owned newspapers and media companies in the United States. NNPA (Cont’d on page 7)

Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Reacts to Judge Kavanaugh’s Senate Judiciary Questionnaire with Focus on Voting Rights and His “Color Blind” Philosophy Read full article online at THEWESTSIDEGAZETTE.COM

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Edward Daniel Davis (1904-1989)

Prepared by the Historical Monument Trail Selection Committee, Friends of the Riverwalk Mr. Edward Daniel Davis was a hero of the Florida civil rights movement, especially fighting for equality for Black students and teachers. Born in Georgia, he earned a master’s degree from Chicago’s prestigious Northwestern University in 1934 and became a school principal in Tampa and in

Ocala. As president of the allBlack Florida State Teachers Association, he led a lawsuit for equal pay during World War II. At the time, Black teachers were paid about half as much as white teachers, no matter their credentials or assignments. The case eventually was won, but Davis was fired

from his job and never returned to education. Instead, he rose to be president of Central Life Insurance Company, a statewide firm based in Tampa that offered insurance to African Americans at a time when traditional companies would not to sell them.

Sometimes called “E.D.,” Ed-

ward Daniel Davis was born in 1904 in Thomasville, Georgia.

In his book, A Half Century of Struggle (1981), Davis wrote that his father “was a struggling minister of the Colored Methodist Episcopal church” (CME), which meant that the family moved often. “Many of these churches were small,” he ex-

plained, “and the membership was poor.”His parents valued education, though, and he

attended elementary schools in four towns near Valdosta. They were, of course, segregated, and the first was a one-room school that had been donated by his grandfather, a former slave.

He went to secondary school at the Holsey Institute in Cordele, Georgia, which was run by the CME, and graduated from Voorhees Institute in South Carolina in 1924.

He earned his BA at Paine College in Augusta, Ga. Founded by the CME in 1882, it remains a private, co-educational liberal arts school.

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Art Exhibit Pays Tribute to Black Military in Civil War Dana Blair Talks Mentorship,

By Ryan Velez

Hubert Jackson’s “U.S. Colored Troops” is part of a special installation organized by Zenith Gallery in honor of the 20th anniversary of the African American Civil War Memorial and Museum. (Photo courtesy of Zenith Gallery)

The Equalizer 2

By Don Valentine Denzel and Antoine Fuqua have teamed up again, this time to secure their retirements on this farcical sequel. For sure they are not the first team to ride their reputation for a paycheck. Be warned this flick is not “Training Day” worthy of Academy Awards. In fact “Chucky Cheese” would not award this movie. Interestingly, this is the very first sequel Denzel has ever done. In the sequel

The DC Line reports that the African American Civil War Memorial and Museum is currently celebrating its 20th anniversary with a four-day series of panel discussions, re-enactments, book signings and a special art exhibit paying tribute to many of the forgotten names and soldiers of the era.

Things kicked off with a rededication of the Spirit of Freedom memorial with remarks from Robert Stanton, the first African American director of the National Park Service. The memorial is a 9-foot-tall bronze statue by Ed Hamilton, showing three members of the United States Colored Troops, and a U.S. Navy sailor.

(Read full story at: www.thewestsidegazette.com) he reprises the role of Robert McCall the retired C.I.A. “Black Ops” agent turned vigilante .

‘Equalizer 1” had a modest return of $101 million in gross vs. about half that amount to produce the movie. This is according to the U.S.A. Today.

In that interview with Andrea Mandell, Denzel commented on why he did not do a “Franchise” sequel previously.

“They wanted me to do a prequel of ‘Safe House’, and they wanted me to do an ‘Inside Man 2’ but it didn’t make sense to me.”

Mr. Washington, this violent, bombastic flick was worthy of a sequel? This poorly written plot plies Denzel as a new Lyft driver? You go from working for the C.I.A. to Lyft?? “Malcom X”, “Remember the Titans” or “Glory” are not of the caliber of this film. However, should you want an escape from the humidity for 90 minutes of air conditioning, then this could be your respite!

Students First Day Wednesday Aug. 15, 2018

NNPA’s HBCU Journalism Program

L to r: Tyvan Burns of Norfolk State University; Denver Lark of North Carolina A&T University; Ila Wilborn of Florida A&M University; Hip-hop legend MC Lyte; NNPA DTU Road Trip Navigator Dana Blair; Daja E. Henry of Howard University; Diamond Durant of Morgan State University; and Natrawn Maxwell of Claflin University.

(DTU)

By Dana Blair (NNPA DTU Road Trip Navigator) When I was a little girl I wanted two things: a pair of magic earrings, identical to the ones in my favorite cartoon, and to be a Fairy Princess Ballerina Astronaut. Both seemed like realistic options in my little world, which I created from my bedroom in Alexandria, Louisiana. I was not aware that hologram, time-traveling earrings did not exist… and probably never would in my lifetime. Nor was I told that balancing a theatrical career and space travel might prove to be difficult

and test my time management skills.

I was young, full of hope and daring to dream.

As an adolescent, I aspired to be a ballet dancer. It seemed like a more far-fetched dream than the magic earrings, because I did not know any African American professional dancers. I could see my cartoon every week on TV in the living room (yes, cartoons felt like real life), but a real-life, professional dancer of color in front of my very eyes…not likely. I was often the only dancer of color in my ballet classes, and when you live in “Small Town, USA,” (Read full story at: www.thewestsidegazette.com)

What is the Sweet Potato Pie Politics & Ice Cream Event (Cont'd from FP) “Sweet Potato Pie, Politics & Ice Cream”, is a grass roots effort spearheaded by WEB to make politicians more accessible to voters within the Broward African American community and to focus attention on issues which have a direct impact on their community.

This is the second time that the WEB has presented a political forum in this fashion; the first time was a huge success. Trying to find a unique way to present political information to our community and our readers that was profound, pertinent and was inclusive, we thought about how people come together around good food. We tossed around some ideas and agreed upon sweet potato pie as a familiar and welcomed desert amongst many people in general and Black folk in particular.

Of course, with sweet potato pie you need some homemade ice cream so with that came the catch phrase, “Sweet Potato Pie, Politics & Ice Cream.”

Even though this event’s name attracts all ages, it is, however, for voting ages only!

Sorry, NO CHILDREN! We want an intimate setting different from other political forums that would give all candidates an opportunity to actually sit down with the voting body and have some per-

sonal contact as they (candidate) serve them (voters) this delight. This setting allows some 20-30 politicians to come in and talk to tables of 10 voters each at a set time limit, then rotate so all the voters get an up close and personal contact with the candidates to make a more conscious, politically astute decision.

Historically, voters have a tendency to stay away from the polls during mid-term elections so forum organizers also felt the need to try to help motivate voters while educating them concerning the issues. We felt the need to mobilize people to register and most importantly exercise their right to participate in the political process during the upcoming midterm elections in 2018.

We would like to offer a setting where our needs and concerns are heard from our vantage point.

