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History-Making ‘Little Rock Bolton House Residents

Nine’ Member Dies
By Zenitha Prince
Sound Off By Melissa Jones broken elevators, lack of an emergency phone
Washington Bureau Chief AFRO Staff Writer number for residents to call after-hours,
unwanted visitors in the building, and the
On Sept. 4, 1957, then- Residents at Bolton House Apartments lack of a 24-hour desk attendant to monitor
high school sophomore expressed anger at Edgewood Management activity within the building. Tempers flared
Jefferson Thomas walked a Corp. at a community meeting on Sept. 2 when talks centered on an unidentified person
gauntlet of hate – a boiling- where they who residents
angry White mob spewing voiced concerns accused of
spit and jeers, taunts and about the security performing job
threats of lynching and an and cleanliness functions poorly
impenetrable barricade of of the 260- and contributing
armed soldiers blocking his unit building. to the unsafe
way into Little Rock, Ark.’s According to environment in
Central High School. the company’s the building.
Inside the school’s walls website, Bolton Del. Barbara
– breached with the help of House is one of Robinson assured
the Army’s 101st Airborne 70 properties in the group,
Division, which provided Maryland that which consisted
protection to Thomas and is managed by primarily of
eight other Black students – Edgewood. senior citizens
the persecution grew worse: Linda that she would
daily insults, humiliation, Campbell, who be a “watchdog”
destroyed property, beatings has lived at for the distressed
and attacks with knives, Bolton House attendees. “This
Photo by Melissa Jones
broken glass, dynamite and AP Photo/Danny Johnston since 2002, is unacceptable.
Residents at Bolton House have voiced concerns
even acid. In this photo taken Sept. 23, 2007, Jefferson Thomas, said Edgewood And if it means
about the security and cleanliness of their 260 unit
Yet, Thomas and the who as a teenager was one of nine Black students to officials have that I will have
building.
other members of the “Little integrate Little Rock Central High School, listens during turned a deaf ear to use legislation
Rock Nine” – Minnijean a panel discussion in Little Rock, Ark. Thomas, 68, died to repeated letters to fix it, then so
Trickey Brown, Carlotta Sept. 5, in Ohio. and phone calls since 2008. “This is the first be it,” she said.
Walls LaNier, Ernest time that they [Edgewood Management] have Some resolve appeared amid the tense
Green, Elizabeth Eckford, first courageous, though remembered gratitude across attended one of our meetings. Maybe it’s exchange when Edgewood Management
Gloria Ray Karlmark, treacherous, steps on the the United States. because all these people are here, but I hope
Thelma Mothershed Wair, road to desegregation. Their “[First lady] Michelle and that these issues will get resolved soon,” she Continued on A3
Terrence Roberts and Melba courage inspired a nation. I are saddened by the passing said. Meetings for the Bolton
Patillo Beals – bore it all And Thomas’ death on Sept. 5 of Jefferson Thomas, who House Tenants Association are
and the heavy hopes of a – 53 years and a day after he as one of the ‘Little Rock held on the last Monday of
nationwide community on made history – has inspired Nine,’ took a stand against every month.
their shoulders, taking the an outpouring of grief and Continued on A4 Tenants complained about

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Black Politicians in the Crosshairs
Join Host Sean Yoes
Currie is the latest target CONGRESS OF THE
UNITED STATES 45th District
Nathaniel McFadden
 Sunday @ 8 p.m. on By George Barnette Senate
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88.9 WEAA FM, the AFRO Staff Writer Barbara Mikulski, House of Delegates
Voice of the Community. Maryland
The rough year facing African-American 40th District,
Democrats nationally continued locally as House of Representatives Baltimore City
Maryland Sen. Ulysses Currie, D-Dist 25, Shawn Z. Tarrant
3rd District, Maryland
Frank M. Conaway Jr.
was indicted. Currie faces 18 charges in John Sarbanes
connection to what investigators say was
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41st District,
a six-year conspiracy between him and 4th District, Maryland
Baltimore City
local grocery store chain, Shoppers Food Donna Edwards
Jill Carter
Warehouse (SFW). The indictment claims Samuel Rosenberg
7th District, Maryland
Currie used his position to advance the
Elijah Cummings
company’s interests. 43rd District,
“Government officials cross a bright line Delegate, Baltimore City
when they accept payments in return for District of Columbia Curt Anderson
using the authority of their office, whether Eleanor Holmes-Norton Margaret “Maggie”
they take cash in envelopes or checks McIntosh
labeled as consulting payments,” said U.S. MARYLAND Mary Washington
Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein in a statement. Md. Sen. Ulysses Currie, D-Prince Governor 44th District,
“When businesses can obtain valuable George's County, shown in the Jan. 2009 Martin O'Malley Baltimore City
government benefits by putting a senator on photo, has been indicted on 18 charges Keith Haynes
the payroll, it diminishes public confidence Attorney General Mitchell Keiffer
in connection with his relationship with Douglas Gansler
Continued on A3 Shoppers Food Warehouse. Melvin Stukes
Comptroller Baltimore County

Safe Sleep Can Prevent SIDS

By Melissa Jones
AFRO Staff Writer
September is Infant
Mortality Awareness Month
and across the United
States, Sudden Infant Death
Syndrome (SIDS) is the
leading cause of death
for healthy infants from
one month to one year. In
Baltimore the disparity
of infant deaths between
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Peter Franchot
County Executive
Baltimore City Kevin Kamenetz
an alarmingly high rate. sleeping conditions. “The State's Attorney 4th District
That is why the Baltimore main cause of those deaths is Patricia Jessamy Julian E. Jones Jr. and
City Health Department, preventable,” said O’Keefe. Leronia A. Josey
in partnership with key “This campaign is about Clerk of the Circuit Court
community, medical, and city sharing the responsibility for Frank M. Conaway Sr. Maryland Senate
agencies, has launched the improving birth outcomes 10th District
Maryland Senate
B’more for Healthy Babies across Baltimore City.” Delores Kelley
Campaign. One arm of the initiative 40th District
Gena O’Keefe, director of is an aggressive grass roots Catherine Pugh House of Delegates
healthy Community Initiatives campaign in Patterson Park 10th District,
43rd District
at the Family League of North and East, Upton/Druid Baltimore County
Joan Carter Conway
Baltimore, one of the Heights, and Greenmount Emmett Burns
campaign partners, said that East to increase community 44th District Adrienne Jones
27 infants died in Baltimore involvement. Nonprofits in Verna Jones Shirley Nathan-Pulliam
City last year due to unsafe Continued on A3

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A2 The Afro-American, September 11, 2010 - September 17, 2010

AFRO National Briefs

Black Actress Slams Emmys acting categories for drama
Your History • Your Community • Your News after Photo Debacle and comedy.
Actress Regina King, “… That statistic is quite
The Afro-American Newspapers noted for her breakout role sobering to me. And to add
Baltimore Office • Corporate Headquarters as Brenda in popular ‘80s injury to my already sensitive
2519 N. Charles Street sitcom “227,” recently nerve endings a picture of
Baltimore, Maryland 21218-4602 wrote an open letter to the Rutina Wesley from ‘True
410-554-8200 • Fax: 1-877-570-9297 Huffington Post about the Blood,’ who attended this
62nd Annual Prime Time year’s Emmys, had a caption
www.afro.com Emmy awards. In the fiery that read: ‘Regina King
letter, King slammed the enters the 62nd Emmys.’
Founded by John Henry Murphy Sr., August 13, 1892 Emmys for printing images No, I wasn’t there. Mistakes
Washington Publisher Emerita - Frances L. Murphy II of another Black actress with happen, right?”
the caption, “Regina King King went on to reprimand
Chairman of the Board/Publisher - John J. Oliver, Jr. the Emmys showcase for Courtesy Image
Executive Assistant - Takiea Hinton - 410-554-8222 omitting actress Alaina Reed The Home Depot will join Honda in supporting the annual
– another “227” actress – who faceoff between HBCU bands.
Receptionist - Wanda Pearson - 410-554-8200 died earlier this year in their
Director of Advertising/Sponsorship Development & Sales list of notable deaths. program that highlights Paultre-Bell’s would-be
Susan Gould - 410-554-8289 music education at HBCUs. husband, Sean Bell, in a haze
susangould@afro.com Black Unemployment Rates Throughout the fall, more than of 50 bullets one day before
Advertising Manager - Robert Blount - 410-554-8246 Soared in August 40 schools will compete in the the young couple’s wedding.
Sr. Advertising Account Executive - Annie Russ - 410-554-8235
Americans nationwide Celebration Tour, which will Paultre-Bell marched
felt the strain of rising narrow down the participants alongside civil rights leaders
Advertising Account Executive
unemployment last month, to eight elite bands. Each such as Al Sharpton, who
Marquise Goodwin - 410-554-8274 as nearly al age, race and school participating in the condemned Bell’s shooting
Director of Finance - Jack Leister - 410-554-8242 ethnic demographics reported Celebration Tour receives a because he was unarmed and
increased joblessness $1,000 grant for their musical did not provoke police.
Archivist - John Gartrell - 410-554-8265 However, African- program and the eight bands According to blackvoices.
Community & Public Relations Manager Courtesy Photos American workers have a far selected to participate in the com, Paultre-Bell may be
Diane W. Hocker - 410-554-8243 Regina King higher unemployment rate final competition are awarded turning her grief into political
than other groups, according an additional $20,000. Since action and is mulling a run
Editorial
to the Bureau of Labor the program’s inception, for Queens City Council.
Executive Editor - Talibah Chikwendu Statistics. In addition, it seems Honda has awarded more than Although Paultre-Bell has not
E-mail: editor@afro.com the gap is growing, with Black $1 million in grants to support publicly announced plans to
Managing Editor - Kristin Gray - 410-554-8277 unemployment reaching a HBCU music curricula. run for office, blackvoices.
Washington Bureau Chief - Zenitha Prince - 202-332-0080, ext. 119 staggering 16.3 percent in “Honda and The com cites unnamed sources
E-mail: dceditor@afro.com August. Home Depot both have a who say she may hit the
White workers faced a longstanding commitment campaign trail soon.
Global Markets small jobless rate increase
Director - Benjamin M. Phillips IV - 410-554-8220
to the African-American According to New York’s
from 8.6 to 8.7 percent and community, and we are state election laws, Paultre-
bphillips@afro.com the Hispanic unemployment pleased to join forces to Bell will be required to move
Washington Circulation/Distribution Manager continued to hover around ensure that the HBCUs into the district she seeks
Edgar Brookins - 202-332-0080, ext. 116 12 percent. Nationwide, 14.9 continue to provide election in and must obtain
Baltimore Circulation/Distribution Manager million Americans were opportunities to uniquely 899 registered voter signatures
Sammy Graham - 410-554-8266 unemployed in August. talented students,” said on a nomination petition.
Production Department - 410-554-8288 Rutina Wesley Barbara Ponce, manager
HBCUs Gear up for ‘Battle of Corporate and Diversity
enters the 62nd Emmys.” of the Bands’ Faceoff Advertising for American
Washington Office Making matters worse, The annual Honda Battle Honda.
King, 39, did not attend the of the Bands competition, The Battle of the Bands
1917 Benning Road, N.E. • Washington, D.C. 20002-4723 popular awards show this a musical faceoff between takes place Jan. 20, 2011, in
202-332-0080 Fax: 1-877-570-9297 year. over 40 college bands from Atlanta. For more information
General Manager “I try hard in my historically Black colleges on the competition, including
Edgar Brookins - ext. 116 daily life not to engage in and universities (HBCUs), the celebration Tour stops,
Office Administrator - Mia Hayes-Hawkins - ext. 112 uncomfortable situations has garnered the attention participating institutions and
regarding race,” King of The Home Depot as well, ticket sales please visit www.
Customer Service, Home Delivery and Subscriptions: wrote. “Up to and including who announced they will HondaBattleoftheBands.com.
410-554-8234 this year, there have been sponsor the 2011 showcase in
Customer Service@afro.com only 53 non-white actors conjunction with Honda. Wife of Slain New York Man
Billing Inquiries: 410-554-8226 nominated
CYAN MAGENTA for Emmys
YELLOW out
BLACK Now in its ninth year, May Run for City Council
of nearly 1,000 possible the competition is the Four years ago, New York AP Photo
Nights and Weekends: 410-554-8282 nominations in the top four only national scholarship Nicole Paultre-Bell
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Jennifer Hudson and Relatives Identify Body of Her Slain NephewA3 September 11, 2010 - September 17, 2010, The Afro-American
By Alan King sport-utility vehicle sought in from a neighbor about a suspi- posted fliers bearing his photo-
AFRO Staff Writer connection with the murder of cious vehicle. The man noticed graph around the city. On

