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Black-On-Black Crime Is Destroying Communities Volume XXVI, Number XXXIII September 10-16 , 2015 How to cure cell phone addiction -See Page 4 Win tickets to Visit Us Online at www.NorthDallasGazette.com Plano Balloon Festival Black-on-Black crime is -See Page 7 DTC to destroying communities present The By Michael H. Cottman Urban News Service Mountaintop -See Page 9 MILWAUKEE – Tory Lowe walked 100 miles across steaming- hot pavement from Milwaukee to Chicago because he is tired. Win Tix to The 39-year-old human rights ac - tivist from Milwaukee said he’s The State Fair tired of young African-American men killing each other; he’s tired of Classic!!! African-American children dying For details, go to: after being caught in the crossfire; www.northdallasgazette.com he’s tired of attending funerals for Y African-American men who were R TA shot to death; he’s tired of watching N E the city’s homicide rate continue to Tory Lowe hugs a supporter during the dedication of Tracolli Peace Park. M Demonizing M climb. In August the city’s murder Named after Tracolli Surveyor, gunned down December 10, 2014 a block from O C rate reached 85, one killing shy of his house as he walked a family friend home from school. Tory Lowe, 39, is a prominent activist in Milwaukee who advocates for the families of those who ‘Black Lives Matter’ the overall total in 2014. Sadly, have been shot by police, even as he works to reduce violence in the community some African-American residents and challenges the administration of District Attorney John Chisholm and Po - By George E. Curry been classified yet as a expect murders to reach 100 by lice Chief Ed Flynn. (Photo by André Chung) NNPA Columnist hate group? I mean, how year’s end. much more has to go in Lowe said his sojourn to Chi- Lowe walked from Milwaukee communities. So I prayed and asked Led by Fox News, con - this direction before Town in August was divine inter - City Hall to Chicago City Hall and for solutions and God told me to servatives are trying to someone actually labels it vention: God told him to walk to spoke with folks along the way. His walk to Chicago.” discredit the #Black Lives as such?” Chicago to bring attention to the goal is to start a city-wide conversa - Lowe’s cell phone rings con - Matter Movement by Conservative pundit callous gang-infused gun violence tion and find solutions to help re - stantly. Mothers are calling to ask claiming incorrectly that it Katie Pavlich, without a in Milwaukee. duce the black-on-black violence in him to investigate the shootings of is a Black hate group that thread of evidence, told So he did. Milwaukee one step at a time. their sons by police; relatives are encourages the killing of Fox’s Megyn Kelly on “I had to walk to Chicago,” Lowe "Forrest Gump didn’t have a rea - calling to ask Tory to help find miss - police officers. Sept. 2 that Black Lives told the Urban News Service. “It son when he was running,” Lowe ing girls who are believed to be On the Aug. 31 edition Matter is “a movement took me three days, my feet were said, “he just started running." caught up in sex-trafficking rings; of Fox & Friends, Eliza - that promotes the execu - sore, but we don’t pay enough at - “We don’t address black-on-black (police say Milwaukee is a hub for beth Hasselbeck asked, tion of police officers.” tention to black-on-black crime so I crime with the same intensity as sex trafficking) residents are calling “Why has the Black Lives At a news conference walked to find solutions to these racial injustice,” he added. “But we Movement – Black Lives senseless acts of violence.” need to because it’s destroying our See VIOLENCE, Page 5 Matter Movement – not See LIVES, Page 3 INSIDE... People In The News… See Page 2 People In The News . 2 Op/Ed . 3 Health . .4 Community . .5 Education . .6 Community Spotlight . .7-8 Entertainment . 9-10 Market Place . 11 Career Opportunity . .12-13 Ben Dickerson Marcus Chapman Serena Williams Church Directory . .14-15 State Fair Classic . .16 Join thousands of readers who visit NorthDallasGazette.com daily! People in the News www.NorthDallasGazette.com the new assignment as a principal position is akin to 550-student campus that sion, expressing the energy chance to put his knowl - a lightning rod in that deci - received an Improvement that propelled him to take Ben Dickerson edge and passion to work sions made at the top often Required rating from TEA on perhaps the greatest Ben Dickerson served on behalf of the area’s stu - ripple out to every corner last school year. challenge an educator can five