I will gladly answer any and all questions. I can be reached at 954-525-1489 and 954-6058107 or by email : BRHSR@thewestsidegazette.com Your participation and service is greatly appreciated and needed. When we all work together for the greater good of all, our future for tolerance opens the doors to accepting our differences.

WE ALL HAVE ONE VOTE - LET’S USE IT TO MAKE IT COUNT

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Group Violence Intervention Forum on Saturday, July 28 from 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m., at Universal Truth Center, 21310 N.W. 37 Ave., Miami Gardens, Fla. ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○

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Broward County’s 17th Circuit Faith Leadership Community Network & The Florida Department of Juvenile Justice 2018 Third Annual Family Symposium on Saturday, July 28 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Mt. Zion AME Church, 420 N.E. 33 St., Oakland Park Blvd., Oakland Park, Fla. For additional info call Dr. Mark A. Johnson at (954) 585-6001.

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NAACP Eula Johnson Freedom Fund Luncheon

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League of Women Voters of Broward Council, FL Upcoming Events: - Wednesday, July 25 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. – Broward County School Board District 1 & AtLarge Candidate Forum, at Dania Beach City Hall, 100 W. Dania Beach Blvd.

- Saturday, July 28 at 10 a.m. – For members or prospective members of the Speakers’ Bureau: An update on amendments on the November ballot, at the office of LWVBC office, 5101 N.W. 21 Ave., Suite 450, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. - Monday, Aug. 6 from 5:30 to 9 p.m. - Connect & Elect Political Forum at E. Pat Larkins Community Center, 520 N.W. Third St., Pompano Beach, Fla. - Tuesday, Aug. 7 from 6 to 8 p.m. - Candidate Meet & Greet.

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Please join us for the NAACP Eula Johnson 2018 Freedom Fund Luncheon, Saturday, July 28, 2018, at the Signature Grand. This is our annual fundraiser for the Fort Lauderdale/ Broward Branch.

The Eula Johnson Freedom Fund Luncheon is the primary fundraiser for the NAACP Fort Lauderdale/Broward Branch.

The theme for the event is Defeat Hate...VOTE!

Evangelist Lucious Hall and Mount Olivet SDA Church family invite the community to come to their "Summer Revival "Jesus Is The Answer" beginning Sunday, July 14-Aug. 4, 2018, 7:15 p.m. nightly (except Thursday) at 649 N.W. 15 Way, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

The Lake Par Harbor Marina will host its monthly Sunset Celebration on Friday, July 27 at 6 p.m., with Happy Hour until 9 p.m., at 105 Lake Shore Dr., Lake Park, Fla. For more info call (561) 840-0160.

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City of Lauderhill Vice Mayor Howard Berger partners with the Community Health and Empowerment Network to host Financial Workshop on Saturday, July 28 from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., in the Huizenga Sales Institute Room at Nova Southeastern University (Carl De Santis Bldg. 3 FL), 3301 College Ave., Davie, Fla. For more info call Micaelle Titus at (305) 4399843. ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○

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Big Sounds Better & Complete Natural Entertainment in Partnership with Alert Today Florida presents The Big Give Back Keeping Kids Safe Mentally and Physically on Saturday, Aug. 11, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Rev. Samuel Delevoe Memorial Park, 2520 N.W. Sixth St., Fort Lauderdale, Fla. For more info visit www.biggiveback.org ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○

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* Tamara James Day on Saturday, Aug. 4 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., at Martin Luther King, Jr. Recreation Center, 2400 Charleston St., Hollywood, Fla. Event to prepare families for back to school and inform about resources. For more info call Tamara James, at (954) 258-7552. * Back to School Extravaganza on Saturday, Aug. 4 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Ely High School, 1201 N.W. Sixth Ave., Pompano Beach, Fla. Sponsors

by The Crockett Foundation.

For more info call (954) 3771000. * Sunrise Back to School Round-Up on Saturday, Aug. 4 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., at Sunrise Civic Center, 10610 W. Oakland Park Blvd., Sunrise, Fla. For more info call (954) 747-4600. * Back-To-School Fair on Saturday, Aug. 4 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Oveta McKeithen Recreational Complex (formerly Westside Park), 445 S.W. Second St., Deerfield Beach, Fla. For more Deputy Dennis Rolle at (954) 350-5043. ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○

Happening at African-American Research Library and Cultural Center

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- The City of Miramar presents Jamacian Independence Day on Saturday, Aug. 4 from 6 to 10 p.m., at Shirely Branca Park, 6900 Miramar Pkwy., Miramar., Fla. - Jamaica Emancipendence, Mayor Wayne Messam coridally invites you to attend "A Likkle Piece O' Jamaica on Monday, Aug. 6 from 6 to 9 p.m., at Miramar Cultural Center, 2400 Civic Center Pl., Miramar, Fla. featuring Willie Stewart and friends.

- Second Annual Burger & Brew Fest In The Plaza on Friday, Aug. 17 from 7 to 11 p.m., at Town Center Plaza 2300 Civic Center Pla., Miramar, Fla. For more info call (954) 6023319.

- Miranar Police Department Crime Prevention for Business on Thursday, Aug. 23 thru Thursday, Sept. 13 from 7 to 9 p.m. For more info call (954) 602-4351 or email ohall@miramarpd.org - Free Exclusive Information Technology Cyber Security Bootcamp for Miramararea High School StudentsLunch included on Monday, July 30 thru Friday, Aug. 10, 2018 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., at Tec-Launch at Florida Vocation Institute, 3520 Enterprise Way, Miramar, Fla. For more info call (954) 602-3198

Meeting 65th Birthday Ball - “A Blue & Grey Experience on Saturday, Aug. 4, from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m., Crystal Dreams Banquet Hall, 6072 W. Oakland Park Blvd., Lauderhill, Fla. (Semi-Formal/ After 5). Tickets are $60 per person.

Includes dinner, dance, live entertainment, and complimentary open bar.

Please purchase tickets by July 10th so we can have an idea of the number people to expect. If each class member purchases at least one ticket plus bring a friend, we will meet our goal. You can pick up tickets at June Class meeting or send a check or money order made out to: Dillard Class of 1971 and send c/o Janie Armstrong, 1571 NW 33 Ave., Lauderhill, Fla 33311. ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○

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Children Of The Lotus Retreat on Saturday, Aug. 4 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., at Miramar Multi-Complex Center, 6700 Miramar Pkway., Miramar, Fla. For more info call Pamella Reid at (954) 558-0632.

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Lauderhill Community Back To School Event on Saturday, Aug. 4 from 10 a. m. to 2 p.m., at West Ken Lark Park, 1321 N.W. 33 Ave., Lauderhill, Fla. For more info contact Ebony Walker (954) 274-0818.

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The Office of Economic and Small Business Development (OESBD) is offering a free Information Session on Saturday, Aug. 11 from 11 a.m. to 12:430 p.m., at Margate Branch Library, 5810 Park Dr. Margate, Fla. For more info call (954) 357-6400 or visit Broward.org/EconDev.

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Teen Open Mic Night. Future Dates: Dates subject to change. Come and share your talents!

