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NAACP Files Suit against Myrtle Volume 31 No. 16 Jacksonville, Florida March 8 - 14, 2018 Beach for Bike Week Discrimination Local Rep’s Appreciation of Slavery Drawing Ire The National NAACP, the Myrtle Beach Branch of the NAACP and three individuals filed a complaint and motion for preliminary injunc- A Florida State bill that was recently passed by the true that gun issues need to be Foundation has waded in and they tion in U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina alleging that Rep. from Florida House that will force all addressed, the “real thing that needs said, Florida State Representative the City of Myrtle Beach and the City of Myrtle Beach Police Jacksonville is public schools to display “In God to be addressed are issues of the Kimberly Daniels is on a religious Department discriminate against African-American tourists. thanking God for We Trust” signs, is what many heart.” mission, a mission to force her god The complaint alleges that there are stark differences in the treatment slavery and her would call a religious extremist. While Kimberly Daniels speaks on other people’s children. She’s of African-American bikers during Black Bike Week compared to the statement is taking While giving her speech on the of issues of the heart she also hap- been completely open about this treatment of majority-White bikers during Harley Week. Both events people by surprise “In God We Trust” bill, Daniels pens to be somewhat anti-Semitic. theocratic goal as she preaches, occur in May with Black Bike Week held over the Memorial Day Daniels nationally. brought up the recent shooting at She promotes anti-Semitic slurs and ‘exorcises demons,’ and ‘speaks in Weekend and with Harley Week ending a week before Black Bike Week State Rep. Kimberly Daniels said Stoneman Douglas high school in even minimizes the Holocaust. In tongues.’” starts. The two events attract a similar number of visitors to the area. publicly that, “if it wasn’t for slav- Florida. She said that God is the one video she is heard saying, “You This country was founded on sec- According to the complaint, the City of Myrtle Beach and its police ery, I might be somewhere in Africa “light” adding, “our schools need can talk about the Holocaust, but ular values, not religious ones. It’s department impose no formal traffic plan during Harley Week. worshipping a tree.” light in them like never before.” the Jews own everything!” just too bad that those leading the However, during Black Bike Week they restrict the main two-way thor- Daniels, who is the sponsor of a She went on to say that while it’s The Freedom From Religion country don’t recognize that fact. oughfare, Ocean Boulevard, to a single lane of traffic. All vehicles entering Ocean Boulevard at night are forced to travel through a 23-mile loop taking over six hours to complete the loop. Not Just About the Cookies, Millenium Scouting Now The complaint also alleges that the City deploys far more police offi- cers during Black Bike Week hoping that visitors stop attending the event and that it ceases to exist. Includes College Tours, Legislative Bills and Debates

A delegation of 25 girls the Florida History Museum University of Pittsburgh AKAs representing Girl Scouts of and the Capitol building, Gateway Council (GSGC) attending sessions in the Suspended after Hazing Claim recently joined nearly 120 House and Senate Chambers A dozen Alpha Kappa Alpha pledges at the University of Pittsburgh girls from councils across and meeting local lawmakers. notified police about a possible hazing incident within the chapter that Florida for Legislative Days Gateway Council members has resulted in the chapter being suspended by the school. in Tallahassee. The three-day also met with Sen. Aaron A mother noticed bruises on her daughter's arm while visiting her at event emphasized the impor- Bean, Sen. Audrey Gibson, the University of Pittsburgh, which prompted her to call the police. The tance of civic engagement Rep. Tracie Davis, Rep. woman's daughter told her she had been involved in sorority hazing of and provided opportunities to Clovis Watson, legal assistant pledges. learn about public policy, Michelle Sherfield, and leg- The police chief Howard Burton said the girls were taken to the base- how bills are passed into law islative analyst Milan ment of a private home in Penn Hills, about 10 miles from campus. and how to advocate for pos- Thompson. "During the course of this, they were maybe hit with a paddle of some itive change. Highlights “Legislative Days is just sort," Burton said. "We've got a lot of girls who don't want to talk about included visiting the Florida one of the ways that Girl it. If they don't want to be victims there's not a heck of a lot we can do State Capitol, participating in Scouts inspires and prepares with that." workshops and meeting their girls to stand up for what they He said the investigation, conducted along with university police, may state legislators. believe in and lead positive be delayed because many students are leaving campus as part of spring During the event, Gateway change through civic engage- break, which officially started Sunday. Council facilitated the mock ment,” said Girl Scouts of Vice Provost and Dean of Students Kenyon Bonner said in a letter to debate and attended work- Gateway Council CEO Mary the student body that the future of the school's fraternity and sorority life shops on public speaking and Anne Jacobs. was being evaluated as a result of the incident. self-esteem. The delegation For more information about also had a college tour visit- local scouting, visit Prosecutors in Bill Cosby ing Florida A&M University, Girls participate in mock legislative sessions www.girlscouts-gateway.org. Trial Want 19 Women to Testify Bill Cosby made his first court appearance of the #MeToo era this D.I.V.A.’s Trek Downtown Miles week as defense lawyers tried without success to get his sexual assault case thrown out, then turned their attention to blocking some of the 80- for Domestic Violence Awareness year-old comedian’s dozens of accusers from testifying at his retrial. Prosecutors are trying to persuade the judge to allow as many as 19 other women to take the stand, including model Janice Dickinson, as they attempt to show the comedian had a long history of drugging and attacking women. Allowing other women to take the stand will show jurors that Cosby “systematically engaged in a signature pattern of providing an intoxi- cant to his young female victim and then sexually assaulting her when she became incapacitated,” Assistant District Attorney Adrienne D. Jappe told the judge. Cosby’s lawyers have argued in writing that some of the women’s alle- gations date to the 1960s and are impossible to defend against, given that some witnesses are dead, memories are faded and evidence has been lost. The judge allowed just one other accuser to take the stand at Cosby’s first trial last year, barring any mention of about 60 others who have come forward to accuse Cosby in recent years. Wakanda Not Ever: Woman Opens

Fire In ‘Black Panther’ Screening Shown is Nelson with St. Clair Academy Principal LaWanda Polydore A dispute over assigned seats for Black Panther caused a woman to open fire inside a theater in North Carolina. School Support Personnel When Shameka Latrice Lynch got in a dispute with a moviegoer over a seat at a crowded AMC theater in Greenville, SC, she pulled out a .32 Lauded by School Board caliber pistol and fired off a shot. Shown on the front line are D.I.V.A.’s Mahalia Ronnie Lott Photo Lynch has been jailed on multiple felony charges after she allegedly The Duval County Public School with support, information and her Napoloean and Iyanna Lott. fired one round into the theater’s ceiling, police allege. System (DCPS) honored their main task as the data clerk for St. Women from around Duval County were among 1,500 walkers for Rising Stars last weekend in recog- Clair-Evans Academy on the While the shooting resulted in no injuries, she has reportedly been Hubbard House’s 9th Annual “Stand Up & Stride,” Domestic Violence nition of “Exemplary Service and Northside. charged with two counts of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to Awareness 5k Walk and Run. The annual event raises awareness about Dedication.” The school-related employee of kill (prosecutors have identified the victims as two men attending the domestic violence and survivor services in the Jacksonville community. One hundred very special people the year honors education support Black Panther showing). Funds raised provide free shelter and services to survivor families. among the 11,876 employees of the personnel nominated for their dedi- Lynch is also facing a third felony count for discharging a weapon in According to the Domestic Violence and Child Advocacy Center, 29% DCPS were among the honorees. cated service and contribution to an enclosure to incite fear. of African American women and 12% of African American men reported Bridget Nelson was among the tal- excellence in public schools and The shooting prompted police to evacuate the entire 12-screen multi- at least one instance of intimate partner violence. On the front line were the ented tenth percentile to achieve the local communities in Jacksonville. plex. Divine Intercessors Virtuous Anointed Sisters (D.I.V.A.), a team of family honor. For ten years, Nelson has “I enjoy what I do at St. Clair- Lynch surrendered to police Saturday evening and and friends on a mission to spread domestic awareness in the African worn many hats in the Duval Evans Academy. I wear many hats was booked into the Pitt County Detention Center, American Community. “This walk is very dear to my heart. My deceased County Public School System. Her and enjoy personable relationships where she is being held on $250,000 bond. She is sister was a victim of domestic violence. Our team is committed to the duties have included assisting stu- that I have with students and