years in the U.S. Coast dents of the school, which causes The formula calls for face. Guard before making a “Starting in the class - him to think carefully creating a consistent and Undaunted, his body lan - move into education, first room was very rewarding, about those decisions. stable structure to the guage and his words com - as a teacher, then assistant but I wanted to further my “I have to be very strate - school day, hiring caring, municate that he’s willing principal, and today, as impact on this specific gic in my decision-making passionate teachers who re - to do what it takes to see principal of Edward H. community,” he said. “I re - and make sure I am always ally know their students, his students succeed. Cary Middle School. ally saw my ability to do looking at things from a and individualizing instruc - “These students are amaz - Dickerson is one of that when I started off as an student focus because tion to meet the needs of ing,” he says. “They’re dozens of administrators assistant principal in the every decision I make has the various student popula - sponges. They’ve surprised who moved into the top job charter network. Then I ac - a ripple impact,” he said. “I tions, especially English me at how well they’ve re - for the first time at a dis - munity where Cary is lo - tually decided that I wanted take care to be very inten - language learners, who are sponded and how excited trict school this year. The cated. He’s served there to come to Dallas ISD be - tional that everything I de - the majority of Cary’s stu - they are to be here.” first-year principal says five years as a teacher and cause I kind of see this as cide is in the students’ best dents. Dickerson is excited, he’s ready to take on the assistant principal at a Ground Zero. I felt that if I interests.” Despite the challenges, too. At 3:30 a.m. on the challenge of improving ac - neighborhood charter and can affect change here I As a new leader, Dicker - the topic of students seems first day of school, he made ademic achievement. as assistant principal at could have a greater im - son feels he’s developed a to enliven Dickerson. As he of a video of himself danc - It helps that Dickerson is Thomas Jefferson before pact.” formula to turn around stu - talks about his students, he ing to kick off the year in a familiar with the terrain of moving to Cary. He sees As Dickerson sees it, the dent achievement at the leans in and projects pas - special way. the northwest Dallas com - he joined the staff of on-air host of WGCI’s two hottest Chicago and WGCI. During Greenville, Mississippi. Marcus Chapman personalities; a staff that weekend shows and the that time he also worked as Chapman recently re - Marcus Chapman is a produced renowned alumni city’s number one weekly a music researcher for the leased one of the best music music historian, collector, such as Tom Joyner, Doug party. Chapman was then radio data company Media - books in history, The Coolest author, and professional on- Banks, Steve Harvey, and hired by Indianapolis radio base. He tracked the daily Music Book Ever Made air personality known to Rick Party. Chapman began station WTLC as host of playlists of numerous urban A.KA. The MC 500 Volume 1 radio listeners as MC Mar - building a significant fol - their nightly 6 to 10 show. stations around the country, and it has gained national at - cus Chapman. He was born lowing through his Friday While helping WTLC and submitted data that was tention since its June debut. and raised on Chicago’s night/Saturday morning achieve number one ratings used to compile weekly The MC 500 highlights south east side, and was col - show called “The Afterset”, at night, Chapman garnered charts for the industry mag - artists and groups from vari - lecting music by the age of and made himself memo - attention from stations in azine Radio & Records. ous genres including R&B, four. At age 17 he began re - rable to listeners by using a various cities around the Chapman then relocated Hip-Hop, Rock, Funk and searching music charts from sound bite of legendary ac - country. After nearly land - from Chicago to Atlanta, many more. This book is a Jet and Billboard magazines Degree and a minor in tress Eartha Kitt saying ing in New York, Los and was heard several times walk through musical history while attending Northern Black Studies, Chapman “Marcus darling” from Angeles, Washington DC, on that city’s station WVEE and gives personal accounts Illinois University. The fol - became the youngest em - the Eddie Murphy film Miami, Philadelphia, and (V103).
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