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This year our guest speaker the Honorable Aramis Ayala, Florida’s first Black State Attorney, will share her powerful story. We look forward to seeing our friends and members come out and support this important event. Sposorship and ad opportunities are also availabily.Learn more by contacting us at eulashouse@naacpftlbroward.org or (954) 764-7604.

Should you desire to pay by check. Please make checks payable to the NAACP Fort Lauderdale Branch and mail to: NAACP Fort Lauderdale/Broward Branch, 1100 Sistrunk Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33311

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T.R.U.E. Back To School Health Fair on Saturday, Aug. 4 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., at First Baptist Church, 301 E. Broward Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Event to bring health services, health education and back-to-school supplies to the community. For more info call Anita Taylor at (954) 854-4240. ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○

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Ebenenzer Back To School Health Fair on Saturday, Aug. 4 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., at Ebenezer Deliversance Temple, 2340 Griffin Rd., Dania Beach, Fla. Event to provide free back-toschool supplies, screenings and health info. For more info call Marvalee Fisher (954) 5344642.

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Florida Juneteenth Fest Events - Free Ukuleles Rock! Learn to play the Ukulele! on Thursday, July 26 at 6:30 p.m., at Tyrone Bryant Branch Library, 2230 N.W. 21 St., Fort Lauderdale, Fla. - Free Artwalk on Saturday, July 28 at 6 p.m. at C&I Studios, 541 N.W. First Ave., Fort Lauderdale, Fla. - Free English Cafe on Thursday, July 28 at 6 p.m. at Tyrone Bryant Branch Library, 2230 N.W. 21 St., Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

TODAY'S BLACK NEWS IS TOMORROW'S BLACK HISTORY

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* FAMU Broward County Alumni Chapter presents 2018 Political Forum on Monday, July 30 from 5 to 7:30 p.m. For more info email: GRBOWARDRATTLERS@gamil.com (954) 319-4606. * Happy Potter Horcrux Scavenger Hunt on Monday July 30 from 1 to 3 p.m., for ages 8 and up. * Wellness Wednesday on Wednesday, Aug 1, from 4 to 5 p.m., for ages 8 and up. * Join Author Kimberla Lawson Roby on Monday, Aug. 6 at 6 p.m. To sign and discuss her latest book, Better Late Than Never. For additional info call (954) 357-6190.

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SDA Health Fair on Sunday, Aug. 5 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at First Ephesus Seventh Day Adventist Church, 4830 S.W. 22 St., West Park, Fla. Event to educate the congregation and the community about health, wellness and resources. For more info call Trevle Walters at (954) 917-4046.

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Ambassador SDA Back To School on Sunday, Aug. 5 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Ambassador 7th Day Adventist Church, 3245 W. Oakland Park Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Event to provide free school supplies, health screenings and health education. For more info call Veronica Pitt at (954) 591-0168.

- Back-to-School Family FunDay on Saturday, July 28 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m, at the Tennis Center, 201 W. Atlantic Ave., Delray.

- Back- to-School Community Block Party on Saturday, July 28 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Wellington Community Center, 12150 Forest Holl Blvd.

- Back 2 School Festival on Sunday, July 29 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., at First Seventh-Day Adventist Church of West Palm Beach, 6300 Summit Blvd., West Palm Beach, Fla. - News Ch.5 Back to School Expo on Saturday, Aug. 4 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at The Mall at Wellington Green, 10300 W. Forest Hill Blvd., Suite 2000, Wellington.

- Free Back-to-School & Health Fair on Sunday, Aug. 5 from 3 to 7 p.m., at Phyisican Family Pharmacy, 5869 Lake Worth Rd., Greenacres.

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Back To School Blast on Sunday, Aug. 5 from 1 to 4 p.m., at Franklin Park Recreation Center, 2501 Franklin Dr., Fort Lauderdale, Fla. For more info call Muriel Miller at (954) 7085101.

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Fun Day

Collier City Family Fun Day on Saturday, Aug. 4 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at McNair Park, 951 N.W. 27 Ave., Pompano Beach, Fla. Event to offer wellness information, health resources and screenings. For more info call Darlens Ponder at (954) 917-8099. ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○

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The City of Pompano Beach and the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRC) you are cordially invited to participate in our free Breaking Barriers Empowerment and Job Fair on Saturday, Sept. 22 from 10 to 2 p.m., at the E. Pat Larkins Community Center, 520 MLK Blvd., Pompano Beach, FLa. For more info call Dahlia Baker at (954) 786-7866.

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We are celebrating 50 Years of service to the community! Banquet style, Formal Attire! Ticket will be on sale June 4, 2018 Commenorative Book ads also available.

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Opinion

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Congress Must Stop Family Separation

Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) says that the Trump Administration is repeating the mistakes of our past and inflicting more trauma on families seeking safe harbor from the violence and abuse they left behind. (Official Photo)

By Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.)

FOUNDED IN 1971

Like many Americans, the treatment of children and families at the border has shaken me to my core.

San Diego-based U.S. District Court Judge Dana Sabraw has essentially said to stop defying the courts and reunite these families.

The deadline to reunify parents with children under 5 was July 10th, and the deadline to reunify children five and older is July 26th. The Administration has asked for an extension saying it would need more time to reconnect parents and children in certain cases. They have requested an extension to the deadline, but the court is still monitoring, and it has yet to be granted.

It’s no secret that Donald Trump views immigrants with disdain. He has called Mexicans “rapists” and referred to immigrants as “animals.”

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The Trump Administration has embraced nativist dog whistles from day one.

Nowhere is this clearer than in the shameful “zero tolerance” policy pursued by President Trump, which has separated families, locked kids in facilities, and traumatized innocent children.

Families come to this country seeking asylum. They undertake grueling, dangerous journeys in the hope that America will provide safe harbor from the violence that they are fleeing. Some are escaping domestic abuse, others have come to our shores to save their families from gangs. None expect to have their children ripped from their arms when they finally reach safety.

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Immigrant Child Detention

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By Raphaela Carvalho The pressing matter of keeping children of detained illegal immigrants in detention centers has sparked great concern from the majority of Americans who cannot sit back and watch innocent children fall victim. Removing children from their parents and scattering them throughout the country will certainly leave lasting scars, but there’s a group of American moms who have put themselves in their shoes and decided to do something about it.

In an article Sunday July 22 the San Diego Union reported on the conditions of detention of these separated children. “It’s surrounded by fencing that is backed by privacy netting, and

a sign at the gate warns visitors that it’s under video surveillance 24 hours per day. If someone opens the front door of the facility without first swiping a badge, an alarm blares through the hallway, warning of a potential escape.”

It’s surrounded by fencing that is backed by privacy netting, and a sign at the gate warns visitors that it’s under video surveillance 24 hours per day. If someone opens the front door of the facility without first swiping a badge, an alarm blares through the hallway, warning of a potential escape.

Annie Correal of the New York Times reports “That a group of women is taking matters into their own hands.

