March 5, 2011 - March 5, 2011, The Afro-American A1
Volume 119 No. 30
First Lady’s Vacation Meal
Sparks Controversy A2 Attack on Basic Civil Rights A7
Clarence Thomas Stars in Banks Face Abandoned
Sexually Charged Memoir Property Fee
By Zenitha Prince
Washington Bureau Chief
D.C. Unmasked &
Undressed, the memoir of
Lillian McEwen, a former
judge and ex-girlfriend
of Supreme Court Justice
Clarence Thomas, hits the
shelves March 5. But, as
the author told the AFRO,
this book is definitely not
for the G-rated crowd.
While the tale chronicles the
often painful journey of the
writer from the despair of a
dysfunctional, abusive home
to the travails and triumphs
of a Capitol Hill and judicial
career, it is a trail marked
with sex – lots of it. And
Thomas figures prominently
– literally and figuratively –
in this tale. McEwen gushes
over Thomas’ prowess
and “fantasy [package],”
describing his body as
“coffee-bean ... velvet-
covered cement.” He was a
“national treasure,” she said,
one she shared with other
women in ménages à trois
and in a voyeuristic pleasure
palace. And she described her
then-lover as being “easily
aroused,” with a “strong
interest in pornography.”
In a one-on-one interview
with the AFRO, McEwen
shared her thoughts about
Thomas, about love and lust,
Continued on A5
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Assault on Unions is an
Former District judge Lillian
McEwen shares details about
her sex life with former
boyfriend, now-Supreme Court
Justice Clarence Thomas, in her
new memoir, D.C. Unmasked &
Undressed.
Suitland High Fights
for Arts Program
By George Barnette
AFRO Staff Writer
The Prince George’s County
Council held a town hall budget
meeting at Prince George’s
Community College on Feb. 28.
The purpose of the meeting was
to inform the public on the budget
process, but it quickly turned into a
session to save busing for magnet
programs in Prince George’s
County.
The school that showed up in
the greatest numbers was Suitland
High School and in particular, it’s
Visual Performing Arts (VPA)
program. Students and teachers
alike swarmed the meeting dressed
in purple to fight for their program.
“People all over the country
know of our program,” said
Jean Fadiga, a music teacher at
Suitland. “They sang for President
Obama’s inauguration. They sang
for ‘Christmas in Washington,’
Ted Turner’s television program,
this year under the auspices of
the president and for the previous
administration under President and
Mrs. Bush.
“Our choir has won numerous
awards, international competitions
and they’re well known,” she
continued. “Our students have
the highest GPA at Suitland High
School. They’re actually pulling the
school up.”
Councilwoman Karen Toles,
D-Dist. 7, attended the Black
History Month ceremony the school
produced earlier in the day and
came away very impressed with the
performance. However, she seemed
to be just as pleased that the school
showed up to the meeting in full
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PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY EDITION
WHUR to Hold Radiothon to Help
Local, National, International
Community See afro.com
Prince George’s Delegation Proposed Bill
By George Barnette have brought down the property value of
AFRO Staff Writer homes. Both parties say neighborhoods are
being destroyed because of it.
A bill being discussed in the Maryland “The banks were not very cautious about
Senate could place accountability for the state how they were taking care of the assets they
of foreclosed properties on the owners – the were backing with these loans,” Michael
banks. Cerrito, chair of the Legislative/Political
The bill, sponsored by the Prince George’s Affairs Committee of the Prince George’s
County’s delegation, would give the County County Association of Realtors, told the
Council authority to collect a $75 registration AFRO. “In many cases they’d shut off the
fee each year from owners of abandoned utilities which would cause more damage to
foreclosed property in the county. The money the property and it drove the price down. It
collected would go into a fund to help maintain made it harder for the average buyer to buy the
abandoned properties. house because the condition of the house was
Residents and realtors alike have been so bad.”
complaining about how distressed properties Continued on A8
Courtesy and AP Photos
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Jack and James Johnson:
Connection Goes Beyond
force. “I mentioned to [Council
Chair Ingrid Turner] this morning
Government
that I was at a fantastic program and
By George Barnette
I want to commend you all from
AFRO Staff Writer
Suitland High School for being
here,” Toles said. “That’s what it’s
On Nov. 19, 2009, James F. Johnson, no relation to Jack Johnson, was
all about.
officially sworn in as director of the Department of Housing and Community
“This morning I spoke with your
Development (DHCD) after serving in that role as interim head for a year. On
principal and he warned me, ‘They
that day, there was nothing but effusive praise for a man who was a close friend
will be there’ and he was correct,”
of former Prince George’s County Executive Jack Johnson.
she continued. “I’m proud of you
“James Johnson brings over 34 years of experience in program management
all.”
and administration and is an excellent candidate to serve as director,” Jack
Johnson said in a statement. “He possesses the required skills, talents and
“People all over the demonstrated experience to be successful and I am confident that he will
continue to be an asset to the citizens and residents of Prince George’s County.”
country know of our James Johnson’s relationship with the former county executive stretches
further than his time as DHCD director. From 2003-2008, he served as special
program.” assistant to the former county executive. Their previous relationship may have
contributed to the former county leader’s sticking with James Johnson during the
Many of the speakers asked the
rough stages of his tenure in late 2009.
council not take away the program.
The results of an audit by Prince George’s County Office of Audit and
Councilman Will Campos, D-Dist.
Investigations released in October 2009 showed DHCD was failing in its
2, says the council has a delicate
mission to provide adequate federal funding in Prince George’s County and
balance to manage the county’s
may have been improperly funding several community housing development
funds after it first goes through the
school board and county executive. Continued on A5
Then it’s their job to create final
numbers that make sense for the
entire county.
“I can see your passion, but
when you say we’re trying to take
this away from you; we’re not,”
Campos said. “We get put in a tough
situation where we’re told ‘this is
where the money is, this is what we
want done and this is what we want
cut.’ Then, ultimately, we have to
figure out how it is that we make
due. We have to balance that.”
Despite that, the council
members all appreciated the turnout
as they said it greatly helps to show
which programs are important to the
county’s residents. They ask that the
community continue to reach out to Courtesy Photo/Prince George’s County Government
James Johnson, shown here with Jack Johnson, gets sworn-in.
Continued on A8
A2 The Afro-American, March 5, 2011 - March 11, 2011

AFRO National Briefs

First Lady’s Vacation Meal Sparks Parenthood target minorities, and claim that
Controversy twice as many black babies die from abortion
Radio host Rush Limbaugh recently took procedures than from violent crimes, AIDS,
to the air waves to criticize first lady Michelle heart disease, cancer and motor vehicle
Obama’s eating habits. accidents combined.
According to a report by Vail Daily, the first “I do understand that it is a provocative
lady dined on a pickled pumpkin salad, arugula, message, but it is a message that’s sourced in
braised ancho-chile short rib with hominy, wild fact; it is not hyperbole. It is a truth that needs
mushrooms and sautéed kale while visiting to be confronted. It is one that needs to be
Vail, Colo. with daughters Sasha and Malia. talked about in our community,” Pastor Stephen
During his Feb. 21 radio broadcast, Broden, a board member of the nonprofit, told
Limbaugh called Obama a hypocrite for eating MSNBC.
short ribs amid her “Let’s Move” campaign He said that more babies are aborted than
targeting childhood obesity. Limbaugh are born each year in New York City.
inaccurately calculated the short rib to be 1,500 A Planned Parenthood spokesman took the
calories; Vail Daily later reported the ribs to be ad’s message as a direct attack on the clinic.
about 600 calories. “To refer to a woman’s legal right to an
“If we’re supposed to go out and eat abortion as a ‘genocidal plot’ is not only
nothing, if we’re supposed to eat roots and absurd but it is offensive to women and to
berries and tree bark, show us how,” Limbaugh communities of color,” Planned Parenthood
said. “The problem is – spokesman Christine Quinn said in a statement.
and dare I say this – it “Every woman deserves the right to make
doesn’t look like Michelle health care decisions for herself and I will
Obama follows her own continue to fight to protect this basic right and
AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta
‘nutritionary’ dietary President Barack Obama waves as he arrives at the White against this sort of fear mongering.”
advice.” House in Washington, Feb. 22. Prior to its removal, the billboard was
He went on to critique scheduled to remain up for three more weeks,
the first lady’s physique, a national security issue,” Huckabee added. “It’s according to CBS.
saying her body is not like an economic issue, but it is a national security
models on the cover of issue because at the trend we’re going, we better Super Slim Models Fail to Sway Black Women’s Self-
Sports Illustrated magazine hope we don’t have a war with anybody because Perception
or baseball player Alex we’re not going to have anybody who can pass A new study led by a University of Florida researcher
Rodriguez’s girlfriends. the physical to wear the uniform. That’s pretty shows that African-American women are less likely to develop
Criticism of the scary. So, rather than us condemn Michelle negative body images based on media ideals.
appearance of the Obama, I think we ought to be thanking her and According to the report, earlier studies showed a negative
president’s wife has surface praising her for what she’s done.” correlation between extremely thin models and women’s
in other quarters. perception of their own bodies. However, the recent study
BigGovernment.com, N.Y. Black Anti-Abortion Billboard led by Heather Hausenblas found race also plays a factor in
a news blog, recently Removed women’s body dissatisfaction and the media’s influence.
posted a cartoon depicting A contentious anti-abortion billboard in “We’re bombarded with media images of what’s considered
an overweight Obama Manhattan that linked Blacks to excessive ideal. We wanted to measure the influence of race on how
gorging on hamburgers abortions was removed by an outdoor advertising that makes women feel about their bodies,” said Hausenblas,
and demanding President firm Feb. 25, CBS News reported. who conducted the research with doctoral student Ninoska
Obama “shut up and pass The ad, created by pro-life nonprofit DeBraganza, in an interview posted on the school’s website.
the bacon.” AP Photo/Virginia Postic, File organization Life Always, showed a Black girl “We know that African-American women report less body
However, former In this Jan. 27 photo, First Lady Michelle under the text, “The most dangerous place for an dissatisfaction overall than Caucasian women, who are the
Republican presidential Obama discusses nutrition at Fort Jackson African-American is in the womb.” most affected of all ethnicities. But to my knowledge, no study
candidate Mike Huckabee is in Columbia, S.C. to promote healthy The message prompted an outcry from both on media influence had ever taken the ethnicity of the models
defending Obama. eating. She was recently criticized by Rush Black activists and city residents. into account.”
According to a CNN Limbaugh about a meal she ate during “They don’t have to single out African- Hausenblas showed two sets of images to 31 White and
blog report, Huckabee told vacation. American children. They could have said the 30 Black undergraduate students. Both sets of photographs
reporters, “I do not think most dangerous place for a child is in the womb,” featured White female models, but one set showed extremely
she’s out there advocating that the government take over our Byron Wright, a Brooklyn resident told an NBC reporter after thin women with bodies generally considered “media ideals.”
dinner plates. In fact she’s not. She’s been criticized unfairly by spotting the ad from his office window. The other set included photos of women with more average
a lot of my fellow conservatives.” The Rev. Al Sharpton applauded the advertising company builds.
He also supported the first lady’s “Let’s Move” campaign. for removing the billboard and reportedly cancelled a planned While African-American women reported no change in
“If you really want to talk about obesity, let’s talk about it as protest. body dissatisfaction after viewing both sets of slides, the White
“They got a lot of attention, but they may not have gotten a participants said they experienced more body dissatisfaction
lot of support,” he told CBS. after observing the “media ideal” models.
But Life Always representatives said the bold billboard
was designed to spark discussion about disproportionally high Spectator Asks, ‘Who Will Shoot Obama?’
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Jennifer Hudson and Relatives Identify Body of Her Slain NephewA3

A2 The Afro-American, March 5, 2011 - March 5, 2011 March 5, 2011 - March 11, 2011 The Afro-American
By Alan King sport-utility vehicle sought in from a neighbor about a suspi- posted fliers bearing his photo-
In Praise Of Black Engineers
AFRO Staff Writer connection with the murder of
Hudson’s mother and brother.
cious vehicle. The man noticed
the vehicle while walking his
graph around the city. On
Sunday, Jennifer Hudson asked