part- next due in court on March 14. mission of saving lives and giving victims a way to escape,” said D.I.V.A. dents, parents, teachers and staff ners,” said Nelson. Raquel Lott. Page 2 - Ms. Perry’s Free Press March 8 - 14, 2018 Trailblazer: There’s No Fight Sheila C. Johnson Hasn’t Won by: Ronda Racha Penrice entrepreneur, Johnson has blazed The “biggest fight of my life” new trails in the corporate-dominated Sheila C. Johnson once shared hospitality industry. Boasting 168 wasn’t co-founding Black Entertain- guestrooms and suites, an on-site sta- ment Television or ending her 33- ble, a 23,000-square-foot spa and a year marriage to Robert “Bob” cooking studio, Salamander Resort & Johnson, with whom she raised two Spa in Middleburg, the crown jewel children and started a television net- in her impressive constellation of al- work. most ten hotels, has won coveted It was getting zoning, planning and Forbes Five Star and AAA Five Dia- other local government permits to mond honors. Johnson added Nopsi open a hotel and spa in the village of New Orleans to the Salamander Ho- Middleburg, Virginia. While her pro- tels and Resorts family in summer Shown participating in the summit are Ken Amaro (WTLV Channel posed Salamander Resort and Spa 2017 with Hotel Bennett in 12) and Letisha Bereola (CBS47/FOX30 Action News Jax) would eventually create dozens of Charleston, South Carolina set to join Jax News Media School Local PR jobs and pay millions in property and summer 2018. other taxes, the village government Back in Middleburg, Johnson re- Professionals on Getting the Word Out fought her every step of the way. ports that “Salamander has certainly Her hard-earned wealth granted contributed to an economic upturn in The Florida Public Relations Asso- sion, participants separated into her few advantages. “None of that the town through taxes, paying for ciation (FPRA) Jacksonville Chapter smaller groups allowing attendees to matters,” she told CNN in 2016. “As water and wastewater treatment held its Annual Media Summit and receive more insight directly from an African-American, they didn’t plants, and attracting visitors who Networking Luncheon at the Fire- panelists. want me to do this. It was the fight of frequent local businesses, including house Subs Headquarters. Joining the panel this year was my life. I’ve never been more fright- galleries, boutiques and wineries.” The 2018 summit format was cus- Lynn Jones (Jacksonville Free Press), ened in my life.” Beth Erickson, Visit Loudoun’s tomized to provide insight for public Ken Amaro (WTLV Channel 12), Yet Johnson never backed down. president/CEO since 2014, cosigns relations professionals that work in a Karen Brune Mathis (The Daily “Change is always difficult, so there Johnson’s impact. “When Sheila variety of professional industries, in- Record), James Cannon (Jack- was inevitably going to be some op- opened Salamander, it was the only cluding non-profit, government, pri- sonville Business Journal), Mary position,” she shared in an email. The new luxury destination resort in the vate sector, food/retail and more, Kelli Palka (The Florida Times- battle was so epic that it spanned a United States that opened in 2013 across television, radio, print and on- Union),Bruce Hamilton (WJXT decade. and, by opening it alone, it created line media. Channel 4) and Letisha Bereola Founded in 1787, Middleburg, a 400 jobs,” Erickson shared. “Occu- The agenda included a one hour in- (CBS47/FOX30 Action News Jax). village of just 673 residents in the Sheila C. Johnson, the co-founder of Black Entertainment pancy taxes from Salamander have teractive group Q&A moderated by During the Summit, attendees min- 2010 census renowned for its steeple Television, is a pioneer in many different fields. exceeded $1.3 million per year.” University of North Florida's Senior gled and networked with members of chases and fox hunts, considers itself tainly fit the theme. Proposed in ent cultures and do what I had to do “Some of those taxes,” reported Instructor of Communications Bobbi the media and other PR and commu- the “Nation’s Horse and Hunt Capi- 2002, the equestrian-inspired Sala- to make things work,” she said. Erickson, “went directly to improv- Doggett. Following the group ses- nications colleagues tal”. Johnson, an area resident, cer- mander—with its riding trails and A woman of many firsts, Johnson ing sidewalks and crosswalks in Mid- horse paddocks—kept to the town’s was the first African American dleburg. It created revenue that traditions. The nearly 350 acres John- woman to achieve a reported net allowed the town’s failing pipes to be son purchased for Salamander was worth of $1 billion. She is the first replaced.” Florida Lawmakers Reject Money to once owned by former U.S. ambas- African American woman to own An added bonus is through the sador Pamela Harriman, the cele- three professional sports teams in Middleburg Film Festival, Johnson, Fix Clemency Backlog for Former Felons brated horse lover who was a three different leagues—the NBA’s who is also a film producer with ‘Lee Despite a federal court ruling that which is administered by the Florida Rouson said. one-time daughter-in-law of Winston Washington Wizards (where she Daniels’ The Butler’, “has literally Florida's clemency process is un- Commission on Offender Review, Sen. Audrey Gibson also urged Churchill. Plus Johnson’s daughter, serves as both president and manag- brought Hollywood to Loudoun constitutional, state lawmakers re- had a backlog of 10,377 cases as of legislative leaders to support some Paige, is an elite equestrian who ing partner), the NHL’s Washington County” according to Erickson. fused to provide funding to address Oct. 1. Applications, under state pol- additional funding for the clemency competes all over the world. Capitals and the WNBA’s Washing- Held annually in October, Erickson a backlog of former felons seeking icy, cannot be filed until five to reviews, saying it would “help peo- “I was naïve about realizing that I ton Mystics. She was even the first said the festival has put “us on the to have voting rights restored. seven years after a felon has served ple get their lives back to normal was south of the Mason-Dixon Line African American woman to become map in the company of Cannes, Tel- After House Appropriations his or her sentence, including com- and being productive citizens in and a lot of people got very nervous a cheerleader at her alma mater, the luride, Sundance and that is wonder- Chairman Carlos Trujillo, R-Miami, pleting terms of probation and resti- their communities.” about this African American woman University of Illinois, where she is on ful company to keep.” ‘Mudbound’ and Senate Appropriations Chair- tution. The Senate began negotiations coming in and building this resort,” track to receive an honorary doctor- and a talk with its acclaimed African man Rob Bradley, R-Fleming Is- Once an application is filed, it can with the House by offering the 68-year-old Johnson admitted in ate in May 2018. American female director Dee Rees land, reached the agreement, take years for it to be processed, $750,000 in additional funding for an exclusive interview early in 2017. Johnson is also a renowned philan- was a highlight of the 2017 festival. members of the Legislature’s black with one application pending for the clemency reviews. It reduced the No stranger to racial discrimination, thropist. The Sheila C. Johnson De- Throughout her life, Johnson, who caucus objected and said they would more than nine years. offer to $250,000 on Friday. But the growing up, the Pennsylvania-born sign School Center at the Parsons epitomizes “black girl magic,” has continue to press the issue with leg- Rouson has been a major propo- House never budged from its posi- Johnson moved more than a dozen School of Design in New York City, thrived on excellence and challeng- islative leaders. nent of finding more money for the tion of no additional funding. times before settling in Maywood, where she serves on the Board of ing herself. “I always try to look for “I’m very concerned,” said Sen. Commission on Offender Review to After agreeing with the House po- just outside Chicago, because her Governors, bears her name. At the areas in which we, as African Amer- Darryl Rouson, D-St. Petersburg, hire temporary workers who could sition, Bradley said the concerns neurosurgeon father’s race frequently Harvard Kennedy School, she en- icans, do not do,” she said. “I just feel citing the federal court ruling last help speed up background investiga- raised by Rouson and Gibson will became an issue. dows the Sheila C. Johnson Leader- as though I can do it just as well, if month that found Florida’s process tions and allow more applications be taken “under advisement,” mean- Those experiences taught Johnson ship Fellowship to support emerging not better.” for restoring voting and other civil for clemency to be processed. ing it may ultimately be up to House a resilience that served her in that leaders primarily focused on erasing “I never used my race as an excuse rights to ex-felons was arbitrary and “This money would help get hear- Speaker Richard Corcoran and Sen- fight and even now. “I learned the life disparities in underserved African to not be able to do something,” she unconstitutional. ings and decisions for people and ate President Joe Negron to settle of hard knocks and racism but I was American communities. said. Not with her fight in Middle- The clemency review process, unlock and unjam the backlog,” the issue. also able to assimilate into the differ- As an African American woman burg. 