Julie Collazo of Queens, NY, launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise bail bonds for detained women. Her group is called the Immigrant Families Together and they call themselves ‘a network of Americans committed to rapid response unification of families separated by the ‘zero tolerance’ policy.’ To date, the group had posted bail for twelve women so that they could be reunified with their children. The toll of the separation is apparent in both the children and parents, and this group wants to see that no further damage arises beyond what’s already been done.”

Time to Reform the System Rev. Jesse Jackson and Commissioner Rodney Ellis Address Major Social Justice Issues in Harris County and Across the Nation Jeffrey Boney, NNPA Newswire Political Analyst, says that voting is one of the best ways to ensure that major social justice issues like money bail reform are addressed. (Jeffrey Boney)

By Jeffrey L. Boney (NNPA Newswire Political Analyst) During a recent trip to Houston, Rev. Jesse Jackson joined forces with Harris County Precinct 1 Commissioner Rodney Ellis and various local community advocates to address a litany of social justice issues that have impacted many individuals in the Greater Houston area, as well as across the entire nation.

At a news conference that was held at the Harris County Precinct One El Rio Service Center, Rev. Jackson joined Commissioner Ellis to talk about why Harris County Commissioners Court

should settle a bail reform lawsuit and a push for the county to adopt a minority- and women-owned business enterprise (MWBE) program.

Several community leaders, ministers, and community organizations, such as FIEL Houston, a group focused on the needs of families and education, the NAACP, the Anti-Defamation League and others were part of the gathering.

One of the most important battles taking place across the U.S. has been a push for bail reform. The fight for bail reform has become one of the most important and major civil rights issues of our day; and that fight is being aggressively waged in Harris County, which has the majority of its county leadership fighting a costly lawsuit to contest its unjust cash-bail system that keeps poor people behind bars.

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This Is Why Migrant Parents Travel with Children

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Bill Fletcher, Jr. says that to blame migrant parents for the current Trump-instigated crisis is another display of the ignorance and a racial blind spot for much of White America. (Bill Fletcher, Jr.)

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. (NNPA Newswire Columnist) There has been a strange response by many White conservatives to the separation of migrant children from their parents. Whether we are discussing undocumented migrants or those requesting asylum, there has

been rightwing pushback to the larger chorus of condemnation of the Trump administration for its zero tolerance.

These right-wingers claim that it is the parents who are to blame for the separation crisis.

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You Don’t Have to Break the Bank to Give Back to Universities Harry L. Williams, the president and CEO of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, says that anyone believing in the power of education to transform lives should invest in HBCUs. (Delaware State University)

By Dr. Harry L. Williams (President & CEO, Thurgood Marshall College Fund) Earlier this year, a man named Jack Weldon Patrick passed away in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. A longtime lawyer, Patrick was remembered as a family man, an advocate for social justice, and a respected community leader.

One day a check arrived by mail for the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) in memory of Jack Weldon Patrick. A few days later, another one arrived, and a few weeks later, another check. Individual donations kept coming to support the work of TMCF and our publicly-supported Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in honor of Jack. His obituary read, “in lieu of flowers the family suggests memorial donations in Jack’s name to causes he cared deeply about.”

One of those causes was TMCF. (Read full story at www.thewestsidegazette.com)

Conservatives play the fool most of the time

By Kevin Palmer Niccolo Machiavelli’s masterpiece, The Prince, should be required reading for conservatives.

Machiavelli stated men should possess the qualities of a fox and a lion since the lion cannot protect himself from traps, and the fox cannot protect himself from wolves. Apparently, conservatives like Sarah Palin, Dick Cheney, Joe Arpaio, and Austin Rhodes lacked the qualities of a fox. They were all trapped by Sacha Baron Cohen.

Sacha Baron Cohen is a British actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer. For the past year Cohen travelled around the United States conducting interviews to be used as material for his new Showtime series, “Who is America?” which aired July 20, 2018.

According to a New York Times article, “Mr. Cohen exploits the courtesy and gullibility of his subjects to create a surreal disconnection between what he tells them and how they respond – making them look idiotic in the process.”

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Which Lie should Americans believe when Trump speaks?

By Roger Caldwell The most disturbing reality in America is that almost 45% of the residents are proud of the Trump administration, and they think he is doing a good job. Many think that this thinking is only pervasive in the White community, but if you live in the suburbs it is probably your next door neighbor, who also supports Trump and he/she could be any culture or race.

Almost 1 out of 2 Americans is elated that Trump is a bully, and it does not matter what lie he tells today, yesterday or tomorrow. If 45% of Americans believe Trump is executing his conservative principals everywhere he goes, then he is a great president with a strong backbone.

When tyrants and international criminals control a country or a neighborhood, the residents are weak and powerless. The world and many Americans cannot believe that Trump won the presidency, but when you don’t vote, anyone can become your leader.

Once anyone is your leader, you start to accept any lie they tell you.

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Who is the brother in the boat with George Washington?

By Oscar H. Blayton We’ve all seen the painting.

Gen. George Washington strikes a heroic pose, standing in a boat being rowed through an icy river on his way to win the Battle of Trenton during the Revolutionary War. But take a close look at Emanuel Leutze’s iconic painting of Washington crossing the Delaware and you might wonder who is the Black man in the boat? He is third from the left, just to the left of Washington’s right knee, and seemingly straining at an oar.

For years, people have speculated that this “Brother in the Boat” may have been Washington’s slave, Billy Lee, or that he was Prince Whipple, the well-known slave of Gen. William Whipple of the New Hampshire militia.

The typical assumption is that the Black man in the boat had to be someone’s slave, the property of some noted white person.

But American history is like a jigsaw puzzle – there are many seemingly unrelated and disjointed pieces lying about and it is hard to make sense of them unless you look below the surface.

The mystery of the “Brother in the Boat” can be solved if we pull some of the seemingly disassociated pieces of this historical puzzle together.

“Washington’s Crossing,” a 2009 book

by David Hackett Fischer, helps with this.

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Community Partners Coalesce to Respond to Long Term Needs of Broward County Residents Affected by Natural Disasters

By William Condon FORT LAUDERDALE — In the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, in September 2017, dozens of business, government, non-profit and faith-based organizations, came together under the umbrella of the Long-Term Recovery Coalition of Broward County (LTRC) to continue addressing the unmet needs of Broward County residents long after resources for the initial response were depleted.

The LTRC is a humanitarian association of organizations with disaster capabilities or resources that can respond to a declared disaster locally. It is designed to foster collaboration and coordinate services to residents in need after the storm related resources made available by local, state, and federal entities have been depleted. Created under the auspices of the Coordinating Council of Broward (CCB), comprised of leaders from the government, business and nonprofit communities, the LTRC will provide an important human services safety net in the months and in some cases, years, after a disaster.

“The CCB works to coordinate and communicate health and human services more effectively.

With the creation of the LTRC, we are in a better position to address the unmet needs from Irma and better prepare for the future.” said Sandra Veszi Einhorn, Executive Director of the CCB. “The Broward County community is committed to ensuring that no one is left behind after a storm or natural disaster.”