Where Corporate America Meets and Encourages Black Talent

Jennifer Hudson and other The white, 1994 Chevrolet dog. According to the Chicago for the public’s help in finding
relatives positively identified Suburban with Illinois license Tribune, the boy had been shot her nephew. In her MySpace
multiple times in the back seat blog, she thanked fans and sup-
of the vehicle. The SUV, regis- porters for their prayers and
By Lango Deen President Wanda Denson- Engineering
tered to Hudson’sat Morgan
murderedState of the millennium,
offered a $100,000 rewardmany to
Special to the AFRO Low, were also recognized and longtime
brother, chairman
was towed with ofthe Executive Vice baby boomers
anyone were heading
who returned the boy
for innovation, career the Council
boy’s of Engineering
body inside and is being President of towards retirement and there
alive.
“It’s been 25 years of advancement and diversity Deans of Historically
processed by evidence Black
techni- Booz Allen was a need
Since the for younger
investigation,
inspiration,” Ted Childs, a programs. “Boeing considers Colleges
cians and and Universities.
workers. The body Hamilton Lloyd professionals
Hudson – who to take their
gained stardom
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on “American
IBM Corporation, said Feb. advantage in attracting the the Cook County Medical
with observance of National received the Idol,” and thenfor
“Demand won an
qualified
19 at the 25th annual Black best talent available and Examiner’s
Engineers Week office.and to serve 2011 Black Academy
STEM professionalsher
Award for hasrole in
Engineer of the Year Awards enabling innovation by
Hudson and other family
historically as a fitting tribute Engineer of the the movie Dreamgirls
grown considerably in the
– has
members arrived at the Medical Year Award at stayed out of the public eye.
in the Washington, D.C. bringing together different to those close to Black History past 25 years, and it will only
Examiner’s office mid-after- the 25th annual The Chicago Tribune report-
The Black Engineer viewpoints,” said Norma Month.”
noon to identify the body. Julian King, Jennnifer Hudson’s nephew. continue
ed to expand,”
that a parade of carssaid
moved
of the Year Awards Clayton, vice president Billthe
Granville was a high- BEYA event in Taborn. “Our advancements
Given choice between look- slowly past her family’s home
(BEYA), produced by Learning, Training and ing directly at the bodywhen
ranking oil executive or A spokesman for the office the murdersWashington, DCin
but is being held come from
Monday intrepid
morning, engineers
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Career Communications Development for Boeing. he attended on Feb. 19.
viewing it onBEYA in 1987.
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Photo by Glenwood Jackson Studio and technologists, from
news vans, reporters and curi-
Group, showcases African- “Many Boeing people have He filed a positive report with business executives bold
ous onlookers.
American talent in science, received BEYA awards over
Courtesy Photos
Mobil. Mobil’s CEO, seeing
Corp., has co-hosted BEYA to recognize the significant enough to take chances.”
Jennifer Hudson and her mom, Darnell Donerson who
technology, engineering and
was killed, as well as her brother, Jason.
the years, and the awards are “She held hands with her family.
that diversity and inclusion
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“She held hands with her fami- ing. Cook County records show
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ACORN Fights Back

moment.” convicted in 1998 for posses- ing the names of Donerson and
with business people who wake up everyday excited to The rest, as they say, – these major
The boy players
– the son ofand
Julia nation’s 1.6 million engineers
sion of a stolen motor vehicle.
are interested in science, make a difference,” he said. is history. Top defense Jason.
– Additional reporting by
their CEO’s,” David
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Leader Calls Voter Registration Fraud Charges ‘Bogus’
through stuff like this,” Artisha
and who never get an praised the BEYA culture when a relative found Julian’s for the attempted murder and West, a former resident of the
opportunity to recognize or and shared a little-known grandmother, Darnell car hijacking charges. area told the Tribune. “We all
connect
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and DallasHe was Cowboys one ofplayersthe No wonder Obama’s campaign is Donerson, 57, and his uncle, The boy remained missing have to stick together. All these
said
AFRO David
Staff Writer Tony Romo and Terrell Owens, trying to distance him from the Jason Hudson, 29, shot to death through a long weekend in young children are dying, and
Steward, founder among the names submitted to group, saying, “Barack Obama in his grandmother’s home in which police and volunteers
andPresidential
chairman of candidate John“It’s exciting to be around.”
election officials. Never Organized with ACORN.” the 7000 block of South Yale
for what?”

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Organization for Reform Now – ACORN’s knowledge or permis- for ACORN. They even endorsed
who attended the event. “It all African-American swim nation for high-risk missing
confirms the success of the sion, were fired. him for President. children – was issued Friday
shows the intellectual capital team, depicted in the 2007
organization, the head of the “The evidence that has sur- But now ACORN is in trouble. after Julian was discovered
in the Black community and film so farstarring
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group says. missing after the murders.
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bring to this society
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country and the world.”
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victim of fraud, not the perpetra- forms. of Julia, at his girlfriend’s
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democracy.” universities.
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professionals
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panel
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of any such democracy- between
zero tolerance hiring officers
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events focusing on career
destroying fraud.” and even a new industry-
ate falsification of registration.” sent to the local office saying she
Hurd believes
development, the McCain
diversity Most news
academic account neglect
partnership: AMIEto “is going to have her life ended.”
charges were politically
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Clarence Thomas
Continued from A1
mental illness, suicide and about evil and the
will to survive it.
AFRO: So I’m guessing that this book is
going to make retirement more exciting.
LM: Most definitely [Laughs]
AFRO: At the end of your book you seem
to suggest why you wrote it, but what were
your reasons? And why now?
LM: It’s a book that I had always planned
to write and had always been pressured to
write. I never understood why it was that my
friends and family kept saying, ‘You’ve got to
write a book, Lillian.’ And really it wasn’t until
I finished the book that I realized that my life
was kinda unusual. I wasn’t really thinking of
it that way while I was living it. The impetus
for my retirement was really the same as the
impetus for writing the book as a catalyst. And
that is, one of my best friends in life had died
and it made working at the position I had very
difficult. And then my mother was dying at
the same time. My brother died within a few
weeks of my mother’s death and it just seemed
like it was time to assess my life and figure
out for myself what was important. It was also
time to relieve a lot of stress that I had been
feeling for many years from the pressure of
reporters, the pressure of a public description
of what our relationship had been between
me and Clarence. And I just thought it was
time for me to tell my own story in my own
words…. The book is an assessment of my
own life.
AFRO: Throughout your book you talk
about some of the mechanisms you used to
cope. Had you ever before this book, looked
at your life, assessed it and dealt with some of
the underlying issues?
LM: The only reason that I was able to
survive and flourish and become as successful
as I was, was because I, throughout my entire
life, had been engaged in a constant search
of how to live my life, how to view myself in
relation to other people and how to become
the kind of a person that I had some kind
of respect for. So it was really a long-term
process of finding these means by which to
figure out how to live my life.
AFRO: If Clarence Thomas
had not been a Supreme Court
Justice would he have figured
so prominently in this book?
LM: Yes. The reason is
because he was without a
doubt the most important
relationship that I had other
than the relationship with my Lillian McEwen
daughter’s father. I was married
to the same man for about 13 years, and the
relationship with Clarence lasted about six
years, so he was an important part of my life.
AFRO: Was it love or just lust?
LM: It’s a little difficult for me to tell the write the story of my life.
difference between the two in the way that
I lived my life. Mostly what happened was
that if I was in an intense sexual relationship
with someone for a significant length of time
– and by that I mean more than three months
or so – I began to love that person; I began to
be emotionally attached to that person. And
it wasn’t anything that I could really help. In
Clarence’s situation, I had known him and
become really good friends with him for many
months before we had a romantic relationship. organizations (CHDO).
AFRO: Have you had a call or do you
expect a call from Justice Thomas – or his
wife, Virginia – about this book?
LM: Well, seeing as how she called Anita
Hill ... [LAUGHS] after so many years for
something that she probably shouldn’t have
expected, there’s no telling what’s going to
happen with Ginni Thomas in reference to
a call to me about this book. But certainly I
expect no such communication or call from
Clarence. He’s not going to be happy.
AFRO: You did something that was,
perhaps, improbable to some people which
was to make Clarence Thomas into a sexual
creature – and you were pretty descriptive.
So, why take the chance in terms of giving
all those details and airing your time and life
together?
LM: Well, what chance do you think it is?
The chance that I would be ridiculed or hated
or that I would be despised or judged to be a
slut? [LAUGHS.] Is that the chance that we’re
talking about here? [LAUGHS.]
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AFRO: It’s quite possible ...
LM: You have to remember
that I am not the only person
who was active with Clarence
during this period of time….
What happened was when
Anita Hill testified against
Clarence’s confirmation in the
Senate, that door got opened
as far as his sexual life and
personal relationships with
women. Even though he and
the Republicans tried to shut
it, there were women who
were lined up to testify about what it was he
had said to them or what kind of working
relationship they had had with him and that
sort of thing. So the door was already opened
pretty wide before it became time for me to
AFRO: You seem to suggest throughout
your book and in your statements a little while
ago that the Clarence Thomas we (the public)
Jack and James Johnson
Continued from A1
“The lack of controls in the CHDO
certification process and the process of
disbursing CHDO funds may result in
improper certification and disbursement
of federal funds, potential liability, and the
compromise of the programmatic intent of the
CHDO grant,” the audit said.
Then HUD asked for $2 million back
from the county in early 2010 because the
DHCD missed a spending deadline for HOME
Investment Partnership Program funds.
James Johnson’s performance was
questioned by then Council Chair Tom
Dernoga, D-Dist. 1, and County Executive
Rushern Baker, who was then on the campaign
trail. They both thought a change in leadership
was necessary. “Failing to secure those dollars
is like forgetting to dial 911 when your home
is burning down,” Rushern L. Baker told the
Washington Post. “One in 24 homeowners
face foreclosure in our county; it’s an
administrative tragedy when we fail to capture
every dollar we can.”
James Johnson’s survival through the
controversies may have become clearer when
A3
A5
sees is a façade. So who is the real Clarence
Thomas – as you knew him?
LM: Clarence, like most of us, is wearing a
mask that is firmly affixed because of his age.
The real Clarence, at this point, I don’t really
know what he is, because there is a point in
time when the person themselves – you don’t
even know what’s important to you, you don’t
know what your values are, you don’t know
what your heart really tells you, you don’t
know what your real personality structure
is after you’ve been hiding yourself and
transforming yourself over so many years. But
the Clarence that I knew and appreciated and
that I hoped would remain the true Clarence
certainly is not sitting on the bench. He’s a
person with a wonderful sense of humor who
listens to people, is compassionate, cares about
his family and is loyal. The person who’s on
the bench is the person, however, who started a
transformation when I knew him.
Read Full Interview on AFRO.com.
Jack Johnson was indicted last month. In the
indictment, it was alleged that Jack Johnson
and James Johnson were cohorts in receiving
money under the table.
In the indictment, James Johnson wasn’t
named specifically; but it indicated the
Director of DHCD, referred to as Public
Official A in the indictment, had several
wiretapped conversations with the former
county executive. On Oct. 24, 2010, the
indictment claims Public Official A, met at
Jack Johnson’s residence to discuss HOME
funds available for various projects, including
one for a particular developer in which the
DHCD had secured $1.5 million in HOME
funding.
“Why don’t me and you go to his
house together ... so he can’t wiggle out of
[anything],” Jack Johnson said. “We’ll go one
night next week. Then we’ll do 1.5 and you
and I should get five hundred together.
“If I can get myself about three hundred,
I’ll be in good shape.”
James Johnson hasn’t been charged with
anything and federal authorities haven’t
commented on his involvement.
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Community Calendar
March 3-13
Washington D.C.
Independent Music Festival
2011
Various locations. The
annual Washington D.C.
Independent Music Festival
will run with the annual film
festival and spotlight the
flourishing local music scene.
For more information: dciff.
org.
March 4
Café Groove For Teens
Publick Playhouse, 5445
Landover Road, Cheverly, Md.
7 p.m. In this monthly teen
program, experience the mix
of dance, poetry and visual art
from local youths. For more
information: 301-446-3232.
Paige In Full
Atlas Performing Arts
Center, 1333 H St., N.E. D.C.
6-7 p.m. Witness this mash-
up of poetry, dance and live
music that tells the story of
a young woman’s coming of
age story. $15-$20. For more
information: 202-399-7993.
‘When Will It End? Slavery
Now, Slavery Then’
Kelly Miller Middle
School, 301 49th St., N.E.
D.C. 7:30-9:30 p.m. In this
thought provoking dance
musical, learn how today’s
youths are challenged by
decades of troubles and find
out how you can break the
chains. $20-$25. For more
information: 202-388-1274.
March 5
Omega Psi Phi Annual
Talent Hunt
Robinson High School,
5035 Sideburn Road, Fairfax,
Va. 12 p.m. The Psi Alpha
Alpha chapter of Omega Psi
Phi will host their annual talent
hunt, hosted by the Robinson
Minority Student Association.
Guests are urged to bring at
least one canned food item.
For more information: 703-
489-6467.
Quest: Five Stages on the
Road to Romance
The Bridge, The Majestic
Movie Theater, 900 Ellsworth
Drive, Silver Spring, Md.
9-11:15 a.m. In this message
series, learn where you are
on the road to romance
and discover strategies that
will help you navigate to
where you want to be. For
more information: www.
thebridgedc.org.