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If you have mortgage problems, call 888-995-HOPE for one-on-one expert advice from this free government program. You’re not alone. March 8 - 14, 2018 Ms. Perry’s Free Press - Page 3 Georgia Clears Path for Felon’s School Offers Cash Reward Voting Rights to be Restored for Kids to Primary and non-partisan elec- Director of the Richmond County parole, or probation, according to tions for Georgia are quickly Board of Elections. The Sentencing Project. Stop Fighting approaching. Those elections will Many are of the understanding The Secretary of State’s office be held May 27 and the deadline to that Georgia allows for voting routinely checks to see which A southwest Philadelphia school register to vote is April 24, 2018. rights to be reinstated once a sen- Georgians complete their sentences is giving its eight graders $100 at Although most are residents tence is compete. But reinstatement so they can be reinstated on the graduation if no one fights for the understand the voting process, there of voting rights goes beyond that, voter roll lists. Once that happens, entire school year. are some in the metro-Augusta said Bailey. voters are notified via letter that Yahoo reports that if any of the community and Georgia who don’t “In Georgia if you are convicted they are again eligible. school’s 37 students mess up, they quite understand if they can vote or and sentenced, once you complete Those still in the process of com- will all lose the cash. no. One group, in particular, are your incarnation, pay all your pleting their sentence are prohibit- Mitchell Elementary School convicted felons who have been parole fines, you can register to ed from voting. In fact, they’re not Principal Stephanie Andrewlevich released form prison but are unsure vote. No documents needed, they event allowed to register. The calls the incentive “managing about their status. will have to take an oath and swear Georgia Department of Corrections behavior.” “We do get a lot of questions, that the information (submit) is will ensure the Secretary of States’ The move has both drawn cheers because people want to do it the true. It’s just that simple,” she office is aware of when fees have Shown (L-R) is show host Charles Griggs with panelists and criticism. But according to the right way and they are not sure how explained. been paid and parole/probation is Ken Jefferson, Rhonda Peoples-Waters and Steve Smith educator, she says the incentive is to proceed. There are uncertainties One in 30 people (250,000) of complete. working. because each state has different voting age are not eligible to vote #realtalk debuts on WJCT This year, just eight percent of the laws,” said Lynn Bailey, Executive because of a prison sentence, City Funds Available students at the school have been Last week, WJCT premiered #realtalk during its regular broad- suspended, down 17 percent from for People in Upside cast of First Coast Connect. #realtalk will be a regular segment on the previous year. First Coast Connect that features interesting people in the The total, if every students does- Gala Seeks Nominations for Down Mortgages Jacksonville area discussing what's in the news, and what's on their n’t fight for the whole school year, City funds through the minds. The intent of this segment is to zoom in on issues related sums up to $3,300. As for who will Outstanding Stanton Alumni Jacksonville Urban League will be specifically to the African American community, while providing foot the bill, Andrewlevich says she provided to assist income eligible voice to potential impacts. #realtalk is produced and hosted by will do so unless a donor steps up The Stanton Alumni Gala Committee, in celebration of the WJCT and Jacksonville Free Press contributor Charles Griggs, 150th Year Anniversary (Sesquicentennial) of Stanton, is homeowners to bring their mort- to the plate. gage payments current prior to with a host of regular panel contributors. The debut panel included seeking nominations for Outstanding Alumni of Stanton, being foreclosed, and/or to refi- Ken Jefferson, Rhonda Peoples-Waters and Steve Smith. New Stanton and Stanton Vocational High Schools. Each nance their existing “Adjustable Plans Set for class is asked to provide the names and biographical sketch- Rate” or “Interest Only” mortgage es of 3 classmates you deem worthy of special consideration to a fixed-rate mortgage. All Homes Beyonce Loses Legal Bid to Annual Bob based on their accomplishments, recognitions, achievements must be the Primary residence of or awards. Deadline for submission is May 1st. These indi- the borrower. Trademark Daughter’s Name Hayes Hall of viduals will be recognized at the 12th Stanton Gala on June For More information Please call However, Beyonce’s application Fame Induction 23, 2018. For criteria and additional information, please call Suzanne Pickett at 904 723 4028 or didn’t go down well with Veronica email. [email protected] Kenneth Reddick at (904) 742-7026. Morales, who said the trademark The 14th annual Bob Hayes Hall was too similar to the name of her of Fame Induction Banquet is back event planning firm, Blue Ivy and will be held Thursday, March Company, and took legal action. 15th at 7 p.m. at the Lexington Morales served the singer with a Jacksonville Riverwalk Hotel MLK Foundation Honors notice to sit for a deposition in the located at 1515 Prudential Dr. Earlier this year, Beyonce filed case, and shortly after, in Keynote speaker is Coach legal papers with the Patent and September, Beyonce’s lawyers filed Nathanial Washington, the origina- Parade’s Finest Floaters Trademark Office for the moniker court documents requesting a pro- tor of the Bob Hayes Invitational “Blue Ivy Carter,” the name of her tective order which would ban Track and Field Meet and President The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. five-year-old daughter with JAY-Z. details about the time and location of the Board of Directors. Come Memorial Foundation Inc., recently She attempted to reserve the rights of the session. meet members of the Olympic leg- held its 2018 Parade Trophy Award to use the name in beauty, fashion, Bey’s motion for the protective ends! To reserve a table, sponsor- Winners presentation at the and electronics ventures or to pre- order was denied by members of ship or for more info contact Coach Enterprise Building in downtown vent others from cashing in on her the Trademark Trial and Appeal James Day at (904) 502-9348. Jacksonville to report their parade daughter’s identity. board. summary and honor awardees. The event was a special occasion recog- nizing the 50th year since Dr. King’s assassination and the cele- bration of 38 years the parade has been sponsored by the foundation. “It was wonderful and really rewarding to see the faces of the Give your trophy winners. 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Diatribes on life in the African-American Diaspora by Reggie Fullwood Chisholm, Let’s Elect

With so much to write about, like Leaders Who Speak Truth the Florida Legislature playing by Sen. Kamala Harris politics versus passing real gun Women’s History Month Asked what she wanted her legacy to be, control laws or Trump’s usual buf- Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm once said, foonery, it is important to take a “I’d like them to say that Shirley Chisholm had pause from time to time to recog- Shouldn’t Go Unrecognized guts. That’s how I’d like to be remembered.” nize worthy causes. This Women’s History Month, we remember Mary McLeod Bethune said it mother is the stabilizing force in taries, women are now dominating basic healthcare – these are all the Shirley for her extraordinary American story - a best, “The true worth of a race the family. She provides wisdom, corporate boardrooms, law offices conditions black women lived in daughter of Caribbean immigrants who 50 years must be measured by the character helps us raise our children, teaches and the political scene. during slavery. ago became the first Black woman elected to of its womanhood.” us how to cook and responsibility My heart goes out to “The ladies The legacy of slavery is vast and Congress. We remember her fight to increase This month is a time for us to and often instills in us the impor- having babies on your own, I know much more far-reaching than many the minimum wage, support our veterans, and reflect back on the vast contribu- tance of education and religion. it gets rough and you are feelin all will admit to, but it basically expand access to healthcare. We remember her tions that women have made in this My grandmother and others like alone,” said deceased rapper, destroyed the black family struc- role in helping to found the Congressional Black country, and particularly black her have always been the backbone Tupac Shakur. He understood the ture. It made black women Caucus and the National Organization for Women. And, yes, we remem- women who have been the strength of our families. They are the wise value of woman growing up in a stronger and took away the black ber that she had guts. and backbone of the African ladies that not only cook a mean single parent household. That’s male’s responsibility of raising Shirley Chisholm had the guts to oppose the Vietnam War. The guts to American community. sweet potato pie, but can give you what is so phenomenal about their children. That is a fact that run for president in 1972, as the first Black woman to seek the nomination As I just mentioned, I believe advice on every topic from health women – they are natural leaders, African American families deal of a major American political party. The guts to reach across the aisle and that women are the strongest remedies to relationships. providers, caregivers, and lovers. with today in America. see that we have more in common than what separates us, whether that beings on this earth. And let me A woman’s worth is invaluable. And as I mentioned before, black From Sojourner Truth to Barbara was working with Republican Senator Bob Dole to create the food stamp quantify that by saying I am not Jacksonville has had a tradition of women are certainly unique Jordan and my grandma, black program or visiting George Wallace, her racist presidential rival, in the merely speaking of physical trailblazing black women. From because of all of the challenges woman have led when men were hospital after he had been shot in a failed