The LTRC is already making a difference. Marian, an elderly Sunrise resident, had her home severely damaged during Hurricane Irma. As of July, she still lived in precarious conditions, a situation further complicated by the fact that she would not leave her premises without her pets.

With the help of the LTRC and Rebuilding Together Broward County, they restored Marian’s home to livable conditions. “I couldn’t have remained in my home without the help of our community.” said Marian. They have been a Godsend!”

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By Mel Gurtov Is Donald Trump not merely gullible, uninformed, and indifferent but actually treasonous when it comes to Russia?

More and more high-profile people are saying so. He’s acting like “a Russian mole,” in the words of conservative columnist Max Boot. “America is under attack and its president absolutely refuses to defend it.

Simply put, Trump is a traitor and may well be treasonous,” argues New York Times op-ed writer Charles M. Blow. The former CIA director, John Brennan, tweets that “Donald Trump’s press conference performance in Helsinki rises to & exceeds the threshold of ‘high crimes & misdemeanors.’ It was nothing short of treasonous.”

And John McLaughlin, former acting director of the CIA, calls Trump an “agent of influence” for Russia (MSNBC interview, July 16, 2018).

Indeed, one writer reviews the evidence and invites us to consider that Vladimir Putin is Trump’s handler. And that piece was written before the Helsinki summit. But today, July 19, 2018, we have a

mindboggling report from the New York Times that Donald Trump was informed, two weeks before his inauguration, that the US government had rock-solid evidence of Russian interference, directed by Vladimir Putin, to sway the election. CIA director Brennan was one of the briefers on that occasion. So was James Comey.

We now know that Trump has long been aware of a Putindirected assault on our electoral system. We also know that the Russians have for decades been cultivating ties with Trump in anticipation that he might be an important asset.

Finally, we know now more clearly than ever, following Trump’s European trip, that Trump’s notion of national interest coincides all too neatly with Vladimir Putin’s.

Let’s review the evidence.

Since taking office, Trump has done the following in service of Russian interests: (Read full story at: www.thewestsidegazette.com)

MIXING GUNS AND RACISM

By Robert C. Koehler In Illinois, as in all the rest of the states, it’s legal to carry a concealed handgun, unless you’re at a ballgame or in the library or a number of other designated public places. But one of those places is not the corner of 71st Street and Jeffery Boulevard, in Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood.

You mix guns with racism, and stir in some law and order, and it gets very confusing.

The one thing that’s not confusing is that Harith Augustus, a 37-year-old barber, father of a little girl, who lived and worked within a few blocks of that corner, is dead, shot by a police officer in the midst of a needless confrontation — and in utter violation of the Chicago Police Department’s own alleged policy: to respect the “sanctity of human life.”

Police shoot another black man, spark community rage, further destroy all trust and continue to behave not as protectors but as an occupying army. God bless America.

What happened was that Augustus was standing at the corner, minding his own business, on Saturday afternoon, July 14, when officers con-

fronted him and a scuffle ensued. A department spokesperson later cited the official reason for the confrontation: Augustus was “exhibiting characteristics of an armed person.”

Uh, he was standing there, being part of the community.

Yes, there was a bulge at his waistline, indicating the possibility that he was carrying a gun. But this is where it gets confusing. This is Illinois, a concealed-carry state (one of 50).

Why did that fact alone set a police confrontation in motion?

And yes, it turns out he was armed. It also turns out the gun was legally purchased. But apparently Augustus lacked a concealed-carry permit, which of course the police had no way of knowing in the moment.

I am not defending the fact that he was carrying a handgun, or suggesting that someone “exhibiting characteristics of an armed person” might not seem to be a threat to public safety. Certainly I am not de(Read full story at: www.thewestsidegazette.com)

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James C. Boyd Funeral Home JOSEPHS Funeral services for the late Romario Hakeem Andree Josephs – 21.

WALKER Funeral services for the late Jannie Mae Walker – 80 held July 23 at James C. Boyd Memorial Chapel with Apostle Janice L. Dillard, PhD, officiating. Interment: Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens (Central).

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HILL Funeral services for the late David Lamar Hill – 61 were held July 21 at Williams Memorial C.M.E. Church with Rev. Calvin Hopkins, Pastor and Prophet Curtis Bradford, officiating. Interment: Forest Lawn Cemetery.

JONES Funeral services for the late Aston R. Jones 64 were held July 21 at McWhite’s Funeral Home with Pastor Alex Umole, officiating.

MCKINNON Funeral services for the late Jeremy Jamar – 32 were held July 21 at McWhite’s Funeral Home Chapel. Interment: Sunset Memorial Gardens.

ROMAS Funeral services for the late Brain Chad Ramos - 30 were held July 21 at New Birth House of Prayer with Rev. Charles Jackson, officiating. Interment: Sunset Memorial Gardens.

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African Renaissance and Diaspora Network, Inc., President and CEO, Dr. Djibril Diallo (2nd from right) received Rainbow PUSH Coalition 2018 International Humanitarian Award. (ARDN) NEW YORK CITY, N.Y./ NNPANewsPR/ Dr. Djibril Diallo, President and Chief Executive Officer of African Renaissance and Diaspora Network, Inc. (ARDN) was named the recipient of Rainbow PUSH Coalition’s 2018 International Humanitarian Award. Dr. Diallo received the award on Friday, June 15 from Reverend Jesse L. Jackson Sr., the founder of Rainbow PUSH, during the 47th Annual Rainbow PUSH International Convention in Chicago, Illinois, in recognition of his steadfast and outstanding global leadership in making humanity’s common home a better place, through his over three decades of service in the United Nations, and his leadership of ARDN’s “Pathway to Solutions” international initiative.

“It is an honor and privilege to have received the 2018 International Humanitarian Award for my service at the United Nations,” said Dr. Diallo. “This is especially significant as ARDN is now spear-

heading the ‘Pathway to Solutions,’ which is a special project for the United Nations to popularize the Sustainable Development Goals, and ensure that the vulnerable are uplifted and no one is left behind.”

“Djibril’s tireless and outstanding global leadership continues to make our global village a better place for all,” said Reverend Jackson. “We appreciate his commitment to serve and thus save humanity.”

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As part of their weeklong #GrassrootsWithTheGrahams tour across the state, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gwen Graham, her parents and sisters visited the Kings Point Democratic Club in Broward County today.

Graham spoke to the crowd about the importance of protecting seniors in Florida and her plan to reduce medical wait list often faced by Florida’s older citizens.

“Whether you’ve lived here all your life or moved to Florida for retirement, our state should be safe and welcoming to all seniors,” Graham said.

Graham has spent years working to help older Floridians. In Congress, she sponsored The Senior Citizen Protection Act which would create a federal database of criminals convicted of scamming or abus-

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ing seniors to protect older Floridians.

“It’s been a lifelong passion of ours to help Florida’s older citizens,” Senator Bob Graham said. “We’re proud Gwen is following in our footsteps and has real plans to protect seniors.”