YMCA Executive and AFRO Family Member, Dies

Jennifer Hudson and other
relatives positively identified
Hudson’s mother and brother.
The white, 1994 Chevrolet
Suburban with Illinois license
the vehicle while walking his
dog. According to the Chicago
Tribune, the boy had been shot
multiple times in the back seat
Sunday, Jennifer Hudson asked
for the public’s help in finding
her nephew. In her MySpace
blog, she thanked fans and sup-
By AFRO Staff of the vehicle. The SUV, regis- to join the national office; Following mandatory her instructions.
porters He wasand
for their prayers a
tered to Hudson’s murdered however, he became attached retirement from the YMCA pleasure to talk to and
offered a $100,000 reward to work
Dr. A. Paul Moss, a brother, was towed with the to the town and launched at the age of 66, he started with.”
anyone who returned the boy
longtime YMCA executive boy’s body inside and is being a number of initiatives to a new position coordinating Dr. Moss is survived
alive.
credited with revamping processed by evidence techni- expand Camp Druid Hill community programs for by Since
two daughters, the Rev.
the investigation,
Baltimore’s YMCA camping cians and workers. The body into Camp Mohawk. He what is now the Baltimore Dr. Marie
Hudson Murphy
– who gainedPhillips
stardom
network, died Sept. 6 at the was later removed and taken to later merged camps Conoy City Community College and Braxton and Rachael
after appearing Murphy
on “American
Ellicott City Rehabilitation the Cook County Medical and Mohawk to establish volunteered in local prisons Phillips
Idol,” andHumphrey;
then won an two
Center. His health has been Examiner’s office. an integrated operation counseling troubled youth. sons,
AcademyMichael
Award A.for
Moss
her and
role in
deteriorating since July. He Hudson and other family that became Camp King’s His achievements and Benjamin Murphy Phillips
the movie Dreamgirls – has
was 99. members arrived at the Medical Landing. awards are numerous. He stayed
IV; out daughter,
foster of the public eye.
Faye
Though Baltimore became Examiner’s office mid-after- In the process, he met and was a dedicated and devoted A. The Chicago
Houston Tribune report-
Faulifield;
noon to identify the body. Julian King, Jennnifer Hudson’s nephew. ed thatsons-in-laws,
a parade of cars
his adopted home, Moss was married widow, Elizabeth lifetime member of Alpha three the moved
Given the choice between look- slowly past her family’s home
born the sixth of seven sons (Bettye) Murphyfor
A spokesman Phillips
the office Phi Alpha Fraternity
the murders but is beingandheld
St. in Rev. Dr. Ronald Braxton,
ing directly at the body or Monday morning, past the
and one daughter to Robert of the Afro-American and James Episcopal
told the newspaper that Hudson jail for parole violation after Church. Vernon Humphrey and the
viewing it on a wall-mounted news vans, reporters and curi-
and Ida Byrd Moss on May helped raise her three young “I remember how Rev. William ous Faulifield;
onlookers.
16, 1911, in Springfield, Courtesy Photos children. committed Dr. Moss was daughters- in-law, Bettystood
Ohio.
Jennifer Hudson and her mom, Darnell Donerson who
was
“She held hands with her family. It was obviously a very emotional moment.”
Dr. Moss committed to helping Bettye Moss Moss and Felicia
Neighbors
quietly and nine
Hasal;
A killed, as well
star athlete as her brother, Jason.
and honor himself to serving his keep her column in the grandchildren,reflected
Shannon onand
the
student in high school and video screen, the family chose community.
“remained strong For 16foryears,
her fami- paper while she of
being convicted was sick,”
attempted Derek
violence.Braxton, Carl and
college,
the bodyhe of graduated
her 7-year-old from plate X584859 was found on the latter. According to the he
ly”served
and wasonclearly
the Baltimore
its leader. said
murderTalibah Chikwendu,
and vehicular hijack- Giana Marie
In front of Humphrey,
the Hudson’s
West Virginia’s
nephew Monday, just hours Bluefield Chicago’s West Side after Tribune, Hudson said, “Yes, Department
“She held hands of City
withServices
her fami- executive editor ofrecords
ing. Cook County the AFRO
show Lynelle
home, men inBenjamin
and heavy jackets
Teacher’s
after his body College in 1935
was found in a police received a 7 a.m. call that’s him.” Advisory Board, the
ly,” the spokesman said. “It American Newspapers.
that he pleaded “He
guilty to both Phillips
and hoodedV, Michael
sweatshirtsLowery,
came to
then returned to Springfield Maryland
was obviously Fooda very
Bank,emotional
and was kindinand
charges quiet,
1999. He wasbut he
also and Sonia and Tonia
kiss the twin white crosses Mossbar-

ACORN Fights Back

and married his college moment.”
12 years on the University of convicted
made sureinwe
1998 for posses-
understood and and many
ing the friends
names and family
of Donerson and
sweetheart, Evelyn. The boyBoard
Maryland – the son of Julia
of Regents. sion ofprepared
were a stolen to
motor
carryvehicle.
out members.
Jason.
For 17 years, he worked Hudson, Jennifer’s sister – had He was released from prison in “Everybody is sick of going
been missing since Friday, 2006 after serving seven years
at the Center Street YMCA,
Leader Calls Voter Registration Fraud Charges ‘Bogus’
through stuff like this,” Artisha

Safe Sleep Can Prevent SIDS

when a relative found Julian’s for the attempted murder and
rising to the post of branch Photo courtesy of Moss Family
West, a former resident of the
grandmother, Darnell car hijacking charges.
executive
By Alan King and building a Dr.
and A. PaulCowboys
Dallas Moss died Sept. 6 atNo
players the Ellicott
wonder City campaign is
Obama’s
area told the Tribune. “We all
Donerson, 57, and his uncle, The boy remained missing
new
AFRO Staff that
facility Writer opened in Rehabilitation
Tony Romo and Terrell Center at the age
Owens, of 99.
trying His is the
to distance himhusband
from the Jason Hudson, 29, shot to death through a long weekend in
have to stick together. All these
1950 providing a number of among
of the names
the late submitted
Elizabeth to
(Bettye) Murphy
group, saying,Phillips MossObama
“Barack of the Continued from A1 young children are dying, and
in his grandmother’s home in which police and volunteers for what?”
programs and opportunities
Presidential candidate John election officials. Newspapers. Never Organized with ACORN.”
AFRO-American these
the 7000neighborhoods
block of South will
Yale choke and be unable to get our parents and grandparents
for
McCain’s attacktheir
youth and families–
on ACORN Hurd said those workers, who But Obama’s ties to ACORN run receive
Avenue.funding and training an adequate air supply to didn’t use car seats and
throughout the
Associated Community community. YMCA’s
were doinginthose Eastthings
Baltimore,
without accident.
long and deep. He taught classes to spread
An Amber the word
Alert –about safe
a desig- developing lungs. seatbelts. However, over
The national
Organization office of
for Reform Nowthe– where
ACORN’s he expanded
knowledgeprogramsor permis- for Moss ACORN. wouldTheyofteneven endorsed sleeping
nation forfor infants missing
high-risk in the “National data in sleep time there was real data to
YMCA
confirmsrecruited
the success Dr.ofMoss
the in Cherry Hill and Turner
sion, were fired. comment that Baltimore was
him for President. city. New– mothers
children was issued will also
Friday position studies shows that support how seatbelts and car
and moved his
organization, thefamily
head oftothe Station. Shortly after
“The evidence arriving,
that has sur- supposed
But now ACORN to be an is in interim
trouble. view a video
after Julian ondiscovered
was safe sleeping African Americans have a seats prevented injury and
Baltimore
group says.to help revive the his wife was killed in an auto
faced so far shows they faked post because he was slated
Reporter: There are at least before
missingbeing
after discharged
the murders.from higher incidence of stomach death. And that’s the same
“This is testimony to the work forms to get paid for work they 11 investigations across the any
Policeonearrested
of the city’s
William birthing sleeping for infants,” said with babies sleeping on their
we’ve done and success we’ve didn’t do, not to stuff ballot country involving thousands of hospitals.
Balfour, the missing boy’s step- Stephanie Regenold, senior backs.”

Bolton House Residents

had,” Maude Hurd, president of
ACORN, said in an interview
with the AFRO.
boxes.” ACORN, she said, is the potentially fraudulent ACORN
victim of fraud, not the perpetra- forms.
tor of it. Announcer: Massive voter
ABCs
O’Keefe
father
caregivers
Southside
advises husband
and estranged
of Julia,
and
parents
at his girlfriend’s
to follow the
apartment
of safe sleeping several
for an
advisor for the Babies born
Healthy Initiative in BCHD.
“It’s roughly double the
“We can’t say that we
could have prevented all
[27 sleep related deaths] of
Continued
“When this from A1 started, we
attack Hurd said the only things fraud. And the Obama campaign hours after the murders.
had just announced that we had bogus are the charges them- paid more than $800,000 to an infant – alone, on their back, incidence of stomach sleeping them, but we can say that we
Balfour’s mother, Michele, has amongst Caucasians, so that’s could have prevented most of
and in a crib. Babies should
representative
registered 1.3 million Vickynew Davisvot- police and fire
selves. And department
factcheck. org activist.
ACORN front Cheatham for get out saidthe hevote
told reporters that her son had
went through an item
ers,” she said. “That’s just bytoitem
say will be onsite in the coming
agrees. invited
efforts. numerous city, state sleep that way throughout definitely something that them,” said Regenold, who
nothing to do with the slayings.
checklist
that someone’s that she
runningcompiled
scared weeks. Fire officials
It concluded, “Neither will and electedbanks
Pressuring officials
to issue to the
risky their first year, she advises, contributes to the disparity advises parents to do their
Balfour remains a suspect in Jason Hudson
on the spot.
because The list success.”
of ACORN’s covered conduct
ACORN anor code enforcement
its employees have meeting
loans. Nationwideto make voter sure fraud.
that the to help lower the risks of a that we see, especially in best to lower the risk factors
the McCain,
issues addressed
who is running at thefor inspection and report
been found guilty of, or any
even management
Barack Obama.company Bad judgment. “does preventable death. Baltimore City,” she said. when it comes to infant
meeting
presidentincluding what tick-
on the Republican violations
charged with, foundcastingdirectly to
fraudulent the
Blind right
ambition.thing.” Too risky for “If you take all other risk Regenold and O’Keefe mortality. “For most of the
seemed
et, lashedtoout beatanACORN
overallinlack the him.
votes.”“I want to give them “We are here to find
America. factors away, a baby sleeping both agree that traditional and sleep related deaths that we
of communication
final debate against Barack between the The
chance
problemto address
came aboutthesepri- solutions,” he said before an on its tummy is three times historical knowledge about see, there was a crib in the
residents and management.
Obama, contending the group “is matters. But I of
marily because don’t want
the way early Sincedeparture,
McCain’s“and to open
comments, more likely to die during infant
SQUARE sleeping habits could HIGH house. It wasn’t being used.
be
on The Deputy Housing
the verge of maybe perpetrat- ACORN operates.
to come back here in a few Rather than ACORN’s 87
the lines of communicationoffices have been sleep than a baby sleeping a cultural thing passed down What we see overwhelmingly
ing one of
Commissioner for the greatest frauds in rely on and
weeks volunteers,
nothing it pays peo-
has been bombardedmanagement
between with threats and and on its back,” said O’Keefe. through generations from well in Baltimore are babies who
voter history in this country, ple, many of them poor or unem- racist mail. Though this might be a meaning grandparents, aunts, are bed sharing, sometimes
Community Services resolved. That would be a residents in a respectful
maybe destroying the fabric of ployed, to sign up new voters. The day after the presidential comfortable position for a uncles, and other family with multiple people like a
Reginald Scriber left the bad situation,” said Scriber. manner.” Cheatham told the
democracy.” The idea was to help both those debate, vandals broke into the
meeting with a promise for Marvin Cheatham, baby that allows them to sleep members and caregivers. parent and a sibling,” she
Factcheck.org, a non-partisan being registered and thoseformer
doing crowded
organization’s room that he
Boston andwas in
Seattle
residents and a those
sternclaims
warning Baltimore NAACP president, the midst of a trial and had more deeply, it also increases “I compare it to seatbelt said. To address this issue,
Web site, found to the registration. offices and stole computers.
for Edgewood Management. saidMaudhe was in attendance
explained, “We haveasa asked
After ato be excused
Cleveland to attend
representative chances that an infant might
BREAD use,” said O’Keefe. “A lot of income-eligible
NOT ON THE LIST families can
be “exaggerated,” with “no evi-
Scriber
dence ofsaid that both
any such the
democracy- azero
neighbor and community the meeting.
tolerance policy for deliber- appeared on TV, an e-mail was contact the health department
destroying fraud.” ate falsification of registration.” sent to the local office saying she for information and resources
that can assist them in

Currie is the latest target

Hurd believes the McCain Most news account neglect to “is going to have her life ended.”
charges were politically motivat- point out that ACORN is A worker in Providence, R.I., obtaining a crib.
ed. required by law to turn in all reg- received a threatening call say- O’Keefe said the primary
LEFT RIGHT
She said,from “Because istration forms. And they also fail ing, “We know you get off work focus of the campaign is a
Continued A1 it’s low-
and moderate-income people, to note that it was the organiza- at 9” and uttered racial epithets. behavioral change to help turn
and
and disadvantages
people of color, companies
I believe the gave upmany
tion, in a re-election
instances,bid that first andAtellingcaller toanone employee
office left a the tide of what city health
that
McCain refuse to go along
campaign thinkswiththose amid
broughtallegations
the phony that he
registrations that
messageif Luthraon theprocured
answering10 officials are calling a public
the pay-to-play
voters are going to approach.”
vote to the attention
improperly of authorities.
interfered with machine, saying:
“Diamond” “Hi, I was
members, whichjust health crisis. “We are working
Democratic,
It is alleged whichthatis in
not2002,
neces- The McCain camp apparently calling
the investigation of one of his would amount to $40,000, forto let you know that on neighborhood outreach and
sarily true.”
as chair of the Senate Budget isn’taides,
top interested
David in those fine
W. Johnson, aBarack
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‘Little Rock Nine’ Member Dies