assassination attempt. strength or the it must take to bare Mary Singleton becoming the first they have faced since the days of unable to lead or too afraid. And as Above all, Shirley Chisholm had the guts to speak truth—no matter how a child, but a woman’s ability to be black woman elected to the City slavery. Working as field laborers, a great man once said, “There was uncomfortable or unpopular. Her “greatest political asset” she once said, a leader, provider and nurturer Council and first woman from nannies to the plantation owner’s never a great man who had not a “is my mouth, out of which come all kinds of things one shouldn’t always makes her very unique. North Florida to be elected to the children and even mandatory mis- great woman behind him.” discuss for reasons of political expediency.” As her campaign slogan What is so amazing about House of Representatives to Rita tresses to slave owners certainly Perhaps President Obama said it promised, she was always “Unbought and Unbossed.” women are the remarkable strides Perry founding and publishing the tested the will of black women and best during a speech about equal Like Shirley, I believe that to restore confidence and trust in our institu- that they have made over the years. Jacksonville Free Press, women proved that sisters have had to go rights for women. "We must carry tions and leaders, we need to speak truth. We need to acknowledge that Much like African Americans, have made a significant mark on up the rough side of the mountain. forward the work of the women racism is real in this country. Anti-Semitism is real in this country. Sexism, women in general were not local and state history. I can’t imagine the pain and who came before us and ensure our sexual assault, and workplace harassment are real in this country. We need allowed to vote and even once Today women play prevalent anguish felt from having a child daughters have no limits on their to speak the truth that America was founded by immigrants, and we should those rights were granted often roles in politics, business, social and that child being taken away dreams, no obstacle to their not be vilifying people who come here in search of greater opportunity for faced discriminatory challenges movements and entertainment in and sold as one would sale a achievements and no remaining themselves and their children. when attempting to vote. this country, and many of them do puppy. Or what about being a des- ceilings to shatter,” he said. And that means electing more leaders who aren’t afraid to speak up and Because of the struggles faced this while being great mothers and ignated “bed wench” against your Signing off from the League of speak out. by American females, black wives. Once sanctioned primarily will or being raped at anytime or Women’s Voter office, Since Shirley’s brilliance and boldness opened doors, countless others women were essentially double to being nurses, teachers and secre- even dying because of the lack of Reggie Fullwood have been inspired to follow in her footsteps—myself included. Over the minorities. They couldn’t vote past 50 years, 41 Black women have been elected to Congress—from because they were black and Congresswoman Barbara Lee, who was an outspoken opponent of the war because they were women. But in Iraq, to Congresswoman Maxine Waters, reclaiming her time and chal- that never stopped women like lenging the injustices of this Administration. Last November, Vi Lyles Mary McLeod Bethune, Shirley became the first Black woman elected Mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina. Chisholm and Fannie Lou Hamer. And this election cycle, Black women are looking to make their mark in One of the most prophetic state- races across the country, from governor to attorney general to secretary of ments I’ve heard regarding black state to school board. womens’ strength was from W.E.B. But as we celebrate the progress we’ve made, we can’t lose sight of the Dubois who said, “I most sincerely work we still have to do. Each of us has to do a better job of going up to doubt if any other race of women our friends serving in various ways in their communities and encouraging could have brought its fineness up them to run office. through so devilish a fire.” When any of us breaks a barrier, it allows people who otherwise could Entertainer Lena Horne, said, not imagine someone who looks like them in that role to see themselves. “Black women have the habit of For every Shirley Chisholm, there are countless little girls looking up to survival.” And there are so many her and envisioning their future. examples of strong women. We To ensure that Shirley’s shining example continues to inspire, I’m have all heard of the strength, for- cosponsoring a bicameral bill with Congresswoman Yvette Clarke—who titude and drive of Harriet represents the people of Brooklyn who Shirley once served—to place a Tubman, who lead hundreds of statue of Shirley in our nation’s Capitol. slaves through the Underground Fifty years from now, I hope that statue stands among the other American Railroad, but there are everyday icons we honor in the Capitol. I hope Black women crowd into the people who we should acknowl- Senators-only elevator, giving every American equal voice and equal rep- edge as well. resentation. And I hope that all of our nation’s leaders demonstrate the In most black families the grand- guts, grit, and grace that Shirley Chisholm taught us.

only accessible to the wealthy, who were usually White. The Student Loan Debt Crisis is a Civil Rights Issue Fixing our broken student debt By Wade Henderson traditionally held two things: 1) Recession, people of color, poor 10 times more wealth than the profit colleges that have gotten us system should not mean un-doing From attacks on voting rights to Higher education is the great equal- people, and predatory institutions median Latino family. African into this mess. Her proposal for years of progress since the HEA or police killings of unarmed civilians izer; 2) It is okay to take out debt are at the center of this socioeco- American students tend to take out reauthorizing the HEA, the “PROS- saddling marginalized groups with and growing inequities in earnings for the tickets to upward mobility: a nomic catastrophe. They must also more debt than their White counter- PER Act,” would ensure that stu- a lifetime of debt. Instead, we need and wealth, the civil rights gains of college education and a home mort- be at the center of the solutions. We parts, and both Blacks and Latinos dents will have to borrow more to to hold student loan servicers, debt the past six decades are facing gage. These life decisions—and the must face up to the fact that stu- are more likely to default than get a postsecondary education with collectors, and institutions of all threat after threat. But one front in struggles and sacrifices that made dents of color are more likely to Whites. Since Blacks with bache- the very real likelihood that they kinds accountable for their prac- the fight for full equality—mean- them possible - helped to build and borrow for their education and, lor’s degrees earn only 79 percent will never pay off the debt. This tices. Students from all back- ingful access to higher education— grow the Black middle class. unfortunately, to default on these and Latinos only 83 percent of what would all but guarantee that preda- grounds need more income-based is particularly urgent. With 65 per- Now, aspirations for advance- loans. Black college graduates their White counterparts earn. tory, for-profit programs would grants, loans, financial assistance, cent of jobs soon requiring more ment are colliding with the discrim- default on their loans at a four times Further contributing to the crisis, continue to rise exponentially right and admissions policies that tear than a high school diploma, the inatory legacy of the financial cri- the rate of their White counterparts Blacks and Latinos comprise 41 alongside our national student debt down barriers of color, culture, and need is greater than ever, especially sis. Our country’s student loan bill and are more likely to default than percent of the students at the high- bill. Efforts to make student aid class, not support them. for African Americans and other has skyrocketed. Student debt is even White dropouts. cost, low-quality, for-profit col- more costly for students rather than Helping college graduates to communities of color. now the second-largest source of This increased risk of defaulting leges. These institutions frequently hold institutions accountable for repay their loans isn’t the only chal- More than 50 years ago, household debt after housing. on student loans is the direct result fail to prepare students for high- what they do with the aid reflects lenge. The challenge is enabling Congress passed the Higher Forty-four million Americans have of inequities in financial resources, salary jobs, instead saddling them either a misunderstanding of the and empowering our young people Education Act (HEA), intending to $1.4 trillion in student loan debt. as well as discrimination in hiring, with debts that they can’t repay. root causes of this issue or some- to make their fullest contribution to open the doors to higher education One reason: Since the 1990s, the salaries and, all too often, social How then can we address these thing more disturbing: the blatant our country. This is, in the last by providing students with finan- average tuition and fees at our uni- capital. In 2013, the median White challenges? Education Secretary effort to recreate the system we had analysis, a debt that all Americans cial assistance and low-interest versities have jumped an average of family had 13 times more wealth Betsy DeVos wants to ease regula- before the HEA was enacted. In this owe to ourselves and our nation’s loans. Conventional wisdom has 157–237 percent. As with the Great than the median black family and tions on the loan servicers and for- system, college was by and large future.