Graham is following in the footsteps of her mother, Adele Graham, who spent her time as First Lady and as a private citizen working on behalf of seniors. She served as Honorary Chairperson for the Governor’s Conference on Aging and was an official to the 1981 White House Conference on Aging.

Under Adele Graham’s leadership, Florida became the first state to license the Hospice program and she spearheaded a program for seniors to volunteer in Florida’s public schools.

And her father, former Senator Bob Graham spearheaded the Community Care for the Elderly Act, still used by the Area Agencies to assist seniors today.

The#GrassrootsWithTheGrahams statewide tour includes lunch at Versailles and canvassing in Little Havana, Monday; a Miami office opening in Wynwood, Tuesday; a Grilling with the Grahams community event in Miami Lakes, Wednesday; volunteering in Fort Myers and a grassroots fundraiser in Sarasota, Thursday; and a tour of Ulele Springs in Tampa, Friday.

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Federal Ad Spending with Black-owned Firms Dismal; NNPA Demands Action

By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Over the past five fiscal years from 2013 to 2017, federal government agencies have spent approximately $5 billion in advertising, but a minute share— $327 million—went to minority-

owned businesses, according to a long-awaited report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO).

The federal government serves as the largest advertiser in the country.

While non-minority-owned

businesses continue to rake in billions of dollars in federal advertising money, Hispanicowned businesses received just $192 million over five years— or about $38.4 million per year.

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Analyzing Obama’s Mandela Day Speech (Cont'd from FP) he stands with warnings about many of the policies he has put into place, like protectionism and closed borders. This has been a trademark of Obama since Trump took office, putting clear criticism of his values without explicitly naming him.

“I am not being alarmist, I’m simply stating the facts.

Look around — strongman politics are ascendant, suddenly, whereby elections and some pretense of democracy is maintained, the form of it, where those in power seek to undermine every institution or norm that gives democracy meaning,” Obama continued.

Obama also mentioned the growing trend in politics, not just with Trump, to simply ignore and switch stances as needed, with little reprisal. “You have to believe in facts. Without facts there’s no basis for cooperation. If I say this is a podium and you say this is an elephant, it’s going to be hard for us to cooperate,” he said.

“I can’t find common ground if somebody says that climate change just isn’t happening, when almost all the world’s scientists tell us it is. I don’t know where to start talking to you about this. If you say it’s an elaborate hoax, where do we start?”

“People just make stuff up.

They just make stuff up. We see it in the growth of state sponsored propaganda. We see it in internet fabrications. We see it in the blurring of lines between news and entertainment. We see the utter loss of shame among political leaders where they’re caught in a lie and they just double down and they lie some more. It used to be that if you caught them lying, they’d be like, oh man — now they just keep on lying,” he said, to laughter in the crowd.

Granted, an American audience probably wouldn’t find the subject matter as funny, considering we are currently living it with little end in sight.

NNPA President and CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., speaks outside the U.S. Capitol during a joint press conference with the NNPA and the National Associationof Hispanic Publications on Capitol Hill in March 2016. D.C. Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (far left) joined the press conference to call for the GAO report to examine how much federal agencies spend on advertising with minority-owned firms.

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NNPA President Extols the Black Press

Mass Grave of Black Prisoners in Texas (Cont'd from FP) serving as a prison guard at one of Texas’s oldest prisons.

Working off of a hunch, he believed the bodies of slaves and prisoners were still buried in the Sugar Land area, focusing in on a site called the Imperial State Prison Farm. After `19 years of doing everything but digging out there himself, he finally saw a result. Archeologists discovered a plot of graves for 95 people, completely unmarked, with no indicator of any kind on the surface.

“This place was almost truly lost to history,” archaeologist Reign Clark of Goshawk Envi-

ronmental Consulting told The Washington Post. Ironically, this was discovered by accident.

A school was to be built at the former prison site in October, but thanks to Moore’s warnings, an archeologist was brought to survey the project.

In February, a backhoe operator saw something that resembled a human bone, and the examination of the site began in earnest.

Clark is almost certain that the remains belong to Black prisoners, including former slaves. “Considering who owned the property and what the property was used for throughout time,” Clark said,

“it would be 10,000 to 1 that it’s not the convict-lease cemetery.

All skeletons examined to date have African American traits, with muscular builds and misshapen bones from repetitive wear, all pointing towards hard labor. The bodies are estimated to range from ages 14 to 70.

“I think we’re going to be able to paint a very vivid picture of how these people lived and what they went through here,” Clark said. “This is a completely rare site. It’s going to change how we think about Texas history and how we think about ourselves and how we built this state, how all of us built this state.”

History Teacher Steps into Politics to Run for Congress (Cont'd from FP) job gives you that kind of experience. Life gives you that kind of experience.”

Hayes also talked of why she felt she was qualified for the position, saying she knows how it feels “living in the margins” and she told Hartford Courant that, “I’m a fighter. Time and time again, I have had doors shut in my face and have had to walk around and knock on the back door.’’

Speaking to the Washington forum audience, she said, “In 2016 many people know I was named National Teacher of the Year, but what you don’t know is that in 2015, I was turned down for three promotions, that work that I was doing was not recognized … I was disappointed and hurt but I made a commitment to the people in Waterbury to educate their kids and I worked harder that year than I ever did in my whole career.”

Hayes is facing Mary Glassman in August 14 in the primaries for the open 5th District seat. Notable is the fact that the 59-year-old Glassman has had experience in public life for about 30 years, while Hayes is making her first step into politics.

“From Stacey Abrams in Georgia, who is campaigning to become the nation’s first black woman governor, to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a 28-year-old community organizer who recently dislodged a 10-term congressman in New York, this new crop of political contenders has brought fresh enthusiasm to a Democratic Party still healing from Hillary Clinton’s 2016 defeat. The working-class anger credited with propelling President Donald Trump into the White House is also playing out on the political left, fueling the campaigns of outsiders such as Hayes, said Alexandra Rojas, co-director of Justice Democrats, a national progressive political action committee that recently helped Ocasio-Cortez win,” reports HartFord Courant.

Hayes is an inspiration to many of her supporters including her cousin Malika Watson, who admires her journey to the top. She said,” She’s a role model

for all of us. She was in the projects, but she found her way out of there and look at her now!”

Hayes has ties to Sen. Chris Murphy – who is also one of the most powerful Democrats in Connecticut.

(Cont'd from FP) member publications reach more than 20 million readers, combined, in print and online, every week.

NNPA Board Chairman Dorothy Leavell and a several other NNPA members also attended the convention.

“I can’t think of a better place to be in the world than to be here at the NAACP [convention],” Dr. Chavis said as he began his speech. “Brothers and sisters, you look so beautiful this morning.”

Dr. Chavis noted that 2018 marked the 191st year of the Black Press in America.

“Since 1827, when ‘Freedom’s Journal’ was published in New York, we’ve been on the case,” Dr. Chavis told the convention audience. “All of you should be subscribing to the Black Press. Don’t worry about the ‘Fake News’; pay attention to Black News.”