Pictured in this October 1957 AFRO
photo are eight of 10 Black students
seeking to attend the formerly all-
Continued from A1 White Central High School. Front
row: Elizabeth Eckford, Melba
easy or popular to break against convention,” she added. Patillo, Minnijean Brown, Thelma
“His courage set an example for future generations, who Mothershed and Jane Hill. Back row:
learned that education and equality go hand in hand. His desire Ernest Green, Jefferson Thomas
to follow his educational dreams inspired countless Arkansans and Terrence Roberts. Not seen are
and Americans, and we all suffer his loss.” Gloria Ray and Carlotta Walls.
Barbara R. Arnwine, executive director of the Lawyers’
Committee for Civil Rights under Law, echoed those
sentiments. “The Lawyers’ Committee joins the nation in
mourning the loss of Jefferson Thomas, who, along with
eight classmates courageously integrated Arkansas’s largest
public high school, Central High School, in 1957,” she said
in a statement. “We commend his outstanding sacrifice
and example in testing the federal government’s resolve to
enforce the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1954 ruling rendering racial
segregation in American public schools illegal.”
Previously a student at the all-Black Dunbar Junior High,
Thomas joined the other Black students in volunteering as
agents in the NAACP’s long-fought efforts to integrate schools
– a plan that segregationists, including Arkansas’ then-Gov.
Orval Faubus, fought tirelessly.
“We feel that they have done the almost impossible job
of facing the camera, enduring thousands of questions from
newsmen and holding on through some pretty terrifying days,”
said the Little Rock NAACP’s then-field director Clarence
Laws in an AFRO Oct. 5, 1957 article.
AFRO File Photos
Thomas would often buoy the group’s spirits with laughter.
“According to those who knew him best, Jefferson’s humor
and light heart helped fellow members of the Little Rock Nine D-Calif. “Mr. Thomas will be remembered
stay strong as they pursued their studies. Jefferson maintained for his courage, and his legacy is a reminder
that strong sense of humor even in his final days,” Lincoln that we must remain vigilant in the fight
stated. against those eager to turn back the clock to
In 1960 – though Faubus closed Little Rock high schools to a time when equal rights and justice were
stymie the steady march of integration – Thomas became one denied to many Americans.”
of the three original “Nine” to graduate
from Central High.
He joined the military, serving as a
staff sergeant and infantry squad leader in
Vietnam and later became an accounting
clerk with the Department of Defense.
This past weekend, Thomas, now
68, died from pancreatic cancer, Lanier Above: In celebration of their graduation from Central High
told The Associated Press. And while School, Carlotta Walls, left, and Jefferson Thomas are seen
many mourn his death as a sign of in this July 1960 AFRO photo visiting the NAACP national
the passing of an era, his place in the office in New York City, where they reported to NAACP
annals of history will not soon be Executive Secretary Roy Wilkins, second from left. At right is
forgotten. “America is an infinitely Daisy Bates, the students’ mentor through the 1957 school
better place because of Jefferson integration crisis.
Thomas and the other members of the
Left: The “Little Rock Nine” are escorted into the Little Rock
Little Rock Nine,” said Congressional
Central High School by a phalanx of Army soldiers through a
Black Caucus Chair Rep. Barbara Lee, teeming mob of angry segregationists.

First Black Sheriff in Tennessee Retires

By Mariann Martin
The Jackson Sun
Bolivar, Tenn. (AP)
— One of the first things
Hardeman County Sheriff
Delphus Hicks Jr. wanted to
do after he recently turned in
his badge was change his cell
phone number.
“It’s going to be good not
to get those calls in the middle
of the night,” Hicks said. The
71-year-old leaned back in
his office chair, where he has
spent countless hours. The
only sign of his age can be
seen in his snow-white hair.
Hicks, who retired on
Tuesday, spent more than
40 years in law enforcement
and 24 years as sheriff of
Hardeman County. When he
took office in 1978, he was
the first Black sheriff to be
elected in Tennessee.
intelligent talk
He served as sheriff from
1978 to 1994 and again from
2002 until 2010. This year he
lost his bid for re-election to
John Doolen. “I’m ready for
this I’ve spent most of my
life serving the public,” Hicks
said. “What I have left, I want
to share with my family.’’
Jimmie Leach, a retired
Tennessee Bureau of
Investigation agent who
worked with Hicks for many
years, called him one of the
best investigators he has ever
met. “I don’t know how many
times he and I saw the sun
come up together, working
on a case,” Leach said. “He
taught me a whole lot he
didn’t mind working.”
The day Learch first heard
Hicks’ name was when Leach
was promoted to the position
of special agent for Hardeman
and Fayette counties in 1978,
the day Hicks was sworn in
as sheriff. “I went home that
day and picked up a copy of
The Jackson Sun and saw the
story,” Leach said.
Hicks always had a sense
of humor and truly cared
about people, Leach said. “It
was obvious he was sincere,
and that would make people
want to talk to him,’’ Leach
said.
Willie Spencer, Hardeman
County mayor, said the thing
that has impressed him most
about Hicks is how respected
he is in the community. “He
is involved in things you can
be at an activity in any part
of the county and he will be
there sharing with individuals
of all ages,’’ Spencer said.
“You can tell he is interested
in people they know he
cares.’’
In one of his final days in
office, Hicks took the time to
share memories of those 40
years the good and the bad.
Hicks recalled. “I’ve seen
lots of changes.’’
for his waist. Hicks was near
enough to grab the man with
both arms and take away the 9
mm weapon the man had tried
to get. “He had pretty mean
streak in him. I believe he
would have killed us both,’’
Hicks said.
Hicks also remembered
the time he and his partner
arrested seven or eight people
for gambling. They only had
one patrol car and no one
to call as a backup to help
transport the people.
“We told them, ‘you all
meet me at the jail,’ and
we left,’’ Hicks said. “They
showed up at the jail about
the same time we did, posted
bond and went about their
business. When I tell the
young guys about that, they
can’t believe it happened.
“I’ve found that how
you treat people is how
they respond to you. People
remember that.’’
Even though Hicks was
the first Black sheriff to be
elected in Tennessee, he said

As he talked, Hicks asked his focus was on doing his

his secretary to find an intake
card used back in the 1970s
– a yellowed card about the
size of an index card that
contained the person’s name
job. “I’ve always had good
support from both races,’’ he
said. “It wasn’t about race
it was about doing what I
needed to do.’’

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wasn’t real honest, you could
make some money that way
especially since the deputies
didn’t get paid much,’’ he
said.
THE Hicks said he is thankful
himself and proved he had the
required skill sets.’’
Leach said the issue of
race rarely came up doing
all his years of working with
Hicks. Sometimes people

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shoot someone, although one
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would make remarks to
Hicks, but he always ignored
them, Leach said. “The
people that were with him
would get more upset than he
did,’’ Leach said. “His focus
was never on anything but
being a faithful servant.’’
 September 11, 2010 - September 17, 2010, The Afro-American A5

Community
Black Families to Converge
Baltimore Reads Launches Classes in on National Mall
Honor of Literacy Week By AFRO Staff

Celebrating its 25th year of promoting the enduring

In recognition of National 10 Pratt branches: Southeast together for the first time to strengths and traditional values of the African-American

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Adult Education and Family Anchor, Patterson Park,
Literacy Week, which begins Cherry Hill, Edmondson
Sept.13, Baltimore Reads has Avenue, Herring Run,
partnered with Enoch Pratt Northwood, Orleans Street,
Free Library to offer classes Pennsylvania Avenue,
at Pratt branches over the Walbrook and Waverly.
coming year. Classes are held generally
host a conference to celebrate
Literacy Day in Baltimore.
Carla Hayden, chief
executive officer of the
Enoch Pratt Free Library,
said she expects the program
to have a far-reaching impact.
family, the National Council of Negro Women’s annual
Black Family Reunion will take place on the National Mall
in Washington, D.C. this weekend.
The much-anticipated summer event, usually a three-
day extravaganza, has been merged into a one day “mega
festival” to be

Courtesy Photo
“Taking Baltimore for three hours each over a “The impact of Baltimore held on Sept. 11.
Reads’ portable classroom 10-12-week period. Prior to Reads’ portable classrooms The festivities
curriculum into libraries class, students participate in on the community will be begin at 8:30
throughout our city has skills testing and assessment immeasurable,” she said in a.m. with an
been a longtime goal of our and attend an orientation. a statement. “This program Ecumenical
board and staff,” said Shirley Civics classes start Sept. helps strengthen the Pratt’s Prayer
Bigley LaMotte, CEO of 18, reading and GED classes mission of lifelong learning Breakfast—
Baltimore Reads, a nonprofit Sept. 20 and ESL classes on and our commitment in
tickets, $40—
that offers instruction to National Adult Education Sept. 27. assisting students citywide
hosted by gospel
adults in basic reading, and Family Literacy The classes are the result academically and socially.”
writing, mathematics and Week begins Sept.13. of the Literacy Baltimore star Yolanda
employment-readiness skills. partnership between For more information Adams and
In the next 12 months, the featuring keynote
“By partnering with the Pratt Baltimore Reads, Enoch Pratt about Literacy Baltimore,
organization will offer free speaker the Rev.
on this project, we are able Free Library and Dyslexia visit: www.literacybaltimore.
classes in literacy, civics,
to make a bigger impact on Tutoring Program that was org. And to learn more about Al Sharpton.
GED prep and English as a
adult and family literacy in launched earlier this year. Baltimore Reads, visit: www. From 11 a.m.
second language (ESL) at
our region.” In June, the group came baltimorereads.org. to 5:30 p.m.
the free Family

Baltimore Foundation in Line for Pepsi Grant Festival will

be open to the
Musiq Soulchild

For families battling a child’s critical illness, the crashing estimated influx of 250,000 attendees. The festival features
Stock Photo

surf and sandy shores of area beaches offer a port in a storm.
And Believe In Tomorrow Children’s Foundation is one step
closer to opening that harbor to more needy families.
The Baltimore-based organization is in the running to
receive a Pepsi Refresh Grant, which would provide necessary
funds to expand the first and only beach respite facility in the
United States for critically ill children and their families.
“We want to continue to ‘wow’ families who come to the
Believe In Tomorrow House by the Sea, seeking respite from
the stressful routine of painful medical treatments, surgeries
and hospital visits,” said founder and CEO Brian Morrison.
The Foundation is now in its 25th year of bringing families
to the beaches of Maryland and Delaware, free of charge, to
recover from the stress of confronting a child’s critical illness.
If it secures the grant, the foundation will be able to expand
its current facility on 66th Street in Ocean City, Md., and build
additional amenities for the respite-seeking families.
Believe In Tomorrow Children’s Foundation provides a
beach getaway for critically ill children and their families.
Said Morrison, “This grant will enable us to construct a
rooftop conservatory, and expand our elevator service to the
top deck, so all of our families can gaze year round at the stars,
the sea or the sky, to create an even more memorable visit to
the beach.”
themed pavilions, showcasing issues such as health,
education, economic empowerment, teen issues, and family
values; food vendors, seminars, a health fair, a cultural
exchange talent stage, and more.
And to round off the day, an A-list of Black entertainers,
including R&B/soul singers Chrisette Michele and Musiq
Soulchild and gospel artists Regina Belle and J. Moss, will
perform in the Dorothy I. Height Tribute Concert from
5:30-8:30 p.m.
Organizers say this year’s event will celebrate the life
and legacy of Dr. Height, the former NCNW president,
who died earlier this year. Dr. Height launched the event
in 1986 in response to negative publicity regarding “the
vanishing Black family.”
For more information, visit: www.ncnw.org

Baltimore Goes Blue for Men’s Health

long event. In addition, each
participating faith center
receives a Blue Suit Toolkit
including resources to
community health agencies,
screenings and additional
health-related products.
According to Cheatham,
over 250 synagogues,
mosques and churches signed
on as participating in 2009.
The Men’s Blue Suit
Health Awareness Weekend
takes place Sep.10-12 at
various places in Baltimore.
www.afro.com
Your History • Your Community • Your News
Visit naacpbaltimore.org.