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St. Paul AME March Events Historic Mt. Zion Greater Refuge Temple The Rev. Dr. Marvin C. Zander’s, II, Pastor of St. Paul AME Church, located at 6910 New Kings Road have planned many special events that Hosts Dinner and Concert Presents Dual Day Services will be held during the month of March. The Bethune - Cookman The Historic Mt. Zion Church is hosting a Dinner and Concert weekend! Join Greater Refuge Temple located at 1317 Rowe Avenue for their annu- University Concert Chorale will perform on Sunday, March 11, at 9:30 a.m. Dinner Fridays is scheduled for March 9th, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. The Friday al “Dual Day” services Sunday, March 18th, 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. services. Also, during the 9:30 worship service, St. Paul Girl Scouts will observe night concert will be held in the evening at 7 p.m., featuring The Brothers This year’s theme is: “Journeying with a Consciousness of the Presence of National Women’s History Month. The theme is: “Nevertheless, She through Christ Mime Troupe. On Sunday attend Family and Friends day God”. Special guest is Apostle Raymond Keith and Lady Joan Keith of Persisted: Honoring All Forms of Discrimination Against Women.” during the 10 a.m. worship service. Historic Mt. Zion is located at 201 E. Louisville, Kentucky. Greater Refuge Temple is under the leadership of National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day (L.E.A.D). will be observed Beaver St. For more info call the church office at (904) 355-9475. Pastors Dr. Gentle Groover and Bishop Kenneth Groover. For more info on Sunday, March 18, during the 9:30 a.m. worship service. The Edward visit www.refugejax.org. Lang Annual Prayer Breakfast is slated for Saturday, March 24th at 9:30 Zion Hope Missionary a.m. in the James M. Proctor Center. The anointed speaker for this occasion Emanuel Missionary Baptist is Rev. Don Tolliver of Tallahassee, Florida. On Wednesday, March 28th, Baptist Gospel Music Explosion the Easter production will be held in the Sanctuary at 7 p.m. The public and Zion Hope Missionary Baptist presents the “Gospel Music Explosion,” Church Spring Revival friends are invited to share in all services and events. For more info contact Saturday, March 17th at 5 p.m. at Zion Hope Missionary Baptist church A Spring Revival will be held at Emanuel Missionary Baptist Church, the church office at (904) 764-2755. located at 2803 W. Edgewood Avenue. The event is sponsored by the Senior where Reverend Herb Anderson is the pastor, Tuesday, March 27th through Women’s Ministry. Featuring gospel acts: the Vickers Family, Sensational Thursday, March 29th. Guest evangelist is Reverend Lawson J. Boddie. The Greater Grant Stars, Gospel Caravans, Voices of Praise and many more gospel groups. For community is invited to worship with the church at 2407 Rev. S. L. Badger, more info contact Sister Edith Hicks at (904) 422-5136. Jr. Circle. Services begin at 7 p.m. each night. For additional information, AME Women’s contact the church office at (904) 356-9371. History Month St. Simon Baptist Church to ALCAM Awards Celebration Celebrate Women’s History Month Attend the 2nd annual Ava and Lavern Community Action Motivators The Greater Grant Memorial AME March is Women’s History Month and St. Simon Baptist Church of (ALCAM) Awards presentation celebrating the theme: Walking Out on Church celebrates Women’s History Orange Park, FL will celebrate Women’s History each Sunday of the month God’s Word, Friday, March 30th at 7 p.m. Location is Greater Hill Temple Month with dynamic and anointed during Sunday School and Morning Worship with special presentations by Faith United Church of the Living God, Inc. located at 825 W. Monroe St. speaker, the Reverend Timbre J. Ford, the women of the church. All ladies residing in surrounding communities Featuring Prophetess April Washington, Latasha Platt, Ben Frazier, Darryl founder and president of Simply Timbre are cordially invited to attend as we celebrate the many accomplishments of Reuben Hall, The Finley Sisters and Dr. Verna Bradshaw. For more info Ministries, Inc., as its worship service women. Sunday School begins at 9:30 a.m. and the Sunday Worship contact Dr. Hill at (904) 945-0056. messenger on Sunday, March 11th, at Service begins at 11 a.m. The next monthly meeting of the Women of Reverend Timbre J. Ford 10:30 a.m. Everyone is invited to attend. Purpose Ministry will be held March 17, 2018 at 10 a.m. Rev. Adela George Simply Timbre Ministries, Inc. is an outreach women’s ministry located in is the Director of the Women’s Ministry. Come enjoy a time of enrichment, Tallahassee, Florida. Greater Grant Memorial African Methodist Episcopal encouragement and empowerment in the Word of God. St. Simon Baptist Maryland Church Lures Church is located at 5533 Gilchrist Road where the Reverend Tan C. Moss Church is located at 1331 Miller Street in Orange Park, FL. The Rev. W.H. is the pastor. For more info call (904) 764-5992. Randall is the Pastor and Founder. For more info call (904) 215-3300. Worshippers with Free Cars A church in Maryland ------SSPPIIRRIITTUUAALLLLYY SSPPEEAAKKIINNGG ------has given away five used cars to worship atten- dees, reflecting what the Within yourself is the key to unlock trust and truth congregation describes as being "outrageously See how easy misplaced trust unconditional trust. You see it is so easy to succumb generous." puts you in a terribly vulnerable Life teaches us that only a fool to a lifestyle which requires proof Destiny Church, a con- place. It’s uncomfortable. It’s would allow themselves to be mis- before love is given. It’s so easy to gregation based in abnormal. It ain’t fun. Yet, in this used again. Therein lies my ques- demand the impossible from peo- Columbia that was passage we are instructed to put tion about trust and what it means ple who are incapable of giving it founded in 2011, gave our trust in the Lord. to you. Can you deal with this con- to you. But how can you base your away four vehicles at the The question is can you do it? cept everyday? How much of a relationship with God on worldly end of each of their wor- Are you able to trust in your heart struggle are you having trying to principles grounded in betrayal and ship services on Sunday, after experiencing devastating trust people who have taught you disappointment? Are you requiring as well as one car to a Janqueshia Gay, 27, of Baltimore betrayal? We’ve all been betrayed not to give them the time of day? God to prove His love to you needy family on sits in the Chevy she won in one way or another: either by Do you treat all people this way or before you give yours to Him? Saturday. Destiny Church gave away a having our beliefs proven false or just the one(s) who betrayed you? The key to trust thing lies within Destiny Senior Pastor Stephen Chevy Cruze, Toyota Corolla, maybe your heart has been broken. Can you forgive? Can you ever for- each and every one of us. We first Chandler told The Christian Post Nissan Sentra, Ford Escape and a Everyone knows someone who get? Do you really want to? And have to confront those demons that the giveaway was part of the Sometimes words alone cannot Dodge Journey. All of them were has been crippled by a lover or what does all of this have to do which have plagued us for years. celebration for the grand opening to convey meaning and feelings the bought at a used car dealership. spouse gone crazy, or, watched with God? How are you treating And yes, that means all the pain their new permanent worship space. way we’d like them to. Trust for Those who received a vehicle were someone stumble up on the truth Him in the trust area? that goes with them. Then and only Previously, they had been using a example. determined by a raffle held at the about a situation that everybody “Now it is required that those then can we begin to even accept local high school gymnasium. The reference point for my end of each worship service. More but them knew. In the real world who have been given a trust must the concept of trust and loyalty, "One of our founding values as a meaning is “Trust in the Lord with than 2,000 tickets for the raffle were that kind of stuff hurts. In a real prove faithful.” 1 Corinthians 4:2. total and without equivocation. church is that 'We Are Outrageously all your heart, and do not lean on given away. sense, once destroyed, trust ‘don’t’ Now exactly, who’s proving Because then trust means knowing. Generous,' and we strive to live that your own understanding. In all Chandler told said that the church come round here anymore. what to whom? Are you requiring Trust means truth. Trust means out in everything we do," said things acknowledge Him and He paid for the five cars through a fund But now, wait a minute. Go out God to prove something to you no matter what, I know that regard- Chandler. will make your paths straight.” comprised of ten percent of the and trust in the Lord implicitly. before you trust Him? Are you less of conditions and circum- "We wanted to mark the celebra- Proverbs 3:5-6. donations Destiny receives. You get my meaning? Extreme demanding from God those same stances, I am God’s child, made in tion with an act of generosity that Trust is such a complex thing. "Because generosity has always caution usually follows crippling things you demand from someone, His image and the recipient of His overshadowed the great blessing of Have you ever been betrayed by been a focus at Destiny Church, betrayal. New relationships are anyone before you would even love. the building we received. Acts someone in whom you had total from our inception, we adopted the founded largely on mistrust and consider giving him or her your May God bless and keep you 20:35 says that it is better to give trust? Have you been able to total- practice to set aside ten percent of ‘prove it to me;’ not, blind faith and love? always.- James Washington than to receive and that has truly ly trust another person since? all that we receive," explained turned out to be the case." Chandler. Greater Macedonia Bethel Baptist Institutional Church Baptist Church 215 Bethel Baptist Street, Jacksonville, FL 32202 (904) 354-1464 1880 West Edgewood Avenue Weekly Services Sunday Morning Worship Midweek Seeking the lost for Christ 8:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. - Matthew 28:19 - 20 Church school Services 9:30 a.m. Wednesday Noon Service “Miracle at Midday” Bible Study Bishop Rudolph 12 noon - 1:00 p.m. Bishop Rudolph 8:00 A.M. Early Morning Worship McKissick, Jr. 6:45 p.m. McKissick, Sr.. Senior Pastor 9:30 a.m. Sunday School Pastor Emeritus Come share in Holy Communion on 1st Sunday at 7:40 and 10:40 a.m. 11:00 a.m. Morning Worship Tuesday Evening - 7 p.m. Prayer Service Wednesday - Bible Study 6:30 - 7 p.m. Worship with Mid-Week Worship 7 p.m. us LIVE on Radio Weekly Broadcast - WCGL 1360 AM the web visit Sunday 2 PM - 3 PM www.truth2powerministries.org **FREE TUTORING FOR YOUTH IN ENGLISH, SCIENCE, Dr. Landon Williams HISTORY AND MATH EVERY TUESDAY 6:30 - 8 P.M.