Chocolate Lovers Festival

2011
Old Town Fairfax, Main
St. and University Drive,
Fairfax, Va. 8 a.m.-10 p.m.
Tantalize your sweet tooth
at this event that celebrates
all things chocolate. For
more information: www.
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Love 2 Dance Summit
Joe’s Movement
Emporium, 3309 Bunker Hill
Road, Mt. Rainier, Md. 9 a.m.
Celebrate your love of dance
with the community at this
fun-filled day of workshops,
performances and more. For
more information: 301-699-
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March 11
Shaquille O’Neal Presents
the All Star Comedy Jam
Lincoln Theatre, 1215
U St., N.W. D.C. 8 p.m.
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Opinion
Assault on Unions is an Attack on
Basic Civil Rights right of workers to organize and bargain
(TriceEdneyWire.com) collectively.
– It looks like “Cairo has Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin, a
come to Madison,” said self-described “Tea Party governor,” leads
conservative Republican the most egregious of these efforts. Upon
Rep. Paul Ryan, as 50,000 election, he signed into law millions in
citizens took over the state’s tax breaks for business. Then, pointing to
Capitol building. He got the the budget crisis, he demanded not only
spirit right, but the location harsh concessions from public workers
wrong. In Madison, folks — dramatic hikes in what they pay for
wearing Packers jerseys stand pensions and health care — but crippling
together with folks wearing limits on their right to negotiate, limits on
Bears colors. Madison is any pay increases and an annual vote to
Rev. Jesse Jackson this generation’s Selma, the see if the union survives. As if to flaunt
Sr. epicenter for the modern his power grab, he exempted the unions
battle for basic human rights. — police and firefighters — that endorsed
In 1965, the drive for basic him in the election.
voting rights was stalled in the U.S. Senate. President Johnson The right to organize, to bargain
pushed Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to stop demonstrating. collectively and to strike are basic human
Instead, Dr. King went to Selma. Selma was not a big city, but it rights enshrined in international law. To
held a mirror to the nation. There, on Bloody Sunday, peaceful this day, the U.S. champions independent free trade unions civil rights movement, people of conscience are holding vigils
demonstrators were met with dogs, clubs and hoses, and touched across the world — even as Walker and his ilk seek to crush and protests in support. This is a Martin Luther King moment.
the conscience of a nation. Two days later, Johnson, invoking them at home. With the U.S. suffering more extreme inequality The effort by the governor and his right-wing allies to divide
the famous words, “We shall overcome,” introduced the Voting than Egypt, and the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens private sector workers from public sector workers is an old
Rights Act. Five months later it was signed into law. United giving corporations and billionaires a free pass to distort trick. In the South, race was used to divide. The tricks perfected
Today, the assault on basic rights is accelerating. The our elections, unions are virtually the only counter that workers in the South — right-to-work laws, barriers to unions — are
economic collapse caused by the gambols of Wall Street have. That’s why the right has targeted unions; that is why now coming north.
destabilizes public budgets at every level, as tax receipts every citizen has a stake in their survival. Madison, like Selma, is not a major city. It isn’t Chicago or
plummet and expenses caused by unemployment rise. Yet In Wisconsin, the public employees accepted the harsh New York or Los Angeles. And it isn’t Cairo. It is the epicenter
Wall Street gets bailed out, and working and poor people are concessions demanded by the governor, but rejected the attack of the battle for America’s democracy, and it is as American as
squeezed to pay to clean up their mess. on their basic rights. Teachers, nurses and other public workers Lexington, Concord, Gettysburg, Montgomery and Selma.
In states across the country, conservatives have used this stood up. Democratic state legislators left the state, blocking
occasion to assail public workers and their unions. They the effort to ram the legislation through. Students, ministers and The Rev. Jesse Jackson is a civil rights leader, former
demand not only rollback of pay and benefits, but push laws to progressives rallied to their side. The demonstrations are now presidential candidate and president of the Rainbow/PUSH
cripple — if not ban — public employee unions, destroying the entering their second week. Across the country, just as in the Coalition.

‘To Be Equal’
The Growth of Black-Owned Businesses: Entrepreneurship by Necessity
“I had to make my hair care and cosmetics business that revolutionized the beauty
own living and my own products industry, created good paying jobs, and made her a
opportunity! But I made it! wealthy woman and philanthropist.
Don’t sit down and wait for Like Madam C.J. Walker, many African Americans may
the opportunities to come. have turned to entrepreneurship in the years covered by the
Get up and make them!” Census Bureau study because of high unemployment in our
– Madam C.J. Walker, communities. The fact is Black unemployment never got back
trailblazing African-American down to where it was before the recession in 2001. So in effect,
businesswoman. what we are seeing is a bit of entrepreneurship by necessity.
There is a silver lining in
the dark cloud of the great “Black-owned businesses are also often hampered in their
recession. A new Census
Marc H. Morial Bureau report reveals that revenue growth by a lack of capital, connections and contracts.”
from 2002 to 2007 the number
of Black-owned businesses in the United States increased There’s also an economic independent streak, particularly
by 60.5 percent to 1.9 million – more than triple the national among emerging generations in the Black community. Building
rate. According to Census Bureau Deputy Director Thomas a business gives great satisfaction and cushions them from the
Mesenbourg, “Black-owned businesses continued to be one of shock of losing jobs because of economic down cycles.
the fastest growing segments of our economy, showing rapid New York State leads the country with more than 204,000
growth in both the number of businesses and total sales during Black-owned businesses, followed by Georgia and Florida
this time period.” respectively. From 2002 to 2007, nearly four in 10 of these
The reasons for this are many, beginning with the long businesses operated in the health care and social assistance;
history of African-American entrepreneurship in response to and repair, maintenance, personal and laundry services sectors.
poverty, high unemployment and discrimination. Consider the The retail trade and health care and social assistance sectors
case of Madam C.J. Walker, the daughter of slaves who, in the accounted for 27.4 percent of Black-owned business revenue.
early 1900s, turned her dream of financial independence into a The survey also found that in addition to an increase in the
number of Black-owned businesses, annual sales increased by
55 percent to $137.5 billion.
I recently called on federal, state and local governments
to develop a “hyper-focus” on Black- and minority-owned
businesses. Every city, county, and state needs to have a plan
that focuses on small and minority business. There is a spirit
of entrepreneurship out there that needs to be nurtured and
energized.
While the Census Bureau report is generally good news,
we know that Black businesses
still make up only 7 percent of
all companies and they tend to
be smaller and have lower gross
receipts than other businesses.
Black-owned businesses are also
often hampered in their revenue growth by a lack of capital,
connections and contracts.
What I hope this report says loudly and clearly to the
investment community is that you are missing an emerging
market in the United States. If minority businesses are growing
at a faster clip than overall businesses, imagine what the growth
rate would be if those barriers were eliminated or lowered.
We need the investor community to look at this report and
recognize that they are missing an incredible opportunity.
Marc H. Morial is the president and CEO of the National
Urban League.

Running on Crazy If Tunisia kicked down the
door of the Arab imagination
by showing it was possible to
topple a dictator, Egypt drew
a blueprint of non-violence
for the house of revolution
that detailed how to demolish
a stubbornly entrenched
dictator and now in Libya a
mad man is trying to burn
down the entire house rather
than face eviction.
For 42 years, Col.
Mona Eltahawy Moammar Gadhafi’s antics
have blinded too many to a
brutality they finally see on full display as he desperately tries
to quash the most serious uprising against his rule. If too many
chose to not see, Libyans have known all too well.
Half the struggle for Libyans has surely been getting the
world to move beyond “Gadhafi the Clown,” a role he seems to
have uninhibitedly embraced. Who hasn’t been distracted by the
eclectic wardrobe, the Kalashnikov-armed female bodyguards,
and the tents he would pitch at home and abroad for talks with
officials.
A source of embarrassment for Libyans, Gadhafi has never
been a joke: disappearances, a police state, zero freedom of
expression and poverty for at least a third of the population of
country tremendously wealthy thanks to oil.
For years, Gadhafi squandered that wealth on causes and
radical violence abroad that he chose because they epitomized
the “enemy of my enemy is my friend” school of diplomacy. In
2003, just as the U.S. became mired in Iraq and its non-existent
weapons of destruction, Gadhafi realized no one was scared
of him anymore and voluntarily gave up his weapons of mass
destruction programs.
When the world has paid attention to his crimes it has
invariably been to those against non-Libyans such as the mid-
air bombings of a French airliner over Niger and of a Pan
Am airliner over Lockerbie, Scotland. Once he compensated
families who lost relatives in those attacks, Gadhafi became
persona grata and money and business deals came and went
along with high-level dignitaries.
Gadhafi was a guest of the leaders of Italy and France and
former British Prime Minister Tony Blair — with businessmen
in tow of course — visited Libya soon after Gadhafi’s
rehabilitation.
Oil, business and arms deals have always trumped the rights
of the Libyan people who long suffered his crimes yet rarely
if ever saw compensation let alone the same attention and
condemnation as that of the crimes that kept Libya a “pariah”
state for so long — until Gadhafi learned to bribe the world’s
conscience into forgetting.
I visited Libya in September 1996 for the 27th anniversary
of the “revolution” — a military coup that a 27-year-old Gadhafi
led to topple the monarchy and since which he has ruled. Some
were optimistic that Gadhafi’s “revolution” could herald a new
Libya but it didn’t take long for his brutality to stamp out any
such hopes.
During the 1970s, police and security forces arrested
hundreds of Libyans who opposed Gadhafi or those the
authorities feared could oppose his rule: violent suppression
of student demonstrations, imprisonment and disappearances
of every political and social group you can imagine from
academics to journalists, Trotskyists to members of the Muslim
Brotherhood, all labeled “enemies of the revolution.” In case
anyone questioned Gadhafi’s bloodlust, there were even a
number of televised public hangings and mutilations of political
opponents, rights groups say.
In the 1980s authorities introduced a policy of extrajudicial
executions of political opponents abroad, termed “stray dogs.”
What is believed to be the bloodiest act of internal repression
under Gadhafi’s rule occurred just a few months before I arrived
in Tripoli with a group of journalist from Cairo. Very few, if any
of us, knew though. More than 1,000 prisoners were shot dead
by security forces on June 28 and 29, 1996 in Abu Salim prison,
Tripoli. It wasn’t until 2004 that Gadhafi publicly admitted to
the Abu Salim killings. Relatives of the murdered men have
refused compensation in place of judicial process.
One of Gadhafi’s crimes that I was aware of during my visit
was the disappearance of former Libyan foreign minister turned
dissident Mansour Kikhia. Egyptian agents abducted Kikhia
during a visit to Cairo in December 1993 while attending a
meeting of an Arab human rights organization he had helped
found. Kikhia had asked for Egyptian security protection while
in Cairo but agents of now toppled Egyptian dictator Hosni
Mubarak’s regime handed Kikhia over to agents of Gadhafi’s
regime, who spirited the dissident to Libya, where he is believed
to have executed and buried in the Libyan desert.
I interviewed his wife Baha Omary Kikhia in 1994 as she
visited the region trying to find out what had happened to her
husband. I think of her now as I hear many Libyans I know
whose relatives have been disappeared in Libya wonder if
they’re still alive, hoping for the best as they hear of Gadhafi’s
all-out attempt to quash the uprising.
And so I watch in awe at the breathtaking courage of
Libyans, rising up again — it is an insult to think this is the first
time, for they long have resisted Gadhafi’s tyranny and bloody
crackdowns on dissent.
The Tunisian revolution left every Arab dictator in fear,
Egypt’s toppling of Mubarak left them terrified — even one of
the U.S.’ best allies in the region could fall. And here they watch
a psychopathic dictator unleash his full horror on pro-freedom
demonstrators and still fail to terrify them into submission. The
Italian foreign minister has said reports that 1,000 people have
been killed in seven days of uprising are credible.
The price of toppling Gadhafi will be steep. But Libyans will
topple him and in doing so they will bring down with him the
castles of fear our dictators thought they had fortified.
You can read more from Mona Eltahawy at www.
monaeltahawy.com.
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Ben’s Chili Bowl Commemorated in Exhibit Abandoned