Courtesy Photo
Marvin “Doc” Cheatham

The Men’s Blue Suit

Awareness Weekend, a
faith-based health awareness
campaign founded in 2007 by
Baltimore NAACP President
Marvin “Doc” Cheatham,
has become a tradition at
churches, mosques and
other religious institutions
throughout the metropolitan
area.
The initiative aims to
raise awareness and services
related to men’s health in
Baltimore, a city where
men are more likely to die
of preventable illnesses like
cancer, diabetes, HIV and
heart disease. According
to the Baltimore City
Health Department, men in
Baltimore are less likely to
have access to a doctor and at
least one-third of adult males
ages 18-65 have no health
insurance.
To acknowledge the
health crisis facing many
of the city’s men, Blue
Suit Awareness Weekend
encourages members of the
community to wear blue suits
at their places of worship.
If participants do not own a
blue suit, they are encouraged
to wear any blue item of
clothing during the weekend-
A6 The Afro-American, September 11, 2010 - September 17, 2010

Community Calendar
Sept. 10-12 on your best blue suit and Saint James Episcopal
Men’s Blue Suit Health join other residents in the Church, 1020 W. Lafayette
Awareness Weekend city in support. For more Ave., Baltimore. 9 a.m.-1
East Baltimore Medical information:cconquest@ p.m. Stephen Ministries
Sept. 10 artist Mark Cottman’s jazz and many more. Exhibit runs Center, 1000 E. Eager St., totalhealthcare.org. of St. Louis, Mo. Will
Mark Cottman Gallery exhibit featuring paintings through Oct. 3. For more Baltimore. 11 a.m. Blue Suit provide a basic overview
Presents the ‘Feeling of of many famous musicians information: weekend aims to increase Sept. 11 on how lay-people can be
Jazz’ such as John Coltrane, Dizzy markcottmangallery.com/ awareness and services Stephen Ministry trained to provide crisis
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Sept. 12
Caribbean Sounds 5K Walk/
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Opinion
America, a Mosque
and Me
When the planes flew into the World Trade Center in New
York on Sept. 11, 2001, I was living in Seattle, on the other
side of America. My brother and his wife were visiting me. We
did not leave the house for two days because we were worried
that Americans angry at Muslims would attack my sister-in-
law, who wore a hijab.
On Sept. 13, 2001, one such angry American – Patrick
Cunningham – tried to start a fire in my local mosque’s parking
Mona Eltahawy lot. When two Muslims coming out from night prayers tried to
stop him, Cunningham – who was drunk – tried to shoot them;
he missed, then jumped into his car and drove into a tree.
When we heard what had happened, we drove to the mosque and were moved to see flowers
and messages of support already flooding its entrance. And from that night on and for weeks
more, neighborhood men and women holding signs that read “Muslims are Americans” stood on
24-hour guard outside the mosque.
Compassion was not one-sided. Issa Qandil, a Jordanian immigrant to the United States,
who was one of the two Muslim men Cunningham had tried to shoot, told authorities he forgave
Cunningham and wanted to drop the charges.
The Seattle Weekly newspaper said that wasn’t possible, but that Qandil’s attitude of
forgiveness facilitated a plea bargain. Qandil visited Cunningham in jail and told him that
he understood why he did what he did and that he forgave him. Qandil even testified at
Cunningham’s sentencing hearing, saying that retribution was useless and asked the court to be
lenient. Cunningham got six-and-a-half years instead of 75. then resolution in New York.
According to the newspaper, Cunningham wrote a four-page, handwritten apology to the Soon after the end of that road trip, I came across Muslim WakeUp, a liberal Muslim
mosque in which he referred to “the two brave men of your congregation.” The attempted attack website that led me to a community of like-minded Muslims. For the first time in my life, I felt
on the mosque in Seattle ended without harm but other attacks were successful. comfortable sharing my ideas and values.
The year after 9/11, I ended my marriage to the American I moved to the United States to be with. It is only in Cairo, my original hometown, and New York City where I feel no self-
Up until that point, I hadn’t been alone with America. So when I signed my divorce papers, I got into consciousness – not about who I am, what I believe, or what I look like - that I am perfectly at
my car for 18 days – just America and me. And paranoia: just before I left a group of Muslim men had home.
been stopped on the highway. Apparently, a customer at a diner they’d just frequented had heard them I will not surrender that comfort as birds of a feather plan to flock to NYC for a hate fest
speaking Arabic (not sure how she knew it was Arabic as most Americans wouldn’t recognize it from to mark the ninth anniversary of 9/11. The right-wing group “Stop Islamization of America”
Swahili, say) and called the police, saying they were acting “suspiciously.” will be hosting a rally against the proposed Islamic Community Center in Lower Manhattan.
My 18 days alone with America were a pilgrimage of sorts. When I first moved from Egypt Attending will be a who’s who of bigots – former speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
to the US in the summer of 2000, I vowed I would not join any Muslim community in the US; I Newt Gingrich, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton, publisher Andrew
wanted to find my own way as a Muslim in my new home. Breitbart, and, most notoriously, the far-right Dutch parliamentarian Geert Wilders, who has
Each of the cities I’ve lived in throughout my life has heralded a new stage in my faith. I called my religion “the ideology of a retarded culture.”
became a feminist in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, when I realized that the Islam we practiced at home There is talk of a counter-rally. I am sure my city – where I marched in two demonstrations
was so different from that outside, which so often discriminated against women. I became against the invasion of Iraq – will tell the bigots what several New Yorkers said at those anti-war
a liberal Muslim in Jerusalem, where I lived in 1998 and where my ultra-Orthodox Jewish rallies: “Not in our name.”
neighbors reminded me of the ultra-conservative Muslims in Saudi Arabia. My journey towards
liberal Islam required solitude in Seattle, communion between me and America on the road, and Mona Eltahawy is a syndicated columnist.

Public School System is Failing Black Community–When is enough enough?

Last week, the Schott
Foundation released a
startling report, which
revealed that nearly 50
percent of African-American
males in the nation’s public
schools in 2008 didn’t
graduate. Dr. John Jackson,
president and CEO of the
Foundation, concluded that
“without targeted investments
to provide the core, research-
proven resources to help
Pastor Heber Black male students succeed
in public education, they are
Brown, III being set up to fail.”
The report identified Baltimore as one of the 10 worst
performing cities in America for Black males in the public
school system. Tragically, this designation doesn’t come
as a shock to anybody paying attention in Baltimore. Our
educational woes have regularly been placed in the national
spotlight. Despite all of the roundtable discussions, seminars on
student improvement, special reports from the state department
of education, changes in personnel, promises by politicians, and
even rallies by activists; the truth is staring us in the face: the
Baltimore City Public School System (BCPSS) has been failing
Black children for a long time.
The student body of the BCPSS is nearly 90 percent African
American, and according to their data, for the past two school
years 40 percent of seniors did not graduate. Since 2006,
nearly 9,000 students have dropped out. This is no new trend.
It’s past time to take drastic action, which does not involve
reforming a corroded system. Personalities aside, the current
system is a failure and attempts to re-form a failed system are a
waste of time and resources.
As the majority demographic in this city and the school
system, it’s time for African Americans to assert themselves
and snatch control of the sinking ship of public education in
Baltimore. Despite brown faces in high places, the Black
community does not control the school system – the minority
White community does. An educational system created by the
values, beliefs, historical perspective and cultural mores of the
European American community will never produce African
Americans who are culturally aware, holistically developed,
and expertly equipped to engage the priorities of their own
people. This is like asking a fox to teach chickens how to be
chickens! It doesn’t work and other ethnic and religious groups
in Baltimore know this.
The Jews have their own schools in Baltimore to teach their
children how to be good Jews. The Catholics have their own
schools in Baltimore to teach their students how to be good
Catholics. The Quakers have their own schools in Baltimore to
instill in their students the values of Quakers.
Where are the schools in Baltimore controlled by proud
Black people that teach Black children how to be honorable
Africans in America?
We are the majority in this city and we shouldn’t be begging
to have a say in the education of our own children!
Instead of being tethered to the state and a slave of the
governor and his political puppets in the city; the Black
community should demand ultimate authority in regard to
curriculum, staffing, finances, physical planning, athletic
programs, and any other area of the educational system of our
children.
If the political structure isn’t agreeable to this demand, it’s
time for the Black community to pull our children out of their
school system en masse and create our own.
The Rev. Heber Brown III is the pastor of Pleasant Hope
Baptist Church in North Baltimore and Vice President of the
Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance

Big Challenges Require Big Solutions

Why Black Communities Can’t Settle for Small Education Reforms
(NNPA) - Several weeks Black male students only graduated 44 percent on time. None
ago the Schott Foundation can separate New York’s or Chicago’s graduation rate with
released “Yes We Can: The the fact that TODAY, in New York City, 50 percent of Black
2010 Schott 50 State Report males are unemployed. TODAY, in Chicago Black males are
on Black Males in Public disproportionately involved in shootings and are the victims of
Education.” The report homicides. During one June Chicago weekend alone, more than
revealed that the overall 52 people were shot – reports indicated that the majority of the
graduation rate (2007-2008) shootings were youth gang related.
for Black males in the United These education and social factors indicate that Black
States was only 47 percent. communities, churches, businesses and families are in trouble
Taken alone this statistic is TODAY and can neither wait in the future to take action to
alarming. Coupled with the change the trajectory.
fact that two-thirds of all Unfortunately, as urban and rural Black communities are losing
new jobs will require some thousands of young people per year the majority of solutions put
Dr. John H. level of college attainment forward by officials can only save hundreds in a given community.
Jackson and the correlation between The main discussion today has been to give these communities
education attainment and more access to charters or individual academies – when every
a communities’ economic base, access to healthcare, civic indication is that even if all charters were high quality (which is
participation and incarceration rate – the statistic is dangerous. not the case) creating enough of these schools to address the depth
While the numbers in the Schott 2010 report are new, few of today’s reality is virtually impossible.
should be shocked as in 2008 the Schott Foundation highlighted For example, Chicago’s Urban Prep Academy, an all boys
the fact that the Black male graduation rate was only 48 percent academy where 100 percent of the 107 graduates are going to
nationally. Many articles have been written discussing how college is often cited when officials discuss solutions to the
these statistics project a bleak future for Black males and our problem. While Urban Prep’s accomplishment is to be lauded,
nation. However, we cannot get so wrapped up with projecting offering the school’s existence, or other charters, as a model
the future that we lose sight of the impact of failed federal for systemic change is insufficient. Even if the city replicated
and state systems on Black males and youth when they do not Urban Prep 10 times, the graduation rate for Black males in
provide learning opportunities to all students. Chicago would only be impacted slightly.
For example, New York City, which enrolls the largest According to the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, in
number of Black males in the nation, graduated fewer than 2009 the fastest-growing charter system was in New York City with
29 percent of its Black male students on-time and college 22 percent growth. Yet, charters in New York City only educate 2
ready. Chicago, which enrolls the second largest number of percent (21,000) of New York City’s 1 million-plus students. These
school-by-school solutions are inadequate for depth of the challenge.
High minority and high poverty communities and their youth have
been neglected for so many decades that they need solutions that
impact thousands not hundreds.
It’s time for faith institutions, grassroots advocates, parents
and progressive elected officials to call for large-scale systemic
reforms that we know work. For example:
- Guarantee all students access to high quality early
education ensuring that they are literate by third grade – as
only 13 percent of Black eighth-grade students are proficient in
eighth-grade reading.
- Provide all students who are 10-15 percentage points
below the proficiency rate an Individualized Student Recovery
Plan – which provides each student the academic supports,
mentoring and health supports needed to provide students an
opportunity to learn. If states can pay for probationary officers
for Black males surely they can employ mentors for them.
- Call for states to develop an “Opportunity to Learn” plan
that outlines how the state plans to reduce the inter-district and
intra-district disparities in access to early education, highly
effective teachers, college-bound curricula and equitable
instructional resources over the next five years. The plan
should include an analysis of the long-term state and federal
investments needed to protect every child’s civil right to an
opportunity to learn.
Many of these requests will likely be met with the question:
How can we afford to do this in this economic climate? The
Black community TODAY is uniquely positioned to respond to
that question. We can’t afford not to!
Dr. Jackson is president and CEO of the Schott Foundation
for Public Education.
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It might have been called

the ‘Cadillac Parade’ but that
didn’t limit the participation
one bit. Along with the cars
were marching units, bands
and horse drawn carts.

Edmondson Village
Steppers
Fashions of the ‘50s by
Travis Winkey

Pennsylvania
Avenue was
alive with
activity,
Photos by J.D. Howard and Bill Tabron
especially
Labor Day weekend was filled with the beginning of renewal for the Pennsylvania the Cadillac
Avenue corridor. For years, it was a center of activity for Baltimore’s west side African- Parade.
American community, filled with culture and booming businesses. Events on Sept. 3,
4, and 5 were planned to bring attention to the history and to start making some new
traditions for the area.
The opening ceremonies on Sept. 3 included the Heritage Trail opening, a
performance by The Spindles and several presentations, including to the Oblate
Sisters of Providence, Morgan State University, Bethel AME Church, Union Baptist
Church, Sharp Street Memorial Church, Henry Highland Garnet School, The Royal
[Theater] and the AFRO American Newspapers. Owner of the pythons
The Cadillac Parade, that included the convoy of Cadillacs and other cars, as well as Dodds Nikko with Mother
marching units, bands and horse drawn conveyances, brought history forward. When Edna
Viola Christian and Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity stepping at
the parade was over, the Panama Band brought the sound that got people on their
family enjoying Cadillac Parade grand stand.
feet.
the Cadillac Parade
The weekend’s events ended on Sept. 5 with faith-based activities involving area
on Sept. 4.
historic places of worship. There were mini-tours and music by the Singing Sensations
on the main stage.

This Buick and Ford had no trouble fitting

into the Cadillac Parade.
Presentation to nun from Oblate Sisters of
Providence, second from right; with James
Presentation to George Gilliam,
Hamlin, event organizer; Jeffrey Buchheit, director,
organizer and CEO of the Cadillac
Baltimore City Heritage Area; Bernard “Jack” Young,
Parade, with William Cole IV and
president , Baltimore City Council and Councilman
Patricia Jessamy.
William H. Cole IV.

Dream Nation Advanced Panama Band performed

Performing Marching Unit after the Cadillac Parade on
from Baltimore. Sept. 4.

Baltimore All Stars Marching Unit. The Spindles performed after the
opening ceremonies on Sept. 3. Fashions of the ‘50s by Travis Winkey

Photos by Webster Phillips III

As part of Baltimore Navy Week 2010 − a series David T. Terry.

of events honoring the military branch’s mission and Adm. John C. Harvey Jr., commander, U.S. Fleet
heritage −members visited the Reginald F. Lewis Forces Command, was on hand for the tour, which
Museum of Maryland African American History and showcased the numerous artifacts, journals and
Culture for a tour led by museum Executive Director Dr. artwork featured at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum.