Dr. Chavis also reminded the audience that the NAACP

Norton, Chavis Vow to Seek Legislation After GAO Report (Cont'd from FP) to news outlets and media companies owned or published by people of color.”

The 41-page report issued, last week, revealed that over the past five fiscal years, federal government agencies spent $5 billion in advertising, but just $327 million of that went to minority-owned businesses.

Black-owned businesses netted just $51 million—about $10 million per year over the five years covered in the new report.

Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., the president and CEO of the National Newspaper Publishers Association President

(NNPA), thanked Holmes Norton for her support. The NNPA is a trade group that represents more than 200 Black-owned media companies and newspapers that reach 20 million readers, combined, in print and online, every week.

More than two years ago, Holmes Norton joined members of the NNPA and the National Association of Hispanic Publications (NAHP) for a press conference on Capitol Hill, to demand the report, which was issued last week.

Dorothy Leavell, the chairman of the NNPA and publisher of the Crusader newspapers in Chicago and Gary, Ind., called the results of the report

shameful. Leavell added that she would call for legislation to address the disparities; she also said that she plans on requesting meetings with members of Congress to further explore the matter.

In an interview, last week, Dr. Chavis called on Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Chairman Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-La.), and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus “to forcefully raise their voices of discontent and reaffirmation of the demands for equity, for justice, for fairness and end to this kind of systemic refusal to treat African American-owned and Latino-owned businesses along

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and the NNPA signed a memorandum of understanding, earlier this year, during the NNPA’s 2018 Mid-Winter Conference in Las Vegas.

“We’re going to work together to increase the membership of the NAACP and we are going to work together to strengthen the Black Press of America,” Dr. Chavis said.

Dr. Chavis addressed the NAACP convention on the 100th birthday of Nelson Mandela.

“Some of you recall in 1993 at the national convention of the NAACP, we invited Nelson Mandela to the stage and he reminded us that the African National Congress sought guidance from the NAACP,” Dr. Chavis said. “It’s been a long, working relationship, starting with W.E.B. Du Bois on up to today, between the NAACP and the ANC…our brothers and sisters in Africa are making progress and we need to make progress here in America.” with others in a just, fair and equitable manner.”

Dr. Chavis added that the report exposed the consequences of systemic racial discrimination in both Republican and Democratic administrations when it comes to federal advertising spending.

Dr. Chavis continued: “It’s time for all of us to respond and to act. There should be legislation introduced in Congress immediately to rectify this gross systemic inequity.”

The NNPA President lamented the current state of politics in Washington, D.C. and the attacks on voting rights across the nation.

“It’s a reaction to us going to the polls and voting,” Dr. Chavis said. “Voter suppression is taking place, because we’re voting…but we’re going to overcome voter suppression this year.”

In 2018, the NNPA launched a campaign promoting the importance of voter registration in the Black community with the goal to encourage 5 million Blacks to register to vote and go to polls during the midterm elections in November.

“We want the largest, Black voter turnout in American history led by the NAACP; led by the Black Press of America,” Dr. Chavis said.

Dr. Chavis continued: “There is a spirit in this place, an abiding spirit that, for 109 years, the NAACP has always been there, and we have to remind our young people. I’m so glad to see so many young people at this convention. We need to raise up a new generation of freedom fighters. We need to raise up a new generation of courage seekers that will stand up for the truth.”

Dr. Chavis said that he was confident about the future of the NAACP, the Black Press and the Black community.

“I didn’t come to San Antonio pessimistic,” Dr. Chavis said.

“I’m optimistic. I’m fired up and ready to go! Fired up and ready to go! Long live the spirit of the NAACP!” Dr. Chavis exclaimed to thunderous applause. “Long live the spirit for freedom, for justice, and for equality! God Bless!”

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Chaos or Communit Communityy in Immigration Policy

By Andrew Moss If you scan the Internet for immigration-related news stories following the Trump administration’s May 7 announcement of its “zero tolerance” border policy, you’ll find the word “chaos” coming up time and time again. Here, for example, is a July 10 headline from my hometown paper, the Los Angeles Times: ”First wave of migrants is reunited: amid chaos and legal clashes, U.S. returns 38 of 102 children to parents but misses deadline set by judge.”

In this headline the Times editors used the word “chaos” to allude to several kinds of disorder depicted in the news story: the suffering of 64 families with children under 5 who were still separated from their parents, the anguish and anxiety facing another 2000-3000 children ages 5-17 who had yet to be reunited with their parents, and the general uncertainty produced by constant fluctuations in government policy and actions.

If there were any pattern to this chaos, it was identified by U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee, who rejected the administration’s effort to extend the amount the time that children could be detained. In explaining her July 9 ruling, Judge Gee described the administration’s effort as a “cynical attempt...to shift responsibility to the Judiciary for over 20 years of Congressional inaction and ill-considered Executive action that have led to the current stalemate.”

Judge Gee pinpointed a crucial fact about the current situation. President Trump has steered immigration policy to new heights of cruelty and turmoil, but our immigration system has been vexed by serious problems long before he came into office. Though the judge didn’t address broader issues of policy in her ruling, her critique still provokes consideration of a basic question: how do we find our way out of the chaos facing us today?

A number of commentators have argued that it’s essential we first come to terms with U.S. involvements in Central America that helped stoke the

political instability and violence impelling people to journey northward in search of safety and livelihood. They point, for example, to the CIA involvement in the 1954 coup that overthrew Guatemala’s democratically elected government, and to the subsequent U.S. military involvement in a civil war (1960-1996) that claimed 200,000 lives. Similarly, the U.S. provided significant military aid to a right-wing government in El Salvador responsible for killings, kidnappings, and torture during a devastating civil war (1980-1992) that claimed more than 75,000 lives. During these conflicts and in ensuing decades, thousands of people fled to the U.S. Now, as thousands more arrive at our borders fleeing violence, often inflicted by gangs incubated in the U.S. and stimulated abroad by our own harsh deportation policies, they argue that homeland security should be guided by a firm sense of global responsibility rather than the fear and amnesia binding us ever more tightly in the confining walls of a garrison state.

University of Southern California professor Roberto Suro noted that President Trump has submitted budget requests for immigration enforcement and detention ($26 billion) and for a border wall ($18 billion) that almost match the gross domestic product of El Salvador and Honduras combined ($46 billion). As he said in a recent New York Times column, “a fraction of the enforcement budget well spent on economic development . . . would be a better use of taxpayer dollars than trying to intercept people in flight at a militarized border and then criminalizing them.”

But more than responsibility is needed as a foundational value for homeland security. Justice is needed as well. More than 50 years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. published his fourth and final book, Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? In that book, he ad-

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nological and scientific changes that have made human societies throughout the world ever more interdependent – and that have heightened expectations for human rights and dignity.

www.thewestsidegazette.com When he published Where Do We Go From Here? in 1967, the U.S. had no detention system for migrants. Such a system, driven by the profit motive and rife with human rights abuses, wouldn’t come into place until the 1980s. Now, more than 50

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NIH and Prostate Cancer Foundation launch large study on aggressive prostate cancer in African American men

The $26.5 million study is called RESPOND, or Research on Prostate Cancer in Men of African Ancestry: Defining the Roles of Genetics, Tumor Markers, and Social Stress.