By Tia Lewis
Special to the AFRO
There is, perhaps, no name more
synonymous with Washington, D.C., than
Ben’s Chili Bowl. Known for its half smokes
and spicy chili, the 53-year-old restaurant has
been a pillar on the U Street corridor since
its opening and is now being preserved and
celebrated in an exhibit at George Washington
Virginia Ali, Ben Ali’s widow views
the display case holding pieces from
the Ben’s Chili Bowl collection at
GW’s Gelman library.
University’s Estelle and Melvin Gelman
Library.
Located on the seventh floor of the
Africana Research Center, the display
shows information such as payroll
records from the eatery and photos of
its famous patrons, including President
Barack Obama, Bill Cosby and former
District Mayor Adrian Fenty. The
archives give visitors a glimpse into
the life of the late proprietor and famed
restaurateur, Ben Ali and the growing legacy
of the Ali family.
Dr. Bernard Demczuk, assistant vice
president of the District of Columbia Relation
at George Washington University and friend
of the Ali family, categorizes the restaurant’s
success and its founder’s roots as “the
American Dream.”
“If you think about it, this is the great
American story. You got segregation in
Washington in the ‘50s and now look at it
today. You got probably the most diverse
Community members peruse the
Ben’s Chili Bowl exhibit at George
Washington University’s Gelman
Library.
Photos by William Atkins / The George
Washington University.
Members of the Ali Family view the display
case holding pieces from the Ben’s Chili Bowl
collection at GW’s Gelman Library. From front
to back: Sage Ali, Virgina Ali, Vida Ali and
Sonya Ali.
restaurant in the city. It’s a reflection of
America’s progress,” Demczuk said.
In 1958, Ben and Virginia Ali used $5,000
to begin renovating a building at 1213 U St.
which is now the historic landmark, according the exhibit. “It feels incredible. I am happy
to the restaurant’s website. Even during
challenging periods such the 1960s riots, the
city’s drug epidemic in the mid 1970s, and
the late-1980s’ U Street Metro renovation, the
family-owned eatery has kept its doors open.
“This is a business that’s 50 years old. This For information, go to www.gelman.gwu.edu.
is a business that’s stayed in one place for
this time,” said Dr. Meredith Evans Raiford,
director of George Washington
University’s Special Collections
Research Center, speaking about
Property
the uniqueness of Ben’s. “Unlike Continued from A1
corporation that may have a room Despite the previous headway it has made on
full of files this is a family where the foreclosure issue, Prince George’s continues
you will find things in their home, to struggle with the menace. The county still leads
in their office spaces so as you the state with over 700 foreclosure properties
are cleaning up you will find for a rate of 1 in every 456 housing units. In
something related to the business.” comparison, Montgomery County has only 157
Dr. Raiford credits the longevity foreclosed properties, 1 in 2,325; Baltimore City
of the restaurant to “perseverance has 140, 1 in 2,102; and Baltimore County 117;
and community interaction,” while 1 in 2,804.Dorchester County rates second in the
Dr. Demczuk uses the old adage, state with 1 in 1,036 housing units.
“what goes around, comes around” “We’re still dealing with a pressing economic
to qualify Ben’s endurance. crisis that we’re slowly coming out of,” said
“This concept of if you give Councilman Mel Franklin, D-Dist. 9. “We’re still
back to the community, if you are dealing with the effects of the foreclosure crisis
part of the community, if you do good, it good that has particularly impacted Prince George’s
will come back,” Demczuk said. It rings true, County and the budget.”
as “in 53 years, Ben’s has never been robbed.” Despite majority support for the proposed
Even with such an extensive record of legislation, not all members of the council agree
success and giving back to the community, that this is the way to go on the issue. “That’s a
Ben’s treasure is still its food. “They brought touchy subject,” said Councilwoman Karen Toles,
the American ideal food, the hotdog, and what D-Dist. 7. “I do know that it’s a big issue and we
they’ve done is introduced new culture by have to attack it in some way, but I don’t know
adding chili to it. It’s the Trinidadian culture the best way to do that as of yet.”
meets America,” added Dr. Raiford. “It’s a This would be the second time county officials
good example of differences coming together confronted the issue of abandoned properties. A
to make something great.” law passed in 2009 requires foreclosed properties
Ben Ali’s children have continued to add be registered with the county. Under CB-11-
on to the legacy. The eatery has since added 2009, debtors must register a property within five
Ben’s Next Door, which touts a different menu calendar days of filing an order or complaint to
but maintains the Chili Bowl atmosphere, and foreclose a residential property in the county.
a visitors’ center above it. Ben’s Chili Bowl The debtor would be charged $50 for each day
also has a location at Washington National
that the notice is not filed.
Stadium and an online store. However, under the new law, misdemeanor
“We are looking into retailing, franchising
charges could be filled on anyone who remains
and expanding all the gifts Washingtonians negligent. County council members would prefer
have given us,” says Nazim Ali. “[We will that civil penalties be given instead of jail time.
continue to look for] the opportunity to do
more with what [we] have been given.”
Ali said he is thankful and glad to share the
legacy of his father and the restaurant through
Suitland High
Continued from A1
that the history of Ben’s and the family will
continue to be available for students, scholars them to help get through the budget process.
and historians for years to come.” “We need your ideas, we need your thoughts
The exhibit at George Washington and we need your prayers,” said Councilman Mel
University will be open until mid-summer. Franklin, D-Dist. 9. “We look forward to serving
you. This is a customer service business and you
To purchase food or gifts from Ben’s, visit the are our customer. We look forward to this process
website at www.benschilibowl.com. and hearing much, much more from you.”

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Photos by Rob Roberts

Rep. Donald Payne
(D-N.J.), CBCF chair,
speaks to the guests.
Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.)
and Rep. Donna Edwards
(D-Md.).
T
he Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF) honoured Black History Month by hosting the Second Annual Avoice Heritage
Celebration on Feb. 9, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Nortwest Washington, D.C. Reps. Chaka Fattah from Pennsylvania and
Donna Edwards of Maryland co-emceed the evening along with mistress of ceremonies Andrea Roane, WUSA-TV morning Honoree Ronald Dellums
anchor. The dinner and awards program honored the following for their work in preserving African-American legislative with Andrea Roane.
history and for their commitment to cultivating minority civic engagement, public discourse on African-American history, or the
preservation of important historic artifacts through philanthropic or programmatic support: Distinguished Individual Award to
Debra Newman Ham, Ph.D., a specialist in African-American history and culture and currently a professor of history at
Morgan State University; CBC Member Preservation Award to former Rep. Ronald Dellums, one of the 13 founding
members of the Congressional Black Caucus and former mayor of Oakland, Calif., and Distinguished Corporation
Award to the Coca-Cola Co., in recognition for its long history of recognizing the role of African-American
history through its outreach and communication strategy. The intimate evening also served as a fundraiser
for Avoice: African American Voices In Congress. The Avoice Virtual Library is a premier source of
information about historical and contemporary African-American policy issues important Rep. Donna Edwards (D-
to researchers, academics, educators and students. “African American members of Md.) and Dr. Elsie Scott,
Congress have helped shape this nation through legislation that has enhanced the president/CEO, CBCF Inc.
American experience for all,” said Rep. Donald M. Payne, D-N.J., CBCF chairman.
“Capturing and preserving the history of the litany of contributions are
Former CBC member Ronald essential to understanding our history, the history of
Dellums received the CBCF the nation and to preserve the legacy of change
Member Preservation Award
by African-American members
from Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) Rev. Walter Fauntroy and
of Congress for future
Rep. John Lewis (D- Ga.).
generations.”

Former CBC
Rep. John Lewis presents the member Ronald WUSA9 News Now morning
Distinguished Corporation Award Dellums, stand- anchor, Andrea Roane, holds up
Louis Scott, Dr. Elsie Scott and Rev. Walter to Norman Ross, director, Federal ing, greets a the Avoice award.
Fauntroy, former CBC member/D.C. delegate. Government Affairs, The Coca Cola fellow Caucus
Co.; as Andrea Roane looks on. founder Rep.
John Conyers
(D-Mich.)

Rep. Donald Payne(D-N.J.), Rep. Chaka Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas), Ronald
Fattah(D-Pa.) and Rep. Emanuel Cleaver Dellums, Preservation Award recipient, Rep.
III (D-Mo.), chairman, Donna Edwards (D-Md.) and Rep. Donna M.
Congressional Black Caucus. Christensen (D-V.I.).

Rep. James Clyburn (2nd, right) with some
congressional interns: Amilca O' Conner, Prince
Sefa-Boakye and Camille Migirt.
Members of the CBC with the honorees, Norman Ross, Ronald Dellums
and Dr. Debra Newman Ham along with Dr. Elsie Scott (far right).
Rep. Edwards presents the Distinguished
Individual Award to Dr. Debra Newman
Ham, professor of history, Morgan State
University; Andrea Roane looks on.

Photos Courtesy PNC Bank

Eugene Robinson
listens as Dr. Khalil
Gibran Muhammad
describes his plans
for the 80-year-old
Schomburg Center.

Greater Washington Board of Trade VP for Government Relations, Daniel

Flores; PNC Bank Regional President Michael N. Harreld; GEICO VP of Terri Copeland, community development market manager,
Public Affairs Rynthia Rost; Washington Post Associate Editor Eugene PNC Bank; Dr. Khalil Gibran Muhammad; and Debra Stepp,
Robinson; and PNC Bank Retail Market Executive Richard Bynum. ASALH member.

M
ore than 150 business and community leaders on
Feb. 15 attended PNC Bank’s Black History Month
event, featuring keynote speaker Dr. Khalil Gibran
Muhammad, the incoming director of The Schomburg Center
for Research in Black Culture at the The New York Public
Library. The talk, entitled “Looking Backward, Moving
Forward: Why Black History Matters More Than Ever in the
Age of Obama,” was moderated by the Washington Post’s
Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Eugene Robinson. Dr.
Muhammad, 38, is currently history professor at Indiana
University and is the author of an acclaimed interpretive
gumbo, Hoppin’ John, mac-and-cheese and collard green
book in African-American studies, The Condemnation of
rolls – all catered by Le’Jon Williams of Catering by Chef.
Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban
Attendees also were entered into a raffle to win a copy of
America, published by Harvard University Press. A great-
Dr. Muhammad’s book, or Eugene Robinson’s new book,
grandson of Elijah Muhammad, Dr. Muhammad was selected
Disintegration: The Splintering of Black America. The event
from a pool of more than 200 candidates to succeed Howard
was held at PNC Place, the bank’s beautiful new regional
Dodson Jr. as the next director of The
headquarters in downtown Washington, D.C.
Schomburg Center, the world’s leading
repository of the global Black
experience. In addition to
enjoying the talk, guests were
treated to a lovely cocktail
reception comprised of

Corey A. Griffin, president and CEO, 2GIP; Adrena Ifill, DoubleBack Productions, Maria Nagorski, executive director, Fair Chance; Tina Campanella, executive
LLC; Sylvia Cyrus, executive director, Association for the Study of African director, Quality Trust for Individuals with Disabilities; Dr. Carolyn B. Rudd,
American Life and History (ASALH); and Robert Stanton, senior advisor to the president & CEO, CRP, Inc.; and Liz Cammack, director of development, Quality
secretary, U.S. Department of the Interior. Trust for Individuals with Disabilities.

David Bowers,
vice president
and Washington,
D.C., impact
PNC VP of Corporate market leader
Communications Sonia for Enterprise
McCormick holds the Community
fishbowl while Eugene Partners, poses Rynthia Rost, VP of Public Affairs, GEICO; Barbara Lang, president/CEO, DC
Robinson selects the a question to the Chamber of Commerce; Andrew Russell, executive VP, PNC Bank; Gerald Lang;
winner. speakers. and Angie Fox, president/CEO, Crystal City Business Improvement District.
B2 The Afro-American, March 5, 2011 - March 11, 2011

Business
Local Stationary Company Caters to People of Color
By Stephen D. Riley
AFRO Staff Writer

Allyson Yuille doesn’t look quite like Martha Stewart.

Her skin is a tad darker, her lips a bit fuller and her style of
dress somewhat different, but her ambitions remain the same.
The Los Angeles native made the near 2,700-mile trek from
the West Coast to the East, arriving in Washington, D.C. in
2006 before transforming herself into one of today’s most
interesting entrepreneurs. In February, Yuille launched Sweet
Potato Paper, a stationary company that provides customized
lines of invitations for people of color just in time to
coordinate with Black History Month.
Although the company is still fresh, Yuille’s craving for
Sweet Potato Paper actually began in 2009, when she was
busy planning her own wedding. After scavenging through
several invitations trying to find a Harlem Renaissance theme,
all that the 31-year-old could find were conventional invites.
“From family reunions to anything that had to do with people
of color what I found was really stereotypical,” Yuille said. “It
was either outdated or had some sort of fist or Kente cloth.”
From there, Yuille took matters into her own hands.
She gave up her search and simply styled her own invites,
prompting a clamoring from friends and family who also
wanted more personalized invitations. With a background
as an advertising and marketing director, Yuille applied her Courtesy Photos Sweet Potato Paper offers stationary for every occasion.
efforts and intuitiveness to her new craft. “I taught myself how In February Maryland resident Allyson Yuille launched event.”
to do a lot of different things by reading different books and Sweet Potato Paper, a stationary company that provides Sweet Potato Paper has a chance to be a trendsetter. With a
using it surprisingly to learn a lot of the design software that’s customized lines of invitations for people of color. name and service that’s unique among its peers, staying power
out there.” seems certain for the newborn business. Perhaps its arrival
The illustrations for Sweet Potato Paper serve several falls just in time for a wakeup call to stationary companies
business women over the past few years.
multi-cultural celebrations. From Día de los Muertos to everywhere. “We’re not the minority anymore,” Yuille added.
“My whole goal is I really want to be, and I hope this
Christmas, the stationary company’s range of diverse “The number of Latinos and African Americans together make
makes sense, like an urban Martha Stewart,” Yuille said. “I
invitations is unmatched. Since its launching, things have up a majority of America but yet there’s not a lot of things out
want to be the person who can talk about hostessing parties but
gone “really well” for Sweet Potato Paper without any there for us.”
focused on the different types of parties for people of color. I
major advertisement. Although business has blossomed so
want to do that for every culture: just really highlight the way
far, Yuille’s plans for success aren’t finished. She has a goal For more information Sweet Potato Paper visit www.
that they celebrate and how invitations and different things
in mind and it’s modeled after one of the most successful sweetpotatopaper.com
can be used to successfully promote that particular culture’s

When Will the Financial Tide Turn Towards Average Consumers?