The 2010 Baltimore Fashion Week showcased local,

national and international designers.
Dr. David T. Terry, museum executive director, shares
information about the Fifth Anniversary Arts Wall Jason Reid, U.S.
Retrospective with Gerald Stansbury, president, Maryland Navy “Soldier of
State Conference of NAACP Branches and Navy members. the Year”

Captain Mike Salvato

views a museum
display

Gerald Stansbury,
president, Maryland
State Conference of
NAACP Branches

AFRO Global
Markets
Baltimore Fashion Week, produced by Butterfly create a vibrant fashion community where designers can Director Ben
Productions, LLC, is Baltimore’s annual high thrive, by providing a showcase of one-of-a-kind fashions Phillips views
fashion runway event featuring local, national, and and continues to support the rise of this creative class. the historical
international designers. The 2010 showcase took place This year’s designers included Maryland-based Mail documents on
at the Sheraton Baltimore North in Towson and was Rose, Quincy Tae’Lor, Je Ne Said Quol, Sia Sylmons, display at the
sponsored by Towson Town Center. SohmanistVintage/Boulevard Boutique, Yeppoyou and A Cherrie Woods, museum director
museum.
Baltimore Fashion Week was created to celebrate Touch of Grace; Virginia’s F.L.E.X. and New York designer of marketing and public relations;
the collective talents of artists and designers by uniting Smart & Sexy/Sexy Aquatic. For a full list of the 2010 Adm. John C. Harvey Jr. and Dawna
fashion with the arts. Baltimore Fashion Week aims to designers, visit baltimorefashionweek.com. Baker, museum development
director Photos by Bill Tabron
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Faith Pulse
T.D. Jakes Partners with Universal Christian Group
By AFRO STAFF
In a partnership that
promises to expand his
already flowering media
enterprise, megawatt minster,
Bishop T.D. Jakes recently
signed a distribution and
marketing agreement between
his Dallas-based Dexterity
Sounds recording label and
the Universal Music Christian
Group. And already, a project
under the new agreement is
underway: a much-anticipated
follow-up to Bishop Jakes’
nearly gold-selling 1999
Courtesy Photo
Bishop T.D. Jakes
Sacred Love Songs (Island
Records), which featured
R&B diva Shirley Murdock
and platinum recording artist,
Pastor Marvin Sapp.
“Universal Music
Christian Group has proven
time and time again that they
are a monumental, creative
force in this industry,”
said Dexterity general
manager and senior music
producer, Cedric Caldwell
in a statement. “It is truly an
honor to be in partnership
with them. We believe that
the musical synergy between
Bishop Jakes and Universal
Music Christian will be felt
and heard all around the
world.”
Sacred Love Songs II, an
album of Biblically inspired
love songs, will feature
an enviable line-up of the
hottest names in R&B and
gospel music today, Dexterity
promises.
Dexterity Sounds staff
is also working on the
CD soundtrack for a new
ensemble comedy, Jumping
The Broom, which tells the
story of what happens when
two families from totally
different socioeconomic
backgrounds meet for the first
time at a weekend wedding
on Martha’s Vineyard. The
movie is produced by Bishop
Jakes and Tracy E. Edmonds
and directed by Salim Akil.
The projects are just the
latest in a string of media
projects birthed by Jakes and
his 30,000-member Potter’s
House Church. He and The
Potter’s House Mass Choir
have released three other hit
CDs, including the Grammy-
winning 2003 project, A Wing
and a Prayer.
Rhoda Lawrence, vice
president of Universal Music
Christian Group, said these
accomplishments point to
the possibilities inherent
in this partnership. “We
are incredibly delighted to
be in a partnership with a
world-renowned leader of
Bishop T.D. Jakes’ stature
and influence,” she said. “An
alignment of this enormity
creates endless opportunities
to impact people’s lives on
a world-wide scale; fully
integrating all aspects of
faith-based entertainment
from film and television to
music.”

Faith Bytes
How Sweet the Sound!
CeCe Winans and Donald Lawrence are co-hosting this year’s” How Sweet the Sound,”
Sept. 18, at the Verizon Center, where choirs in size categories will compete for the title, “The
Best Church Choir in D.C.”
The event, which promises to be an “unforgettable night of gospel and praise,” gives choirs
the opportunity to compete for up to $50,000 and prizes in addition to the title. More than a
singing competition, it is an opportunity to celebrate the unique ways gospel music connects
people. This is Verizon’s way of empowering church choirs to share their talent and passion
with the wider community and gain recognition for their dedication and hard work.
Participating choirs are in the Few Voices Category:
• Aktiv Gospel Chorale, Baltimore
• BRYDGES, Upper Marlboro
• Holy Nation Sanctuary Choir, Triangle, Va.
• The SBC Chorale, District of Columbia
Andre Brooks, at 11 a.m. worship followed by a 1 p.m. Fly and Faithful Brunch. The Rev. Amin
Flowers, Life Church Ministries is the preacher for the afternoon service.
Sept. 13
The Revs. Larry Thompson, Upper Room Worship Center, Parkville; James Axel,
Tabernacle of Praise, Harford County and George Skelton, New Harvest Christ Ministries, Fort
Washington, Md., are guest speakers for the IGNITE Prayer Conference, Sept. 13-15, at Sweet
Prospect Baptist Church, 901 E. Eager St. All are welcome. For more information call 410-645-
0835 or email info@sweetprospectbaptistchurch.com. The Rev. Tushina Yameny is pastor of the
church and host pastor for the conference.
Sept. 18
Enjoy the annual St. Frances Academy Crab Feast Fundraiser, 3-8 p.m. in the Academy
Gym, 501 E. Chase St. For more information call 443-722-5420, 410-371-1484 or the school
office at 410-539-5794.

Many Voices Category: The Third Annual Fundraising Luncheon for Susanna Wesley House will be held 11:30 a.m.
• Voices of Empowerment Temple, Baltimore at Oregon Ridge Lodge, 13401 Beaver Dam Road in Hunt Valley. For more information visit
• Sanctuary Choir, Baltimore susannawesleyhouse.org.
• Greater Mt. Calvary Men of Valor, District
of Columbia Sept. 19
• Greater Morning Star Bishop’s Choir, The Rev. Dr. Robbin Blackwell is the morning preacher for the church anniversary of
Largo St. John’s Transformation Baptist Church, 801 N. Mount St., 9:30 a.m. The theme for the
celebration is, “And the people had a mind to work.” The Rev. Ronald Covington is the
The grand finale event will be held, also in preacher for the 4 p.m. service that will be held at his church, Hope Community Church, 719
Washington, D.C., Nov. 13, where winning choirs will compete for “The Best Choir in Poplar Grove St. The Rev. Dr. Bertha Borum and Rev. Dorothy Boulware are co-pastors of St.
America.” John’s Transformation Baptist Church.
The show begins at
7:30 p.m., Sept. 18 at the Sept. 21
Verizon Center, 601 F St., Baltimore United Congregations in cooperation with the Goucher College Office of
N.W., Washington, D.C. Religious Spiritual Life present An Interfaith Forum on Homelessness, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., on
For more information, visit Goucher’s campus. Registration information can be found at Baltimoreunitedcongregations.org.
HowSweetTheSound.com. The Rev. Beth Cantrell and Sheila Helgerson co-chair Baltimore United Congregations.

Sept. 12
Join Gethsemane AME
Church, 1505 Eutaw Place, as
it celebrates the anniversary
of its pastor, the Rev. K.
Sept. 26
The Music Ministry of Ark Church – the Divine Voices of Praise, Men of Ark, Radical Praise
and the Ark Angels – will be in concert, 4 p.m. at their 1263 E. North Ave. location. For more
information, visit divinevoicesofpraise.com. The Rev. Dr. James Carter is pastor of the church.

Obituary
Hilah T. Glaze, 83
Mother
Hilah Theresa Glaze was born on July Morgan State, she married the love of her
26, 1927, in Baltimore. She was the sixth life, Jackson G. Glaze, on Aug. 18, 1951.
of 10 children born to the late Sarah and Together they raised five children. On Aug.
George A. Brown Sr. She and her siblings 18, 2001, they had the privilege of renewing
were raised on Myrtle Avenue. their vows on their 50th wedding anniversary,
Glaze attended St. Frances Academy. just two weeks before Jack was called home
After graduating in 1946, she went on to to heaven.
attend Morgan State College. While at On Aug. 21, 2010, at 11:01 a.m., Glaze
Morgan she joined the majorettes, Delta earned her wings and joined her beloved
Sigma Theta Sorority and she was even husband in heaven. She leaves to treasure
crowned her memory five children, Jackie, Renee,
“Miss Mark, Lisa, and Marty; two sons-in-law,
Morgan” in Jeff and Jerome; two daughters-in-law,
1950. She Debbie and Tracey; 13 grandchildren, three
graduated great-grandchildren, many nieces, nephews,
with a cousins, other relatives and friends.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that
bachelor’s in English.
donations be made to Saint Cecilia’s Church.
After graduating from

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New Movie Reveals Hip Hop’s

Dangerous Side
By AFRO Staff
While it appears that the hip-hop industry
is mostly comprised of glitz, glamour and
groupies, many are unaware of its cruel,
harsh and sometimes dangerous realities. The
Next Hit, a suspenseful thriller distributed by
Barnholtz Entertainment, offers a fictional tale
set in the rap world that exposes these realities
and provides a glimpse into the industry’s dark
side.
Amid declining record sales, label giant
Super Star Records’ marquee rapper is
murdered as a result of violent industry turf
wars. Shortly thereafter, the label sees an
unexpected twist of fate when record sales
begin to hit the roof. Despite the upturn, the
rapper’s death still remains a mystery.
After the dead rapper’s friend Rod, (rapper
Fredro Starr) is suspected of knowing more
about his slain friend’s demise, his life is put
in danger and he and his girlfriend, (actress
Lark Voorhies) soon go on the run. But
unbeknownst to him, the reason for his friend’s
murder is not what it appears to be and the
culprits are harboring right under his nose.
Also starring in the film is a lineup of real
life platinum-selling rap artists including Flo
Rida, Rick Ross and N.O.R.E, one half of the
chart-topping group Capone-N-Noreaga.
The Next Hit will be released on DVD on
Sept. 14. For more information, visit: www.
thenexthit.com.
Reader’s Corner
Michael Jackson: The Magic, The Madness, The Whole
Story, 1958-2009
With new and updated material, celebrity biographer
J. Randy Taraborrelli has updated his bestselling book
examining the life of late singer Michael Jackson, one of the
world’s top-selling entertainers.
The paperback edition of the biography has an updated
prologue, including information about the criminal trial
against Jackson’s doctor, Conrad Murphy; the singer’s legal
woes, new details about his This Is It tour and discussion
of his relationships with various women. Based on more
than 35 years of research, the book includes hundreds of
exclusive interviews with celebrities closest to Jackson and
attempts to separate myth from reality.
Final word: A revealing biography of the world’s most
recognized pop star.
In stores now.

Downing Tells Love’s Complete The Quiet One: General Roscoe Robinson Jr.
The Quiet One covers the life and military career of the first African American to

Story on New Album

By AFRO Staff
Vocalist Will Downing, known for his smooth
and soulful R&B and jazz compositions, is
gearing up for the release of his latest project that
will stand out from many of his former LPs.
The singer’s imminent album, Lust Love and
Lies (An Audio Novel) tackles the subject of love
and its facets and presents them in the form of a
story.
“This record had actually been coming together
in my mind for five years,” Downing said in a
Courtesy Im
statement. “I just didn’t know how to go about it at
first. Then when I first started writing the songs, it
started to make sense as a story. I’d never made a record like this before. I had always sort of
erred on the side of caution and safety when making records. This was the first time I said,
‘You know what? Let’s just do something completely different.”
The album, which Downing has deemed as “an audio soap opera,” contains vignettes of
conversations that aid in the progression of the story. Also detailed in the piece are elements of
comedy, tragedy and the subtle shades in between.
Calling on producers Rex Rideout and Chris “Big Dog” Davis, the album features many
guest players and vocalists – leading many to label this as Downing’s most straightforward
R&B album to date.
“I think people sometime don’t know how to categorize my music,” Downing said in a
statement. “It’s soulful, but it’s also slightly jazzy. It’s a blend of so many things. But I think
this album solidifies what I’m doing and where I’m going. It locks into a groove and says,
‘Okay, this is an R&B record.’ It’ll be interesting to see how longtime listeners react and
whether any new folks will come on board.”
Since the release of his first album in 1988, Downing has been on a steady ascent. In
addition to releasing 14 albums in 22 years, the singer was nominated for a Grammy Award in
2000 for his All the Man You Need.
For Lust, Love and Lies, Downing wanted to tell a full story of love, as he was sure its
universal message would appeal to nearly everyone. “From being in lust with someone from
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to whatever comes after that,” Downing said in a statement. “Let’s face it, we’ve all been there
at one time or another.”
achieve the rank of four-star general in the U.S. Army from his humble beginnings in St.
Louis to his death in 1993 at Walter Reed Army Hospital
in Washington, D.C.
Robinson’s story is one of perseverance, discipline and
commitment to duty, although he began his career with the
U.S. Military Academy at West Point and the Army when
segregation was an American norm. The author details the
racial treatment of Blacks in the military and Robinson’s
response to these difficult times during the ‘50s and ‘60s.
Written by Leon L. Haley, The Quiet One also pays
careful attention to Robinson’s role as a husband and father
of two, while highlighting his 35-year career serving on
four continents under eight presidents.
Final word: A detailed glimpse into a military pioneer’s
age life.
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author Zane returns with another steamy page-turner. Inspired
by the baseball drill “hotbox,” where three or more players
take turns trying to tag their competitors, the book blends the
worlds of sports, love and sex.
Milena is a veterinarian who’s lived a mundane life after
a breakup with local-heartthrob-turned-baseball-star Jacour,
who recently signed an $85 million contract with the New
York Yankees. Fast forward eight years later and Jacour has
returned to North Carolina in search of Milena’s heart. But the
seemingly sheltered Milena has maintained a relationship with
handsome mystery man Yosef and a tug of war ensues between
Jacour, the undeniably attractive sportsman, and Yosef, a beautiful stranger.
Meanwhile, Lydia – Milena’s longtime friend – takes advantage of her sexual prowess
and deftly juggles relationships with two men, Phil and Glenn. Money and life beyond
rural America motivate many of her decisions, but when her affair with Phil takes an
unexpected turn, Lydia is forced to make choices that put her in the hot seat.
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Groundbreaking Documentary Explores Sensitive Subject of Biraciality

