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THURSDAY, MAY 3 - WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 2018
A M E S S A GE F ROM OU R PU BL IS H E R
By Frederick H. Lowe The National Memorial for Peace and Justice and the Legacy Museum opens today to teach us a part of American history never printed in high school textbooks. The museum is a memorial
to the 4,400 African Americans murdered in terrorist lynchings, which included beatings, drownings and being burned at the stake by whites between 1877 and 1950 in 12 Southern States including Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. Their names are engraved on duplicate sets of columns, two for each county where a lynching was documented. Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) initially reported that 3,959 African Americans were victims
of terrorist lynchings in the 12 states but added to the number as more victims became known. The lynchings forced blacks (Cont’d on page 10)
WARNING: Graphic photo inside
By Bobby R. Henry, Sr.
GAO Report on Federal Ad Spending in Black Newspapers Coming in July By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor)
A Norristown jury found comedian Bill Cosby on three counts of aggravated indecent sexual assault. Some legal experts said that Cosby might get another trial. (POOL PHOTO)
Bill Cosby found Guilty on all charges in Sex Assault Trial, remains free on $1 Million Bail By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) NORRISTOWN, PA.— Convicted comedian Bill Cosby will remain on house arrest until he’s sentenced this summer following his conviction on three counts
of aggravated indecent sexual assault. Judge Steven T. O’Neill ordered Cosby to get written permission from adult probation officials, if he wants to leave his Philadelphia area home to visit his doctor or to meet with lawyers. Those are the only movements he’s allowed, and they must be within a five-county radius of Montgomery County. Cosby has been fitted with a tracking device, so that court officials can monitor (Cont’d on page 10)
TALLAHASSEE, FL – Recently, Governor Rick Scott announced the selection Marvin Davies, Dr. Reverend Willie Oliver Wells Sr., and John Dorsey Due Jr., to the Florida Civil Rights Hall of Fame. Governor Scott chose these three from a list of 10 distinguished nominees selected by the Florida Commission on Human Relations for making significant contributions to the improvement of life for minorities and all citizens of the great State of Florida. Marvin Davies was born in Bradford County in 1934 and died on April 25, 2003. After serving in the United States Army, Davies attended Florida A&M University where he received his degree ranking (Cont’d on page 5)
But Abram said to Sarai, “Behold, your maid is in your power; do to her what is good in your sight.” So Sarai treated her harshly, and she fled from her presence. Genesis 16:6 (NASB)
A long-awaited report that details what federal agencies spend on advertising in African American-owned newspapers is finally near completion, according to officials in the General Accounting Office (GAO). The report comes as the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), a trade organization made up of more than 200 Black-owned media companies that reach more than 20 million people each week, celebrates 191 years of the Black Press. It also comes ahead of critical midterm election season in which the NNPA announced a historic voter registration drive that has a goal of registering 5 million new, Black voters. (Cont’d on page 5)
NNPA President Benjamin Chavis speaks outside the U.S. Capitol during a joint press conference between NNPA and NAHP in March 2016. The press conference was attended by Washington, D.C. Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (far left). (Freddie Allen/AMG/NNPA)
There has, here lately, been those who have blatantly abused- to the point of death in some instances- their power of authority which is altered based on segregated and racist beliefs. To name and list those who exploit, manipulate and take advantage of laws and create loop holes would take up too much time, space and energy, which would leave no room for anything else, so I won’t. What I will do, however , is to make a point about how a few misuse and selectively enforce the law, not for the betterment of all but the benefit of a few. No, I‘m not one who has earned all the required knowledge to be degreed with a Juris Doctor diploma; unfortunately I, along with millions more have suffered and still suffer at the hands of those who have and who manipulate laws for personal gains due to ‘selective amnesia’. In the arena of sports, rules are created to give equal footing to all teams to attempt to be fair. One would think that when rules apply all play under the same rules in that field of play. We know that the rules that apply to kickball do not apply to swimming and we do not expect to get Florida driver’s licenses by passing a scuba diving course. (Cont’d on page 5)
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