Survey Finds Hopes High Among Wealthy, But Still Low Among Working Households
By Charlene Crowell University of Michigan have
NNPA Columnist tracked consumer trends and
opinions.  In their most recent
For more than 60 years, survey, released recently,
Thomsen Reuters and the consumer confidence rose
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years.  For the first time in developments.”  cannot be said for many job and income prospects
more than six years according Also, a new report consumers and homeowners among upper income
to the survey, “consumers from the Federal Deposit with mortgages. For households.
reported hearing more positive Insurance Corporation (FDIC) example, while consumer Another example: a new
examined bank profits.  In confidence is climbing, it report from the Mortgage
the last quarter of 2010, isn’t rising equally across all Bankers Association
lending institutions covered households.  The Reuters/ shows that the number of
by this federal regulatory University of Michigan study homeowners currently in
agency netted $21.7 billion.  found that confidence in the some stage of the foreclosure
Moreover, 62 percent of these economy rose by nearly 10 process increased during the
institutions reported growth percent among consumer third quarter of 2010.  As a
in their quarterly net income households with earnings of result, more than five million
from a year ago.  Compared $75,000 or more.  But, among homeowners with mortgages
to their $1.8 billion net loss lower income households, that are 60 days or more
in the fourth quarter of 2009, confidence fell by 1.4 delinquent remain at risk of
it is clear that banks are in a percent.  This difference in foreclosure.
recovery mode. perspective was attributed by The financial troubles fall
more heavily on communities
of color too.  For example,
a 2010 CRL research report,
found for every 100 African-
American homeowners,
11 have either lost their
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of foreclosure.  For Latino
families, the figures are
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100 Latino homeowners are
affected by foreclosures. 
These widespread
foreclosures have drained
an estimated $350 billion
from communities of
color.  Additionally, alternative
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Guitarist of Legendary Go-go Band Talks New Career in Pop, Rock

By Gregory Dale
AFRO Staff Writer
Go-go music may have been what originally spurred
guitarist Valentino Jackson’s career, but his distinct versatility
didn’t allow him to stay moored to the genre for long.
After picking up a guitar at just 4 years old, the Maryland
native got his start playing with local bands across the
Washington, D.C. region before he even hit 13. While in
junior high school, Jackson joined the Experience Unlimited
Band (E.U.) and the group performed at various clubs across
the area. Though the band drew a sizeable following in their
hometown, they experienced tremendous success after their
performance of “Da’ Butt” in the Spike Lee “joint” School
Daze. Jackson later went on to pursue pop music and worked
with a bevy of notable artists. He was inducted into the Rock
and Roll and Go-Go Halls of Fame.
Now, Jackson, 55, is a member of the pop/rock group
NYC. The group recently released their first single “Dance
My Tears Away,” which was distributed by the Sony Red
label. The AFRO spoke to Jackson about his career and his
plans with the group.
AFRO: You got started with E.U. while you were still in
high school. What was that experience like, being with this
band at such a young age?
VJ: It was a humbling experience for me. It was very
humbling to meet people from other cultures when I traveled
the world meeting people from the music and movie
[industries]. It was also grueling at the same time because it’s
a lot that people don’t see outside of what they see on stage
and on television.
AFRO: It’s safe to say that “Da’ Butt” is E.U.’s signature
song. Explain the creation of that track.
VJ: Well, Spike Lee came to the 930 Club [where we were
performing] and said, “I want you guys in my movie.” We
were like, “Who’s this little short guy?” [Laughs]. We had no
idea that it was really him. But our lawyers were there and
they did the research and sure enough, it was. Then, Marcus
Miller, who wrote for Luther Vandross, wrote the song and
collaborated with us. Marcus was a great guy. We really
enjoyed working with him.
AFRO: Explain your crossover into pop music. Was it
something that you always wanted to pursue?
VJ: I’m very broad-minded with music. I’m not just
looking for one particular style or sound. At an early age,
I started playing rock and roll, so I knew the technique in
how to capture those sounds. Then, I ran into another band
member who played with the group Starpoint, and he also
joined our band. We would collaborate from time to time
and [we became close]. After we finished the tour, we got
on a plane and flew to South Beach, Fla. We had never been
there before and we just started writing. It was a good vibe
because it was away from everything else. Then after we ran
out of money, we came home and had all these pop tunes that
we wrote. We then met other people who were interested in
working with us. So that’s how that basically came about.
AFRO: You’re among the godfathers of Go-Go music,
with Chuck Brown, Rare Essence and a few others. What are
your thoughts about Go-Go today?
VJ: Go-Go has changed considerably, from back in the
day with Chuck Brown, Rare Essence and Trouble Funk.
Most of those groups still perform but play music more so
for the “grown and sexy” crowd – the people who grew up
around our era. [Older audiences] appreciate going to those
shows because we’re playing music that they’re familiar
with, along with the Go-Go flavor. But at the same time, they
wouldn’t dare see some of these younger groups – no offense
to Backyard and other bands – because they act like a bunch
of wild animals. I respect them as musicians but at the same
time, they’re stuck in that realm. I look at it and say, “Wow, it
really has changed.”
AFRO: So what’s up next for you and NYC?
VJ: Right now, we’re just letting this single run its course.
We have another single with E.U. called “Shake the Snake”
that should be out in June at the latest.

Homecoming Comes Early for Two Famed MICA Alums

By Kristin Gray
AFRO Managing Editor
The Maryland Institute
College of Art’s campus is
bustling with individuality
and a hodgepodge of
students fully immersed
in myriad forms of artistic
expression. Within minutes,
it’s apparent that cliques and
social pecking orders have
little room at the Bolton Hill
neighborhood school, where
students with rainbow-colored
locks or a face pocked with
piercings fail to raise an
eyebrow.
On an uncharacteristically
mild February afternoon,
celebrity makeup artist Reggie
Wells and famed “alter ego”
photographer Derek Blanks
returned to their alma mater,
which at 185 years old is one
of the nation’s oldest and
most prestigious art schools.
Walking through the maze-
like hallways of the Eddie
and Sylvia Brown Center,
Wells absorbed the mash-
up of student artwork that
lines nearly every surface of
the window-laden building.
Today, multi-hued patchwork,
pastoral images from El
Salvador and an ornate bust of
the late rapper Tupac are only
a fraction of the artwork on
display.
It’s a legacy of
craftsmanship and creativity
that Wells, a 1971 graduate, is
fiercely proud of.
“The biggest honor I can
ever give is to come back
to this school and give a
speech…I was so blessed to
get a four-year scholarship,”
said Wells as he reflected on
his time at MICA. “Because
we were artists, you could
be a fool, you could be
outspoken, you could do
Photo by Courtney A. Bonaparte
Celebrity makeup artist
and Baltimore native
anything and they’d say, ‘Oh,
that’s a student that’s really
into art.’ We spread love;
thank God it was the ‘60s, a
time when you could spread
love. So they were smoking
and spreading love at the
same time.”
He lets loose a hearty
laugh that echoes down the
empty hallway before adding,
“I felt really comfortable here
and not overwhelmed.”
The school’s Black
Student Union is gearing up
for its annual benefit fashion
show in April and the two
notable alumni are back to
direct a promotional photo
which he admits is “not easy”
to do, “but it’s for my school.”
Perhaps best known as
the tour de force behind
media mogul Oprah’s glam
squad, Wells is the author of
makeup how-to guide Face
Painting and his work has
appeared on the covers of
Essence magazine 108 times.
Most recently, he debuted the
cosmetics line Hissyfit, which
aims to take the mystery
out of flawless makeup
application.
Not bad for a “little
colored boy from Pulaski
Street.”
“I’ve got 36 years in the

Ford Theatre’s ‘History on Foot’ Reggie Wells preps a

model during a recent
shoot. The Emmy Award-
winning makeup artist has
business right now. After 36
years you really have a story,”

Walking Tours Returns for Spring   photo shoot at the returned to MICA for the said Wells, who is working on
Maryland Institute second time in three months, an autobiography detailing his
College of Art.
Tours offered March through August Continued on B5