By Kam Williams
Special to the AFRO
You know you’re
watching a groundbreaking
documentary when it not
only forces you out of
your comfort zone but also
manages to persuade you
to reassess your point of
view without resorting to
potentially alienating polemic.
This is the case with Biracial,
Not Black, Damn It!, a
poignant, thought-provoking
and ultimately, most-
enlightening film directed by
the brilliant Carolyn Battle
Cochrane.
The product of a mixed
marriage herself, Carolyn
sets the tone during the
opening credits of her labor
of love when she wistfully
states, “My mother is the
most incredible role model,
and she’s a White woman.”
This matter-of-fact comment
is, at first blush, slightly
startling, since she looks like
a sister and, let’s face it,
we’ve all been culturally
conditioned to see anyone
who’s even partially
Black as simply all Black.
However, the picture
subtly implores you to
rethink that reflexive
tendency to lump biracials
and Blacks together
unfairly. For instance,
who wouldn’t be moved
after hearing Carolyn,
while sitting on the
steps of a brownstone
in the “’hood,” confront
another’s prejudice with,
“I think the tragedy is
when you shrug your
shoulders when I say it’s
an identity issue.” This
insightful observation
by the filmmaker is only
one of many by a variety
of biracial adults, teens and
children about what it feels
like to be pigeonholed in
a country with a color line
when you undeniably actually being purebred lily-White, the Another, who refuses to deny
happen to be equal parts
“When you say you’re indicting the president
Black, when you’re for passing up a priceless
really mixed, you’re opportunity to put biracial
passing for Black.” Americans on the map.
Again and again, “He talks about ‘change’
the theme of ethnic but wouldn’t change
identity is addressed constitute teaching White
in a revealing manner, people that he is of them
from the White mother as well as Black?” one
who wonders, “How did participant suggests. “Why
I give birth to just Black doesn’t America, Black or
kids?” to the innocent White, want to see him as
little girl often asked biracial?” asks another.
by strangers what color Credit Carolyn Battle
she is who perplexedly Cochrane for having the guts
looks down at her own to pose the tough questions
arm and shrugs, “a about a taboo topic to elicit
tannish color.” the heartfelt, sobering
Nonetheless, there reflections from members of
Courtesy Photo is much hope on a momentarily marginalized
Carolyn Battle Cochrane’s latest documentary explores the sensitive the horizon for this group collectively poised to
topics of biracial identity in America. invisible segment of emerge as the face of 21st
society more in search century America.
Black and White. find themselves languishing in of understanding
Overly embraced by a limbo neither of their liking than sympathy. After all, Excellent (HHHH)
African Americans as if nor making. “I don’t know the census reflects that Unrated
solely their own, yet kept at a why we have to choose,” one biracials are the fast growing Running time: 141
distance by Caucasians for not interviewee says tearfully. demographic in the nation, Minutes
hence, the spirited discussion, Distributor: Battlecatt
subjects of this exposé tend to half of her heritage, asserts, here, about Barack Obama, Productions
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Health
Maryland Recognizes National Alcohol and Drug Addiction
Month
By AFRO Staff
The problem seems almost
insurmountable: 430,000
Marylanders, and more than
1 out of 5 resident between
the ages of 18 and 25 are
dependent on or abused
alcohol illicit drugs in the
past year, according to the
latest National Surveys
on Drug Use and Health
estimates. Still, the state’s
efforts toward prevention and
treatment are bearing fruit,
said Maryland Department of
Health and Mental Hygiene
(DHMH) Secretary John M.
Colmers as he kicked off the Alcohol and Drug Addiction
percentages of admissions
with multiple substance
problems, cocaine and heroin
abuse, injecting drug use,
mental health problems,
and criminal justice origin,
Maryland’s treatment
outcomes were comparable
to, or more positive than
those of surrounding states
and the rest of the nation,”
he said in a department press
release. “This is good news,
and it is a reflection of the
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impact of our collective
Alcoholism is just one of many addictions everyday
efforts.”   Catonsville, Secretary
Americans struggle to overcome. According to the release,
state’s recognition of National Recovery Month, Tuesday. in 2009 state and local health
“Despite having higher officials provided prevention
services to 225,000 persons
and treatment to 72,000
individuals.
Research shows that each
$1 spent on treatment saves
approximately $7 in criminal
justice, healthcare and lost
productivity costs since
it reduces substance use,
homelessness and crime, and
increases employment.  address.
At the Sept. 7 event
held on the grounds of
the Alcohol and Drug
Abuse Administration in
Colmers presented a
proclamation from Gov.
Martin O’Malley. He was
joined by joined by Robert
Hendricks from the federal
Substance Abuse and
Mental Health Services
Administration (SAMHSA),
the organization that has
promoted this observance for
the 21st year. Keith Mills,
sportscaster for WBAL
Radio delivered the keynote
 
More information on other
Alcohol and Drug Addiction
Recovery Month events in
Maryland is available on the
ADAA website www.dhmh.
md.gov/adaa  under “What’s
New.”

Women More Likely to Self-Diagnose Minor Medical Issues on the Web

By Melissa Jones
AFRO Staff Writer
Women are twice as
likely to turn to the Internet
to determine the causes of
their minor aches and pains,
according to a new survey.
According to an online
survey conducted by Flexcin
International, makers of a joint
inflammation supplement,
women searched the Internet
for initial research on medical
issues twice as often as men.
The company surveyed
500 men and 500 women
between the ages of 35 and
60 across the United States.
The results showed that 73.6
percent of women in the
survey researched their aches
and pains on the Internet,
compared to 44.1 percent of
men.
One woman, Monica
Blount-Hart said she uses web
sites such as WebMD (http://
www.webmd.com/) to get
information about an illness
before going to a physician. “I
am able to receive immediate
satisfaction,” she said.
“Sometimes when I go to a
physician I feel like I’m being
rushed without proper follow-
up with a diagnosis.”
Like Blount-Hart, women
in the survey said that they
used this method to gather
information on a variety of
aches and pains, not life-
threatening illnesses. Men in
the survey said that they were
less likely to turn to the Web
because they were less able
to accurately describe their
ailments.
“Although the Internet
doesn’t replace your doctor, I
think these results speak to the
fact that both women and men
are very frustrated with the
healthcare industry,” Tamer
Elsafy, CEO and founder of
Flexcin, said in a statement.
“If you have general aches
and pains or a case of the
sniffles, people today are
more inclined to research
the Internet rather than wait
several days to see a doctor
and then pay the high cost of
prescriptions.”
The research paid off
for Blount-Hart, who used
information she found to help
a physician correctly diagnose
her grandmother’s illness.
“It seemed as if the
doctor’s couldn’t figure out
anything. So, I did some
research through Google and
entered symptoms referring to
my grandmother’s condition,”
she said about a condition the
nature of which she declined
to reveal. “I printed it out and
gave the information to her
doctor. This was unheard of
by the doctor. He looked it up
and was amazed. She was then
treated with medication.”
Satisfied with the
results, Blount-Hart said
her grandmother is now
doing well. She also plans to
continue to use the Web to
research minor medical issues.
A recent study in The
Journal of Bone and Joint
Surgery tested the quality and
content of information on the
Web for common diagnoses
related to orthopedic sports
medicine, including tendonitis
and knee injuries. The authors
found that information varied
widely across the Internet and
suggested that users searching
for information should
exercise caution and only trust
reputable sites that display the
HONcode seal of compliance.
The HONcode is a seal of
approval from the Health On
the Net Foundation, a non-
profit organization created to
improve the quality of online
health information.

Traditional Health Practices Highlighted at Conference

Special to the NNPA from GIN projects which ignored indigenous knowledge
in favor of modernism. “Houses were
(GIN) – Africa’s knowledge base was the built with tin roofs, which turn them into
focus of the third Walter Sisulu University refrigerators when it’s cold, but when it’s hot
Research Conference held this month at the you feel like you’re locked in a microwave.
Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital. Over But all along, African people have been
200 papers were presented at the three day thatching their huts to solve this very
conference. problem,” he said.
Titled “Consolidating Research, Sisulu professor Ken Mossanda presented
Innovation and Technology Platforms for a a paper on African medicinal plants with
Knowledge-based Economy,” the meeting cancer-fighting properties such as cancer
attracted delegates from as far as Japan and bush (Sutherlandia fructescens), isibaha
West Africa. (Warburgia salutaris) and devil’s claw
“We should be taking advantage of our (Harpagophytum procumbens).
own knowledge base,” said university head But Dr. Marykutty Mammen, who heads
Dr. Somadoda Fikeni, “and base our research the department of medical biology at WSU,
on our own experiences.” noted that rejection of indigenous knowledge
He cited recent government housing is common among students. In a survey of
first-year medical students, “75 percent of
the students consulted traditional healers at
one time of their life, but less than 50 percent
believed that traditional healers and healing
might help at times,” he said.
Because 80 percent of all South Africans
use traditional medicine and 60 percent
will consult a traditional healer first, “it is
extremely important that medical students
are sensitized on the role and presence of
traditional healthcare in the community,”
Mammen said.
UN Photo/Andi Gitow
A Maasai village elder and traditional
medicine man in Kenya. Many Africans
consult traditional healers before they
seek modern medicine.

FDA Looks to Curb Abuse of Cough Medicine

By Matthew Perrone
Lee Bailey, EURWEB.COM AP Business Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health regulators are weighing

restrictions on Robitussin, NyQuil and other cough suppressants to curb
cases of abuse that send thousands of people to the emergency room each
year.
The Food and Drug Administration has posted its review of
dextromethorphan, an ingredient found in more than 100 over-the-
counter medications that is sometimes abused for its euphoric effects.
The practice, dubbed “robotripping,” involves taking more than 25 times
the recommended dose of a cold medicine and is mainly associated with
teenagers.
At high doses the drug causes increased blood pressure, heart rate and
fever. Abusers can also suffer side effects from other ingredients mixed in
cough medicines, such as acetaminophen, which can cause liver damage.
“Because of the drug’s perceived safety, ease of availability, and desired
psychoactive effects, it is sought after by those seeking to alter their mental
state,” states the FDA review.
According to the FDA, inappropriate use of the cough-medicine
ingredient was linked to nearly 8,000 emergency room visits in 2008. That
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vulnerable to abuse,’’ said spokeswoman Elizabeth Funderburk. The group
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Terps Hire Black Athletic Director MEAC Honors Bears’

(Courtesy Photo/UMD College Park)
Former Army Athletic
Director Kevin Anderson
was recently named to
the same position at
University of Maryland,
College Park.
By AFRO Staff
The Maryland Terps
won its first game of the
season against Navy Sunday
night, but that won’t be the
only time this season that
Maryland will have to deal
with the military.
Former United States
Military Academy Athletic
Director Kevin Anderson
was named to the same
position with the University
of Maryland, College Park.
Anderson directed the
Army’s athletics department
from 2004-2010, overseeing
a 25-sport program that
rosters more than 900 Army
cadet-athletes.
Anderson, the first
African American to hold
the Army’s athletic director
title, also helped manage
a budget of $25 million
and turned a $1 million
operating deficit into a
$2.73 million surplus in
just five years on the job.
He also helped negotiate
a five-year, $55 million
deal with CBS to televise
the annual Army-Navy
game, while also inking a
deal that will bring college
football to Yankee Stadium,
starting this season with an
Army-Notre Dame faceoff.
Overall, Anderson has more
than two decades of sports
leadership experience,
including stints at Oregon
State University and
University of California-
Berkley. He graduated from
San Francisco State in 1979
with a degree in political
science.
“We conducted an
extensive national search
which was rigorous and
insightful…and, in the final
hour, [President-Designate
Dr. Wallace] Dr. Loh and I
were in complete agreement
that Kevin was the best
person to lead Maryland
Athletics,” said Maryland’s
Acting President Nariman
Farvardin.
Anderson will replace
Deborah A. Yow, who led
Brewer, Scarlett
Maryland athletics for 16
years. Yow left Maryland
this summer to assume
the AD position at North
Carolina State University.
Maryland is confident
Anderson will do a fine job
replacing her.
“Kevin has built a solid
program of competitive
and academic success at
the U.S. Military Academy,
supporting the student-
athlete and demonstrating
that academics and athletics
can go hand in hand,”
Dr. Loh stated via the
school’s athletics website.
“I am convinced that
his leadership will raise
Maryland Athletics to even
greater heights. We are
delighted to welcome Kevin
into the Terrapin family.”