The study will examine aggressive prostate cancer in African American men.

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The largest coordinated research effort to study biological and non-biological factors associated with aggressive prostate cancer in African American men has begun. The $26.5 million study is called RESPOND, or Research on Prostate Cancer in Men of African Ancestry: Defining the Roles of Genetics, Tumor Markers, and Social Stress. It will investigate environmental and genetic factors related to aggressiveness of prostate cancer in African-American men to better understand why they disproportionally experience aggressive disease—that is, disease that grows and spreads quickly— compared with men of other racial and ethnic groups.

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Tuskegee University’s Dynamic Pitcher -Catcher Pitcher-Catcher duo participates in MLB’s All-Star futur es games futures Christian Marshall and Elgin Woodside are baseball teammates at Tuskegee University. Marshall and Woodside participated in the 2018 SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game.

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Meet the First Black female Owner of a male professional basketball league (not a Indianapolis, IN team, but a league!) (BlackNews.com) — The

Evelyn Magley is the first African American woman ever to own a professional sports league (of any kind) for men in the United States.

Basketball League (TBL), a new professional basketball league, will make its debut for the 2019 season. As part of the launch the TBL has recently acquired the North American Premier Basketball league. The NAPB (entering its second nd season), brings 12 markets with it. The original 8 - Yakima SunKings, Albany Patroons, Kansas City Tornados, Ohio Bootleggers, Rochester RazorSharks, Kentucky Thoroughbreds, Nevada Desert Dogs, Vancouver Knights and four expansion markets: Raleigh Firebirds, Tampa Bay Titans, San Diego Waves and a yet to be named team in Bellevue, Wa. (Read full story at: www.thewestsidegazette.com)

By Daja E. Henry and Ila Wilborn (NNPA DTU Journalism Fellows) Over 38,000 people watched from the stands Sunday in Washington D.C.’s Nationals Park as Tuskegee University pitcher Christian Marshall stepped up to the plate to throw the ceremonial first pitch of the 2018 SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game. Elgin Woodside, a catcher for Tuskegee’s baseball team, assisted. Although the two were not yet prospects for the “Majors,” they both have a stake in the future of baseball.

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While visiting our Dad for Father’s Day, my sisters and I were pleasantly surprised while attending church with him. He was honored as Father of the Year by his church members and his Pastor, Lester Frink, Sr., of First St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church, Whiteville, N.C. after guest Pastor John Langley of Missionary Baptist Church, Whiteville, N.C., delivered a moving sermon.

College students walked 20 miles to keep his new job

By Victor Ochieng There are people with determination that you don’t easily find in your average human being. And such individuals are not easily deterred by adversities of any kind, no matter how difficult things turn out to be. An example of amazing individuals of this kind is Walter Carr, a resident of Homewood, Ala – who walked 20 miles to get to his job in Pelham. This is not fiction, but an actual true story of a young man who refused to complain and decided to do whatever it would take to keep his job.

Reports by AL.com had it that Carr’s predicament began after his car broke down the night before reporting to his new job. It had been a long time before he landed any job, and after getting hired by Bellhops moving company, he didn’t want to risk losing his job because he had no car. Undeterred by the situation, he chose to walk to Pelham; he started

his journey at mid-night after four hours of sleep , walking through the night, across highways.

By 4 a.m. Carr was in Pelham, and on his way, he met four officers who stopped him out of concern. He explained his predicament to the officers and moved by his story, they decided to assist. One of them, Mark Knighten and his colleagues Klint Rhodes and Carl Perkinson, took the initiative to ensure the young man was safe.

They took him to Whataburger

and bought him breakfast and lunch to go. After which they drove him to a nearby Church, believing that it was better for him to stay there until it was safe to go to work.

Carr was sent by the moving company to assist Jenny Lamey, and after hearing of Carr’s story, she posted the incident on Facebook. She wrote, “[Carr] WALKED ALL NIGHT to get from Homewood to Pelham, because he needed to get to work.

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BOOK LIKE IS A PROVEN BROWARD COUNTY CULTURAL DESTINATIONS said on radio. That is what I love the most.”

The library’s seventh annual book festival used books and authors to showcase every aspect of our cultural inclusive of our food, our music and our voice. It was forever being one of Broward County’s do not miss cultural destinations.

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Congratulations are in order once again as The African American Research Library and Cultural Center, led by book festival chairman/librarian Tray Fitzpatrick, hosted its annual two -day book festival.

Friday night, day one of the two-day event featured tastings and complimentary cocktails.

The exclusive evening was rightfully dubbed as a premier literary and culinary experience. Our collective energies vibrated high as book lovers waltzed from station to station at South Florida’s seventh annual book festival, Book Life, entitled Eat. Drink. Read.

Authors, both nationally and locally known, chatted with guests, signed books and took pictures.

Live music played in the background as we networked and embraced Broward’s annual cultural literacy destination.

Local Poet, Katrina Jo Sapp, also known as Poetiss, said she attends the library’s book fest annually.

In fact, Poetiss brags that “Broward County is full of cultural events.” She says, “we are doing the business of showcasing our culture, whether you

Rickey Smiley and Tina Teague, State Farm Agency. are a part of it, that’s on you, she chuckled.”

Meanwhile, bartenders served choices of red or white Barefoot wine, while spirits’ sponsor Victor George Vodka ensured an endless supply of cocktails.

Chatter and giggles echoed off the library walls as folks strolled from station to station admiring the rich historical exhibits throughout the building.

Food stations prepared by Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale students, under the guidance of Chef Kane, even had vegan options. It was evident that this year’s book fest was well thought out and designed to attract a diverse audience.

In speaking to Fitzpatrick, I discovered his passion for literacy expanded to every demographic in our community disregarding differences. Fitzpatrick envisioned “an event not just for Blacks but all races.”

He purposely featured relatable authors allowing them to cultivate an experience for the hundreds of guests that attended the two-day book fest. “We are here to serve the entire commu-

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nity and provide experiences that strengthened who we are.

It is my belief that success is about finding and including the right people.” Authors like Ash Cash, a financial guru; Ann Marie Sorrell, a dating expert; Celebrity Chef Kevin Belton; and Martin Amado, a design extraordi-naire, all provided a well-rounded literary experience.

However, it was comedian, actor and radio personality Rickey Smiley who took center stage Friday night and stole our hearts. His book entitled

Stand by Your Truth: And Then Run for Your Life allows him to deliver necessary truths with wit and satire.

Smiley answered questions about his upbringing, his career accomplishments and his passion for cooking. Of course, we laughed out loud, finding so many relatable parallels in his authenticity. Then he humbly concluded, “I prefer balance over fame, and I can do without the celebrity. I just really like hearing people say I have changed their lives… that I have really blessed them with something I