From March through

August 2011, Ford’s Theatre
Reader’s Corner
‘True You: A Journey to Finding and Loving Yourself’
Society presents its “History
on Foot” walking tours By Kam Williams
“Investigation: Detective Special to the AFRO
McDevitt” and “A Free
Black Woman: Elizabeth “Writing my first book was an adventure [which] comes from
Keckly.” Led by costumed my heart with love… This is not an autobiography. It’s a journey
actors playing historical that I am still taking to love and accept myself just as I am.
characters from Civil War I want you to walk this road with me. You can never be
Washington, the tours guide happy until you understand why you’re doing what you’re
patrons from historic Ford’s doing. If this book helps people find those answers, it has
Theatre to different sites succeeded.”
throughout downtown, Excerpted from the Acknowledgements (pgs. v-vi)
Photo by Gary Erskine
Washington, D.C.
Danielle A. Drakes as Elizabeth Keckly in “A Free Black
Beginning March Whenever I’ve interviewed Janet Jackson, I’ve always had
Woman: Elizabeth Keckly,” one of the “History on Foot”
23, Ford’s offers the the sense that
walking tours offered by Ford’s Theatre.
assassination conspiracy I was speaking with a very grounded individual for someone
walking tour “Investigation: who was born inside the bubble of celebrity and has lived her
Detective McDevitt” with whole life in the limelight. Thus, I am not surprised to discover that she would seem as real
two tours on April 15, the
and equally accessible in her autobiography.
anniversary of Lincoln’s
Janet co-wrote True You: A Journey to Finding and Loving Yourself with ghostwriter to
death.
the stars David Ritz, who has also penned memoirs with Ray Charles, Marvin Gaye, Aretha,
The popular tour
Etta James, B.B. King, Smokey Robinson, Natalie Cole, Lang Lang, Snoop Pearson, Billie
“A Free Black Woman:
Elizabeth Keckly” will Holiday, The Neville Brothers and Don Rickles. The prolific Ritz credits his uncanny knack for
begin on April 2. Both the genre with an ability to become one with his subjects by “absorbing himself into the artist’s
tours transport visitors very heart and soul.”
on a 1.5 mile interactive Such is certainly the case with True You, an unusually humanizing tome in which Janet is
historical journey through forthcoming about the host of challenges she’s had to face in the public eye over the years,
the city during the era of ranging from bouts with depression to overeating and yo-yo dieting. Despite her phenomenal
President Lincoln. singing and acting career, the five-time, Grammy-winning pop icon freely admits to having
struggled with self-esteem issues.
Ford’s Theatre is Fortunately, Janet has finally broken free of the negative mindset, and she now has some
located at 511 10th St., sound advice for folks who might themselves be battling similar demons. She even shares
N.W. $15 for individuals; some of her favorite, health-conscious recipes, an imaginative, mouth-watering menagerie
$12 for groups of 20 or with names like Strawberry Clouds, Oatmeal Pancakes and Cauliflower Popcorn.
more. For tickets, contact Of course, this bio wouldn’t be complete without her reflections about growing up a
Photo by Gary Erskine Ticketmaster at 800-554- Jackson. Not to worry, such fond reminiscences are here in abundance, especially about
Michael Feldsher as Detective James McDevitt in SEAT or visit www.fords. her late brother, Michael, as well as family photographs featuring Janet from infancy to the
Investigation: Detective McDevitt, one of the “History on org. Groups of 20 or more present, and at every stage in between.
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Washington Catholic Athletic Conference Championship Game
DeMatha Wins Third-
Straight WCAC Title
By Stephen D. Riley
AFRO Staff Writer
The atmosphere was
circus-like. Moments before
the start of the Washington
Catholic Athletic Conference
(WCAC) championship, there
was a distinct buzz in the
air. As an evenly split crowd
continued to fill American
University’s Bender Arena
on Feb. 28 for their third-
straight helping of a Gonzaga
vs. DeMatha title game, the
anticipation was mounting.
Nearly 3,000 patrons were
on hand in expectation of a
good game, but they never got
it. Instead, they witnessed a
great one.
For the third consecutive
year, the DeMatha Stags
(25-7) upended its rival, the
Gonzaga Eagles (24-7), in
the conference title game,
claiming its sixth WCAC
championship over the last
seven years with a 51-48
victory.
After exploding to a
16-point lead in the middle
of the third quarter, the Stags
appeared set to make it two-
straight blowouts of the
Eagles in WCAC title game.
DeMatha’s size advantage
was evident early as its trio of
6-foot-8-inchers dominated
inside. Senior forward
Mikael Hopkins, sophomore
center BeeJay Anya and
junior forward Jerami Grant
took turns swatting shots,
collecting rebounds and
finishing strong inside, a
theme the trio has played
continuously throughout the
year.
“Rebounding and blocking
shots …we have the potential
to be as good a defensive
team as you could possibly
have,” DeMatha coach Mike
UDC Women’s Basketball
UDC Blasts Urbana in Senior Day,
Season Finale
By Perry Green
AFRO Sports Editor
The University of District
of Columbia women’s
basketball team couldn’t
have ended their season
better than they did Feb. 27,
crushing Urbana University’s
Lady Blue Knights, 84-
60, for third place in the
Independent Invitational
Women’s Basketball Classic
in Washington, D.C.
UDC not only sealed
UDC head coach Lester Butler (left), Mrs. Virginia McGill,
senior center Lillian McGill, A.D. Patricia Thomas, senior
grad Niqky Hughes and Regina Brown pose for UDC
Senior Day photograph on Feb. 27, 2011.
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Jones said. “We have three
guys back there that will put
your shot on the glass if you
don’t go up strong.”
Grant (career-high 17
points) in particular, gave
Gonzaga fits early. The
athletic swingman displayed
his full arsenal in the first
half with a long
three-pointer
and a ferocious
dunk that sent the
DeMatha faithful to
a standing ovation.
Gonzaga didn’t
have an answer for
DeMatha’s size to
open the game as its
best big man, 6-foot-
6-inch sophomore
forward Kris
Jenkins, played less
than two minutes
of the game with a
badly sprained ankle.
“I tried to give my
teammates what I
had but it wasn’t
much,” a somber
Jenkins said after the
game. “I just tried to
encourage them and
cheer for them and it Sophomore
worked pretty well. the Gonzaga Eagles
We only lost by three DeMatha in the WCAC
and we still had a game on Feb. 28.
good look to tie it at
the end.”
Jenkins sprained his left
ankle in Gonzaga’s semifinal
win over McNamara on Feb.
27 but started the second
half after DeMatha got out
to a 27-17 halftime lead.
After nearly two minutes of
hobbling, Gonzaga coach
Steve Turner pulled the plug
on Jenkins’ night and went
with what he had. Perhaps
inspired by Jenkins’ effort, the victory to claim the District
Eagles rallied from 16 points
down and had a chance to tie
the game with less than 10
their winning season with
an impressive 19-9 record (a
seven wins improvement over
last season) but also honored
their most veteran leaders
with Senior Day.
Team captains Lillian
McGill and Niqky Hughes
both were named to the
Independent Invitational
all-tournament team after
outstanding performances in
what will be their last home
game as a collegiate athlete.
McGill fell just shy of her
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seconds left, but sophomore
forward D.J. Fenner’s
two attempts fell short as
DeMatha celebrated.
“I’m just proud of my
guys,” Turner said. “Playing
with the chips down, playing
without our leading scorer,
to be in a position to tie
AFRO Photo/John Moore
guard Nate Britt and
couldn’t survive
Championship
the game and send it into
overtime our guys never quit.
They’re winners, even in this
loss they’re winners and I
could be no more proud to be
their coach right now.”
DeMatha will play
Theodore Roosevelt (25-
5) in the city title game
on March 7 at the Verizon
Center. Roosevelt defeated
Eastern on Feb. 26 in a 62-60
of Columbia Interscholastic
Athletic Association (DCIAA)
championship.
usual double-double, scoring
a team-high 19 points with
eight rebounds; she will
end her career with more
than 1,400 points and 1,100
rebounds, along with 78 game
wins, the most by any player
under current UDC head
coach Lester Butler.
Hughes followed McGill
with 17 points on 7-of-9
shooting. The graduate
student transferred from
North Texas last season and
made an immediate impact,
scoring more than 250 points
this season.
UDC will miss both
seniors, but they have much
to look forward to next
season. Freshman forward
Dohnay Banice proved that in
the season finale, scoring 18
points on 9-of-12 shooting,
along with five rebounds.
She had also scored 15 points
against King College in the
tournament opener.
Banice helped UDC carry
a 13-2 home record this year,
but they’ll have to play away
from the District when they
participate in the NCAA
Regional’s scheduled to begin
March 11.
Miami Heat’s
LeBron
James drives as
New York Knicks’
Carmelo Anthony
defends in the first
quarter of an NBA
basketball game
in Miami, Feb.
27, 2011. The
pair represent the
rebirth of the classic
rivalry between the
Miami Heat and
New York Knicks. 
AP Photo/Alan Diaz
Pro Sports Commentary
‘Melo’s Trade to Knicks Officially
Restores Miami/New York Rivalry
By Stephen D. Riley For ‘80s babies, such as myself, who
AFRO Staff Writer missed out on all the classic rivalries from
our birth decade, the closest thing we had
It’s only been a week since Carmelo to an intense rivalry was the Miami and
Anthony got traded to the New York Knicks, New York series. Fast forward nearly 10
but the NBA and all its fans are still going years later, and free agency has restored this
giddy. ‘Melo in the Big Apple? Come on, classic automobile. Who needs Mourning
what else could you ask for? Big time stars and Ewing when you got ‘Bron and
are supposed to play in big time cities ‘Melo? Sure, Carmelo didn’t bolt to the
(sorry small market munchkins)… it’s what Knicks through free agency, but it was his
the league is all about. Think Jordan in impending free agency status that helped
Chicago, Magic in Los Angeles and Bird in him finagle his way to New York.
Boston. Now, remember The league now has
LeBron in Cleveland? become real life fantasy
‘Melo in Denver? Amar’e “Big time stars are sports where your favorite
Stoudemire in Phoenix?
Boring, I know, but thanks
supposed to play in big players actually end up
on your favorite teams.
to free agency, the league time cities… it’s what LeBron opened the door
is going back to the ways when he bolted Cleveland
of the big billboards. the league is all about.” at the height of his
Some say free agency popularity. If he can leave,
is bad for the association. anybody can leave.
Critics rather see big-time stars rot on Like it, love it or hate it—this is the new
mediocre teams rather than compete for era we live in. Small market teams have a
championships. But ironically, those same slim-to-none chance to retain their stars and
critics are the ones tuning in to all the big big market teams have all the advantage.
showdowns. We got our first glimpse of While it looks bad on the surface, the league
the now renewed Miami/New York rivalry
on Feb. 27 as the Knicks escaped the Heat
will adjust; it always does. Think 2004 and
what Detroit did with its four forgotten stars
with a 91-86 victory, and personally, I loved
it. Broadcasted live on ESPN, the game
during their championship chase.
‘Melo’s out in Denver, ‘Bron’s out in
brought back memories of the two clubs’
classic battles from the late ‘90s—minus
Alonzo Mourning, minus Pat Riley and
Cleveland and Deron Williams is in (gasp)
New Jersey. It was “all good” just a year ago
but things never stay the same forever. But
minus Patrick Ewing, but perhaps even more change is good too; just look at New York
appealing in its second installment. and Miami.
Howard University Women’s Basketball
Doyle Named MEAC Player of
the Week
By AFRO Staff
Saadia Doyle, forward
with the Howard University
women’s basketball team, was
named the Mid-Eastern Athletic
Conference (MEAC) Player of
the Week on Feb. 28 after an
impressive week of play. Courtesy Photo/Howard University
The redshirt-sophomore Howard redshirt sophomore Saadia Doyle averaged 20
from Atlanta, Ga., led the Lady points and 10 rebounds during a two-game span to end
Bison with an average of 20.0 February.
points and 10.5 rebounds,
shooting 51 percent from
the field and 92 percent from free-throw line in two wins over Bethune-Cookman College and
University of Maryland-Eastern Shore. She scored 22 points with 10 rebounds in a 54-39 victory
against Bethune-Cookman on Feb. 21, then followed up with a double-double of 18 points, 11
rebounds and one steal during a 53-50 loss to UMES on Feb. 26.
Doyle also eclipsed the 1,000-point career mark on Feb. 26, becoming only the second player
in school history to score at least 1,000 points during just their second year of play.
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students still look like my doesn’t become dated where MICA’s Black Student 16 at the Brown Center’s for more updates on the
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until I started seeing different
Internet blogs and everybody
had an alter ego. I was at
home in Atlanta, Ga., and
went into the mall, and the
store’s name was Alter Ego,”
said Blanks. “When I thought
about doing it, I wanted to
do something different and I
wanted to do it on celebrities
because….I thought it would
be that much more intriguing.
It seems to be my claim to
fame, as they say.”
The Mississippi-born
photographer’s portfolio is
a who’s who of Hollywood
stars. He captured stunning
images of actress Angela
Bassett for the cover of
Essence’s March 2011 cover,
but is also an illustrator
featured in national galleries
and publications.
Despite his dynamic
photography and bourgeoning
success, Blanks is still
the consummate southern
gentleman and, perhaps, a
bit shy. His return to MICA
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this 8th day of February 2/18, 2/25, 3/4
Administration No.
result in the suspension
65 newspapers. Credit Check,ofNoany
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ORDERED, that all per- Superior Court of 2010ADM78
future advertisingrienceat
required!
our dis- sons concerned show the District of Grace R. Gwaltney
25 words $175 (For TRAINERS EARN 49¢/ cause, if any there be, Columbia Decedent NAME
Civil Division Glenwood P Roane SR
cretion.
more than 25 words MILE! 888-417-7564 on or before the 13 day
of March 2011, why the Case No. 0001307-11 #971309 ADDRESS
there is an additional CRST EXPEDITED prayers of said com- IN RE: 217 Exchange Avenue
charge of $7 per www.JoinCRST.com plaint should not be Chinyere C.M. Memphis, TN 38105 PHONE NO.
LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICES granted; provided that a Ahaghotu-Nwani Attorney
word.)
copy of this order be Applicant NOTICE OF CLASSIFICATION
Drivers CDL-A ORDER OF APPOINTMENT,
Call Drivers Needed NE
published once a week
PUBLICATION NOTICE TO
(Room, Apt, House, etc.) INSERTION DATE:
for three consecutive
CHANGE OF NAME CREDITORS
(410) 554-8200 regional van freight weeks before said day
Chinyere C.M. Ahaghout- AND NOTICE TO
in the Afro-American.
All ads must be Lease Purchase options JUDGE
Nwani having filed a com- UNKNOWN HEIRS
plaint for judgment changing
prepaid Great pay & home most
weekends. 866-231-
A TRUE COPY TEST:
2/18, 2/25, 3/4
Chinyere C.M. Ahaghotu-
Nwani name to Chinyere
Glenwood P. Roane SR,
whose address is 217 Ex- WASHINGTON AFRO-AMERICAN-NEWSPAPER
C.M. Ahaghotu and having change Avenue, Memphis
0697 Superior Court of applied to the court for an Tennessee 38105 was ap-
www.drive4ats.com Order of Publication of the pointed personal repre-
the District of
District of Columbia notice required by law in
such cases; it is by the Court
sentative of the estate of Legal Advertising Rates
PROBATE DIVISION Grace R. Gwaltney, who
HELP WANTED- Washington, D.C.
this 18th day of February
2011. died on December 12, Effective October 1, 2006
AUCTION 20001-2131 ORDERED, that all persons 2009 without a will, and
DRIVERS Administration No. concerned show cause, if
any there be, on or before
will serve without Court
Championship 18-hole
2011ADM0090
Ashley Turton the 25th day of March 2011,
supervision. All unknown
heirs and heirs whose
PROBATE DIVISION
why the prayers of said
Royal Virginia Golf TRUCK DRIVERS Decedent complaint should not be whereabouts are unknown (Estates)
Alan B. Frankle Esq shall enter their appearance
Course. Louisa, VA WANTED!
751 Rockville Pike
granted; provided that a
2011 PAY RAISE!UP copy of this order be pub- in this proceeding. Objec- 202-879-9460/61
(between Charlottesville Suite 7 lished once a week for three tions to such appointment
& Richmond.) Includes TO $.52 PER MILE! Rockville, MD 20852 consecutive weeks before
(or to the probate of de-
said day in the Afro-
clubhouse, equipment HOME WEEKENDS! Attorney
American Newspapers. cedent¬s
cedent’s will)
will)shall be filed
shall be
NOTICE OF with the Register of Wills,
barns. FORECLOSURE NEW EQUIPMENT! APPOINTMENT,
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that pursuant to SCR
PROBATE NOTICES
205(b) notice be sent to the D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W.,
AUCTION: Wednes- HEARTLAND EX- NOTICE TO applicant¬s creditors by reg- 3rd Floor Washington,
day, March 16 www. PRESS 1-800-441-4953 CREDITORS istered or certified mail and
D.C. 20001, on or before
AND NOTICE TO that proof of service of mail- a. Order Nisi $ 60 per insertion $180.00 per 3 weeks
countsauction.com (434) www.heartlandexpress. ing be made in the manner August 25, 2011. Claims
UNKNOWN HEIRS against the decedent shall b. Small Estates (single publication)
525-2991(VAAF93) com Daniel Turton, whose
provided in SCR Probate $ 50 per insertion
Rule 19(b). be presented to the under- c. Notice to Creditors
address is 800 A Street JUDGE signed with a copy to the
SE Washington DC A TRUE COPY TEST: 1. Domestic
AUCTION-Construc- Register of Wills or filed $ 60 per insertion $ 180.00 per 3 weeks
20003, was appointed 2/25, 3/4, 3/11
tion Equipment & LAND FOR personal representative with the Register of Wills 2. Foreign $ 60 per insertion $ 180.00 per 3 weeks
Superior Court of with a copy to the under-
Trucks, March 11, 9AM, SALE of the estate of Ashley
Turton, who died on the District of signed, on or before Au- d. Escheated Estates $ 60 per insertion $ 360.00 per 6 weeks
Richmond, VA. Excava- January 10, 2011 with a Columbia gust 25, 2011, or be for- e. Standard Probates $ 125.00
tors, Dozers, Dumps & RURAL MOUNTAIN will, and will serve with- Civil Division ever barred. Persons
Case No. 557-2011 believed to be heirs or
More. Accepting Items LAND?BARGAIN! out Court supervision.
legatees of the decedent
Daily. Motley’ Auc- Under $1,000/ All unknown heirs and IN RE:
Kyle Damien who do not receive a copy
CIVIL NOTICES
h e i r s w h o s e
tion & Realty Group, Acre. Spectacular whereabouts are un- Washington of this notice by mail
804-232-3300, www. private,?secluded moun- known shall enter their Applicant within 25 days of its first a. Name Changes 202-879-1133 $ 80.00
ORDER OF publication shall so inform
motleys.com/auctions, tain acreage! Vast trails, appearance in this
PUBLICATION the Register of Wills,
b. Real Property $ 200.00
proceeding. Objections
VAAL#16. dramatic views,?level to such appointment (or CHANGE OF NAME including name, address
mountain tops! Ready to to the probate of de- Kyle Washington having and relationship.
explore/?play. Excellent cedent¬s will) shall
cedent’s will) shall bebe filed a complaint for
judgment changing Kyle
Date of Publication:
February 25, 2011
FAMILY COURT
filed with the Register of
AUTOMOBILE financing. Call owner Wills, D.C., 515 5th Damien Washington Name of newspaper: 202-879-1212
DONATION now 877-526-3764 Street, N.W., 3rd Floor name to Kyle Damien Afro-American
Jones and having ap- Washington Law
wvtimberland.com Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .
20001, on or before Au- plied to the court for an Reporter DOMESTIC RELATIONS
DONATE AUTOS, gust 18, 2011. Claims Order of Publication of Glenwood P. Roane SR
TRUCKS, RV’S. SERVICES/ against the decedent the notice required by Personal
202-879-0157
law in such cases; it is
LUTHERAN MISSION MISC. shall be presented to the
by the Court this 15th
Representative
a. Absent Defendant $ 150.00
undersigned with a copy 401-526-1889
SOCIETY. Your dona- to the Register of Wills day of February 2011. TRUE TEST COPY
tion helps local families AD FUNDS or filed with the Register ORDERED, that all per- b. Absolute Divorce $ 150.00
REGISTER OF WILLS
TIGHT??? - Check out of Wills with a copy to sons concerned show 2/18, 2/25, 3/4 c. Custody Divorce $ 150.00
with food, clothing, cause, if any there be,
THE DAILY CLASSI- the undersigned, on or
shelter. Tax deduct- before August 18, 2011, on or before the 22nd Superior Court of
ible. MVA licensed. FIED CONNECTION. or be forever barred. day of March 2011, why the District of
For $199 per day - Get Persons believed to be the prayers of said com- District of Columbia To place your ad, call 1-800-237-6892, ext. 262
LutheranMissionSoci- plaint should not be PROBATE DIVISION
Ad Placement 5 Days heirs or legatees of the Public Notices $50.00 & up depending on size
ety.org 410-636-0123 decedent who do not re- granted; provided that a Washington, D.C.
or toll-free 1-877-737- Per Week in 14 Major ceive a copy of this no- copy of this order be 20001-2131 Baltimore Legal Notices are $24.15 per inch.
8567. Daily Newspapers in tice by mail within 25 published once a week Administration No. There is no flat rate — 1-800 (AFRO) 892
days of its first publica- for three consecutive 2011ADM0099
Washington, Maryland weeks before said day Levitha Hedgepeth
For Proof of Publication, please call 1-800-237-6892, ext. 244
tion shall so inform the
DONATE VEHICLE: and DC. Space is Register of Wills, includ- in the Afro-American Suggs
Receive $1000 GRO- limited - Call now for ing name, address and Newspaper. Decedent LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICES
relationship.
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that pursuant to SCR NOTICE OF LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICES
CERY COUPONS, immediate placement to- 205(b) notice be sent to APPOINTMENT,
Date of Publication:
Your Choice, NOAH’S day 410-721-4000x19 or February 18, 2011 the applicant's creditors NOTICE TO SUPERIOR COURT OF SUPERIOR COURT OF SUPERIOR COURT OF Superior Court of
THE DISTRICT OF THE DISTRICT OF THE DISTRICT OF the District of
ARC, NO KILL Animal visit our website: www. Name of newspaper: by registered or certified CREDITORS
COLUMBIA COLUMBIA COLUMBIA District of Columbia
mail and that proof of AND NOTICE TO
Shelters. Advanced mddcpress.com Afro-American
service of mailing be UNKNOWN HEIRS
PROBATE DIVISION PROBATE DIVISION PROBATE DIVISION PROBATE DIVISION
Washington Law Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C.
Veterinary Treatments. Reporter made in the manner pro- Jacqueline Suggs, 20001-2131 20001-2131 20001-2131 20001-2131
Free Towing, IRS Daniel Turton vided in SCR Probate whose address is 4517 Foreign No. Foreign No. Administration No. Administration No.
Personal Rule 19(b). Arkansas Ave NW 2011FEP000017 2011FEP13 2010ADM1264 2011ADM140
TAX DEDUCTION. Representative JUDGE Washington DC 20011, Date of Death Date of Death Estate of Henry B. McCall
Non-runners 1-866-912- 301-217-0505 (Attorney) A TRUE COPY TEST: was appointed personal January 9, 2010 March 16, 2004 Mary J. Thompson aka
2/25, 3/4, 3/11 representative of the Deceased Henry Brisco McCall
GIVE TRUE TEST COPY Rose Ann Lee Harriett H. Banks
NOTICE OF Decedent
REGISTER OF WILLS estate of Levitha Hed- Decedent Decedent
SUPERIOR COURT OF STANDARD NOTICE OF
2/18, 2/25, 3/4 gepeth Suggs, who died NOTICE OF NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT,
DONATE YOUR THE DISTRICT OF on November 27, 2010 APPOINTMENT APPOINTMENT PROBATE
Notice is hereby given NOTICE TO
Superior Court of COLUMBIA without a will, and will OF FOREIGN OF FOREIGN CREDITORS
VEHICLE RECEIVE PROBATE DIVISION PERSONAL PERSONAL that a petition has been
the District of serve with Court su- AND NOTICE TO
FREE VACATION District of Columbia Washington, D.C. pervision. All unknown REPRESENTATIVE REPRESENTATIVE filed in this Court by
UNKNOWN HEIRS
Ometta Nixon for stan-
VOUCHER. UNITED PROBATE DIVISION 20001-2131 heirs and heirs whose AND AND
dard probate, including Carolyn Awkard, whose
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Washington, D.C. Foreign No. NOTICE TO NOTICE TO address is 803 Festival