Gilman, DeMatha Run Wild in I-95 Kickoff Classic Courtesy Photo/MSU Sports Information
MSU kicker Kemar Scarlett set a single-game school
By Stephen D. Riley No. 1 Gilman Greyhounds Manhandle No. 1 Good Counsel record by connecting on four field goals in the season
AFRO Staff Writer Falcons, 28-7 opener against Bowie State.
When they met last season, Good Counsel and Gilman lit
Maryland high school football powerhouse programs up the scoreboard in a 49-37 track meet that saw both teams
DeMatha and Gilman are set to meet on Sept. 20, but they first combine for more than 600 rushing yards. This time around, By Perry Green Morgan State tossed the
tuned up for the big game later this month by brushing it was Gilman who did all the running as the top-ranked AFRO Sports Editor ball around 32 times last
off opponents at the inaugural I-95 Kickoff Classic school in Baltimore dominated Washington, D.C.’s Saturday against Bowie
at Towson University on Sept. 4. top team. With star tailback Wes Brown shelved The Morgan State Bears State.  Brewer recorded
With rushing attacks that would make with a knee injury, Good Counsel (1-1) was handled business in its first four pancake blocks,
professional teams envy, both schools forced to lean on a passing game that stalled game of the season, edging individually.
displayed why they sit atop the rankings in against a stout Greyhound defense. the Bowie State Bulldogs, “Lawrence is one of
local areas and set up a preview for what Behind star senior quarterback/running 14-7, at Hughes Stadium in our team captains and he
could be a huge game in two weeks. back/returner Darius Jennings, Gilman (2- Baltimore. It was the first has put in a lot of work to
0) exploded to a 28-7 halftime lead and season-opening win for get him and his teammates
No. 2 DeMatha Stags Beats No. 14 Loyola never looked back. Gilman scored on its Morgan State since 2007. ready to do their jobs
Blakefield Dons, 45-31 opening drive before Good Counsel evened Morgan State (1-0) will effectively on Saturday,”
With heralded running back Marcus the game early in the second quarter. Fueled take on an even greater MSU head coach Don
Coker on the roster, DeMatha used a by Jennings, Gilman scored 21 unanswered challenge on Sept. 11 as Hill-Eley told the AFRO.
power ground attack last season to bruise points in a near five-minute span that left they head to College Park “It’s good to see his work
its way to an 11-1 finish. With Coker now Good Counsel gasping for air and looking to face the University of paying off and the MEAC
at Iowa University, the Stags (1-0) unleashed for answers. Jennings rushed for 144 yards Maryland Terps at Capital recognizing his work.”
their running-back-by-committee approach over and added another 73 yards passing, including a One Field at Byrd Stadium. Meanwhile, Scarlett,
Loyola Blakefield in ferocious fashion. The electric touchdown strike. The Bears will need to a senior out of Temple
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Josh McPhearson and the powerful Delonte Morton Although Jennings stood out, Gilman’s defense stole rely on its team captains, Hills, Md., set a single-
headlined an attack that ripped Loyola for 433 rushing yards the show. After allowing 49 points in their meeting last season, which include offensive game school record by
and 28 points in the second half. Gilman’s defense allowed only one score, and held Good tackle Lawrence Brewer connecting on four field
But a high-powered aerial show allowed Loyola to keep it Counsel to 202 total yards, including 66 in the second half, and and specialist Kemar goals from 33 yards, 39
close going into the fourth quarter. Quarterback Mike Fafaul returned an interception 30 yards for a touchdown. Scarlett. Both players were yards, 44 and 47 yards to
passed for 226 yards and three touchdowns and explosive honored by the Mid-Eastern give the Bears 12 of its 14
receiver Jordan Floyd hauled in eight passes for 112 yards Athletic Conference on points scored.
and a score. A field goal gave Loyola a 24-23 lead early in the More Game Notes: Monday after performing “We want to be able
fourth quarter, but that would be their last lead before Morton The inaugural I-95 Kickoff Classic is part of event well against Bowie State. to score points whenever
flexed his muscles. The 6-foot-3-inch, 251-pound senior organizer Tony Kennedy’s efforts to link two of the strongest Brewer, a 6-foot-5-inch, we can,” Hill-Eley said.
rumbled for runs of 25 and 36 yards on the ensuing drive, private school leagues in Maryland and Washington, D.C., the 290-pound junior from Fort “Anytime you have a
scoring a touchdown on the latter. Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) and the Washington, Md., anchored kicker that can help you put
Trailing 31-24 with just over six minutes remaining, a Washington Catholic Athletic Conference (WCAC). A total of an offensive line that didn’t points on the board, it helps
Fafaul pass was intercepted by DeMatha senior cornerback five games were played during the event with schools from the allow a single sack as tremendously.”
Jordan Lomax, who returned it 70 yards to seal the win. MIAA going 4-1 against their WCAC opponents.

Has the Worm Turned on Chad Ochocinco?
I was glued to my tube the other day when a shot of NFL star receiver Chad Ochocinco
(formerly Chad Johnson) was looking back at me. I was immediately attentive because any time
you see this guy’s mug, there is a story attached.
Here is another athlete who doesn’t know how to keep a low profile and just collect the big
bucks. He is talented; there is no question about that. But he wants the spotlight at all times.
Whenever he scores a touchdown, there is a new soap opera about to take place in the end zone.
I suppose he got tired of paying fines, so a few years ago he decided to show his discontent
with not getting the football on every play. This came as a surprise because he and Cincinnati
Bengals quarterback Carson Palmer were seen at games together seeming to be scouting for
their own benefit.
His discontent made no impression on Bengals coach Marvin Lewis who told him in no
uncertain terms to get over it and play football. It was then that Chad decided he wanted to be
traded. To this end, he pouted and became an overall malcontent.
To his credit, he hasn’t had a brush with the law. He seems to be satisfied with hovering on
the brink of self-destruction. However, all of this attention given to him has become beneficial.
The Bengals weren’t the only game in town, and a few other opportunities opened up for him.
He was selected to be a contestant on the reality show “Dancing with the Stars,” and all I
could do was pray that he would behave himself. He was partnered with Cheryl Burke and it
didn’t take long for his hormones to kick in. He made it obvious that he was enamored with
Cheryl, and he began to give her the full court press. First he gave her a diamond encrusted
ring. This led America to ask the question, “Are they engaged?” Cheryl responded to all queries
with the, “Just friends” line.
Next came a diamond encrusted heart for Cheryl’s birthday. I don’t know a lot about jewelry,
but I am willing to bet the total cost of these gifts would pay rent on a nice apartment for a year.
I am happy to report that Chad was able to show enough dancing skills to hang on for most
of the show. However for the finale, he was sidelined with a football injury.
With dancing behind him, he moved on to his reality show where 85 women competed for
his attention. The show was titled “The Ultimate Catch,” and I am sure Chad’s ego didn’t suffer
any damage over this title. In the meantime, he is communicating with Cheryl long distance
asking her not to cheat on him.
With show on full go, Chad’s brinkmanship rose to the surface and he started exercising
his desires despite the direction the producers wanted the show to go. The demand that started
a stink was his emphasis on no Black women on the show. When he made his selection, he
desired only dark-haired White women and Latinas.
“Here is another athlete who doesn’t know how to keep a low
profile and just collect the big bucks.”
Meanwhile back at the ranch, the Bengals acquired wide receiver Terrell Owens, the self-
proclaimed “eighth wonder of the world.” He not only has a competing reality show, “The T.O.
Show,” but he is seemingly the biggest spoiled brat in the league. His pet peeve is not getting
the ball as much as he wants, and he has no trouble shoving anybody under the bus to achieve
his desires.
It should be very interesting when these two egos clash in Cincinnati.
Now back to Chad and the romance department. He has revealed the ending of the show by
indicating that he has no intention of picking any of the contestants. His new main squeeze is
Evelyn Lozada, and there appears to be no room for anybody else. Sorry Cheryl.
However, there is an indication that maybe the worm has turned. In Indianapolis he dined
at a restaurant called St. Elmo’s, and uncharacteristically picked up the tab for all of the diners.
Total bill: $10,000.
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RENT AD NETWORK consisting of approximately 16,000 feet of 8, 11 12 13 14 15
views offered on East
checks
ONE BEDROOM
will be Regional workto
subject a
or Na- Coast AND private 6, and 2-inch PVC waterlines, 113 metered
house connections, 22 fire hydrant assem-
$25.00
APT NORTH processing
EAST tional
feework
and available
may access to popular South blies, various sized valves, two pressure 16 17 18 19 20
BALTIMORE as an Independent Con- Branch ofPotomac reducing valve/vaults, a pump station, a
result in the suspension
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tractor to deliver trucks. River. Conveniently 220,000 gallon water storage tank, and other
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plicable to all minority and non-minority
TRUCKS, RV’S. NESS WITH US IN businesses proposing to provide the re-
LUTHERAN MISSION Great Land and Spec- Bidders shall also comply with all
To place yourapplicable
ad, call 1-800-237-6892, ext. 262
2010. Advertise in 116 quested services as the prime contractor. No requirements of Section 3 of the Housing and
SOCIETY. Your dona- tacular Oceanfront Ab- newspapers across goal has been established for participation of Urban Development Public Notices
Act of 1968, $50.00 & up depending on size
12 U.S.C.
tion helps local families solute buy of a lifetime! Maryland, Delaware and
Women-owned businesses (∫WBEs∫), how- Section 1701u. Baltimore Legal Notices are $24.15 per inch.
with food, clothing, Surf & turf, the ever, HABC strongly encourages and affir- There is no flat rate — 1-800 (AFRO) 892
DC. Reach 5.2 million matively promotes the use of WBEs in all The IFB may be obtained on or after Tues-
shelter. Tax deduct- best of all worlds at readers weekly for For Proof of Publication, please call 1-800-237-6892, ext. 244
HABC contracts. day, September 14, 2010, at the following
ible. MVA licensed. OCEAN VIEW on only $495.00. For more location:
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ety.org 410-636-0123 Spectacular 1 to 3 at 410-721-4000 x19 or
plicable requirements of Section 3 of the HousingLEGAL
AuthorityNOTICES
of Baltimore City
or toll-free 1-877-737- acre lots, on the Housing and Urban Development Act of Division of Fiscal Operations,
visit our website:www. 1968, 12 U.S.C. Section 1701u. Purchasing Department
8567. seaside (the mainland) mddcpress.com
overlooking a pristine 417 E. Fayette Street, Room 414
Lake Somerset Camp The RFP may be obtained on or after Mon- Baltimore, Maryland 21202
oceanfront barrier day, September 13, 2010, at the following Attention: John Airey,
CAMP- island 1 mile away. Each LEGAL NOTICES location: Chief of Contracting Services
lot includes deeded Tel: (410) 396-3261
GROUNDS IN THE CIRCUIT Housing Authority of Baltimore City Fax: (410) 962-1586
ownership of nearby Division of Fiscal Operations,
COURT FOR
private island BALTIMORE CITY Purchasing Department Questions regarding the RFP should be di-
Ground, Maryland oceanfront beach. Sun, Case No.: 417 E. Fayette Street, Room 414 rected in writing to the address and individual
Eastern Shore. Leave sail, swim, fish, clam, 24D10002533 Baltimore, Maryland 21202 indicated above, and must include the refer-
your RV on site all year. and play on the islands IN THE MATTER OF Attention: John Airey, ence: HABC RFP Number B-1637-10.
LUIS DANIEL Chief of Contracting Services
$1500 includes water, secluded beach during Tel: (410) 396-3261
MATTOS SOTO
electric & sewage. 2 the days and dine at FOR CHANGE OF Fax: (410) 962-1586
trailers on site for sale. nearby quaint restau- NAME TO Maryland Department of Transportation
Call 410-957-1866 or rants at night. Unique JAYLA MARIE Questions regarding the RFP should be di- MBE/SBR Compliance Officer
SOTO rected in writing to the address and individual Closing Date: September 20, 2010
410 957-9897 or email situation makes these
ORDER FOR indicated above, and must include the refer-
lakesomerset@earthlink. lots available at 1/3 of ence: HABC RFP Number B-1636-10. The MD Dept. Of Transportation (MDOT) is
NOTICE BY
net. original cost. Waterfront PUBLICATION seeking a MBE/SBR Compliance Officer.
pond lots $65,000 and The object of this suit This position is involved in duties such as
view lots at $40,000. is to officially change administration of the Minority Business/Small
HOUSING AUTHORITY OF BALTIMORE CITY Business Reserve program; monitoring con-
FINANCIAL Every lot has spectacu- the name of the peti- INVITATION FOR BIDS tracts for MBE compliance purposes; review-
tioner from
SERVICES lar ocean, bay and marsh Luis Daniel Mattos
JANITORIAL SERVICES AT
VARIOUS HABC PROPERTIES ing and verifying payments to MBE sub-
vistas. Community dock Soto contractors; and interpreting MBE/SBR
Buried in Debt? Want planned. Just one hour to IFB NUMBER: B-1637-10 procedures. Qualifications: 60 credit hours
to Save Thousands & south of Ocean City Jayla Marie Soto and one year of professional procurement
It is this 31st day of The Housing Authority of Baltimore City experience involving contract management/
Eliminate Debt up to without the crowds. compliance or one year of Minority Business
August, 2010 by the (∫HABC∫) will issue an Invitation for Bids
60%? We can HELP! Owner (757)665-4410, Circuit Court for Bal- (∫IFB∫) for qualified and interested vendors Enterprise (MBE) experience. Some substitu-
Call for FREE Consulta- email: oceanlandtrust@ timore City, to submit sealed bids to provide janitorial tions may apply. For a full description or to
tion! 800-899-2156. yahoo.com ORDERED, that pub- services at various HABC properties. apply online visit www.
Rated “A” with BBB! lication be given one marylandtransportation.com or call
time in a newspaper of BIDS WILL BE DUE no later than 2:00 p.m. 410-865-1073. Resumes cannot be substi-
MISC. general circulation in Eastern Time on Monday, October 4, 2010. tuted for the application. EOE
Baltimore City on or
FURNITURE AIRLINE MECHAN- before the 1st day of HABC has established a minimum threshold
IC – Train for high October, 2010, which of twenty percent (20%) of the total dollar
LEATHER LIVING paying shall warn all amount of the proposed contract for Minority
interested persons to Business Enterprise (∫MBE∫) utilization, ap-
ROOM SET. In original Aviation Maintenance plicable to all minority and non-minority
file an affidavit in op-
plastic, never used. Orig Career. FAA approved position to the relief businesses proposing to provide the re-
price $3000, Sacrifice program. Financial requested on or be- quested services as the prime contractor. No

To Advertise call
$975. Can deliver. Call aid if qualified - Job fore the 11th day of threshold has been established for participa-
Bill 301-841-7565 placement assistance. October, 2010. tion of Women-owned businesses (∫WBEs∫),
Frank M. Conaway however, HABC strongly encourages and
CALL Aviation Institute affirmatively promotes the use of WBEs in all
Clerk
Cherry Bedroom Set. of Maintenance (866) 9/10 HABC contracts.
Solid Wood, never used, 823-6729.