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by Rosaland Tyler, NJG ly, family members of those who ated by Charlie Redden, a former Adrian Miller has written a had previously worked for the executive chef who cooked for sen- thoughtful new book that shines a White House got jobs there. But ior staff in the West Wing. Redden light on African-Americans who over the last thirty years or so, pro- made the pizza for the Clintons. cooked for U.S. presidents. fessional connections have been the The book contains more recipes The title the book is “The most important factor in who gets like Caroline Harrison’s Deviled President’s Kitchen Cabinet: The selected. Military cooks also come Eggs. African-American chef Story of the African-Americans on loan from the Armed Forces.” he Dollie Johnson made the popular Who Have Fed Our First Families, says. snack for Benjamin and Caroline From the Washingtons to the The book covers cooks from the Harrison who lived in the White Obamas.” The book goes behind George Washington White House to House in the late 1880s. It also con- the scenes to examine more than the present. Miller compiled his tains the recipe for George South African Farmers Reportedly 150 chefs, personal cooks, butlers, new book by sorting through Washington’s Minted Pea Soup. stewards, and servers of color. records on the Internet, in libraries, Miller’s 2017 book came on the Want Trump to Help Them Migrate There are also 20 original recipes in in old cookbooks. He read articles heels of his award-winning 2013 his book, which includes cooking from White House sources. book, “Soul Food: The Surprising After Being Forced Off Their Land techniques and equipment tips. “I‘m most proud that I could put Story of an American Cuisine, One “There just hadn‘t been a real his- together the long list of cooks and Plate at a Time.” South Africa’s parliament has white Boers to come to the United tory of these folks,” said Miller, 48, chefs who worked for presidents all Miller said he stumbled over five taken steps to urge the redistribu- States.” Boer is the term used to an attorney who worked in the through history. I wanted to name stories about African-Americans tion of farming lands which would describe South Africans of Dutch, Clinton White House. “I wanted to these people. Most accounts just who cook cooked for presidents allow for land to be stripped from German, or Huguenot descent, and show that they were culinary artists say „negro“ or „colored“ cook. I while researching his 2013 book, Miller added, “It kills me when owners, particularly white farmers, are also commonly called as who were celebrated in their time.” found that they were often friends which won a James Beard Award. African-American chefs say they without any compensation. In this Afrikaners. “Every president has had an and confidants of the first families, Both books aim to re-brand soul don‘t want to be pigeonholed for regard, white South African The petition also suggests Trump African-American in the kitchen. and also civil rights advocates,” he food, he said. “Generally, people their soul food. Outside of the landowners are seeking help from not to admit refugees from Somalia They landed in presidential said. think two ways; one is with a warn- Black community, non-Blacks are President Trump to let them and the Middle East because they kitchens for various reasons over Flip through his book. Notice it ing label that it‘s nutritionally dead- making a ton of money that way. migrate to the US. “cannot be properly vetted” and the decades. Originally, most were contains unconventional recipes ly. The other is that it‘s the master‘s What‘s the story with that?” More than 10,500 people have welcome South Africans instead slaves or family servants; eventual- such as Jerk Chicken Pita Pizza cre- leftovers or throwaways.” already signed an online petition because they “can be easily vetted calling for President Trump to and also possess skills that make allow white South African them compatible with our culture Therapist Iyanla Vanzant Can’t Soothe Kamiyah Mobley landowners, who have had their and civilization.” Iyanla Vanzant, host of "Iyanla, to help Kamiyah est thing to do against her having a relationship farming lands seized by the coun- South Africa’s Cooperative Fix My Life" on Oprah Winfrey's Mobley, the is act out in with her abducted mother, but a try, to migrate to the United States. Governance and Traditional Affairs OWN Network had a lot to say young woman anger,” Iyanla week before the show the birth The movement began after South Department advised the public not about Kamiyah Mobley. who was kid- added. “Her mother pulled out,” Iyanla said. African President Cyril Ramaphosa to worry so much about the situa- Mobley, a guest on the show over napped from a father couldn’t “She wouldn’t do it so that left me called for land redistribution in tion in a series of tweets saying, the weekend, went off of Vanzant Florida hospital contain her, with the father, who is overly com- order to reform the racial disparities “This is a serious matter. It’ll be during the show, prompting the host as a newborn nobody could pliant with her and just trying to in land ownership in the country. handled through dialogue and in a to end filming. and raised by her contain her, keep her comfortable and make her The parliament supported stable manner. No need for beating "I'm out," Vanzant said after one abductor until and it wasn’t happy, the stepmother and the Ramaphosa’s decision and passed war drums and creating unneces- of the several times Mobley called she was found for me to force boyfriend. So in addition to now her the motion 241-83 in favor. sary panic! South Africa belongs to her expletives threatening to hit her. by authorities in January of 2017 at it. When she told me she was going mommy who raised her being taken White South African farmers all who live in it!” The show, which aired last 18 year’s old. to cut my heart out, I said, ‘Okay, away, her birth mother kind of believe they are being removed However, many are saying that if weeked, showed fans of Iyanla: Fix In clips, Kamiyah yells, curses at, let me just leave this alone. We’ve abandoned her so she was sitting in from their land and thrown out of the basis would be on Trump’s My Life featuring the famed author and even threaten sIyanla in a fit of had enough.'” all of that.” the country, News.com.au reported. known preference for white immi- and life coach enthralled in the rage as she attempts to help her As if the circumstances of her Iyanla said the episode also So they made a petition asking grants, the South African farmer’s biggest on-camera blowup ever work through her anger and feel- birth and childhood weren’t enough serves as an example for those who for President Trump to “take the petition will most likely receive a since she worked with DMX in ings of abandonment. And while to work through on the show, Iyanla are on the other side of the coin and steps necessary to initiate an emer- favorable answer. 2013. Iyanla Vanzant begins season the interactions are hard to watch as shared that Kamiyah had been dealt want to help. gency immigration plan allowing 5 of her OWN TV show attempting a viewer, Iyanla said Kamiyah’s another blow just a week before the “If nothing else, I hope people outbursts were to be expected. episode was taped. will see that when someone is in To put it frankly, “She didn’t have “I was going to work with breakdown and human and being Florida Oks Bill for Daylight Savings Time the capacity to handle what was [Kamiyah] and her birth mother upset screaming back at them is coming out so, like adults, the easi- because her birth mother is very probably not the way to go.” Could you use more daylight p.m. on April 30, 1916, by advanc- Franklin Roosevelt instituted year- hours in the day? The Florida legis- ing the hands of the clock one hour round Daylight Saving Time, called lature is trying to help you. until the following October. Other "War Time," from February 9, 1942 After hours of divisive debate countries immediately adopted this to September 30, 1945. [See law] over guns, schools and freedom, the 1916 action: Belgium, Denmark, From 1945 to 1966, there was no Florida Senate spent less than a France, Italy, Luxembourg, federal law regarding Daylight minute approving a measure to end Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Saving Time, so states and locali- daylight savings time. Sweden, Turkey, and Tasmania. ties were free to choose whether or The Senate voted 33-2 to send a Nova Scotia and Manitoba adopted not to observe Daylight Saving bill to Gov. Rick Scott to ask the it as well, with Britain following Time and could choose when it U.S. Congress to decide whether suit three weeks later, on May 21, began and ended. This understand- Florida should be a state that enjoys 1916. ably caused confusion, especially daylight saving time year-round. It The plan was not formally adopt- for the broadcasting industry, as was passed by the House on Feb. ed in the U.S. until 1918. 'An Act to well as for railways, airlines, and 14, 103-11. preserve daylight and provide stan- bus companies. Because of the dif- Under the plan, HB 1013, called dard time for the United States' was ferent local customs and laws, radio the “Sunshine Protection Act,” the enacted on March 19, 1918. [See , TV stations and transportation state would ask Congress to pass a law]It both established standard companies had to publish new law to let the Sunshine State move time zones and set summer DST to schedules every time a state or town from standard time to daylight sav- begin on March 31, 1918. Daylight began or ended DST. ing time (when you set your clocks Saving Time was observed for On January 4, 1974, President ahead one hour) year-round. seven months in 1918 and 1919. Nixon signed into law the Daylight time runs from the second After the War ended, the law Emergency Daylight Saving Time Sunday in March to the first Sunday proved so unpopular (mostly Energy Conservation Act of 1973. in November and is set to start this because people rose earlier and Then, beginning on January 6, Sunday, March 11, and end Nov. 4. went to bed earlier than people do 1974, implementing the Daylight Daylight Saving Time has been today) that it was repealed in 1919 Saving Time Energy Act, clocks used in the U.S. and in many with a Congressional override of were set ahead. On October 5, European countries since World President Wilson's veto. Daylight 1974, Congress amended the Act, War I. At that time, in an effort to Saving Time became a local option, and Standard Time returned on conserve fuel needed to produce and was continued in some cities, October 27, 1974. Daylight Saving electric power, Germany and such as New York, Philadelphia, Time resumed on February 23, Austria took time by the forelock, and Chicago. 1975 and ended on October 26, and began saving daylight at 11:00 During World War II, President 1975.