BREAST CANCER 2011FEP13
whereabouts are un-
CREDITORS CREDITORS
the appointment of one
Court, Mitchellville MD
20001-2131 known shall enter their or more personal repre-
FOUNDATION Free Administration No. Date of Death appearance in this Ira Darnell Lee whose Earl Banks whose ad- sentative. Unless a com- 20721 was appointed
dress is 2 Retinue personal representative
Mammograms, Breast 2011ADM0075 March 16, 2004 proceeding. Objections address is 5536 Fourth
Court, Unit 103, Bal-
plaint or an objection in
of the estate of Henry B.
Harriett H. Banks Street, NE Washington accordance with Super-
Cancer Info www.ubcf. Pearl M Butler
Decedent
to such appointment
DC 20011 was ap- timore MD 21207 was ior Court Probate Di- McCall aka Henry Brisco
Decedent shall be filed with the
info FREE Towing, Attorney NOTICE OF Register of Wills, D.C.,
pointed personal repre- appointed personal re- vision Rule 407 is filed McCall, who died on
November 20, 2010 with
sentative of the estate of presentative of the in this Court within 30
Tax Deductible, Non- NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT 515 5th Street, N.W., Rose Ann Lee, de- estate of Harriett H. days from the date of a will, and will serve
Runners Accepted, APPOINTMENT, OF FOREIGN 3rd Floor Washington, Banks, deceased, by the without Court supervi-
ceased on February 22, first publication of this
NOTICE TO PERSONAL D.C. 20001, on or be- Orphan's Court/Register sion. All unknown heirs
1-888-468-5964 CREDITORS REPRESENTATIVE fore August 25, 2011.
2010, by the Register of
of Wills Court for Bal-
notice, the Court may
take the action here- and heirs whose
Wills/Orphan's Court for whereabouts are un-
AND NOTICE TO AND Claims against the de- Montgomery County, timore City County, inafter set forth.
NOTICE TO State of Maryland, on known shall enter their
UNKNOWN HEIRS
BUSINESS cedent shall be pre- State of Maryland. Admit to probate the
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CREDITORS January 31, 2011. appearance in this