410-554-8200
brand new in factory Bidders shall also comply with all applicable
boxes. English Dovetail. requirements of Section 3 of the Housing and
MISC. Urban Development Act of 1968, 12 U.S.C.
Original cost $4500. Sell
for $895. Can deliver.
TRAINING Section 1701u.

Call Tom 240-482-8721 MASSAGE THERA- The IFB may be obtained on or after Tues-
PY – Learn fast, earn day, September 14, 2010, at the following
fast. Financial aid if location:
HELP WANTED qualified. A new career
Housing Authority of Baltimore City
is at your fingertips. Call Division of Fiscal Operations,
Purchasing Department
417 E. Fayette Street, Room 414
Baltimore, Maryland 21202
Attention: John Airey,
Chief of Contracting Services
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LEGAL NOTICES
MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
MARYLAND AVIATION ADMINISTRATION

The Maryland Aviation Administration (MAA) is issuing an Invitation for

Bids (IFB) MAA-IFB-10-004 to Establish And Operate A Non-Exclusive
On-Airport Rental Auto Concession at Baltimore/Washington Interna-
tional Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI Marshall).

All interested bidders are invited to attend a Pre-Bid Conference at 10

a.m. (Eastern Standard Time), October 6, 2010, in BWI Marshall¬s
Assembly Rooms A & B, Third Floor Terminal Building, BWI Airport MD
21240-0766. Attendance is recommended as a source of information;
however, attendance is not mandatory.
Interested bidders may arrange to pick up IFB No. MAA-IFB-10-004 on
or after September 15, 2010 at:
Maryland Aviation Administration
Office of Commercial Management
Helen M. Tremont, Director
Third Floor, Terminal Building
P.O. Box 8766
BWI Airport MD 21240-0766
Please call Brenda Lopez Zapata at 410-859-7844 to arrange for pickup
of the IFB Specifications in person. Specifications can also be mailed
to the proponent via regular mail. IFB specifications may be picked up
or will be mailed upon payment of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) in
the form of a check made payable to the ∫Maryland Aviation Administra-
tion∫ and must indicate ∫Invitation for Bids No. MAA-IFB-10-004∫ on the
check. If sending a check, by overnight mail (e.g., FedEx, UPS, etc.)
eliminate the ∫P.O. Box 8766∫ to the above address. This payment
will not be refunded. Overnight or express mail delivery of the IFB
specifications is only upon request and at the expense of the bidders.
MAA will not be responsible for late delivery of IFB specifications.
Sealed bids will be received on behalf of MAA by the Director, Office of
Commercial Management, Maryland Aviation Administration, Third Floor,
Terminal Building, P.O. Box 8766, BWI Airport, MD 21240-0766. Bids
delivered in person or by express mail will be received by Director, Office
of Commercial Management, Third Floor, Terminal Building, BWI Airport
MD 21240-0766, until but not later than 4 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time),
December 8, 2010. MAA encourages Disadvantaged Business Enter-
prises to respond to this solicitation.
Helen M. Tremont
TYPESET: Wed Sep 08 16:14:43 EDT 2010
Director
Office of Commercial Management
“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind
word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of
caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.” - Leo
F Buscaglia
The award ceremony and luncheon for the employees of the East
Baltimore Community Development Corporation at the Visionary
Art Museum was a tremendous success. The picnic style luncheon
featured chicken, pulled pork, assorted pastas, carved pit beef and
turkey. The employees and their families enjoyed the camaraderie
blending family and co-workers together for a fun filled afternoon.
My best friend and I, CEO Dr. Marie Washington decided to “get this
party started” when the deejay played our favorite, James Brown.
The look on the employees’ faces when they saw Marie dancing old
school was invaluable and that’s when the party started.
“If you believe within your heart you’ll know that no one can
change the path that you must go. Believe what you feel and know
you’re right because the time will come around when you’ll say it’s
yours.” - Lena Horne, The Wiz
During the ceremony, when one young man received his award, he
thanked the staff profusely for believing in him because six months
ago he thought he was in the process of being terminated.
Guests enjoying the afternoon were Marietta English, Novella Carter,
Kevin Carter, Ralph Gilliam, Council President Jack Young, Birdie
Leverette, Regina Boyce, Jacqueline Washington, Bruce Berano, Zoe
Washington and John Howard.
“May the work I’ve done speak for me” Mildred and Charles
received citations from U.S. Sen. Benjamin Cardin, Congressman
Elijah Cummings, Maryland Sen. Nathaniel McFadden, Gov.
Martin O’Malley, and Del. Shirley Nathan-Pulliam recognizing their
retirement from their respective jobs; Charles as an architect and
Mildred as a federal employee, both with distinguished careers.
“Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has
genius, power, and magic in it.” - Goethe
I believe one of the beauties in life is you don’t have to be good at
anything to enjoy life; that’s why I was excited when I received an
invitation from Aileen Rappaport to participate in the Investment
Women’s Golf Association’s annual clinic and play. This invitation
only event was in a gated community in Mitchellville, Md., at the
Country Club at Woodmore. The golf course designed by Arnold
Palmer was voted among the best courses in Maryland. It didn’t
improve my game; but I enjoyed a fantastic hot summer day. It
was utopia arriving at the fifth hole with the gigantic fan cooling
off the greens. We lingered for a moment basking in the spectacular
surroundings while cooling down. At the 19th hole we entered the
well-designed clubhouse where my group rushed for water; I thirsted
for a cold Amstel. The scene unfolded like a beer commercial; the
waiter brought me an Amstel and a frosted mug, and before I could
say I preferred a glass he poured the beer in the ice-cold mug. OMG
with the beer frothing over the rim, it looked so refreshing. The
waiter laughed as the water requests changed to beer orders. Mommy
always said, presentation is everything.
.

“He who enjoys doing and enjoys what he has done is happy.” - “I’m living my life like it’s golden.” When Clay Hewitt, the most
City of Baltimore eligible bachelor in Bowie, invited me to a happy hour at the Half
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Bureau of Purchases Mildred and Charles Owens’ annual crab shala, family reunion and Note Lounge (owned by Derric Thomas) for his friend Adrion
retirement celebration for Mildred and Charles was full of special Howell – a candidate for Prince George’s County Clerk of the Circuit
Sealed proposals addressed to the Board of
Estimates of Baltimore, will be received until, moments and surprises. I had never heard of a crab shala so I was Court – I couldn’t resist an opportunity to check out another hot spot.
but not later than 11:00 a.m. local time on the eager for a new experience. The crab shala is the South’s version of
following date(s) for the stated requirements: “I shall return.” - Gen. Douglas MacArthur This warm and
a New England lobster bake only with crabs, sausage, chicken, and
welcoming upscale venue is definitely a place I’ll visit again. It was
SEPTEMBER 29, 2010 potatoes and corn steamed together. While we were enjoying the
FURNISH LABOR, EQUIPMENT, SER- great meeting PG County’s movers and shakers: Felicia Bullock, June
VICES, ETC. FOR CITY WIDE NETWORK feast catered by Charm City Catering, saxophonist Sherwood Pea
Bullock-Dixon, Patrice Trammell, Kevin Clay, and Jayne Howell
AND SYSTEM SUPPORT B50001567 entertained us along with dancers Arquesia Hodge, Felicia Witherup,
Johns. The food was exceptional jerk wings with mango chutney
Renata Gonzales and Traquel Morgan performing hip-hop, ballet
THE ENTIRE SOLICITATION DOCUMENT salsa and delicious catfish. I laughed when Clay asked me what I
CAN BE VIEWED AND DOWN LOADED BY and modern dance. Charles sang, “You are so beautiful,” and at the
wanted to drink and said, Amstel. He looked a little perplexed and
VISITING THE CITYS WEB SITE: end of the song, he asked Mildred to marry him. Mildred said, “We
said, “That’s beer, I thought you were going to order one of those
are already married” as laughter exploded. Unbeknownst to Mildred,
www.baltimorecitibuy.org girly drinks.” How did he know I like girly Jack Daniels and cognac?
Charles had arranged the renewal of their marriage vows celebrating
For directions to the Half Note, call 301-809-0707.
their 40th wedding anniversary, planning every detail including her
outfit. Once Mildred recovered from the shock, the bridesmaids took
Happy Birthday Virgos Barrington Branch, Barbara Miller-Lee,
her to get dressed.”The look of love” when she returned in a purple
Carlos Hutchins and Maceo’s Dante Daniels. “Its celebration time!”
off the shoulder gown and gold tiara, a vision of beauty anxious to
renew her vows with her Prince Charles, dapperly dressed in black “I’ll be there.”
pants, white shirt, black bow tie and red blazer. Their daughter
Minister Sonja Owens Hill performed the ceremony. Guests travelled - Valerie & the Friday Night Bunch
from 10 states including Texas, Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas.

CAREER CORNER
ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
Equipment Operator II
Environmental Sanitarian I/II
Police Officer, Lateral
Property Acquisition Agent
Visit our website at www.aacounty.org for additional in-
formation and to apply on-line. You may use the Internet
at any Anne Arundel County library, or visit our office at
2660 Riva Road in Annapolis. Deadlines to apply on
website.
TYPESET: Wed Sep 08 12:51:35 EDT 2010
AEO/DF/SFE
Addiction Counselor
Comprehensive primary care center in downtown Baltimore
has immediate opening for experienced full time Addiction
Counselor. Will provide assessment, group and individual
counseling, and other treatment related services. Some
evenings and weekends required. Good verbal and written
communication skills; able to work as part of multidisciplinary
team and manage multiple tasks. Certification at CSC level
or higher required, AA Degree preferred. Send resume to C.
Berry, HCH, 421 Fallsway, Baltimore MD 21202. FAX (410)
837-8020. E-mail: hrresumes@hchmd.org. No phone calls.
EOE
Engineering Maintenance Position:
Minimum 2 yrs engineering or technical electronics school
equivalent and 3-5 years experience in the broadcast
industry or related field. Requires extensive experience in
maintaining and troubleshooting a wide variety of broadcast
equipment. Candidate must have solid background in
television systems, transmission and satellite communica-
tions. Candidate will be required to employ Autocad for
system design and layout. Must have advanced knowledge
in video production, IT infrastructure and station
automation.The duties include maintaining the technical
integrity of the station¬s on-air video/audio signal, analog
and digital transmitters, experience in tape and server
based digital video systems routers, switchers, ENG/SNG/
DSNG vehicles and microwave equipment. The successful
candidate must have good troubleshooting and problem
solving skills and must be able to repair equipment down
to the circuit level. Position requires the ability to lift and
move up to 50 lbs., climb ladders, work on rooftops and
in confined spaces. You must be able to work weekends
and evenings and be flexible in your schedule.SBE CPBE
(or better) certification a plus.
Send resume to:
Human Resources, WBAL TV,
3800 Hooper Avenue, Baltimore MD 21211
WBALEngineering@hearst.com
No phone calls please. EOE.

Local Construction Comp.

Laurel Const. Comp. seeking Exp¬d
seeking EXP¬D Administrative Assistant.

Construction Dispatcher.
Schedule & Setup material.
Send resume & cover letter
w/ salary req.
maria.medrano@mluisconstruction.
EEO employer;
Minorities & women encour-
aged to apply.
No Phone Calls Please.
afro.com
Organized; multi-tasker;
Office Suite exp.;
Send resume & cover letter
w/salary req. via email
maria.medrano@mluisconstruction.com
or fax 1-410-545-0643. Your History • Your Community • Your News
M. Luis Construction is an
EEO employer.
Minorities & women encour-
aged to apply.
No Phone Calls Please.
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