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Anna Kingsley The Narrative two show times: 2 p.m. and 7:30 March 11th, 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. Join Teachers are Phillip Randolph Dr. For tickets and p.m. The entire family will be cap- Connect with camps to learn about more info visit the Musical Conversation & tivated as they travel down the early bird rates and discounts, fam- More Symposium www.ticketmaster.com. “Emancipation Majigeen,” an Dialogue Yellow Brick Road and beyond ily friendly businesses and more! Your voice is needed for an original musical drama honoring Attend the Narrative Critical with Dorothy, Toto, and their For more details visit evening of conversations and action JAX Chamber the life of Anna Kingsley – also Monday, March 12th, 6 - 7:30 p.m. Conversations, Saturday, March friends the Cowardly Lion, Tin www.Fun4FirstCoastKids.com. Trade Show known as Anta Majigeen Njaay of 10th, at 1:30 p.m. at the South Man, and the Scarecrow! Location for the Jacksonville Public Senegal. The musical is a story of Mandarin Library Branch located at is the Thrasher Horne Center locat- The Marvin Education Fund symposium at the Meet hundreds of prospects and female empowerment through his- Legends Center, 5130 Soutel Dr. gain new clients as an exhibitor at 12125 San Jose. A panel discussion ed at 283 College Drive, Orange Gaye Experience torical and contemporary lenses, will be moderated by Dr. Tonya Park, FL. For tickets and more info Come be inspired by local heroes the JAX Chamber Trade Show tak- premieres March 8 - 16th at 8 p.m. Peters-Pearson and Kimbretta Clay visit www.THcenter.org. What's Going On: The Marvin impacted by an incredible teacher ing place Thursday, March 15th, 4 at FSCJ’s Kent Campus located at with panelists: Valerie Thomas, Dr. Gaye Experience takes the stage and view the interactive art exhibit. - 7 p.m. at the Adam W. Herbert 3939 Roosevelt Blvd., Room F128 Monica Hardy, Elton Johnson, Tia Jumbo Shrimp/Jax Sunday, March 11th at 7 p.m. at the To RSVP visit www.jaxpef.org. University Center located at For tickets and more info visit Thrasher-Horne Center, 283 University of North Florida, 12000 Patterson and LaRone Foster. For Chamber “Under The www.fscjartistseries.org. more info email College Drive, Orange Park, FL. Conservatory Concert Alumni Drive. To register, become [email protected]. Lights” Beer Festival The concert is a tribute to the leg- Band Free Performance a vendor or for more info contact Comedian DC Curry Jumbo Shrimp Suds Craft Beer endary artist and includes music Kathy Sutton at (904) 273-5366. selections that span Gaye’s music- The Conservatory Concert Band DC Curry who played ‘Uncle Earth, Wind & Fire! Festival “Under The Lights” is set will have a “free” concert featuring Elroy’ in “Next Friday” and “Friday for, Saturday, March 10th, 6 - 9 making career. For tickets and more Community Desserts R&B, soul, funk, jazz, disco, pop, info visit at www.THcenter.org. the sounds of spring with music by After Next,” will return to town rock, Latin, and African music p.m. at the Baseball Grounds locat- composers Clifton Williams, Join concerned citizens for March 8th - 10th at 7:30 p.m. at ed at 301 A Philip Randolph Blvd. Community Desserts featuring group Earth Wind and Fire in con- Bob Hayes Invitational Richard Rogers, Alfred Reed, John the Comedy Zone located at 3130 cert at the Florida theatre located at Guests will be able to enjoy unlim- Cacavas, Tuesday, March 13th at 7 more conversations about identity, Hartley Rd. For tickets and more 128 E. Forsyth St., Saturday, ited free samples of craft beers, Track Field Meet Week p.m. at the San Juan Del Rio inclusion and integrity will take info visit www.comedyzone.com. March 10th at 8 p.m. For tickets including those from Northeast The Hayes Invitational Track and Catholic Church, 1718 State Rd. 13 place, March 15th, 6 - 7:30 p.m. visit www.floridatheatre.com. Florida's local breweries. For more Field Meet will take place March North, St. Johns, FL. For more info Featuring Anna Broche (President, Comedians Steve info visit www. jaxshrimp.com 11 - March 17 at Earl Kitchings visit: www.nfconservatory.org. Jacksonville City Council) and Martin and Motown the stadium at Raines Ribault High Michael Boylan (Retired CEO, P.R.I.D.E. Bookclub school located at 3663 Raines Ave. WJCT). Location is UNF's Adam Martin Short Musical is Back! Anita Baker in Jax! W. Herbert University Center, Meeting Attend worship services, scholar- Longtime comedians Steve Work Light Productions and the Motown and R&B legend Anita 12000 Alumni Dr. To register and People Reading for Inspiration, ship golf tournament, workshops, Baker will perform at the Times Martin and Martin Short will per- FSCJ Artist Series are proud to press conference, development clin- for more info visit: form a one-night only show at the announce the return of “Motown Discussion and Enjoyment Union Center located at 300 Water www.onejax.org. (P.R.I.D.E.) next book club meeting ic, middle school and field meet and St., Wednesday, March 14th at 8 Times-Union Center, Friday, the Musical” in Jax, March 10- the highly anticipated Officials, March 9th, at 8 p.m. at the Times 11th, at 7 p.m. at the Times-Union is scheduled for Saturday, March p.m. For tickets and more info visit Bowl for Kids’ 10th at 3 p.m. at the Highlands Coaches and VIPs cook out! For www.ticketmaster.com. Union center, 300 Water St. The Center located at 300 Water St. For more info call at (904) 502-9348. Fundraiser show, "An Evening You Will Forget tickets and more info visit Regional Library, 1826 Dunn Avenue. Book for discussion is The Bowl for Kids’ fundraiser is for the Rest of Your Life," includes www.MotownTheMusical.com/tour. UNF Presents Dorothy Hacks: The Inside Story of the Jacksonville Summer stand-up, film clips, musical num- “ scheduled for Thursday, March Break-ins and Breakdowns That Pittman Hughes bers and conversations about their Camp Festival 15th, 7 - 9 p.m. at Bowl America Wyclef Jean in Concert Put Donald Trump in the White The Women’s Center and lives in show business. For tickets Clay County Summer Camps and Southside located at 11141 Beach A Night of Symphonic Hip Hop House,” by Donna Brazile. 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Edgewood Ave. Jacksonville, FL 32203 Page 9 - Mrs. Perry’s Free Press March 8-14, 2018 The Chi is The Wire of 2018 by Lili Loufborrow and then his face. He takes the Showtime's new series The Chi shoes. He takes the necklace. And opens with Coogie — a gorgeous he runs. kid with big hair, a pink headband, It's a compact sequence that per- and a backpack covered in fuchsia fectly illustrates the project of The flowers — biking around town lis- Chi, which airs Sundays. This is tening to Chance the Rapper's "All The Wire if you reverse the relation- We Got." He shoots some baskets. ship between the residents and He bikes circles around a tough- police. It puts the story before the looking motorcyclist at a red light. anthropology, the people before the He even tries to race him. Director journalistic exposé, the banal Rick Famuyiwa shoots this stuff before the sensational. Creator like it's lyric poetry; he also knows Lena Waithe — who won an Emmy how to make us feel that innocent for the exceptional "Thanksgiving" high wear off. When Coogie — episode of Master of None — has Jordan Peele – Original Screenplay – ‘Get Out’ 90th played by Jahking Guillory — pulls said she wanted to make a show Annual Academy Awards, Los Angeles, USA off his headphones to negotiate about Chicago from "a very human The Chi" featurs actress Sonja Sohn (left) as Laverne, mother with the proprietors of the "77th and grounded and honest perspec- of Jahking Guillory as Coogie and Jason Mitchell as Brandon. Jordan Peele Becomes 1st African- Mart" for snacks, we lose the music tive" that "put some humanness ically acclaimed HBO series, which South Side Chicago whose lives too. When he rides down an alley to behind the headlines." The Chi for five seasons depicted story lines begin to intertwine after a tragic American to Win Academy Award feed beef jerky to a hungry dog that offers exactly this: It examines, about Baltimore: drugs, violence, event. It stars a predominately black isn't his, the realities of his life, and with interest and care, how kids and law enforcement, education, cor- cast, including “Straight Outta for Best Original Screenplay the forms of compensatory kind- adults live and joke and get crushes ruption, politics, media and the Compton” and “Mudbound” actor ness he's invented, snap into focus. and moon around, even (or espe- At the recent 90th Annual his creative partner Glen Keane for Baltimoreans affected by it all. Jason Mitchell, Alex R. Hibbert And when — bidding the dog good- cially) with violence slicing at the Academy Awards ceremony, “Get “Dear Basketball,” the first nomi- Created by Waithe and executive (“Moonlight”) and “The Wire” bye — he stumbles on a man lying streets around them. Out” writer/director/actor Jordan nation and win for an African produced by artist Common — both alumna Sonja Sohn. on a street corner under a spreading Since the premiere in early Peele won the Oscar for Best American in the Best Animated Chicago natives — “The Chi” tells “We feel like a breath of fresh air pool of blood, we see Coogie's gaze January, buzz has circulated with Original Screenplay, the first Short category. the story of several residents of - and that's exactly how ‘The Wire’ drift to his shoes, then his necklace, comparisons to David Simon’s crit- African American to