Maurice A. Butler and
OPPORTUNITY Joan D. Stanard, whose
address(es) are 1228
Quincy Street, NW
Washington DC 20011 &
ALL CASH VENDING 14105 Huckleberry Ln,
ROUTE! Be Your Own Silver Spring MD 20906
Boss! 25 Machines + were appointed per-
sonal representative(s)
Candy All for $9995.
of the estate of Pearl M.
877-915-8222 All Major Butler, who died on June
Credit Cards Accepted! 6, 2003 with a will, and
will serve without Court
supervision. All un-
Furniture
known heirs and heirs
whose whereabouts are
unknown shall enter
Cherry Bedroom Set.
their appearance in this
Solid Wood, never used, proceeding. Objections
brand new in factory to such appointment (or
to the probate of de-
boxes. English Dovetail.
cedent’s will)
cedent¬s will) shall
shall bebe
Original cost $4500. Sell filed with the Register of
for $895. Can deliver. Wills, D.C., 515 5th
Call Tom 240-482-8721 Street, N.W., 3rd Floor
Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .
20001, on or before Au-
LEATHER LIVING gust 18, 2011. Claims
ROOM SET. In origi- against the decedent
shall be presented to the
nal plastic, never used. undersigned with a copy
Orig price $3000, Sac-
to the Register of Wills
rifice $975. Can deliver. or filed with the Register
of Wills with a copy to
Call Bill 301-841-7565 the undersigned, on or
before August 18, 2011,
or be forever barred.
HELP WANTED Persons believed to be
heirs or legatees of the
decedent who do not re-
ceive a copy of this no-
tice by mail within 25
days of its first publica-
tion shall so inform the
Earl Banks whose ad-
dress is 2 Retinue
Court, Unit 103, Bal-
timore MD 21207 was
appointed personal re-
presentative of the
estate of Harriett H.
Banks, deceased, by the
Orphan's Court/Register
of Wills Court for Bal-
timore City County,
State of Maryland on
January 31, 2011.
Service of process may
be made upon Laverne
Montgomery, 1720 22nd
Street SE Washington
DC 20020 whose des-
ignation as District of
Columbia agent has
been filed with the Reg-
ister of Wills, D.C.
The decedent owned
the following District of
Colombia real property:
719 Kennedy Street NW
Washington DC 20011
Claims against the de-
cedent may be pre-
sented to the under-
signed and filed with the
Register of Wills for the
District of Columbia, 515
5th Street NW 3rd Floor
Washington DC 20001
within 6 months from the
date of first publication
of this notice. (Strike
preceding sentence if no
real estate.)
Earl Banks
Personal
Representative(s)
sented to the under-
signed with a copy to the
Register of Wills or filed
with the Register of Wills
with a copy to the under-
signed, on or before Au-
gust 25, 2011, or be for-
ever barred. Persons
believed to be heirs or
legatees of the decedent
who do not receive a
copy of this notice by
mail within 25 days of its
first publication shall so
inform the Register of
Wills, including name,
address and relation-
ship.
Date of Publication:
February 25, 2011
Name of newspaper:
Afro-American
Washington Law
Reporter
Jacqueline Suggs
Personal
Representative
703-304-7699
TRUE TEST COPY
REGISTER OF WILLS
2/25, 3/4, 3/11
www.afro.com
Service of process may
be made upon Ira Dar-
nell Lee, 5536 Fourth
Street, NE Washington
DC 20011 whose des-
ignation as District of
Columbia agent has
been filed with the Reg-
ister of Wills, D.C.
The decedent owned
the following District of
Colombia real property:
5536 Fourth Street NE
Washington DC 20011.
Claims against the de-
cedent may be pre-
sented to the under-
signed and filed with the
Register of Wills for the
District of Columbia, 500
Indiana Avenue NW
Washington DC 20001
within 6 months from the
date of first publication
of this notice. (Strike
preceding sentence if no
real estate.)
Ira Darnell Lee
Personal
Representative(s)
202-531-5145
TRUE TEST COPY
REGISTER OF WILLS
Date of first publication:
March 4, 2011
Name of newspapers
and/or periodical:
The Daily Washington
Law Reporter
The Afro-American
3/4, 3/11, 3/18
Service of process may
be made upon Laverne
Montgomery, 1720 22nd
Street SE, Washington
DC 20020 whose des-
ignation as District of
Columbia agent has
been filed with the Reg-
ister of Wills, D.C.
The decedent owned
the following District of
Colombia real property:
719 Kennedy Street NW
Washington DC 2011.
Claims against the de-
cedent may be pre-
sented to the under-
signed and filed with the
Register of Wills for the
District of Columbia, 515
5th Street NW 3rd Floor,
Washington DC 20001
within 6 months from the
date of first publication
of this notice. (Strike
preceding sentence if no
real estate.)
Earl Banks
Personal
Representative(s)
410-929-8793
TRUE TEST COPY
REGISTER OF WILLS
Date of first publication:
March 4, 2011
Name of newspapers
and/or periodical:
The Daily Washington
Law Reporter
The Afro-American
3/4, 3/11, 3/18
will dated October 29,
2007 exhibited with the
petition upon proof sat-
isfactory to the Court of
due execution by affida-
vit of the witnesses or
otherwise.
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Ordered any interested
person to show cause
why the provisions of
the lost or destroyed will
dated October 29, 2007
should not be admitted
to probate as expressed
in the petition
in the absence of a will
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or proof satisfactory to
the Court of due execu-
tion, enter an order
determining that the de-
cedent died intestate.
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Appoint an unsu-
pervised personal repre-
sentative.
Register of Wills
Clerk of the
Probate Division
Date of First Publication
March 4, 2011
Names of Newspapers:
Washington
Law Reporter
Washington
AFRO-AMERICAN
Michael R. McCarthy
Esq
1304 Rhode Island Ave
NW Washington DC
20005
202-387-8680
Signature of
Petitioners/Attorney
3/4, 3/11, 3/18
proceeding. Objections
to such appointment (or
to the probate of de-
cedent¬s will)
cedent’s will) shall
shall bebe
filed with the Register of
Wills, D.C., 515 5th
Street, N.W., 3rd Floor
Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .
20001, on or before
September 4, 2011.
Claims against the de-
cedent shall be pre-
sented to the under-
signed with a copy to the
Register of Wills or filed
with the Register of Wills
with a copy to the under-
signed, on or before
September 4, 2011, or
be forever barred. Per-
sons believed to be
heirs or legatees of the
decedent who do not re-
ceive a copy of this no-
tice by mail within 25
days of its first publica-
tion shall so inform the
Register of Wills, includ-
ing name, address and
relationship.
Date of Publication:
March 4, 2011
Name of newspaper:
Afro-American
Washington Law
Reporter
Carolyn Awkard
Personal
Representative
301-808-7481
TRUE TEST COPY
REGISTER OF WILLS
3/4, 3/11, 3/18
 The Afro-American, March 5, 2011 - March 11, 2011, The Afro-American B7
LEGAL NOTICES
Superior Court of
LEGAL NOTICES
Balfour Beatty Construction
A Chat between a Journalist and a
Gentleman
the District of
District of Columbia Balfour Beatty Construction is soliciting bids and material quotes from
PROBATE DIVISION qualified District of Columbia Certified Business Enterprises,
Washington, D.C. in the following construction disciplines: asphalt paving, site utilities, site concrete,
20001-2131 unit pavers, pavement markings & signage, high-security chain-link fences and
Administration No. gates, landscaping, masonry, misc. metals, carpentry, overhead doors,
2010ADM0623 tiling, flooring, painting and wall coverings, misc. specialties/equipment/ By Kam Williams
Sarah Ellen furnishings, for the following project: Special to the AFRO
Henneghan NPR Headquarters
Decedent 1111 N. Capitol St., NE, Washington, DC
Bid Date: March 30, 2011 @ 2:00 pm
Gloria Johnson
Project is slated for completion in Nov., 2012. To find out how to view Louis Cameron Gossett Jr. was born in
1300 Mercantile Lane
Suite 139
documents for this project or for further information, please contact Coney Island, Brooklyn on May 27, 1936, to
Bennie Kovach with Balfour Beatty at: bkovach@balfourbeattyus.com.
Largo, MD 20774 Balfour Beatty is an Equal Opportunity Employer Helen Rebecca Wray, a nurse, and Lou Sr., a
Attorney
NOTICE OF Pullman porter. Lou’s stellar career started in
APPOINTMENT,
NOTICE TO
MBE/WBE 1953 while he was still in high school, when
Subcontractors and Suppliers
CREDITORS Ulliman Schutte Construction, LLC, Miamisburg, he landed a role in the Broadway production
AND NOTICE TO
UNKNOWN HEIRS
OH is interested in receiving quotes from qualified
MBE/WBE subcontractors and suppliers for the
of Take a Giant Step. Courtesy Photo
Donna R. Washington, Alexandria Sanitation Authority Advanced One of a select group of actors to Lou Gossett Jr. in a scene from The Grace Card.
whose address is 1417 Wastewater Treatment Facility State-of-the-Art Ni-
Webster Street NW trogen Upgrade Program in Alexandria, Virginia, win both an Academy and Emmy Award,
Washington DC 20011, bidding on March 17, 2011. Opportunities are he is best known for his Oscar-winning pilots in the world, not to eat, because they fly like darts.
was appointed personal
representative of the
available for Specifications Divisions 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,
7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 21, 22, 23, 26, 28, 31, 32, 33 and performance as a gunnery sergeant in the film classic, So, I didn’t have any breakfast. After we landed, I felt
estate of Sarah Ellen 40. Plans available online:
An Officer and a Gentleman, and for his Emmy-winning kind of woozy when I climbed out of the plane. After I
Henneghan, who died http://www.ullimanschutte.com/documents/bids/
on June 17, 2010 with a Please Fax quotes to 937-910-9910 attention Nick portrayal of the character Fiddler in the historic TV- assured everyone that I felt fine, I walked 50 yards to my

www.afro.com...Your History • Your Community • Your News

will, and will serve with-
out Court supervision.
Scott by March 16th by 5:00 pm. Contact tele-
phone 937-910-9900. miniseries “Roots.” dressing room, closed the door behind me, and lost my
All unknown heirs and Ulliman Schutte Construction, LLC
In 2006, Lou decided to devote his energies meal from the night before. Nobody knew. That ride was
h e i r s w h o s e 9900 Springboro Pike
whereabouts are un- Miamisburg, Ohio 45342 to fighting social ills, so he founded the Eracism exciting, but, boy, you have to be in shape for that one.
known shall enter their www.ullimanschutte.com
Equal Opportunity Employer Foundation, a nonprofit designed to create a “conscious I’d never do it again.
appearance in this
proceeding. Objections offensive against racism, violence and ignorance.”
to such appointment (or
Toward that end, the organization has sponsored KW: Children’s book author Irene Smalls asks: What
to the probate of de-
cedent¬s will) shall
cedent’s will) shall bebe
programs focused on youth mentoring, anti-gang makes you get up in the morning with a smile on your
filed with the Register of
Wills, D.C., 515 5th violence initiatives, and diversity sensitivity training face?
Street, N.W., 3rd Floor
sessions at its Shamba Centers. LG: Meditation and prayer. I have a checklist for
Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .
20001, on or before Last year, Lou published his aptly entitled the beginning of the day, and another one for the end of
September 4, 2011.
autobiography, An Actor and a Gentleman. Here, he talks the day. It’s also very nice to be this age and to wake up
Claims against the de-

To
cedent shall be pre-
about his new movie, The Grace Card, a faith-based tale every morning with something to learn. School is never
sented to the under-
signed with a copy to the of reconciliation and redemption. out. There’s always something new to learn.
Register of Wills or filed
with the Register of Wills

Advertise
with a copy to the under- KW: …What interested you in “The Grace Card?” KW: Irene also asks: What is the one skill an actor
signed, on or before
LG: Actually, The Grace Card’s aim is the same as must have to be successful today?
September 4, 2011, or
be forever barred. Per- that of the foundation, the elimination of racism. How LG: First of all, an actor’s aspiration has to be the art,
sons believed to be

call
heirs or legatees of the synergistic and opportune is that? It seems to me that if not the job. Then he has to be relatively naked to be able
decedent who do not re-
we can create a society where racism just can’t thrive, to take onto himself aspects of the character and to make
ceive a copy of this no-
tice by mail within 25 it’ll go away. My concept is to teach children everything everything look like it’s happening for the first time. Easy
to say, hard to do, but that’s the aspiration. I never want

202-332-
days of its first publica-
tion shall so inform the from self-respect to respect for elders and the opposite
Register of Wills, includ- sex to a dress code to how to conduct themselves and to see an actor acting. I want to see him being.
ing name, address and
relationship. how to live in harmony with the planet. When you start
See full interview on AFRO.com.

0080
Date of Publication:
March 4, 2011 teaching kids these things at a young age, even before
Name of newspaper: they start school, it sticks. It’s our responsibility to
Afro-American
Washington Law teach our children and to prepare them for

CAREER CORNER
Reporter
Donna R. Washington
the next level, just like Jews do in temples
Personal and synagogues. That’s not happening right
Representative
202-277-6480 now, and you don’t see it onscreen often.
TRUE TEST COPY But The Grace Card is a perfect example of
REGISTER OF WILLS
3/4, 3/11, 3/18 what I’m talking about. The magic word is
“forgiveness.” And from forgiveness comes
healing. We have to do the best that we can,
with God’s help, to clean up our act, and to
eliminate the negatives which prevent us
from seeing the “Sunlight of the Spirit,” and
then let the kids copy that. They have nothing
to copy right now.

KW: Editor/legist Patricia Turnier asks:

What has the feedback been like about your
lovely autobiography?
LG: It’s amazing, when I visit churches
and schools to speak about the book and
about the work that I just discussed, the
audience is like a sea of bobble-head dolls.
Everybody agrees that we have to take the
responsibility for ourselves and for raising,
mentoring and teaching our children so they
have appropriate role models to imitate.
That’s the natural function, and the way it
used to be. It seems like we abandoned our
responsibilities when times got hard.

KW: Patricia also says: I was stunned

when I once heard you say that despite the
fact you received an Oscar, it took you a year
and a half to find another interesting movie
to work on and that you never made more
than 1 million dollars for a picture.
LG: I still haven’t.

KW: She asks, what advice do you have

for aspiring minority actors or actresses to
negotiate the optimal movie deal?
LG: The optimal movie deal depends
Strictly Personal on how important you are. You need to get
some performances onscreen to prove your
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negotiate. That’s when leverage comes into
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--- yourself.
Truthful man seeking spiritual pen pals. Womb my emana-
tion. Law is unification. Breath, knowledge and conscious- KW: Dante Lee, author of “Black
ness! William Piggie, P.O. Box 565, Pittsboro, N.C. 27312 Business Secrets”, asks: Is it important for
---
an actor to also be an entrepreneur?
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KW: Attorney
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in the fighter jet in
“Iron Eagle?”
To answer a Lonesome Heart notice, enclose a check or mon-
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ey order for $2.00 for each letter you wish to have forwarded. Tom Cruise had
NO CASH PLEASE. Be sure to include the fox number of lost his lunch when
the person you wish to contact. they put him in the
cockpit. And I was
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