ever earn this felt when it first aired. It was some- honor. On Saturday evening, Peele thing different. It was something also won Independent Spirit Meet the Author of the Book Marvel Comics special,” Waithe said. Awards for Best Feature and Best Sohn, who starred in “The Wire” as Director. Detective Kima Greggs and who Last year, “Moonlight” writers Commissioned for Black Panther Movie plays the recurring role of Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin Brandon’s mother Laverne in “The Jesse J. Holland is an award-win- of their newest black hero in Star recognized educator McCraney won the Oscar for Best Chi,” said the commonality ning journalist and the author of the Wars _ Finn _ in the Star Wars and public speaker, Adapted Screenplay, and the first between the two shows heavily lies first novel featuring comics’ most young adult novel Star Wars: The having served as the African American to win an Oscar in the creators knitting true fabrics popular black superhero, The Black Force Awakens - Finn's Story. Visiting Distinguished in either writing category was of their respective communities. Panther. The novel was commis- In addition to fiction, Jesse is also Professor of Ethics in Geoffrey Fletcher for “Precious” in “They’re different hood experi- sioned by Marvel books. an award-winning nonfiction Journalism at the 2009. The only other African- ences, African-American experi- In Black Panther: Who Is The author, with his book The University of American to win for writing is John ences, class experiences,” she said. Black Panther? Holland retells the Invisibles: The Untold Story of Arkansas in 2016. He Ridley in 2013 for the Adapted “We’re not a monolithic, homoge- classic origin of T’Challa, the orig- African American Slavery In The now teaches creative Screenplay to “12 Years A Slave.” neous group of people.” inal Black Panther, and updates it White House, being named as the nonfiction in the “Mudbound” writer/director Dee The show uses a directorial strate- for the new century, giving new 2017 silver medal award winner in Master of Fine Art in Rees made her own bit of history gy that makes you realize that you fans and longtime die-hard afi- U.S. History in the Independent Creative Nonfiction this year by being the first African- might want a particular character to cionados a good platform and some Publisher Book Awards and one of program at Goucher American woman nominated in the die, just because that person's sur- inside information for the new the top history books of 2016 by College in Towson, Best Adapted Screenplay category; vival makes things so much “Black Panther” movie from Smithsonian.com. In addition to his Maryland. the first woman ever nominated in messier. In other words, you end up Marvel Studios debuting in books, Jesse is also a Race & Jesse is from Holly Jesse J. Holland either category was Suzanne firmly enmeshed in the complicated Feburary 2018. Ethnicity writer for The Associated Springs, Mississippi, DePasse in 1972 for “Lady Sings ism and English. He received his nest of incentives the characters of Jesse is an accomplished novelist, Press, as well as a former White and graduated from the University The Blues.” Master of Fine Arts in Creative The Chi inhabit. If The Wire sur- having also been trusted by House, Supreme Court and of Mississippi with a Liberal Arts Retired NBA superstar Kobe Nonfiction from Goucher College veilled its characters, The Chi sticks Lucasfilm to chronicle the history Congressional reporter. He is also a degree with an emphasis in journal- Bryant took home the Oscar with in 2012. you in the story with them.

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Commemorators marched in Selma, Alabama across the Edmund Pettus bridge on the historic march’s anniversary Bloody Sunday Remembered SELMA, Ala. — Several mem- toric site and be here with so many said she felt a mixture of emotions bers of Congress joined civil rights wonderful people. It’s a beautiful walking across the bridge. Members of Florida’s Black Legislative Caucus collectively address the media on the gun bill activists and others Sunday after- day here today in Selma,” Lewis “It’s bittersweet,” Harris said. noon for the annual commemora- said as he was surrounded by his “It’s sadness and pain at the thought In response to a deadly Florida place I believe we should be as a parts of the bill they didn’t like. tion of a day of racial violence in peers. of what they endured 53 years ago, school shooting last month, the state,” she said. “This is the first Democrats didn’t like the idea of Selma dating to 1965. Lewis, then a young organizer, but it’s also inspiration about again state’s Senate narrowly passed a bill step in saying never again.” letting teachers carry guns, even if A bipartisan group including was among those injured then. That fighting for the best of who we are Monday that would create new Earlier Monday, families of the the bill was amended to water down Rep. John Lewis of Georgia led the violence set the stage for the Selma- and honoring those who have been restrictions on rifle sales and allow 17 Florida high school massacre that proposed program. And many crossing of the Edmund Pettus to-Montgomery march, which heroes and are still heroes.” some teachers to carry guns in victims called on the state’s pro-gun rights Republicans didn’t Bridge. It was to recall “Bloody helped build support for congres- The annual celebration drew tens schools. Legislature to pass a bill they like the idea of raising the mini- Sunday,” when voting rights pro- sional approval of the Voting Rights of thousands of people in 2015, The 20-18 vote came after three believe will improve school securi- mum age to buy rifles from 18 to 21 testers were attacked by police as Act months later. when then-President Barack hours of often emotional debate. ty. and to create a waiting period on they attempted to cross the bridge. Sen. Kamala Harris from Obama spoke near the base of the Support and opposition crossed Reading a statement outside sales of the weapons. “It’s very meaningful to come California, who spoke at the Martin bridge as former President George party lines, and it was clear many of Stoneman Douglas High School in Members of the Black back here, to come back to this his- and Coretta King Unity Breakfast, W. Bush listened. those who voted for the bill weren’t Broward County, Ryan Petty Legislative Caucus has said the gun entirely happy with it. implored legislators to pass Gov. safety bill has been challenging “Do I think this bill goes far Rick Scott’s proposal to add armed because of the “arming teachers” Little Girls Gaze of First Lady is Breaking the Internet enough? No! No, I don’t!” said security guards, keep guns away provision. Democratic Sen. Lauren Book, who from the mentally ill and improve Some talked about what this leg- tearfully described visiting Marjory mental health programs for at-risk islation could do to minority stu- Representation matters. Stoneman Douglas High School teens. Scott also opposes arming dents, such as Rep. Kamia Brown This a point that former First Lady Michelle Obama mentioned after 17 people were fatally shot on teachers. (D-Ocoee). during the unveiling of her and President Obama’s official por- Valentine’s Day. “We must be the last families to “While a vast majority of our traits last month at the National Portrait Gallery. She also would have liked a ban lose loved ones in a mass shooting teachers are wonderful people, “I’m also thinking about all of the young people, particularly on assault-style rifles, like many of at a school. This time must be dif- there could be situations where girls and girls of color, who, in years ahead, will come to this place the students who traveled to the ferent and we demand action,” said guns are used against minority stu- and they will look up and they will see an image of someone who state Capitol to ask lawmakers to go Petty, reading from the group state- dents because a teachers says he or looks like them hanging on the wall of this great American insti- even further to stop future mass ment. she fears for their life, and the safe- tution,” she said about the painting done by Amy Sherald.The for- shootings. But Book said she could- Petty’s 14-year-old daughter, ty of others. In this bill, there is no mer first lady later got a chance to meet her admirer (inset). n’t let the legislative session end Alaina, was killed in the Feb. 14 exception to the already law— Ben Hines, the man who captured this moment said that 2-year- Friday without doing something. shooting, along with 13 school- Stand Your Ground, included,” she old Parker Curry’s mother was trying to get her to turn and smile, “My community was rocked. My mates and three staff members. said. “Teachers authorized to carry but the little girl was mesmerized with the image. school children were murdered in If just one more senator voted no as part of this marshal program will “It was so touching and uplifting for me to see this beautiful their classrooms. I cannot live with instead of yes Monday evening, the be able to stand their ground, when child looking at a beautiful portrait of a powerful woman,” Hines a choice to put party politics above bill would have died. Republicans they are threatened by ay student, said. “I was so delighted to have been in the right place at the right an opportunity to get something and not just an active shooter and avoid time.” done that inches us closer to the Democrats alike said there were civil and criminal liability.”

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